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Just FYI- The new Bad News ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by shark | July 23, 2005 11:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just FYI- The new Bad News Bears is actually just as funny as the original one, albeit in a meaner sort of way.
1. Posted by shark | July 23, 2005 11:57 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 11:57
2. Posted by arb | July 23, 2005 12:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I had to IMDb the last one to check, and... yup, a remake.
2. Posted by arb | July 23, 2005 12:09 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 12:09
3. Posted by Just Me | July 23, 2005 12:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
lol the sad thing is my kids want to see all those movies (other than WOTW and Dark Water-I don't even know what dark water is).
I want to see the Willie Wonka remake though.
3. Posted by Just Me | July 23, 2005 12:19 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 12:19
4. Posted by John | July 23, 2005 12:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bad News Bears looks like a cross between the original and Bad Santa. If you think you might like the new BNBs. I'd recommend Bad Santa instead. I liked it, but its definitely not for the kids.
4. Posted by John | July 23, 2005 12:58 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 12:58
5. Posted by Jewels | July 23, 2005 1:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Charlie is actually alot different from the original- more like the book. Actually, it's a lot like the book. Pretty good movie, so long as you think of it on those terms. Depp is as creepy as always.
Not interested in BNB, will rent Bewitched.
WOTW- meh... kay, I might go see it. I have a hard time watching Cruise do anything lately tho.
5. Posted by Jewels | July 23, 2005 1:26 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 13:26
6. Posted by MacStansbury | July 23, 2005 1:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
but, hey, at least Dark Water's just a remake of a foreign language film! that's what I keep telling myself...
and they wonder why people don't get all excited about the movies any more?
6. Posted by MacStansbury | July 23, 2005 1:37 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 13:37
7. Posted by Daniel | July 23, 2005 2:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dark Water was pretty weird. But then again, what would you expect from something based off of a Japanese novel? I just wish they had said that at the beginning of the movie, rather than the end. Oh well. I think it's still worth watching, especially if you like Jennifer Connelly.
7. Posted by Daniel | July 23, 2005 2:13 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 14:13
8. Posted by bullwinkle | July 23, 2005 2:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'll have them all downloaded before the DVD comes out but I don't think any of them will merit buning a copy to disc. I already have War of the Worlds and Dark Water, got them both before they hit the theaters and since I wasn't expecting much they weren't too disappointing. it looks like the only thing you're missing up there on the unoriginal tour is Michael Bolton singing everyone else's songs live.
8. Posted by bullwinkle | July 23, 2005 2:49 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 14:49
9. Posted by Lanny N | July 23, 2005 3:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think Jay's opinion of Tom Cruise in World of Wars is a bunch of Herbie Fully Loaded in Dark Water
9. Posted by Lanny N | July 23, 2005 3:51 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 15:51
10. Posted by Lanny N | July 23, 2005 3:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Herbie ~= herpes
10. Posted by Lanny N | July 23, 2005 3:57 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 15:57
11. Posted by Just Me | July 23, 2005 5:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Herbie is not recommended (we already wasted money on that one given the rating and the kids).
And you must suspend all belief is you even remotely follow NASCAR.
You would do better to rent the originals.
I would rather watch the original BNB's too.
We are saving our money for some of the other kid movies coming out later (yes, movie choices are greatly reduced when one must haul four kids with them-and opportunities for adults only nights out are fairly infrequent).
11. Posted by Just Me | July 23, 2005 5:22 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 17:22
12. Posted by McCain | July 23, 2005 6:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I for one am sick of these Hollywood remakes, done chiefly because of existing name recognition so they can do marketing on the cheap. I will take the road less traveled.
12. Posted by McCain | July 23, 2005 6:02 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 18:02
13. Posted by John S. | July 23, 2005 6:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They say the Hollywood elite are all liberal Democrats. Well, there goes your proof. (No new ideas in politics either.)
13. Posted by John S. | July 23, 2005 6:19 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 18:19
14. Posted by penny | July 23, 2005 7:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think this rash of remakes is indicative of the shrinking talent pool in Hollywood - the shrinking talent pool in writing in any commercial format.
It is far and few between that a movie is based on a great script. Hollywood churns out fluff and eye candy. And don't get me started on these vapid talentless stars they fit lame scripts around.
I miss the Ivory-Merchant renditions of classic novels.
Hollywood, the MSM, and the clueless Dems can't disappear fast enough from the American scene. All three, just using the present as a starting point, have to be replaced by something better.
14. Posted by penny | July 23, 2005 7:52 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 19:52
15. Posted by Mark | July 23, 2005 8:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ha! Wasn't Michele just making this point at ASV???
