Coppola, Hollywood and 'Tranformers' stink, Ryan Gosling takes off his shirt!

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Coppola’s latest is ‘shockingly bad’

                Or so says JoBlo.com critic Chris Bumbray, who goes on to say he left the theater “depressed” and described it as an “utter failure.”

                Oh how the mighty have fallen. It seems like just yesterday, Francis Ford Coppola was delighting audiences with “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now.”

                And now here he is, responsible for “Twixt,” possibly one of the worst films of the year and allegedly the worst thing to come out of the Toronto International Film Festival, according to Bumbray. He gave the film a 1 out of 10 grade.

                It’s all very sad.

                “Twixt” stars another fallen icon Val Kilmer as a horror novelist enlisted to help a small town solve a murder. Hmm… that doesn’t seem like a smart idea, but what do I know.

                “Twixt” debuted at the TIFF last week and is currently awaiting a stateside release. Keep your fingers crossed!

Source: http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/review-twixt-tiff-2011- 

  

6 reasons why Hollywood is an evil, vile place

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                Check out this list from Film School Rejects detailing the seedier side of the movie business.

                Included are the reasons why movie theater popcorn is so damn expensive and why you should never say the words: “You know what would make a great movie?” near the heads of any of the major studios.

                Lots of cussing, but this is really a fascinating lesson on the ways movie studios screw over everyone and anyone they can--- including us, the movie going public.

Source:http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/6-things-the-film-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about.php/all/1

      ‘Dark of the Moon’ hits Blu-Ray, Best action movie of all time?

           Perhaps you’ve noticed the commercials for the Blu-Ray version of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” proclaiming it as “the best action movie of all time!”

                “Best action movie of all time?” Really? Unless there is a brand new version of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” hitting Blu-Ray, one that is completely different in every way from the one that was in theaters, this statement is a complete and utter lie.

                “Dark of the Moon” is the best of the live action “Transformers” movies, but honestly that’s not saying much. The other two were ridiculous.

                So who is the genius responsible for this quote? It wasn’t easy, but I did a little leg work and it seems to come from Rusty Gatenby, the Traffic and Entertainment Reporter for ABC TV, St. Paul, MN.

                Mr. Gatenby should be congratulated because his review (which I can only imagine started as a shameless trick to get his name in print) has proven once and for all, that opinions CAN be--- and frequently are--- wrong. Drop the confetti!

Source: http://transformers-mtmte.blogspot.com/2011/06/transformers-dark-of-moon-review.html (Auto play sound warning)

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          Hitting the Silver Screen

                New in theaters this week:

• "Straw Dogs"- 39% Certified Rotten (Rottentomatoes.com)
• "Drive"- 93% Certified Fresh (Rottentomatoes.com)
• "I Don’t Know How She Does It"- 20% Certified Rotten (Rottentomatoes.com)

                So, we’ve got “Drive,” a very solid looking action, neo noir thriller starring a hopefully shirtless Ryan Gosling, bookended by a pair of worthy Cheese List candidates.

                Not a bad weekend for fans of mediocre cinema! Get out there  and enjoy it.

Coppola, Hollywood and 'Tranformers' stink, Ryan Gosling takes off his shirt!

Collider.com

Coppola’s latest is ‘shockingly bad’

                Or so says JoBlo.com critic Chris Bumbray, who goes on to say he left the theater “depressed” and described it as an “utter failure.”

                Oh how the mighty have fallen. It seems like just yesterday, Francis Ford Coppola was delighting audiences with “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now.”

                And now here he is, responsible for “Twixt,” possibly one of the worst films of the year and allegedly the worst thing to come out of the Toronto International Film Festival, according to Bumbray. He gave the film a 1 out of 10 grade.

                It’s all very sad.

                “Twixt” stars another fallen icon Val Kilmer as a horror novelist enlisted to help a small town solve a murder. Hmm… that doesn’t seem like a smart idea, but what do I know.

                “Twixt” debuted at the TIFF last week and is currently awaiting a stateside release. Keep your fingers crossed!

