list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Twilight on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Twilight/351658/default.aspx Title: Twilight
Year: 2008
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Plot: Adapted from the best-selling novel by author Stephenie Meyer, Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown director Catherine Hardwicke's supernatural teen drama Twilight tells the tale of Bella (Kristen Stewart), a 17-year-old girl who moves to a small town to live with her father and becomes enamored with a mysterious classmate (Robert Pattinson), who turns out to be a vampire. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:58:42 GMTTwilight2008Catherine HardwickeAdapted from the best-selling novel by author Stephenie Meyer, <a href="http://www.spout.com/films/220052/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Thirteen</a> and <a href="http://www.spout.com/films/240626/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lords of Dogtown</a> director <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____93419/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Catherine Hardwicke</a>'s supernatural teen drama Twilight tells the tale of Bella (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___297909/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kristen Stewart</a>), a 17-year-old girl who moves to a small town to live with her father and becomes enamored with a mysterious classmate (Robert Pattinson), who turns out to be a vampire. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide67Tag Target (>10)263583http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351658.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Twilight/351658/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/loxlie/archive/2009/5/9/42221.aspx Post By: loxlie
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Post Date: 5/9/2009 6:23:54 PM
Body: being a lover of vampire movies and reading all the twilight saga books this film was just the icing on the cake for me.It has everything a movie needs love,lust,danger and most of all vampires.For me this is the best film i have seen scince interview with a vampire.I recomend that all men whatch this movie and take tips from the fab Edward Cullen
]]>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:23:54 GMTloxlieloxlie Blog5/9/2009 6:23:54 PMbeing a lover of vampire movies and reading all the twilight saga books this film was just the icing on the cake for me.It has everything a movie needs love,lust,danger and most of all vampires.For me this is the best film i have seen scince interview with a vampire.I recomend that all men whatch this movie and take tips from the fab Edward Cullen http://www.spout.com/blogs/windbreaker/archive/2009/4/19/41651.aspx Post By: Windbreaker
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Post Date: 4/19/2009 8:48:44 AM
Body: I had zero desire to see TWILIGHT when it hit theaters. I had zero desire to see it when it hit DVD. But when most of the wives in the circle of friends raved, I checked it out. My thoughts: meh. Content: It feels too much like the pilot episode of a TV show that only the die-hard fans will watch regularly. Think the two X-FILES movies. Style: tried too hard to be overly artsy. Don't get me wrong, I like some oddball flicks, but trimming 15-20 minutes of fat would have made this a lot more tolerable. There's a reason CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON isn't 3 hours long.
]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:48:44 GMTWindbreakerWindbreaker!4/19/2009 8:48:44 AMI had zero desire to see TWILIGHT when it hit theaters. I had zero desire to see it when it hit DVD. But when most of the wives in the circle of friends raved, I checked it out. My thoughts: meh. Content: It feels too much like the pilot episode of a TV show that only the die-hard fans will watch regularly. Think the two X-FILES movies. Style: tried too hard to be overly artsy. Don't get me wrong, I like some oddball flicks, but trimming 15-20 minutes of fat would have made this a lot more tolerable. There's a reason CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON isn't 3 hours long. http://www.spout.com/blogs/aimeex/archive/2009/4/7/41485.aspx Post By: aimeex
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Post Date: 4/7/2009 12:14:42 PM
Body: I watched this yesterday and I thought it was absoulutley brilliant !! I didnt expect it to be as good as the book, but it was !! I can't wait for New Moon in November !!
