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17 years ago @ /Film - Stoic Trailer: Uwe Bol... · 1 reply · +2 points

This movie is probably going to be horrible like all other Boll movies, but this time he decided to film an incredibly shocking and gruesome event that took place in a German juvenile jail in 2007. If you want to learn more I recommend the following sources:

audio report (english):
http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_single_mediap...

article (english):
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2808147,...

An interview with Boll. He claimed that there were no scripted dialogues to make the movie more realistic.
http://www.bereitsgesehen.de/specials/interviewbo...

17 years ago @ /Film - Box Office: Wolverine ... · 0 replies · +1 points

My "educated guess" for the top three movies of the 2009 summer season is:
1. Transformers 2 (325 Mio.$)
2. Harry Potter 6 (300 Mio.$)
3. Star Trek (260 Mio.$)

17 years ago @ /Film - TRON Sequel Will Be Ti... · 1 reply · +1 points

I would differentiate the terms remake and reboot. They have a totally different meaning:

Remake = Copies an original movie, sticks more or less closely to the original storyline (the original movie is used as a blueprint), e.g. the 1998 Psycho is a remake of the original Psycho. Another example are Hollywood remakes of foreign films.

Reboot = Completely original movie (new storyline). A reboot is more like a sequel the resets the whole continuity and can drastically alter the overall tone and setting, e.g. Batman Begins is not recreating any movie (thus not a remake), but obviously it's not a sequel to the previous movies either. And this is what we call a reboot.

17 years ago @ /Film - Who's Really Runn... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes, there are numerous Tintin books I can't wait to see. There is potential for more than three movies. Good to see they started with one of the best choices.

17 years ago @ /Film - Box Office Update: Wat... · 0 replies · +1 points

Actually Steve Mason's predictions are among the best. I know only one source that is slightly more accurate. For me box office numbers are one of the most interesting topics. It's fascinating to compare the expectations against the actual results. Sometimes a movie is a huge hit beyond the wildest expectations while other movies are devastating flops. People are no robots. There are always uncertainties, but they are the reason why this is so interesting.

So my other source prediced this prior to the respective opening weekends:
* 34M opening and 70M cume for Jonas Brothers. Everybody expected them to rule the weekend (like Miley Cyrus did with her concert movie last year) and I have still no idea why they failed to do so.
* 31M opening and 60M cume for Madea Goes to Jail. Just on the same level as the other entries in the series (Family Reunion had a 30M opening). We all know it did better than expected. Seemingly Tyler Perry succeeded to build a loyal fanbase with his movies and he's just huge at the moment.

If you know any source with better predictions please let me know. Or post your own in the future. I would be interested.

17 years ago @ /Film - 2009 Academy Awards Wi... · 1 reply · +1 points

It's a combination of CGI and makeup. Do yourself a favor and see the making of. You know David Fincher already used stunning CGI in Zodiac - stunning because it's so flawless you don't even notice it (for example the helicopter...go and google for zodiac cgi). This is the kind of CGI that's the future - effects that are so well done, that they are just an instrument to tell the story and not the main purpose of the movie.

17 years ago @ /Film - 2009 Academy Awards Wi... · 1 reply · +1 points

I think everybody (including me) expected Waltz with Bashir to win. It's an amazing movie, one of this years best. But I have to admit that I haven't seen Departures yet and I think nobody here has seen it. So I reserve my judgement until I actually saw the movie.

17 years ago @ /Film - 2009 Academy Awards Wi... · 0 replies · +1 points

You have no idea how much technical expertise went into Benjamin Button. The movie is a revolutionary achievement. Sure, the CGI in this movie is nothing that jumps in your face, but it's always there, so subtle and so well created that you cannot longer distinguish between reality and CGI. You don't have to like the movie, but this Oscar is the one that Benjamin Button deserved the most.

17 years ago @ /Film - Watching The Oscars Fr... · 0 replies · +1 points

I tell you, the best thing those kid could hope for is that somebody pays them an excellent education. You know the old saying: "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime." This is so true. Money won't have any long-lasting effect for them (maybe with the exception of a ridiculously large amount of money), but if you educate those kids, one day they will be able to make a living on their own. They won't be millionaires, but they will be able to make the right decisions and build a better life for themselves.

17 years ago @ /Film - 2009 Academy Awards Wi... · 0 replies · 0 points

Obviously Sunshine is no award material. Nevertheless it started well, but fell apart in the horrible third act. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

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