Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Freaky Tiki · 05-31-2006, 04:54 PM

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As in Deuce Bigolow: American Gigolo?

Just don't bring up European Gigolo, I think Disney should get the rights to that, just to lock it into the Disney Vault forever.

tracilicious · 05-31-2006, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Freaky Tiki

Just don't bring up European Gigolo, I think Disney should get the rights to that, just to lock it into the Disney Vault forever.

Oh yes, that's the one. European Gigolo.

I've been meaning to add my review of the move Elizabethtown. I was lured in by Orlando Bloom's hotness, but alas, he did not deliver as far as acting goes. Or perhaps he did, and the movie just sucked. I felt tricked. Bad boy, Orlando.

innerSpaceman · 05-31-2006, 06:55 PM

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I was lured in by Orlando Bloom's hotness, but alas, he did not deliver as far as acting goes.

Alas, that seems to have been the problem with the Director's Cut of Kingdom of Heaven, which I had been soooo looking forward to. The theatrical version seemed choppy, and was infamous for its Director (Ridley Scott) being very unhappy with the studio version that was released.

The expanded cut just released on DVD is indeed a lot better, but the movie just fails to gel ... and it's all because of Orlando Bloom. Or rather, his character, Balian, and the fact that he is both written and played so wanly, so understated, and so low key that Barry White cannot hit that note ... the movie just never sparks.

It's a fascinating look at a pivot point in The Crusades, expertly mounted. But it revolves around a character who never generates much interest or momentum. Too bad.

Hottie is not enough.

Gemini Cricket · 06-01-2006, 10:19 AM

As much as I love Mel Brooks and Nathan Lane, I barely got through 'The Producers: The Musical' movie. It was horrible. The play was good (one of my faves), but the director of this film didn't know how to translate this story to film. She even had the original to work from, but it didn't work. Nathan Lane is hysterical in places, but not enough to save the film. If you do see it, watch the bit at end of the credits. In fact, the couple of songs during the credits are pretty good. The outtakes on the DVD made me laugh harder than the film itself did.

xharryb · 06-02-2006, 07:02 AM

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As much as I love Mel Brooks and Nathan Lane, I barely got through 'The Producers: The Musical' movie. It was horrible. The play was good (one of my faves), but the director of this film didn't know how to translate this story to film. She even had the original to work from, but it didn't work. Nathan Lane is hysterical in places, but not enough to save the film. If you do see it, watch the bit at end of the credits. In fact, the couple of songs during the credits are pretty good. The outtakes on the DVD made me laugh harder than the film itself did.

Well it was the same direc tor from the stage version making her film debut. I haven't seem it yet myself, but it's on my Netflix list.

Going back a page or so the the X-men talk... If the chatter I've been reading so far this week holds true, they seem to be going the spin-off route rather than following it up with an X-Men 4. They already had Wolverine and Magneto films in development and seem to be pushing to make them happen a bit faster now. Today I read of two more potential films. One about Emma Frost, a mutant who never even appeared in the first 3 films and the other film would be more about the lives of Xavier's young students with less of the save the world stuff.

I don't know why, but we saw Date Movie the other night. if I had a vomit smiley I would totally use it to describe that film. Most of it was so dumb that it wasn't even funny. Worse than that, Many scenes were just so disgusting that I couldn't bare to watch them. I literally turned away and didn't look a couple of times.

Gemini Cricket · 06-02-2006, 07:21 AM

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Well it was the same direc tor from the stage version making her film debut. I haven't seem it yet myself, but it's on my Netflix list.

Too bad Mel didn't take the helm on this one. I think it would have been funnier.

LSPoorEeyorick · 06-01-2006, 10:23 AM

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Kingdom of Heaven... revolves around a character who never generates much interest or momentum. Too bad.

I'd see a whole movie revolving around the Leper King. Edward Norton is effective even if you never see his face.

06-01-2006, 10:19 AM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	As much as I love Mel Brooks and Nathan Lane, I barely got through 'The Producers: The Musical' movie. It was horrible. The play was good (one of my faves), but the director of this film didn't know how to translate this story to film. She even had the original to work from, but it didn't work. Nathan Lane is hysterical in places, but not enough to save the film. If you do see it, watch the bit at end of the credits. In fact, the couple of songs during the credits are pretty good. The outtakes on the DVD made me laugh harder than the film itself did.
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