ILX demanded it--
THE 31 DAYS OF SPIELBERG blog!
http://damianarlyn.blogspot.com/
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 11 August 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
today, E.T.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 12 August 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
this is one thread that makes me glad I no longer get replies to threads I started mailed to me.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Monday, 13 August 2007 10:16 (sixteen years ago) link
that's nice.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 13 August 2007 13:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Oopsies.
http://mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com/2007/08/from-editor.html
― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Blogging is a rough world, man.
― milo z, Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sort of scared to re-read some of my old stuff (as well as stuff I read long ago, like most of Kael's reviews) for this very reason.
― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, I saw that. I guess I should read the plagiarized guy's book.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess I'll have to think twice before recycling what I already wrote about Cruising on my blog for a forthcoming Slant review.
― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
... then again, it's not plagarizing if I wrote it the first time around ... right?
― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Did I mention that Shattered Glass is the most stomach-churning thriller ever?
the Hayden Christensen thing? who are you plagiarizing now, Peter Travers?
I think rewriting from your own blog or ILX posting is not plagiarizing, it's "cannibalizing."
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
More like it's impossible for me to re-watch the film before I have to turn in the review, but I have no illusions it will be one of my better reviews.
No, seriously, that movie is all sorts of squirmy uncomfortable.
― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Hasn't Cruising got new footage? like the legendary fisting sequence?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Does it? If so, it's still supposedly sumbliminal, and probably wouldn't have much bearing on what I'd write about.
― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
btw Aaron Sorkin may be writing a Chicago 7 movie for S.S. to direct, certainly an event I've long thought should be a film, but only those two now likely have the pull to get made.
http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/12/spielberg-may-direct-sorkins-script-about-68-democratic-conven/
Who'd be a good Abbie Hoffman? is Robert Downey too old?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, not "may be," he IS (at least for someone to direct)
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
"No, seriously, that movie is all sorts of squirmy uncomfortable."
I liked it. The more recent film that guy did with Chris Cooper and Mr. Witherspoon about the spy thing was really good too (is he still Mr. Witherspoon or did they get divorced?
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
they're divorced, and, yeah, it's decent. No one will notice how good Chris Cooper was come award time. All the film lacked was a fisting sequence.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
how about JUDGE Hoffman? Richard Dreyfuss?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
it was kind of hilarious how they waited until the last possible moment of the On The Lot finale for Spielberg to finally appear onscreen. I almost thought he wasn't gonna be there at all, like some light-filled doorway would just open up and the winner would walk off-camera to "meet Mr. Spielberg."
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Who'd be a good Abbie Hoffman?
Sam Rockwell?
― Phil D., Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I managed to write about Cruising without recycling more than a couple phrases from before.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont know why we're talking about it here, but shattered glass is excellent. breach is interesting but not as good.
― s1ocki, Monday, 3 September 2007 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
It came up because the Spielberg blogger plagarized.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Which, for some reason, struck me as hilarious and scandalous.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2007 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
The Terminal has a lot of commercial signage in it because it is set in an AIRPORT TERMINAL, Cosmo Vitelli.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I pre-ordered BOOM BLOX last night.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Terminal isn't bad, despite the ending.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
boom blox looks fun.
― Creeztophair, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/steven-spielberg-to-produce-martin-luther-king-biopic/
DreamWorks has acquired the rights to make a feature film based on the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
“In trying to tackle such an ambitious project, the question we had to ask ourselves is, ‘Why now?’ ” DreamWorks CEO and co-chairman Stacey Snider told Variety . “The answer lies in MLK’s own words: ‘All progress is precarious.’ With every step forward, new obstacles emerge and we must never forget that his life and his teachings continue to challenge us every day to stand up to hatred and inequality.”
I could write about the history of MLK, but if you don’t already know this story, than you should probably be educating yourself instead of reading a film blog. I’ll be very interested to see who is hired to write and direct this biopic. It would be very easy to create an on the nose and preachy film about King. Personally, I would like to see the story that isn’t in the history books, a more personal take on King’s life story.
Who should direct? Nothing has been decided yet, but it has been a life long dream of Steven Spielberg to make a film based on King. Spielberg will produce with Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones.
Discuss: Who would you like to see write/direct an MLK movie?
I've never thought much of most Spielberg movies that aren't in the action-adventure genre. And from what I've read The Color Purple and Amistad were both awful, so is there reason to fear Spielberg tackling directorial duties here? I think It'll be hard for anybody to make this movie and not have it get dragged into being the most didactic, ready-to-kill-two-hours-of-class type of film.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
This is going to suck.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe they can give MLK a cocky son played by shia leboeuf
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
too bad he doesn't make "rad" shit like Star Trek.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
do not want
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh c'mon, you'd enjoy seeing a Will Smith-starring MLK biopic that opens over the 4th of July weekend, wouldn't you?
― Cunga, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I have never enjoyed a Will Smith movie ever so no
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"too bad he doesn't make "rad" shit like Star Trek."
Even if he made the greatest movies in the world, he still shouldn't be making this movie.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
And from what I've read
Alex's posts?
None of Spielberg's three masterpieces as a director are action-adventure.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah Jaws is a horror movie
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
and always is a romance
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Cunga, you do know that DreamWorks /= A Steven Spielberg Film, right?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
and Hook is a travesty.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
would live to see jj abrams' take on this tho
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Amistad isn't awful, actually: perfectly respectable middlebrow Oscar-style drama.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
"Cunga, you do know that DreamWorks /= A Steven Spielberg Film, right?"
Uh he's producing the thing and it was his LIFE long dream to do so. So yeah it's kinda his film no matter what hack they get to helm this.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Judd Apatow's MLK
― velko, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Perfectly respectable middlebrow Oscar-style dramas are awful, but hey to each their own.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah after the Hours I wanted to stab my eyes out
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link