Abduction outgrossed Killer Elite?

That's... disturbing.

The English Major: The reviews haven't been kind to either from what I've seen

With a 3% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, it got biatchslapped by critics.


But I imagine a bunch of teen girls dragged their mothers off to see Abduction.

Maybe so, but that doesn't excuse... well, a lot of things.

Among others, the appearances of Alfred Molina, Sigourney Weaver, and Maria Bello. I mean, yeah, you gotta take paycheck projects, sure, but this? You need the work THAT badly? STOP GETTING INTO GAMBLING DEBT AND THIS WON'T BE A PROBLEM

And what the hell is John Singleton doing directing a piece of crap like this? Dude, you directed Boyz n the Hood and Four Brothers! Why? Hell, he had more dignity when he was directing 2 Fast 2 Furious.

DamnYankees: I saw it yesterday, very good movie. But I couldn't help but be amazed that they managed to tell the story of the Oakland Athletics without a single mention of Mulder, Hudson or Zito. I think you once see Hudson's name on a jersey, but he's never actually mentioned.

Second time I've seen this mentioned; is this Jimmy Traina from SI? I still think it's not important to not see particular players mentioned when the movie is all about the front office.

The English Major: Oh god I hadn't realized they were in it either. Were they featured in the TV commercials at all? It just looked like Bourne light to me.

Molina and Weaver are in the commercials, at least.

The fact that they are in the same movie with Taylor Lautner whimpering "NOT IF I FIND YOU FIRST" is a frogdamn shame.

As soon as Sigourney Weaver appeared, I thought, "WHAT? Why the hell are you even IN this?"


I have read Moneyball, and do want to see the film. My dad wants to see it next weekend.

Yeah, I'd be keen to see Moneyball. It's been chalking up some fairly solid reviews.

Taylor Lautner puts the Ab in Abduction.

It's a fun movie, it's by no means Citizen Kane, but it's still an enjoyable film.

But of course, people love to hate on others who are having fun.

Stay classy picking on teenagers.

Snowballing: But of course, people love to hate on others who are having fun.

Stay classy picking on teenagers.

You have my sincerest apologies, Mr. Lautner.

Saw MB yesterday...good flick, for many of the reasons already mentioned.

2 of these movies are After School Specials and the other one no better than a Made for TV,

I saw the film saturday afternoon at the Park Street cinema in Boston, and man, did they ever do a good jorb targetting their audience. Sure it's a Brad Pitt film, so you get the ladies (My wife insisted on coming along), plus it's like a love-letter to Boston as well, with all the frequent mentions of Youkilis, Damon and, of course, the penultimate scene where Beane meets with John Henry to talk about winning Boston a world series. Cleveland, Minnesota and the Yanks all get some honorable mentions, but if they'd worked in more NYY fetishism the movie would have been the best fan-supported film in history.

As it is though, it suffers from multiple-creator syndrome, losing Sorkin and Soderburg was definitely a blow, and it shows in the uneven pacing and a few scenes that just flat don't work. Oh, and the Pepsi/Sony Vaio product placements are way too obvious for a film that is supposedly plot-driven and thoughtful.

Still, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and even liked Jonah Hill, who I was concerned would be too much of a ham, he actually did a fair job hitting the right mix of fear and humor. Go see it, baseball fans will love it. Oh and the criticism of the film short-shrifting the pitching staff? That's direct from the book as well, and one of the main flaws of Moneyball in novel form.

eddievercetti: Great, we're gonna have Mary Poppins Julie Andrews' bosom in her prime in 3D in 2012. THANKS JERKS!

FTFY

Sure there's no skin, but she was a gorgeous, well stacked dame in those days. Still is rather gorgeous today, time has been kind to her

DamnYankees: deadsanta: As it is though, it suffers from multiple-creator syndrome, losing Sorkin and Soderburg was definitely a blow, and it shows in the uneven pacing and a few scenes that just flat don't work. Oh, and the Pepsi/Sony Vaio product placements are way too obvious for a film that is supposedly plot-driven and thoughtful.

Im curious, what scenes did you think didn't work? I can only think of one scene where I actually though "this wouldn't happen", and that's when Bean goes to Mark Shapiro in his office; just seemed weird he would travel to Cleveland just to talk trades.


