en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/270201 Comments by RobinRuinsky http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/edgar-allen-poes-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-goes-3d.php#IDComment21851107 I'm just not a big fan of 3D and I do realize it's not quite fair to dismiss its use in the film. I just would like to see a dark version of the story that isn't swamped with gimmicks. Tue, 19 May 2009 23:00:41 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/edgar-allen-poes-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-goes-3d.php#IDComment21851107 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/new-images-of-heath-ledger-in-doctor-parnassus.php#IDComment21412751 Thank you RF for the dictionary definition of monumental. I don't know that anyone would have understood the meaning of the word without your help. Ledger could have only left his performances as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain and the Joker in The Dark Knight and still have been better than most of the inhabitants of his profession. Most actors never get a single great role. If his career was short of monumental it was because his life was cut short. But please don't insult people's intelligence by saying we're all just brainwashed by a "media mass effect". Thu, 14 May 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/new-images-of-heath-ledger-in-doctor-parnassus.php#IDComment21412751 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/ridley-scott-to-revisit-alien.php#IDComment20166587 My fault. I just assumed he was directing. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:44:16 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/ridley-scott-to-revisit-alien.php#IDComment20166587 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/neeson-and-fiennes-become-godlike-for-clash-of-the-titans.php#IDComment18430504 I'm not a fan of Clash of the Titans. This is great casting but only if there's a great script and the movie isn't as cheesy as the original. Both actors are suited to the roles. Neeson as Zeus? Who better to play the larger than life Zeus? Fiennes as Hades? Who better to play the gloomy ruler of the underworld? Of course the original had Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Sian Philips, Flora Robson and the only redeeming qualities are Harryhausen's stop motion creatures. Good luck to the two acting Gods. Unless they get a great script they're going to need it! Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:08:21 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/neeson-and-fiennes-become-godlike-for-clash-of-the-titans.php#IDComment18430504 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/clash-of-the-titans-picks-up-bond-alums-arterton-and-mikkelsen.php#IDComment18035579 I was referring to the article calling Clash of the Titans a "truly truly brilliant film". Harryhausen's work in it is, as I said, a fine example of stop motion work. But the film doesn't approach being brilliant, in my opinion. It's a pretty bad film with the exception of Harryhausen's work. To me it's way overstated to call the film brilliant. It's interesting that it was noted that "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was released the same year. While I wouldn't call it brilliant either, there's no doubt it's held up as a film far more than Titans ever could. Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:55:32 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/clash-of-the-titans-picks-up-bond-alums-arterton-and-mikkelsen.php#IDComment18035579 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/clash-of-the-titans-picks-up-bond-alums-arterton-and-mikkelsen.php#IDComment18019132 While Ray Harryhausen's stop motion effects hold up as a great example of the art, I would never use the word brilliant to describe 1981's Clash of Titans. The acting is abysmal and no amount of special effects can save that film as anything more than a sort of archive of Harryhausen's work. Something's wrong with a film when the stop motion animations have more life in them than the actors. Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:23:09 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/clash-of-the-titans-picks-up-bond-alums-arterton-and-mikkelsen.php#IDComment18019132 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/adrienne-shellys-widower-keeping-her-stories-alive.php#IDComment17460331 A correction to the article. Ms. Shelly was murdered in an apartment she used as an office. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:57:11 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/adrienne-shellys-widower-keeping-her-stories-alive.php#IDComment17460331 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/boiling-point-the-awards-are-broken.php#IDComment15712465 The best film I saw in 2008 was Let the Right One In. I think the Swedish Vampire film knocks them all out of the box. But of course it wasn't nominated. But still I thought, maybe a write in vote would carry the day! ; ) Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:36:28 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/boiling-point-the-awards-are-broken.php#IDComment15712465 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/feast-your-eyes-tales-of-the-black-freighter-trailer.php#IDComment15138671 I'm looking forward to this as much as Watchmen. It looks great. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:59:40 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/feast-your-eyes-tales-of-the-black-freighter-trailer.php#IDComment15138671 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/spielbergs-lincoln-for-christmas-2009.php#IDComment15007959 Development of Spielberg's Lincoln goes back to 2006 so I think attempts to politicize the film have no merit. I suspect Abraham Lincoln can somehow stand on his own as the subject of a film. Hugh Dancy's a good choice for Booth. I just threw the question out there. I suspect Booth won't get too much screen time. