Atticus Chaos

Meet dave is going to be a huge flop, maybe at number 7 or 8. I can't believe it cost $100 million to make, either. You have to assume most Hollywood executives are at least moderately intelligent....why would you ever give such an obvious flop, with a fading star, such a huge budget? I actually do wish Eddie had won that oscar now. It might have set his career of in a different direction. As it is, his loss seemed to serve as excuse to go back to all these lame kids movies.

You can't just say 'its a comic book movie' and then use that to excuse every ridiculous plot device in comic book films. There should always be some realism there. That's the difference between Batman Begins and Batman and Robin. One movie tries to be gritty and realistic, and the other just accepts its a pantomine. And which movie is better? And seriously, if Heath Ledger ended up falling into a tub of dangerous chemicals in the dark knight, you'd probably be able to hear the collective groan in cinema's across the land. You could maybe suspend your disbelief and believe you have a Billionaire vigilante going around a crime ridden city kicking ass, and that he has all these cool gadgets, and stuff. But that a guy can fall into vat of dangerous chemicals, and emerge perfectly fine, apart from a messed up complextion? That's a bit more difficult. I don't think the happy ending really suits the film. If she'd died, it would have emboldened Batman and drove him on. The sequel's better because you don't have the copout ending.

I remember reading the film is doing 8 times the ticket sales that spiderman 3 was at the same point in the sales cycle, which is pretty amazing. It could do a $200 million in its first week easily. It wouldn't be that unusual either: Austin powers 2 made more in first weekend than the first one did for its entire theatrical run. I think it would have been huge anyway, but Ledger's death, and the phenomenal word of mouth its getting probably ensure it'll be one of the biggest hits of the year.

Eh, it might not be one of the best movies ever, but I can see it being the best batman film ever, at least that's what all the indications are. People used to to say how great Burton's two films were ( especially in comparision to shumacher's two) but they had they were quite flawed and Burton was always struggling to find the balance he wanted,I thought. Batman begins had its own problems, even though it was the best batman film up to that point. And I think TDK probably will be the best one since Nolan can only improve on what he's done before. In my opinon (just my opinon), I still fine the 1989 Batman to be the best Batman. I was watching Batman last week, and it occured to me, I know everyone says Nicholson is the best part of the film, but I actually think he's the worst. He's just hamming it up all the time and it doesn't fit the movie. And falling into a tub of chemicals? That's laughable by today's standards. If Burton had been smarter, he'd have done with the Joker character what Nolan has done i.e take away the comic strip factor and just make him a straight up sociopath. I think Burton wanted it both ways: the dark,gothic tone, but with the OTT, merchandise freindly characters and Hollywood conventions (Vickie was supposed to die at the end of the film, but they changed their minds, which is pity beccause it would have been a better than the tacked on happy ending)

Eh, it might not be one of the best movies ever, but I can see it being the best batman film ever, at least that's what all the indications are. People used to to say how great Burton's two films were ( especially in comparision to shumacher's two) but they had they were quite flawed and Burton was always struggling to find the balance he wanted,I thought. Batman begins had its own problems, even though it was the best batman film up to that point. And I think TDK probably will be the best one since Nolan can only improve on what he's done before.

the shortlists for the emmys are up, Lost is in the top 10 for best drama (for the constant) but nothing for Matthew Fox, Yun Jin Kim, Terry O'Quinn, or Henry Ian Cusack in the acting nominations, BEST SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTOR Naveen Andrews, "Lost" ("The Economist") Bruce Dern, "Big Love" ("Good Guys and Bad Guys") Christian Clemenson, "Boston Legal" ("Roe vs. Wade, The Musical") Ted Danson, "Damages" ("Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker") Michael Emerson, "Lost" ("The Shape of Things to Come") Zeljko Ivanek, "Damages" ("I Hate These People") T.R. Knight, "Grey's Anatomy" ("Freedom, Parts 1 & 2") William Shatner, "Boston Legal" ("Mad About You") John Slattery, "Mad Men" ( "Long Weekend") Blair Underwood, "In Treatment" ("Alex: Week 6") Jake Weber, "Medium" ("Wicked Game, Part 1") I was quite shocked cusack didn't get nominated for the constant. Especially the bit where desmond gets through to penny, which was of one of the best acted lost scenes ever, I thought. The econimst wasn't the strongest Sayid episode ever, either. It felt like Andrews was just playing 007 for an episode.

