Re: [scifinoir2] Jonah Hex
Exactly what I say, Bosco. As soon as I have the cash, I'm there. On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Bosco Bosco wrote: > > > Just got back from a viewing at the fabulous Alamo Drafthouse. Great place > to see a movie in Austin. > > Not much needs to be said about Jonah Hex. It is EXACTLY what it purports > to be a cheesey action film set as a western with lots cheesey action film > moments strung together with lots of bang and boom and fights and horse > riding. If you're not into westerns, don't bother. Otherwise, the naysayers > are all hipster tools, do yourself a cheese filled matinee favor and enjoy > while you can. I say yes, hell yes. Fun, Fun, Fun. > > Bosco > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
[scifinoir2] Jonah Hex
Just got back from a viewing at the fabulous Alamo Drafthouse. Great place to see a movie in Austin. Not much needs to be said about Jonah Hex. It is EXACTLY what it purports to be a cheesey action film set as a western with lots cheesey action film moments strung together with lots of bang and boom and fights and horse riding. If you're not into westerns, don't bother. Otherwise, the naysayers are all hipster tools, do yourself a cheese filled matinee favor and enjoy while you can. I say yes, hell yes. Fun, Fun, Fun. Bosco
RE: [scifinoir2] Jonah Hex
I love the westerns so I am in as well. B --- On Sun, 1/24/10, Martin Baxter wrote: From: Martin Baxter Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Jonah Hex To: "SciFiNoir2" Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 2:06 PM I'm game, too. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:34:02 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Jonah Hex Anyone other than me waiting to see how this one with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox going to look? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: "Kelwyn" Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:29:29 -To: Subject: [scifinoir2] "Book of Eli" ends Hughes' 9 year hiatus Hughes brothers are back with 'The Book of Eli' By Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News Posted: 01/17/2010 01:00:00 AM PST Updated: 01/18/2010 12:58:19 PM PST NEW YORK - Sure, they are twins, share a wicked sense of humor and do that finish-each- other's-thoughts thing, but there are differences. Ask Denzel Washington, who stars in their latest film, "The Book of Eli": "Allen is more the casting people, cutting guy, and Albert is the guy with all that geek stuff." See? Easy. "It's like a two-headed mutant monster," admits Albert. "Sometimes we walk around separately like idiots, but together we can be one complete whole. Allen specializes in one thing. I specialize in one thing. He can do my job, and I can do his job. "He thinks more personality, Religious roles fit nonreligious Paul Bettany surprisingly well story and relationships, and I'm more like, 'I like this microphone' and 'How does it work?' " But the real question is what have the 37-year-old filmmaking brothers been doing since their last film, "From Hell," the 2001 adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel about the Jack the Ripper murders, starring Johnny Depp. Allen offers three reasons for the delay: First, they couldn't get the scripts they were interested in off the ground. Second, they were pretty successful making commercials, and "making a lot of money tends to make you less urgent to make things that you should be making." Lastly, they took a twin sabbatical. "For the first time in our lives, at 30, we went and tried to find out who we were as individuals. " Encouraged by their mother, who gave them a video camera at age 12 while growing up in Pomona, the brothers began working on music videos as teens for rap stars such as Tone Loc and Tupac Shakur. By 1993, they had written and directed "Menace II Society," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to be a big hit. They followed that in 1996 with "Dead Presidents," and then in 1999 with the documentary "American Pimp," about the underground pimp culture and exploitation of women, which generated a fair amount of controversy. The brothers expect that "The Book of Eli," which involves the power of the Bible, may generate some discussion, too. Allen says, "When I read the line 'This is not just a book, it's a weapon,' that's when the hair stood up on the back of my neck. ... It's a rare occasion where a film can be a different movie depending on what you bring into it." For his part, Albert gave the film an eerie look, befitting a post-apocalyptic world. "As we've gotten older, the references come from anywhere," says Albert. "I've been recently influenced by this Czech photographer, Jan Saudek. A lot of the way the clouds are in the movie are straight out of his photos — desaturate everything and add a stroke of color." "I wish you would have shared that with me," Allen chimes in. Talking to the brothers is a bit of a trip, careening from them riffing on an old Alka Seltzer commercial to some wild quips — most of which are best left unrepeated lest someone think they were serious — to talking about their favorite male soul singers. There is a key moment where Washington's character, Eli, listens to Al Green's version of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart." Green, Allen points out, has made an appearance on all their soundtracks, except for "In Hell," set in London in 1888. Although they say they have nothing pinned down at the moment, the brothers promise there won't be such a long wait for their next movie. "We're not waiting around another eight years — that's for sure," Albert says. "It's important we get back to making movies where you
RE: [scifinoir2] Jonah Hex
I'm game, too. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:34:02 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Jonah Hex Anyone other than me waiting to see how this one with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox going to look? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: "Kelwyn" Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:29:29 -To: Subject: [scifinoir2] "Book of Eli" ends Hughes' 9 year hiatus Hughes brothers are back with 'The Book of Eli' By Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News Posted: 01/17/2010 01:00:00 AM PST Updated: 01/18/2010 12:58:19 PM PST NEW YORK - Sure, they are twins, share a wicked sense of humor and do that finish-each-other's-thoughts thing, but there are differences. Ask Denzel Washington, who stars in their latest film, "The Book of Eli": "Allen is more the casting people, cutting guy, and Albert is the guy with all that geek stuff." See? Easy. "It's like a two-headed mutant monster," admits Albert. "Sometimes we walk around separately like idiots, but together we can be one complete whole. Allen specializes in one thing. I specialize in one thing. He can do my job, and I can do his job. "He thinks more personality, Religious roles fit nonreligious Paul Bettany surprisingly well story and relationships, and I'm more like, 'I like this microphone' and 'How does it work?' " But the real question is what