Re: Holiday Movie Preview, 2010
Nyperold, on host 12.77.200.126
Monday, October 25, 2010, at 16:20:29
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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