Weekend Forecast: 4/4/08
By Craig Kennedy - April 3rd, 2008; 12:01 am
“May the good lord shine a light on you;
Make every song your favorite tune.
May the good lord shine a light on you;
Warm like the evening sun.”
Shine a Light - The Rolling Stones
It’s time once again to take a look at the week’s new releases.
Here’s what’s opening wide:
- Leatherheads. George Clooney directs himself in a kind of 1920s Bull Durham with football instead of baseball. Facing the demise of his team, Clooney recruits college all-star/war hero John Krasinski in an effort to juice attendance and turn his team into a winner. Reporter Renée Zellweger smells a rat and investigates Krasinski’s past. Naturally Clooney and Krasinski both fall for her. Calculated to appeal to men and women, Leatherheads has an early screwball comedy vibe. If it gets the tone right, it could be good. If it doesn’t…
- Nim’s Island. Based on a children’s book by Wendy Orr, this is a family adventure about a little girl (Abigail Breslin) living on a tropical island with her scientist father. When dad turns up missing, she enlists the help of Jodie Foster who is the author of her favorite adventure stories. Or something. (sound of crickets chirping)
- The Ruins. Here’s a little free advice from LiC: if you’re vacationing in Cancun and a friendly German tourist asks you to help him search the jungle for his missing brother, don’t do it. Pretty soon you’ll be trapped in a haunted Mayan temple and, before you know it, weird crap will start crawling around underneath everyone’s skin. I am not shitting you. Based on a novel by Scott Smith, the author of A Simple Plan and starring Jena Malone (Into the Wild, Pride & Prejudice).
Opening in enough theaters for you to probably see it if you really want, but not exactly wide:
- Shine a Light. Take the band I’ve loved since the 5th grade, film them with a cadre of world class cinematographers, put one of my favorite directors in charge and throw it all up on a giant IMAX screen. It should be a slam dunk, right? Yeah, I don’t know. I’m nervous. There’s a little voice in my head that keeps saying The Rolling Stones haven’t been relevant since Some Girls came out and not even Martin Scorsese can make it otherwise. Still, I kind of have to see this, right? Also opening on regular screens, but unreliable sources (i.e. Jeff Wells) suggest the IMAX version is pretty cool.
And the limited releases:
- The Flight of the Red Balloon. Juliette Binoche stars in Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s French-language homage to and expansion of Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 short that we all watched 37 times in grade school. I was oddly captivated by Hsiao-Hsien’s beautiful but inscrutable Three Times and I love Juliette Binoche so I guess I’m seeing this despite reservations expressed by Hedwig and Paul in the 3/24 Watercooler thread. Hsiao-Hsien is difficult to capsulize so I’m going to save myself the trouble. There are puppets though.
- Meet Bill (wide 5/9). On paper, I kind of hate this movie. I even hate the title. It all sounds like something we’ve seen 100 times before. Aaron Eckhart is leading a life of quiet desperation at a dead-end job, blah blah blah, wife (Elizabeth Banks) is cheating on him, yadda yadda yadda, learns to overcome his inhibitions and live life with the help of a beautiful young woman (Jessica Alba), thwappa thwappa thwappa. I like Eckhart and I like Banks, but I’m not feeling drawn to this one at all.
- My Blueberry Nights. Word has not been positive about Wong Kar-Wai’s first English language feature, but come on. It’s Wong Kar-Wai. He’s earned the benefit of a doubt. What’s it about? I don’t know and I don’t care, but it’s got Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn.
- Sex and Death 101. Hollywood hasn’t been very kind to writer/director Daniel Waters or Winona Ryder since they worked together on the terrific Heathers in 1989. Ryder’s run lasted longer, but it flamed out much more publicly. Well, they’re both back. Simon Baker plays a ladies man just about to settle down with the girl of his dreams when he receives a mysterious email listing all the women he’s ever slept with. The funny thing about the list is that it also has everyone he’s going to sleep with. The worst part is there are 101 names in all and future wife is only #39. Comedy ensues.
- Tuya’s Marriage. This film from Wang Quan’an (Lunar Eclipse) won the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival. Tuya’s husband is an invalid and when she herself becomes disabled, the couple agrees to divorce so she can remarry and the new husband will be able to care for them both. (sound of crickets dancing to Waltzing Matilda)
Opening in New York.
