[FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Yup, it is an ad for the Marine Corps. Sort of a modern day military movie with Aaron Eckhart playing the John Wayne role. I gave up after five minutes, and start fast-forwarding to see if there was anything worth watching in the rest. Deleted the film entirely after a total of ten minutes. I agree with Roger Ebert: To call this film science fiction is an insult to both science and fiction.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
On 03/24/2011 01:23 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: Yup, it is an ad for the Marine Corps. Sort of a modern day military movie with Aaron Eckhart playing the John Wayne role. I gave up after five minutes, and start fast-forwarding to see if there was anything worth watching in the rest. Deleted the film entirely after a total of ten minutes. I agree with Roger Ebert: To call this film science fiction is an insult to both science and fiction. He also called it the worst film of the year. Probably more watchable later on but did you get the feeling you were watching a remake of the Sands of Iwo Jima? I saw the film to garner my own opinion (movie critics are usually pretty bad when it comes judging science fiction and horror) and compare to Sklyline which I had watched the night before. Want a feel good move? I absolutely recommend Best Worst Film as it was complete surprise. It is about the worst film ever Troll 2 and made by the guy who played the kid in the film. The documentary centers around the actor who played the dad, George Hardy, a dentist who always wanted to be an actor and got the role in film (the only role he ever got). This guy is one of the genuinely upbeat persons I've ever seen. The people in his town love him and love the film he was in. It's about how he and the fellow actors, the director and writer wind up touring the world for fan showings of the film. I reviewed Trolls 2 here a couple weeks ago. The funny thing is in the film one of the emcees of a show mentions everything that is wrong with the film except the one thing I mentioned that saved it: the editing. Also when I watched it I realized it was making fun of vegetarianism and the Italian woman who wrote the script said at the time she had friends who were all becoming vegetarians and she hated it so mocked it the story. At one moment when they are at a horror film convention Hardy comments about how many people there had gingivitis. I rolled on the floor at that comment because I've noticed that at so many new age expos too. If you can, get it on DVD, because after the film I started watching the extras and they were real gems too. The guy who played the shop keeper in the film was a mental patient at the time the film was made and realized when he saw the film he wasn't acting. BTW, he is the most sane person in the documentary. I think you have to have had a bout with insanity to know what sanity is and usually these people are chasing what they know is sanity. To them the rest of the world doesn't have a clue. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1144539/ Troll 2: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105643/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 03/24/2011 01:23 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: Yup, it is an ad for the Marine Corps. Sort of a modern day military movie with Aaron Eckhart playing the John Wayne role. I gave up after five minutes, and start fast-forwarding to see if there was anything worth watching in the rest. Deleted the film entirely after a total of ten minutes. I agree with Roger Ebert: To call this film science fiction is an insult to both science and fiction. He also called it the worst film of the year. Probably more watchable later on but did you get the feeling you were watching a remake of the Sands of Iwo Jima? I saw the film to garner my own opinion (movie critics are usually pretty bad when it comes judging science fiction and horror) and compare to Sklyline which I had watched the night before. You have a stronger stomach than I, sir. I would have gnawed my own leg off rather than watch either film to the end. :-) Want a feel good move? I absolutely recommend Best Worst Film as it was complete surprise. It is about the worst film ever Troll 2 and made by the guy who played the kid in the film. The documentary centers around the actor who played the dad, George Hardy, a dentist who always wanted to be an actor and got the role in film (the only role he ever got). This guy is one of the genuinely upbeat persons I've ever seen. The people in his town love him and love the film he was in. Dare I suggest (because now I've Been There Done That) that parents and people helping to raise small children think that home movies of them spitting their pablum out are great, too? :-) I'm really not a fan of the horror genre any more, except for funny horror like Tucker Dale vs Evil. It's been so many years since I've seen any new ideas that I kinda gave up on it. Watched the first five minutes of the new zombie TV series and gave up on it. The only horror movies I'm interested in -- because there don't seem to be any new ideas out there -- are the ones that poke fun at the old ones, like Zombies Of Mass Destruction or Shaun Of The Dead or the holy grail of horror-comedy, Evil Dead 2. As for scifi, two recent movies (Never Let Me Go and The Adjustment Bureau) have reminded me that they don't need any CGI or special effects to be good; all they need is a good story. That's what's missing in most of them. One of the best I've seen in recent years, Monsters, had special effects but *also* had a good story, and was made on a budget of $15,000. You could theoretically make 6,666 Monsters for the money spent on Battle Los Angeles ($100 million) and chances are 6,000 of them would be better. :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
