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[estepheia]

Saw Finding Neverwhere. Very solid acting, lovely costumes, beautiful cinematography. Definitely worth my time. After watching a few previews I'd like to ask my flist the following:
What is the new Bill Murray movie like? The trailer was hilarious, but trailers can be deceiving. And what about Constantine, is that any good? I will probably miss Ray, which is a shame, but I doubt it will run much longer. Aviator I'd watch, if it didn't have Leonardo di Caprio in it. He's not a bad actor, but something about him... dunno. I just have issues. It's the same with Tom Hanks. I will normally avoid movies with him, but may make an exception.

*sigh* I want the Firefly movie now now now!

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[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Constantine doesn't open until the 18th in the U.S. Early reports say : The story is lacking and the script is pretty bad in some places but some of the performances are on target with Rachel Weisz giving a great and dark performance, Djimon Hounsou, who gives his role more class than the script does and Gavin Rossdale, who gives a pretty scary and humorous performance as a demon who has it in for Constantine. Unfortunately, Constantine himself is not that interesting and Keanu Reeves comes out looking like he's trying out for the next Batman movie with his way too grim performance. Tilda Swinton is good but she's only in two scenes of the movie and Shia LaBeouf is as annoying as ever.. Doesn't sound too promising.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Wow, that does not happen often, that films are released simultaneously in Germany and the US. Sounds like Constantine may be a movie to rent... I like Keanu, but I know many people find his range very limited...
The movie will probably do well on DVD but not at the theatre. But then there are a handful of movies that the critics hated that I really like, among them Johnny Mnemonic...

Thanks.

[audela.livejournal.com]

Another Johnny Mnemonic fan! Always knew you had good taste! At least some of the JM haters couldn't get past its distance from the story (though considering that the script was written by William Gibson himself...). The only thing that gave me a big problem was the female who helps him (Molly in the story, though they changed her name in the movie) played by, I think, Dina Meyer. Just not the right actress for the part. OTOH, Dolph Lundgren was great, and I liked Henry Rollins too. The movie was so far from the story, it was more of an "inspired by" than anything else

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Not all good books make good movies. I attended a course on film adaptation at university once, it made me realize how difficult a task a true adaptation is. The spirit more than the letter of the story should be transferred.

I liked JM a lot (thanks for the compliment) - and I didn't think Keanu Reeves was wooden - his character's responses were supposed to be limited. If he had had a rounded personality he wouldn't have needed his memories back. And yeah, Dolph was great.
I am probably one of few people who really like Red Scorpion - a pretty dumb movie that has great moments. I like the redemption arc and the bushman part, the growing respect, but of course the editing was lousy and the makers of that movie stressed the more shallow aspects of the story. Of course, Dolph provided enough near nekkid eye candy to distract from the mindless ba-da-bam shooting. LOL.

I also love Split Second, a cheesy little flic with Rutger Hauer that never gets good reviews but which has its charms. And Warlock with Julian Sands, that falls into the same category.