The Movie News Thread!

[Hellfire]

*hums beverly hills cop theme song*

*laughs like Eddie Murphy*

[ReZourceman]

*Punches Hellfire in the face, natural reaction to hearing Eddie Murphy*

[Hellfire]

*Punches Hellfire in the face, natural reaction to hearing Eddie Murphy*

 

A natural reaction I suppose.

[Molly]

Eddie Murphy has done hmmmm 5 good films...

 

Beverly hills cop 1

Beverly hills cop 2

Coming to America

Trading Places

Shrek.

 

The rest is . Done

[Solo]

Bowfinger and Dreamgirls were OK.

[Molly]

say solo, I like the way you're put together. yeah, probably just ignore me...

 

I'll give you Bowfinger actually, that's a funny film. Dreamgirls though, I just...hated it. But to each his own

[Pookiablo]

say solo, I like the way you're put together. yeah, probably just ignore me...

 

I'll give you Bowfinger actually, that's a funny film. Dreamgirls though, I just...hated it. But to each his own

 

Omg! Dreamgirls was amazing! How could you say such a thing!!!

[Oxigen_Waste]

Omg! Dreamgirls was amazing! How could you say such a thing!!!

 

How? Easy. You're wrong. There. That's how.

[Pookiablo]

How? Easy. You're wrong. There. That's how.

 

The master of logic there himself! If only you could write all my essays for me, it'd be a first class galore all over!

 

On topic though, I thought it was wonderful film - first impressions were negative but it really did grow on me as the storyline got going - by no means the greatest film I've ever seen but one worth remembering I found.

[Oxigen_Waste]

The master of logic there himself! If only you could write all my essays for me, it'd be a first class galore all over!

 

On topic though, I thought it was wonderful film - first impressions were negative but it really did grow on me as the storyline got going - by no means the greatest film I've ever seen but one worth remembering I found.

 

Good comeback!

 

Anywho, as for the movie, yes, it's not bad, far from it, actually. But still, greatness eludes it.

[ReZourceman]

Christ, this is the move news thread. If I wanted to see and talk about Eddie Murphy then I'd rape children.....

 

 

 

....(Thus ensuring a trip to hell, where I'm sure Eddie Murphy is a consistent presence)

[gARYgREATIE*]

Eddie Murphy has done hmmmm 5 good films...

 

Beverly hills cop 1

Beverly hills cop 2

Coming to America

Trading Places

Shrek.

 

The rest is . Done

 

5 good films? I think you're selling him a little short there.

 

48 Hours

Boomerang

Metro

Life (wasn't amazing, but not that bad)

I-Spy (Underrated, an absolute gem if you like owen wilson)

The PJ's wasn't a film but it was well funny

[ReZourceman]

I-Spy (Underrated, an absolute gem if you like owen wilson)

 

I actually havn't seen this film, and did think it looked very funny. Has it been on TV yet? I think it has hasn't it....and I didn't have Sky+ hence didn't watch.

 

I don't do renting these days. So....I guess I'll wait.

[Jav_NE]

Dont know if this has been said, but i saw last night (on MTV news or something) that Ben Stiller has confirmed he is working on Zoolander 2! I love Zoolander!

[Solo]

I know it's not a film but RAWWWW.

 

 

In other news, here are some pics of Lana Lang as Chun Li kicking ass in the new Street Fighter film.

 

 

Most likely will be trash but man she's hawt.

[Molly]

5 good films? I think you're selling him a little short there.

 

48 Hours

Boomerang

Metro

Life (wasn't amazing, but not that bad)

I-Spy (Underrated, an absolute gem if you like owen wilson)

The PJ's wasn't a film but it was well funny

 

OK fair enough, I'll reword what I said to 'Of the Eddie Murphy films I have seen, 6 are good' (bowfinger).

 

According to ReZ we're not allowed to discuss the life and works of eddie murhpy anyway!

[Roostophe]

In other news, here are some pics of Lana Lang as Chun Li kicking ass in the new Street Fighter film.

 

[ReZourceman]

Mildly interesting info on potential TDK sequel, and the Blu Ray release, and general Christopher Nolan goodness.

 

Went to the Dark Knight Blu Ray release event with Chris Nolan last night.

 

It was a great time and thought I'd send you guys my write-up. If you use it, call me LoquaciousMuse and link to my blog, All Things Fangirl (http://www.allthingsfangirl.blogspot.com).

 

Before tonight I had never even HEARD of BD Live. Apparently it's Xbox Live for Blu-Ray? If you have a BD Live enabled Blu Ray player or a PS3, then you can connect to the internet and partake in the potential awesomeness. The Dark Knight is Warner Brothers' first foray into this format and it's shaping up to be reason alone to invest in a Blu-Ray Player.

