Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

Takoyama wrote:Wow I didn't know there's gonna be a remake of Wizard of Oz. I voted for Anne Hathaway as Dorothy. They better include "Lollipop Guild" song because that track is awesome.

http://www.popeater.com/2009/09/24/casting-new-wizard-of-oz-anniversary/?ncid=AOLDSN00290000000010

OH NOES!!!!!!!!!! :shocked:

Do as you wish with Dorothy, but--LEAVE. THOSE. MUNCHKINS. ALOOOOONE!!!!!! :cursing:

Ender's Girl wrote:LEAVE. THOSE. MUNCHKINS. ALOOOOONE!!!!!! :cursing:

Maybe they'll use Johnny's as Munchkins. :beaten:

^ :lol: :rofl: :mwahaha: :dielaughing: :lol: :rofl: :mwahaha: :dielaughing:

Too late. I think these poor little Johnnies have already been conscripted--er, cast as Oompa-Loompas. J-Ent being Johnny and the Chocolate Factory (as my best friend calls it), after all... :beaten:

From Yahoo! Movies ( http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-rotten-tomatoes-100-worst.html ):

The Decade's Worst Movies

Excerpt:

So what wound up being the worst of the worst? That honor goes to the 2002 explosion fest "Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever," starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu. The movie -- which earned a rare 0% freshness rating -- was described by critics as being "an ungainly mess," "loud and boring," "flat, stale, confusing and lazy," and "a picture for idiots." Though the flick damaged but didn't completely ruin both Banderas' and Liu's careers, Thai-born director Wych Kaosyananda (aka Kaos) hasn't directed a movie since.


Here's the bottom ten from RottenTomatoes's "Worst of the Worst":

10. Witless Protection (2008)
9. Redline (2007)
8. 3 Strikes (2000)
7. Strange Wilderness (2008)
6. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
5. National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004)
4. King's Ransom (2005)
3. Pinocchio (2002)
2. One Missed Call (2008)
1. Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever (2002)

Just saw a commercial for Astro Boy.

No thanks. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:Just saw a commercial for Astro Boy.

No thanks. :bleh:

Never liked Astro Boy. He always cried when he couldn't save those sorry little earthlings in time. He died in the anime and it was good. :twisted:

Ender's Girl wrote:He died in the anime and it was good. :twisted:

LOL. :rofl:

No condolences for Astro Boy from EG. :hehe:

Geezer wrote: the truth is, I could never stand Barbara Stanwyck.

Not even when she was wearing that sweater in Double Indemnity??? :hot:

gaijinmark wrote:Not even when she was wearing that sweater in Double Indemnity??? :hot:

I thought she was terrific in The Lady Eve. :victory:

Yatta!

I just got my Star Trek DVD in the mail... Movie time! :woot:

uhm.. New Moon is CRAP! :beaten:

slashersam016 wrote:uhm.. New Moon is CRAP! :beaten:

Unless you're a fangirl.

bmwracer wrote:
Unless you're a fangirl.

nope..

Ninja Assassin is on my next movie watch list..

slashersam016 wrote:Ninja Assassin is on my next movie watch list..

I've seen the trailers for this... Yawn.

With some initial reservation, I actually saw Mr. Fox a while back...it was pretty dayem funny.

bmwracer wrote:Yatta!

I just got my Star Trek DVD in the mail... Movie time! :woot:

The new movie? I just saw it on DVD. Thought it was horrible.

slashersam016 wrote:
Ninja Assassin is on my next movie watch list..

Anytime "Ninja" or "Assassin" is in the title of a movie, it'll bomb. Have both and you've discovered the secret formula for "suck".

Kijinnmaru wrote:
Anytime "Ninja" or "Assassin" is in the title of a movie, it'll bomb. Have both and you've discovered the secret formula for "suck".

It got an awful review by my local rag...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/mobile/6737791.html

Kijinnmaru wrote:The new movie? I just saw it on DVD. Thought it was horrible.

Horrible??

Noooo. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Horrible??

Noooo. :shakehead:

As with all movies and dramas, different people will have different opinions. I found the directing very amateurish, like a high budget tv movie. The cinematography looked like the operator was drunk and they tied his hand to the the camera. The editing looked like the guy was chasing speed with Red Bulls. Poor flow. I am well aware of the "alternate reality" of the story and it didn't bother me as I'm not a "purist". But I found the writing to be atrocious. Like a combination of fanboys and twelve year olds who put no thought into it. Blatant plot convienences one after the other. And endless whining. The writing of the characters and plot was like a Saved By The Bell episode. I felt they took all intelligence out of a Star Trek movie, and made it into a dumb action movie that catered to the teeny-bopper crowd: Saved By The Bell in Space.

^ Like politics, we can't agree on this. :sweat:

I liked the revisionist approach to the Star Trek canon. I've always been a sucker for the time travel/time-space continuum plot line and though it's not as good as The Voyage Home's time travel story, it's still quite good... And the best Star Trek movie since The Voyage Home. :victory: