Hollywood loves the "America's Sweetheart" label, which they keep forcefeeding us about Anniston. I think she's okay as an actress. At least, she's better than a lot of the other skinny blondes given movie and TV roles. But I agree: she's not someone who makes me want to see a movie, not like Meryl Streep or even Michelle Pfeiffer in the right role. I'm okay with rom-coms and so-called "chick flicks". Done right they can be really funny and clever, decent time wasters. For black people, there are movies like "Brown Sugar", "The Brothers", "Two Can Play that Game", "Love Jones", all of which I really like. Problem is H'wood churns out rom-coms like a factory, and typically they just suck.
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Arterberry" <brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:14:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office Why is Jennifer Anniston still given scripts? This chick is so one-dimensional its not even funny. That Meg Ryan for the decade is played out also. I steer clear of chick flicks or romantic comedies like the plague. I hope alot of sisters didn't see "Valentine's Day. Mr. Foxx may get the Wesley Snipes treatment. From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 11:08:42 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office "Learn their lesson"? Are you kidding?! Man, last night I saw a commercial for a rom-com with Jennifer Anniston and Gerard "300" Butler. This is the second or third movie like this for him, I believe, but even my rom-com-loving wife agreed with my assessment that the movie looks awful. I had the misfortune of paying to see "The Awful Truth", Butler's rom-com with Catherine Hiegel, which was really awful. Yet here they are, doing it again... And didn't I hear they're talking about a Bad Boys 3? The second film was so bad I nearly walked out, yet hear we go again. "Learn their lesson"? Never! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@ gmail.com > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:57:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office All three movies are fit into an overused formula that is at least 20 years old. Cop avenges the death of his partner, wife, daughter. Doctor working on a cure but can't get the money. Wild man "merican"offers payback on them dar terrorists. Hollywood still hasn't learned their lesson yet. On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:36 PM, George Arterberry < brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com > wrote: Maybe they were just garbage movies. This time of year my main focus is sports. Being that I have college and pro season tix,the urge just ain't there for me..But with the timeline from general release and DVd being smaller and smaller I'm not proessed to see a movie. as I once was. Avatar was a once in a generational thing I had to view. but something that Ford,Travolta and Gibson slept walked thru for 10 mil plus, i'll pass. From: Mr. Worf < HelloMahogany@ gmail.com > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 8:56:24 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office I think the timing was wrong for all three films. In the case of Ford's film they should have waited for the interviews about the movie to happen before the movie was released. Better still timed it with another medical movie. It doesn't help if the movie is mediocre as well. On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Kelwyn < ravena...@yahoo. com > wrote: Harrison Ford's "Extraordinary Measures" grosses $12 million (budget:$31 million) John Travolta's "From Paris with Love" grosses $17.9 million (budget:$52 million) Mel Gibson's "Edge of Darkness" grosses $37 million (budget: $80 million) ------------ --------- --------- ------ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/