- Jellyfish (LA 4/25). Winner of the Camera d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, this well regarded Israeli ensemble comedy/drama tells the intersecting stories of three different Tel Aviv women: a waitress who finds an abandoned child at the beach, a bride who breaks her leg at the wedding reception and a housekeeper from the Philippines who doesn’t speak Hebrew.
- Water Lilies. Three 15-year-old girls on a synchronized swimming team living in the Paris suburbs. There is the pretty one, the chubby one and the tomboy. Both Paul and Alison have said it’s worth checking out.
Opening in Los Angeles.
- Jack and Jill vs. the World. Taryn Manning who was in Hustle & Flow and Freddy Prinze, Jr. who was in Sarah Michelle Gellar star as Jill and Jack. Some kind of romantic comedy. I’ve already lost interest.
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Wide releases are always so lame….but I kinda want to see Leatherheads and Nim’s Island. Just for fun.
I am going to try my best to see Shine a Light, but I am keeping my mouth shut because last week my plans to see it fell through.
Still want to see Flight of the Red Balloon, My Blueberry Nights and that Sex thing {Winona/Wino Forever}. There are a lot there that I actually want to see.
Leatherheads and Blueberry Nights for sure are must-sees. I’m not a Wong completist but he’s earned the right to have an English-language mess, and the cinematography and music alone will be worth seeing. Right?
Otherwise, The Ruins is probably the only other one I’m seeing for sure, for better or worse.
SHINE A LIGHT is surely a must to see, what with Martin Scorsese’s involvement.
Alison made a strong recommendation with WATER LILIES, so that’s also a must, and my personal choice is THE FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON, both for the pre-eminence of it’s director, and for it’s indebtedness to that beloved and adored French classic by Albert Lamorisee. This spells for a very good week for film releases, but I don’t have Saturady night available, as I have tickets for a Broadway show, but I must try and work in stuff in the other slots if possible.
and when you add MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (Craig is right to question any suppositions in regards to the great Kar-Wei) and JELLYFISH to the mix, both which would seem to be must-sees, I think we can safely say that this weekend is teh best so far cinematically of 2008, not that there has been much competition.
Andrew Sarris is going bonkers over SHINE A LIGHT, and the first set of responses have been largely quite favorable.
I’ve seen “My Blueberry Nights” and I must say I was hugely disappointed. It’s beautifully shot and David Strathairn is great, but otherwise it’s just aimless and strangely devoid of feeling. Sad considering how great Wong Kar Wai’s films usually are.
If I find myself at the multiplex, I may catch Leatherheads and The Ruins together. Otherwise, I’ll be catching Shine a Light in IMAX and My Blueberry Nights wherever it happens to be playing.
Jeff put it succinctly: “the cinematography and music alone will be worth seeing. Right?” Right.
I’ll have to wait on Jellyfish and Water Lillies and I can’t tell if Red Balloon is even playing here yet.
“Freddy Prinze, Jr. who was in Sarah Michelle Gellar.” (heh heh) And that remains the only note-worthy thing he has ever done.
Yeah, Leatherheads is opening here but I’m still catching up on good stuff everyone else here has seen. Shine a Light is playing one IMAX Mall multiplex 30 minutes out of town…and I’m trying to find a good motivation to see it. I heart the Stones, I heart Scorsese…but I’m just not a big fan of concert films.
The Ruins is a terrifying novel, I hope they did it at least some justice, if they did it could be the horror film of the year. I’m doubting it though, even though the trailer is effective.
I want to see Shine a Light too, though it doesn’t appear to be the Last Waltzian examination of the Stones that I would hope.
Am I the only person pretty positive about My Blueberry Nights? Imperfect, yes. But a lot deeper than most of the junk I see weekly.
I was disappointed by Leatherheads and I haven’t even seen it yet. I’ll confirm in a few days. I would give Blueberry, Red Balloon and Shine a Light their due time. I doubt I’ll get Water Lilies anytime soon, but that would be a definite. Word up to Craig’s description of Meet Bill. I skipped a screening of it a couple weeks ago and have slept soundly since, believe it or not.
I haven’t read the book, but A Simple Plan is one of my favorite movies. Ever. Sometimes I think of it as the Coen brother’s film that isn’t. If all of Smith’s books translate to the screen that well, The Ruins would have potential, but having seen the preview a few months ago I’m kind of suspicious. Seemed like a lot of bug crawling and visual tricks. Plus, I’m a wuss.
