"Anyway, by now you may wonder how I wound up here. Or, maybe not. Maybe you wonder how silly putty picks shit up from comic books. The point is, I don't see another Goddamn narrator, so pipe down."
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
16.5.08
Caspian
Today The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian comes out. Quite honestly, I'm not super excited about this film, but I do want to see it. Here's my two reasons for wanting & not wanting to see it.
- Eddie Izzard voices a warrior mouse. I do not remember much from the book, but I flipping love Eddie Izzard (I'm finally seeing him live in August!). I just don't think he can be boring.
- The trailer scares me. Why? The dude that plays Prince Caspian. All of his shots in the trailer show him portraying the same look/emotion; it's the standard Hollywood young hottie look I call the "confused, but hot" look.
However, I did enjoy the first movie, so I'll probably enjoy the second.
12.5.08
$$ Speed Racer $$
I have not been interested in Speed Racer since the first time I found out they were making it into a live action movie at the Comic-Con last year. I disliked the cartoon intensely and thought it was a dumb decision to turn it into a live action film, even with the Wachowski brothers at the helm.
I cannot manage to feel guilty that Speed Racer flopped at the box office this weekend.
Sure, $20.2 million is a respectable sum for an opening weekend - if it's November or March and you have a small budget movie; however, when your film cost an estimated $150 million to make and $100 million to market (which Warner Bros. won't confirm) $20.2 million is a dismal flop that spells disaster.
Of course you can argue that the #1 film Iron Man had a 50% drop from it's revenue last weekend, but it dropped as expected. Opening weekend Iron Man made $100 million in the US alone, no one expected it to make that again and this weekend it made $50 million...this is $30 million more than Speed Racer made. Speed Racer only made $0.2 million more than What Happens In Vegas a predictable romantic comedy with Cameron Diaz & Ashton Kutcher that no one expected to be ground breaking technologically or in any other means. The studio expected Speed Racer to be huge, and have drawing power.
If I see Speed Racer it will be several weeks from now, and only because I'm sure the visuals will lose some of their vivaciousness when translated onto my 13" tv. Yet, I feel no need to race out and see it now. I'll make sure I see the movies I actually want to see first.
I cannot manage to feel guilty that Speed Racer flopped at the box office this weekend.
Sure, $20.2 million is a respectable sum for an opening weekend - if it's November or March and you have a small budget movie; however, when your film cost an estimated $150 million to make and $100 million to market (which Warner Bros. won't confirm) $20.2 million is a dismal flop that spells disaster.
Of course you can argue that the #1 film Iron Man had a 50% drop from it's revenue last weekend, but it dropped as expected. Opening weekend Iron Man made $100 million in the US alone, no one expected it to make that again and this weekend it made $50 million...this is $30 million more than Speed Racer made. Speed Racer only made $0.2 million more than What Happens In Vegas a predictable romantic comedy with Cameron Diaz & Ashton Kutcher that no one expected to be ground breaking technologically or in any other means. The studio expected Speed Racer to be huge, and have drawing power.
If I see Speed Racer it will be several weeks from now, and only because I'm sure the visuals will lose some of their vivaciousness when translated onto my 13" tv. Yet, I feel no need to race out and see it now. I'll make sure I see the movies I actually want to see first.
11.5.08
Random Quote # 7 of Many...
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Billy Madison
9.5.08
Speed Racer
I have been unable to get excited about Speed Racer, I never liked the cartoon and really don't care to see the movie. However, I love that metacritic.com does blurbs from reviews.
Here's my favorite review so far by Ian Nathan of Empire:
It'll split the ranks like a pizza cutter: you might admire it as a Warholian blur of pop art, gawp and gasp at its Hot Wheels-for-real dynamism, or get a headache.
Here's my favorite review so far by Ian Nathan of Empire:
It'll split the ranks like a pizza cutter: you might admire it as a Warholian blur of pop art, gawp and gasp at its Hot Wheels-for-real dynamism, or get a headache.
1.5.08
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