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Year: 2007
Director: Michael Davis
Plot: Clive Owen stars in this gritty, over the top action thriller as Mr. Smith, a gun-toting badass with a hair trigger and an unknown past. He's far from a doctor and farther from a parent, but when he unwittingly discovers an innocent woman delivering a baby right in the middle of a gunfight, Smith enters the fray to save her and though the woman expires, he is the one left in care of the orphaned child. He thinks that the killers were after the woman, but soon he realizes that they had a far more unlikely target: the baby. Smith's regular company is a seedy underworld full of unsavory characters, so he takes the child to the closest thing he knows to a mother: a sultry prostitute played by Monica Bellucci, who specializes in clientele with a mommy fetish. Teamed with his hot but unlikely partner, Smith unloads barrel after barrel to protect the mysterious baby from Mr. Hertz, a ruthless criminal mastermind played by Paul Giamatti. Smith plans to figure out why Hertz and his thugs are after the baby, but if he can't uncover the truth, he'll settle for leaving them all dead in the process. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:04:57 GMTShoot 'Em Up2007Michael Davis<a href="/players/P____54491/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Clive Owen</a> stars in this gritty, over the top action thriller as Mr. Smith, a gun-toting badass with a hair trigger and an unknown past. He's far from a doctor and farther from a parent, but when he unwittingly discovers an innocent woman delivering a baby right in the middle of a gunfight, Smith enters the fray to save her and though the woman expires, he is the one left in care of the orphaned child. He thinks that the killers were after the woman, but soon he realizes that they had a far more unlikely target: the baby. Smith's regular company is a seedy underworld full of unsavory characters, so he takes the child to the closest thing he knows to a mother: a sultry prostitute played by <a href="/players/P___195176/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Monica Bellucci</a>, who specializes in clientele with a mommy fetish. Teamed with his hot but unlikely partner, Smith unloads barrel after barrel to protect the mysterious baby from Mr. Hertz, a ruthless criminal mastermind played by <a href="/players/P____26680/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Paul Giamatti</a>. Smith plans to figure out why Hertz and his thugs are after the baby, but if he can't uncover the truth, he'll settle for leaving them all dead in the process. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide18Tag Target (>10)27143http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s264749.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Shoot_Em_Up/264749/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/10/30/36795.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Movie posters have become increasingly more controversial in the past decade, or else people have become a lot more sensitive. Either way, it seems like there’s a new and controversial movie poster or billboard being banned somewhere. Usually it’s for one of two reasons: sex or violence, with violence being far more popular. One of the first sexually banned posters I could find was 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, which featured an A-frame design that was banned. It wasn’t so much the vaginal roof as it was the exposed buttocks, so they had to release a retouched version that covered more derriere. It’s been more than 25 years since that poster was sent back to the drawing board, so why do posters keep getting banned? Marketing people know that controversy can turn into a marketing campaign of its own, so maybe they’re pushing the boundaries in the vein of “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” With that in mind, here’s a look at controversial movie posters from the past several years. Prepare your innocent eyes and take a look after the break. Click on thumbnails to see the full posters Zack And Miri Make A Porno Most people never would have even heard of this controversy if the MPAA hadn’t banned it right in the middle of the Toronto Film Festival. Which is even weirder because Canada didn’t have a problem with it. The image is more funny than offensive… and is it even offensive? As a result Kevin Smith came up with the stick figure drawings that you see everywhere now, which is a clever way to get around the censors and “stick” it to the MPAA. Now I’ve reached my bad pun quote for this post. Choke The poster for this Chuck Palahniuk adaptation not only cleverly combines the activity that XXX uses to solicit money from strangers, but it also comments on his obsession with sex and women. Plus, it recalls the cover of the famous June 1978 cover of Hustler magazine that featured a nude woman going into a meat grinder. Well, at least she has high heels on in the Choke poster. Wristcutters This poster caused controversy even before it was released, and had groups of parents protesting because they thought it glorified suicide. While I’m not sure how the image of a wrist with a red line through it on a yellow warning sign makes suicide look glamorous… but where were these poeple when M.A.S.H. decided to use “Suicide is Painless” for the theme song? For shame, protesters. Ali G Indahouse This poster was withdrawn in the United Kingdom after more than 100 people complained about it being viewable in public where kids