]]>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:14:42 GMTaimeexaimeex Blog4/7/2009 12:14:42 PMI watched this yesterday and I thought it was absoulutley brilliant !! I didnt expect it to be as good as the book, but it was !! I can't wait for New Moon in November !! http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/2/27/40704.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/27/2009 6:01:50 PM
Body: Today’s news that Summit Entertainment has already chosen a release date for Eclipse, the third entry in theTwilight series, suggests the studio is in a hurry. With New Moon, the second entry in the series, currently in a production surge under the direction of Chris Weitz for a November 20 release date, Summit’s latest decision raises the bar even higher, by placing Eclipse right in the heat of summer 2010’s blockbuster season. What’s the rush? Former New Line marketing chief Russell Schwartz, whose resume includes a steadily successful franchise about hobbits and rings, offers one piece of advice for the newbies at Summit: Slow down. “They think the audience is going to grow up and get too old [for the movies] by the time two or three comes out,” Schwartz tells me. “But I honestly don’t believe it’s that crucial to have it out ever year, like Saw. I wish they would take more time, but I’m not making decisions for them.” Nevertheless, Schwartz knows a thing or two about the fledgling company’s current state. Having worked at New Line throughout the successful run of The Lord of the Rings series, he recognizes the difficulty of handling a massive franchise while simultaneously trying to maintain the studio’s specific brand identity with different releases. “You can’t chase a franchise, that’s for sure,” he says. “It’s one thing to exploit it and to finish its run, but [Summit] is not in that high stakes, big budget business. They’re more competitive with Lionsgate than they are with major studios.” Which, of course, explains the recent rumors that Lionsgate sought to buy out its nascent competitor. Whether or not such a deal was ever seriously considered, Lionsgate’s uneven track record in recent years — first it was a torture porn factory, now it’s ground zero of Tyler Perryville — may indicate to Summit that it shouldn’t make too much of a good thing. “If you are going to make all young girl movies, Twilight being a big one, you become the young, tween studio,” Schwartz says. “But you can’t be in that business seriously as a steady diet. When you’re not in the tentpole business, the key thing is to diversify.” On that front, at least, the company appears to have its bases covered. In addition to New Moon, Summit’s 2009 slate contains an odd blend of star-driven material and smaller, low budget projects. A recent series of previews shown at New York Comic Con showcased the variety: First, an exasperated Nicolas Cage made desperate attempts to thwart natural catastrophes predicted by a series of ominous numbers in director Alex Proyas’s March release Knowing; then, Jeremy Renner engaged in a detailed attempt to defuse a car bomb in Kathryn Bigelow’s quietly gripping The Hurt Locker; finally, an animated adolescent went swooping through the clouds in a CGI adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy. It almost felt like the projectionist grabbed a few reels at random on the way out the door. During its nearly invincible run with the LOTR movies, New Line had its fair share of diverse content, from dramas aimed at older demographics like the Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Notebook, to auteur-driven works such as David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. Both did strong business on a quantitatively separate scale from LOTR. New Line also had a few comedic successes — most notably, Wedding Crashers in 2005. Summit has yet to succeed on that front, having released the dud Sex Drive last year. For now, however, that’s a failure the studio can handle. “There was always one movie that took care of the year,” Schwartz recalls of his New Line days. “Then, you sort of bubbled through the rest of the year, and had some ups and downs and singles and doubles and strikeouts.” Schwartz thinks The Hurt Locker, which Summit purchased at the Toronto Film Festival and plans to release at the end of the summer, was a good buy for the company (assuming it ever releases the movie). Referring to the difficulties he endured with the release of the dramatically overwrought Rendition in 2007, he urges the studio to avoid the “Iraq war” label. “It doesn’t seem like it’s got any kind of political attitude about it, so that’s how you sell it,” he advises. “I don’t think the Iraq thing means that much anymore, honestly. To me, it seems like a movie you could play right against that 17-24-year-old male forum.” How much mature, intellectual movies like The Hurt Locker can fill the voids between Twilight movies remains to be seen. A Summit representative declined to comment for this story, perhaps because they’re still not quite sure what to say. Speaking to The New York Times during the wave of optimism on the eve of Twilight’s theatrical premiere, Summit co-chairman and CEO Robert G. Friedman said the company would probably use the franchise’s success to create a brand, which he chose to define as “commercial.” His colleague, Summit president Patrick Wachsberger, added that Twilight’s success “makes it much easier for agencies to let their big stars come do a movie with us.” So far, the big stars and commercial movies haven’t become Summit’s exclusive route — but it’s early yet. “What a franchise gives you is terrific credibility in Hollywood,” Schwartz says, adding that the relatively low budget approach to the first Twilight movie, and the subsequent monetary advantages Summit has achieved as a result, should motivate other mini-studios to follow suit. “Everybody thinks they can do it now,” he says. “For the independent film business in general, that is a fantastic accomplishment, and I think it has a very big echo effect.” While the Twilight gears keep turning, Schwartz warns Summit not to assume guaranteed successes with its current pipeline. “The biggest problem that any of these companies face is a tendency to become complacent, particularly as an independent,” he says. “You have to be very careful about that.” Either way, the Moon will rise, but we all know how vampires fare in the sunlight. