Comments on: Weekend Forecast: 4/18/08

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:50:53 +0000

sartre, you so naughty. Yes, I know it’s not my usual impeccable English but I’m up late or down early. Or something remotely resembling that.

Craig is my good friend. He has helped me so much and he’s always there when the chips are down.

Reminds me of a little incident that I witnessed some years ago in a local drugstore. A young mother was attempting to drag her tiny daughter out of the toy aisle. Obviously, the poor woman had neither the time nor the money to lavish on her angelic little blonde. The mother insisted that they leave. But the child was determined.

She wanted that doll…and if she wasn’t going to get it (THAT PARTICULAR DAY) she was definitely going to make a statement. Just before her parent forcefully took her by the hand to make her way to the exit, the girl picked up the porcelain figurine in the box and hugged it. Then, she remarked in a very clear, precise voice, “I LOVE HER AND YOU CAN’T STOP ME LOVING HER.”

That’s how I feel about my Craig, sartre. Resistance is futile.

By: joel

joel — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:16:17 +0000

I saw the trailer for Zombie Strippers yesterday and I applaud it for carrying the mantel of Grindhouse into the new year, but I kinda wish it had been made as a serious zombie movie that ended up being laugh-out-loud silly rather than a tongue-ripping-through-the-cheek spoof.

I’m convinced it will deliver the goods for anyone curious to see it though. Jenna Jameson’s acting should be worth the admission price alone.

As for Forbidden Kingdom, Wax on, wax off, PJ. I’m sorry it wasn’t fun for you. I had a bad feeling about this one from the start but I was hoping it was going to be at least mildly entertaining.

By: sartre

sartre — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:27:59 +0000

“Craig darling, you are most definitely NOT retarded.”

I wish that were true Miranda. Craig, nicknamed Bilo, has very small head but is strong in arm. They have to keep him and his laptop in cage. Take care to never tease him.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:38:21 +0000

Heh heh, I might see it this morning as part of my weekend 3-for-1 multiplex package…

Maybe.

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:10:43 +0000

I WANT ZOMBIE STRIPPERS! You know I do!
But seriously, stay away from Forbidden Kingdom. I could kick myself for maying to see that junk tonight. KArate kid meets neverending story…with some martial arts mixed in? Ugh, it was torture.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:50:14 +0000

They miss out on a lot of good stuff. Last night for example they could’ve met Roger Corman in person which was pretty cool I must say. He’s old, but he’s still sharp with an excellent and specific power of recall.
It was nice to see him get such a warm reaction from the crowd, though the crowd should’ve been bigger even for a midweek movie.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:25:19 +0000

“Get more out of life. Go out to a movie!”

Those, my friends, are the wisest words I’ve heard in a long time. What does the rest of the general public do without movies?

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:40:31 +0000

I’m a little slow sometimes Miranda…especially lately. Thank you for clarifying.

Glad 88 Minutes didn’t make you want to gouge your eyes out Matthew.

Jeffmcm. “‘he really liked how Jason Reitman and the actors got your script to work” ahahahha.

By: Sam Juliano

Sam Juliano — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:56:03 +0000

I like it a bit less than you Matthew (a perfect screener has been floating around for six weeks now, and I secured one) but your review is most excellent, and I am definitely on the same wave length with you.

Bad release weekend for sure, I will be catching up with stuff like BLUEBERRY NIGHTS.

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:52:55 +0000

Craig darling, you are most definitely NOT retarded. Don’t most people reference the post directly above them, the last thing they said OR the last comment the other person made?

Just to make it simple for you I’ll be direct and not toy with you. This time.

My “two straws” comment was in reference to your chocolate milk assertion – which was in response to mine.

Guess we’re clear. Hope you can sleep tonight…

By: Matthew Lucas

Matthew Lucas — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:27:29 +0000

Saw “88 Minutes,” it’s extremely silly but nowhere near the disaster that I was expecting…probably because Pacino elevates everything he is in. Otherwise it would have been complete rubbish. He’s the only good thing about the movie, which kept my opinion of the movie at mild dislike instead of extreme loathing.

Review is here: http://fromthefrontrow.blogspot.com/2008/04/review-88-minutes.html

By: K. Bowen

K. Bowen — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:16:20 +0000

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is an outright stalker fantasy.

