Hollywood movie slump.

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by catnapper
And I see this Charlie and the Chocolate factory... it looks like Willy Wonka meets Goth. It looks scary and dark and sooo is going to kill what was already a classic and perfect movie.

The original movie is a great movie, no doubt. I don't think releasing a different interpretation is going to kill the charm of the original, though. Those that feel that way, probably aren't going to see the new one, anyway....I wouldn't if I thought it would ruin the version with Gene Wilder. But, from what I've heard, the newer one is supposed to be closer to the book, but, maybe I heard that wrong. It's definitely going to have a dark, weird edge to it, though, because that's what Tim Burton is known for. There's no way I'm comparing it to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, though. I'm going into it on July 17th with a clean slate. Should be an interesting journey.

[lady_zana]

Originally posted by catnapper
You are so right! I hate that everything has to be an outlandish overuse of the F-word and other uneccessary curses, and mostly the ubiquitous nipples, cleavage, nipples, belly, nipple, butt, nipples... did I mention nipples? OMG, in real life I never see this many running around town! Are sets really cold or something?? It makes me uncomfortable to even watch a moive... all that gratuitous boobage.

Then we have the starlets who would be knocked over in a strong wind because they are so skinny. Show me a real woman. One with real boobs (like the tie in from rant #1? ) We are a mixed world now... not everyone is 5'9, 98 pounds with 36D boobs. Lets show a better representation of the beautiful variety humanity has to offer!

And when they make a kids movie, half the time the jokes and such are soooo not appropriate. Like in Shrek 2 when the gingerbread man was wearing a thong... OMG... I was appalled. And I see this Charlie and the Chocolate factory... it looks like Willy Wonka meets Goth. It looks scary and dark and sooo is going to kill what was already a classic and perfect movie. Yes, he DOES look like the dude from CLockwork Orange. I couldn't for the life of me figure out WHY I've been thinking of that movie all week. As soon as Richard mentioned it, things clicked!

I agree with almost everything you said! I HATED Tomb Raider. My husband and I took his little brother because he loves Tomb Raider games. Angeline Jolie's nipples were showing through the WHOLE movie - except for the part where they are in the Artic and it's supposed to be cold!

As for the women being too thin, ain't that the truth! I write for young adults so I watch shows from Disney and Nickolodeon to keep up with what teens and preteens are doing. I love the show 'That's So Raven' and I was looking it up on the Internet Movie Data Base and on their message board, everyone was calling Raven fat. I wanted to say, 'Um, no. She's not fat; she's got curves. You've forgotten what real women look like.' There can't be many worse role models for our girls than these young actresses that lose fifty pounds and get boob jobs as soon as they turn eighteen.

I totally agree with you about the kids' movie thing. We went to see Shrek 2 and I was shocked at that scene with the underwear! On the way home, me and Mike normally discuss the movie we just watched (we see one a week as our 'date' night) and when I said that wasn't appropriate, he said something about 'Would you want to sit through a two hour movie without any adult jokes?' The truth is, I wouldn't, but then, I don't want children. If I were to ever have a child, I hope to goodness that I could sit through a two-hour movie with her and not feel the need to hear adult language or off-color jokes. Later, we went to see Garfield and I don't remember anything bad in it but maybe I was still blinded by the Shrek experience.

[moosmom]

Catland,

I only go to matinees too. This way if the movie sucks, I've only wasted $5.75.

Lady_Zana,

I loved the Shrek movies!! Eddie Murphy was a hoot! Garfield was okay, but nothing I'd pay to see again if I had known.

As far as the world's idea of a real woman, most of the actresses I've seen are anorexic! I'm a full-figured gal and damn proud of it!!!

[finn's mom]

As for women being too skinny in films....I agree for the most part. It's nasty. I rarely find supermodels attractive, because they're all so thin, but, they have big boobs, which makes them look even skinnier. I don't mind thin women, as long as it looks like they're meant to be that way. Ya know, like a girl who's just naturally thin. Like Natalie Portman is just a tiny woman, she looks natural, though. She's small chested and just petite. But, take Lindsey Lohan and Christina Ricci....these girls have curves naturally, and larger chests. Then they go and lose too much weight and they look like spoons...with these scrawny bodies and huge heads, because they're not supposed to be that thin. And, they have these big boobs.....Or Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston when they have gone back and forth with being too thin. I've always thought Kate Winslet was beautiful, and, she's a curvy girl. But, again, I think Natalie Portman and Gwyneth Paltrow are beautiful, too....but, they are very thin. I don't think they look skinny.....skinny is when you can see their bones and stuff. It's a negative term, and, I don't think some women are skinny, just petite or whatever. Anyway, I'm rambling...being a flibbertigibbet.

[DJFyrewolf36]

I've noticed a trend in movies...

Lately the only two constants are boobs and explosions...
Pretty soon, for lack of any better ideas, there will be a movie out about exploding boobs

I agree with you Catnapper, when I go see a movie I'm not really interested in scrawny women with big chests. But, I guess thats what sells...