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:01:50 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/27/2009 6:01:50 PMToday’s news that Summit Entertainment has already chosen a release date for Eclipse, the third entry in theTwilight series, suggests the studio is in a hurry. With New Moon, the second entry in the series, currently in a production surge under the direction of Chris Weitz for a November 20 release date, Summit’s latest decision raises the bar even higher, by placing Eclipse right in the heat of summer 2010’s blockbuster season. What’s the rush? Former New Line marketing chief Russell Schwartz, whose resume includes a steadily successful franchise about hobbits and rings, offers one piece of advice for the newbies at Summit: Slow down. “They think the audience is going to grow up and get too old [for the movies] by the time two or three comes out,” Schwartz tells me. “But I honestly don’t believe it’s that crucial to have it out ever year, like Saw. I wish they would take more time, but I’m not making decisions for them.” Nevertheless, Schwartz knows a thing or two about the fledgling company’s current state. Having worked at New Line throughout the successful run of The Lord of the Rings series, he recognizes the difficulty of handling a massive franchise while simultaneously trying to maintain the studio’s specific brand identity with different releases. “You can’t chase a franchise, that’s for sure,” he says. “It’s one thing to exploit it and to finish its run, but [Summit] is not in that high stakes, big budget business. They’re more competitive with Lionsgate than they are with major studios.” Which, of course, explains the recent rumors that Lionsgate sought to buy out its nascent competitor. Whether or not such a deal was ever seriously considered, Lionsgate’s uneven track record in recent years — first it was a torture porn factory, now it’s ground zero of Tyler Perryville — may indicate to Summit that it shouldn’t make too much of a good thing. “If you are going to make all young girl movies, Twilight being a big one, you become the young, tween studio,” Schwartz says. “But you can’t be in that business seriously as a steady diet. When you’re not in the tentpole business, the key thing is to diversify.” On that front, at least, the company appears to have its bases covered. In addition to New Moon, Summit’s 2009 slate contains an odd blend of star-driven material and smaller, low budget projects. A recent series of previews shown at New York Comic Con showcased the variety: First, an exasperated Nicolas Cage made desperate attempts to thwart natural catastrophes predicted by a series of ominous numbers in director Alex Proyas’s March release Knowing; then, Jeremy Renner engaged in a detailed attempt to defuse a car bomb in Kathryn Bigelow’s quietly gripping The Hurt Locker; finally, an animated adolescent went swooping through the clouds in a CGI adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy. It almost felt like the projectionist grabbed a few reels at random on the way out the door. During its nearly invincible run with the LOTR movies, New Line had its fair share of diverse content, from dramas aimed at older demographics like the Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Notebook, to auteur-driven works such as David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. Both did strong business on a quantitatively separate scale from LOTR. New Line also had a few comedic successes — most notably, Wedding Crashers in 2005. Summit has yet to succeed on that front, having released the dud Sex Drive last year. For now, however, that’s a failure the studio can handle. “There was always one movie that took care of the year,” Schwartz recalls of his New Line days. “Then, you sort of bubbled through the rest of the year, and had some ups and downs and singles and doubles and strikeouts.” Schwartz thinks The Hurt Locker, which Summit purchased at the Toronto Film Festival and plans to release at the end of the summer, was a good buy for the company (assuming it ever releases the movie). Referring to the difficulties he endured with the release of the dramatically overwrought Rendition in 2007, he urges the studio to avoid the “Iraq war” label. “It doesn’t seem like it’s got any kind of political attitude about it, so that’s how you sell it,” he advises. “I don’t think the Iraq thing means that much anymore, honestly. To me, it seems like a movie you could play right against that 17-24-year-old male forum.” How much mature, intellectual movies like The Hurt Locker can fill the voids between Twilight movies remains to be seen. A Summit representative declined to comment for this story, perhaps because they’re still not quite sure what to say. Speaking to The New York Times during the wave of optimism on the eve of Twilight’s theatrical premiere, Summit co-chairman and CEO Robert G. Friedman said the company would probably use the franchise’s success to create a brand, which he chose to define as “commercial.” His colleague, Summit president Patrick Wachsberger, added that Twilight’s success “makes it much easier for agencies to let their big stars come do a movie with us.” So far, the big stars and commercial movies haven’t become Summit’s exclusive route — but it’s early yet. “What a franchise gives you is terrific credibility in Hollywood,” Schwartz says, adding that the relatively low budget approach to the first Twilight movie, and the subsequent monetary advantages Summit has achieved as a result, should motivate other mini-studios to follow suit. “Everybody thinks they can do it now,” he says. “For the independent film business in general, that is a fantastic accomplishment, and I think it has a very big echo effect.” While the Twilight gears keep turning, Schwartz warns Summit not to assume guaranteed successes with its current pipeline. “The biggest problem that any of these companies face is a tendency to become complacent, particularly as an independent,” he says. “You have to be very careful about that.” Either way, the Moon will rise, but we all know how vampires fare in the sunlight. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/2/27/40690.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/27/2009 6:01:30 PM
Body: Never mind all those Oscar predictions posts out there. If you really want to make some money in the office pool, look no further than a random blog created specifically to leak the winners of this year’s Academy Awards. Think it’s a hoax? I guess we just won’t know until Sunday, will we? And by then you’ll be out hundreds of dollars because you didn’t bet on The Reader for Best Adapted Screenplay. Okay, so who cares if it’s real or not, particularly in this predictable a year, anyway? The real betting should be on who the telecast producers have wrangled to be those “top secret” presenters. Oh wait, it seems the big names, those that obviously should be revealed in order to attract their audiences, have also come out. Ah, but what are they saying about either leak on the interweb, you ask? As usual, check out the quotes/links after the jump. Since I found out about the Oscar winners leak first from Cinematical, here’s an argument in favor of its legitimacy from Erik Davis, aided by Kevin at Moviefone: “Of course there’s a very good chance it’s a fake, but as Kevin noted in our AIM conversation: ‘I mean, it looks right… the fact that Best Supporting Actress is outta nowhere somehow lends it credibility.’” Brad Brevet at RopeofSilicon.com argues in favor of it being a hoax, yet forwards the list along anyway: “Ballots for the 2009 Oscar Awards were due by 5 PM last night and so the idea this site is claiming to have the list of winners already is just stupid, but it doesn’t mean the list doesn’t have that odd sense of it could happen with a few “surprise” choices (Amy Adams).” Nikki Finke refers to the mysterious posting as “annoying Oscar bullshit” and writes, “At this point, with so many of the categories locked as far back as December, I’m sure a chimpanzee could have come up with the same names.” Word that Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson will be a presenter this year has been out since last week, but Vulture had the best reaction yesterday: “The plan to keep the names of this year’s Oscar presenters a secret suddenly makes sense … producers were probably just trying to prevent vampire riots at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday night.” E! Online has now leaked some more presenters/performers: High School Musical’s Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, Beyonce, Dominic Cooper and Amanda Seyfried. And somehow, Tom O’Neil at The Envelope has added Miley Cyrus to that list. Pete Hammond at The Envelope writes what everyone else is sure of regarding the Pattinson and Efron leaks: “I would be willing to bet the producers leaked that one themselves to entice potential younger viewers turned off by the absence of movies such as “Dark Knight” in marquee categories.” STV at Defamer, in a roundup that also references word that Jennifer Aniston is presenting, writes what everyone is wishing for regarding the shitty Efron and Hudgens leak: “[They] will be among the performers to help nurture this year’s Oscar renaissance, hopefully teaming for a Best Picture reenactment of Slumdog Millionaire’s romantic latrine-escape sequence. This about a week old, but according to AJ Schnack at All these wonderful things, Albert Maysles has directed a short film introducing this year’s documentary nominees. Anybody interested in knowing beforehand what some of the ads during the Oscars will be? Here’s a post at The Big Picture about the telecast’s difficulty attracting sponsors, with a reveal of an ad from Culver Restaurants. Previously announced movie ads to be shown include Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Sherlock Holmes and Terminator Salvation. And now, keeping with the idea of Oscars spoilers, also via Cinematical, a video that spoils all the endings to all the Best Picture winners: Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:01:30 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/27/2009 6:01:30 PMNever mind all those Oscar predictions posts out there. If you really want to make some money in the office pool, look no further than a random blog created specifically to leak the winners of this year’s Academy Awards. Think it’s a hoax? I guess we just won’t know until Sunday, will we? And by then you’ll be out hundreds of dollars because you didn’t bet on The Reader for Best Adapted Screenplay. Okay, so who cares if it’s real or not, particularly in this predictable a year, anyway? The real betting should be on who the telecast producers have wrangled to be those “top secret” presenters. Oh wait, it seems the big names, those that obviously should be revealed in order to attract their audiences, have also come out. Ah, but what are they saying about either leak on the interweb, you ask? As usual, check out the quotes/links after the jump. Since I found out about the Oscar winners leak first from Cinematical, here’s an argument in favor of its legitimacy from Erik Davis, aided by Kevin at Moviefone: “Of course there’s a very good chance it’s a fake, but as Kevin