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Memorable Matchups of 2012 – Part 2
2, Jan 2013
by Ryan Stuckey
“Why is he splitting them up?”
“Why are they so long?”
“Why must he take something we love and ruin it?”
No these are not reviews for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. They were the assumed reaction of the tens of people who read Part 1 of my 2012 wrap up; where I dissected the year of Channing Tatum, had two Lincolns square off, and looked at one of the two live action Snow White adaptations. Part 2 will start with…
2 Films, 20 Dwarfs
Snow White and the Huntsman featured Chris Hemsworth as a hunter whose prey is apparently trees since his weapon of choice is an axe, and Kristen Stewart as a Snow White who went to the distinguished school of parted lip acting. There’s a love triangle that nobody cares about – and I’m not talking about director Rupert Sanders, K. Stew, and R. Patt – and Charlize Theron acting with as much subtly as a nuclear explosion. The dwarfs were entertaining but tragically underused.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was what I expected. It’s similar to The Lord of the Rings trilogy in a lot of ways but is not as good as any of them. Where we came to know and love every character in that series we only really get to know Bilbo, Gandalf, and Thorin in this. Meanwhile there are a mess of other dwarfs that are only distinguishable by variations of hair above the neck, and sometimes that doesn’t even do enough to make them stand out. Did it need to be a trilogy? No. Is the book being dragged through the mud? More like dropped in a puddle before quickly being grabbed and dried off quickly. As long as fans of The Lord of the Rings series don’t go into it expecting it to be world shattering they should enjoy themselves. I should mention I didn’t see it in 48fps but I heard mostly negative things about it.
And the Winner Is: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - even though Peter Jackson obviously thinks “dues ex machina” is Latin for giant eagles.
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5 Movies We Want To See Adapted From Board Games
22, Jun 2011
by Nigel Druitt
We’ve all known it for a while, but now it’s official: Originality in Hollywood is dead. It’s bad enough that we have movies adapted from the toy lines Transformers and G.I. Joe, now Hasbro is bringing their board games to life on the silver screen. Battleship, directed by Peter Berg and starring Liam Neeson, is due in theaters in 2012, and now it’s just been announced that a writer has been hired to pen a screenplay based on the strategy game Risk. And let’s not forget those persistent rumors that Ridley Scott is working on Monopoly. It’s not necessarily an idea without precedent; remember Clue? But still, Clue has to be the only board game in history that has anything that could possibly be referred to as a “plot”.
What does this mean? Well, of course it means it’s time to mock Hollywood mercilessly. You want ideas for movies based on board games (or quasi-board games, as the case may be)? Try these on for size: Read the rest of this entry »
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- Tags: Battleship, Bruce Willis, Christopher Nolan, Clue, Doug Jones, G.I. Joe, Guillermo Del Toro, Hugh Laurie, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Jenga, Jim Carrey, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Monopoly, Mouse Trap, Operation, Peter Berg, Raja Gosnell, Ridley Scott, Risk, roland emmerich, Ron Perlman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sorry, Transformers
New Movies in Theaters: February 18, 2011
18, Feb 2011
by Dan
Unknown – NR – watch the trailer ►
Stars Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones.
I Am Number Four – NR – watch the trailer ►
Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer and Dianna Agron.
And at 24 I am now officially old because the only name I recognize there is Olyphant’s.
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son – NR – watch the trailer ►
I like to look for the positives in everything, and this movie is really testing me in trying to find something nice to say. All I have so far is that co-star Jessica Lucas is incredibly cute. The rest of the movie looks really bad though.
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New Movies in Theaters: August 6, 2010
6, Aug 2010by Dan
New Movies in Theaters this Week:
Any movie from the team behind Anchorman will eventually get my money.
Now that you’ve seen it, do you need help ranking it? Click the links below to directly rank it against these similar movies of varying quality to see where it ranks amongst the best comedies of all time:
Both wide releases this week are 107 minutes long and rated PG-13, which is about the most interesting thing I could possibly ever say about his flick.
Now that you’ve seen it, do you need help ranking it? Click the links below to directly rank it against these similar movies of varying quality to see where it ranks amongst the best dance movies of all time:
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New Video Releases for the Week of April 27th, 2010
27, Apr 2010by Dan
Read on for this week’s new DVD, Blu-ray, and Netflix Instant Watch titles.
New Releases:
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – (DVD & Blu-ray)
The latest from Terry Gilliam, and the last performance we’ll see from Heath Ledger (until his 10 Things I Hate About You song and dance routine shows up via CGI in a vacuum commercial in 50 years like Fred Astaire). Aside from that (and the inventive/interesting plot), the main reason to watch this movie is Christopher Plummer. At 80 years old, he’s probably not going to get the chance to do many more roles like this, and it’s always nice to watch a true legend at work.
Flickchart’s Global Ranking: #4073
Total Times Ranked: 2476
Percentage of Times Won: 63.56%
Users Who Have It In Their Top 20: 4
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- Tags: 10 Things I hate About You, Armageddon, Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, Christopher Plummer, Cold Turkey, dick van dyke, District 13 Ultimatum, Dune, Elizabeth, Elizabeth the Golden Age, Five Minutes of Heaven, heath ledger, It's Complicated, Liam Neeson, Marlon Brando, Nancy Meyers is terrible at making movies, Out of Africa, Ride With the Devil, Sidney Lumet, Terry Gilliam, The Descent Part 2, The Fugitive kind, The Green Room, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Jackal, Tombstone, Traffic, Transylmania