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“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” Swedish film was total garbage, but I loved Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander!!!

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Last night, I watched the Swedish film, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” on Netflix. Honestly, I thought the film was a piece of shit. It left so much out of the story and changed the story around a bit. It was different from the book. Plus, the movie was kind of boring itself. The only thing I loved about it was that I think that Noomi Rapace made a perfect Lisbeth Salander, she was quite amazing in that role though. That’s the only thing I liked about it. Sad they had to ruin the movie.

In my opinion, I think Noomi Rapace should be playing the Lisbeth character again for David Fincher’s American version of “Dragon Tattoo”. Rooney Mara doesn’t really fit as the character, in my opinion, I liked Noomi more.

I hope David Fincher’s version will stay true to the book and not leave too much out. Only thing changing from the book is the ending. I don’t mind if the ending gets changed, as long as the rest of the story is the same as the book. I think David Fincher’s version might be a better film, hopefully.

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: The Superman villain that Michael Shannon will be playing have finally been announced, who is it? Click here to find out!!!

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Well Michael Shannon is officially hired to play the leading villain for Zack Snyder’s “Superman”. Who will Michael be playing?

Read this article at Deadline, find out yourself, here.

Surprised that they are using General Zod again? I’m certainly not surprised but I’m sure Michael Shannon will nail the role with no problem. I’m sure he can do the, “Kneel before Zod”, catchphrase nicely which I can’t wait to hear him say it. Will his General Zod character match the Terence Stamp character from “Superman II”? I hope not. I hope this version will take a different direction.

Kev

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Netflix Pick: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

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So last night, for my Saturday night movie, I decided to check out “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus”. Another film I wanted to see that happened to be on Netflix streamable.

This is another excellent film that I was impressed with. I think it’s one of Terry Gilliam’s best films. Terry Gilliam is the man behind all the Monty Python flicks such as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail’, “Monty Python and the Life of Brian”, he also did, “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”, “Twelve Monkeys” and “Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas”.

The story of “Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” takes place in London, England, where Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) would show an audience a sideshow troupe where he would take them to a journey into the “Imaginarium” which makes dreams come true. Parnassus tells a story to his daughter Valentina, Percy the midget and Anton that Parnassus is immortal and he has lived for a thousand years. He fell in love with a mortal woman, made a deal with the devil, trading his immortality to the youth. As part of the bargain, he promised his son or daughter to Mr. Nick on their sixteenth birthday. Valentina is now almost to the doomed age and Doctor Parnassus makes a new bet with Mr. Nick, whoever seduces five souls in the Imaginarium will have Valentina as a prize. Meanwhile the troupe rescues Tony, a young man that was hanged on a bridge by the Russians. Tony was chased until he finds and joins the group.

While the plot is very strange and a little confusing, I thought this a very well made movie. It was fun. It had great performances but I was most impressed with the style of the movie. It was very visual and creative. Different.

Some of you may or may not know that this was Heath Ledger’s final film before his death. He only had a small role in this film but it was an excellent performance, of course. Heath was originally supposed to star throughout the entire film but he obviously died around the time the movie was still filming. So Terry Gilliam hired three actors to take over the role of Tony which were: Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell. All three of those actors did a great job playing Tony, but of course, they couldn’t top Heath’s performance in the role.

The film had some unique costumes, and unique cinematography I’ve never seen before. This is a very different Terry Gilliam movie than all the others. You all know how some of his movies can be weird. The guy has a strange imagination when it comes to storytelling. Terry wrote and directed most of his movies so all of this is his creation. He’s quite an interesting guy.

If you like Terry Gilliam flicks, this is one worth checking out.

Kev

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Triple H…the next action movie star?

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I just got done watching the movie, “The Chaperone”, starring WWE star, Triple H. I’d have to say that this was the first bad movie I saw on Netflix. It was horrible. Bad acting, bad writing, just an all around bad movie. If I had one positive thing to say about this flick is that when I saw Triple H in this film, I immediately thought to myself, “This guy is going to be the next action movie legend”.