[Samantha Puppy]

In the last 13 months, I've seen 3 movies. I wasn't impressed with any of them - including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (and I loooooooove Harry Potter).

I'm tired of "special" effects. HEY HOLLYWOOD, IF YOU USE THEM IN EVERY SCENE IN EVERY MOVIE, THEY'RE NOT SPECIAL ANYMORE!!! Hear that, George Lucas? How is it that your original Star Wars trilogy was a run-away smash hit with Yoda as a muppet instead of CGI and the planet Tattooine was shot ON LOCATION IN A DESERT instead of in front of a blue screen? Yes, I know there were some special effects in those movies, but it wasn't the entire thing. Oh, and what's up with the STOOOOOOOOPID names you gave characters in the prequels. General Grievous? Why not just name the next villian in your next movie "Mr. Bad" or something?

I loooooooooove me some Johnny Depp but I doubt I'll see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 'til DVD. To my knowledge, there's really nothing coming out in the next six months that has piqued my interest. Sad.

[wolflady]

Originally posted by catnapper
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Then we have the starlets who would be knocked over in a strong wind because they are so skinny. Show me a real woman. One with real boobs (like the tie in from rant #1? ) We are a mixed world now... not everyone is 5'9, 98 pounds with 36D boobs. Lets show a better representation of the beautiful variety humanity has to offer!

AMEN, SISTER!!

I'm getting so sick of the anorexics/bulimics with boob implants...and I don't want to see their nipples either!

LOL LOL

[wolflady]

Originally posted by DJFyrewolf36
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Pretty soon, for lack of any better ideas, there will be a movie out about exploding boobs

LOL LOL something related has already been done. Have you seen Austin Powers?? They have boobs shooting bullets!

LOL LOL LOL

[DJFyrewolf36]

Originally posted by wolflady
LOL LOL something related has already been done. Have you seen Austin Powers?? They have boobs shooting bullets!

LOL LOL LOL

But you see, the boob-guns weren't the main plot of Austin Powers (although it was admittedly really funny to see). I'm talking about a movie where the movie is just about exploding boobs. Maybe it would go like this: aliens somehow find all these big chested hollywood women and implant a device in each of them (perhaps the ailens could pose as plastic surgons that happen to be running a special on breast implants and reductions...)and when the aliens pushed a button on thier ship all the fake boobs exploded!

Call it "Boob Ransom" or some such...

Hey, I'd watch it

[smokey the elder]

They sort of did that in the Get Smart movie. They had a "nude bomb" which would destroy everyone's clothes!

[Don Juan's mom]

I'll tell you where all those people in San Jose were who didn't go to the movies last week. They were crammed into a block of San Pedro Street, watching a movie filmed in black-and-white with no computer-generated effects. No SFX of any kind, really, except what Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann and that EXCELLENT cast could cook up on their own. Yes, we were all watching Psycho. Good movie!

Liz

[DJFyrewolf36]

Originally posted by Don Juan's mom
I'll tell you where all those people in San Jose were who didn't go to the movies last week. They were crammed into a block of San Pedro Street, watching a movie filmed in black-and-white with no computer-generated effects. No SFX of any kind, really, except what Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann and that EXCELLENT cast could cook up on their own. Yes, we were all watching Psycho. Good movie!

Liz

Psycho is an exellent movie, and it didn't have cussing or CGI or *gasp* womens chests!!!

[wolflady]

Originally posted by DJFyrewolf36
But you see, the boob-guns weren't the main plot of Austin Powers (although it was admittedly really funny to see). I'm talking about a movie where the movie is just about exploding boobs. Maybe it would go like this: aliens somehow find all these big chested hollywood women and implant a device in each of them (perhaps the ailens could pose as plastic surgons that happen to be running a special on breast implants and reductions...)and when the aliens pushed a button on thier ship all the fake boobs exploded!

Call it "Boob Ransom" or some such...

Hey, I'd watch it

LOL LOL LOL

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by DJFyrewolf36
I've noticed a trend in movies...

Lately the only two constants are boobs and explosions...
Pretty soon, for lack of any better ideas, there will be a movie out about exploding boobs

Breast Men

This docudrama recaps the history of silicone breast implants, beginning in 1962 when idealistic Houston medical resident Kevin Saunders (David Schwimmer) gets an idea after seeing how women pad their bras. After he shares his notion with cosmetic pro Dr. William Larson (Chris Cooper), the two create a prosthetic breast from Dow-Corning's silicone gel. Approaching women on the street fails to bring volunteers, but a classified newspaper ad does the trick. As breast sizes increase, so do the doctors' bank accounts. However, physical problems emerge, followed by lawsuits, and the high life soon turns sour and grim. Filmed in LA, and Texas (Galveston, Houston), this TV movie premiered December 13, 1997 on HBO.


Oh well......................

[DJFyrewolf36]

is right...