noted in our AIM conversation: ‘I mean, it looks right… the fact that Best Supporting Actress is outta nowhere somehow lends it credibility.’” Brad Brevet at RopeofSilicon.com argues in favor of it being a hoax, yet forwards the list along anyway: “Ballots for the 2009 Oscar Awards were due by 5 PM last night and so the idea this site is claiming to have the list of winners already is just stupid, but it doesn’t mean the list doesn’t have that odd sense of it could happen with a few “surprise” choices (Amy Adams).” Nikki Finke refers to the mysterious posting as “annoying Oscar bullshit” and writes, “At this point, with so many of the categories locked as far back as December, I’m sure a chimpanzee could have come up with the same names.” Word that Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson will be a presenter this year has been out since last week, but Vulture had the best reaction yesterday: “The plan to keep the names of this year’s Oscar presenters a secret suddenly makes sense … producers were probably just trying to prevent vampire riots at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday night.” E! Online has now leaked some more presenters/performers: High School Musical’s Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, Beyonce, Dominic Cooper and Amanda Seyfried. And somehow, Tom O’Neil at The Envelope has added Miley Cyrus to that list. Pete Hammond at The Envelope writes what everyone else is sure of regarding the Pattinson and Efron leaks: “I would be willing to bet the producers leaked that one themselves to entice potential younger viewers turned off by the absence of movies such as “Dark Knight” in marquee categories.” STV at Defamer, in a roundup that also references word that Jennifer Aniston is presenting, writes what everyone is wishing for regarding the shitty Efron and Hudgens leak: “[They] will be among the performers to help nurture this year’s Oscar renaissance, hopefully teaming for a Best Picture reenactment of Slumdog Millionaire’s romantic latrine-escape sequence. This about a week old, but according to AJ Schnack at All these wonderful things, Albert Maysles has directed a short film introducing this year’s documentary nominees. Anybody interested in knowing beforehand what some of the ads during the Oscars will be? Here’s a post at The Big Picture about the telecast’s difficulty attracting sponsors, with a reveal of an ad from Culver Restaurants. Previously announced movie ads to be shown include Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Sherlock Holmes and Terminator Salvation. And now, keeping with the idea of Oscars spoilers, also via Cinematical, a video that spoils all the endings to all the Best Picture winners: Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2009/2/2/40142.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 2/2/2009 11:01:17 AM
Body: It could mean, in short, that New Moon will be a little bit bloodier than anticipated. Or certainly the Twlight film after that. Is there any filmmaking/distribution outfit with a more pronounced reputation for being deeply in love with arterial gushings? That’s Lionsgate in a nutshell. So declares Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere, in response to Sharon Waxman’s report (for which “executives at Lionsgate and Summit declined to comment”) that Lionsgate (home of the Saw, Hostel and Tyler Perry franchises) may be buying Summit Entertainment, including the company’s library and slate, which includes teenage necrophilia phenom franchise Twilight. But of course, Wells’ “nutshell” definition of Lionsgate is out of date. It’s an open secret that Lionsgate is so desperate to distance itself from its bloody past that the distributor has spent the past year engineering the failure of its remaining genre stock — dumping Midnight Meat Train in rural dollar theaters; taking the ultra-cinematic The Burrowers off its theatrical release schedule entirely; killing Cabin Fever as a theatrical franchise by releasing its Ti West-directed sequel straight to DVD. If anything, in Lionsgate’s hands, the Twilight sequels are likely to go even more tame. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:01:17 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog2/2/2009 11:01:17 AM It could mean, in short, that New Moon will be a little bit bloodier than anticipated. Or certainly the Twlight film after that. Is there any filmmaking/distribution outfit with a more pronounced reputation for being deeply in love with arterial gushings? That’s Lionsgate in a nutshell. So declares Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere, in response to Sharon Waxman’s report (for which “executives at Lionsgate and Summit declined to comment”) that Lionsgate (home of the Saw, Hostel and Tyler Perry franchises) may be buying Summit Entertainment, including the company’s library and slate, which includes teenage necrophilia phenom franchise Twilight. But of course, Wells’ “nutshell” definition of Lionsgate is out of date. It’s an open secret that Lionsgate is so desperate to distance itself from its bloody past that the distributor has spent the past year engineering the failure of its remaining genre stock — dumping Midnight Meat Train in rural dollar theaters; taking the ultra-cinematic The Burrowers off its theatrical release schedule entirely; killing Cabin Fever as a theatrical franchise by releasing its Ti West-directed sequel straight to DVD. If anything, in Lionsgate’s hands, the Twilight sequels are likely to go even more tame. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/2/2/40141.