15. Posted by Mark | July 23, 2005 8:04 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 20:04
16. Posted by snowballs | July 23, 2005 8:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
indicative of the shrinking talent pool in Hollywood
Agreed - another indicicator is that we all have to endure months - months of advertising for these trainwrecks. Also, most of this screenwipe is preceded by some meaningless entertainment news about some bullshit relationship.
I remember when there would be an ad for a movie with a "starts Friday" or whatever.
16. Posted by snowballs | July 23, 2005 8:53 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 20:53
17. Posted by penny | July 23, 2005 10:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
snowballs
You nailed it.
The pc correctness permeating the lame scripts makes me gag too.
The bastards can't just entertain us. They feel compelled to educate us.
And add the gouged ticket prices and grossly over-priced stale popcorn.
Why bother?
17. Posted by penny | July 23, 2005 10:10 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 22:10
18. Posted by Just Me | July 23, 2005 10:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Snowballs we not only have to endure months of advertising, but marketing of crap to our children.
I am quite tired of every kids movie, and not so kiddie movie that comes out having a line of action figures, blankets, dishes, and other toys associated with it. Disney started this trend and I wish they would stop it.
18. Posted by Just Me | July 23, 2005 10:44 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2005 22:44
19. Posted by Little Miss Attila | July 24, 2005 12:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The word for that is "toyetic." It was skewered in an episode of *Freakazoid.*
There are plenty of talented writers in H-wood. They aren't getting hired, because studio execs travel in packs and try to play it safe.
Managing creative people is different from managing people in a factory, but they don't teach that at B-school.
19. Posted by Little Miss Attila | July 24, 2005 12:02 AM |
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Posted on July 24, 2005 00:02
20. Posted by snowballs | July 24, 2005 2:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
.. we not only have to endure months of advertising, but marketing of crap to our children.
Yes - you most definitely have that one right.
I was also thinking about how recent movies also try to market music, brands and other unrelated bullshit.
It's shameless - I started to notice this in "Demolition Man" - when there was an unneeded description about how Taco Bell owned everything, but not being a moviegoer, it probably started long before that.
I saw for the first time last night "The life Aquatic". It was wired for sure, but the originality was fantastic and the one liners were very very good.
I'm a huge fan of Bill Murray, and "Lost in Translation" was awesome in my book. Again, a good, original story where the subtle conflict came from the most imaginative place of all - self.
Pearl Harbor and The Italian Job are just two that I can think of off the top of my head that were embarassing insults to the originals.
20. Posted by snowballs | July 24, 2005 2:28 PM |
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Posted on July 24, 2005 14:28
21. Posted by snowballs | July 24, 2005 2:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"The life Aquatic" actually wasn't ^ wired but weird - like my spelling.
21. Posted by snowballs | July 24, 2005 2:44 PM |
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Posted on July 24, 2005 14:44
22. Posted by Anthony Jagers | July 25, 2005 4:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hollywood just doen't have any ideas.
They must be losing money big time.
If they keep it up the public will lose
interest in movies.
22. Posted by Anthony Jagers | July 25, 2005 4:01 AM |
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Posted on July 25, 2005 04:01
23. Posted by jcrue | July 25, 2005 11:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
WHAT?
They're not showing the "Dukes of Hazzard"??????
23. Posted by jcrue | July 25, 2005 11:27 AM |
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Posted on July 25, 2005 11:27
24. Posted by btull | July 27, 2005 3:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
how about the remake of the Fog that they are already starting to promote? That movie isn't even 25 years old, and the original was great - a rare original horror movie that didn't get a bad sequel. Well, the producers probably figured out that it hadn't been ruined yet, so they've commissioned a remake.
24. Posted by btull | July 27, 2005 3:10 PM |
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Posted on July 27, 2005 15:10
25. Posted by JustAgirl | July 29, 2005 5:31 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Cool picture!
25. Posted by JustAgirl | July 29, 2005 5:31 AM |
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Posted on July 29, 2005 05:31
26. Posted by kate | November 15, 2006 3:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hi Jay,
I came accross your post while doing research for one of my projects. I am working on motion picture ideation and I absolutely loved your poster since it relates to my project.
Can I use it in my article? I am a PhD student in the field of Marketing, so if the article is to be published, it will be in on of the academic marketing journals.
If you don't mind sharing the image, how would you like the credit to appear. "Image is provided by Jay ???" or something like that.
Let me know, if you want to take if offline, my email is karniouchina@yahoo.com
Thanks, Kate.
26. Posted by kate | November 15, 2006 3:54 PM |
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Posted on November 15, 2006 15:54