On 03/24/2011 09:50 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 03/24/2011 01:23 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: Yup, it is an ad for the Marine Corps. Sort of a modern day military movie with Aaron Eckhart playing the John Wayne role. I gave up after five minutes, and start fast-forwarding to see if there was anything worth watching in the rest. Deleted the film entirely after a total of ten minutes. I agree with Roger Ebert: To call this film science fiction is an insult to both science and fiction. He also called it the worst film of the year. Probably more watchable later on but did you get the feeling you were watching a remake of the Sands of Iwo Jima? I saw the film to garner my own opinion (movie critics are usually pretty bad when it comes judging science fiction and horror) and compare to Sklyline which I had watched the night before. You have a stronger stomach than I, sir. I would have gnawed my own leg off rather than watch either film to the end. :-) Want a feel good move? I absolutely recommend Best Worst Film as it was complete surprise. It is about the worst film ever Troll 2 and made by the guy who played the kid in the film. The documentary centers around the actor who played the dad, George Hardy, a dentist who always wanted to be an actor and got the role in film (the only role he ever got). This guy is one of the genuinely upbeat persons I've ever seen. The people in his town love him and love the film he was in. Dare I suggest (because now I've Been There Done That) that parents and people helping to raise small children think that home movies of them spitting their pablum out are great, too? :-) Uh, this is professionally done documentary. Don't pull a Judy on me. You'd probably like to hang out with George Hardy. ;-) I'm really not a fan of the horror genre any more, except for funny horror like Tucker Dale vs Evil. It's been so many years since I've seen any new ideas that I kinda gave up on it. Watched the first five minutes of the new zombie TV series and gave up on it. The only horror movies I'm interested in -- because there don't seem to be any new ideas out there -- are the ones that poke fun at the old ones, like Zombies Of Mass Destruction or Shaun Of The Dead or the holy grail of horror-comedy, Evil Dead 2. As for scifi, two recent movies (Never Let Me Go and The Adjustment Bureau) have reminded me that they don't need any CGI or special effects to be good; all they need is a good story. That's what's missing in most of them. One of the best I've seen in recent years, Monsters, had special effects but *also* had a good story, and was made on a budget of $15,000. You could theoretically make 6,666 Monsters for the money spent on Battle Los Angeles ($100 million) and chances are 6,000 of them would be better. :-) FYI to Netflixers Monsters is available WI: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Monsters/70135635 You've never seen Troll 2? That should be an easy find. It's more a joke than a movie. And like many people said in the documentary I've seen worse. Hollyworst has lost it's moorings anyway. The TV networks and telecoms are fuming about Netflix streaming but it's what the public wants (the often stated phrase from marketing departments). Maybe Civil War 2.0 will over them the taking away Netflix WI. It certainly would be if they took away American Idol or Dancing with the Stars. :-D
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
I enjoyed it in the theater, but it was a long-format commercial for the marines! Uh Yah! Gonna git me some alien! Peter On Mar 24, 2011, at 4:23 AM, turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Yup, it is an ad for the Marine Corps. Sort of a modern day military movie with Aaron Eckhart playing the John Wayne role. I gave up after five minutes, and start fast-forwarding to see if there was anything worth watching in the rest. Deleted the film entirely after a total of ten minutes. I agree with Roger Ebert: To call this film science fiction is an insult to both science and fiction. To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
[FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 03/24/2011 09:50 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: The documentary centers around the actor who played the dad, George Hardy, a dentist who always wanted to be an actor and got the role in film (the only role he ever got). This guy is one of the genuinely upbeat persons I've ever seen. The people in his town love him and love the film he was in. Dare I suggest (because now I've Been There Done That) that parents and people helping to raise small children think that home movies of them spitting their pablum out are great, too? :-) Uh, this is professionally done documentary. Don't pull a Judy on me. You'd probably like to hang out with George Hardy. ;-) That is possible, but would you watch a professionally done documentary about paint drying, unless you were a painter, and...uh...had no life? :-) I have no interest in the Trolls movie, and will never have any interest in it. Why would I want to watch a documentary about it?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
