| 2 JUN 2003 at 4:04am |
StammerGuild Master
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Status : Online | Really interesting list dom...
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 5:42am |
| Deleted User | This list seems to stop during the night... predominantly European posters, then!
The Secret of Nimh
This stood out like a shiny un-sore thumb. What a great movie!
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 6:23am |
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Status : Online | Do you guys that Garfield the movie is going to be released? I don't know how good this sounds but i am not sure if i am going to like it.
Bill Murray has signed to voice the role of Garfield the Cat in the upcoming Garfield film for 20th Century Fox. The movie, based on the comic strip, features a sardonic cat who must tolerate the indignity of being saddled with a nebbish owner (Breckin Meyer) and a nitwit dog as housemates.
Drawn by Jim Davis, "Garfield" marks its 25th anniversary on June 19, having debuted in 1978 in 41 U.S. newspapers. Today it is one of the most widely syndicated strips in the world, appearing in 2,570 newspapers in 111 countries.
Helmer Peter Hewitt (Thunderpants) directs the live-action/CGI adaptation, which was penned by Toy Story writers Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow.
Garfield producer John Davis says that the title character will look as though he is a real, live animal.
"The goal there is to make you believe that we found a cat that did all those things, even though it was all created in a computer," he tells Sci Fi Wire, "A tremendous amount of research and development has gone into making that cat look absolutely real."
Garfield will still have the features of traditionally animated and comic-strip characters as well. "He has features like his ears and his eyes, and he's kind of a fat cat. He's bigger than any cat you've seen. You've got those big paws. You'll look at him and go, 'He's Garfield. That's Garfield.'"
Garfield, directed by Peter Hewitt, voiced by Bill Murray, and starring Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Stephen Tobolowsky, is scheduled for a June release.
Sounds interesting, right?
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 8:17am |
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Status : Online | Boys, i think we forgot that Dogville is going to be a trilogy! Kidman is going to take part in all three movies. I haven't seen the first one but i have heard quite good things about it. The "Kidman-element" sounds really...erm...interesting....
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 8:47am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Godfather (2 JUN 2003 8:17am)
Boys, i think we forgot that Dogville is going to be a trilogy!
I didn't! I mentioned it in the Cannes threat recently.
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 10:07am |
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Petter_Holmberg (2 JUN 2003 8:46am)
I didn't! I mentioned it in the Cannes threat recently.
Sorry, i wasn't in that thread...
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 11:17am |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Godfather (2 JUN 2003 4:04am)
Really interesting list dom...
Thanks!
Originally Posted By monkeybone (2 JUN 2003 5:42am)
This stood out like a shiny un-sore thumb. What a great movie!
I love it! One of my childhood cinema trips I vividly recall - along with Clash of the Titans and Flash Gordon. Three of my favourite films! It's amazing how well it stands up still - the animation is still superb and the voice acting is wonderful - Dom DeLuise has never been better ("A Sparklie!" and especially from Elizabeth Hartman (is that right?) so fragile and beautiful as Mrs. Brisby. I guess you know this already Monkey with your animation knowledge but she killed herself not long after this film finished. Very sad. All in all it's a film that makes me quite mournful for the trouble-free life I had as a child - just hearing the title song takes me back!
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 11:43am |
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Status : Online | Okay, completely too late, but still wanting to air what I'm looking forward too; LOTR, obviously! Matrix last installment, call me stubborn... The League of Extraordinary Gentlement, can't wait! Pirates, I can't resist an opportunity to slobber over Johnny Depp!
Sooo... I gotta say... I'm totally psyched over this new tidbit, Rama by Arthur C Clarke filmed by Fincher played by Freeman!!! I'm so completely blown away by the prospect, I'm nearly peeing myself here! All of them, big favorites of mine, I'll be expecting wonders! LOL! Gotta pase myself here... Looking forward to SW ep. 3 too, but I gotta admit I've given in to the fact that they are in no way resembling the magic I felt when watching the OT...
And about all the Alien-movies. I confess, I like all of them almost equally much, only in totally different ways. The first two were fantastic, so when the third one arrived to the theatres my hopes weren't all that high, but I gotta say that the darkness of it completely seduced me. The visuality of the fourth was also something mindblowing. I have no idea how a fifth would be, since it seems that each movie has had their complete own "soul" in a way... Hard to see, the future is!
