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The Film Talk - Part 27 - Hancock is Wanted!

Started by Jett Loe · 11 months ago

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  • kiley

    11 months ago

    note to past Jett and Gareth: well, here in the future books are outlawed, replicants and cylons freely walk among us, everyone takes soma and they play that damned 'brazil' song everywhere you go...but, having said that, i REALLY want to see Hancock now! and Wanted looked atrocious in the trailer, i'm glad to hear ya'll watched it so i don't have to! (or atTEMPTed to watch it ;) )
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  • Phil

    11 months ago

    I must say I agree with the Good Prof. Dr.'s assessment of Hancock, although I was very intrigued by the Maestro's explanation of it's themes - which I admittedly did not notice.

    I loved the first two-thirds of this movie, but thought they completely fumbled final third.

    As far as the rest of the show:

    (1) We now have new I-Phones in the future

    (2) I love the "Spoilers Ahoy!" ringtone idea...it's almost as if it's alerting the recipient of the call that there may possibly be a spoiler coming from the one calling once they answer the phone ("we've run out of milk!")

    (3) Journey To The Center of the Earth: "You'll pray Brendan Fraser never returns!" ...that's a bit harsh, perhaps.

    I did not see "Wanted" and you have only confirmed what I already suspected. Terrible movie.
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    I'm tellin' ya 'Spoiler's Ahoy! Ringtones' are the way to go!

    + I'm thinkin' of actually going to see JTTCOTE in 3D - just for the hell of it.

    + Brendan Fraser = the Poor Man's Hugh Jackman.

    Come to think of it Hugh Jackman is the Poor Man's Hugh Jackman.
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  • Gareth Higgins

    11 months ago

    maestro! i shall go to jttcote also, though sadly little old belfast appears to be without a 3-d print...
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    Am not sure sure the extra 'd' will add much.

    + am off to see Hellboy 2 tonight - let's see if we can do a Hellboy2/JTTCOTE double bill!
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  • Tom B

    11 months ago

    Ah, you poor gentlemen! You made me feel quite sad by the end of the show. However, it was nice to hear something encouraging about Hancock. I was looking forward to it a lot and then was put off by lukewarm reviews - not that I should be swayed by such things!

    And I forgive you for mentioning the 'Domino' word, a film so utterly devoid of any merit and so offending of my sensibilities that my blood boils when it is mentioned. Indeed, two hours of my life that I feel thoroughly robbed of. I still ask myself exactly way I stuck it til the end - certainly wasn't anything to do with Miss One Note Knightley.
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    Oh my god Domino - since the entire film was shot w/filters/dutch angles/fast cutting etc, when the characters went on a mescaline trip the director had nowhere to go!
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  • Jenny

    11 months ago

    Sorry (but not surprised) to hear that Wanted is so terrible - I was so excited about James McAvoy after The Last King of Scotland. Hopefully it's a blip too small to ruin the lad's career.
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    It's a terrible horrible awful ugly film in all dimensions. As for McAvoy = he'll be fine! :)
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  • Gareth Higgins

    11 months ago

    James McAvoy will be perfectly fine - he's talented and good-looking; the problem for me is that 'Wanted' will not ruin anyone's career. Because it's just the kind of film that cinematic industrialists love to make.
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  • Gareth Higgins

    11 months ago

    PS: Not that I want anyone's career ruined.
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    'cinematic industrialists' is a nice turn of phrase.

    Cinema has been industrial for a long time - but now w/flip cams and youtube - it can be something else - almost weightless maybe...
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  • Gareth Higgins

    11 months ago

    i picked up the phrase from someone else - who compared film artists to cinematic industrialists in an article about brett ratner and brian singer. can you guess which is which?
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    You know - I'd say both!
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  • iremonger

    11 months ago

    I thought I should let you know that this episode hasn't shown up on the RSS feed yet. Loving the show and the new look!
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    Cheers for the tip iremonger - had a look and I hadn't 'flipped a switch' on Libsyn properly!

    + glad ya like the new look of the site: we're also on Twitter and Facebook.

    It's an experiment - we'll see if the Dear Listener is interested in what Gareth and I are up to and interested in reviewing movies as well on Facebook.
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