could see it. Even though his hand covers more than most modern-day bikinis. It didn’t hurt the film though, it was ranked #1 in the UK when it was released. Despite that, the distribution company was told they’d have to have all of their posters pre-screened for the next two years. Ouch. Shoot ‘Em Up The UK also didn’t like two of the movie posters for Shoot ‘Em Up, saying that they glorified violence and the use of guns. Did they even see the movie, or anything involving a gun in the past umpteen years? Specifically, groups objected to the lines in Giamatti’s poster that read “Just another family man making a living.” Even though the distribution company argued that the guns weren’t pointed at the viewer, they still got yanked. Teeth Even X-ray images aren’t safe from censorship, as proven by the movie poster for Teeth. If you know what the film is about, then this poster makes a lot of sense (and is funny, to boot) but if you had no idea then this poster probably would make you more curious than concerned. Unless you’re an x-ray technician, in which case you normally see stuff like this. Captivity These billboards were yanked down in Los Angeles and removed from taxi tops in New York after the “wrong files were sent to the printer.” That sure is hard to swallow. You mean there’s no way to check or proof work between sending a file to a printer and then spotting it on an enormous billboard? Lionsgate blamed Distribution partner After Dark for the gaffe, went with the ant farm version, and they both went on to see the movie tank. I guess there is such a thing as bad publicity. Wanted Anti-violence struck again in the United Kingdom when it decided that posters for this Angelina Jolie / James McAvoy movie glorified violence. Again, it’s not just the depiction of guns, but also the slogan “Six weeks ago I was just like you… and then I met her… and my world was changed forever.” Apparently the British Advertising Standard Authority thought that meant life is better as a high-paid assassin, and not just getting to hang around with Angelina Jolie. Dying Breed Not to be outdone by the UK, Australia recently banned posters for this film from bus stands around the country. People that they were just a bit too graphic, and it probably isn’t the first thing you’d want to see on your way to lunch. Still, it’ll be visible in cinema foyers, online, and just about everywhere else. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:01:00 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/30/2008 11:01:00 AM Movie posters have become increasingly more controversial in the past decade, or else people have become a lot more sensitive. Either way, it seems like there’s a new and controversial movie poster or billboard being banned somewhere. Usually it’s for one of two reasons: sex or violence, with violence being far more popular. One of the first sexually banned posters I could find was 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, which featured an A-frame design that was banned. It wasn’t so much the vaginal roof as it was the exposed buttocks, so they had to release a retouched version that covered more derriere. It’s been more than 25 years since that poster was sent back to the drawing board, so why do posters keep getting banned? Marketing people know that controversy can turn into a marketing campaign of its own, so maybe they’re pushing the boundaries in the vein of “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” With that in mind, here’s a look at controversial movie posters from the past several years. Prepare your innocent eyes and take a look after the break. Click on thumbnails to see the full posters Zack And Miri Make A Porno Most people never would have even heard of this controversy if the MPAA hadn’t banned it right in the middle of the Toronto Film Festival. Which is even weirder because Canada didn’t have a problem with it. The image is more funny than offensive… and is it even offensive? As a result Kevin Smith came up with the stick figure drawings that you see everywhere now, which is a clever way to get around the censors and “stick” it to the MPAA. Now I’ve reached my bad pun quote for this post. Choke The poster for this Chuck Palahniuk adaptation not only cleverly combines the activity that XXX uses to solicit money from strangers, but it also comments on his obsession with sex and women. Plus, it recalls the cover of the famous June 1978 cover of Hustler magazine that featured a nude woman going into a meat grinder. Well, at least she has high heels on in the Choke poster. Wristcutters This poster caused controversy even before it was released, and had groups of parents protesting because they thought it glorified suicide. While I’m not sure how the image of a wrist with a red line through it on a yellow warning sign makes suicide look glamorous… but where were these poeple when M.A.S.H. decided to use “Suicide is Painless” for the theme song? For shame, protesters. Ali G Indahouse This poster was withdrawn in the United Kingdom after more than 100 people complained about it being viewable in public where kids could see it. Even though his hand covers more than most modern-day bikinis. It didn’t hurt the film though, it was ranked #1 in the UK when it was released. Despite that, the distribution company was told they’d have to have all of their posters pre-screened for the next two years. Ouch. Shoot ‘Em Up The UK also didn’t like two of the movie posters for Shoot ‘Em Up, saying that they glorified violence and the use of guns. Did they even