“The Chaperone” marks, the acting debut of Triple H. It’s a family comedy about a father just getting out of prison for robbing banks, and he reunites with his thirteen year old daughter. He gets a job as a “Chaperone” with  a group of kids going on a field trip to a Dinosaur museum. Other bank robbers try to hunt them down to get their money back. Very simple plot. It’s kind of like, “Kindergarten Cop” with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Yes, Triple H does have the looks and the potential to be an action movie star. Will Triple H ever star in a violent action movie with a hard R rating? Yes. One day he will, but he needs to be out of contract with WWE in order for that to happen. WWE is family friendly PG so WWE Films have to make family friendly films from this point on. Triple H said in interviews said he had plans to retire from wrestling to focus on an acting career for movies.

Seems like all wrestlers are doing that these days, The Rock and Steve Austin for example. Triple H could be a huge action movie star, if he chooses the right films. Triple H will never be bigger than Arnold, but I can definitely see him topping The Rock and Steve Austin easily in films.

I’d love to see Triple H get casted for the next, “Expendables” movie. Him and Sly would make a great team up. While, “The Chaperone” wasn’t shown in theaters, it was a straight to DVD release, it’s still a nice way to get Triple H’s name out there in the movies, a nice start, even though the film wasn’t any good.

Trips will star in a huge blockbuster movie someday. When wrestlers star in blockbuster movies, them becoming a superstar in film doesn’t happen over night. The Rock made his film acting debut in a CGI character as the Scorpion King, for “The Mummy Returns”, the Rock’s popularity in film grew from there. “The Scorpion King” got his own movie and it became a major hit. Steve Austin made his acting debut as a cameo for the Adam Sandler movie, “The Longest Yard”. Then Austin starred in mostly direct to DVD movies with only one big screen movie, “The Expendables”.

I wanted Triple H as Conan for the “Conan, The Barbarian” remake but that didn’t happen. Maybe Trips will one day, get his own Conan film.

Kev

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Netflix Pick: “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”

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So last night, I finally saw the movie, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”, a movie I’ve always wanted to see, so I watched it on Netflix. The movie stars Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes.

The film takes place after the events of Hurricane Katrina. It’s about a police Seargant named Terence McDonagh (Nic Cage), who was just promoted to Lieutenant for rescuing a drowning man in a prison cell (the prison was flooded due to the Hurricane). After the prisoner’s rescue, Terence suffered a serious back injury which would last for the rest of his life, so he was forced to get on medication, Vicodin, to help stop the pain. From there, he became addicted to painkillers, alcohol and drugs. Terence girlfriend Frankie (Eva Mendes) is also a prostitute and a drug addict.

They call Terence, “Bad Lieutenant” for a reason. Terence doesn’t follow the law when busting people, he treats other criminals however he wanted. Whenever Terence caught other people with drugs, instead of arresting them, he’ll do drugs with them and talk with them like a friend. There was this one scene in the film where he caught a guy making out with a prostitute in the alley ways. Instead of arresting them, Terence would make out with the prostitute in front of the guy. Later in the film, Terence ends up in a murder investigation.

I thought this was Nicolas Cage’s best role in a long time. He really showed his acting talent in this one too. Warning though: Nic Cage plays an asshole like character through most of the film, he has a temper tantrum. I thought Nic Cage played the best asshole, he was actually kind of scary and it made you think, “Damn, you wouldn’t want to mess with this guy”. Plus, I thought the story to this movie was interesting. The plot was good. The film was entertaining as the film did had some really crazy scenes.

This is a film worth checking out for you Netflix users. Many people don’t like Nic Cage too much but this is was his most realistic role, he was pretty serious in this  film. Check it out. I was pretty impressed with the film.

Kev

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Film Review: Your Highness

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Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zoey Deschanel

Directed by: David Gordon Green

So I decided to go to the movies today. I was hoping to see the film, “Hanna” but it wasn’t playing in my theater I was going to. So I ended up seeing the comedy, “Your Highness”.

Here is my review:

Plot/Synopsis: Fabious (James Franco) is about ready to get married to Belladonna (Deschanel), suddenly she is kidnapped by the evil wizard named, Leezar. Fabious teams up with Prince Thadeous (McBride) to go on a quest to rescue Fabious’s soon to be wife. Along the way, they meet up with Isabel (Natalie Portman), who is a warrior princess and she helps them in their adventure. Thadeous ends up falling in love with Isabel.

I saw this movie because I figure it would be nice to see a comedy for once. It’s a comedy spoofing off the Middle Ages. The same makers who made, “The Pineapple Express” film which I never saw yet. Back to “Your Highness”, this film has gotten mixed reviews by critics and movie fans. Did they see the same movie that I did?

