Trailer of the week!

Here's the second trailer of the week! I'm doing it today, because I think I'm gonna get murdered at work tomorrow, so I won't have a ton of time. So, this weeks trailer is Where the Wild Things Are. This is a movie that seems like it has been coming out for 20 years, it's based off of a popular childrens book. It had an animated adaptation about 15 years ago, but it was kinda cheap, this looks....well, not cheap. I dunno, it kinda has a neverending story feel to it, except for the fact the big monster-things (I never read the book) look incredible, and most definitely not animatronic. This just feels like something Jim Henson Productions should have done back in the day, they could have done justice to it. As for this, I've heard they are not very faithful to the book, which is usually bad, but this trailer makes it look amazing. What do you think?

Dinner with Johnny Depp, huh?

Apparently, Johnny Depp is the guy most women would want to go on a dinner date with. He beat out Ocean's 11 star George Clooney in a poll done for WWF (the World Wildlife Foundation, this has not to do with Vince McMahon) also surveyed some males, who said Jennifer Anniston is the lucky woman.
So, this got me thinking, who would you want to go to dinner with? I mean, you can't just have someone who is really good looking, because, what would you talk about for 2 hours. You can't have someone who is dead, or someone who is just annoying, so, who would you choose?
As far as my choice is concerned, Jennifer Anniston is nowhere near the top of the list...not even close. I'm a big FRIENDS fan, but NO. Maybe Natalie Portman would be a top choice. I mean, she clearly has the smarts and the looks, and would be someone interesting. I'm sure I can think of others, but that's all I got right now.

Apparently party animals don't always win

Tabloid queen Lindsey Lohan has shown that her movie career truly has it rock bottom. The last movie she did was last year's dud, I know who killed me. The only movie she has done since is a movie called Labor Pains, and movie, announced today will go straight to DVD. You know what that means, she has joined the likes of Jean Claude Van Damne and Steve Segal and the lowest step in the movie-making ladder. I guess the next stop for her will be a WE special on Hollywood's most promising dud. I wish no one harm, but that girl just hasn't shown any maturity, doesn't hide from the spotlight at all, and is paying for it. Some would call it Karma, I say its a shame, she had some talent, and now, everyone can see every spec of that talent every time she poses nude to keep her name on the tabloid cover.

Three Stooges announced?!?

Slash Film is reporting annoucment of casting news regarding the new Three Stooges movie. We have talked about who you would cast as the wacky three stooges. One of the three I agree with, but the other two, I'm scratching my head on. I have been proven wrong before, most recently with Heath Ledger as the Joker, and I could be wrong here, but we'll see.
Jim Carrey is set to play Curley, which is, in my opinion, a wise choice. The other two, puzzle me. Sean Penn is to play Larry, and Benecio Del Toro is to play Moe. Both actors give 110% in all roles they portray, but I don't see them in such a role.....we'll see.
What do you think, good casting or nightmare in the works?

Have you seen the new Empire cover?

Alright, I have to post this. Let me talk about why....wait...eyes...HERE! First off, I choose not to do what other movie blogs do and just splash hot movie stars all over the place. It's not that I don't enjoy some of the pictures, but it's cheap, and there is no discussion, outside the casual, approving male grunt (of which I'm guilty). On top of that, it's not news, and, most of the time, they are skeletons with glitter that are shallow, horrible people. One of my favorite movie blogs said "I usually don't go crazy over a woman that weighs less than my DVD collection, but Ms. Fox is an exception." I say good for Ms. Fox, who seems to have embraced her inner geek, and made a million movie geeks freak out, showing there are women who can have a geeky side, and be hot (for example, the Autobots tattoo on her shoulder). Ms. Fox has signed up for a third Transformers movie and two comic book movies. This woman is everywhere, which, from where I am standing isn't that bad of a thing. And, yes, I know what you are thinking....you can renew your subscription to Empire magazine on their website.

100 movies you have to see before you die...

