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| Marc |
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| The Yellow Submarine re-make is going to be in 3-D. This time you won't have to take a hit of acid to get the total effect. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:11 pm |
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ehle64 wrote: Joe Vitus wrote: Hardly. He was going back to the Travolta persona of Kotter, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease. 
That's too literal a take. Pulp Fiction is the adult/grungy version of the pop image he had, the bad boy, the gang member (both Barbarino and Danny belong to gangs, and Tony in SNF is essenitally in a gang). Not to mention Travolta's status as a 70's icon was clearly important to the pop culture references the movie is soaked in. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:13 am |
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As an actor I can sympathize with Shatner having to deal with an amateur trying to give a "line reading" to a pro. On the other hand, Shatner winds up looking like a snarky adolescent himself. He is obviously making fun of the director and can't own up to it.
My attitude is affected by the "knowledge" (fueled by ubiquitous rumors) that Shatner can be a genuine horse's ass. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:54 am |
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| He does have that reputation. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:50 am |
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| So far I've seen three previews of movies that will be playing here shortly (it seems) The Taking of Pelham 123, which looks even worse than I remember it looking. The Ugly Truth, which looks like a terribly lame paint by numbers rom/com, and another rom/com that I can't even find on IMDB (looked three months back and three months forward). I don't remember the name, but it looks like it will make The Ugly Truth look like Annie Hall. I'm thinking it may not even be released in the states. It is an American film, but they might have thought dumping it on foreign shores might be a better idea. The next time I go to the movies, I'll be sure to remember the name. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:45 pm |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:56 pm |
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| TAKING WOODSTOCK has got a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Not a good sign. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:59 pm |
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from the Village Voice review of TAKING WOODSTOCK:
Quote: Little music from the concert itself is heard. On display instead are inane, occasionally borderline offensive portrayals of Jews, performance artists, trannies, Vietnam vets, squares, and freaks. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:16 pm |
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Marc wrote: TAKING WOODSTOCK has got a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Not a good sign.
Marc wrote: from the Village Voice review of TAKING WOODSTOCK:
Quote: Little music from the concert itself is heard. On display instead are inane, occasionally borderline offensive portrayals of Jews, performance artists, trannies, Vietnam vets, squares, and freaks.
Well, that sounds like the average Burning Man turn-out. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:26 pm |
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Marc wrote: from the Village Voice review of TAKING WOODSTOCK:
Quote: Little music from the concert itself is heard. On display instead are inane, occasionally borderline offensive portrayals of Jews, performance artists, trannies, Vietnam vets, squares, and freaks.
It's been commonplace in most of the recent articles I've read on Woodstock to downplay the importance of the music. The argument being that only a small percentage of the audience could actually hear the bands. I have no idea if this is true or even if this is relevent to what Woodstock represented (guess it depends on if you're looking at it from a hippie utopia vs. a great moment in music).
All this is very new to me, since the various accounts of the concert I've encountered for decades has emphasized the musical acts, while still giving room to praise the social experiement (and lame jokes about the brown acid, of course). The change in approach is baffling. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:43 pm |
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| It's also a case of music licensing fees, which would add a hefty chunk of cash outlay beyond the film's $35 mil budget. Received opine in Tinseltown is that the movie was never conceived to be a concert film or focus on the performers, but the ordinary people upon whom Woodstock descended. However, it's been marketed vaguely enough that it might allow peeps to presume they'll get some recreations of the various sets, and thus be disappointed. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:09 pm |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:16 pm |
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| My ex's sister worked for D.A. Pennebaker at the time of Woodstock and he was offered the the chance of filming it. He turned it down because he thought it would be just another Monterey Pop. |
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| Kate |
| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:41 pm |
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marantzo wrote: So far I've seen three previews of movies that will be playing here shortly (it seems) The Taking of Pelham 123, which looks even worse than I remember it looking. The Ugly Truth, which looks like a terribly lame paint by numbers rom/com, and another rom/com that I can't even find on IMDB (looked three months back and three months forward). I don't remember the name, but it looks like it will make The Ugly Truth look like Annie Hall. I'm thinking it may not even be released in the states. It is an American film, but they might have thought dumping it on foreign shores might be a better idea. The next time I go to the movies, I'll be sure to remember the name.
Gary, The Ugly Truth was a seriously lame film that I wasted 10 bucks - you have been warned - it sucked. |
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| That's a relief. I'd considered seeing it because I like Katherine Heigl, but the reviews were terrible. |
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