So, let's start things off. Often I've wondered why Nic Cage has picked so many terrible movies the past few years. After starting his career off with a bang, with raising arizona and wild at heart, and occasionally having some great performances along the way ( leaving las vegas and adaptation) for hte most part, Nick Cage is in terrible blockbuster after terrible block buster. And today I read a story, where it finally came all together. He's a degenerate shopping addict.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-sto...ulsive-spender/


Apparently he's like 20 million in debt because of this nonsense. Obv he's been pumping out garbage to stay ahead of his bill collectors, and to keep hording more garbage.

From his IMDB biography:

Where Are They Now

(August 2007) Bought the sprawling Gray Craig estate in Middletown for $15.7 million, a purchase price that ranks among the highest ever for a home in Rhode Island.

(October 2008) He's selling the sprawling Gray Craig estate in Middletown, Rhode Island.



It still boggles my mind that there was almost a Tim Burton directed, Nic Cage starring Superman movie. I can't even fathom what that would've been like.

I can't believe that Nic Cage was in Adaptation, that role is so out of his league. To be honest, I do feel as though I would enjoy that movie even more if there were a better actor in the lead role.

I really? I thought he was great on it. So many people mock nic cage, but I think he's mock worthy because of his role choices.. I think he is a really talented actor, who's just been in some bad movies.

I think he overacts, but I still like him in certain roles. I liked Matchstick Men a lot.

Well sure, but a lot of actors I like over act. DDL, Jack Nicholson ( when he was good, I mean).

I still really like the movie (Adaptation) and thought he did a good job in it, just think I might like it even more with someone else in the lead. I will be honest and admit that my opinion is based in part on the fact that his hair in that film makes me feel a bit nauseated. It was a horrible wig thing that looked like sparse ginger pubic hair.

I enjoyed Matchstick Men. Pretty sure I have cried at the ending once or twice.

I also like Face/Off, in an "its so bad its good" kinda way. I could eat a peach all day.

Man, I love face off. I think it's one of travolta's best performances, actually ( I don't rate his acting high at all, fwiw). His impression of Cage's castor troy cracks me up.

Also from his IMDB bio:

[on Face/Off (1997)] Without tooting my own horn - I think it's a masterpiece.

It is a masterpiece.

LOL @ Cage "kicking off" his career with Raising Arizona and Wild at Heart.

He was great in Valley Girl and OK in Rumble Fish long before those two.

Face Off - John Woo is pretty awesome

I thought Snake Eyes was better if only because of the multiple point of view tracking shots. That really was masterful.

Red Rock West was not bad. Sort of a mildly Coen Brothers feeling Film Noir.

this is supposed to be random! not about nic cage!



mila kunis
natalie portman
jennifer aniston
mandy moore
scarlet johansson
kiera knightly
jessica biel
miley cyrus
alyssa milano
jennifer love hewitt
jessica alba
emma watson
rachel mcadams


all pretty hot females we got there. odds are pretty damn good though that at least one of them is taking a shit RIGHT NOW.

LOL yikes, fanboy, I didn't mean to step on your boyfriend's toes. I meant he used to be in good moves and good roles, and is in shit roles now. LOL @ valley girl being great, btw.

Has there ever been a greater disparity between the first 15 minutes of a movie and the rest of it? Opening sequence - awesome. Everything else - steaming pile.




I think that's the correct order.

I guess that could make me look a little Cage "stalkerish"!

I heard a commercial for a local hospital that claimed their drug and record tracking procedures could help avoid "situations like the one that nearly claimed the lives of Dennis Quaid's new born twins"

Seems like a pretty lousy attempt to tie in your hospital to some famous guy's near tragedy.

Jesus christ that's in poor taste. Kaiser permenente?

in which you'd like to watch them poop?

Some Michigan Hospital.

no

We're going to take your face...off.
Take my face...off?
Your face...off.

