Hey PopWatchers — We’re collecting submissions for an upcoming ‘Ask the Critic’ sidebar, which means this is your chance to get a (movie related) question answered by Owen & Lisa in the pages of our next issue! Here are some examples of past questions to get your wheels turning:
What’s your best example of word of mouth propelling a movie to success?
What Broadway musical, past or present, would you like to see get the Hollywood treatment?
If I can see the boom mic, why can’t the director or the editor? How does this happen?
Please post your burning questions below — and be sure to include an email address in case we pick you!
I definatly want to see a Wicked movie
Sunset Blvd., Kiss of the Spider Woman, Into the Woods
This questions concerns a specific movie: Michael Douglas made a wonderful film in 1979 called RUNNING. He played a divorced dad training and struggling for the glory of the Olympics. Except for one or two TV airings in the early ’80s, the movie has disappeared. What happened to this movie?
When and why did western civilization decide that bodily fluids (eg vomit) were funny?
Do you think tv show to movie remakes are any good. GEt Smart Mission Impossible etc?
OR What do you think about reboots? Star Trek?
If you could have any Hitchcock film given an updated treatment, which one would it be and who would you have direct it?
Is it just me, or are the ongoing “Highest-Grossing Opening Weekend Ever!” announcements not actually all that informative? I mean, of course Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is going to gross more this fall than The Order of the Phoenix did last year; the ticket prices keep going up! Do they ever count / annouce actual number of tickets sold? Because those are the numbers that truly matter, aren’t they?
There’s been speculation that the reason Oscar ratings have declined so much is because the nominated films aren’t necessarily crowd pleasers (and those that are, i.e. Juno, aren’t slated to win the big awards). What do you think about that? Would you make any changes to the awards to get people watching? Or should we just start nominating Seth Rogan and Will Ferrell movies?
Who is the most underrated older actress in the business? Apparently, I am only allowed to know the work of 20 older women, but other women must be out there. Helen Mirren and Dame Judi Dench can’t be in everything!
As movie critics, do you read the book a movie is based on before or after seeing the film? Or at all?
What film made within the last five years or so is destined to become a “cinematic classic” ala Citizen Kane or Casablanca?
How did ‘Titanic’ get away with a PG-13 rating with that nude drawing scene of Kate Winslet?
What movie has had the biggest set? What about the smallest?
Do you think there will ever be another movie that will remain at the top of the box office as long as “Titanic”?
Why was Keri Russel ignored during award season? I thought her turn in Waitress at least deserved a nomination!