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Gemini Cricket · 11-18-2009, 10:46 AM

You Can't Run Away From It - Terrible 1956 musical remake of It Happened One Night. June Allyson (she was also in a terrible musical remake of The Women, too) and Jack Lemmon star in this film. I couldn't get through it. Stopped watching after a half hour. Bleh!

innerSpaceman · 11-18-2009, 12:16 PM

Lash, I think there was some mention of Australia, but nary a blip shown of its destruction, sorry. The destruction of Rio, so heavily featured in billboards here in L.A., was shown only in crap-quality news video in the movie. Very disappointing.

I've been told different parts of the county got different trailers accentuating their local areas of decimation. Was it only coincidence that, here in L.A., the trailer showed almost the entire destruction of L.A., the best part of the movie? Or are there completely other versions of the film out there for other parts of the world? Does John Cusack live in Hong Kong in some of them, and he has to get to Canada to be saved???

Alex · 11-18-2009, 01:26 PM

It is a well known fact of movie reality that the destruction of the world rarely extends south of the equator. For surely it is a myth that people actually live down there.

I consider it a great leap forward for globalism that apparently Rio de Janeiro was granted inclusion.

innerSpaceman · 11-18-2009, 01:32 PM

Spoiler:

mousepod · 11-18-2009, 01:33 PM

Hey, the bugs blew up Buenos Aires in Starship Troopers.

Alex · 11-18-2009, 01:37 PM

But that's only because Heinlein hated Mexicans! (and they didn't destroy the whole world and Heinlein didn't hate Mexicans though he did hate Democrats but only after he married Virginia).

On the Beach is another exception that reinforces the rule (Australia lasts longer but is also eventually destroyed).

Gemini Cricket · 11-20-2009, 02:17 AM

Not that any of the fans care, but New Moon is at 27%/all critics, 37%/Top Critics on rottentomatoes.com. It's still going to be huuuuuge.
Ugh.

Stan4dSteph · 11-20-2009, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Not that any of the fans care, but New Moon is at 27%/all critics, 37%/Top Critics on rottentomatoes.com. It's still going to be huuuuuge.
Ugh.

Ebert gave it one star. I loved the opening line of his review.

alphabassettgrrl · 11-20-2009, 07:38 PM

Finally saw March of the Penguins. Good, but I felt bad during some parts of it.

Saw "Gran Torino", too. Interesting.

No interest in New Moon.

Gemini Cricket · 11-21-2009, 06:20 PM

About $72.7 mil for New Moon. That's big. Sh!t, I guess we have to go through all this brouhaha again when the next one comes out.

11-18-2009, 10:46 AM	#31
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	You Can't Run Away From It - Terrible 1956 musical remake of It Happened One Night. June Allyson (she was also in a terrible musical remake of The Women, too) and Jack Lemmon star in this film. I couldn't get through it. Stopped watching after a half hour. Bleh!
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11-18-2009, 12:16 PM	#32
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Lash, I think there was some mention of Australia, but nary a blip shown of its destruction, sorry. The destruction of Rio, so heavily featured in billboards here in L.A., was shown only in crap-quality news video in the movie. Very disappointing. I've been told different parts of the county got different trailers accentuating their local areas of decimation. Was it only coincidence that, here in L.A., the trailer showed almost the entire destruction of L.A., the best part of the movie? Or are there completely other versions of the film out there for other parts of the world? Does John Cusack live in Hong Kong in some of them, and he has to get to Canada to be saved???
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11-18-2009, 01:26 PM	#33
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It is a well known fact of movie reality that the destruction of the world rarely extends south of the equator. For surely it is a myth that people actually live down there. I consider it a great leap forward for globalism that apparently Rio de Janeiro was granted inclusion.
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11-18-2009, 01:32 PM	#34
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Spoiler: In fact, it was only a part of the earth south of the equator that was spared apocalyptical destruction in 2012. I fully expect the rumored sequel (ugh), 2013, to reveal that some people survived in that portion of Africa. Shenanigans to ensue when the billionaires from the rest of the world (plus, ya know, John Cusack's family) try to colonize the area.
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11-18-2009, 01:33 PM	#35
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Hey, the bugs blew up Buenos Aires in Starship Troopers. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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11-18-2009, 01:37 PM	#36
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	But that's only because Heinlein hated Mexicans! (and they didn't destroy the whole world and Heinlein didn't hate Mexicans though he did hate Democrats but only after he married Virginia). On the Beach is another exception that reinforces the rule (Australia lasts longer but is also eventually destroyed).
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11-20-2009, 02:17 AM	#37
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Not that any of the fans care, but New Moon is at 27%/all critics, 37%/Top Critics on rottentomatoes.com. It's still going to be huuuuuge. Ugh.
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11-20-2009, 07:38 PM	#39
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Finally saw March of the Penguins. Good, but I felt bad during some parts of it. Saw "Gran Torino", too. Interesting. No interest in New Moon. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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11-21-2009, 06:20 PM	#40
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	About $72.7 mil for New Moon. That's big. Sh!t, I guess we have to go through all this brouhaha again when the next one comes out.
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