I’d see Nim’s Island if I had kids. Does that mean I want to see it? Uh…I’ll be interested to hear if Sam makes it with his crew.
Well, as always I prefer to be mysterious. If I’m going to review stuff then I think it’s better if it’s a surprise.
Anyone that visits my site will find out…what I’ve been doing after the fact.
Unless, of course, someone begs me for details in private.
Well, I’m going to try to catch Aleksandra this weekend, highly recommended by Sam in this week’s Water Cooler. And I do have an interest in both The Flight of the Red Balloon and My Blueberry Nights, despite the mixed reactions. I’ve heard great things about Jellyfish, too. Another one to add to the must-see list.
Nim’s Island looks like it might be a cute kids’ movie, but I was sad to see Jodie Foster in it. I’m really hoping that she’ll get a juicy role in a good film again. But I guess work is work.
Leatherheads looks like it could be fun, and I do like the Cloonster, but it’s not first on my list.
I share your trepidation about Shine a Light, Craig, but will probably end up seeing it just because I love the Stones and Scorsese.
As for everything else, I can wait.
And just as an aside: sounds like the folks in The Ruins have River Blindness (also known as Onchocerciasis). Yeah, you’re thrilled to know that. I’m on top of all the tropical diseases that you can pick up while in Brazil (I had to get a yellow fever vaccination because there was an outbreak in the area where I was going to be that year).
I’m glad to hear that KB. I’m kind of going in prepared for the worst, but hoping for the best. If it lands somewhere in the middle, I’ll be happy.
hahah Daniel, how can you be already disappointed with Leatherheads? I’m not saying you’re wrong, just curious about your methods.
As for The Ruins, Smith adapted his own novel so maybe that’s a positive. That’s not to say they stuck to the script, but still.
“I want to see Shine a Light too, though it doesn’t appear to be the Last Waltzian examination of the Stones that I would hope.” that’s one of my issues too.
What the crap is river blindness? Does it involve bugs crawling around under your skin?
Also, Alexandra finally opens in LA next weekend at the Nuart where it will play for one week.
What the crap is river blindness? Does it involve bugs crawling around under your skin?
In a word, Craig, yes. I won’t go into detail about it. It’s really pretty gruesome.
I’m not really digging this whole concert movie trend. Especially with bands that I hate.
The Grand and The Year My Parents Went On Vacation open at Kendall in Boston this week. I definitely need to see The Grand but The Counterfeiters is still playing and I haven’t been able to catch that yet so… I’m really getting behind.
Nim’s Island and Leatherheads open at the theater I work at this week. I’ll screen Leatherheads tonight and maybe watch Nim’s Island later on. I don’t have a real interest in either other than casting. I look forward to seeing John Krasinski from The Office in a movie, although it looks like he might be playing the same character (surprise, surprise). And I’ll always give Jodie Foster the benefit of the doubt, even after The Brave One.
Oh, how could I forget The Ruins. I’m actually looking forward to this. I think it looks like i could be legitimately scary. Probably not as scary as Ils (Them) which I just received from Netflix today. I’m quite excited to see this. I’ve heard so much about it.
My Blueberry Nights… Saw it back in 2007, and as big of a Wong Kar-Wai fan as I am (just saw Fallen Angels the other night again–wow, what a film!)–I think he’s one of the preeminent directors alive today, and the most vibrantly romantic filmmaker the world has got, but My Blueberry Nights is definitely his “mess.” As I wrote way back around New Year’s, I wouldn’t describe it as “bad”–I doubt he’s capable of making an outright “bad” film–but it’s easily his slightest accomplishment. Some, I fear, will say that it proves that most of his films are junk with inane dialogue made better by having to read it onscreen rather than actually hear it. I don’t think so at all.
It’s a sad day when I feel just about exactly the way Jeff Wells feels about a film when he’s not madly in love with it.
Got to see Flight of the Red Balloon. Somehow I’ve really cooled off on Leatherheads, which I was actually looking forward to some months back. Now I feel like my spidey senses tell me it’s a stinker. (Well, my spidey senses coupled with the wave of bad reviews.) Coming fresh off of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, I almost feel like I’ve done my part for the benefit of screwball comedies by seeing a decent one and I have this queasy feeling that Leatherheads is going to let me down. Maybe it’s going to actually fall into that small camp of films that I actually wait for on DVD.
