tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post3025104713637821908..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Now Playing: Giant Blue Phalluses and Brave Little FilmsNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-5143369600943504132009-03-08T09:00:00.000-04:002009-03-08T09:00:00.000-04:00vince... maybe Mary Louise Parker *IS* Zach Snyder...vince... maybe Mary Louise Parker *IS* Zach Snyder !?!NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55275563563870176812009-03-07T20:54:00.000-05:002009-03-07T20:54:00.000-05:00when I see Patty Clarkson, i am immediately remind...when I see Patty Clarkson, i am immediately reminded of the line from Love Actually: "I love her. And true love lasts a lifetime." Whatever Works cannot come out soon enough, and I don't think Phoebe is coming out in Florida. boo.Walter L. Hollmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636732594078157905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36053554536919923952009-03-07T19:15:00.000-05:002009-03-07T19:15:00.000-05:00Did anyone else notice how most of the Watchmen ar...Did anyone else notice how most of the Watchmen are connected to Mary-Louise Parker? She was partnered with Billy Crudup, until he left her for Claire Danes. After Crudup she dated Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who also played her dead husband on Weeds. And Patrick Wilson played her husband in Angels in Americas. To make it a full circle, Wilson did the "Anything You Can Do" Gap commercial with Claire Danes. Hollywood is a small world afterall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7790429128417093032009-03-07T03:08:00.000-05:002009-03-07T03:08:00.000-05:00i just can't get too excited about watchmen.i wish...i just can't get too excited about watchmen.<BR/><BR/>i wish there were more "david's" this time of year with the real strength to take on this goliath.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-80824056303487794192009-03-07T03:01:00.000-05:002009-03-07T03:01:00.000-05:00Rosario Dawson has gotten a really good role. She ...Rosario Dawson has gotten a really good role. She is amazing in <I>Descent</I>. It's a really dark movie, but she is fantastic.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789811118238494036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61585043616281085012009-03-06T21:32:00.000-05:002009-03-06T21:32:00.000-05:00I haven't been looking forward to Watchmen since S...I haven't been looking forward to Watchmen since Snyder was announced as director. The only thing he has done right is to cast Jackie Earle Haley (who, to his credit, I hadn't even considered for the role - and I'm one of those fans who was posting my dream cast list on IMDB).<BR/><BR/>As someone who wants to break into Hollywood myself, I find it hard to call any director a "hack", because that implies no respect at all, and I have to have respect for someone who has actual managed to have a film made and released, but I can safely call Zack Snyder a hack.<BR/><BR/>The fact that he seemingly hadn't set his sights on making Watchmen the biggest film it could possibly be is what really annoys me. Fair enough, The Dark Knight hadn't been released while he was making it, so he couldn't have seen the impact that Nolan's film would have, but THAT is the kind of cultural impact that the Watchmen movie should have had. Biggest movie of the year, one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year, no one could NOT talk about it. That should have been what Snyder was aiming for.<BR/><BR/>Watchmen should have been the first comic book movie nominated for Best Picture. That's the kind of effect it COULD have had. (Not that it should have been made for Oscars, obviously, but neither was Dark Knight, and look how close that got). Apparently, Snyder didn't even see that as a possibility. He was SO not the right director for this material.<b>Jack</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01271818915947176789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-41008359581374086262009-03-06T21:29:00.000-05:002009-03-06T21:29:00.000-05:00It might be my age but I'd never heard of Iron Man...It might be my age but I'd never heard of Iron Man before it was made into a movie. Also never heard of Hellboy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72972106926883013962009-03-06T20:57:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:57:00.000-05:00It is weird that there wasn't any counterprogrammi...It is weird that there wasn't any counterprogramming by the other studios.<BR/><BR/>No musicals? No romantic chick flicks? Nothing starring Reese Witherspoon?<BR/><BR/>I mean even The Dark Knight had Mamma Mia. Wall-E had Wanted. Come on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-466000437132724022009-03-06T20:19:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:19:00.000-05:00I hated Watchmen so much. I can't even understand ...I hated Watchmen so much. I can't even understand why it was made. My viewing partner summed it up best: "There was an awful dick-to-chick ratio." I don't think I was meant to have laughed as much at the movie as I did.Sam Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456254953886041016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-56609733260537721702009-03-06T20:12:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:12:00.000-05:00I totally agree with you on Rosario Dawson needing...I totally agree with you on Rosario Dawson needing a real starring role. She's got the charisma to wow, so I'm ready to be wowed. <BR/><BR/>Watchmen...no.<BR/>Ziyi Zhang...yes.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039130895443623988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-80820824119959701502009-03-06T19:45:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:45:00.000-05:00Nathaniel- thanks for the clarification, I'm a lit...Nathaniel- thanks for the clarification, I'm a little dim at times. :) I'm going to watch this one for sure cuz I'm a Zhang fan. They shot this movie in my hometown, wanna see how many locations I'll recognize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52605748741862875542009-03-06T19:43:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:43:00.000-05:00Jack... hmmm. I do remember being curious about ho...Jack... hmmm. I do remember being curious about how Iron Man would do (pre trailer that made everyone gaga bonkers for it) but hmmm. yeah. i probably shouldn't have included him in that opening paragraph. Now everybody in diapers knows he is but maybe not a few year ago.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure Watchmen will open well (is there a superhero movie that hasn't? they're kinda like slasher pics that way. They always open) but my question is regarding its staying power because a lot of people are totally unfamiliar with it.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-59535195280266297072009-03-06T19:23:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:23:00.000-05:00Nat, weren't you arguing a year ago that Iron Man ...Nat, weren't you arguing a year ago that Iron Man wasn't a well known brand? Admittedly, you said it wouldn't matter because people would still flock to a "robot movie", but your point was still that audiences weren't familiar with him.<BR/><BR/>I think releasing a big blockbuster at this time of year is pretty canny by the studio. If something like Paul Blart: Mall Cop can make $100 million in these months, then clearly something of at least average quality could presumably clean up at the box office.<b>Jack</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01271818915947176789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-12446800338747038232009-03-06T18:59:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:59:00.000-05:00wayne b i don't. i just meant she is the villain a...<B>wayne b</B> i don't. i just meant she is the villain and he is the hero... they tell you that about one minute into the trailer although I think it's probably meant to be a surprise in the movie judging on some of the clips.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20439233085374913822009-03-06T18:21:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:21:00.000-05:00It sucks big time to live in a city where the "lim...It sucks big time to live in a city where the "limited" releases never come. So I'll pass this weekend's box office (comic books never appealed to me). Luckily Chicago is 2 driving hours away , and there's a European film fest going on there.adelutzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500491363721543846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87488605550844316332009-03-06T18:20:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:20:00.000-05:00I saw Watchmen last night. It's alright, but as so...I saw <I>Watchmen</I> last night. It's alright, but as someone who hasn't read the novel, I can still instantly understand that they put in too much and left out too much. If they cut so many of the flashbacks and such it could've been an awesome 2-hour movie. If they expanded it it could've been an awesome 4-hour miniseries (ala <I>Angels in America</I>). As it is it stands in the middle and doesn't quite gel.<BR/><BR/>Visually it's amazing though.<BR/><BR/>The end.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40439493951907684872009-03-06T17:28:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:28:00.000-05:00Why do you consider Zhang Ziyi evil?Why do you consider Zhang Ziyi evil?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com