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Re: Holiday Movie Preview, 2010
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 12.77.200.126
Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, at 16:20:29
In Reply To: Holiday Movie Preview, 2010 posted by Sam on Monday, October 25, 2010, at 14:26:41:

> October 29 - Saw 3D
>
> Wait, did I say best? Ok, except for Halloween weekend, which always has a
> few unnecessary sequels in gruesome horror franchises. They're so cheap to
> make that they make money even when the returns are "disappointing" as was the
> case with the previous Saw film. That was supposed to be the last one, by the
> way. It wasn't, but Saw 3D is *truly* going to be the last. Really.

It's just a pity that we don't yet have the technology to bring 7D to the big screen.

> November 5 - 127 Hours
>
> Danny Boyle's latest is this chronicle of the true story of a guy who got
> pinned under a boulder when he was hiking in the mountains of Utah. I remember
> when this made the rounds in the news. It's an amazing story, but I think it
> take a director with a very special kind of greatness to make a great movie
> out of it. I'm not sure Boyle can do it. But the early word says I'm wrong.
> People are talking about Oscars for this.

And people like me can have fun referring to it as "1111111 Hours" either way.

> November 5 - Bloodrayne: The Third Reich (limited release)
>
> Just gotta say Uwe Boll's name to be amused. "Uwe Boll." Point and laugh.

But make sure you're a professional boxer -- or have been a professional boxer -- first.

> November 11 - Morning Glory
>
> Harrison Ford

That oughtta get somebody's attention. ;)

> December 17 - Yogi Bear
>
> Why why why why WHY do animation houses insist on throwing established 2D
> characters into 3D? When does that ever work?
>
> It would work *better*, I suppose, if the character in question were more of a,
> well, *character* than an icon. But Yogi Bear is more the latter. Whatever
> place he has in pop culture history is rooted to the charmingly crude drawings
> in which he appears. A Yogi Bear in three dimensions with detailed fur doesn't
> look like the Yogi Bear anybody knows and might love; rather, he looks like
> those cheesy, mute cardboard suits workers wear at theme parks. Those are
> fine for photo ops, but who wants to pay to watch one for an hour and a half?

Oh no. Oh no. Well, it was bound to happen. Let's see, Dan Aykroyd as Yogi himself, and... Justin Timberlake as Boo-Boo. And Tom Cavanagh as Ranger Smith.

And hey, more good news: a new 3D short before the film... featuring the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote.

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