I’m sort of with Joel. Usually the match-up of The Stones and Scorsese would be naturally irresistible but seeing it on IMAX means I’m going to have to go into San Francisco for it… I’m thinking about seeing West Side Story this weekend at the Castro…
Jellyfish sounds like a sure bet and I like how honest it seems to be about Israeli society, with the huge population of workers from the Philippines who don’t speak Hebrew.
Eh, I cannot survive on springtime art-house films alone. As much crap as is released in the summertime, I’m just about ready for at least one or two big tentpole releases to make me at least slightly enamored with the concept of studio-driven hype and mega-profits derived from a single film. At least a year ago at this time we had Grindhouse!
I’ll be curious to see what you think of The Grand, Justin. I liked it a lot, but I see on Rotten Tomatoes it’s getting clobbered by critics.
Alexander, I hate agreeing with Wells, for that reason alone I’m going to do my best to love MBN. Though I have to say right up front I do hate the title.
I also hate to admit I’m about ready for a good tentpole. Batman or Iron Man maybe. WALL-E for sure. It’s not that there have been too many arthouse films, but most of my trips outside the arthouse have been depressingly disappointing.
Alison. So I assumed The Ruins was more supernatural. It sounds like it’s more real-ish. That kind of ups its potential in my book.
“It’s not that there have been too many arthouse films, but most of my trips outside the arthouse have been depressingly disappointing.”
True. I even was disappointed in the arthouse since Flawless played in the Christopher B. Smith Theatre in San Rafael (San Rafael’s arthouse).
I know, Craig…. I wanted to stick it to the critics of My Blueberry Nights. It’s not a disaster. But it is sort of a mess. I’m not sure where Wong Kar-Wai could have gone after the masterful 2046. Hopefully this was just cleansing the palette.
I think Hollywood is run by evil geniuses. They even get “cineastes” or whatever (how ’bout just cinema junkies?) excited and antsy about summertime movies by putting them all together in a three-month span, so that by the time those films that we’ve been sort of looking forward to finally arrive, we’re genuinely hungry for them. It’s working particularly this year for me for the first time since the summer of ‘05. The summers of ‘06 and ‘07 (in terms of “tentpoles,” at least) were depressingly bleak and I was never interested in either summer season of films in those years.
Well, I could be wrong, Craig, and it may be a supernatural phenomenom that the writer based on his knowledge of River Blindness. But you did say that the bugs were crawling under their skin.
I most likely won’t be seeing it in the theater. Or even on DVD probably.
The menace of The Ruins is, as far as I know, something that can’t happen in real life, I hope at least. It’s not realyl supernatural either though. I read the book not knowing exactly what it was about (the writer of A Simple Plan was all I needed to know) and found the best misdirection I’ve encountered in the genre in years.
You’ve got me curious now Chuck, you evil bastard.
I guess there’s nothing left but for me to see MBN Alexander. I’m hoping it will be like the last Wim Wenders movie, Don’t Come Knocking. Critics trashed it and it turned out to be one of my favorite movies of the year.
@ Alexander: I’m curious what you’ll think about Flight of the Red Balloon. I thought it was rather underwhelming, but I can imagine someone else might just love it.
Opening here this week: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (which I gave a probably too harsh 2.5 star review, I disagreed with all the praise heaped on it and might have gone too far in the opposite direction), the Eye (I’ll pass), Import/Export (prolly worth seeing, but too depressing for me), and…that;s it. If you happen to be in the Netherlands, I’d recommend catching up on some of the older release that are still playing (I’m Not There, the Darjeeling Limited, Margot at the Wedding, The Band’s Visit, Naissance Des Pieuvres/Water Lilies etc.) instead.
Water Lilies is really an astounding debut though… I hope you manage to catch it, Craig. And I’ll try to get my ass in gear and write a proper review in English soon.
Flight of the Red Balloon is pretty great. It’s very subtle (like all Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s films) and quietly moving. And Binoche is great. Maybe a bit too long, but still. It’s definitely worth seeing.
I’m excited for Shine a Light, My Blueberry Nights (love Wong Kar Wai) and Leatherheads.
Good luck to all those enthusiastic about seeing Leatherheads. The trailer looked dreadful - unfunny and straining for elusive screwball magic. The Rotten Tomatoes 36% from 22 reviews has done nothing to dispel my skepticism.
Good to see Hedwig has returned after being suddenly interrupted.