According to Yahoo! there are 100 movies you have to see before you die. There are some stunning movies that are not on the list, and there is clearly some French people on the voting board, but it does have some good ones. I dunno, the fact they left out Jurassic Park, Airplane, Fight Club, North by Northwest and quite a few others is terrible, and, on top of that, Back to the Future is nowhere to be found....I know!
So, what do you think of the list...what would be a movie you want to see on the revision?

12 Angry Men (1957)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The 400 Blows (1959)
8 ½ (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The African Queen (1952)
Alien (1979)
All About Eve (1950)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Battle of Algiers (1967)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blow Up (1966)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Breathless (1960)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Casablanca (1942)
Chinatown (1974)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Die Hard (1988)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Duck Soup (1933)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
The French Connection (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Graduate (1967)
Grand Illusion (1938)
Groundhog Day (1993)
In the Mood For Love (2001)
It Happened One Night (1934)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jaws (1975)King Kong (1933)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Lord of the Rings (2001,2002,2003)
M (1931)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Matrix (1999)
Modern Times (1936)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
Network (1976)
Nosferatu (1922)
On the Waterfront (1954)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Paths of Glory (1958)
Princess Mononoke (1999)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Raging Bull (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
Rashomon (1951)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rocky (1976)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Searchers (1956)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Star Wars (1977)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Third Man (1949)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Titanic (1997)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Toy Story (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Vertigo (1958)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wings of Desire (1988)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
The World of Apu (1959)

A new Muppet movie by Jason Segal!?!

There has been some talk about Jason Segal of Forgetting Sara Marshall fame to pen a script for a new Muppet Movie. Clearly, after seeing Forgetting Sara Marshall, he is into muppets, and after seeing his interview with Jimmy Fallon last night, he seems to have a real passion for the Muppets, and he has the ability to write funny scripts, so I see this as nothing but positive, even though it will be weird not having a Henson at the helm of a Muppet movie, I think this reinvention could be what the franchise needs to get back on its feet.
I used to love the Muppets as a kid, and still do, in fact. I mean, Muppet Treasure Island has to be one of the best movies EVER....well, maybe not quite, but it's one of my favorites, so it will be interesting to see what Segal can do with it....I mean, there is comedic gold there!
They just have to bring back Waldorf and Astoria, the two old guys in the balcony....if you have them, you've got a winner!

WB following Marvel, saying no more R

Warner Brothers have announced they are going to follow Marvel's method and not allow any R rated comic book movies. Marvel has made a pretty penny off of Spiderman, Iron Man, the Hulk, with upcoming sequels set to explode the box office. Warner Brothers has recognized what seems to be a good idea, not allowing an R rating to attract a bigger audience.
While I understand where they are coming from, I don't agree with a policy like this. As a company, you need to make the movie the way the movie needs to be made in accordance with the directors and producers and the movie itself and let the ratings lie where they fall. It is a much better idea to say no R rating for Spiderman and Iron Man, but let's say a Watchmen script, or a Batman script has a killer story, but is scrapped because it could get an R rating, now we are trimming stories to fit in the policy which, I think, will result in watered-down stories coming out. I hope I'm wrong.
What do you think, does such a policy put too many constraints on a movie, or is sticking with a PG or PG-13 rating a good requirement?

Twilight one of highest selling DVD's EVER!

That's right, movie geeks. Twilight came out on Saturday and smashed all kinds of records with over 3 million DVD's sold on Saturday alone, placing the obit safely in the top 5 of all time. Critics are saying the unusual Saturday release date allowed for some release parties, and allowed kids to wait in line at midnight to be among the first to grab their copy.
I have a feeling Harry Potter, amongst many other movies geared at the teen audience will follow suit and break the Tuesday release tradition. I guess we'll see, but it's just another record on the juggernaut that is Twilight.

