Potter Fan’s Get the Shaft

In recent news it was announced that the 6th Installment of the Harry Potter movie series was going to be moved back to a summer schedule slot (It was going to be released this winter). Apparently, so many Potter fans wrote in protest that the CEO of Warner Brothers reassured all of them that this was a good thing because the 7th Installment would be closer to the 6th.

Now, doesn’t that make you feel better kids? Go along and play nice now.

Seriously, did this guy actually think that kind of reasoning was going to help the situation? Using some kind of weird “mom” logic on the people who were about to give him lots of money. It doesn’t really matter anyway. He knows he owns them with this series. He knows they will go to the movie even if he moved it back another two years. The only way that that would change is if they protested the film and didn’t go see it at the summer slot.

I’ll be totally honest, if that happened, I would be so happy. Hollywood so takes advantage of the fact that people are lemmings and will follow whatever doom may be at their feet. Sigh.

Posted by Alcamadus

YOURopinion: Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder, the recent comedy directed, written, and acted by Ben Stiller has been gettings cheers and jeers as of late. Many find it to be an extremely eye opening comedy piece about Hollywood, humanity, and everything in general. Others are furious over the lines they cross, particuarly their jokes about the mentally handicapped. The uproar has risen to outside public protesting levels and it doesn’t seem like it will die down anytime soon (there has been talk of theater’s banning the movie).

So, being that this is an opinion piece, what do you think? Should Tropic Thunder be considered just another comedy? Or, has it crossed the line and need to be banned from the theaters?

Let us know!

Oliver Stone, Please Stop

Before anyone reads this, you must read the blog below it because you’ll regret it if you don’t. I honestly don’t think I know of a worse director than Oliver Stone, and the sad part about that is he has high acclaim in Hollywood. No, when you make terrible movies like JFK, Nixon, and above all else, Alexander, you seriously need to stop making films. You need to tell yourself, “Wow. I’m really awful. Maybe this just isn’t my cup of tea.” Did Oliver Stone partake in this ethreal reflection? No. And now he has decided to make another president movie about George W. Bush (Everyone should read the blog post by kingdaved below).

I know, I know. Everyone will want to rush out to see “W.” because most everyone hates W. and seeing a Hollywood movie bash the president will be “oh such a jolly good time!” But let me remind you of Alexander, and how long it was, and how it was horribly inaccurate in everyway. How the unlinear story telling wasn’t inventive and exciting, it was boring and annoying. The plot was nonexistent and with that so was the amazing history that should have been included. So, before you think that “W.” will be any good, remember that Oliver Stone is making this film. Oliver Stone.

Personally, I really wish someone would walk up to him and say, “you…..are so horrible….my ears began to bleed, my eyes fell out, and the apocalypse is nigh…all because you make abysmal films. Please, oh, Please Mr. Stone stop your film terrorism. Just stop. Go rethink your life and career because you just aren’t cut out for film-making. You can’t tell a story. You’re like a grandpa who just keeps going, and going with no plot, no good characters. No. No. Mr. Stone, the end has come for your little film fun-time.”

Posted by Alcamadus

The “Unbiased” W. Film

I don’t know about you guys, but I am so freaking excited for the new George W. Bush biopic.  I mean, seriously, of course Oliver Stone will do a good job giving an unbiased look at President Bush.  This may surprise you, but I have been given an early reading of the script. Here’s a summary of my favorite scene.  You ready?  I’m really excited for it.

Here’s the scene: Bush is eating a baby, and torturing teenage pregnant girls while burning the American flag with weed, which in so doing fills the room with marijuana smoke. Then, he and Cheney get together and decide to figure out how they can murder the most people in the most ways possible, so they call up their intelligence folks and tell them to doctor up a fake report, which Cheney rewrites after they tell the “truth” and then they cackle and smoke a cigar with Bin Laden.

Wait…. I dunno if that really happened though.  Oh gee willikers… now I’m concerned.  Oh well, it’s Hollywood; so, how can we not trust it?

Oh no!! I just remembered, Oliver Stone made Alexander….

Posted by kingdaved

The Dark Knight Reaches 400 Million

The Dark Knight is number one for the fourth week in a row at the box office. It also has reached above 400 Million in Gross sales. It is currently number three in the all time Box Office sales right under Star Wars and Titanic. Most producers and executives for the film believe it will cap out at about 510 million. If this is true, it won’t beat Titanic, but it will make the number two mark on all time Box Office sales. For a Batman flick, that’s pretty amazing.

But it’s obviously more than just a Batman film.

This is What Happens when Hollywood tries to be Original

Remake. Remake. Remake. Hollywood has been a broken record lately looking to comics, old movies, and novels to save itself from collapse.

I think some studio realized this plan would only last so long until the public figured it out and stopped going to their terrible remakes (except for those exceptional few…ahem, The Dark Knight). In their desperation they dusted off their paper, pulled out a pen, and began to create an abomination. This terrible creation, which probably was created by Frankenstein himself, is none other then “Death Race”.

Let me explain the very simple premise. A Nascar racer is sent to prison (falsely accused, of course) and he wants to find out how he ended up there. Somewhere down the road he finds out the owner of the prison has an event called, yes, the “Death Race”. If he can survive five races, he can win his freedom. These races include beat up cars that have Gatling guns, missiles, and probably thousands of other weapons of mass destruction, thanks to Saddam Hussein. You have to ask the question, “Why don’t they just use these weapons to blow the walls down, kill the guards, and be home free?” I suppose logic wasn’t one of the tools these writers used for their plot line.

I’ve provided a preview of this movie, and I really want you to laugh, because it is absolutely terrible. I just want to know how the writers actually thought this was going to be good? They either really loved it and could not get enough (which is sad) or they forced themselves to continue in horror of their creation. Either way, this movie is a clear sign that Hollywood has lost touch with reality. They need to come down from the mother ship and get good writers to make good movies (like, The Dark Knight).