tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post7363546030712352626..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: More From Cannes: Imelda, Penélope, Brad, Palme D'Or FrontrunnersNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32754173388647272202009-05-24T06:59:49.249-04:002009-05-24T06:59:49.249-04:00I challenge Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to spend ...I challenge Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to spend those obscene reserves held by their 'Jolie-Pitt' Foundation on legitimate efficient 'humanitarian' work or turn the funds over to others who will. To date, they have taken in $22,000,000 on the sale of baby photos alone, another 6 or 7 figures from other sources, and spent or granted only a fraction of that on 'humanitarian' work or 'good will' of any kind. The rest so far, has been spent on PR campaigns, plane rides, and super-high end accomodations for Brad and Angie in exotic locations around the world. I challenge them to meet the criteria of a legitimate charity, operate with a reasonable overhead, open their books to prove it, and get their 'foundation' worthy of a decent rating by ANY independent watchdog like Charitywatch.org. Otherwise, to stop selling baby photos for 'charity' and stop seeking publicity for donations made in their own name to their own foundation/travel/PR firm shortly before or after the premier of their latest film or DVD release. I challenge Brad Pitt to do the same with his 'Make it right' Foundation. Which to date, has not met the criteria of a legitimate charity or been given a decent rating by ANY independent charity watchdog. Otherwise, to stop competing with 'Habitat for Humanity' for PR, credit, kudos, and funding. Who by the way have been building homes for the less fortunate in every major city including New Orleans for decades. 'Habitat for Humanity' has been 'Top Rated' for years by charitywatch.org and others. They operate with a low overhead, volunteer workforce, and donated materials. No similar effort can match their progress hour for hour or dollar for dollar. They don't even come close. Unlike 'Make it right', the homes built by 'Habitat' don't just sit there vacant. They don't exclude by cost, lower income families. They are allocated and built specifically for the less fortunate who take part in the building process and move in immediately upon completion. 'Habitat' works in every major city including New Orleans. It puts 'Make it right' to shame. In fact, hundreds of legitimate charities have been given good-excellent ratings by Charitywatch.org and other independent watchdog groups. By contrast, the vast, overwhelming majority of celebrity 'foundations' have been rated poorly, fair, or not rated at all. They are inneficient, corrupt, focus heavily on PR, and operate with shady, self-serving, misleading accounting practices. They usually don't even meet the criteria of a legitimate charity. Still, they have the nerve to self-audit, self-praise, mislead the donor/fan base, seek funding from a number of sources including ordinary people, compete with legitimate charities, and cash in on maximum PR worldwide for their inefficient 'humanitarian' efforts. Its not right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72818181688215746502009-05-23T13:27:35.631-04:002009-05-23T13:27:35.631-04:00My Palme d'Or predix, in order of likelihood. Bas...My Palme d'Or predix, in order of likelihood. Based on a variety of factors.<br /><br />1. A Prophet<br />2. Wild Grass<br />3. The White Ribbon<br />4. Vincere<br />5. In the Beginning<br />6. Bright Star<br />7. Antichrist<br />8. The Time That Remains<br />9. Fish Tank <br />10. Looking for Eric<br />11. Map of the Sounds of Tokyo<br />12. Broken Embraces<br />13. Vengeance<br />14. Inglorious Basterds<br />15. Thirst<br />16. Spring Fever<br />17. Taking Woodstock<br />18. Face<br />19. Enter the Void<br />20. KinatayRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178975866741187681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72313820063270986352009-05-23T11:48:35.765-04:002009-05-23T11:48:35.765-04:00I have also heard mixed things about The White Rib...I have also heard mixed things about The White Ribbon (though that doesn't mean it won't win).<br /><br />Vincere I've heard bandied about with the term "front runner."<br /><br />Alain Resnains' Wild Grass has gotten a fairly positive response. <br /><br />A Prophet, as you say sounds possible.<br /><br />And we're still waiting on the last day entries like Face (my most anticipated).Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178975866741187681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-82766917497635886412009-05-23T10:06:25.375-04:002009-05-23T10:06:25.375-04:00I think there will be some raised eye brows if Hup...I think there will be some raised eye brows if Huppert gives the Palme to Haneke. He could deserve it though but I bet people who doesn't like the film very much will question it.