see the movie, or anything involving a gun in the past umpteen years? Specifically, groups objected to the lines in Giamatti’s poster that read “Just another family man making a living.” Even though the distribution company argued that the guns weren’t pointed at the viewer, they still got yanked. Teeth Even X-ray images aren’t safe from censorship, as proven by the movie poster for Teeth. If you know what the film is about, then this poster makes a lot of sense (and is funny, to boot) but if you had no idea then this poster probably would make you more curious than concerned. Unless you’re an x-ray technician, in which case you normally see stuff like this. Captivity These billboards were yanked down in Los Angeles and removed from taxi tops in New York after the “wrong files were sent to the printer.” That sure is hard to swallow. You mean there’s no way to check or proof work between sending a file to a printer and then spotting it on an enormous billboard? Lionsgate blamed Distribution partner After Dark for the gaffe, went with the ant farm version, and they both went on to see the movie tank. I guess there is such a thing as bad publicity. Wanted Anti-violence struck again in the United Kingdom when it decided that posters for this Angelina Jolie / James McAvoy movie glorified violence. Again, it’s not just the depiction of guns, but also the slogan “Six weeks ago I was just like you… and then I met her… and my world was changed forever.” Apparently the British Advertising Standard Authority thought that meant life is better as a high-paid assassin, and not just getting to hang around with Angelina Jolie. Dying Breed Not to be outdone by the UK, Australia recently banned posters for this film from bus stands around the country. People that they were just a bit too graphic, and it probably isn’t the first thing you’d want to see on your way to lunch. Still, it’ll be visible in cinema foyers, online, and just about everywhere else. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/10/17/36433.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Max Payne had a fairly complex plot for a video game. Detective Max Payne comes home one day and finds junkies in his home, and kills a couple of them before discovering that they’ve murdered his wife and infant child. He decides to transfer to the DEA as a result, and later discovers that there is a link between the pharmaceutical company his wife used to work for, the junkies, the mafia, and dirty DEA agents. The game was also infamous for featuring scenes inside Max’s head: there’s the constant sound of a baby crying, and you have to walk along a blood trail on the ground suspended over a dark void. If you fall off, Max fully loses it, goes nuts, and dies. To this day the “baby levels” are still used as examples of nightmare-inducing bad game design. The Mark Wahlberg-starring movie, which opens today, tries to simplify the plot, and ends up differing from the game quite a bit. However, those changes are for the worse. What was a dark and gritty video game full of gunplay becomes a stylistic mess where the director tries to imitate other movies. Max is now an angry cop in the Cold Case files division, looking for clues about his wife’s murder. He gets a lead on a thug who may have been connected, and through him he meets a sultry woman named Natasha at a party where people are guzzling a blue-colored drug from vials. There he meets her tough-as-nails sister Mona, played by an extremely vampy Mila Kunis. Natasha tries to seduce Max, but he refuses her and she later winds up dead in an alley, hacked to pieces. Max is brought in to identify her body since she’s found with his wallet, and he notices the distinctive wing tattoo she has on her wrist. Max finds out his old partner Alex (Donal Logue, in yet another role where he ends up dead after two minutes of screen time) may have found a connection between Natasha and his wife’s murder. Which is where your ability to suspend disbelief will snap. What he’s found is that one of the junkies Max killed when he found his wife has a tattoo almost identical to Natasha’s. Somehow Max never noticed this, nor the fact that every bad guy in the the movie has these tattoos? Max goes looking for Alex’s killer, and finds Mona, who believes he’s responsible for Natasha’s death. They find out about a new drug on the streets called Valkyr, which Natasha was using. Max talks with B.B., head of security at the Aesir, the pharmaceutical company where his wife worked, and crosses paths with Lt. Jim Bravura (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) in internal affairs. Eventually Max finds out that his wife had discovered that the Valkyr program was meant to breed super soldiers at Aesir, and had the side effect of being extremely addictive and driving people crazy. She was going to go public with the knowledge, but B.B. had her killed. This sets up the endgame at the massive and gothic Aesir corporate offices downtown. There are many efforts to tie the drug usage to Norse mythology with the wing tattoos, the flying creatures, and a club called Ragnarok, but they feel as flat as the CGI that creates them. Having played both Max Payne games, watching the film reminds me that Max Payne was a pretty decent video game. It set the bar for a massive gun battle between an angry cop and anyone who stood in his way, and had plot that ran deep. But the film is terrible. It’s a combination of the ludicrous story (how would Payne miss those enormous clues?) and the fact that director Ryan Moore is