Posted on 05/17/2006 7:19:19 AM PDT by Reaganesque
I'm cashing in my "Adventures of Pluto Nash" and walking away with the pot.
I don't know, steve-b might still have it. "Adventures of Pluto Nash" got 6% on Rotten Tomatoes, "Battlefield Earth" got 3%. Fortunately I have seen neither. Can we reach a consensus?
I am always on topic regarding what I talk about. If you don't like my conversation, don't join it. Shoo away pest.
Ronnie Howard has jumped the shark!
Haven't seen the movie but have seen pictures of Hanks and I never saw him as the lead. My visual for the lead was a younger Harrison Ford type. An overweight, middleaged Hanks just is not believable. My guess is Ron and Tom are buddies and thought that was enough.
I read on the Rotten Tomatoes message board a comment that said the review by Joe Utichi of FILMFOCUS did, indeed, change his review from "fresh" to "rotten." I don't even need to watch it to know it is rotten. :-)
"How's about someone who has seen it let us in on the secret so we can post it. Should be interesting."
I came across a possible ending at Amy Welborn's blog.
http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2006/05/does_sophie_tur.html#comments
"Then Sophie, who has been established as a bit of a klutz throughout the film, rises to leave. As she does so, she knocks over the glass of water she had been drinking. She's gone. A waiter appears and offers to refill Langdon's glass of wine. He says, oh, we weren't drinking wine...it was water. They look down TO SEE WINE DRIPPING OFF THE TABLECLOTH."
Now, this is not claimed to definately be how it ends, but is thought to possibly be so. Anyway, check out the web-site. Amy has written a book debunking the DVC, and has a lot of good stuff about the movie.
I would add "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Lord of the Rings" and "Godfather" as well, but your point about the paucity of good books becoming good ovies is valid.
Anyone who's read it, who do they reveal to be the descendant? I may have to wait and read it at MovieSpoilers.com
If early signs are any indication, he's jumped the whole darn Sea World.
I read it about a year ago. It was droll, but I suffered through it. I swear I don't even remember a descendant being revealed. The book is at home (I'm at the office). I'll glance through it tonight and see if I can't find out the answer for you.
I'll put my guess out there and say....
Prince Phillip of Monaco
Reviews are written before a movie is released so critics have no way of knowing if a film will be popular.
Yeah just like the book did.../sarc
I already told DA Nifong it was nonconsensual. Expect your indictments within the next few days...;-)
No!! I demand to take a lie detector test!
The book was awful too. Just a garden-variety mystery. How it became such a big seller is really the mystery to me.
Then what's the excuse for this movie? The book wasn't very good.
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