movies

[vinsanity]

I just saw the trailer for "Let Me In", the remake of "Let the Right One In".

[expletive] jackasses.

Yeah, that made me angry.

Is it possible they won't totally [expletive] it up?

[ghostrunner]

I just saw the trailer for "Let Me In", the remake of "Let the Right One In".

[expletive] jackasses.

Well, forget about the Nicklebackish music, and it almost looks shot for shot in many places. From what I've read the director is trying to stay as true to the spirit of the original as he can, and also he's said it's supposed to draw a little more from the book, whatever that means.

It's a no-win, thankless task in any situation. You can either keep it largely the same, in which case - why bother? Or you can drastically change it, and Hollywood the thing up. Everyone will hate that, except the people who don't know better.

I'm hoping it's closer to the former and American audiences are given something a little less Michael Bay-ish to chew on. Plus maybe it exposes people to the original.

[SHOW]

Though I expect the gender issue will be glossed over or ignored

[cpebbles]

Once in a great while, a remake is actually better than the original. I doubt this is one of those cases, but at the very least it could be passable and remind everyone that vampires aren't supposed to be glittery [expletive] playing baseball to impress teenage bores.

[lukethedrifter]

Why do we have so many [expletive] vampire movies/books/TV shows these days?

[Swirls]

Mrs. Swirls and I saw The American with George Clooney this weekend. [expletive] awful. It reminded me a lot of Michael Clayton, in that it was very very slow and made no sense whatsoever. It honestly looked like a really [expletive] independent film whose producer somehow managed to con George Clooney into taking the lead role.

So yeah, if you liked Michael Clayton, you'll probably like The American. Otherwise, stay away.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Michael Clayton was great.

[Swirls]

Michael Clayton was great.

You're stupid and I hate you.

[TGantz]

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I've posted this before, but it's pretty funny. I came across it again and thought it might belong here.

[thrill]

Michael Clayton was great.

You're stupid and I hate you.

Michael Clayton was superb.

[JL21]

Like every Clooney movie I've seen that's gotten Oscar buzz, I thought Michael Clayton was both good and overrated.

I caught a really unique and very good movie over the weekend. It's called "Il Divo" and it's a biopic about Giulio Andreotti, a former Prime Minister in Italy who had mafia ties. I can't speak at all to how accurate it was but stylistically, it was incredible- sort of a mish-mash of Scorsese's restless camerawork, Tarantino's hipster goofiness, and Oliver Stone's lust for political biography.