trying to copy the style of Sin City. There are dozens of shots of a black cityscape with stark white swirling snow on top of it that look like they were yanked straight out of the Rodriguez / Miller film. Also, the game was all about the gunplay — at one count Max Payne has killed 625 people by the end of the game. Lauded as having been obviously influenced by John Woo films, it put an emphasis on bullet time, where Max can slow things down and pull off spectacular moves. In the movie, there are only two shootout scenes: one in Aesir, and the other at the Ragnarok club. Why would you deny your target audience the gun-fu they’re going to expect? It’s also pretty hard to ignore some of implausible moments in the movie, like Mila Kunis trying to act like a vampy thug. She just can’t pull it off. There’s a also a scene where Mark Wahlberg hauls himself out an icy river and is forced to take Valkyr to keep himself alive. He screams out to the sky in a scene that’s meant to show anguish, but it comes off as comical. Additionally, even though Ryan Moore claims in the press notes that the character of B.B. (ironically played by Beau Bridges) that he’s “One of the greatest ‘twist’ characters that we’ve seen in a long time…” Either Ryan Moore doesn’t see many movies, or someone wrote this for him. Billy Crudup’s character in Mission Impossible III is a good example of a twist character, but Beau Bridges’ B.B. is the kind you can see coming from ten miles away. While watching the scant few action sequences, I was reminded about all of the cool gun-fu in Shoot ‘Em Up, a film that had a tissue-thin plot at best. It nailed the action, but failed on story. Max Payne fails on both counts, and it’s unclear why they didn’t stay more faithful to the video game plot, which is a lot more intricate than the movie. Or at the very least, just feature more gunplay. There’s a painfully long scene after the credits in Max Payne where you find out that Max’s job isn’t done. Mona slides him the newspaper, which shows that Aesir is now enjoying record profits, and features a photo of CEO Nicole Horne. I guess we now know the plot of Max Payne 2. Let’s hope it never happens. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:00:32 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/17/2008 9:00:32 AM Max Payne had a fairly complex plot for a video game. Detective Max Payne comes home one day and finds junkies in his home, and kills a couple of them before discovering that they’ve murdered his wife and infant child. He decides to transfer to the DEA as a result, and later discovers that there is a link between the pharmaceutical company his wife used to work for, the junkies, the mafia, and dirty DEA agents. The game was also infamous for featuring scenes inside Max’s head: there’s the constant sound of a baby crying, and you have to walk along a blood trail on the ground suspended over a dark void. If you fall off, Max fully loses it, goes nuts, and dies. To this day the “baby levels” are still used as examples of nightmare-inducing bad game design. The Mark Wahlberg-starring movie, which opens today, tries to simplify the plot, and ends up differing from the game quite a bit. However, those changes are for the worse. What was a dark and gritty video game full of gunplay becomes a stylistic mess where the director tries to imitate other movies. Max is now an angry cop in the Cold Case files division, looking for clues about his wife’s murder. He gets a lead on a thug who may have been connected, and through him he meets a sultry woman named Natasha at a party where people are guzzling a blue-colored drug from vials. There he meets her tough-as-nails sister Mona, played by an extremely vampy Mila Kunis. Natasha tries to seduce Max, but he refuses her and she later winds up dead in an alley, hacked to pieces. Max is brought in to identify her body since she’s found with his wallet, and he notices the distinctive wing tattoo she has on her wrist. Max finds out his old partner Alex (Donal Logue, in yet another role where he ends up dead after two minutes of screen time) may have found a connection between Natasha and his wife’s murder. Which is where your ability to suspend disbelief will snap. What he’s found is that one of the junkies Max killed when he found his wife has a tattoo almost identical to Natasha’s. Somehow Max never noticed this, nor the fact that every bad guy in the the movie has these tattoos? Max goes looking for Alex’s killer, and finds Mona, who believes he’s responsible for Natasha’s death. They find out about a new drug on the streets called Valkyr, which Natasha was using. Max talks with B.B., head of security at the Aesir, the pharmaceutical company where his wife worked, and crosses paths with Lt. Jim Bravura (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) in internal affairs. Eventually Max finds out that his wife had discovered that the Valkyr program was meant to breed super soldiers at Aesir, and had the side effect of being extremely addictive and driving people crazy. She was going to go public with the knowledge, but B.B. had her killed. This sets up the endgame at the massive and gothic Aesir corporate offices downtown. There are many efforts to tie the drug usage to Norse mythology with the wing tattoos, the flying creatures, and a club called Ragnarok, but they feel as flat as the CGI that creates them. Having played both Max Payne games, watching the film reminds me that Max Payne was a pretty decent video game. It set the bar for a massive gun battle between an