Leaving Las Vegas was pretty good. I actually kind of like the fact that Cage does well in solid roles but totally mails it in when it comes to the shitty movies.

Random...uh...oh, I'm not so sure about the new Portman/Gylenhal (sp)/Maguire (sp) movie. It seems like they can't even figure out how to correctly market it. I bet it's a decent film (I'm not sure I buy "ANGRY TOBEY"), but my guess is it won't do so well in theaters.

I was thinking of starting a 'What tv show are you watching' thread. Does that sound like a good/bad idea? Basically a thread for random tv observations, old shows you might be watching that don't have their own thread, or some new show that you're watching, whatever.

Love that movie!

I've heard there is quite the interest in Miami Vice.

To do anything, Sal, to do anything.




I want to see this movie.

I used to get excited for the summer blockbuster movie season. Now I'm much more excited for the Oscar hopefuls movie season.

Well la de FREAKIN' DA!

I probably get excited to see more movies than I actually see.

But getting back to that Brothers movie, I think it's a really interesting premise and I hope they don't go too far with the ANGRY TOBEY angle.

LOL... Apparently it's the anniversary of MJ dangling the baby out the window..... Gerard Butler didn't forget....



It's a plant in a towel.

How does this feel, then?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
“The Beaches of Agnes,” Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
“Burma VJ,” Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
“The Cove,” Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
“Every Little Step,” James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
“Facing Ali,” Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.)
“Food, Inc.,” Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films)
“Garbage Dreams,” Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.)
“Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders,” Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures)
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications)
“Mugabe and the White African,” Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, directors (Arturi Films Limited)
“Sergio,” Greg Barker, director (Passion Pictures and Silverbridge Productions)
“Soundtrack for a Revolution,” Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, directors (Freedom Song Productions)
“Under Our Skin,” Andy Abrahams Wilson, director (Open Eye Pictures)
“Valentino The Last Emperor,” Matt Tyrnauer, director (Acolyte Films)
“Which Way Home,” Rebecca Cammisa, director (Mr. Mudd)

I've only seen one. (Valentino, which I enjoyed, but not in that Oh Holy Oscar way.)

One of the previews I've seen almost makes it out to be a horror flick because of angry Tobey's RAGE.

Speaking of documentaries.... I just saw "Who the $%*# is Jackson Pollack?"

It was ok, but makes you hate the art world and laugh at hicks.

Hey, what's everyone here's favourite Dan Quayle gaffe?

Hmm, I haven't seen it presented that way.

Hey, maybe they don't know how to market it? What do you think, maybe?

That poor guy...from most accounts, he was actually a solid public servent. The potato thing was only half his fault, and he got KILLED for it. There are some funny quotes on his wiki page though.

Contributing greatly to the perception of Quayle's incompetence was his tendency to make public statements which were either self-contradictory ("The holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.… No, not our nation's, but in World War II. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century, but in this century's history."), impossible ("I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future") or confused and inappropriate, as when he addressed the United Negro College Fund, whose slogan is "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," and said, "You take the UNCF model that what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."[13]

Shortly after Bush announced the Space Exploration Initiative, which included a manned landing on Mars, Quayle was asked his thoughts on sending humans to Mars. In his response he made a number of errors: "Mars is essentially in the same orbit [as Earth]....Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."

So I'm planning to smoke weed for the first time in months and months, and kidnap a friend of mine to go see 2012 this weekend. I love love love terrible disaster movies, they crack me up. And the day after tomorrow ( by the director of 2012) was maybe the single stupidest movie I've ever seen ( obv I loved it. If you're going to be stupid, do it BIG). I know I'm going to love 2012.

No one should ever be below Miley Cyrus.



I really liked that movie. How stupid are these 'experts'? HIS ****ING FINGERPRINT AND DNA ARE ON THE BACK OF THE DAMN PAINTING!!!!!



sonofa...



This is the nicest thing about Quayle that I've ever heard coming from a liberal.

