… even more than the original. David Scarpa, who wrote the dismal The Day The Earth Stood Still, is reportedly taking on scribe duty for the new Daredevil movie. That doesn’t bode well, but hey, I’m open to the slim possibility that it might bring some respectability back to franchise on film. It’s just not very encouraging news, that’s all.
One more thing: please don’t choose a male lead with a face that can definitely sell men’s cosmetics and the screen presence of a paper cup.
SOURCE: Deadline.com
I more or less stopped caring about what happens to Jack Bauer after Season 5, so frankly I don’t really care if they make a “24″ movie or not. 24: Redemption was pretty decent (much better than the following seventh season turned out to be), and I thought that was it, that’s the 24 movie. But apparently Fox is already talking to State State of Play writer Billy Ray for the screenplay, and it seems he has already made a pitch.
Don’t get me wrong; I loved the early seasons of 24 and I think both Kiefer Sutherland and his father are great actors, but the whole Jack Bauer thing is wearing seriously thin. I have not seen anything of Season 8 yet, but the show’s still number three on Fox’s list of most viewed shows. Depending on how things play out for the rest of the current season, we just might able able to see the Jack Bauer Power Hour (make that two hours) on the big screen.
SOURCE: EW.com
Now that’s what I’m talking about! Cop Out would totally befit its title if the whole movie turned out to be exactly like the first trailer. The new red band trailer just turned me completely around; I’m gonna watch this. Click on the pic for some Kevin Smith dirty goodness.
First of all, let me just say that I’m no fan of M. Night Shyamalan’s. Since the success of The Sixth Sense (which was okay, not great), Shyamalan has been pushing the envelope in plumbing the depths of his own fatuousness, one film after another with comic book villains (Unbreakable), aliens (Signs), isolated communities (The Village), mythical beings (Lady In the Water), and … I don’t know what to call it (The Happening). All dead serious, all dead solemn, and all dumber than dirt. And the guy apparently thinks pretty highly of himself and his works.
So, what’s gonna happen when Shyamalan gets his hands on a highly successful Nickelodeon franchise? To be honest, I haven’t got a clue. Shyamalan’s central flaw is his inability to tell a good, simple story; he seems to prefer insulting your intelligence with bunk disguised by high-minded concepts. The first teaser told us next to nothing about The Last Airbender, and this new Super Bowl ad shows us only a little more CG, and that about it. It looks somewhat promising, but with with five bona fide stupid movies on his resume, I don’t know. Shyamalan is the sole writer for this film, so cross your fingers and hope he doesn’t f**k this one up as well. Click on the pic for the new teaser.
Since the age of ten, I’ve been a fan of Stephen J. Cannell’s The A-Team. Now I’m one of those people who believe you should never screw with a classic franchise, not unless you’re 100% positive you can do better or at least as good without spitting on the original. To be honest, I can’t get much out of this one-frame-per-half-second teaser; hope this is not indicative of the editing style of the movie. Joe Carnahan’s flashy, I know, but I can guarantee you he was awake the day they taught editing in film school while Michael Bay and Paul Greengrass were home sick. Still, in between the flashes there are doses of good-natured humor, which I feel is a good sign. Click here and check it out for yourself.
I used to love Mel Gibson. I think a lot of people did too. After all, the man was the first to be named “The Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine in 1984, and his name in the starring credits was practically a surefire box-office draw. But age and fame sure seems to have taken a toll on Mel as he continually devolves from righteous hunk to self-important touchy bunk.
His latest fatuous act? Mel called reporter Dean Richards an “asshole” at the end of an interview. It looks like he thought he was already off the air, but at the end of the exchange, I think it’s pretty clear who the asshole was. After all, Richards was trying not to be specific. I mean, come on, how could Gibson not know what he was referring to?
Well, personal and screen life differences aside, I probably will catch Edge of Darkness, but on home video. I dig Martin Campbell’s work and love Ray Winstone, but Gibson just seems to be channeling a mixture of his Lethal Weapon and Payback personas.
Check out the interview by clicking on the pic.