angry cop and anyone who stood in his way, and had plot that ran deep. But the film is terrible. It’s a combination of the ludicrous story (how would Payne miss those enormous clues?) and the fact that director Ryan Moore is trying to copy the style of Sin City. There are dozens of shots of a black cityscape with stark white swirling snow on top of it that look like they were yanked straight out of the Rodriguez / Miller film. Also, the game was all about the gunplay — at one count Max Payne has killed 625 people by the end of the game. Lauded as having been obviously influenced by John Woo films, it put an emphasis on bullet time, where Max can slow things down and pull off spectacular moves. In the movie, there are only two shootout scenes: one in Aesir, and the other at the Ragnarok club. Why would you deny your target audience the gun-fu they’re going to expect? It’s also pretty hard to ignore some of implausible moments in the movie, like Mila Kunis trying to act like a vampy thug. She just can’t pull it off. There’s a also a scene where Mark Wahlberg hauls himself out an icy river and is forced to take Valkyr to keep himself alive. He screams out to the sky in a scene that’s meant to show anguish, but it comes off as comical. Additionally, even though Ryan Moore claims in the press notes that the character of B.B. (ironically played by Beau Bridges) that he’s “One of the greatest ‘twist’ characters that we’ve seen in a long time…” Either Ryan Moore doesn’t see many movies, or someone wrote this for him. Billy Crudup’s character in Mission Impossible III is a good example of a twist character, but Beau Bridges’ B.B. is the kind you can see coming from ten miles away. While watching the scant few action sequences, I was reminded about all of the cool gun-fu in Shoot ‘Em Up, a film that had a tissue-thin plot at best. It nailed the action, but failed on story. Max Payne fails on both counts, and it’s unclear why they didn’t stay more faithful to the video game plot, which is a lot more intricate than the movie. Or at the very least, just feature more gunplay. There’s a painfully long scene after the credits in Max Payne where you find out that Max’s job isn’t done. Mona slides him the newspaper, which shows that Aesir is now enjoying record profits, and features a photo of CEO Nicole Horne. I guess we now know the plot of Max Payne 2. Let’s hope it never happens. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/unclefestering/archive/2008/9/20/35343.aspx Post By: unclefestering
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Body: So I'm cruising through Netflix and see Shoot 'Em Up. Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci and Clive Owen, well how bad can it be? Bad. Clive Owen plays a man with no name who happens to be the world's greatest tactician, marksman and gymnist, happens to see thugs trying to gun down a pregnant lady and spings into action, buying bullets with food stamps, taking the baby to the the hooker who specializes in nursing grown men that he just happens to know and taking on the entire military industrial complex single handedly to save American democracy. And then the story gets silly.
]]>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:59:25 GMTunclefesteringunclefestering Blog9/20/2008 3:59:25 PMSo I'm cruising through Netflix and see Shoot 'Em Up. Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci and Clive Owen, well how bad can it be? Bad. Clive Owen plays a man with no name who happens to be the world's greatest tactician, marksman and gymnist, happens to see thugs trying to gun down a pregnant lady and spings into action, buying bullets with food stamps, taking the baby to the the hooker who specializes in nursing grown men that he just happens to know and taking on the entire military industrial complex single handedly to save American democracy. And then the story gets silly. http://www.spout.com/blogs/christhilk/archive/2008/9/4/34774.aspx Post By: ChrisThilk
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Body: There’s only the barest of plots that runs through Shoot ‘Em Up, the violent comedy with Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti. It’s really more “excuse” than “plot” when it is there and doesn’t amount to much, though the movie is by and large so much fun that doesn’t even wind up mattering.  Owen plays a man of violence who unwittingly steps into a situation that finds him protecting a newborn baby from a gang of tough guys who wants that baby as dead as its mother. Giamatti is the head of the gang that’s just disposed of said mother and is after the baby, though the reasons why aren’t clear until the last 15 minutes of the movie and make little sense when they’re revealed, so don’t worry about it.  The violence is completely over the top and largely unbelievable, but the performances by the two leads are so committed that they’re absolutely engaging. Owen seems to be out to prove that he could have handled the most outrageous stunts the Bond producers could have thrown at him if he had been tapped for that role. And Giamatti gives a wonderfully enthusiastic showing that makes it clear he’s having an absolute blast in a very shallow role but still bringing his usual level of excellence to it. Originally posted on:Chris Thilk
