Comments on: Noyce Draws ‘Blood’ While ‘Edwin A. Salt’ Dangles

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:24:03 +0000

The POTC thing is a real fear, and you’ve got a good point about those other films. It seems like Noyce kind of lost his way for a while, but I’m hopeful that he’s rebounding.

By: W.J.

W.J. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:17:35 +0000

Ditto the Dead Calm sentiment. But Noyce's more commercial American films come across a little listless (Sliver, The Saint, Bone Collector, and the so-so Clear and Present Danger). A Captain Blood remake seems like a project easily hijacked by producers and turned into an unofficial POTC sequel.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:55:17 +0000

Cruise is not a factor that will convince me to see a movie neccessarily, but he’s not a drawback either.

As for Noyce…yeah, I don’t know what to think about Captain Blood. I’m curious about it and I suspect Noyce can do it up right. I recall Dead Calm to be an overlooked gem.

By: W.J.

W.J. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:15 +0000

I’m more interested in what’s going on with Philip Noyce. He’s been attached to so many promising films recently. I hope the bottle doesn’t stop spinning on Captain Blood, which sounds like an abomination. I’ll take Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland over a second tier Orlando Bloom (and I thought he was the bottom rung…) or Keira Knightley, thank you very much.

Here’s hoping Noyce is still making Dirt Music (pairing Rachel Weisz with Colin Farrell is brilliant) or American Pastoral.

I’m the only one, but when I see the words “Tom” and “Cruise” put together, I think: “Who gives a fuck?”

By: Alexander Coleman

Alexander Coleman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:20:13 +0000

Fox entertainment monkey Friedman. Ahahaha. Surely a mentally handicapped monkey unlike the fabulous LiC monkeys. No, Tom Cruise never had a heyday as a big box office star, not at all. A picture of Friedman is next the word “risible” in the dictionary.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:33:50 +0000

One thing I like about Poland is his scorn for Friedman and Finke. I guess that’s two things.

His Finke obsession is a bit childish though.

By: Jeff McM

Jeff McM — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:28:43 +0000

If David Poland didn’t think Friedman was beneath contempt, we’d have a 1000-word-long detailed-with-statistics rebuke of this.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:29:39 +0000

Yes he is and he’s one hit away from putting all this talk to rest.

He may be past his $20 million prime, but did he make that for Magnolia? I doubt it.

By: Ari

Ari — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:24:07 +0000

I agree. It’s way exaggerated. He’s still working, he has his own production company….it could all end badly, yes, or it could be a new level of success for him if it works out. we’ll see.

still a good actor.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:13:26 +0000

Yeah, seriously. Not liking the guy is one thing, but denying the fact that he was huge is crazy talk. Plus as we’ve talked about before, I think his demise is exaggerated.

By: Ari

Ari — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:10:34 +0000

““His heyday as a box office star – if he ever had one – is over.”

That’s hilarious. “If he ever had one”. Brilliant.