Eagle Eye Review

Ever since Apple came out with a personal computer, society has been terrified about that computer taking over and completely screwing up your life. Back in the day, no one was all that worried because the computer couldn't even use a color screen, but nowadays with IPhones, a nosey government, and technology that most people 20 years ago couldn't even imagine, that terror is well founded, and no longer in the realm of Sci-fi, but in the realm of 'when....fi'. Yes, I am copyrighting that as we speak, it'll go in next year's Webster, along with 'strategery.'

Eagle Eye is one of the hundreds upon hundreds of movies to try and capitalize on that fear, using technology that is current, with a movie set in todays society, so did it seem real, was the movie more than a lot of cars blowing up? Well, it had Shiah Labeuf and Michelle Monaghan, so, it wasn't just stuff blowing it, it had car chases and people running too....but mainly stuff blowing up.

The movie starts off with Lebeuf's character being a smooth talking loser who works at their version of Kinko's. You find out Jerry's brother worked for the government and kicked the bucket. At that point, he gets a phone call from a mysterious women who seems to know everything about him, and what he's doing at every second of the day. This women gives him an assignment that he really doesn't have much of a choice in accomplishing. At the same time, Monaghan's character is given a similar phone call, threatening the death of her young son if she doesn't comply. The two meat and are driven to follow the mysterious voices orders to find out who, or what is behind this, and get out alive, or at least some reasonable facsimile.

The movie is, more or less one big chase scene, with some great footage and some average stunts. Both actors were good, but I really think, once again Shiah has shown he is a top notch action actor, despite playing his usual part, he has shown he can do it well. Michelle did an ok job, nothing to write home about, but she was there more for eye-candy than anything else, and she accomplished that goal. The main plot, however, is what got me. Once you find out what is chasing them, the whole movie seems very cliched, it's hard to take anything seriously. The movie tries to be clever, and has a lot of "oh, it's that guy" moments, but, for the most part, is drawn down by the mediocre plot.

I enjoyed this movie as a popcorn flick, but it is something I don't think I would ever watch again. I might feel ripped off if I had spent $10 to go see this in theaters, though.

I'm gonna give this a 6 out of 10 for some really cliched ideas, and a story that comes across has 'been there, done that.' If you like the idea of this movie, check out Enemy of the State, and if your just watching this for Shiah, check out The Battle of Shaker Heights, and if your like me, watching it for Michelle, check out Mission Impossible III.

FUN FACT: Aria is voiced by Julianne Moore, who chose to go uncredited.

Trailer of the week!

This week, I'm starting a new Friday feature, mainly because I didn't think of it on Thursday. Trailer of the week will involve me picking a trailer for an upcoming movie, and posting it, along with my thoughts on what the movie will actually be about (cough, cough Village cough cough) and what my thoughts are on the trailer and the movie.
This week's trailer is Year One. This movie has Michael Cera (Juno) and Jack Black (School of Rock) along with a plethora of other stars. According to the trailer, it looks to be a really goofy movie about cavemen who don't belong in their tribe, and move off to find another tribe, all Ice Age style. There is a bit of a hint in the trailer, but I think it will be a prominent theme in the movie, is that of the love interest to Cera's character. So, with tons of goofy innuendos and slapstick humor, it will turn out to be a romantic comedy in the end. Still looks good, but, based on the trailer, it will be on TBS in under a year. Check it out, let me know what ya think!

Forrest Gump in 1 minute, 1 take

Same as before, one minute, one take, and all of the plot points. This is great!

Kill Bill in 1 minute, and 1 take

This video is priceless, it sums up the 4 plus hours of Kill Bill into one minute, and does a great job of it, too. On top of that, it's all in one take! Any fans of Kill Bill will enjoy this video. I loved it!

A true sign of the times

I found this on Slash Film's website, it's sad when even Darth Vader can't find work. I mean, what has this world come to when a Clone War Veteran can't find work.

What if Willy Wonka was a horror movie?

Here is a trailer for a fake movie that raises a great question, what if Willy Wonka was a horror movie, and it's creator Doc Bro...uhh, a mass murderer? What a great idea, this trailer cracks me up, and leaves me wondering why no one has actually done this?
Take a look, and enjoy!

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