just movie talk...

[bowieluva]

[quote author=Cap-n Meow link=topic=5264.msg1085215#msg1085215 date=1227101427]
Speaking of Wild.  I was disappointed that it was reported that they had to reshoot pretty much all of Spike Jonze, "Where the Wild Things Are".  The pictures of scenes that I saw were awesome, but they said it was too scary for kids.
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I also heard it was a bit of a muddled mess.

[Cap-n Meow]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1085732#msg1085732 date=1227123817]
I also heard it was a bit of a muddled mess.
[/quote]I could see that with Jonze on it.  He did do Adaption and Being John Malkovich.

[Deviant Toaster]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1085732#msg1085732 date=1227123817]
I also heard it was a bit of a muddled mess.
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HAHA Muddled mess works well with music videos since people are just watching and listening to the song and picking up the mood. That type of idealism does not always transfer over well into actual film making where it has to be more than visual stimulation for the masses. haha

[bowieluva]

[quote author=Deviant Toaster link=topic=5264.msg1085742#msg1085742 date=1227124578]
HAHA Muddled mess works well with music videos since people are just watching and listening to the song and picking up the mood. That type of idealism does not always transfer over well into actual film making where it has to be more than visual stimulation for the masses. haha
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Exactly.  Spike Jonze is interesting as a director but I think sometimes his ideas are so high concept that they are a good example of the differences between story telling in a novel/comic than in a film.  A lot of ideas translate much better in the written word than to screen.

[Deviant Toaster]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1085760#msg1085760 date=1227125683]
Exactly.  Spike Jonze is interesting as a director but I think sometimes his ideas are so high concept that they are a good example of the differences between story telling in a novel/comic than in a film.  A lot of ideas translate much better in the written word than to screen.
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I agree. It is a bit disheartening though, because it would be amazing if he could/would collaborate with someone who could bring his stories to where they need to be.


It's funny but I have been reading again a lot lately and realized how much the bad movies, art, & remakes, have made me really enjoy reading again.  :lol:

[bowieluva]

[quote author=Deviant Toaster link=topic=5264.msg1085818#msg1085818 date=1227127297]
I agree. It is a bit disheartening though, because it would be amazing if he could/would collaborate with someone who could bring his stories to where they need to be.


It's funny but I have been reading again a lot lately and realized how much the bad movies, art, & remakes, have made me really enjoy reading again.  :lol:
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Ugh, for me, there are so many garbage books out there and it's very frustrating to me to see something like Twilight get so massive when I can't get arrested.

[Deviant Toaster]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1085842#msg1085842 date=1227127942]
Ugh, for me, there are so many garbage books out there and it's very frustrating to me to see something like Twilight get so massive when I can't get arrested.
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I haven't even attempted the twilight series. I saw to many people to "into" it and figured that means it was probably bad. Bad meaning not my cup of tea. I figure that I will not like a movie made after it either. 

I have however found a bunch of interesting books in a spare room whilst packing the other night and decided on Whitman and Poe to help get my creativity knocking around.

[bowieluva]

[quote author=Deviant Toaster link=topic=5264.msg1085858#msg1085858 date=1227128373]
I haven't even attempted the twilight series. I saw to many people to "into" it and figured that means it was probably bad. Bad meaning not my cup of tea. I figure that I will not like a movie made after it either. 

I have however found a bunch of interesting books in a spare room whilst packing the other night and decided on Whitman and Poe to help get my creativity knocking around.
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I'm not a pop culture bashed, contrary to what Ron thinks.  There's room in my life for the esoteric and the commercial.  I love Harry Potter, although like, not as purely as some people.  :lol:  But those books are just badly written.  I picked on up and was like ew.  It's like Norbit: the novel. People will get into it because it's some internet fatty's fantasy and she's writing all this story but she has no skill whatsoever, just getting the story out.

Me, I'd rather read a beautiful, amazing book about nothing than a clumsy, oaffish plot heavy novel, which is why I have never really been into the mustery genre/sci fi.
My goal in life is to write a really good horror fantasy that's both deep and engaging.

[bowieluva]

AHAHHA Twilight reviews are my new favorite thing to read:

Combines the plot of HBO's True Blood with the intensity level of Saved by the Bell.
Kyle Smith
New York Post
Top Critic

It [the book] bored me to tears and sucked the life out of my summer vacation. The movie is much better and gets an above average rating only because it is days shorter.
Gary Wolcott
Tri-City Herald

I'm glad I saw Twilight for one reason: It made the phrase jump the shark obsolete, to be potentially replaced with The vampires are playing baseball.
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

I think Edward Cullen has Asperger's syndrome... Bella should totally go for Jacob instead, but then he could do way better with any of the townies... Edward looks lame ripping trees out of the ground and jumping around the forest like Tom Cruise on Oprah
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

OMG -- I'm so totally not a teenage girl.
Kevin Williamson
Jam! Movies

The High School Musical of vampire films.
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

And in this world, vampires have no fangs, they don't sleep and they...well, they sparkle in the sun. Sigh. Glittery vampires. Pretty sparkly ones that don't have fangs.
Jenna Busch
UGO

Dark Shadows at Degrassi Jr. High, but with half the budget of either of those two shows.
Devin Faraci
CHUD

These aren't vampires. These are fairies.
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

[brie]

I'm guessing that I will probably like it. :lol:

[bowieluva]

[quote author=brie star link=topic=5264.msg1089023#msg1089023 date=1227310088]
I'm guessing that I will probably like it. :lol:
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OMG -- I'm so totally not a teenage girl.
Kevin Williamson
Jam! Movies

The High School Musical of vampire films.
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

[brie]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1089025#msg1089025 date=1227310142]
OMG -- I'm so totally not a teenage girl.
Kevin Williamson
Jam! Movies

The High School Musical of vampire films.
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun




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yeah the one about the teenage girl cracked me up.
but hey I hate high school musical!