Source: http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/review-twixt-tiff-2011- 

  

6 reasons why Hollywood is an evil, vile place

Zazzle.com

                Check out this list from Film School Rejects detailing the seedier side of the movie business.

                Included are the reasons why movie theater popcorn is so damn expensive and why you should never say the words: “You know what would make a great movie?” near the heads of any of the major studios.

                Lots of cussing, but this is really a fascinating lesson on the ways movie studios screw over everyone and anyone they can--- including us, the movie going public.

Source:http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/6-things-the-film-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about.php/all/1

      ‘Dark of the Moon’ hits Blu-Ray, Best action movie of all time?

           Perhaps you’ve noticed the commercials for the Blu-Ray version of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” proclaiming it as “the best action movie of all time!”

                “Best action movie of all time?” Really? Unless there is a brand new version of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” hitting Blu-Ray, one that is completely different in every way from the one that was in theaters, this statement is a complete and utter lie.

                “Dark of the Moon” is the best of the live action “Transformers” movies, but honestly that’s not saying much. The other two were ridiculous.

                So who is the genius responsible for this quote? It wasn’t easy, but I did a little leg work and it seems to come from Rusty Gatenby, the Traffic and Entertainment Reporter for ABC TV, St. Paul, MN.

                Mr. Gatenby should be congratulated because his review (which I can only imagine started as a shameless trick to get his name in print) has proven once and for all, that opinions CAN be--- and frequently are--- wrong. Drop the confetti!

Source: http://transformers-mtmte.blogspot.com/2011/06/transformers-dark-of-moon-review.html (Auto play sound warning)

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          Hitting the Silver Screen

                New in theaters this week:

• "Straw Dogs"- 39% Certified Rotten (Rottentomatoes.com)
• "Drive"- 93% Certified Fresh (Rottentomatoes.com)
• "I Don’t Know How She Does It"- 20% Certified Rotten (Rottentomatoes.com)

                So, we’ve got “Drive,” a very solid looking action, neo noir thriller starring a hopefully shirtless Ryan Gosling, bookended by a pair of worthy Cheese List candidates.

                Not a bad weekend for fans of mediocre cinema! Get out there  and enjoy it.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Credentials: 7.0 out of 10 (Imdb.com)/37% Certified Rotten (Rottentomatoes.com)/42 out of 100 (Metacritic.com)

Plot: Apparently that whole “space race” thing back in the day was just an excuse to investigate an alien robot ship that crash landed on the moon. Meanwhile in the present day, our unnecessary hero Sam (Shia “Beeftown” LaBeouf) is finding himself very unlucky on the job-hunting front. I’d like to feel sorry for him, I really would, expect inexplicably Beeftown has traded in his old gal pal and her horrible attitude (Megan Fox) for a newer, sexier and British-ier version (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley). Anyway, eventually the good Transformers (Autobots) and the bad ones (Decepticons) hear tell of the ship on the moon so they all start hatching plans to claim its precious cargo.

Thoughts: There was one question I went into “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” hoping I would get an answer to. (Actually, there were two if you count: “Why am I doing this to myself?”)

                The question was: What in the blue hell happened to the word “side” and why isn’t it in the title of this movie?

                Sadly, I did not receive an answer.

                What I did end up getting, however, was mildly entertained.

                It looks like director Michael Bay and screenwriter Ehren Kruger put forth a little bit of effort this time.

                “Transformers: Dark (SIDE) of the Moon” is without a doubt the best of Bay’s three stabs at making a movie about warring robot aliens.

                The action scenes are loud and overlong in true Bay fashion, but I never got lost during a single one. I always knew who was fighting who and… even stranger… why.

                Bay pulls his camera back and lightens up on his usual frantic editing, and actually lets his audience see blow for blow robots fighting each other. And guess what? It’s a beautiful thing.

                This time around, Bay and his team spent some time designing their robot leads. Instead of a sea of greys and airplanes, the transformers manage to distinguish themselves. They do this despite the fact that very few of them, especially the bad ones, get to do much talking.

