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Montana said:
[video=youtube;IGyADDahm54]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IGyADDahm54#![/video]
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put two really smart guys who are experts on (INSERT INDUSTRY) in front of a camera and have them discuss (THE INDUSTRY FOR WHICH THEY ARE EXPERTS). what a novel concept.

those guys were fantastic together. amazing how they spent 10 minutes talking about pulp fiction without giving any of the plot away. they also had a real willingness to confront past critiques to either stand behind (as they boldly did with respect to reservoir dogs) or repudiate (which they famously did with Ace Ventura).

RIP Roger
 
[video=youtube;Ho8o9k4dfKE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho8o9k4dfKE[/video]


NORTH
- Roger Ebert

I have no idea why Rob Reiner, or anyone else, wanted to make this story into a movie, and close examination of the film itself is no help. "North" is one of the most unpleasant, contrived, artificial, cloying experiences I've had at the movies. To call it manipulative would be inaccurate; it has an ambition to manipulate, but fails.

The film stars Elijah Wood, who is a wonderful young actor (and if you don't believe me, watch his version of "The Adventures of Huck Finn"). Here he is stuck in a story that no actor, however wonderful, however young, should be punished with. He plays a kid with inattentive parents, who decides to go into court, free himself of them, and go on a worldwide search for nicer parents.

This idea is deeply flawed. Children do not lightly separate from their parents - and certainly not on the evidence provided here, where the great parental sin is not paying attention to their kid at the dinner table. The parents (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander) have provided little North with what looks like a million-dollar house in a Frank Capra neighborhood, all on dad's salary as a pants inspector. And, yes, I know that is supposed to be a fantasy, but the pants-inspecting jokes are only the first of several truly awful episodes in this film.

North goes into court, where the judge is Alan Arkin, proving without the slightest shadow of a doubt that he should never, ever appear again in public with any material even vaguely inspired by Groucho Marx. North's case hits the headlines, and since he is such an all-star overachiever, offers pour in from would-be parents all over the world, leading to an odyssey that takes him to Texas, Hawaii, Alaska, and elsewhere.

What is the point of the scenes with the auditioning parents? (The victimized actors range from Dan Aykroyd as a Texan to Kathy Bates as an Eskimo). They are all seen as broad, desperate comic caricatures. They are not funny. They are not touching. There is no truth in them. They don't even work as parodies. There is an idiocy here that seems almost intentional, as if the filmmakers plotted to leave anything of interest or entertainment value out of these episodes.

North is followed on his travels by a mysterious character who appears in many guises. He is the Easter bunny, a cowboy, a beach bum, and a Federal Express driver who works in several product plugs.

Funny, thinks North; this guy looks familiar. And so he is. All of the manifestations are played by Bruce Willis, who is not funny, or helpful, in any of them.

I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it.

I hold it as an item of faith that Rob Reiner is a gifted filmmaker; among his credits are "This is Spinal Tap," "The Sure Thing," "The Princess Bride," "Stand by Me," "When Harry Met Sally" and "Misery." I list those titles as an incantation against this one.

"North" is a bad film - one of the worst movies ever made. But it is not by a bad filmmaker, and must represent some sort of lapse from which Reiner will recover - possibly sooner than I will.
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[video=youtube;Ho8o9k4dfKE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho8o9k4dfKE[/video]


NORTH
- Roger Ebert

I have no idea why Rob Reiner, or anyone else, wanted to make this story into a movie, and close examination of the film itself is no help. "North" is one of the most unpleasant, contrived, artificial, cloying experiences I've had at the movies. To call it manipulative would be inaccurate; it has an ambition to manipulate, but fails.

The film stars Elijah Wood, who is a wonderful young actor (and if you don't believe me, watch his version of "The Adventures of Huck Finn"). Here he is stuck in a story that no actor, however wonderful, however young, should be punished with. He plays a kid with inattentive parents, who decides to go into court, free himself of them, and go on a worldwide search for nicer parents.

This idea is deeply flawed. Children do not lightly separate from their parents - and certainly not on the evidence provided here, where the great parental sin is not paying attention to their kid at the dinner table. The parents (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander) have provided little North with what looks like a million-dollar house in a Frank Capra neighborhood, all on dad's salary as a pants inspector. And, yes, I know that is supposed to be a fantasy, but the pants-inspecting jokes are only the first of several truly awful episodes in this film.

North goes into court, where the judge is Alan Arkin, proving without the slightest shadow of a doubt that he should never, ever appear again in public with any material even vaguely inspired by Groucho Marx. North's case hits the headlines, and since he is such an all-star overachiever, offers pour in from would-be parents all over the world, leading to an odyssey that takes him to Texas, Hawaii, Alaska, and elsewhere.

What is the point of the scenes with the auditioning parents? (The victimized actors range from Dan Aykroyd as a Texan to Kathy Bates as an Eskimo). They are all seen as broad, desperate comic caricatures. They are not funny. They are not touching. There is no truth in them. They don't even work as parodies. There is an idiocy here that seems almost intentional, as if the filmmakers plotted to leave anything of interest or entertainment value out of these episodes.

North is followed on his travels by a mysterious character who appears in many guises. He is the Easter bunny, a cowboy, a beach bum, and a Federal Express driver who works in several product plugs.

Funny, thinks North; this guy looks familiar. And so he is. All of the manifestations are played by Bruce Willis, who is not funny, or helpful, in any of them.

I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it.

I hold it as an item of faith that Rob Reiner is a gifted filmmaker; among his credits are "This is Spinal Tap," "The Sure Thing," "The Princess Bride," "Stand by Me," "When Harry Met Sally" and "Misery." I list those titles as an incantation against this one.

"North" is a bad film - one of the worst movies ever made. But it is not by a bad filmmaker, and must represent some sort of lapse from which Reiner will recover - possibly sooner than I will.
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She's obviously attractive, but I don't know what the volume of the fuss is about. I think too many guys who were stroking it to pictures of her when she was underage are just happy she's of age now. Similar to the whole "Olson twins are hot" thing that happened when they hit 18-19. Emma is on a different level than the OT though, granted.
 
Metalleaf said:
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Holy crap, that was a brilliant review. Those guys were so entertaining and perfect. There is no one in their league.

Howard Stern often says he wish he could hire them as judges on a reality show because they were so fantastic.
 
JackBurton said:
Holy crap, that was a brilliant review. Those guys were so entertaining and perfect. There is no one in their league.

Howard Stern often says he wish he could hire them as judges on a reality show because they were so fantastic.
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I'm always reminded of that Simpsons quote by Homer on the two movie critics barely hidden as Siskel and Ebert: "I love watching the bald guy argue with the fat tub of lard."
 
[video=youtube;7hnUt1WA2Bs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hnUt1WA2Bs[/video]I wasn't sure where to put this....the hockey wives thread works too.

[video=youtube;AjJftJKszDc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjJftJKszDc[/video]
 
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Holy sweet jesus h **** this looks like it is going to be a gore-fest. Actually looks scary, too.

[video=youtube;pvDLWlxxcak]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvDLWlxxcak[/video]

Quote from a buddy who is going to see it tonight "Well, I liked the first one, but it was kinda so ridiculous it was funny. Then again, a girl got raped by a tree. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be funny."
 
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