]]>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:58 GMTChrisThilkChrisThilk Blog9/4/2008 8:00:58 PMThere’s only the barest of plots that runs through Shoot ‘Em Up, the violent comedy with Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti. It’s really more “excuse” than “plot” when it is there and doesn’t amount to much, though the movie is by and large so much fun that doesn’t even wind up mattering.  Owen plays a man of violence who unwittingly steps into a situation that finds him protecting a newborn baby from a gang of tough guys who wants that baby as dead as its mother. Giamatti is the head of the gang that’s just disposed of said mother and is after the baby, though the reasons why aren’t clear until the last 15 minutes of the movie and make little sense when they’re revealed, so don’t worry about it.  The violence is completely over the top and largely unbelievable, but the performances by the two leads are so committed that they’re absolutely engaging. Owen seems to be out to prove that he could have handled the most outrageous stunts the Bond producers could have thrown at him if he had been tapped for that role. And Giamatti gives a wonderfully enthusiastic showing that makes it clear he’s having an absolute blast in a very shallow role but still bringing his usual level of excellence to it. Originally posted on:Chris Thilk http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/12/33923.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 8/12/2008 5:00:32 PM
Body: Finally the infamous toilet scene from The Spirit, shown last month at Comic-Con, has been leaked online. And it’s just as bad as I imagined. Actually, it’s worse. Our own Kevin Kelly, who liveblogged the clip, described the setting as “extremely muddy and watery,” but I’d go so far as to say that stuff looks like shit. Considering the fact that a toilet is involved, I’m sure it is indeed shit, literally. I don’t think there’s been so much excrement in a movie since Trainspotting. Now that I’ve seen the clip, I have to believe the makers of The Spirit actually mean for it to be humorous, but I wonder if those on stage (writer-director Frank Miller, producer Deborah Del Prete and actors Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Jaime King) realize that the audience is laughing at the scene, not with it. OK, maybe some of the panel attendees seem to actually be enjoying the footage, but I definitely hear some awkward reactions in there, as well. Such blatantly cartoonish slapstick action was barely tolerable in last year’s Shoot ‘Em Up, which at least attempted to be a commentary on violence. Do we really need more of this (excuse the word choice) shit? I have to agree with the response from I Watch Stuff: “The trombone slide was a nice touch, but I hope they aren’t done with the CGI yet. This scene could use some tweeting birds circling their heads.” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:00:32 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/12/2008 5:00:32 PM Finally the infamous toilet scene from The Spirit, shown last month at Comic-Con, has been leaked online. And it’s just as bad as I imagined. Actually, it’s worse. Our own Kevin Kelly, who liveblogged the clip, described the setting as “extremely muddy and watery,” but I’d go so far as to say that stuff looks like shit. Considering the fact that a toilet is involved, I’m sure it is indeed shit, literally. I don’t think there’s been so much excrement in a movie since Trainspotting. Now that I’ve seen the clip, I have to believe the makers of The Spirit actually mean for it to be humorous, but I wonder if those on stage (writer-director Frank Miller, producer Deborah Del Prete and actors Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Jaime King) realize that the audience is laughing at the scene, not with it. OK, maybe some of the panel attendees seem to actually be enjoying the footage, but I definitely hear some awkward reactions in there, as well. Such blatantly cartoonish slapstick action was barely tolerable in last year’s Shoot ‘Em Up, which at least attempted to be a commentary on violence. Do we really need more of this (excuse the word choice) shit? I have to agree with the response from I Watch Stuff: “The trombone slide was a nice touch, but I hope they aren’t done with the CGI yet. This scene could use some tweeting birds circling their heads.” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/tjl30/archive/2008/6/2/30298.aspx Post By: tjl30
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Post Date: 6/2/2008 12:00:02 AM
Body: What I love about this movie is the simplicity of the plot, the ridiculous fight scenes, pointless violence, and a ridiculous plot. Shoot'Em Up embodies all the great qualities one would look for in a great action movie. This movie is kind of like a Satire/Tribute to my favorite movie genera. Now for people who are not huge action fans , and could care less about another Rambo movie then you will probable hate this movie. To me this movie is kind of a clash between Natural Born Killers, Live Free Die Hard, and the James Bond movies. Although I love action their was one scene were he was falling out of an airplane that looked so unrealistic, that I couldn't believe it was put in the movie.So the plot (as if it really matters) is a guy who sees this pregnant woman in trouble, so he steps in and kills a crap load of assassins trying to kill her and her baby. After killing the pregnant movie the man takes it upon himself to protect the baby. So basically this bad buy Paul Giamatti (who does a good job playing a sick and twisted killer) goes around with lots of guys with guns to kill this guy who is known as Smith. Well thats pretty much the whole plot, oh and their are lots of shoot outs hence the name "Shoot'Em up".
