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2004-05-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

'Day After' and $200 Million Short - A great panning!

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Posted by Phil B 2004-05-25 19:32|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Gore said, "Millions of people will be coming out of theaters on Memorial Day weekend asking the question: 'Could this really happen?' I think we need to answer that question."

This quote from a diff link goes to the core of the problem with the Left. They can't separate fact from phantasy.

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-25 7:36:40 PM|| 2004-05-25 7:36:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Every scientist I've heard interviewed has said... ummmmmmmm, no, it can't.
But what do they know compared to Al Gore? And I'm sure the producers are thrilled with Mr. Kiss of Death's endorsement.

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-25 7:45:49 PM|| 2004-05-25 7:45:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm bummed out about the tornado that wipes out the observatory-planetarium. It is just about finished being refurbished, due to reopen Fall 2004.

(Note : Below, there is a 'still' with the tornado to the right of the "Hollywood" sign. That is where the observatory is)

Good-bye observatory

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-25 7:53:33 PM|| 2004-05-25 7:53:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope AlGore and his like-minded (read: vaccuous) ilk invested heavily in this turkey.

Posted by .com 2004-05-25 7:56:22 PM|| 2004-05-25 7:56:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't know . . . I'm sort of in the mood for some mindless entertainment. Hope the acting isn't as bad as they say it is.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-05-25 8:01:55 PM|| 2004-05-25 8:01:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 tu - that's just wrong! Soon as President Dean ...uh...um

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-25 8:03:55 PM|| 2004-05-25 8:03:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 For intelligent entertainment, I would recommend Peter Weir's "MASTER and COMMANDER -- The Far Side of the World." Ed Zwick's "The Last Samurai" is nice too. Both are out on dvd.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-05-25 8:07:12 PM|| 2004-05-25 8:07:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 and "Return of the King" and "Private Ryan" are out as well....

both of ex-libs DVD's noted are correct - beautiful flicks

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-25 8:18:24 PM|| 2004-05-25 8:18:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 This put me in a good mood because I realized that all the people from Gore down (up?) coming out saying this movie will make people take global warming/cooling (take your pick!) seriously, are doing so because its such a laughable Turkey that it will have the opposite effect. People will (correctly) conclude that most of what is said by the self-appointed climate experts is as believeable as this movie.

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-25 8:33:23 PM|| 2004-05-25 8:33:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 ex-lib, where is your thinking? In Master and Commander, a gallant British captain attacks a French frigate without UN approval! Likewise, at no time during Last Samurai does the Tom Cruise character wear a blue helmet, and his only rule of engagement seems to be to attack and kill the enemy. How lacking in nuance!

Posted by Matt 2004-05-25 8:42:01 PM|| 2004-05-25 8:42:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 OK, this Friedman fellow says Independence Day is one of his favorite films, and that "[It] had a strong script with, well, developed characters." And the characters in that movie, "had a tremendous nobility and spoke with wit and intelligence..." And he thinks The Day After Tomorrow is "[h]ilariously awful in most places, with an incoherent script and questionable acting".

Ouch. That's got to sting.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-05-25 9:09:03 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-05-25 9:09:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Go out and rent "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence". John Wayne, Lee Marvin, James Stewart, and many others. Lotsa faces you'll recognize. It's GREAT to see it again, after all these years.

Posted by Halfass Pete 2004-05-25 9:22:26 PM|| 2004-05-25 9:22:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 It's a shame, really. Independence Day is one of my favorite films, as Stargate.

Apparently, Roland Emmerich has gone down the tubes.

I won't be seeing this one, even on TV. Aside from the fact that the "science" is not just non-existent, but ludicrous, I'm afraid I'd either throw something through the TV screen, or die laughing.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-25 9:27:07 PM|| 2004-05-25 9:27:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 So I went to see Shrek2 on the weekend. No sign of Gore there.

Posted by john 2004-05-25 9:27:17 PM|| 2004-05-25 9:27:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Make that "as is Stargate."

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-25 9:27:57 PM|| 2004-05-25 9:27:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 A great Fourth of July film? John Wayne's McClintock!

All-American cast, theme, humor and setting.

Underrated, but of the of the best John Wayne westerns ever made.

Posted by badanov 2004-05-25 9:29:02 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-05-25 9:29:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 I saw Shrek 2 this weekend too (in California). No sign of Gore, twisters, or aliens ;-)

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-05-25 9:42:19 PM|| 2004-05-25 9:42:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 took my boys to see Van Helsing - I think Gore was in it - he was the guy willing to give up one or two villagers a month to keep his grave monopoly going

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-25 10:21:15 PM|| 2004-05-25 10:21:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 As a disaster film, I suppose it might be slightly entertaining...but that would have been before 9/11.
(Not to mention the fact that this is all based on junk science.)
Seeing NYC destroyed by anything else is just too much for me to stomach these days.
What I think is absolutely unconscionable of Hollywood is that they can't make a decent movie about the WOT and yet they'll try to get Americans all hot and bothered about this at a time when we've been living under the fear of a real threat from Islamist terrorism on our cities for the last 3 years!

Posted by Jen 2004-05-25 10:25:53 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-05-25 10:25:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 I had the TV on in the background the other day, and wasn't paying attention, when a commercial for the movie ran in the background.

I think I heard the phrase "pole shift" in the background.

The "Pole Shift" disaster theories are just some of many theories of that ilk that annoy me. I'd like to write a decent rebuttal of the movie, especially if it gets into "pole shift" sorts of junk, but I don't want to give them cash for the privelige.

If anyone here goes, could y'all let me know if it gets into that?

Oh, and Barb: I liked the Stargate movie, but not as much as the series, which Emmerich reportedly dislikes.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-05-25 11:15:31 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-05-25 11:15:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#21
Matt: Lol! Sorry I didn't get back to you, but I was watching Osama (on dvd). I recommend it. (No blue helmets there either. Alot of turbans, though . . .) If anyone still doubts that ALL Islamic pseudo men need to die, this film should put that doubt to rest. Too bad we can't arm the decent ones to kill the sickos over there--or at least export the nice Afghanis to the Kurds in northern Iraq. Afghanistan is really suffering. The Taliban totally sucks. No wonder the women are committing suicide in record numbers there.

Yeah, Jen . The Brits (Ridley Scott) had to make Blackhawk Down. Glad he did though. The only other WOT (kind of) flick I know of is Tears of the Sun (Bruce WIllis), but it's about Africa, and doesn't get into that much. Still, it's at least a little bit of a look into the complexities there. The Sum of All Fears is another dealing with the terrorism theme, but it's a bit ho-hum IMO. Of course, if you want a really nice anti-terrorism film, which is also fun, Arnold's True Lies , takes it.

About the lack of films dealing with the WOT: In defense of the film industry, I'd like to point out that it's tough to make films about current happenings because things change so rapidly. Since it takes about 2-4 years to write a really terrific screenplay, and then more time to produce it, current event films, per se, can be irrelevant and inaccurate before they're ever finished. (Peter Jackson's LOTR is about as close, otherwise, as you're gonna get to the theme. But it's really great.)

Despite all the complaining about it (probably deserved) I'm still in the mood to see Day After. I sometimes like films that are, basically, lame, but able to give my mind a rest. We'll see . . .

Posted by ex-lib 2004-05-25 11:39:09 PM|| 2004-05-25 11:39:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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