I thought it was a very good comedy. It was brilliant. There were a few scenes where I couldn’t help myself but throw my head back and burst out laughing. If you dig movies with a lot of rude and crude humor, you would like this one. The one complaint I’ve seen from other people about this film is the “swearing”. I see no problem with swearing in movies. I never found swearing offensive. Swearing is not for everyone, I just never saw anything wrong with swearing. I swear all the time myself, it’s how I talk. You heard me in my videoblogs, right? The swearing is what made the movie entertaining. Without it, then the film wouldn’t be getting all this recognition. That’s how you’re supposed to make a “slapstick” comedy

The film is also surprisingly action packed. The action scenes were fun and there were a lot of cool special effects. Why wasn’t the film in 3D? It should have been! I like Danny McBride, he was a good actor in this. Plus, Natalie Portman’s character was bad ass.

I thought this film was very entertaining and I liked it a lot. I would probably buy it on DVD when it comes. There’s a lot of gay jokes in this film, but they are actually pretty funny if you don’t take it seriously. This film did a good job mixing different genres into one: fantasy, medieval, comedy, action, and romance. Do yourself a favor and check it out, soon. It was a fun movie and a laugh riot.

Score for “Your Highness” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Arnold finally announces his first big screen movie role since leaving governor’s office, he will star in action film titled, “The Last Stand”…

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See? Arnold knows what his fans want. Arnold first announced a TV show which will be a cartoon character, “The Governator”, now Arnold has announced his first live action movie for the big screen since he left the Governor’s office. Arnold will star the leading role in an action thriller, titled, “The Last Stand”. Yes, Arnold will STAR the leading role. Not a cameo. He will be throughout the entire movie this time! 🙂

“The Last Stand”, will be directed by Jee Woon Kim. The film will be about a cartel leader who breaks out of a courthouse, and speeds to the Mexican border. The only thing standing in his way is a bordertown Sheriff and his inexperience staff.

The Hollywood Reporter, reports.

So Arnold’s playing the cartel leader and he’s being hunted down by the Sheriff and his gang? Sounds like Rambo to me. I’m glad Arnie starring in an action film first though. That’s what his fans have been wanting him to do from the very beginning, come back with an action film with him starring in the leading role.

I’m sure Arnold will come back with huge machine guns, his cigar, and making up some memorable catchphrases in that film. Congratulations to Jee-Woon for getting Arnold first before any other director. I’m pretty sure a lot of big name directors tried to get Arnie first.

Hopefully, “The Last Stand” will be a hard R rating with a lot of violence. Go back to old school, Arnie, again, yeah!

Edit to add: This is also a very good chance Arnold will have a leading role for “The Expendables” sequel too.

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Javier Bardem closing deal to star as Roland “The Gunslinger” Deschain for Ron Howard’s “Dark Tower”…

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Not too long ago, Ron Howard and Universal Pictures offered Oscar winner, Javier Bardem, the leading role to star as Roland “The Gunslinger” Deschain for Stephen King’s “Dark Tower” film that Ron Howard is directing. It seems that Javier is accepting the role because he is closing the deal. Brian Grazer’s, Image Entertainment, will be producing the film along with Akiva Goldsman and Stephen King himself.

The film will have 7 movies and TV series in between each film. Will Javier stay committed to doing all that? That’s a lot of acting.

Deadline, reports.

I know many people will give this casting choice mixed opinions, but I like it. I think Javier will nail the role with no problem.

Now they’ll have to cast someone for Suzanne and Eddie Dean, and the little boy, Jake.

Kev

 

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Steve Carell question…

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I like Steve Carell and all, huge fan of the guy but one thing that always confused me about him is the way he dresses in film and on TV. Is there ever a time where he don’t look like this smart professional looking rich guy? Does he always wear a suit and neck tie everywhere he goes? In almost every film he did, he looks like this too. It seems he has the same look everywhere you see him. I guess this is what makes him famous for.

Kev

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Report: “The Dark Knight: Rises” to film in Pittsburgh, P.A. this summer…

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The Pittsburgh Film Office announced today that “The Dark Knight: Rises” will be filming in the city of Pittsburgh, P.A., later this Summer. Look like Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan will film the new Batman film before the new, Superman film. Pittsburgh does look Gotham City like so I can see why they would film there.

You know Christopher Nolan, he likes to film in real locations and not in a movie studio with green screens.

Deadline, reports.

Kev