]]>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:00:02 GMTtjl30tjl30 Blog6/2/2008 12:00:02 AMWhat I love about this movie is the simplicity of the plot, the ridiculous fight scenes, pointless violence, and a ridiculous plot. Shoot'Em Up embodies all the great qualities one would look for in a great action movie. This movie is kind of like a Satire/Tribute to my favorite movie genera. Now for people who are not huge action fans , and could care less about another Rambo movie then you will probable hate this movie. To me this movie is kind of a clash between Natural Born Killers, Live Free Die Hard, and the James Bond movies. Although I love action their was one scene were he was falling out of an airplane that looked so unrealistic, that I couldn't believe it was put in the movie.So the plot (as if it really matters) is a guy who sees this pregnant woman in trouble, so he steps in and kills a crap load of assassins trying to kill her and her baby. After killing the pregnant movie the man takes it upon himself to protect the baby. So basically this bad buy Paul Giamatti (who does a good job playing a sick and twisted killer) goes around with lots of guys with guns to kill this guy who is known as Smith. Well thats pretty much the whole plot, oh and their are lots of shoot outs hence the name "Shoot'Em up". http://www.spout.com/blogs/mrbuckyk/archive/2008/4/20/27537.aspx Post By: mrbuckyk
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Post Date: 4/20/2008 1:57:19 AM
Body: All style and no substance. This is a movie where you can tell they had the action sequences first and then the connecting plot (if you can even say this movie had plot) after. I was surprised to find out they had this pedigree of actors (Paul Giamatti & Clive Owen) sign up to make this movie. There was a psychotic lil' ADHD kid in the movie Smokin' Aces that got a hard on while practicing karate. This, i imagine, would be that kids favorite movie...
]]>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:57:19 GMTmrbuckykmrbuckyk Blog4/20/2008 1:57:19 AMAll style and no substance. This is a movie where you can tell they had the action sequences first and then the connecting plot (if you can even say this movie had plot) after. I was surprised to find out they had this pedigree of actors (Paul Giamatti &amp; Clive Owen) sign up to make this movie. There was a psychotic lil&#39; ADHD kid in the movie Smokin&#39; Aces that got a hard on while practicing karate. This, i imagine, would be that kids favorite movie... http://www.spout.com/blogs/pratchettfan/archive/2008/1/29/24481.aspx Post By: pratchettfan
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Post Date: 1/29/2008 5:58:01 AM
Body: This is one of the bloodiest action movies I have seen recently (the top spot is till held by Planet Terror). Nevertheless, it manages to convey the story of a lone-gunman who finds defending a baby against an apparently endless supply of foes. The action sequences are fantastic and the shooting scenes are just breathtaking (and sometimes a bit over the top). So all in all it was a good "popcorn-movie".
]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:58:01 GMTpratchettfanpratchettfan Blog1/29/2008 5:58:01 AMThis is one of the bloodiest action movies I have seen recently (the top spot is till held by Planet Terror). Nevertheless, it manages to convey the story of a lone-gunman who finds defending a baby against an apparently endless supply of foes. The action sequences are fantastic and the shooting scenes are just breathtaking (and sometimes a bit over the top). So all in all it was a good &quot;popcorn-movie&quot;. http://www.spout.com/blogs/windbreaker/archive/2008/1/20/24116.aspx Post By: Windbreaker
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Post Date: 1/20/2008 5:04:41 PM
Body: I'm pretty sure a good number of theater seats were filled a few years back when the Kill Bill trailer showed the Crazy 88s storming into that dance hall to surround the Bride. Awesome scene. About 2 minutes into Shoot 'Em Up we're introduced to Paul Giamati's version of the Crazy 88s. I used to think that working as hired muscle must be pretty hard, but this movie taught me something I didn't know about criminal society. There is a secret phone number (no, we can't tell what number he dials) that crooks with a certain level street cred can call and order up any number of extra thugs. It's so obvious, I can't believe I didn't pick up on that earlier in life. "Hello, operator? I need 12 more guys. Yeah, yeah, I know, but they're done. Yeah, and give me 4 with special driving skills. Thanks. WHAT? SINCE WHEN? Come on, Discover Card is taken at Citgo -- you're telling me I have to use layaway?!"Shoot 'Em Up, we all know, is intended to be style over substance. In fact, I wish the script had even less public service announcements than it does. Leaving out some of the retarded "life lessons" would have made me rate it a tad higher.
