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Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 08-09-2002 05:33 PM

. . . for Full Frontal, which in its 2nd week gets moved to a double-up in Ian's arthouse.

Or you can see a real movie like xXx.

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Mike Spaeth
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1129
From: Marietta, GA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 08-09-2002 08:35 PM

Umm ... did I read Mike Schindler's post correctly? Did you really mention "Crossroads" as one of the year's best?

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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 08-09-2002 09:48 PM

Actually, I don't think you'll remember this years crap next year! There will be another round of crap out next year to keep everyone thinking why do they make this crap and that'l make last years crap leave your mind totally and let in the new crap. Oh crap! How much more can I take....?
Mark

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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 709
From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 08-10-2002 12:10 AM

What kind of nonsense is going on anyway?

...I received trailers for Jackass, and on the list of titles mentioned as 'appropriate' placements for the trailer I saw Scary Movie 3!

As if we needed another one of those.

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Darryl Spicer
Film God

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From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 08-10-2002 12:26 AM

Scary Movie 3!

From whos butt did they pull this one out of.

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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 709
From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 08-10-2002 12:28 AM

...I don't even want to know!

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Mike Schindler
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1039
From: Oak Park, IL, USA
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 08-10-2002 01:50 AM

Mike,
Yes, I do think that CROSSROADS is one of the year's best. It's a great movie. I don't think it'll make my top ten, but you never know... I actually just posted a review of it recently.

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Ken Layton
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1452
From: Olympia, Wash. USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 08-10-2002 05:50 PM

Boy, it seems as if Hollywood is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for movies these days!

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Michael Gonzalez
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 790
From: Grand Island , NE USA
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 08-10-2002 08:46 PM

In the somewhat defense of the Scary Movie franchise (Ha), They make money period. They are very cheaply made around 20 - 30 million so they don't have to sell many tickets to be profitable. The Blair Witch syndrome.

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Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"

Posts: 4247
From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 08-11-2002 01:33 AM

Despite the fact that I am not usually a fan of Robin Williams (unless he's doing stand-up) I still have high hopes for ONE HOUR PHOTO.

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Peter Kerchinsky
Master Film Handler

Posts: 326
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 08-11-2002 04:16 AM

Brad and all-
I watched part of xXx today since this was my first day back at work and I agree with Brad. This movie is a huge, high class special effects, DUD.
I think we've seen this all in the prologues to the latest round of James Bond films.
By the way, where did this yo-yo Vin Diesel come from? This guy is more wooden than Chuck Norris and Charlton Heston combined.
You can't really tell me his real name is Vin Diesel.
No wonder our customers stayed away from this bomb. We did not do anything close to what they expected. We had it on two screens.
Night.

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Rachel Gilardi
Madam Moderator

Posts: 2214
From: Peabody, MA, USA
Registered: Dec 2007

posted 08-11-2002 04:35 AM

Sure Brad,
I'll fly all the way to Texas just to screen xXx² (squared)...that is what they are planning on calling the sequel. From what I hear, they plan on making three...

xXx
xXx² (squared)
xXx3 (cubed)

Hope I got the right info.

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Ron Lacheur
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 650
From: British Columbia, Canada
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 08-11-2002 03:08 PM

Peter,

Vin Diesel's real name is Mark Vincent.

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 08-11-2002 09:16 PM

Diesel's real name still sounds like something from the credits of a porn tape.

"Episode II" four stars? It was okay, but certainly not great. The superfast way it disappeared from the theaters (this goes for "Spiderman" as well) is testament enough the movie rated more a two and a half star rating rather than four. "Minority Report" is the only new movie I've seen this summer that I really liked and want to see it again. I haven't had a chance to see "Insomnia" yet, but will just have to wait for the DVD since only the crappy theaters in my area carried it.

It has been a long time since I have seen a truly great film. I can't specifically remember the last time I saw a film that left me with that great movie "high". When you've seen a film that really staggers you, you're sorry the film is over and you can't wait to watch it again.

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Peter Kerchinsky
Master Film Handler

Posts: 326
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 08-12-2002 04:20 AM

Thanks for the "real" name.
Do you suppose he's any relation of another wooden actor Jan Michael Vincent?
By the way, I caught the "James Bond" type end credits of xXx tonight, MTV style. What a joke!
Must be a BIG generation gap here, right?

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