On 03/24/2011 10:17 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 03/24/2011 09:50 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: The documentary centers around the actor who played the dad, George Hardy, a dentist who always wanted to be an actor and got the role in film (the only role he ever got). This guy is one of the genuinely upbeat persons I've ever seen. The people in his town love him and love the film he was in. Dare I suggest (because now I've Been There Done That) that parents and people helping to raise small children think that home movies of them spitting their pablum out are great, too? :-) Uh, this is professionally done documentary. Don't pull a Judy on me. You'd probably like to hang out with George Hardy. ;-) That is possible, but would you watch a professionally done documentary about paint drying, unless you were a painter, and...uh...had no life? :-) There are a lot of boring documentaries out there but this isn't one of them and is hilarious. I'm not trying to shove it down your throat, just trying to remove any preconceived notions you might have. :-D I have no interest in the Trolls movie, and will never have any interest in it. Why would I want to watch a documentary about it? Because you are a would be film critic? Most film critics might find this documentary interesting for the same reason some find Richard Rodriguez's 10 Minute Film School interesting. One of the questions to the Italian director was why is the movie called Troll 2 when there are no trolls in the film? They are called goblins in the film. Like I said the film is so bad it is hilarious. But unlike some Dollhouse episodes it has an arc and I would say that arc was created by the editor. As Stu would tell you a few seconds earlier or late in a cut and a scene would have lost momentum and made the bad acting stand out more. As for the original film George Hardy bought it on VHS when it came out and after the first five minutes realized his film acting career was over. The movie cost $200K to make and used a professional Italian crew (the director has over 25 films to his credit). Another thing about the screenplay is it is the Italian writers take on Americans and the culture of the 1980s. I also suspect saying upbeat dentist turns people off because they have an upbeat dentist themselves whom they hate (reminds me I have my by yearly torture ... er cleaning session on Friday). But this guy ain't saccharin and his movie career isn't over as he is in a 2007 movie and two upcoming ones. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362643/ Not tryin' to shove it down your throat, just thought you and other folks here might find it interesting. Hope your day gets better. :-D
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
Or telling the kid he was going to make a great Marine. Talk about predictive programming. I still want to know if they did the pro-military thing to get access to gear because some of the gear didn't look all that good meaning they may not have gotten it. That means I'll rent the Bluray to get that info. If you portray the military in any negative light they won't provide support for a film. This was like they used a WWII John Wayne script and rewrote it. A couple years ago when those pro-war Hollywood films came out they learned the public wasn't interested in them. On 03/24/2011 10:47 AM, Peter L Sutphen wrote: I enjoyed it in the theater, but it was a long-format commercial for the marines! Uh Yah! Gonna git me some alien! Peter On Mar 24, 2011, at 4:23 AM, turquoisebno_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: Yup, it is an ad for the Marine Corps. Sort of a modern day military movie with Aaron Eckhart playing the John Wayne role. I gave up after five minutes, and start fast-forwarding to see if there was anything worth watching in the rest. Deleted the film entirely after a total of ten minutes. I agree with Roger Ebert: To call this film science fiction is an insult to both science and fiction. To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
[FairfieldLife] Re: Battle: Los Angeles
I thought the cinematography was fairly good in fusing the computer generated alien ships with a realistic background. Definitely derivative of Independence Day, District 9, and others with nothing new plotwise. Did well here in San Diego since Camp Pendleton is north of here, where the Marines were supposedly stationed before heading off to battle in Santa Monica where I used to live. ... Had an amusing scene in which the Eckart character captured a half dead alien, and kept stabbing his/its organs to find out which one was most vital. Finally he stabbed what looked like a big pulsating heart filled with water. That did it! Water spewed out everywhere and the alien died. Then orders were sent out...aim for the heart...Duh... ... By no means as creative as District 9 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Yup, it is an ad for the Marine Corps. Sort of a modern day military movie with Aaron Eckhart playing the John Wayne role. Why? Probably so they could get to use a lot of military hardware. No wonder many critics didn't like it nor did the public. Hollywood hasn't had much luck with military films lately. Could it be the public is tired of endless war? It is a better developed script than Skyline but the movie is entirely from the perspective of a military squad. The hard thing to believe is that with such superior technology earthlings would be any match at all. It is a frenetic action film so if you're not into those you probably won't like it. It has been compared to Black Hawk Down which I sorta remember having seen it a few years ago. The film played in the D-Box auditorium and there was only one other customer and he was sitting in the D-Box section. Might have been a theater employee as the D-Box wasn't activated and the time I saw a film that was D-Box and some folks sitting in those seats they rocked so much you could feel the vibration from the other seats. Another way to suck additional money out of your wallet. I pissed off someone involved in its development recently on a forum by calling it a gimmick. It is a Columbia Pictures film so will probably be on Netflix and at Redbox before you know it.