 

First of all, it comes with tons of content, waiting to be streamed for free- the newest Warner's trailers, episodes of Warner Premiere Motion Comics (Mad Love! Shadow of Ra's al Ghul!) and more. And because everything is streaming, you can get to the content faster and it doesn't take up any hard drive space. One of my favorite features of TDK BD Live is the commentary option. With a computer & webcam, you can record YOURSELF giving commentary for the whole movie or just a scene here, a scene there. Then, when people go on BD Live, they can select your commentary to watch with the film. Now, it's doubtful that I would ever watch a stranger's commentary, but a friend's? Certainly. Maybe even someone famous? A blogger, a writer, a director, an actor, a critic, a technician - people not involved with the film who would have no business doing commentary for the dvd, but would have an interesting perspective, making their thoughts available to the general public? Yes, I'm into that.

 

Also available is partaking in live text commentary - a bunch of people watching the movie at the same time, texting or typing their thoughts as the film goes on. So a whole group of friends, all in different parts of the world, could watch The Dark Knight together and read each other's commentary.

 

And you heard it here first - on December 18th, Chris Nolan is doing a live commentary with 100,000 Dark Knight Blu Ray owners. He will host the screening and answer questions as it goes on. With 100,000 people, it will most likely get a little crazy and who knows if Chris Nolan will tell me how exactly the Jim Gordan thing works (trying to keep this post spoiler free...), but it still sounds pretty damn cool to me. In Nolan's words, "It'll be interesting to see what it's like...the potential of it is very exciting." (Note: It had previously been announced that at some point Nolan would do a commentary, but only tonight was the date of this chat confirmed)

 

After learning all about BD Live and again wishing I had lots and lots money to spend on Blu Ray players and Blu Ray discs and giant HD televisions, we got to spend a half hour with Chris Nolan. Here are some highlights from the discussion.

 

-It was "a shock" to Nolan & his team that TDK was so successful i.e. is the 2nd highest grossing film of all time

 

-He really studied how to approach a sequel - what works versus what doesn't. His goal was to "provide a new experience, stretch in all directions" He wanted to delve deeper into the characters, both old & new and stage the action and story on a "grander scale", using an "operatic sensibility"

 

-He wanted the film to connect to what we as an audience are concerned about. What would impact us, what would excite us. In the end he realized he was tapping into his own "fear of anarchy" and that the Joker was a "distillation of that force"

 

-In his approach to the entire franchise, Nolan wanted to use a great ensemble a la Richard Donner in Superman. Get a cast that is wholly talented, all of whom bring a lot to the table. This was the mindset in casting Batman Begins & was carried through to Dark Knight

 

-In reference to Heath Ledger, he had "Something to express that was very much in line with the character in the script. It just meshed"

 

-Compared the home Blu-Ray version of Dark Knight to the big screen IMAX version and said that the advent of Blu-Ray is a vast improvement technically and important for the translation of IMAX to home video. Now people at home can see the difference between shooting in IMAX and shooting in 35mm in a way that even audiences who saw TDK with a 35mm projection didn't get to experience. Blu Ray points out the "grain structure" and "focus anomalies" and will actually expand in size the same way the IMAX print did, all of which are important for optimal TDK viewing.

 

-Drew inspiration from Frank Miller's work in the 80s - more serious, more contemporary

 

-If he made a third film, it would be for no reason but the continuation of story. He is currently looking into where the story would go and if it needs to go there. He maintained that it's very hard to make a movie of this scale (and specified he wasn't asking for our sympathy, drawing a laugh from the crowd) - it's two hard years and you gotta love it. One of his biggest fears is getting halfway through making a film and realizing it's unnecessary and he doesn't want to make it anymore. If there is a third story that needs to be told, there will be a third film, but nothing is set in stone or a given.

 

-There is no 3 hour cut anywhere - no deleted scenes. He, John Nolan & David Goyer would cut scenes before they ever made it to the screen in what Nolan calls an "aggressive editorial approach." Their criteria was that every scene needs three reasons to be in the film or it's out. This made for a difficult time in the editing suite as every single scene was essential and could not be removed.

 

-The music ended up playing a huge role in pacing and storytelling

 

-Shooting in IMAX is about "clarity" and "sharpness" not being big. It's about providing a "sense of the screen disappearing."

 

-He was shocked that no one ever tried to work with action films in IMAX before & would love to shoot a film entirely in IMAX. The problem with this? An IMAX camera is very noisy, SO noisy in fact that all the dialogue in every IMAX scene had to be looped in post - a feat more difficult for the younger generation of actors, who have less ADR experience. Would ideally like to shoot a hybrid film where all MOS scenes are IMAX are all scenes with dialogue are 65mm.

 

-When translating a story to a screenplay, the first question he asks himself is "What is the point of view?" For Memento, the protagonist couldn't remember what had happened right before, therefore telling the story backwards seemed a natural device. In TDK, there are many characters and a gradual rise in tension, so linear works best.

 

-The videos shot by the Joker were in fact shot and mostly directed by Heath Ledger. For the first video, Wally Pfister came in and checked the lights, the sound guys set up a few extra mics, everyone hid around the corner and they let Heath play. Ledger had been planning to direct and was an incredible collaborator with a great mind. Nolan trusted him implicitly. Ledger's work on the first video was so fantastic that Nolan wasn't even there for the second video shoot with Anthony Michael Hall. He gave Ledger the camera and said "do whatever you want." Apparently every take Ledger did was different, but always in line with the story and always fantastic. Where are those on the dvd, Mr. Nolan?!!