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: It could mean, in short, that New Moon will be a little bit bloodier than anticipated. Or certainly the Twlight film after that. Is there any filmmaking/distribution outfit with a more pronounced reputation for being deeply in love with arterial gushings? That’s Lionsgate in a nutshell. So declares Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere, in response to Sharon Waxman’s report (for which “executives at Lionsgate and Summit declined to comment”) that Lionsgate (home of the Saw, Hostel and Tyler Perry franchises) may be buying Summit Entertainment, including the company’s library and slate, which includes teenage necrophilia phenom franchise Twilight. But of course, Wells’ “nutshell” definition of Lionsgate is out of date. It’s an open secret that Lionsgate is so desperate to distance itself from its bloody past that the distributor has spent the past year engineering the failure of its remaining genre stock — dumping Midnight Meat Train in rural dollar theaters; taking the ultra-cinematic The Burrowers off its theatrical release schedule entirely; killing Cabin Fever as a theatrical franchise by releasing its Ti West-directed sequel straight to DVD. If anything, in Lionsgate’s hands, the Twilight sequels are likely to go even more tame. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:01:04 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/2/2009 11:01:04 AM It could mean, in short, that New Moon will be a little bit bloodier than anticipated. Or certainly the Twlight film after that. Is there any filmmaking/distribution outfit with a more pronounced reputation for being deeply in love with arterial gushings? That’s Lionsgate in a nutshell. So declares Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere, in response to Sharon Waxman’s report (for which “executives at Lionsgate and Summit declined to comment”) that Lionsgate (home of the Saw, Hostel and Tyler Perry franchises) may be buying Summit Entertainment, including the company’s library and slate, which includes teenage necrophilia phenom franchise Twilight. But of course, Wells’ “nutshell” definition of Lionsgate is out of date. It’s an open secret that Lionsgate is so desperate to distance itself from its bloody past that the distributor has spent the past year engineering the failure of its remaining genre stock — dumping Midnight Meat Train in rural dollar theaters; taking the ultra-cinematic The Burrowers off its theatrical release schedule entirely; killing Cabin Fever as a theatrical franchise by releasing its Ti West-directed sequel straight to DVD. If anything, in Lionsgate’s hands, the Twilight sequels are likely to go even more tame. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Trailer_Park/Re_Top_Trailers_of_2008/567/39450/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: csprague
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Post Date: 1/13/2009 10:46:06 AM
Body: [quote user="mercurial"] After much neglect I am determined to make Trailer Park a more active group. I thought that a Top 10 List of trailers released in 2008 might be an interesting start. The trailers that I have chosen are those elite few that have not only kept my attention but made me gush afterwards about how exciting the film will be once it is released. Not only that, but have sought them out on the internet or on my phone to watch again and share with friends. Here we go: Top 10 Trailers of 2008 10.) Zack and Miri Make a Porno - The title alone made this trailer a must see while cameos by Traci Lords and staples in the Askewniverse and Team Apatow got all the cool kids watching. 9.) The Dark Knight - Everyone was searching for this trailer months before its release due to the death of Heath Ledger. Fortunately the trailer did not disappoint and the film became one of the most profitable ever. 8.) Twilight - To many this trailer came and went, but to that subset of the populace obsessed with the novels, Twilight was THE trailer to watch over and over and over . . . . 7.) Australia - The stunning visuals along with a shirtless Hugh Jackman and stunning Nicole Kidman made this trailer one to talk about around the water cooler. Unfortunately many found the feature lacking. 6.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Pretty much a given. Either you're a fan or you're not, but you have to admit that the films keep getting better and better. Trailers included. 5.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The subject of the film eluded most until the first trailer showed us a diminutive old man that looked surprisingly like Brad Pitt and a gorgeous Cate Blanchett doing pirouettes in the moonlight. Sure enough this trailer did its job. 4.) Watchmen - When this trailer finally found its way onto the internet, ever geek went into ultra nerd mode and spent a good day dissecting the trailer to see that it matched the amazing graphic novel it is based on. The trailer has that great Smashing Pumpkins song playing and just enough is teased in front of our faces to make us buy our tickets to the first showing right now. 3.) He's Just Not That Into You - A huge ensemble cast for this flick but surprisingly the star power takes a back seat to the lesser-knowns in this cutesy rom-com trailer. 2.) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - After the horror that was X3, I was terrified by the thought of another X-Men movie being eviscerated by a faux-comic book loving screenwriter. But alas, the trailer looks accurate to the source material and the explosion of superheroes and villains just made me all giddy. 1.) Revolutionary Road - Utterly spellbinding, this trailer is its own magnificent short film. The combination of that haunting piano and the powerful Nina Simone rattle the viewer to the bone and make this trailer my best of 2008. So what trailers did you all like this past year? [/quote] I just saw the Revolutionary Road trailer over the weekend for the first time. Wow. it looks really intense. It does work as it's own short film is a lot of ways. Also, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer freaked me out a bit. I can't believe that movie is for kids.