And wimli, don't worry about it! :-*
//edit// oh and as Monkey already noticed, I've got my dvd-collection in my sig! //edit//
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 5:06pm |
| Deleted User | The Matrix Revolutions : Im so curious to know about it. Too bad I didnt stayed long enough after the movie to watch the trailer. Although the ending totally sucked.
I am a GREAT fan of Garfield. I wish to have a very fat cat like him but I dont know how to. I m glad you told us Godfather. It looks like its going to be a great movie!
I've just saw the trailer of Sinbad. With Cathrine Zeta Jones voice in it. Why doesn't it amazes me that much? I dont know. It wasnt that catchy( the trailer)
I laughed at this one catchy phrase that's in my local tv commercial on Finding Nemo. "id you know that the White Sharks speaks in an Australian accent?"
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 5:09pm |
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Status : Online | Have you thought of feeding him?:
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 5:30pm |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Sarah (2 JUN 2003 5:06pm)
The Matrix Revolutions : Im so curious to know about it. Too bad I didnt stayed long enough after the movie to watch the trailer. Although the ending totally sucked.
I heard from a friend that I had to wait for the trailer after the credits, so I did. Man, those credits took a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time. I think about a zillion people worked on this film! Anyway, the trailer only lasted for about a minute or so and it did show some beautiful action shots, but as with the second, I'm afraid the plot's gonna disappoint. Oh well, we'll just have to wait and see.
I am a GREAT fan of Garfield. I wish to have a very fat cat like him but I dont know how to. I m glad you told us Godfather. It looks like its going to be a great movie!
I love Garfield too! But a live-style film, I doubt it'll work. Remember Scooby-Doo? :-/
emma: And wimli, don't worry about it! :-*
O.k. thanks! :-* back at you!
@Dom: I stopped buying disks at full prices too. There just too expensive, especially Columbia disks: they sometimes charge about 45 Euros for their double disk editions Luckily dvds prices drop rapidly these days!
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 8:01pm |
| Deleted User | The shot of Neo and Smith reeked of cheese - that punch is really badly filmed!
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| 2 JUN 2003 at 8:08pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By emma (2 JUN 2003 11:43am)
And about all the Alien-movies. I confess, I like all of them almost equally much, only in totally different ways. The first two were fantastic, so when the third one arrived to the theatres my hopes weren't all that high, but I gotta say that the darkness of it completely seduced me. The visuality of the fourth was also something mindblowing. I have no idea how a fifth would be, since it seems that each movie has had their complete own "soul" in a way... Hard to see, the future is!
Yay! Someone that feels exactly like me about these films. That's nice.
BTW: Got Cracking Contraptions via Kazaa. Tried DC++ too, but the Kazaa download was faster. I can't wait to watch it!
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| 3 JUN 2003 at 5:34am |
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Status : Online | I just watched, again, Arligton Road...WHAT A MOVIE MAN!!
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| 3 JUN 2003 at 8:50am |
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Status : Offline | Arlington Road, great film!!! Talk about your BIG surprise at the end!
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| 3 JUN 2003 at 10:11am |
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Status : Online | Ah, yes, Arlington Road. Almost as good as Mothman Prophecies .
It was on TV last night. Too bad I was too tired to watch it again. Went to bed at ten, and the movie was at nine.
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| 3 JUN 2003 at 4:43pm |
| Deleted User | I watched Conan the Barbarian the other day. It's quite good actually. The music is great and the sceneries are quite impressive. It's funny, halfway through the movie Arnie has had three love scenes but only two lines of dialogue...
They don't make 'em like that anymore!
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| 6 JUN 2003 at 2:21pm |
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I think that we forgot everything about Troy!!! Yeah that's it we forgot it!
Release Date: Summer, 2004
Cast: Brad Pitt (Achilles), Eric Bana (Prince Hector of Troy), Orlando Bloom (Prince Paris of Troy), Ciarán Hinds (Agamemnon)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, In the Line of Fire, Outbreak)
Based Upon: The Trojan War, as depicted in "The Iliad", the epic Greek poem by Homer.
Here is a pic of Brad Pitt:[img]http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/troy6.jpg[/img]
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| 6 JUN 2003 at 4:27pm |
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Status : Offline | Yes, 'Troy' could be good, but it'll always be the film that caused problems for Daranofsky's film 'The Fountain', cause Pitt suddenly wanted to do big budget drama instead of weird and intelligent science fiction which caused the funding of the film to fall through. Does anyone know whether The Fountain is still going, in limbo, are cancelled all together? Last I heard is that its other main star, Cate Blanchett was still committed to the project.