I know, I know, I’ve focused way too much on Kick-Ass already. This will be the last post on the film, I swear it. Even if they come up with another trailer that kicks more ass, I won’t post it. By now, I believe most of us who are looking forward to this film are already as pumped up as can be, and those think it’s meh won’t care no matter what. So, nothing left to do but sit and wait with our thumbs up our asses until April. Come to think of it, April promises out to be a fun-filled time at the movies with Kick-Ass, The Losers, and MacGruber.
In the meantime, check out the trailer. It’s not as graphically violent and nowhere as vulgar as the Hit-Girl red band trailer, but it doesn’t make me want to see it any less. Enjoy.
I can’t review James Cameron’s Avatar as I haven’t seen it (I’ll wait for the rental, thank you very much), but I’m guessing I’d probably share much of RedLetterMedia’s views if I did. Here are both parts to his fairly hilarious review of the film. It doesn’t look like it, but this is really one of the more objective reviews of the film I’ve come across.
I do really like some of Cameron’s work—the first two Terminator films, The Abyss (minus the ending) and True Lies– but Aliens is way overrated and I didn’t watch Titanic till it made its way to home video; and I hate it. Cameron has come a long way since doing The Terminator for Hemdale, but seems to be moving generally in the wrong direction. I doubt he’s able to make an effective film with no CG and under two hours nowadays. But I digress.
Check out RedLetterMedia’s review (keep in mind it runs up to 18 minutes in total).
I’ve never regarded journalism as highly as many other people seem to. One of my-ex-bosses—a complete buffoon, I assure you—was appalled to hear that I had stopped reading the papers since high school and wondered how I ever managed to get a degree with honors. Well, I did continue reading the funnies (until they weren’t funny anymore) and the TV section (until Singapore TV started to suck real bad). Maybe that helped with my degree, I don’t know.
Anyways, I came across this video which, while tongue-in-cheek, does make me wonder the next time I see a news report on TV. Even though it’s probably not true of every TV journalist, at the very least it’s good for a laugh, which is more than can be said for most TV news broadcasts. Enjoy.
Roy See
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Nolan to get involved with Superman reboot?
Oh no, no no no no no. No to Nolan. Listen, I actually like Memento, even though I found it needlessly gimmicky. It would have been the same movie told from front to back. Even Insomnia was halfway decent (and better still, less gimmicky), though I’m told it can’t hold a candle to the 1997 Norwegian original. Then came Batman Begins, which, while not an exemplary film, defined the meaning of “reboot,” especially in the garish light of Joel Schumacher’s abysmal entries (here and here). I remember saying to my wife at the time that Nolan’s Batman was exactly the way I imagined he would be on the big screen.
And then, downhill all the way with The Prestige (back to plot gimmicks plus all sorts of foreboding “darkness”) and The Dark Knight (plot? What plot? Just throw out the storytelling and add dollops of foreboding “darkness”, dammit!). Looking at the trailer for Inception, Nolan’s not about to change direction.
So, you can imagine why I’m aghast at the news that Nolan has been roped in to “godfather” the production of the next Superman movie and worried by terms like “edgier” and “more sophisticated” being bandied around the news. Nolan is probably capable of making a franchise reboot take off, but people need to remember that Superman is not Batman. Superman—and to some extent Superman II—already got it right. Superman Returns clearly tried to bring back the very same magic (with some unnecessary Jesus Christ posturing thrown in) but failed to properly update the Man of Steel with other than a few cosmetic changes. The question now is whether Nolan (as mentor) can help create a modern Superman without betraying the core of the character from the first two movies. I hope he doesn’t prescribe plot gimmicks and try to turn Superman into the frigging Dark Knight.
It’s gratifying to see that I’m not alone in my opinions of what they should and should not do to the next Superman film. IGN has an article here that I agree mostly with, especially the section on “Maturity, Not Darkness.”
In many ways, Superman is a much more significant cultural icon than Batman, and I would like to see the film franchise given a fresh look; something along the lines of All-Star Superman would be nice. Let’s hope they find a great cast, a great director, and that Nolan doesn’t screw things up.
PS: Here’s a little does of “anti-darkness.” See what I mean about cultural significance? They wouldn’t put the Bat here.
Sources: Deadline Hollywood, IGN
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