]]>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:46:06 GMTcspragueTrailer Park1/13/2009 10:46:06 AM[quote user="mercurial"] After much neglect I am determined to make Trailer Park a more active group. I thought that a Top 10 List of trailers released in 2008 might be an interesting start. The trailers that I have chosen are those elite few that have not only kept my attention but made me gush afterwards about how exciting the film will be once it is released. Not only that, but have sought them out on the internet or on my phone to watch again and share with friends. Here we go: Top 10 Trailers of 2008 10.) Zack and Miri Make a Porno - The title alone made this trailer a must see while cameos by Traci Lords and staples in the Askewniverse and Team Apatow got all the cool kids watching. 9.) The Dark Knight - Everyone was searching for this trailer months before its release due to the death of Heath Ledger. Fortunately the trailer did not disappoint and the film became one of the most profitable ever. 8.) Twilight - To many this trailer came and went, but to that subset of the populace obsessed with the novels, Twilight was THE trailer to watch over and over and over . . . . 7.) Australia - The stunning visuals along with a shirtless Hugh Jackman and stunning Nicole Kidman made this trailer one to talk about around the water cooler. Unfortunately many found the feature lacking. 6.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Pretty much a given. Either you're a fan or you're not, but you have to admit that the films keep getting better and better. Trailers included. 5.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The subject of the film eluded most until the first trailer showed us a diminutive old man that looked surprisingly like Brad Pitt and a gorgeous Cate Blanchett doing pirouettes in the moonlight. Sure enough this trailer did its job. 4.) Watchmen - When this trailer finally found its way onto the internet, ever geek went into ultra nerd mode and spent a good day dissecting the trailer to see that it matched the amazing graphic novel it is based on. The trailer has that great Smashing Pumpkins song playing and just enough is teased in front of our faces to make us buy our tickets to the first showing right now. 3.) He's Just Not That Into You - A huge ensemble cast for this flick but surprisingly the star power takes a back seat to the lesser-knowns in this cutesy rom-com trailer. 2.) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - After the horror that was X3, I was terrified by the thought of another X-Men movie being eviscerated by a faux-comic book loving screenwriter. But alas, the trailer looks accurate to the source material and the explosion of superheroes and villains just made me all giddy. 1.) Revolutionary Road - Utterly spellbinding, this trailer is its own magnificent short film. The combination of that haunting piano and the powerful Nina Simone rattle the viewer to the bone and make this trailer my best of 2008. So what trailers did you all like this past year? [/quote] I just saw the Revolutionary Road trailer over the weekend for the first time. Wow. it looks really intense. It does work as it's own short film is a lot of ways. Also, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer freaked me out a bit. I can't believe that movie is for kids. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/1/9/39323.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Back in September, Kathryn Bigelow told SpoutBlog that there’s a misconception regarding the failure of movies dealing with the Iraq War because so far we’d really only seen dramatic films about soldiers coming home. We hadn’t exactly seen any war movies about the ongoing conflict. “I mean, war is inherently dramatic, look at Black Hawk Down,” she explained, picking a film released a year prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Now it should make more sense that she referenced that specific title, as a new international trailer for Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker almost makes this film appear to be Black Hawk Down reset in Iraq. There seems to be a lot of similarly chaotic action involving an ensemble of talented actors running around a war-torn metropolis. The main difference is all the stuff with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), which actually makes it potentially even more appealing to the action movie crowd, they who never tire of the “which wire do I cut?” cliches. So why are we only seeing an international trailer, with no domestic release date for The Hurt Locker in sight (Summit Entertainment’s 2009 preview only mentions a Spring opening)? Over at Vulture, they joke that Summit is too busy with the Twilight sequel to pay attention to the acclaimed and awarded The Hurt Locker, yet they also speculate that this movie could leap over the supposed Iraq War film hurdle due to its action-heavy plot. I think it could do more than be a breakthrough for the subject matter; it should appropriately blow away the hurdle. Then again, The Kingdom, which didn’t even mention or take place in Iraq, should have done the same thing. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:00:24 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/9/2009 3:00:24 PMBack in September, Kathryn Bigelow told SpoutBlog that there’s a misconception regarding the failure of movies dealing with the Iraq War because so far we’d really only seen dramatic films about soldiers coming home. We hadn’t exactly seen any war movies about the ongoing conflict. “I mean, war is inherently dramatic, look at Black Hawk Down,” she explained, picking a film released a year prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Now it should make more sense that she referenced that specific title, as a new international trailer for Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker almost makes this film appear to be Black Hawk Down reset in Iraq. There seems to be a lot of similarly chaotic action involving an ensemble of talented actors running around a war-torn metropolis. The main difference is all the stuff with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), which actually makes it potentially even more appealing to the action movie crowd, they who never tire of the “which wire do I cut?” cliches. So why are we only seeing an international trailer, with no domestic release date for The Hurt Locker in sight (Summit Entertainment’s 2009 preview only mentions a Spring opening)? Over at Vulture, they joke that Summit is too busy with the Twilight sequel to pay attention to the acclaimed and awarded The Hurt Locker, yet they also speculate that this movie could leap over the supposed Iraq War film hurdle due to its action-heavy plot. I think it could do more than be a breakthrough for the subject matter; it should appropriately blow away the hurdle. Then again, The Kingdom, which didn’t even mention or take place in Iraq, should have done the same thing. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Trailer_Park/Top_Trailers_of_2008/567/39174/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 1/6/2009 9:41:21 PM