Tickets for the new Batman movie The Dark Knight are so in demand, movie theatres across America plan to open all night to accommodate filmgoers. The film, which officially opens in the U.S. next week, has sparked a frenzy among American moviegoers, who want to catch a glimpse of Heath Ledger's highly-anticipated performance as The Joker as early as possible. Some movie theatres across the U.S. have added 6am screenings for film fanatics who can't be accommodated at the earlier midnight and 3 am showings. Online ticket vendor Fandango.com reports over 1,500 showings for The Dark Knight have been added to theatre rosters across America. In a recent survey, the website estimated 38 per cent of ticket buyers planned to take time off work to see the superhero flick. Batman Begins, the series' last installment, earned over $200 million (GBP100 million) at the U.S. box office after opening in the summer of 2005. imdb.com $200 million dollar weekend here we come... I know all the talk is about ledger getting an oscar nomination, but if its as good as everyone's saying it is, it could end up with a best picture or best director nod. I know the oscar people tend to prefer serious, more realistic films but if LOTR can get oscar wins in the big categories, and that's got elves and hobbits in it, I don't see how batman could be too far fetched for them. Take away the superhero element and its basically a crime drama about a vigilante.

Apparantly, the reason Will Smith turned down the Matrix when he was offered it was because he wanted Neo to tell more jokes. That doesn't sound like an actor who wants to play the same role every time?

You can tell the talented actors when they make even the bad movies seem decent, Deja Vu is a laughable movie, but Washington holds it together. Same with Harrison Ford. I find with people like Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy that when the material sucks (the love guru, Norbit) they usually do too. I like Will Smith but with the exception of Ali he plays the same role in every movie he's in. Maybe that's why he's so successful. Bruce Willis seems to play disgruntled cops an awful lot too.

Its actually been written by forbes that Crowe is one of the worst inversments in hollywood. He's had a lot of flops (Master and commander, a good year, cinderella man) and not that many successes (gladiator, a beautiul mind) and he's still asking for $20 million a movie. I'd also put Nicole Kidman on the list of not being able to justfy such a big check: its been years since she's been in a hit. Bale is interesting. The dark knight is going to be huge, but it might be like Toby Maquire where no one's bothered about seeing them if they're not playing their signature character. He'll probably get paid a fortune for the 3rd batman film though.

I suppose you could include Tom Hanks as well. Since he's always performed consistently at the box office.

It picked a bad time to come out. All the buzz is either for Hancock or the dark knight. To be honest, I don't even expect it to take the top spot.

Inside is a great horror film from France.

There's a clip of an out of it Amy performing ain't too proud to beg with the rolling stones, and all through out Keith Richards was giving her this total 'WTF?' look. You know things are bad when even Keith Richards is appalled at the state your in. Jaggar was a professional though and managed to lead her throughout and stop her from falling down.

Well, yeah. Talk about a lucky escape.

Michelle might as well make the most of the power she has right now. The whole 'you leave your wife and kids for me, and we'll be perfectly happy because its true love' scenario has always been pretty flawed to me anyway. If Taker got bored of his wife that easily who's to say he won't get tired of McCool once the novelty wears off?

Yeah, that was the worst part of the stalker storyline. DDP is married to a woman like Kimberly....and he's going to stalk Sara?

I've heard this version of events for the McCool/Benoit affair - they were having an affair -she left and divorced her husband Jeremy for him, and expected him to do the same with Nancy - He didn't leave Nancy -she broke if off and then found someone who would leave his family for her. Assuming this is true, why Michelle can't settle for a single guy and not have to go around breaking up families is beyond me. I suppose on the brightside, Taker's divorce means we'll never have to put up with Sara's atrocious acting again.

NObama girl.

Some of these pictures should be used in anti drug campaigns.

this has got to be one of the worst pics I've seen of her. She barely looks human. I do feel bad for her dad in all this. Unlike Dina Lohan, you can't really accuse the guy of not caring. From what I've read, he just seems to be following her everywhere now, and- uselessly- pleading with her not to do drugs anymore as she goes from one crisis to the next. I dread to think how many interventions he's staged. His daughter is basically dying in front of him.

I remember they played 'love don't cost a thing' at the end of the wedding planner starring Jennifer Lopez, which just seemed odd because the subject of that song (a guy trying to buy a woman's love) had absolutely nothing to do with the plot of the film.

Winehouse is probably a lot worse off than Britney ever was. Britney had drug problems, but even at her worst she hadn't had the type of physical decline Winehouse has had. She's incredibly thin now, and looks about 35. I don't think Britney ever stooped to actually doing drugs while onstage either.

Whenever I see her perform onstage (drunk, doing drugs) I always feel sorriest for her band. I know the money must be good, but who could put up with that?

I would avoid the aintitcool reviews. There's one line in one of them that gives away a lot of the movie. I don't know if the guy meant to do it or not, but I think he might have spilled way more than he meant to.