I thought the visit to the lockerroom scene where Giambi was doing a striptease, and the hackneyed and cliche speech-throwing-stuff bit was predictable, boring and left me feeling flat. It might have been true, but it didn't work that well, besides having a giggle at Jeremy Giambi acting like a moron. The "we are learning to take pitches" montage was also laugh-out-loud bad, I had that South Park song going through my head alll throughout (although to be fair, that's an overused device in many a hollywood film). There were too many Beane-being-Beane scenes without enough anchoring dialogue or setup (Like when he's just driving around, doing donuts in parking lots). The movie suffered for having alot of these placeholder scenes, although they might have helped the pacing a bit, they did nothing new in terms of development or exposition.

Oh and I almost forgot: Instead of actually taking a minute or three to talk about the math behind the theory, we get treated again to the "Beautiful Mind"-style montage of charts with numbers and such as. Like in The Intarwebs films when people "hack the planet" and you have code scroll overlay while the camera spins around a guy (or hot chick) in front of a monitor. Lame stuff, that, you can do better in a film based on a book that's about educating people about math and baseball, business and economics.

RoyFokker'sGhost: eddievercetti: Great, we're gonna have Mary Poppins Julie Andrews' bosom in her prime in 3D in 2012. THANKS JERKS!

FTFY

Sure there's no skin, but she was a gorgeous, well stacked dame in those days. Still is rather gorgeous today, time has been kind to her

NSFW Skin

bah

NSFW SKIN (new window)

Mugato: Great, now Disney is going to re-release their entire catalog in 3D.

It's not just Disney, every studio is going to start doing it. And probably not even in 3D.

Mugato: Great, now Disney is going to re-release their entire catalog in 3D.

Honestly? I would prefer this to most of the crap that gets released nowadays.

/Generally not one for the 3D fad.
//Some of Disney and Pixar's stuff could pull it off well, though.
///Will probably see Lion King 3D if my cinema shows it.

DamnYankees: thornhill: Mugato: Great, now Disney is going to re-release their entire catalog in 3D.

It's not just Disney, every studio is going to start doing it. And probably not even in 3D.

Sounds fine with me. Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

It's going to take money away from new production.

Snowballing: Stay classy picking on teenagers.

fark you

when i was a teenager i watched porn

moothemagiccow: Snowballing: Stay classy picking on teenagers.

fark you

when i was a teenager i watched porn

I guess actually having sex was too difficult.

Oh well, you can't win every battle.

HawgWild: Snowballing: moothemagiccow: Snowballing: Stay classy picking on teenagers.

fark you

when i was a teenager i watched porn

I guess actually having sex was too difficult.

Oh well, you can't win every battle.

It's okay, dude. You have teh ghey for Taylor Lautner. No one cares, and we are not judging you.

You sure are uncomfortable with your sexuality and can't stand others whom have a different opinion than yours. But then again, you're an American so I shouldn't expect any better.

HawgWild: Snowballing: You sure are uncomfortable with your sexuality

No, I was trying to get you to accept your sexuality, because CLEARLY you want Taylor Lautner inside of you. And, again, I say that's fine. No one is judging you.

Shhhh, it's okay. It's okay.

Straight to homosexual relations, again I see.

Well share the load, Frodo.

HawgWild: Snowballing: Straight to homosexual relations, again I see.

Well share the load, Frodo.

Hey, I'm just trying to make you feel more comfortable while you troll a box office numbers thread.

Everyone who disagrees with me is clearly a troll.

Because fark fat rich kids, that's why.

Saw Lion King 3D at midnight this....morning? Last night? Whatever. Great experience and worth every dime.

none of the movies have tits and ass, not interested.

Killer Elite's not a bad film for anyone looking for some shoot-em-up, car-chasey action flick goodness, but it does suffer from three of the major problems that plague those kinds of movies right now:

1. Shakey-cam
2. Quick cuts
3. Being too serious, but Jason Statham being in it pretty much tells you that from the start.

The supporting characters (minus Robert DeNiro, who feels shoehorned in) are nice though.

Snowballing: Taylor Lautner puts the Ab in Abduction.

It's a fun movie, it's by no means Citizen Kane, but it's still an enjoyable film.

But of course, people love to hate on others who are having fun.

Stay classy picking on teenagers.

My teenage self would be laughing at you; especially for that "Ab in Abduction" line that I'm assuming you got from some little girl's facebook post.

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Damn, the paid shills are getting way too obvious and uncreative these days.

Learn2astroturf, Lionsgate.

Hell, I was pissed to see Sigourney Weaver in Avatar.