                So the action is solid, but as I said it goes on for too long. The hour plus climactic battle scene will likely tire out even the most hardcore fans. Seriously, you can only watch so many buildings blow up before the shine wears off.

                The story is… nearly intelligible. It gets sidetracked periodically, and is way too bloated but I think this one made the most sense of the three.

                Some advice for Michael Bay and company. I can’t tell you enough how little we care about these characters. We want to see robots fighting and hot girls. Everything else is just parsley on the plate. So please stop using so much parsley! A sprig will do just fine.

                I don’t understand how Bay can so affectionately embrace his image as Hollywood’s oldest teenager and yet still refuse to just skip the useless attempts at character development in the “Transformers” movies.

                Just stick to what you’re good at Bay, indiscriminately blowing stuff up. Leave the character stuff for the pros. And for the love of all that is holy STOP making three hour long movies! You could chop at least an hour off of “Dark of the Moon” and not lose anything of value.

                On to the acting. Everyone, and I mean everyone, has ratcheted it up to 11 in this one.

LaBeouf does his usual, goofy, Corey Matthews circa latter day “Boy Meets World” nonsense, but this time he’s not alone.

John Malkovich AND Ken Jeong are both in this movie. That is a whole lotta crazy. And the thing is: Bay doesn’t seem to have any interest in reining in either one. He turns them loose on an unsuspecting movie going public, and waits to see who can chew the most scenery in the shortest amount of screen time.

                Neither hangs around very long, but I think Jeong’s paranoid schizophrenic edged out Malkovich’s excessive tan and OCD. By a hair.

                Even the Transformers are hamming it up. Many now sport silly haircuts and have outrageous Monty Python accents.

                What about newcomer Rosie Huntington-Whitelely? Critics haven’t been kind to her, saying outrageous things like: “She makes Megan Fox look like Judy Dench.”

                The truth is Rosie is NOT a good actress. But the part doesn’t call for one. Heck, Fox did it for two movies. All you have to do is stand around, look hot, pout and occasionally react to stuff.

                Rosie pouts and reacts just fine and she’s way hotter than Megan Fox. Plus she doesn’t have a raging personality disorder. Good trade.

 “Transformers 3” has its fair share of laughs. It loses the robot balls, racism and animal humping from part two and goes back to some real, honest comic relief. Aside from the nonstop over-the-top performances, a few of the smaller Autobots provide some chuckles here and there.

Even better: Sam’s parents are kept mostly in the background.  

            Lastly, it only took three movies, but finally Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson get to do stuff!

            “Dark of the Moon” is the “Citizen Kane” of Bay’s “Transformer” movies. Granted, that’s not saying very much considering the quality of the other films in the series. It’s still not very good and I would never, EVER sit through it again, but it could be worse. It could be “Transformers.” Or it could be even worse and be “Revenge of the Fallen.”  

            One question remains: What did you people do to the word “side?????”

            Well, that and why in the good goddamn did you cast Hugo Weaving and then give him almost nothing to do for three whole movies?

             Bumblebee tuna.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Credentials: 7.0 out of 10 (Imdb.com)/37% Certified Rotten (Rottentomatoes.com)/42 out of 100 (Metacritic.com)

Plot: Apparently that whole “space race” thing back in the day was just an excuse to investigate an alien robot ship that crash landed on the moon. Meanwhile in the present day, our unnecessary hero Sam (Shia “Beeftown” LaBeouf) is finding himself very unlucky on the job-hunting front. I’d like to feel sorry for him, I really would, expect inexplicably Beeftown has traded in his old gal pal and her horrible attitude (Megan Fox) for a newer, sexier and British-ier version (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley). Anyway, eventually the good Transformers (Autobots) and the bad ones (Decepticons) hear tell of the ship on the moon so they all start hatching plans to claim its precious cargo.

Thoughts: There was one question I went into “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” hoping I would get an answer to. (Actually, there were two if you count: “Why am I doing this to myself?”)

