05-09-2008, 09:20 AM | #1 | ||||||
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I dare you to read this Speed Racer review by Roger Ebert!
Remember you must read the entire review before posting in this thread!
First I thought Ebert was dead, but he is still listed as one of the reviewers over at rotten. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_racer/ Quote:
And here is a link to his review. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...115192456/1023 Quote:
I'll admit it took me a couple of times reading this review to make it all the way through, and I still don't understand a few parts in this review. What the hell does "the outré strategy" or "The faux naivete" mean? Is this english? I used to like watching "At the Movies" with Siskel and Ebert. Ebert even seamed to enjoy the same Action movies that I liked. But, where the hell did they "Dig" this guy up from to write Roger Ebert reviews?
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05-09-2008, 09:28 AM | #2 |
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I just wait for the thumbs up or thumbs down.
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05-09-2008, 09:31 AM | #3 |
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First seven minutes of the film:
http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/09/wa...f-speed-racer/ |
05-09-2008, 09:36 AM | #4 |
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Siskel is the one that is dead. Star sighting -- lurker saw him on the same street as our last apartment, talk to the mailman, and walk into a house. I guess he had a place on our street, but it probably wasn't his only one, and we never saw him again, so she could be lying through her teeth.
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05-09-2008, 09:39 AM | #5 |
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Anyway, if you want pure randomness and wtf? in a Roger Ebert review, check out his review of Gigli.
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05-09-2008, 09:41 AM | #6 |
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How does one not know what "faux naivete" means? Isn't it obvious? "the outré strategy", I can understand drawing a blank on.
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05-09-2008, 09:42 AM | #7 | |
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Wow, that looks like it would be amazing in an Imax theater.
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05-09-2008, 09:42 AM | #8 | |
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I knew Siskel's nephew. That's all I got. This review is pretty straight forward. The phrases "outré strategy" and "faux naivete" aren't that high-brow. If you don't understand them, look them up. Ebert isn't dead, but he's pretty sick if I recall. I don't think he can talk or something.
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05-09-2008, 10:18 AM | #10 |
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This isn't a Roger Ebert review. It's written by Jim Emerson, the editor of Ebert's website, who has been writing reviews in Roger's place while he's recovering. He definitely has a much different style than Roger.
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05-09-2008, 10:26 AM | #11 |
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Not completely, no.
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05-09-2008, 12:22 PM | #12 |
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Couldn't he have saved everyone some time and said it sucks? I can tell just by the title...
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But not as poetical as the Wall Street Journal
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05-09-2008, 07:34 PM | #14 |
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I really should be a film reviewer.
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05-09-2008, 07:46 PM | #15 |
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I like Ebert. His actual reviews are way better than this.
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05-12-2008, 11:03 PM | #16 |
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Read that this movie could be one of the biggest busts of all time. Apparently it costs about $300m to make and market.
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05-13-2008, 12:07 AM | #17 |
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So this will be the new Waterworld?
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Ditto. Never understood why this movie was even being made, or why anyone was excited to see it.
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That would be cool on shrooms I bet.
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05-13-2008, 04:03 AM | #21 |
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It was not written by Ebert. lol.
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05-13-2008, 04:09 AM | #22 |
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And I just read the review and I'd have to say that is about what I expected.
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05-13-2008, 06:59 AM | #23 |
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The movie will be crap .... my youngest son will insist on seeing it though which means I'll endure it as will thousands of other parents around the globe ...
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05-13-2008, 08:23 AM | #24 |
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That review isn't poorly written at all. It's trying a little bit too hard, but I think it perfectly conveys what the reviewer thought of the movie. Mission Accomplished.
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05-14-2008, 02:46 AM | #26 |
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Of the films listed I liked:
Stormbreaker Arthur and the Invisibles The Black Cauldron .. actually there are a fair few there I liked More surprisingly to me there are a fair few big budget movies I'd never even heard of particularly: The adventures of pluto nash An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (anyone actually seen these) |
05-14-2008, 03:40 AM | #27 |
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of those bombs I liked
All the King's Men Black Dahlia Boondock Saints (has reached cult status) Grindhouse Lions for Lambs Zodiac |
05-14-2008, 09:14 AM | #28 |
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I disagree with this. The animation doesn't hold up now, but at the time, the beauty was in the uniqueness. People got killed. There was family tension and failure. A kid and a monkey wore the same clothes. The "plots" were like nothing in the animated genre in America at the time. And, for an entire generation of American children, a great big questionmark formed over everyone's heads, translated as "WTF is wrong with the Japanese?" |
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I would like to challenge Wiki. I liked Bicentennial Man and would like to challenge its flop status. Quote:
The reason I am challenging Wiki is according to boxofficemojo Bicentennial Man made$8,234,926 in it's opening weekend. And,$87,423,861 lifetime. You add PPV, DVD, and TV sales and I would think Bicentennnial Man is probably in the Black by now. Looks like Wiki has a screw loose in its figures. I wonder how much money Titanic lost according to Wiki.
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that why wiki is broke
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05-14-2008, 01:01 PM | #31 |
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I've heard this actually ends up being true of just about every "bomb".
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So the Adventures of Pluto Nash should in the black by about the year 2230 then.
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Just another reason why Ebert is the only movie reviewer I've ever cared to read.
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I know about this movie because I was working in a video store when it was released. It had Eric Idle in it, among a few others. Maybe even Coolio?
There was a tradition in Hollywood of director's who didn't like the final cut of a movie and didnt want their name on it to release the film as an "Alan Smithee" creation. Smithee was a made-up name, and if you saw it on a film you knew it was going to be a bad one. Ironically, this film (meant to be a sendup of bad movies) was itself so bad that the director had his name taken off, so it actually became a Smithee film. I think it ended up being the last one, because Hollywood stopped using the name in part thanks to this movie ruining the joke.
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I haven't watched the show in about 6 months...but i loved Ebert & Roeper..even in the guest host phase. Roper would absolutely RIP movies sometimes (check out his review of 'Just My Luck') in a way that Ebert rarely would on-screen.
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Wow, I think that I have only seen Showgirls in that list of bombs. I may have seen Howard the Duck but I really can't remember.
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What Happens In Vegas was a fun watch on Ebert & Roeper a few weeks ago. It was coming on and I was like "they're gonna rip this to shreds." They did & I smiled
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