Fuck me, Ben Stiller is making "Zoolander 2". That shit was horrible. The only news worse than that would be a Super Troopers sequel.
A Wrinkle in Time to be produced Growing up, this was one of my favorite books to read. I always wondered how it would translate to film. Hopefully, it's done in a good way and not some shitty, crazy 3D type of thing that is all the rave now ... I'm looking at you, Alice in Wonderland.
Growing up, this was one of the dumbest, worst written books we were forced to read in school. I did have fun spotting all the math and science blunders, though; like the idea that it's impossible to draw a four or five dimensional figure, or the author's confusion about what "cytoplasm" was. But even putting aside my personal dislike, I don't have a clue how they can adapt this into a film. I disliked "Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe" also, but at least that story had action, battles, and some fantasy sequences. It was obvious what they could do in the big screen version. But "A Wrinkle in Time"? It had one or two pivotal scenes, a lot of exposition and teenage angst, and a plethora of math and science BS by someone who clearly failed both as early as seventh grade. In terms of people actually doing something related to the plot, there is about 20 minutes worth of content there, max. It was a very short book, if memory serves me correctly. Frankly, a "shitty, crazy 3D type of thing" is the best treatment they could give this train wreck. Focus- I'm pretty amped for The Coen Brothers' "True Grit". I think Western action films suit their cynical, morose style extremely well, and as "A Serious Man" proved last year, even when they FAIL, the movie is still very funny and entertaining.
The trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was released today. It looks like it could be either "a hyperkinetic live-action anime barrel of laughs" or "loud noises and flashes, what the hell is going on?" I'm rooting for the former, it looks like a lot of fun. Edit: Youtube link, watch it while you can:
I'd give that IMDB listing as much credit as PotFest coming out just because they said it at the end of Beerfest. What the fuck ever happened to their restaurant movie?
The Slammin Salmon? Yeah it came out, no one I know knew that it came out. It will be out on dvd in a month or two. Sad, because it looks awesome.
Shit I never believed they were actually going to make a pot fest movie, I think they just wanted to throw Willy Nelson into the movie. Although it would be really cool to see I think they should have cheech and chong in there for sure that would be a hell of a movie. Maybe throw Harold and Kumar in there also, alright maybe that's pushing it. Back on topic we have "Predators" Robert Rodriguez style.
Kick-Ass is gonna rock shit. If you're not down with Hit Girl I don't wanna know you. (I swear to god, the second clip is a 13 year old girl cutting people's legs off and shooting them in the face.) Awesome. It may be the best movie of the year, despite Nick Cage... I'm a huge fan of little girls saying, "let's see what you got, you cunts..."
That's what I thought too, then I actually got a copy of it. Trust me, this movie is absolutely terrible. Not an ounce of funny in the whole thing. I definitely recommend staying away from it.
Despite Nick Cage being a running joke now with most people the ONLY funny clip I have seen of this movie involved him shooting his daughter repeatedly while wearing a bullet proof vest. If you went by the movie trailers on tv you might not even know he's in the movie. Honestly the concept from which this plot was made is stupid and Im not really finding anything that funny about it as people seem to be finding.....
What drew me into Kick-Ass was the whole superheroes without super powers (basically the original trailer.) Then all of the sudden they threw in a 12 year old girl doing backflips and dodging bullets and suddenly it doesn't seem like they're really keeping up with the whole "no super powers" thing. Still looks like it'll be good, I just don't really get the premise of the movie.
Bingo. That's exactly it. The trailers for "Kick-Ass" looked like the dumbest fucking thing I've ever seen. However, I decided to check out the source material, and read the first six chapters of the comic. It wasn't bad, and there were some amusing elements...but it was a 6 out of 10 at best, and had nothing that I thought would translate well into a movie. The biggest problem was what you noted above; that the comic starts out trying to be realistic, and shows a high school guy trying to be a superhero, and getting brutally stabbed, beat up, and damn near killed for it. The whole time, it's trying like hell to give off this gritty, realism vibe. It even includes boring episodes of the hero trying to get with some high school girl and his pontifications about comic book superheros. Then, all of a sudden, 3-4 chapters in, we're introduced to a fucking 12 year old girl who cuts through dozens of armed, adult criminals like confetti. This would be the equivalent of Bugs Bunny or Superman appearing midway in "The Shawshank Redemption" to bust Andy and Red out of jail. It completely violates and ruins everything that the story had tried to establish before then. To me, this really shows just how desperate Hollywood is becoming for these goddamn comic book films; I remember reading the "300" comic, and thinking it was great. I read "The Watchman" comic, and thought it was a masterpiece. I read the "Kick-Ass" comic...and it's a poorly-drawn, poorly-written, meandering mess with some good ideas and the occasional amusing scene. Edit As for Nic Cage, he is obsessed with comic books, has optioned numerous screenplays for comics, and is probably a major reason why "Kick-Ass" was made to begin with. This film will be "because of" him, not "despite".
Matthew Vaughn actually optioned the script before the first comic hit the stands. No studio would touch it because of the 12 year old girl slicing her way though people (and he wanted an R rating), and ended up having to raise the money himself to make the movie. Nic Cage was cast afterwards. Funny thing though, the amount of time it took to write the script, and make the movie, was the same amount of time it took Mark Millar and John Romita JR to put out the 8 issues series the movie was based of. Great work ethic there.
I think that's the Mark Millar's (the comic writer) fault. Basically the guy's one of the best self-promoters in the comic book business. Don't get me wrong, I like his comics. He knows how to make some of the dumbest premises into one enjoyable comic. But he, or the marketing guys surrounding him, always try to overhype his comics. It's pretty clear Millar didn't intend to write a 'realistic' comic. Just because the titular character is saying that, doesn't make it so. No more than Peter Parker bitching about real-world problems doesn't make him less ridiculous for having spiderpowers and slinging around in full-body spandex (but cool enough for me to wear spider-pyamas every night). Kick-ass is a super-hero book about a guy who doesn't have any superpowers and isn't Batman. So he's boned.
Holy. Shit. I think that this only requires a few words... Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Randy Couture, Shwarzenegger/Willis cameos, mercenaries, explosions. Read the write-up to get their character names and to see the trailer.
This movie is the fruition of countless prayers of a 10 year old Downndirty. I will see this at least twice. Even the poster is fantastic.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...neck-filming-veteran-action-heroes-movie.html They aren't acting in this movie, the fighting is real. Stallone already broke his neck and Brittany Murphy is dead. Unrelated? Says who?
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/First-Resident-Evil-Afterlife-Trailer-Sidelines-Zombies-Embraces-3D-17903.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.cinemablend.com/new/First-Re ... 17903.html</a> New Resident Evil-Afterlife preview. Can anyone tell me what song is featured in this?