[Deviant Toaster]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1089020#msg1089020 date=1227309962]
AHAHHA Twilight reviews are my new favorite thing to read:

Combines the plot of HBO's True Blood with the intensity level of Saved by the Bell.
Kyle Smith
New York Post
Top Critic

It [the book] bored me to tears and sucked the life out of my summer vacation. The movie is much better and gets an above average rating only because it is days shorter.
Gary Wolcott
Tri-City Herald

I'm glad I saw Twilight for one reason: It made the phrase jump the shark obsolete, to be potentially replaced with The vampires are playing baseball.
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

I think Edward Cullen has Asperger's syndrome... Bella should totally go for Jacob instead, but then he could do way better with any of the townies... Edward looks lame ripping trees out of the ground and jumping around the forest like Tom Cruise on Oprah
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

OMG -- I'm so totally not a teenage girl.
Kevin Williamson
Jam! Movies

The High School Musical of vampire films.
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

And in this world, vampires have no fangs, they don't sleep and they...well, they sparkle in the sun. Sigh. Glittery vampires. Pretty sparkly ones that don't have fangs.
Jenna Busch
UGO

Dark Shadows at Degrassi Jr. High, but with half the budget of either of those two shows.
Devin Faraci
CHUD

These aren't vampires. These are fairies.
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

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I can just see the millions of teenage girls falling apart over these words.  :lol: Thanks for sharing with the class!

[bowieluva]

[quote author=brie star link=topic=5264.msg1089027#msg1089027 date=1227310184]
yeah the one about the teenage girl cracked me up.
but hey I hate high school musical!
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Even the GOOD reviews were like 'if I was a 14 year old girl from the midwest, I'd love this so hard."
[quote author=Deviant Toaster link=topic=5264.msg1089030#msg1089030 date=1227310244]
I can just see the millions of teenage girls falling apart over these words.  :lol: Thanks for sharing with the class!
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HAHAH this one is my favorite:
I'm glad I saw Twilight for one reason: It made the phrase jump the shark obsolete, to be potentially replaced with The vampires are playing baseball.
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily St

[bowieluva]

So I saw Bolt this weekend.

Meh.  I feel bad but John Tavolta really creeps me out, and it's not cute to hear his voice coming from a tiny dog.  Some of the animation was amazing and some of it was like, well since we blew the budget on this, this other thing has to look super shitty.  The voices were all wrong, IMO, all like, old people doing cartoon voices to kids.  And whatever happened to a movie with little kids in it for little kids to relate to?  This was 'too adult' IMO. And there were parts where it dragged, and a kid's movie should never drag.

[okac]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1092048#msg1092048 date=1227555640]
So I saw Bolt this weekend.

Meh.  I feel bad but John Tavolta really creeps me out, and it's not cute to hear his voice coming from a tiny dog.  Some of the animation was amazing and some of it was like, well since we blew the budget on this, this other thing has to look super shitty.  The voices were all wrong, IMO, all like, old people doing cartoon voices to kids.  And whatever happened to a movie with little kids in it for little kids to relate to?  This was 'too adult' IMO. And there were parts where it dragged, and a kid's movie should never drag.
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aw i really liked it, i saw it with my friends kid last weekend... i guess i didnt expect much from it though...

[bowieluva]

[quote author=okac link=topic=5264.msg1092051#msg1092051 date=1227555760]
aw i really liked it, i saw it with my friends kid last weekend... i guess i didnt expect much from it though...
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What did the kid think of it?  I thought besides stuff looking cute, a lot of the industry info would be over their heads and boring for them.

[lilnikki]

I saw Twilight this weekend...it wasn't TERRIBLE but the book is 4568548787 times better. It was very disappointing about the vampires having no fangs!! My kids will like it  :-)

[wickedgirl]

I admit I have no desire to see Twilight, but in the clips they appear to be out in the daylight. Are they reverse vampires? Are they from Tansylvania?

[trailerparktrash]

[quote author=wickedgirl link=topic=5264.msg1094570#msg1094570 date=1227664367]
I admit I have no desire to see Twilight, but in the clips they appear to be out in the daylight. Are they reverse vampires? Are they from Tansylvania?
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I think these vampires 'glitter' in the sun.  :2smiley: :2smiley: :2smiley: :2smiley:

[bowieluva]

[quote author=trailerparktrash link=topic=5264.msg1094747#msg1094747 date=1227677765]
I think these vampires 'glitter' in the sun.  :2smiley: :2smiley: :2smiley: :2smiley:
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[trailerparktrash]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1094944#msg1094944 date=1227694940]


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Ha, is that true? I read the books ages ago and I have a terrible memory. Sometimes if I don't know something I'll just make the answer up.

[bowieluva]

[quote author=trailerparktrash link=topic=5264.msg1094953#msg1094953 date=1227695159]
Ha, is that true? I read the books ages ago and I have a terrible memory. Sometimes if I don't know something I'll just make the answer up.
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My friend saw the movie and confirmed it.  He also said 90% of the film is the vampire and the chick exchanging smoldering stares. Then the vampires play baseball.

[trailerparktrash]

[quote author=bowieluva link=topic=5264.msg1094956#msg1094956 date=1227695274]
My friend saw the movie and confirmed it.  He also said 90% of the film is the vampire and the chick exchanging smoldering stares. Then the vampires play baseball.
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I'm going to have to see it. One of my closest friends is a Twilight freak, she dressed up and dragged me along to a midnight release. In her defence, she is still technically a teenager.

[ScrantonBranch]

Saw twilight on friday. What i can say is the cast is incredibly good looking.