The Science of Sleep (Sept. 15, 2006) I heart-ed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind so much, I’d line up for pretty much anything by Michel Gondry, but The Science of Sleep looks so strangely compelling I’d have it on my must list no matter who directed it. Love Gael Garciá Bernal’s humongous hands (pictured), love the giant toy horse running through the forest, and love the line ”isn’t life already in 3-D?”
The Guardian (Sept. 22, 2006) Take two parts Annapolis, one part Perfect Storm, and a dash of Stealth, then sprinkle with Top Gun and a little bit of caca, and you’ve got yourself the formula for what looks like a very formulaic Ashton Kutcher-Kevin Costner vehicle. Anyone planning to spend $10 on this one? Anyone?
Transformers (July 4, 2007) You can’t have a Transformers teaser without a snippet of the classic cartoon theme song, can you? Apparently Michael Bay thinks you can. Hey, is there still time to send the dude a memo pointing out that this movie should be produced in the spirit of campy fun?
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Transformers the movie? – I’m offically old : (
I saw the trailer to this over the weekend and it made me realize that 33 is not the new 23. I’ll wait patiently until He-Man and the Masters of the Universe comes out.
(I don’t count the Courtney Cox/Dolf Lungren version).
Ed
Transformers does not need to be campy. It can be a straight-ahead action movie. All it needs is a bunch of cool cars that turn into robots.
WOW.
Transformers looks like a piece of crap.
transformers will suck. i mean that’s pretty obvious
science of sleep looks way interesting, but all the bright visuals and the font and colors they use for titles solidifies the fact that annoying high school indie kids are going to make a mockery of it. can’t wait to see it on an urban outfitters t shirt!!!!!
Anything with Michael Bay’s name on it is bound to suck.
Sounds like this Transformers won’t be more than meets the eye nor robots in disguise (I’m getting old too if I remember the commercial).
Those big hands on Gael are creeping me out.
Two of the blandest actors on the planet = a movie not even worth $.10, never mind $10.
I would enjoy Transformers a whole lot more if it were a bit campy. Straight out action films with story lines a la Robocop just don’t do it for me anymore. i will see it anyway, I’m sure. But I agree, how can you not use the theme song?
If the do He-Man, Ed, I want She-Ra as well.
I agree with Slezak. After ETERNAL SUNSHINE…I would show up to Michel Gondry’s garage sale. Although I read some negative reviews shortly after SCIENCE OF SLEEP premiered at Sundance, I will be there on opening weekend.
But I have to admit, Gael is hit and miss. For every MOTORCYCLE DIARIES there’s a DOT THE I or BAD EDUCATION. Hopefully this will be a return to form for him.
Oh, and I will skip transformers and wait until the THUNDERCATS movie comes to relive my childhood.
Re; Editors in the movies
Flynt was more publisher than editor; deVito’s chracter was more reporter than editor. Garner? Based on a lifetime in the news business, here’s my list:
1. Orson Welles, Charles Foster Kane, Citizen Kane
2. Lee J. Cobb, Brian Kelly, Call Northside 777
3. Humphrey Bogart, Ed Hutcheson, Deadline USA
4. Cary Grant, Walter Burns, His Girl Friday
5. Jason Robards, Ben Bradlee, All The President’s Men
6. Bill Conrad, Jim Bathgate, -30-
7. Walter Matthau, Walter Burns, The Front Page
8. Glenn Close, Alicia Clark, The Paper
9. Robert Duval, Bernie White, The Paper
10. Adolph Menjou, Walter Burns, The Front Page
11. Jackie Coogan, Perry White, Superman
And yes, Kane was more publisher than editor too, but he set the bar.
Three words. She-Ra. The. Movie.
Robocop was not a straight up action movie, was it? The 6000 SUX car with the 8.5 MPG, the high pitched badguys and Eric Forman’s dad as the main bad guy made me think it was a parody. They have a lot of genuinely funny moments in Robocop, and it felt more like a parody of sci fi to me than anything else.
The original TF cartoon movie took itself a little too seriously, but was really just a chance for Hasbro to remake the toy line. I’ve got a feeling this one will be pretty lame, but still worth it for the visuals and the classic chi-cho-cho-chi transformation sound.
oh my god, what’s that list of editors about. I’m confused. Maybe the person who posted has already seen the guardian, as the trailer looks like it may cause serious brain damage. But the Science of Sleep looks dreamy, and well, i can’t say anything about transformers, that was just a bing hunk of cheese.
She-Ra the movie. lol. Nah. Thundercats the movie! “Thundercats are on the move,Thundercats are loose! Hear the magic, hear the roar! Thundercats are loose! Thunder,Thunder,Thundercats!”
Anyway, the original Transformers movie was more of an ad-on extention cartoon to the television show. It was like the Poke’mon movies. I just hope that kids will get it now. However the chances are that people who are in their late twenties to mid thirties are going to see it because the toy was a part of their generation as was Rainbow Brite and G.I. Joe.
I love “Thundercats” but, come on, She-Ra! She’s the Princess of F**kin Power!
Yeah, but she was also He-Man’s non-identical twin sister. Masters of the Universe was not such a great flick when it came out. Maybe it should be revamped and should include both She-Ra and He-Man?
Nice to see I am not the only She-Ra *cough*fan out there. “I am Adora, He-Man’s twin sister…” How about a collaboration? Spirit has to be in it. And see-through, like the toy. Ok, I have shared too much. Rainbow Brite, there’s another I would see…
I didn’t mean that Robocop was a straight out action flick, just that i can’t so those action flicks that have a storyline similar, something so out there and completely unrealistic as Transformers will be if it has no camp to it. Just me preference. I like my Sci-Fi to be straight out Sci-Fi. My own weird anal-retentiveness that I will never be able to accurately describe.
Ok, but who should play She-Ra?
Sarah Michelle Gellar comes to mind. Buffy gives her so much credibility as a campy action hero.
Jason Lewis as He-Man if only to see him in a loincloth?
If they made a She-Ra movie, I’d so be there. Even if she was just staring in a He-Man movie. Definitely worth my $20 or whatever it costs nowadays. I can so see Sarah Michelle Gellar as She-Ra too, nice call! And hey, whatever happened to the live action The Last Unicorn movie they were doing. I heard Christopher Lee was going to play King Haggard. I guess it got scrapped. Too bad.
I think that with the computer animation technology that we have today there must be a Plasticman movie. Hopefully it would not be as bad as the Inspector Gadget movie but it would be interesting. And I agree The Last Unicorn should be live action.
I think She-Ra would be a great vehical movie for Gwen Stephanie. She has the cheek bones to fill out She-Ra’s rediculous mask.
whoa king louie, I think you messed that up. surely you must have meant for every BAD EDUCATION there is a Dot the I and Motercycle Diaries, seeing as how it was one of 2005’s best (EW will back me up on this with an A- VS a C+ grade too)
My dear Fatima. I love EW just like everybody hear, but they are not GOD’s gift to movie criticism.
Almodovar is a genius, but every genius has his mistep once in a while, and BAD EDUCATION was a big, giant piece of manure. The movie within the movie within the movie angle is so overdone. Come on Pedro, where did your originality go.
I also know a lot of people who hated MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, but I loved it! The performances were so nuanced and low key–not over the top like in BAD EDUCATION. The cinematography great and the direction superb. A lot of people could not get past the politics.
Nevertheless, at least we can both agree that DOT THE I just plain sucked!
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