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Trade Roughage 12/26/07

Under discussion:
Con Air (1997)
I Am Legend (2007)
Ratatouille (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
Twilight (2008)

Under discussion:

Con Air (1997)

I Am Legend (2007)

Ratatouille (2007)

Enchanted (2007)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

Twilight (2008)

Over the weekend, a few??critic groups??united in naming No Country for Old Men the best??movie of 2007.??St. Louis, Utah and Florida all love the Coen Bros. movie, as well as Ellen Page, Amy Ryan,??Daniel Day-Lewis and Ratatouille. They managed to mix it up a little bit, though, so as not to be completely identical/redundant/unnecessary. I’d give the most hugs to the gang in Utah for honoring The King of Kong if only they hadn’t disappointed me with their choice for best actress runner-up: Amy Adams. If I was booked to attend that little film festival of theirs next month, I’d totally change my mind and boycott. People just don’t know the lengths I’ll go to complain about this Enchanted kudos crap.
Not surprisingly, National Treasure: Book of Secrets topped the holiday weekend box office with $65 million. I would have gone to see it, but instead I hung out at JFK airport for hours on end Sunday night and watched parts of Con Air on my iPod. I’ve decided that Nic Cage is a lot better suited for the small-small screen. Too bad such a strong opening means he won’t be making direct-to-iPod movies any time soon.??
Perhaps??this is??a sign that studios will stop trying to??find “the next Harry Potter franchise” and begin trying to find “the next I Am Legend.”: Potter actor Robert Pattinson (”Cedric Diggory”) will star opposite Kristen??Stewart in Catherine Hardwicke’s teen vampire flick, Twilight. Too bad the Hollywood Reporter already gave us this story two weeks ago; too bad vampire movies have already been a monstrous trend in Hollywood; and too bad studios will never stop looking for “the next Harry Potter franchise.”