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:59:35 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/spielbergs-lincoln-for-christmas-2009.php#IDComment15007959 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/bale-backed-up-by-terminator-asst-director.php#IDComment14751832 It's a bit more than merely a failing to be unable to cope with the slightest activity on a movie set. They're not cocoons. And the actor who spins out of control over the slightest event is a human being who is already spinning out of control. The people close to him making excuses for him do him no favors. Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:41:39 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/bale-backed-up-by-terminator-asst-director.php#IDComment14751832 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/bale-backed-up-by-terminator-asst-director.php#IDComment14751571 Bale's tirade was grossly unprofessional and the act of a spoiled rotten overpaid star. If anyone went off like that in a "regular" everyday work place because someone interrupted him they'd be sent for counseling for anger management. And big deal. He's a "method" actor. So what? He could have stopped the scene and asked the director to deal with the "intrusion" then moved on. The director, btw, is as irresponsible as Bale for not sending his star off the set to calm down. Instead it's excuses, excuses for bad behavior. Why? Because they're banking on him to bring in the big bucks to revive the tired Terminator series. I would have terminated him. Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:26:21 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/bale-backed-up-by-terminator-asst-director.php#IDComment14751571 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/all-about-steve-trailer-is-all-about-sandra-bullocks-blond-hair.php#IDComment13759808 Anyone concerned about Watchmen being delayed can take comfort in the release of this film. Such consolation comes about so rarely. Could we all start a class action suit to stop this film from opening? Fri, 9 Jan 2009 21:30:20 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/all-about-steve-trailer-is-all-about-sandra-bullocks-blond-hair.php#IDComment13759808 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/g-force-teaser-tests-our-ability-to-comprehend-stupidity.php#IDComment13330090 Kids all across America are going to want a guinea pig. Then they'll expect the guinea pig to come with night vision goggles. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:48:27 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/g-force-teaser-tests-our-ability-to-comprehend-stupidity.php#IDComment13330090 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/the-ten-best-foreign-films-of-2008.php#IDComment13276819 I would have gone with Let the Right One In for the top spot, but number two isn't bad. I liked In Bruges quite a lot. Boy A is thought provoking and heartbreaking and you're right about Andrew Garfield's performance. The child actors in Let the Right One In are excellent and the film is beautiful, chilling, haunting and mesmerizing. Good article. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:51:02 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/the-ten-best-foreign-films-of-2008.php#IDComment13276819 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-alien-five.php#IDComment12530917 The Alien lands on Earth, buys a condo in Boca Raton and gives new meaning to Early Bird Special. Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:50:02 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-alien-five.php#IDComment12530917 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/twilight-the-puppet-saga-the-daily-diversion.php#IDComment12283196 I confess I've only seen the Twilight trailer and haven't read the books. I can't get past someone that old still wanting to hang out in High School. And how many high schools have these vampire teens been to? Are they left back or do they have a wall of diplomas? Still,with the little I know I think it's better with puppets. Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:06:50 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/twilight-the-puppet-saga-the-daily-diversion.php#IDComment12283196 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/abcs-harry-potter-weekend-includes-first-look-at-the-half-blood-prince.php#IDComment12249904 Michael Gambon is a good actor but I agree that Richard Harris was a better Dumbledore and is missed. I like Fiennes as Voldemort. Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:40:08 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/abcs-harry-potter-weekend-includes-first-look-at-the-half-blood-prince.php#IDComment12249904 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/rome-the-movie.php#IDComment12018018 You're right! There really was a Lucius Vorenus and a Titus Pullo. I liked the way they were used in Rome to act as witnesses to history which in truth they were in real life. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 01:49:21 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/rome-the-movie.php#IDComment12018018 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/discover-the-genius-of-lon-chaney-in-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.php#IDComment11694787 Hunchback is a great film. Thanks for showcasing it. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:40:14 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/discover-the-genius-of-lon-chaney-in-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.php#IDComment11694787