“In Europe, the prevailing mood — at least among those with access to the news media — seemed to be that Mr. Polanski has already “atoned for the sins of his young years,” as Jacek Bromski, the chief of the Polish Filmmakers Association, put it. We disagree strongly, and we were glad to see other prominent Europeans beginning to point out that this case has nothing to do with Mr. Polanski’s work or his age. It is about an adult preying on a child. Mr. Polanski pleaded guilty to that crime and must account for it.” - The NY Times
2) I agree with Jon Stewart on the Democratic super majority.
3) I agree with Bill Mechanic on the state of the film industry (and chose my favorite paragraph from this must read).
”[T]he independent world, which should be aiming to do things better and different from the Studios, doesn’t have that as a mandate at all. If anything, the only thing that independent distributors and financiers look for is the SAME. Maybe costing a little less than the Majors, but they want what the Studios want, or in “Fight Club” speak, they want copies of a copy.”
Why couldn’t they get this level of cast for the feature? And these costumes, despite all their camp, look a million times better then the damn fancy suits the characters wear in the movie.
Why couldn’t they get this level of cast for the feature? And these costumes, despite all their camp, look a million times better then the damn fancy suits the characters wear in the movie.
It seems to have become a sad tradition that whenever there is a Transformers movie in theaters, I spend 2+ hours of 4th of July Weekend watching it. When I sat down at the Kip’s Bay Theater on Sunday night (and don’t ask me why the hell the film was booked into one of the dinky basement screens instead of one of the giant ones upstairs), the coming attractions treated me to that god awful GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra trailer, which I have to admit on the big screen did play slightly better. It also made me notice the absence of Cobra Commander and the actor who plays him Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Apparently, the studio is holding back his image until the release of the film (also Destro’s mask or so I hope). Anyway, I digress. For those who have been smart enough to avoid the trailer and those god-awful, mother-f’ing Delta Six Accelerator Suits, it centers around a Cobra attack on Paris. They shoot some green goo that destroys the Eiffel Tower. Okay. Fine. On to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen where **SPOILERS** about a third of the way into the movie Shia Labeouf’s parents get kidnapped while in Paris by Decepticons, who rampage through and destroy the city. Wait, didn’t I just see Paris get destroyed in the GI Joe trailer? At least that seems like a centerpiece of a movie. The Transformers scene is utterly purposeless. You forget the parents were even kidnapped until they suddenly reappear in Egypt during the final climax for no good reason. Literally, no good reason! They just run away. So, if you ask me (and I know you didn’t, but I’m gonna tell you anyway) the only reason for the whole damn thing is because Hasbro has something against Paris, the filmmakers had to find a way to destroy it and this is what they came up with… Or wait, maybe Michael Bay and Stephen Sommers decided to have a “who can destroy Paris better competition?” I’m not sure, but note to whoever’s idea this was: freedom fries are so 2003.
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