Body: After much neglect I am determined to make Trailer Park a more active group. I thought that a Top 10 List of trailers released in 2008 might be an interesting start. The trailers that I have chosen are those elite few that have not only kept my attention but made me gush afterwards about how exciting the film will be once it is released. Not only that, but have sought them out on the internet or on my phone to watch again and share with friends. Here we go: Top 10 Trailers of 2008 10.) Zack and Miri Make a Porno - The title alone made this trailer a must see while cameos by Traci Lords and staples in the Askewniverse and Team Apatow got all the cool kids watching. 9.) The Dark Knight - Everyone was searching for this trailer months before its release due to the death of Heath Ledger. Fortunately the trailer did not disappoint and the film became one of the most profitable ever. 8.) Twilight - To many this trailer came and went, but to that subset of the populace obsessed with the novels, Twilight was THE trailer to watch over and over and over . . . . 7.) Australia - The stunning visuals along with a shirtless Hugh Jackman and stunning Nicole Kidman made this trailer one to talk about around the water cooler. Unfortunately many found the feature lacking. 6.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Pretty much a given. Either you're a fan or you're not, but you have to admit that the films keep getting better and better. Trailers included. 5.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The subject of the film eluded most until the first trailer showed us a diminutive old man that looked surprisingly like Brad Pitt and a gorgeous Cate Blanchett doing pirouettes in the moonlight. Sure enough this trailer did its job. 4.) Watchmen - When this trailer finally found its way onto the internet, ever geek went into ultra nerd mode and spent a good day dissecting the trailer to see that it matched the amazing graphic novel it is based on. The trailer has that great Smashing Pumpkins song playing and just enough is teased in front of our faces to make us buy our tickets to the first showing right now. 3.) He's Just Not That Into You - A huge ensemble cast for this flick but surprisingly the star power takes a back seat to the lesser-knowns in this cutesy rom-com trailer. 2.) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - After the horror that was X3, I was terrified by the thought of another X-Men movie being eviscerated by a faux-comic book loving screenwriter. But alas, the trailer looks accurate to the source material and the explosion of superheroes and villains just made me all giddy. 1.) Revolutionary Road - Utterly spellbinding, this trailer is its own magnificent short film. The combination of that haunting piano and the powerful Nina Simone rattle the viewer to the bone and make this trailer my best of 2008. So what trailers did you all like this past year?
]]>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:41:21 GMTmercurialTrailer Park1/6/2009 9:41:21 PMAfter much neglect I am determined to make Trailer Park a more active group. I thought that a Top 10 List of trailers released in 2008 might be an interesting start. The trailers that I have chosen are those elite few that have not only kept my attention but made me gush afterwards about how exciting the film will be once it is released. Not only that, but have sought them out on the internet or on my phone to watch again and share with friends. Here we go: Top 10 Trailers of 2008 10.) Zack and Miri Make a Porno - The title alone made this trailer a must see while cameos by Traci Lords and staples in the Askewniverse and Team Apatow got all the cool kids watching. 9.) The Dark Knight - Everyone was searching for this trailer months before its release due to the death of Heath Ledger. Fortunately the trailer did not disappoint and the film became one of the most profitable ever. 8.) Twilight - To many this trailer came and went, but to that subset of the populace obsessed with the novels, Twilight was THE trailer to watch over and over and over . . . . 7.) Australia - The stunning visuals along with a shirtless Hugh Jackman and stunning Nicole Kidman made this trailer one to talk about around the water cooler. Unfortunately many found the feature lacking. 6.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Pretty much a given. Either you're a fan or you're not, but you have to admit that the films keep getting better and better. Trailers included. 5.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The subject of the film eluded most until the first trailer showed us a diminutive old man that looked surprisingly like Brad Pitt and a gorgeous Cate Blanchett doing pirouettes in the moonlight. Sure enough this trailer did its job. 4.) Watchmen - When this trailer finally found its way onto the internet, ever geek went into ultra nerd mode and spent a good day dissecting the trailer to see that it matched the amazing graphic novel it is based on. The trailer has that great Smashing Pumpkins song playing and just enough is teased in front of our faces to make us buy our tickets to the first showing right now. 3.) He's Just Not That Into You - A huge ensemble cast for this flick but surprisingly the star power takes a back seat to the lesser-knowns in this cutesy rom-com trailer. 2.) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - After the horror that was X3, I was terrified by the thought of another X-Men movie being eviscerated by a faux-comic book loving screenwriter. But alas, the trailer looks accurate to the source material and the explosion of superheroes and villains just made me all giddy. 1.) Revolutionary Road - Utterly spellbinding, this trailer is its own magnificent short film. The combination of that haunting piano and the powerful Nina Simone rattle the viewer to the bone and make this trailer my best of 2008. So what trailers did you all like this past year? http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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