]]>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:04:41 GMTWindbreakerWindbreaker!1/20/2008 5:04:41 PMI&#39;m pretty sure a good number of theater seats were filled a few years back when the Kill Bill trailer showed the Crazy 88s storming into that dance hall to surround the Bride. Awesome scene. About 2 minutes into Shoot &#39;Em Up we&#39;re introduced to Paul Giamati&#39;s version of the Crazy 88s. I used to think that working as hired muscle must be pretty hard, but this movie taught me something I didn&#39;t know about criminal society. There is a secret phone number (no, we can&#39;t tell what number he dials) that crooks with a certain level street cred can call and order up any number of extra thugs. It&#39;s so obvious, I can&#39;t believe I didn&#39;t pick up on that earlier in life. &quot;Hello, operator? I need 12 more guys. Yeah, yeah, I know, but they&#39;re done. Yeah, and give me 4 with special driving skills. Thanks. WHAT? SINCE WHEN? Come on, Discover Card is taken at Citgo -- you&#39;re telling me I have to use layaway?!&quot;Shoot &#39;Em Up, we all know, is intended to be style over substance. In fact, I wish the script had even less public service announcements than it does. Leaving out some of the retarded &quot;life lessons&quot; would have made me rate it a tad higher. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/21/23007.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 12/21/2007 2:00:37 PM
Body: Over at Pullquote, the Cinetrix has reminded me of one more movie that fit in with this so-called “Year of the Unplanned Pregnancy” trend: Shoot ‘Em Up. She doesn’t really go into details, though, of how it fits in. So, allow me to elaborate. First off, as far as I recall, the pregnancy isn’t actually unplanned. But no matter, I’m going to have fun with this anyway. So, let’s pretend that Shoot ‘Em Up is a pro-life movie. Despite the fact that the baby in the film is already born, there’s a bad guy trying to kill it. Let’s call him the abortionist (aka the pro-choicer). Then there’s a do-gooder hero who aims to keep the baby alive. Let’s call him the pro-lifer. Guess who wins out in the end? And you thought the movie was just a silly take on the gun control issue. There’s political topics all over the place! As you can probably tell, I’m being a bit ridiculous. But sometimes it’s important to get absurd when you’re dealing with too many serious people out there, and too many year-end labels and summaries. Yes, there were surprisingly a lot of preggers movies out in 2007 (Waitress, Knocked Up, Juno), but there’s much more to mention than simply lumping those similarly themed movies together and clapping your hands and saying “yeah!” The more significant thing to address is how these movies and others this year provided balanced discussion fodder for the abortion issue. Each of those unplanned pregnancy comedies could be interpreted as being pro-life, yet each could also be interpreted as being pro-choice (don’t forget, choice can also mean choosing not to abort). (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:00:37 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com12/21/2007 2:00:37 PMOver at Pullquote, the Cinetrix has reminded me of one more movie that fit in with this so-called “Year of the Unplanned Pregnancy” trend: Shoot ‘Em Up. She doesn’t really go into details, though, of how it fits in. So, allow me to elaborate. First off, as far as I recall, the pregnancy isn’t actually unplanned. But no matter, I’m going to have fun with this anyway. So, let’s pretend that Shoot ‘Em Up is a pro-life movie. Despite the fact that the baby in the film is already born, there’s a bad guy trying to kill it. Let’s call him the abortionist (aka the pro-choicer). Then there’s a do-gooder hero who aims to keep the baby alive. Let’s call him the pro-lifer. Guess who wins out in the end? And you thought the movie was just a silly take on the gun control issue. There’s political topics all over the place! As you can probably tell, I’m being a bit ridiculous. But sometimes it’s important to get absurd when you’re dealing with too many serious people out there, and too many year-end labels and summaries. Yes, there were surprisingly a lot of preggers movies out in 2007 (Waitress, Knocked Up, Juno), but there’s much more to mention than simply lumping those similarly themed movies together and clapping your hands and saying “yeah!” The more significant thing to address is how these movies and others this year provided balanced discussion fodder for the abortion issue. Each of those unplanned pregnancy comedies could be interpreted as being pro-life, yet each could also be interpreted as being pro-choice (don’t forget, choice can also mean choosing not to abort). (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/funny/MemberTagFilms.aspxfunny
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