Posted on 12/23/2007 7:26:30 PM PST by gridlock
I saw “I am Legend” and loved it. It talks about God in a favorable light and even shows a church at the end. It is rare to see churches in Hollywood movies these days.
If you haven’t seen it, I recommend it. Bring some tissues if you are a dog lover though.
Having seen the trailers for Golden Compass a few weeks ago once at a movie theater, and I think once on TV, I feel heartened to find these BO receipts. The sooner we get to the day that these absurdly overwrought, “too-busy” movies fall by the wayside, the better-—they all represent huge economic gambles that people love to watch fail, upsetting all the producer’s fondest notions, not to mention thousands of investors’, thinking they had a sure thing, the next Lord of the Rings, or whatever....I never see this kind of film, anyway.
They are still buying ads for it - sending good money after bad, it appears.
I guess it doesn’t matter what it costs when you are evangelizing for atheists.
Ditto and ditto for National Treasure II.
"The guys who are trying to screw up the world never take a day off."
Evil is presented as real, unappeasable, and not susceptible to reason or sentiment; it can only be fought, to the death, if necessary. (No "touchy-feely".) But a redemptive and optimistic ending.
Yes, and the poor puppy.
Well, folks, I sat through this movie last night on the telly (free on the Internet), and I'm wondering why anyone was worried about anything. It's a dud!
I'd guess the story is sorta a fantasy/science-fiction thing, and probably a take-off on the Harry Potter and Ring stories, but the author/screenwriter/director never seemed to get their $hit together, so it was tough to follow.
The actors:
The young lady who played the heroine has talent, and should get work after this.
Nicole Kidman shoulda stayed in porn films.
Sam 'what's-his-name' who always plays a grizzled old cowboy, plays a grizzled old cowboy again, and he's good at it! He played a grizzled old cowboy next to Nicholas Cage in 'Ghostriders' (a great flic!). Watching him is like watching John Wayne or Jack Nicholson - you know what yer gonna get.
Nobody else is memorable.
Animation and special effects are so-so. Seemed to be done on the cheap.
The only story-line discernable is that this is 'part one' of more parts that are probably already shot (since there are kids involved and they do grow-up). Whether enough money is made on this first one will determine if anybody bothers to piece-together any more crap like this one film.
Rating: G-DB. Kids will walk out 'cause it's so damn boring.
Religiosity: No problems - it's just a bad story.
Conclusion: Go rent 'Ghostrider' for the grown-ups, or 'The Never Ending Story' for the kids and me.
Better stories ................ FRegards
There must be a God after all. And he doesn't like the Golden Compass. LOL
It’s not tanking, it’s building a word-of-mouth campaign and will open wider later on.
Add to that $180 the publicity costs, which I would guesstimate are tens of millions.
So after DVD income is put aside, this thing is going to have to make well over $200 million to turn a profit.
Even if you include foreign, it ain't gonna do that.
I hope CWW has legs. It’s a terrific movie.
Sam Elliott?
Well, the author of the books was quite frank in his statements that the first book in the trilogy was mostly eye-candy, designed to get children hooked into the series, and that his efforts at indoctrinating their young minds in atheism was reserved for book two and especially book three.
Presumably, the same would be true of the movie. So I would not have expected to see much overt anti-religious content in the first movie (though there is some). The really important thing about the failure of this movie is that the sequels will probably never be filmed, which is a very, very good thing.
And whacking Hollywood on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper from time to time when they are being evil is probably not a bad idea, either.
On the radio tonight the news guy (CBS, I believe) actually said (paraphrasing, but real close):
“Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are finding out what other Hollywood movie-makers have discovered over recent years - - the public is not interested in war movies about Iraq and Afghanistan. ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ is just the latest effort to tank at the box office.”
And, frankly, I can't blame them a bit, given Hollywood's track record.
Nice to see that “Golden Compass” has gone off course, bested no less than by a movie about hyperactive helium voiced chipmunks.
I went to Alvin and the Chipmunks with my daughter, and I didn't detect any attacks on religion or God, stealth or otherwise. Maybe that is why they are having so much success...
I couldn't have anything to do with being a good movie, obviously...
So, is “I Am Legend” better than “The Omega Man”? I believe this is the third time a movie has been made from this book..
Yep, Sam Elliott. Best actor currently specializing in authentic western characters and a pretty solid conservative. He and Tom Sellick (of Rosie O’ fame) are very good friends. Sam brings a genuine stoicism to his roles, and, btw, grizzled is a very good descriptive adjective for him.
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