tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post2805598641268430792..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: A Conversation with Mystery Man: Part 1Emily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-85676002068909368622008-12-21T11:02:00.000-08:002008-12-21T11:02:00.000-08:00I still can't believe the In Bruges thing isn't a ...I still can't believe the In Bruges thing isn't a joke. Art truly is subjective, I guess. Happy Holidays!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-20018232927068126322008-12-18T17:47:00.000-08:002008-12-18T17:47:00.000-08:00It's on my hard drive so it's easier to just email...It's on my hard drive so it's easier to just email it to you.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-83856405581103595212008-12-18T15:15:00.000-08:002008-12-18T15:15:00.000-08:00In Bruges - yes. More films like that, please...A ...In Bruges - yes. More films like that, please...<BR/><BR/>A question - Can you please post a link for the pdf of Tonight He Comes? :-) Pretty please...<BR/><BR/>Miss ya!Scribe LAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084497477674652291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-63818272582668412022008-12-18T08:39:00.000-08:002008-12-18T08:39:00.000-08:00This was a great year for comic book films, and I ...This was a great year for comic book films, and I don't see a problem with that. Iron Man and The Dark Knight were both amazing, for completely different reasons. Incredible Hulk was also pretty awesome, I thought. Tropic Thunder also great. Slumdog Millionaire good. <BR/><BR/>There are a number of films I've heard great things about, but haven't seen yet: Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading, and Synecdoche New York come immediately to mind.<BR/><BR/>Although I never read the script of Hancock, there was something missing from it for me. I think it was that I didn't care about any of the characters. Yeah, he's an asshole, and he's supposed to be unlikeable, but you can make an unlikeable asshole likeable to the audience. <BR/><BR/>Wall-E was overrated. I'm getting sick of the Pixar formula. It's time they try something new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-63118090897626618892008-12-17T14:27:00.000-08:002008-12-17T14:27:00.000-08:00Wall-E is a good mention.I don't think about anima...Wall-E is a good mention.<BR/><BR/>I don't think about animated movies much because I don't ever go to the theater to see them because I am not fond of small children.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-16859398282426965092008-12-17T13:34:00.000-08:002008-12-17T13:34:00.000-08:00I can't believe no one has mentioned Wall-E yet. O...I can't believe no one has mentioned Wall-E yet. <BR/><BR/>One of the few animated films that has a legitimate chance at being a Best Picture nominee, it made a gazillion dollars, one of the best reviewed films of the year (if not THE best), and it took huge artistic risks as the two main characters basically can't talk.<BR/><BR/>I know it doesn't have the indie-hype The Wrestler or Slumdog Millionaire have... but let's face it -- ten years from now, people are going to be watching Wall-E.Dave Alehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474450946075032613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-41097916972307427832008-12-17T06:49:00.000-08:002008-12-17T06:49:00.000-08:00I didn't forget Iron Man. I thought about includin...I didn't forget Iron Man. I thought about including it, but honestly although I liked it, I didn't think it was an amazing flm. It was entertaining, but not a movie I'm going to rush out and buy.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-17626165307759868812008-12-17T06:30:00.000-08:002008-12-17T06:30:00.000-08:00Here's the Review on The Bank Job that made it rat...Here's the <A HREF="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article3446904.ece" REL="nofollow">Review on The Bank Job</A> that made it rate so low. Apparently, he's upset that it didn't depict the 70's accurately.<BR/><BR/>His <A HREF="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article4212692.ece" REL="nofollow">WANTED review</A> lets you know that he doesn't like comic nerds or gun violence.<BR/><BR/>...and both those movies were profitable.<BR/><BR/>As for good movies ... I can't believe you forgot <B>Iron Man</B>.Hugo Fuchshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122110266954111510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-56894124613111027572008-12-16T21:35:00.000-08:002008-12-16T21:35:00.000-08:00Only found your site via Mystery Man but have book...Only found your site via Mystery Man but have bookmarked and will come back. Anyone who has In Bruges as their film of the year is alright with me, it has been at the top of my list all year and I thought nothing was going to beat it.<BR/><BR/>But, I saw Slumdog Millionaire. So In Bruges will end up 2nd on my list and exactly like you it is because it is the film I would write if I was good enough. The dialogue is just wonderful. <BR/><BR/>Others worth noting from this year were JCVD, The Orphanage and Frost/Nixon (which is superb).<BR/><BR/>I cannot wait to see Let The Right One In. I have heard some wonderful things about that movie and would be worth watching it before Hollywood butcher it next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-87005590234567596512008-12-16T17:54:00.000-08:002008-12-16T17:54:00.000-08:00I admit I haven't seen JCVD yet and I'm looking fo...I admit I haven't seen JCVD yet and I'm looking forward to The Wrestler this weekend. I'm hoping those both turn out to be awesome.<BR/><BR/>Son of Rambow is in my queue.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-77465849684411674152008-12-16T14:08:00.000-08:002008-12-16T14:08:00.000-08:00Loved The Bank Job. Really want to see Son Of Ramb...Loved The Bank Job. Really want to see Son Of Rambow (my wife's not into it, says she hates those movies and doesn't like Stallone - what the hell am I supposed to do). Best film for me so far this year - Kieslowski's Bleu. Don't know if that says more about me or this year's fare.millar prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963642037866681492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-35144678226765432052008-12-16T11:08:00.000-08:002008-12-16T11:08:00.000-08:00THE BANK JOB is a genuinely good movie. IN BRUGES ...THE BANK JOB is a genuinely good movie. IN BRUGES is awesome. That's one thing that the Golden Globes were good for this year. For me the best film of the year is LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, but I suppose it's always possible that something that opens over the next few weeks will overtake it.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-20648886873978469822008-12-16T05:58:00.000-08:002008-12-16T05:58:00.000-08:00Here's my list of favorites (also posted to MM's p...Here's my list of favorites (also posted to MM's post):<BR/>1. JCVD<BR/>2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days<BR/>3. The Dark Knight<BR/>4. Cloverfield<BR/>5. Son of Rambow (technically 2007, opened in US in 2008)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-9482558943557226732008-12-16T02:14:00.000-08:002008-12-16T02:14:00.000-08:00Yeah, the ratio is pretty bad, and getting worse.H...Yeah, the ratio is pretty bad, and getting worse.<BR/><BR/>Hollywood is scared. They saw what happened to the music industry with the onslaught of computers and the Internet, and are quaking in their boots that they're next in line. DVDs have become commoditized to the point that they're almost cheaper than toilet paper, and Blu-ray, their "great white hope", will probably be supplanted by Internet delivery systems before it ever gains solid ground in the living rooms of the world. Newly released movies are pirated to DVDs with clockwork precision (albeit crappy quality) and a certain fraction of the public considers it a viable alternative for their personal entertainment. The video game industry makes more money than they do now, with lower costs, and the only reason ticket revenues has continually gone up is because ticket prices have pushed them up - actual attendance has been in decline for years. (The movie holding the record for most tickets sold is still <I>Gone With the Wind</I> from 1939!)<BR/><BR/>When people are scared, they stick to the known and the familiar. This means more often than not that a studio will stick with either a sequel (does the rule of thumb that sequels average 80% of the originals' gross still apply?), a star vehicle or something popular adapted from another medium (comic books, video games, novels, children's toys, etc.) rather than take a chance on an unknown quantity. The only big risks movie companies will consider, mostly, are those that cost little to nothing (indie movies with actors earning scale), or those that are shared with other studios or investors (<I>Titanic</I> was backed by at least two major studios).Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205502093632888570noreply@blogger.com