Ditto the Rolling Stones sentiment, unfortunately. But didn’t Scorsese catch The Band at the tail end of their relevancy in The Last Waltz? I sprang for the Stones Best Buy concert DVD a few years ago as a gift to my mom, and it was only watched once. In my humble opinion, as a 20-year-old fan, the Stones suffered a sharp decline after Sticky Fingers and have never fully recovered. I can’t bear to listen to their mid-70s flailings like “It’s Only Rock and Roll” or “Shattered.”
The only film I’m interested in seeing from this week My Blueberry Nights, but I’ll probably have to wait until DVD. Ry Cooder, Rachel Weisz, and Darius Khondji (and, okay, Norah Jones, I admit it) make that film irresistible. WKW isn’t known for substance or reality, so why trash his films for being beautiful and overly-romantic? It comes with the territory.
Hedwig, you’re back! We were worried!
I agree with you completely about Water Lilies. What a stunning debut for Sciamma.
Not to split hairs W.J. (I agree with the general sentiment) but Exile On Main Street came out after Sticky Fingers and that’s a masterwork.
Pre-1980’s Stones were fine. After that they sort of went down the tubes. But I can’t be too hard on them, as they gave us the likes of Jumping Jack Flash, Monkey Man and Sympathy for the Devil.
I stand corrected, Chuck. Though, to be honest, I don’t enjoy or listen to Exile on Main Street nearly as much as their earlier albums.
Maybe it’s just me but I thought A Bigger Bang was by far their best album since Some Girls. Okay. Maybe since Tattoo You.
Anyway, it was kind of a return to form, if at times a little unfocused.
Most of their stuff between the very early ’80s and their last album, though, is kind of embarrassing.
Goats Head Soup is their last truly great album in my opinion, and that was thirty-five years ago.
As you can see, I’m a Stones fan and almost an apologist, but there’s no question they aren’t what they once were and they haven’t been for a long time, at least when it comes to new material. Their live show is still a good deal of fun, even if they kind of go into autopilot when they’re performing songs because they have to. By the time Jagger dances around to Satisfaction at the end for the ten zillionth time, there’s a bit of a deflated feeling in the air.
It’s interesting that Keith Richards just recently said he doesn’t do hard drugs anymore, just weed, which makes sense because my dad says that when he saw them twice, once in 1969 in Oakland and the other time in 1972 in Mobile, Richards was jumping around like a nutcase. Now he looks like he’s almost sleeping while he plays.
I LOVE Goats Head Soup, “Winter” is one of my favorite Stones songs.
I bought A Bigger Bang, listened to it, but dont remember what I think of it, I should get it out before catching to flick.
Jesus….coen comparisons, stones comparisons…
You people are killing me forcing me to pick my favorites. What is this, Sophie’s choice all the sudden? I want to keep them all!
Most Underrated Stones Album: Their Satanic Majesties Request.
One of the best four album stretches in rock and roll history: Beggar’s Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St.
Worst Stones Studio Album: Trick question. No such thing. Sucker. Even Emotional Rescue and Dirty Work have their moments. Some of their official live stuff is pretty weak though.
A Bigger Bang. Listened to it a couple of times, sounded pretty much like everything since Steel Wheels and never listened to it again.
The 70s. Goats Head, It’s Only Rock and Roll and Black and Blue are perfect encapsulations of the lazy-hazy 70s and they’re a terrific set-up for the sucker punch of Some Girls. The song It’s Only Rock and Roll is one of my least favorite of their popular rockers, but every song on that album after it is solid.
“One of the best four album stretches in rock and roll history: Beggar’s Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St.”
I agree Craig, other great four album stretches for me include Radiohead (The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac), Led Zeppelin (first 4 albums), and Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall). Few artists can sustain a high level over 4 consecutive albums.
Ooh, really glad you mention both Led Zep and Pink Floyd, sartre. Two examples of excellent four-album stretches.
Craig, I agree about Beggar’s Banquet. That album is so underrated it hurts to think about it. It and Goats Head Soup may be my absolute favorites, honestly.
It jumpstarts one of the great multi-album runs ever, as you point out, though as I say, I think I’d give them five in a row, with Beggar’s Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St. and Goats Head Soup.
A Bigger Bang. Admittedly, some of the real rockers are repetitive. It’s actually the ballads that shine on that one the most. Streets of Love in particular I find quite haunting. It helps that they performed it live in Phoenix when I saw them and it was even better than the recording.
