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.
He really fell off the map after Ed Wood. I rewatched Big Fish last week and I really do enjoy that one (this may or may not have to do with my Cotillard crush). But everything else... yikes.
I do think Pee-wee's Big Adventure is his best film. I'm completely unafraid to admit it.
Christ.
What the hell happened to Burton after Ed Wood? The only "great" film he's made since then has been Big Fish, and I kind of enjoy Sleepy Hollow. Apart from that, it's just indulgent, art direction-heavy quirk porn.
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.
I'm just over this whole goth bullshit. Grow the fuck up, dude. And his cult of fans is even worse.
This woman, Marla Singer, did NOT have testicular cancer.
I would like to see a movie with no CGI at all.
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.
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.
This woman, Marla Singer, did NOT have testicular cancer.
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.
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.
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?
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?
Anything M. Night Shyamalan's done since Signs?
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.
Has Bryce Dallas Howard been in any movie that doesn't suck?
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?
...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
I'm busy trying to get the Windows Media Center sync with my 360 so I can watch The Room on the big screen whenevah I want.
Oh, hi Denny.