By: joel

joel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:23:57 +0000

Heh heh…that was pretty funny, Jeff, and I’m practically a Juno apologist on this site, all things considered.

By: jeffmcm

jeffmcm — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:09:55 +0000

You could do it with me, except to be honest you’d have to say ‘he really liked how Jason Reitman and the actors got your script to work.”

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:17:41 +0000

That would be kind of awesome….if it wasn’t happening to me

By: christian

christian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:10:03 +0000

I’ll be there tonight, Craig. I’ll introduce you to Diablo and say, “By the way, he didn’t like your movie. I’ll be right back.”

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:57:02 +0000

Agreed that the first half of Sicko was pretty great.

Miranda, are you speaking in code or am I just more retarded than I thought?

By: jeffmcm

jeffmcm — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:08:17 +0000

And your point is taken too – the end of the movie, where he hauls people to Cuba, kind of spoils what’s come ahead of it.

By: joel

joel — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:05:38 +0000

Point taken, Jeff.

By: jeffmcm

jeffmcm — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:00:00 +0000

Well like I said, I think the first half of Sicko, the half where he doesn’t do any grandstanding but just lets people tell their stories about the health care industry, shows him to still be that sympathetic fighter-for-causes that he should be.

By: joel

joel — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:22:05 +0000

Jeff, I agree about Roger & Me, but the Michael Moore of today is so far removed from the Michael Moore of then that it’s almost like he’s two different people. He seems to really enjoy the limelight of his celebrity more than he does his responsibility as a documentary filmmaker, rabble-rouser, whatever, to offer an insightful or meaningful commentary. I’ve given up on Moore offering anything entirely factual a long time ago.

I think Michael Moore has come dangerously close in the last five years of co-opting the tactics of the far right and by doing so, he’s bringing himself and his work down to their level. He may not be as rude as the Bill O’Reillys of the world, but I don’t think he’s helping to further his causes anymore either.

By: Matthew Lucas

Matthew Lucas — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:21:31 +0000

I LOVE Morgan Spurlock, so I can’t wait to see “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden.”

If it’s Spurlock, I’m there.

By: Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:59:28 +0000

“Please wait for DVD for Zombie Strippers…”

…because if ever there were a good reason for an uncut hardcore NC-17 DVD version, this movie is begging for it.

By: jeffmcm

jeffmcm — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:54:25 +0000

Because I think that Michael Moore actually is, more often than not, genuinely interested in the issues he explores. Yes, in recent years he’s gotten more full of himself, and the Bowling for Columbine scene with Michael Moore is obnoxious, but take a look at him at his best – Roger & Me, the first half of Sicko, and you’ll see a guy who’s mostly interested in listening to other peoples’ stories.

By: jeffmcm

jeffmcm — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:52:50 +0000

Please wait for DVD for Zombie Strippers, it’s a better use of your money. Believe me, there’s ’so bad it’s good’ and then there’s the other kind.

By: joel

joel — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:51:01 +0000

Chuck, your points are well taken. I see what you mean.

“I’m glad I’m not the only one skeptical of Morgan Spurlock. To me it’s obvious that, unlike Michael Moore, he isn’t interested in educating people about current events or happenings as much as he’s all about making himself the center of attention. His ‘journalism’ is as interesting as Conan O’Brien wandering around Central Park interviewing tourists, except Conan doesn’t have any pretensions.”

Jeff MCM, I’m no fan of Spurlock but what makes him any different in this regard from Michael Moore? Moore is no more a documentarian, journalist, or educator than PT Barnum.

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:41:49 +0000

christian, I know all about the New Beverly. Plus I got my hands on a couple of awesome guidebooks. One actually written BY LA residents FOR LA residents. Tres informative, as they say.

So now I finally know where everything is. So I have one word for you, christian: SOON.

Craig, I have a couple for you, my sweet: TWO STRAWS.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:37:53 +0000

Ok, The New Bev it is. Are you going for sure Christian? How about you Jeff?

By: glimmer

glimmer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:19:15 +0000

satre… you know everything is either n.y. or la. the rest of america doesn’t count….. :)

By: sartre

sartre — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:16:48 +0000

Sold Christian! If only I lived in LA.