Talking about Troy mad me think about that other big historical big budget film. Wasn't Oliver Stone going to direct an Alexander the Great film?
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| 7 JUN 2003 at 3:23pm |
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Status : Offline | Yeah, Troy does look interesting - hopefully it will spark an interest in Greek Myths again and we might get some cool adventure/monster movies a la Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans). No Ray Harryhausen though, so maybe it's not a good idea...
Last i heard of the Alexander project there were two in the running at the same time one with Colin Farrell (will this guy ever take a break? I'm bored of his face already) and the other with DiCaprio (ummm.... isn't he a bit young?)
Similarly there are two Hannibal projects on the go (think elephants and mountains, not brains and chianti) one with Vin Diesel and the other one.... with someone else.... :-/
What is it with Hollywood execs stealing each others ideas at the same time... usually both films end up being toss anyway (Volcano/Dante's Peak as one galring example) :
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| 8 JUN 2003 at 8:49am |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By dombrewer (7 JUN 2003 3:23pm)
What is it with Hollywood execs stealing each others ideas at the same time... usually both films end up being toss anyway (Volcano/Dante's Peak as one galring example) :
I think a few of these double projects were the result of Jeffrey Katzenberg leaving Disney/Buena Vista and setting up Dreamworks together with Spielberg. Let's just say he copied some ideas from films that were in the works at the house of mouse:
-big meteor thing: Armageddon (Disney) vs Deep Impact (Dreamworks): Disney won big time at the box office
-computer animated film about bugs: A Bug's Life (Disney) vs Antz (Dreamworks). Once again, Disney burried its competitor at the box office
-animated film about South American fairy tale/legend: Road To Eldorado (Dreamworks) vs Emperor's New Groove (Disney). Both of these failed to become a box office succes.
I wouldn't be surprised that Volcano/Dante's Peak also fits into this ridiculous rivalry between Disney and Dreamworks, nor would I if those two Alexander projects were to be financed by these studios. Hollywood, they can be such children at times. :
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| 8 JUN 2003 at 9:50am |
| Deleted User | Troy sure looks interesting. I'm currently enjoying The Odyssey, and it really is a beautifully written story! Haven't got hold of a copy of the Illiad though. Still, I wonder if I have to read it. After all, I've heard Eddie Izzard tell all the best bits already. It went something like this:
"Ten years of siege, and then the Greeks finally played their master-stroke, final end-game play, where they built a huge f*ck-off horse, hundred meters high, made of wood, and then they sailed off in their ships and they said 'Bye! Bye, we're going now! You've won! Bye! We've left you a huge f*ck-off horse! As per usual... Bye! As you normally do in these situations... Hope you enjoy it!'"
"What's the precedent for leaving a huge f*ck off horse? Normally after ten years of failure, you'd leave some dog-poo behind. 'This! This is what we think of you! You bastards!'"
"So the Greeks sailed off in their ships. And they sailed over the horizon. You know, where it dips right down, and they sailed to where it dips down behind the horizon, where you can't see... If you've ever been to the horizon. And all the Greeks just hid behind the horizon. And they could crawl along just below the level of the horizon. So that they could get a good look at the Trojans they could stick fish on their helmets, and they could jump up and..."
"So they built a huge f*ck off horse, and the Trojans came out and said 'Oh! A big f*ck off horse! Just what we've always wanted! Go on, drag it in! Come on, Tony, Simon...' I don't know what Trojan names were. Anyway, they should have checked, cause it was a hollow horse. They should have done that tapping thing: tap-tap-tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap-tap-tap, TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP... 'Hey! Hang on!' tap-tap-TAP-TAP-TAP... 'This one's Hollow! Get it open!' And inside there'd bee a lot of Greeks in there. 'Hello! Oh, have they gone? Oh, d*mn! We forgot to set an alarm, cause they haven't been invented.'"
That man always cracks me up!
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| 8 JUN 2003 at 9:57am |
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Status : Online | This thing really cracked me up but i just because i am Greek i have to say that this guy should be ashamed!
However, this is the main story but it is beautifully written and i suggest that you should buy it.
Are you interested in mythology?
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| 8 JUN 2003 at 9:33pm |
| Deleted User | Hehe, Eddie makes fun of more than Greek history/mythology in this way...
Anyway, I guess I'm pretty interested in mythology. At least I find the stories fascinating. So much of modern literature borrows from it, so it's very rewarding to read.
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