 

-Something was mentioned about scanning 8k...I couldn't follow the technical speak. Which is sad for me.

 

-He studied English Lit in school and is a self taught director. Started playing around with a camera at age 7 or 8. Believes in the Kubrick school of thought that the best way to learn how to make a movie is to make one.

 

He then bid us goodbye and a screening of Dark Knight began. Have I mentioned I really love that movie?

 

Also an important bit of information - Missed TDK in IMAX the first time around? The Dark Knight is being re-released on January 23rd in IMAX theaters across the country. If you haven't seen it yet, I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and buy your IMAX tickets the moment they go on sale.

[killthenet]

Golden Globe Nominations Are Out and they're not looking that tasty. Apart from a few decent choices in the actor categories, they seem to have played it pretty safe. There's no Best Picture nomination for The Dark Knight, Milk or The Wrestler and no Best Director nomination for Aronofsky or Nolan. In fact that only nomination TDK gets is a well deserved Best Supporting Actor nomination for Heath Ledger.

 

Here's the full list:

 

Best Motion Picture (Drama)

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

The Reader

Revolutionary Road

Slumdog Millionaire

 

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

 

Burn After Reading

In Bruges

Happy-Go-Lucky

Mamma Mia

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder

Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder

Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

 

Best Director

 

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Steven Daldry - The Reader

David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

 

Best Actor (Drama)

 

Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road

Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn - Milk

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

 

Best Actress (Drama)

 

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Meryl Streep - Doubt

Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

 

 

Best Original Song

 

"Down to Earth" -- WALL-E

"Gran Torino" - Gran Torino

"I Thought I Lost You" -- Bolt

"Once in a Lifetime" -- Cadillac Records

"The Wrestler" -- The Wrestler

 

Best Original Score

 

Defiance

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Slumdog Millionaire

Frost/Nixon

Changeling

 

Best Animated Film

 

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

Wall-E

 

Best Foreign Language Film

 

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Gomorrah

I've Loved You So Long

Waltz with Bashir

 

 

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

 

Javier Bardem -- Vicki Cristina Barcelona

Colin Farrell - In Bruges

James Franco -- Pineapple Express

Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges

Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey

 

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

 

Rebecca Hall - Vicki Cristina Barcelona

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading

Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia

Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

 

 

Best Supporting Actress

 

Amy Adams - Doubt

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis - Doubt

Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Kate Winslet - The Reader

 

 

Best Screenplay

 

Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

David Hare - The Reader

Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon

Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

 

The Oscar Nominations should be very interesting.

[Cube]

Wow...I've never head of any of the films nominated for Best Motion Picture (Drama).

[ReZourceman]

I only know of the first two.

[Paj!]

I like that Changeling got appropriate nods in both Best Actress and Best Score (it's excellent).

[Retro_Link]

Never heard of [or maybe in a couple of cases have forgotten about]

Best Motion Picture (Drama)

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

The Reader

Revolutionary Road

Slumdog Millionaire

 

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

 

Burn After Reading

In Bruges

Happy-Go-Lucky

Mamma Mia

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder

Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder

Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

 

Best Director

 

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Steven Daldry - The Reader

David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

 

Best Actor (Drama)

 

Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road

Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn - Milk

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

 

Best Actress (Drama)

 

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Meryl Streep - Doubt

Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

 

Best Original Song

 

"Down to Earth" -- WALL-E

"Gran Torino" - Gran Torino

"I Thought I Lost You" -- Bolt

"Once in a Lifetime" -- Cadillac Records

"The Wrestler" -- The Wrestler

 

Best Original Score

 

Defiance

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Slumdog Millionaire

Frost/Nixon

Changeling

 

Best Animated Film

 

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

Wall-E

 

Best Foreign Language Film

 

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Gomorrah

I've Loved You So Long

Waltz with Bashir

 

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

 

Javier Bardem -- Vicki Cristina Barcelona

Colin Farrell - In Bruges

James Franco -- Pineapple Express

Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges

Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey

 

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

 

Rebecca Hall - Vicki Cristina Barcelona

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading

Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia

Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

 

Best Supporting Actress

 

Amy Adams - Doubt

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis - Doubt

Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Kate Winslet - The Reader

 

Best Screenplay

 

Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

David Hare - The Reader

Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon

Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

 

The Oscar Nominations should be very interesting.

huh!

[killthenet]

Well Benjamin Button, Milk, Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler, Frost/Nixon, Vicky Cristina, Rachel Getting Married, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire and Doubt are yet to come out over here yet. 'I've Loved You So Long' had a very limited release and 'Last Chance Harvey' I know nothing about.

 

I'm really annoyed that not even Milk and The Wrestler got nominated for Best Picture, The Wrestler is easily one of the best films I've seen this year and Milk is lining up to be fantastic. And they should have at least given The Dark Knight a nomination for writing, Ratatouille got an Oscar nod last year, so why not give TDK a nod for writing too?

[Paj!]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd at least heard of everything on that list.