From: islandccips@mailblocks.com
"Feesha" wrote in message
news:9Dgec.10715$mX.4726629@twister.nyc.rr.com...
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> > Yup, I'm on board the re-make hate. I understand WHY the
> >trend exists, I just don't like it. Esp when they take classics like
> >The Pink Panther and re-think them as Beyonce Knowles
> >vehicles. *cry*.
> >
>
> Say what?!?! Beyonce in a Pink Panther movie? No 'f'in way. That's just
> plain sacrilige. IMO.
I *KNOW*. And if that doesn't make you want to toilet-paper the studio
boss's house, this probably will ..it's being produced and directed by the
same people who brought you - wait for it - Just Married, Eurotrip and
Roadtrip (you know, that comic masterpeice featuring Tom Green doing gross
things).
That alone makes me want to love indies like United States of Leland even
when they suck. Leland IS only so-so, imo. There are some great performances
but overall it kind of falls into the no man's land between profound and
pretentious. I'd hate to discourage anyone from seeing it, since some ppl
really dig it, but I'd only give it one thumb up. Maybe a thumb and a
knuckle.
My award for least pretentious indie has to go to Spring Forward. Ned Beatty
is sweet genius in this movie! It's not in theaters anymore (1999), but a
great rental imo :-).
>
> > Anywho, despite the glut of crap and nonsense, I've seen some
> >great movies this year ...My Architect, Kitchen Stories, Spring Summer
> >Fall Winter Spring, Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Goodbye Lenin,
> >The Corperation, The Triplets of Belleville, United States of Leland
(only
> >ok but Don Cheadle :-)), Story of the Weeping Camel, Supersize Me,
> >Down to the Bone (not for everyone), and, I think I'm forgetting some..
> >
> The Triplets of Belleville looks like quite a hoot. I've heard that the
> United States of Leland was just so-so. It's starting to get some
> commercial air time here in NY.
>
> Feesha
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