have the 37-year-old filmmaking brothers been doing since their last film, "From Hell," the 2001 adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel about the Jack the Ripper murders, starring Johnny Depp. Allen offers three reasons for the delay: First, they couldn't get the scripts they were interested in off the ground. Second, they were pretty successful making commercials, and "making a lot of money tends to make you less urgent to make things that you should be making." Lastly, they took a twin sabbatical. "For the first time in our lives, at 30, we went and tried to find out who we were as individuals." Encouraged by their mother, who gave them a video camera at age 12 while growing up in Pomona, the brothers began working on music videos as teens for rap stars such as Tone Loc and Tupac Shakur. By 1993, they had written and directed "Menace II Society," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to be a big hit. They followed that in 1996 with "Dead Presidents," and then in 1999 with the documentary "American Pimp," about the underground pimp culture and exploitation of women, which generated a fair amount of controversy. The brothers expect that "The Book of Eli," which involves the power of the Bible, may generate some discussion, too. Allen says, "When I read the line 'This is not just a book, it's a weapon,' that's when the hair stood up on the back of my neck. ... It's a rare occasion where a film can be a different movie depending on what you bring into it." For his part, Albert gave the film an eerie look, befitting a post-apocalyptic world. "As we've gotten older, the references come from anywhere," says Albert. "I've been recently influenced by this Czech photographer, Jan Saudek. A lot of the way the clouds are in the movie are straight out of his photos — desaturate everything and add a stroke of color." "I wish you would have shared that with me," Allen chimes in. Talking to the brothers is a bit of a trip, careening from them riffing on an old Alka Seltzer commercial to some wild quips — most of which are best left unrepeated lest someone think they were serious — to talking about their favorite male soul singers. There is a key moment where Washington's character, Eli, listens to Al Green's version of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart." Green, Allen points out, has made an appearance on all their soundtracks, except for "In Hell," set in London in 1888. Although they say they have nothing pinned down at the moment, the brothers promise there won't be such a long wait for their next movie. "We're not waiting around another eight years — that's for sure," Albert says. "It's important we get back to making movies where you leave the theater and it's a debate about it," Allen says. "Even if you don't like the movie, you've got to respect it, and if you go to dinner afterward, you're going to be talking about it." _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/
[scifinoir2] Jonah Hex
Anyone other than me waiting to see how this one with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox going to look? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Kelwyn" Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:29:29 To: Subject: [scifinoir2] "Book of Eli" ends Hughes' 9 year hiatus Hughes brothers are back with 'The Book of Eli' By Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News Posted: 01/17/2010 01:00:00 AM PST Updated: 01/18/2010 12:58:19 PM PST NEW YORK - Sure, they are twins, share a wicked sense of humor and do that finish-each-other's-thoughts thing, but there are differences. Ask Denzel Washington, who stars in their latest film, "The Book of Eli": "Allen is more the casting people, cutting guy, and Albert is the guy with all that geek stuff." See? Easy. "It's like a two-headed mutant monster," admits Albert. "Sometimes we walk around separately like idiots, but together we can be one complete whole. Allen specializes in one thing. I specialize in one thing. He can do my job, and I can do his job. "He thinks more personality, Religious roles fit nonreligious Paul Bettany surprisingly well story and relationships, and I'm more like, 'I like this microphone' and 'How does it work?' " But the real question is what have the 37-year-old filmmaking brothers been doing since their last film, "From Hell," the 2001 adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel about the Jack the Ripper murders, starring Johnny Depp. Allen offers three reasons for the delay: First, they couldn't get the scripts they were interested in off the ground. Second, they were pretty successful making commercials, and "making a lot of money tends to make you less urgent to make things that you should be making." Lastly, they took a twin sabbatical. "For the first time in our lives, at 30, we went and tried to find out who we were as individuals." Encouraged by their mother, who gave them a video camera at age 12 while growing up in Pomona, the brothers began working on music videos as teens for rap stars such as Tone Loc and Tupac Shakur. By 1993, they had written and directed "Menace II Society," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to be a big hit. They followed that in 1996 with "Dead Presidents," and then in 1999 with the documentary "American Pimp," about the underground pimp culture and exploitation of women, which generated a fair amount of controversy. The brothers expect that "The Book of Eli," which involves the power of the Bible, may generate some discussion, too. Allen says, "When I read the line 'This is not just a book, it's a weapon,' that's when the hair stood up on the back of my neck. ... It's a rare occasion where a film can be a different movie depending on what you bring into it." For his part, Albert gave the film an eerie look, befitting a post-apocalyptic world. "As we've gotten older, the references come from anywhere," says Albert. "I've been recently influenced by this Czech photographer, Jan Saudek. A lot of the way the clouds are in the movie are straight out of his photos — desaturate everything and add a stroke of color." "I wish you would have shared that with me," Allen chimes in. Talking to the brothers is a bit of a trip, careening from them riffing on an old Alka Seltzer commercial to some wild quips — most of which are best left unrepeated lest someone think they were serious — to talking about their favorite male soul singers. There is a key moment where Washington's character, Eli, listens to Al Green's version of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart." Green, Allen points out, has made an appearance on all their soundtracks, except for "In Hell," set in London in 1888. Although they say they have nothing pinned down at the moment, the brothers promise there won't be such a long wait for their next movie. "We're not waiting around another eight years — that's for sure," Albert says. "It's important we get back to making movies where you leave the theater and it's a debate about it," Allen says. "Even if you don't like the movie, you've got to respect it, and if you go to dinner afterward, you're going to be talking about it."