I think you're in store for an incredible experience.



I may lean towards the liberal side on most issues, but I judge politicians on an individual basis. The guy got a raw deal.

But don't think I won't always make fun of W for being an idiot. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but the dude should have known that he had no business being president. Quayle worked hard, always did well for himself and his constituents (sp), was asked to join a ticket, and answered the call. Bush failed constantly and still used daddy's influence to put him in the position to screw many millions of people. Huge difference. W deserves all the mocking he gets.

As bad as the trailer for 2012 is, I have heard from a few people that it actually pretty good. Coming from people who also thought the trailer looked like an awful movie as well, I thought that was interesting. I will not be spending any money to see it.

Heh.

really? no emma watson jokes like removing her from the list.


I have to say TV is on a downturn now. House, The Office, 24, Weeds, Dexter are all shells of what they once were (and some weren't really that much to begin with).

The Wire, Sopranos, and Battlestar Gallactica are no longer with us (though BG was really like that since the end of season 2). Lost is ending soon.

Combine that with movies seemingly turning out crap after crap and we're quite meh at the moment.


Thankfully we've got Sunny and 30 Rock but I can't really think of anything else that brings the quality of these two consistently (sorry Mad Men). Damages and Breaking Bad are just below those Ad Men.

I'm probably forgetting some shows but yea. That's pretty much how it is.

I have to disagree about Mad Men and Breaking bad. I think they are easily the best dramas on right now, and Mad Men is particularly great. Also Curb is great.


other than that? No great.

well I have them as my top two currently. well forgetting Lost I mean. I don't think they're great but they are quite good.

I had Curb in my head for the post but I totally forgot it, obviously. I'm quite a few seasons behind but I'm sure it's great.

You need to get back on that train, this season has been epic.

I did not see the thread about this, explains the post. Glad to see nobody here liked it, my friends have confirmed their idiocy.

I've had a xmas tradition since I was about 12. Being the child of divorced parents I would shlep 350 miles every xmas vacation to see my dad and his parents. Usually by day 2 they were driving me nuts so xmas day was a day where I would spend all afternoon at the movies. See, my little podunk town only had one theatre and it only showed 1 film per weekend (1 show a night), usually movies on their 2nd or 3rd run. So, going to a large metro area with multiplexes and movies running from noon to nearly midnight was great. Usually I had no trouble spotting at least 2 or 3 movie previews for the holiday season that would instill at least an interest in shelling out exorbitant ticket prices to see them. This year, not so much.

There's The Road for which I'm hopeful. However, the ads for this flick make it seem less psychological drama and character study and more of a subdued Road Warrior. I'm hoping the ad just reflects a marketing dept that has no idea how to market this movie than a true glimpse of the film. So I'm hesitant to shell out what's got to be close to 10 bucks a ticket now in order to be massively disappointed.

Downey putting his spin on Sherlock Holmes might be alright. Honestly haven't seen much for this flick. The Dec 25th release date worries me that the studio is releasing on one of the biggest movie days of the year so they can do a quick cash grab before word of mouth spreads that it's a turd.

So it looks like I may have to figure out a new tradition for xmas this year.

Up in the Air
Invictus
The Lovely Bones
Nine
The Imaginarium of Doctor Panassus

Trailer


Wait, you're middle aged?

depending on which definition you use, yes, maybe, kinda, possibly.

"The US Census lists middle age as including both the age categories 35 to 44 and 45 to 54, while prominent social scientist, Erik Erikson, sees it ending a little later and defines middle adulthood as between 40 and 65."

Flamboyantly not that gay.

--edit after reading sickie thread:
Not that there's anything wrong with it. My father was gay.

I mean, I understand this and everything, but there's a lot of half-naked women there, no?

So maybe I'll rent. Access to ffwd and slomo will be important for this film. Or I'll just wait and find a torrent of the good parts.