<br /><br />Actually here in Denmark the Danish critics have been very mixed on The White Ribbon. Two calls it a Palme candidate but the rest are more mixed.<br /><br />The highest rated film from the Danish critics is Andrea Arnolds Fish Tank. No. 2 i Antichrist (it received GREAT reviews when it opened in Denmark this week. I don't agree. It's a really good film and far from as extreme as the reaction in Cannes indicates but several well known critis here has called it a masterpiece) and A Prophet is no. 3. Enter the Void and Spring Fever is bottom.<br /><br />But I have no idea who will win :DMichael W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32458638817079691172009-05-23T06:50:58.022-04:002009-05-23T06:50:58.022-04:00Wayne, it is true that Jackie Brown is regarded of...Wayne, it is true that <I>Jackie Brown</I> is regarded of with much more fondness than it was. Being an original lover of it (I did and always have said that it's better than <I>Pulp Fiction</I>) it's been nice to see.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-60024275442775626092009-05-23T05:59:25.200-04:002009-05-23T05:59:25.200-04:00I'm hoping Haneke wins, too.I'm hoping Haneke wins, too.Agent69noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-57880128246420298392009-05-23T05:51:12.505-04:002009-05-23T05:51:12.505-04:00@Kyle R: Tarantino's detractors can be split into ...@Kyle R: Tarantino's detractors can be split into two main camps: 1) Those who decry their excessive violence, pop-culture riffs, stylized dialog, the cascade of Style over substance, etc., and 2) Those who decry their bloat and dreary running times.<br /><br />I'd argue against those in the first camp, not least because his films have always been careful to enact the <EM>consequences</EM> of violence (which is why the Style-over-substance assertion doesn't hold in my regard).<br /><br />But lately most negative criticism over Tarantino's work has hailed from the second camp, because it's grown harder for him to discern the brilliant from the boring. It's deeply disingenuous to say that the alternative to undisciplined Tarantino is "crappy studio made movies with common themes and universal plots". Wrong. For the second camp, the alternative is <EM>good</EM> Tarantino, the sort of movies that he made when he first blazed onto the Hollywood scene.Colin Lowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16417142602329843344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-80633851405163654202009-05-23T05:40:34.112-04:002009-05-23T05:40:34.112-04:00I hope Haneke wins the Palme d'Or.I hope Haneke wins the Palme d'Or.Special Pantys of a Housewivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-4821157659621359382009-05-23T00:56:54.715-04:002009-05-23T00:56:54.715-04:00I don't know what Kristen Scott Thomas is at Canne...I don't know what Kristen Scott Thomas is at Cannes with, but I doubt it's this: <I>Easy Virtue</I>.<br /><br />Anyways, what I'm getting at is I thought KST was great last year in everything she was in, and she looks fantastic in the preview for <I>Easy Virtue</I>. I can't wait to see it b/c of her. Oh, and JT's girlfriend looks dead adorable in it as well!Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067136509248849744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-34119453366678818622009-05-22T23:50:40.285-04:002009-05-22T23:50:40.285-04:00I hope Anti-christ wins an award, just to see the ...I hope Anti-christ wins an award, just to see the crowd reaction.Floshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84472490311019500472009-05-22T23:43:21.098-04:002009-05-22T23:43:21.098-04:00Kyle R
i'd argue that Tarantino is a mainstream f...Kyle R<br /><br />i'd argue that Tarantino is a mainstream filmmaker. A great one.<br /><br />but even people who like his work aren't saying the nicest things.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-86680903240497184172009-05-22T23:37:43.311-04:002009-05-22T23:37:43.311-04:00Tarantino's movies have never been meant to appeal...Tarantino's movies have never been meant to appeal to the majority. Some people understand the art, some people would rather watch crappy studio made movies with common themes and universal plots. I personally cannot wait until I see this movie. Tarantino has not let me down up until this point, and I don't think it will start with this movie. Only time will tell.Kyle Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-25421426618232152542009-05-22T20:39:37.596-04:002009-05-22T20:39:37.596-04:00Weren't people underwhelmed by "Jackie Brown" when...Weren't people underwhelmed by "Jackie Brown" when it premiered? Now its practically a classic, hopefully "Inglorious Basterds" will be the same.Wayne B.noreply@blogger.com