Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Richard Dreyfuss is in Pirhana 3D.
How sad.

Not sad. Awesome. I'm assuming he has a sense of humor about the whole thing. (I hope.) Anyway, I'm first in line when this opens in April. Now, that's sad.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Noticing Dreyfus in the trailer put it over the top for me

[Gemini Cricket]

If it was a parody of 'get out of the water' movies then I'd laugh. But I dunno. It seems kinda crappy.

[Alex]

While I didn't think Princess and the Frog was any great shakes, it's very disappointing that Chipmunks 2 will probably do significantly better than it (might even pass it before next weekend).

[alphabassettgrrl]

The masses have no appreciation for the good things but something marketed at them will do well.

Sad.

[flippyshark]

I'm honestly baffled by the way the marketing of trite crap works so well. Saturation-marketing turns me off, even from good movies sometimes. I know that with family films, a lot of parents simply go with what's showing, because they need something, anything, to take the kids to, but $50 million for a Chipmunks sequel? Yeesh.

A few years ago, I remember Roger Ebert reviewed the awesome kiwi movie Whale Rider, and essentially begged parents to skip the latest Scooby Doo movie or other mass market crap and make a beeline for this movie. (Rightly so. It's fantastic.) I wish there was always such good counter-programming for family audiences as a matter of course. (Even the best Pixar movies seem hyperactive and hollow next to something as warm and uplifting as Whale Rider. Can you tell I loved this movie? If you've missed it, queue it up.)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I'm honestly baffled by the way the marketing of trite crap works so well. Saturation-marketing turns me off, even from good movies sometimes.

I'm with you. By the time I've seen a zillion ads for something, I stop wanting to see it. And if it's trite crap, I never want to see it but apparently we're a minority (given how well it sells).

Boo.

[Gemini Cricket]

Whale Rider was amazing. Very powerful.
I loved it.

[Strangler Lewis]

Over the past few days, my kids have enjoyed repeat viewings of both "Pride and Prejudice" and "Santa Buddies."

"Santa Buddies" gave me the idea for an all animated-dog-mouth version of my favorite Greek tragedy: "Oedipus Rex."

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm not sure why I'm posting this but it's movie related.
For background noise, I put Little Miss Sunshine in while I was on the laptop. And the scene where Olive goes to comfort Duane on the side of the hill, with the bus in the back ground.... I lost it. I just started bawling. Not sure why. The depression, I guess. It just reminded me of my little sis and me. She used to have them big 'ol glasses and cowboy boots. I guess I'm just a sad little man.
lol!