August 21, 2009
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- interesting… from the nytimes. “Tom Ridge, the first secretary of homeland security, asserts in a new book that he was pressured by top advisers to President George W. Bush to raise the national threat level just before the 2004 election in what he suspected was an effort to influence the vote.”
- when my manager talks these secondary sounds come out of his mouth like he’s chewing a packet of ketchup or something. or maybe like he has a small, loose wad of suran wrap in his mouth. that kind of sound. and there’s often some dried or gooey spittle accumulated at the sides of his lips. maybe he has rabies?
- even though it’s not a surprise at all, it’s still sad to me that the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds film The Proposal, out for nine weeks, has grossed over $157M so far, while The Hurt Locker has collected only about $10M in eight weeks. i haven’t seen The Proposal, but by most accounts it’s more of the same that i have seen before, but i have seen The Hurt Locker and it’s a little bit of awesome. granted The Proposal is on 1500 screens while The Hurt Locker is on < 500 screens, but the per screen averages are the same even when The Proposal is out on triple the screens. either The Proposal is a sleeper hit or The Hurt Locker is not getting its just due or both. has anyone seen The Proposal? how was it? netflix users are giving it 2.5 stars. are you glad you spent that $10 or would you rather have spent it on something a little more worthwhile?
- wow Transformers 2, a movie i haven’t heard one good opinion of, is on its way to making $400M so far. good for them. that’s like Goldman Sachs numbers.
- talking about The Proposal reminds me of The Proposition, an Australian western i am a big fan of. it’s not your typical western but it’s still a great movie nonetheless. stars Guy Pearce (Memento), Danny Huston, Emily Watson and the underrated Ray Winstone (The Departed). “You’ve got the wrong fucking black man.” killer.
- here’s a short piece about how one apparently deserving film was treated like ass by its distributor and is dying a slow and painful death. “Instead of selling the concept, band of outcasts like The Commitments, they Disneyfied this movie with glitter paint. So what is an ironic, smart script with a killer soundtrack was sold like High School Musical meets Phil Of The Future. “
- here’s a great post from cinematical recounting some of Tarantino’s greatest music moments in his films. anyone seeing Basterds this weekend?
Comments (3)
the proposal was better than the ugly truth. i’d give it a 2.5 myself. i’m sure it completely sucks compared to this movie you’re talking about, which i never heard of.
The Hurt Locker was really good. maybe it’s not making as much money as one would think because some viewers are beginning to experience Iraq-war-movie fatigue… or it’s just not being advertised enough. but it’s definitely worth seeing. i wouldn’t even see The Proposal on DVD, unless my husband ends up putting it on Netflix.
Yet no one’s investigating Tom’s claims. If true, they should all go to jail. End of story.