                The question was: What in the blue hell happened to the word “side” and why isn’t it in the title of this movie?

                Sadly, I did not receive an answer.

                What I did end up getting, however, was mildly entertained.

                It looks like director Michael Bay and screenwriter Ehren Kruger put forth a little bit of effort this time.

                “Transformers: Dark (SIDE) of the Moon” is without a doubt the best of Bay’s three stabs at making a movie about warring robot aliens.

                The action scenes are loud and overlong in true Bay fashion, but I never got lost during a single one. I always knew who was fighting who and… even stranger… why.

                Bay pulls his camera back and lightens up on his usual frantic editing, and actually lets his audience see blow for blow robots fighting each other. And guess what? It’s a beautiful thing.

                This time around, Bay and his team spent some time designing their robot leads. Instead of a sea of greys and airplanes, the transformers manage to distinguish themselves. They do this despite the fact that very few of them, especially the bad ones, get to do much talking.

                So the action is solid, but as I said it goes on for too long. The hour plus climactic battle scene will likely tire out even the most hardcore fans. Seriously, you can only watch so many buildings blow up before the shine wears off.

                The story is… nearly intelligible. It gets sidetracked periodically, and is way too bloated but I think this one made the most sense of the three.

                Some advice for Michael Bay and company. I can’t tell you enough how little we care about these characters. We want to see robots fighting and hot girls. Everything else is just parsley on the plate. So please stop using so much parsley! A sprig will do just fine.

                I don’t understand how Bay can so affectionately embrace his image as Hollywood’s oldest teenager and yet still refuse to just skip the useless attempts at character development in the “Transformers” movies.

                Just stick to what you’re good at Bay, indiscriminately blowing stuff up. Leave the character stuff for the pros. And for the love of all that is holy STOP making three hour long movies! You could chop at least an hour off of “Dark of the Moon” and not lose anything of value.

                On to the acting. Everyone, and I mean everyone, has ratcheted it up to 11 in this one.

LaBeouf does his usual, goofy, Corey Matthews circa latter day “Boy Meets World” nonsense, but this time he’s not alone.

John Malkovich AND Ken Jeong are both in this movie. That is a whole lotta crazy. And the thing is: Bay doesn’t seem to have any interest in reining in either one. He turns them loose on an unsuspecting movie going public, and waits to see who can chew the most scenery in the shortest amount of screen time.

                Neither hangs around very long, but I think Jeong’s paranoid schizophrenic edged out Malkovich’s excessive tan and OCD. By a hair.

                Even the Transformers are hamming it up. Many now sport silly haircuts and have outrageous Monty Python accents.

                What about newcomer Rosie Huntington-Whitelely? Critics haven’t been kind to her, saying outrageous things like: “She makes Megan Fox look like Judy Dench.”

                The truth is Rosie is NOT a good actress. But the part doesn’t call for one. Heck, Fox did it for two movies. All you have to do is stand around, look hot, pout and occasionally react to stuff.

                Rosie pouts and reacts just fine and she’s way hotter than Megan Fox. Plus she doesn’t have a raging personality disorder. Good trade.

 “Transformers 3” has its fair share of laughs. It loses the robot balls, racism and animal humping from part two and goes back to some real, honest comic relief. Aside from the nonstop over-the-top performances, a few of the smaller Autobots provide some chuckles here and there.

Even better: Sam’s parents are kept mostly in the background.  

            Lastly, it only took three movies, but finally Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson get to do stuff!

            “Dark of the Moon” is the “Citizen Kane” of Bay’s “Transformer” movies. Granted, that’s not saying very much considering the quality of the other films in the series. It’s still not very good and I would never, EVER sit through it again, but it could be worse. It could be “Transformers.” Or it could be even worse and be “Revenge of the Fallen.”  

            One question remains: What did you people do to the word “side?????”

            Well, that and why in the good goddamn did you cast Hugo Weaving and then give him almost nothing to do for three whole movies?

             Bumblebee tuna.