Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

krim wrote:saw Taken... Liem Neeson is no Matt Damon

bet he's relieved. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
I thought it opened this Friday....?

I was thinking about checking it out.... :victory:

it's out in limited release. oddly, the copyright is 2007... :headscratch:

krim wrote:it's out in limited release. oddly, the copyright is 2007... :headscratch:

Must be one of those movies sitting on a shelf that the studio didn't know what to do with... :sweat:

krim wrote:it's out in limited release. oddly, the copyright is 2007... :headscratch:

From Wiki:

"Taken" has been slowly released throughout the world, beginning in France on February 27, 2008. It was released on September 26, 2008 in the United Kingdom. So far, it has made $68 million worldwide. It will be released in the United States on January 30, 2009.

It opened in France almost a year ago... :sweat: :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
From Wiki:

"Taken" has been slowly released throughout the world, beginning in France on February 27, 2008. It was released on September 26, 2008 in the United Kingdom. So far, it has made $68 million worldwide. It will be released in the United States on January 30, 2009.

It opened in France almost a year ago... :sweat: :headscratch:

I can't work out why it wasn't more popular. Everyone I have spoken to (in person) has loved it.

Ever since Paul Newman passed away I've been going thru some of his movies on DVD. Watched Butch Cassidy, , , over the weekend. Last night I watched the 2nd DVD that had all the "Making of", interviews and what not. Lots of interesting stuff. It was supposed to be Newman with Steve McQueen but they got in big to-do about billing, McQueen thought he should be billed ahead of Newman when they couldn't resolve that McQueen dropped out. At first, Newman thought he was playing Sundance and the director (George Roy Hill) told him, "No, you're playing Butch." After McQueen dropped out, they thought about getting Brando, Warren Beatty, some other actors. The only guy that wanted Redford was the director, Hill and he had to fight the studio like crazy on that, they wanted a "star".[/list:u] I love those extra DVD's sometimes they're more interesting than the movie. :applaud:

gaijinmark wrote:Ever since Paul Newman passed away I've been going thru some of his movies on DVD. Watched Butch Cassidy, , , over the weekend. Last night I watched the 2nd DVD that had all the "Making of", interviews and what not. Lots of interesting stuff. It was supposed to be Newman with Steve McQueen but they got in big to-do about billing, McQueen thought he should be billed ahead of Newman when they couldn't resolve that McQueen dropped out. At first, Newman thought he was playing Sundance and the director (George Roy Hill) told him, "No, you're playing Butch." After McQueen dropped out, they thought about getting Brando, Warren Beatty, some other actors. The only guy that wanted Redford was the director, Hill and he had to fight the studio like crazy on that, they wanted a "star".[/list:u] I love those extra DVD's sometimes they're more interesting than the movie. :applaud:

Yeah, I love the additional information that's offered in those special editions: Lots of insight and fascinating trivia... :victory:

Extra info on movies can be a problem.

I liked the movie "Rainman" with Hoffman and Cruise. Then I found out that the part of the slick car salesman brother was written for Bill Murray. He had to drop out, and Cruise got the part.

Ever since I heard that, every time I see parts of the movie I find myself imagining what those scenes would have looked like with Murray in them... and it just seems to make so much more sense to me.

Somehow I can't picture Bill Murray in that role at all.

gaijinmark wrote:Somehow I can't picture Bill Murray in that role at all.

I can't picture Bill Murray in any roles. :bleh:

I took the Mrs and my eldest daughter to see "He's Just Not That Into You"
(Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connolly, various himbos) - their choice of course.

Can anyone say "Chick Flick"? :hehe:

It wasn't TOO bad though. Ginnifer Goodwin runs rings around the rest of them, and is much cuter than Aniston, Connelly and even Scarlett Johansen :)

Anime Dad wrote:I took the Mrs and my eldest daughter to see "He's Just Not That Into You"
(Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connolly, various himbos) - their choice of course.

Can anyone say "Chick Flick"? :hehe:

It wasn't TOO bad though. Ginnifer Goodwin runs rings around the rest of them, and is much cuter than Aniston, Connelly and even Scarlett Johansen :)

I used to love Scarlet - in her Ghost World period - now I just think she's a blonde airhead.

OT: I can recommend Slumdog Millionaire - as always with a Danny Boyle, the music is excellent (the story even better :mrgreen: ).

Anime Dad wrote:I took the Mrs and my eldest daughter to see "He's Just Not That Into You"
(Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connolly, various himbos) - their choice of course.

Can anyone say "Chick Flick"? :hehe:

It wasn't TOO bad though. Ginnifer Goodwin runs rings around the rest of them, and is much cuter than Aniston, Connelly and even Scarlett Johansen :)

Is Ginnifer the one who played Gigi? I LUFFED her. She was my fav. Aniston's story was romantic and cute, but yea. I wanted to slap Scarlet every time she was on screen. :shakehead:

@Esther: I really enjoyed Slumdog, but I felt it weakened as the plot progressed. The beginning was AMAZING, and although it was good overall, it sorta lost the amazing for me somewhere near the middle.

Well deserving of its nominations, tho.

Hmmm... I still haven't seen Benjamin Button.

Wynter wrote:

Is Ginnifer the one who played Gigi? I LUFFED her. She was my fav. Aniston's story was romantic and cute, but yea. I wanted to slap Scarlet every time she was on screen. :shakehead:

That's the one. She's adorable! That was one of the problems I had with the movie:

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As if all those guys wouldn't be calling her back!

Anime Dad wrote:

That's the one. She's adorable! That was one of the problems I had with the movie:

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As if all those guys wouldn't be calling her back!

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Well, she was just so pathetic. That's what was so endearing about her. She was desperate and sad, but full of life and energy. You'd be heartless not to cheer her on.

^ Yeah, I guess...

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There are plenty of women who don't realise how attractive they really are...

Anime Dad wrote:^ Yeah, I guess...

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There are plenty of women who don't realise how attractive they really are...

This is true. But it's mainly because there's no confirmation. As was her case for a long time.

Wynter wrote:

This is true. But it's mainly because there's no confirmation. As was her case for a long time.

That's what I couldn't work out.

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Maybe it's me that's pathetic, if it was me that took her out on a date I would be ringing her the next day :ashamed:

Anime Dad wrote:

That's what I couldn't work out.

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Maybe it's me that's pathetic, if it was me that took her out on a date I would be ringing her the next day :ashamed:

But you're rare. I was told today that good guys never get the girls. But it's because good guys always want the thin, pretty blond girls (no offense to thin, pretty blond girls).

What about the rest of us good girls who don't quite have all the assets?

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Now Gigi clearly had the assets, but compared to the other women in the movie, the focus of her character was her personality, and not her looks. Which is why I liked her so much. She got the guy because he fell for her. Not because she was hot.

I'm not sure how to take that..

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I wouldn't necessarily be looking for a thin, pretty, blonde girl. Pretty is in the eye of the beholder, for a start.. Or maybe i'm not a good guy :shamefulcry:

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I really liked her personality too. I like bubbly types :)

And what's wrong with your assets?

Wynter Edit: fixed the spoiler. :D