Led Zeppelin was awesome for their first four albums. Somehow I can barely listen to anything they did after those. And those four albums by Pink Floyd are all tremendous as well, sartre.
I still like Led Zep’s Houses of the Holy.
And I’m a big fan of Physical Graffiti.
Hehe, didn’t know my “return” would occasion such joy, wasn’t even aware, really, of being away ;-) But true, I’ve been rather pre-occupied with studies of late, and procrastinating less.
I wish I could join the discussion on the Stones…but I’m more a Beatles person myself. Which reminds me: I should really watch Across the Universe. That discussion hasn’t been conducted in at least three whole posts ;-)
It was your cryptic and abruptly cut-off comment in the Defacing thread that had us speculating.
Oh oh, I want to play too. Those are some great four-album progressions, folks. I concur. I’m an 80’s kid, so I’d offer The Cure’s Three Imaginary Boys, Faith, Seventeen Seconds, and Pornography. From punk to goth in 4 albums flat.
But then me being from Seattle, I’d also offer Nirvana’s Bleach, Nevermind, Incesticide, and In Utero. Incesticide isn’t an album per say; a collection of b-sides and rarities but it’s still got a lot of great stuff on it. Course I guess that’s kind of cheating.
Do the Cure and Nirvana really stand up to the Stones, Floyd, and Zeppelin? I don’t know.
Radiohead was an excellent choice, sartre.
REM: Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, Life’s Rich Pageant, and Document.
Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues, Little Creatures, True Stories, Naked
OK, I’m stopping now.
Joel, I’m with you on REM, and mostly when it comes to Nirvana, The Cure, and Talking Heads. I saw the Stop Making Sense concert - one of the best live music experiences ever.
Nirvana ranks up there in my opinion - brilliant and seminal. And The Cure comes close.
It’s hard not to include the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper through to The White Album.
Oh, so that DID post? I tried to revise it, and then it kept saying “unable to save comment”.
Sorry….
I can’t even watch The Ruins promos without getting a little gaggy. Big bugs under skin so gross. I’m still completely creeped out by that ear thing in Wrath of Khan. Ugh. Not my thing.
I also got a bad case of vertigo trying to climb down some Mayan ruins a few years ago, so it’s just striking out on both counts for me.
I’m such a wuss.
I think it’ll be a DVD weekend here, as the dearth of good movies at the local cineplex is nicely correllated to the dearth of funds in the jennybee bank account at the moment. We’ve got Lust, Caution, and maybe In the Shadow of the Moon if it gets here in time. Plus, we borrowed a few Almodovar movies from a friend.
I’d like to see Shine a Light. I’m kind of a nimrod when it comes to popular music. I kinda know what The Rolling Stones sound like and can identify a few songs, but I’ve never been “into” them. They’ve just always been around, doing their rockstar thing. Somehow I just missed the Rolling Stones Fan Club initiation meeting, so maybe seeing the documentary will make me a fan and can finally relate to the rest of America. Plus, it’s Scorsese. And U2 3D got me psyched for concert films in the theater. I’ve only watched them on TV/DVD before now.
Red Balloon, Blueberry Nights, Water Lillies and Jellyfish all pique my interest, though it’ll be quite a while before they show within 200 miles of me. I’ll see Leatherheads on DVD, most likely, or on cable. I don’t think it’s a must-see theater experience, though I’m hopeful it’s decent enough.
“I’m still completely creeped out by that ear thing in Wrath of Khan” ahahhahah. That was good. Don’t worry Jennybee, you are among wuss-kind around here. I’m somewhere in the middle. FYI, don’t see Bug.
I really do not understand why Scorcese would want to do an imax Stones concert film. Or maybe I do and it will represent a new way of looking at them, but frankly, I’d rather watch COCKSUCKER BLUES in grainy 3-D.
To a point Christian, I’ve shared your skepticism, but I think he’s approaching it as a hard core fan. Sure, it would’ve been amazing to capture them 35 or 40 years ago…
I stopped going to their shows and I’ve never bothered to see a movie in IMAX before, so maybe it’ll be fun. Maybe I’ll smoke some weed out of a beer can in the Universal City parking lot beforeand.
It is funny because it is still only being released as “not a IMAX” film in SA. It is only showing in IMAX at one venue, and that is where I saw it. I think it might still be okay on a normal screen, it is not that visually amazing. When they say “Shine a Light” they shine hundreds.