GirlsAloudFan
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I don't think it looks that terrible. But I also watch an average of 8 or 9 hours of Disney Channel "sitcoms" per week, so my opinion on anything is, quite literally, completely worthless.
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bono_212
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Your avi really kind of indicates your own disgust at your post, Gaf 
lazarus
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I think Pee-Wee's may be his best, too. Ed Wood is a very good film, I don't know if it's OMG BEST EVAR, though. Depp annoys the fuck out of me in almost every Burton film.
Big Fish was enjoyable, but a bit of a trifle.
I'm just over this whole goth bullshit. Grow the fuck up, dude. And his cult of fans is even worse.
I haven't hit that high, but I try to sneak in a good look at Tisdale and Brenda Song once or twice a week. And fuck it, I don't care: there is a really good cartoon on that channel now.
You're not alone man.
Got to agree with this. If there was ever a case of someone needing to change his style, I think he's it.
I decided I felt like Crudup was a weak link in Big Fish, but then I realized I've never particularly found him any good in anything I've seen him in. And this is coming from a guy who calls Almost Famous one of his top ten for the decade.
lazarus
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Why would he? His outcast/loser fans will keep eating this shit up. He'll probably adapt the Sandman comic next and they'll all spontaneously combust in gloomy ecstasy.
bono_212
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Huh. I really didn't realize that I wasn't alone in my feeling that his movies are just getting painfully ridiculous (Big Fish aside). This same conversation started in one of my video production classes, and it resulted in literally everyone else in the class ganging up on me because I'm the only one who feels that way about him. A bunch of them went to London last year, and met him and Helena while they were there, and they acted like they'd met the fucking pope. Things only went worse from there when I mentioned I pretty much think Helena's an unfunny joke.
lazarus
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This woman, Marla Singer, did NOT have testicular cancer.
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Lancemc
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There are few filmmakers I actively hate out there, as most of the really truly shitty ones aren't even worth the trouble, you know? But Tim Burton is one of those for me. He's made a few movies I enjoy throughout his career (Pee-Wee, Batman Returns) but Laz hit the nail on the head. He and his fans seriously need to just fuck off for a while. I can't stand them.
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I'd like to nominate Matt Reeves
he should be stopped before he makes any more crap.
Matt Reeves: From 'Cloverfield' to 'Let the Right One In' - Los Angeles Times
Let the Right One In does not need an American remake.
he should be stopped before he makes any more crap.
Matt Reeves: From 'Cloverfield' to 'Let the Right One In' - Los Angeles Times
Let the Right One In does not need an American remake.
elevated_u2_fan
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She was a liar.
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I would like to see a movie with no CGI at all.
I watched a good bit of Jurassic Park (HEY!) a few days ago. This led to to imagining how bad it would have been with all CGI dinosaurs. But it didn't go that route, and thus Jurassic Park kicks ass.
lazarus
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I'll dovetail these two topics by posing this question: Can anyone name two more unnecessary and passionless auteur films than Spielberg's Jurassic Park 2 or Burton's Planet of the Apes remake?
LMP
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Depp annoys me in nearly everything, with Benny & Joon being the complex apex of his quirky schtick.
Tim Burton is to movies what The Cure is to music. Yeah, we get it, you're depressed. Get some Prozac and shut the fuck up.
Which is why Big Fish worked to a great extent. The story came before the art direction.
Crudups's pretty solid in Mission Impossible III and I really dug him in Watchmen. Apart from that, I don't think I've seen him in anything else.
Well, technically, I have more of a right to be there than you. You still have your balls.
Am I the only one who really dug Cloverfield?
Not that I'd want Reeves to bastardize something as awesome as Let the Right One In, but you know it would happen at some point.
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LMP
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Those movies are absolutely putrid. Some of Eastwood's recent work falls into this category, namely Gran Torino.
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Lancemc
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I'd suggest King Kong, but even that doesn't reach the level of Burton's Apes. You've really posed a hell of a challenge there.
Also, I don't get picking on Matt Reeves. The dude's made one movie so far, which I sort of enjoyed/sort of never need to see ever again. And yeah, a remake of that film is pretty unnecessary, but I hardly think the guy is worthy of much animosity.
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Anything M. Night Shyamalan's done since Signs?
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Lancemc
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KILL SOME NATZEES WITH THE NEW INGLORIOUS BASTERDS TRAILER
How is it every new thing I see and hear about this makes me more worried?
And can Eli Roth please get on the bus with Burton and his fans and GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE forever? Pease...
How is it every new thing I see and hear about this makes me more worried?
And can Eli Roth please get on the bus with Burton and his fans and GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE forever? Pease...
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Lancemc
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I'll defend Lady in the Water until the day I die... though it has much more to do with everyone else's contributions to that film than anything Shyamalan did with it.
LMP
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Has Bryce Dallas Howard been in any movie that doesn't suck?
lazarus
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I wouldn't put Jackson's King Kong in the running, either. Sure, it's a bit of an ego project, and was like an hour too long, but there was so much good material in there to make it watchable, and admirable at times as well. And as much as I despise Shyamalan and his arrogance, at least the guy writes his own screenplays.
If The Lost World had a hungry young director (and adapted Crichton's novel better) it could have been decent. I've never seen a Spielberg film where he seemed so asleep at the wheel. You'd never guess he made the film. And the Godzilla shit with the Japanese caricatures is beneath contempt.
Planet of the Apes was doomed from the start, really. That it was one long chase scene didn't help, either. And that idiotic twist on the original's twist was laughable. An "Ape Lincoln" Memorial? Really?
If The Lost World had a hungry young director (and adapted Crichton's novel better) it could have been decent. I've never seen a Spielberg film where he seemed so asleep at the wheel. You'd never guess he made the film. And the Godzilla shit with the Japanese caricatures is beneath contempt.
Planet of the Apes was doomed from the start, really. That it was one long chase scene didn't help, either. And that idiotic twist on the original's twist was laughable. An "Ape Lincoln" Memorial? Really?
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Lancemc
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...Lady In the Water?
But seriously I like that movie. It's got a lot going for it: terrific score from James Newton Howard, likable performances from all involved even making Giamatti bearable for stretches (aside from his failed attempt at a stutter), nice production design and aesthetic, and I'll go out on a limb here and say Chris Doyle's finest non-Chinese cinematography.
Shyamalan is up to many of his same tricks of course, and the movie falters a lot because of him, but at the same time it's considerably more imaginative than much of his recent work and deserves some credit for being bold even if it doesn't really work.
I'm not alone:
Lady in the Water | Reverse Shot
LMP
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I enjoyed it for what it was, too. A bit too long and Jack Black was miscast, but overall, it was a solid adventure film with some engaging performances and pretty stellar action setpieces. Kong fighting the two T-Rexes (?) with Naomi Watts in tow was entertaining.
That probably explains why Spielberg doesn't do sequels outside of the Indy series...
Apparently Planet of the Apes went through a huge script revision before it went into production, but goddamn, was that horrible.
You're right in that it has a couple solid aspects, but it's ultimately a failure. I was going into it pretty excited and it never fully grasped my attention. It isn't an outright disaster like The Village (which had a stronger cast) or The Happening, but that doesn't stop it from being a bland story.
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That is BULLSHIT!
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Oh hi, Mark.
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Lancemc
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You could also download Azeurus if you don't use it already to stream stuff live to your xbox.
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Lancemc
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You probably haven't used it then since the substantial update. Azeurus/"Vuse" is pretty badass these days.
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