to quote Martin,
"aaaaaarrrgggggggghhhhh!!!"
Tracey, if you tell me you liked "Gone in Sixty Seconds" and "3000 Miles to
Graceland", I'll just have to go home and cry! :)
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From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Keith
>
> I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the
> comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
>
> Martin wrote:
> > But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
> > milieu!
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine
> people contributed any ducats to making "National Treasure 2" the number one
> movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple
> of
> years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I
> turned
> it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences,
> autopilot acting by Cage and Voight ("just show me the money!!"). Not fun or
> clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie
> snob,
> don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw "Knocked Up" recently and
> loved
> it) or mindless action flicks. I"m the guy who will watch "The Warriors"
> every
> single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And "Face Off"? Pure
> cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go
> "boom!". Love that flick.
> > But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
> Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
> from
> one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
> what's
> kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
> >
> > Please tell me none of you watched it?
> >
> > ****************************
> >
> > "National Treasure" sleighs Christmas box office
> > Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
> > Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" raced
> > to
> $65 million during its first five days of release across North America,
> distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
> > The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened
> last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on
> Wednesday.
> > Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
> international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
> 2004 smash "National Treasure" stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
> around
> the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
> assassination.
> > Will Smith's sci-fi thriller "I Am Legend" was No. 2 with five-day sales of
> $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros.
> Pictures.
> > Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
> > Century
> Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit "Alvin
> and
> the Chipmunks," saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales.
> After
> 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
> > The fact-based political comedy "Charlie Wilson's War" earned $14.75
> > million,
> and the Johnny Depp musical "Sweeney Todd" $12.75 million, both after five
> days.
> Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, warned
> that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
> > The box office jury is still out on "Charlie Wilson," a high-profile
> > vehicle
> starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many
> theaters
> as "Sweeney Todd," which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
> > Further down the rankings, "P.S. I Love You" had earned $9.1 million in its
> first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped
> more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that
> Christmas-related chores are behind them.
> > The musical spoof "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" reported a four-day haul
> > of
> $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day
> estimate for the box office disappointment.
> > Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because
> they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel
> "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem," the Denzel Washington drama "The Great
> Debaters,"
> and the family fantasy "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep."
> > Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of
> Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal
> Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures
> is
> a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
> > (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)
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> > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get
> organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A
> Country"
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