Thanks, though, early on, I did have my doubts. Nothing that anyone here did,
fear not. I'm just a mass of insecurities wrapped in a veneer of insanity.
"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well ya fit in here fine!
Martin wrote:
> Forgot to add on the literal "duck out of water" premise, which I sympathize
> with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
>
> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the
> question you had to anticipate... why?
>
> Martin wrote:
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>> Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
>> movie secrets.
>>
>> I love "Howard the Duck".
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>> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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:
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>>> 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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