I actually kinda enjoyed Valentine's Day for the narminess of a lot of it, so I probably won't mind seeing this.

That said, ANYTHING that puts a stop to the mindless rampage of Twihards is fine in my book!

I got lazy this weekend but I really really wanted to see "Shame" starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan. It's got mostly great reviews.

Why do people think they want to see Jonah Hill in a movie?

I thought people were crazy when they said fluoride in the drinking water caused docility and brain damage. Obviously I was the crazy one.

fark this, I'll just stay home and watch Human Centipede II again

Jonah Hill is simply not that funny. He tries to hard on camera, that and looks obnoxious.

Will Farrell is the same way, where its uncomfortable watching a SNL sketch drag on for 90 mins.

Hill can get better in time. What he should do is dress in a hoodie and go to one of his movies, and see how people react to his comedy. From there he can learn what was working and what wasn't.

The only way to get better in anything is to take criticisms on what is wrong, and man up and fix them.

I want to see New Years Eve just because Zac Ephron is in it.

The Shroom:

Will Farrell is the same way, where its uncomfortable watching a SNL sketch drag on for 90 mins.
.

Elf is still one of the best Holiday movies out there. Anchor Man, Zoolander and The Other Guys were all hilarious and Stranger Than Fiction proved he could be funny in a non slapstick role.

I saw The Sitter and amusing. was it great, no but it moved along quickly and had some pretty funny moments. I also saw the trailer for 21 Jump street and that looks like It may actually be funny.

Here's what I'm wondering about this film. It's described as a "series of vignettes" (as was Valentine's Day). It cost $56m to make, yet has 20 something star names, including people like De Niro, Halle Berry, Zac Efron and Ashton Kucher. This isn't an Oscar winner, so such numbers doesn't add up. It should be a $100m+ film with that cast.

So, here's my guess: this is basically a film for actors on downtime. Because it's vignettes, you don't have to co-ordinate a large cast, just a few actors at a time. You just shoot the actor when he's got a week between 2 other pictures. Their agent will take it for a bargain price because they can't slip another movie into a week's gap.

You then have a movie full of stars and the idiots who believe that movie stars=good movies (rather than writers or directors or even the farking cinematographer) will spot someone out of the 20 they like and go and see it. It's genius really. Artistically horrible, but financial genius.

JudgeSmails: I saw The Sitter and amusing. was it great, no but it moved along quickly and had some pretty funny moments. I also saw the trailer for 21 Jump street and that looks like It may actually be funny.

Amusing? Never heard of it.

Carth: The Shroom:

Will Farrell is the same way, where its uncomfortable watching a SNL sketch drag on for 90 mins.
.

Elf is still one of the best Holiday movies out there. Anchor Man, Zoolander and The Other Guys were all hilarious and Stranger Than Fiction proved he could be funny in a non slapstick role.

Stranger is excluded, as im just going on comedy.

Elf was probably the best movie he did, but Anchorman was basically a Frat-Pack film so Farrell didn't truly lead the film.

Zoolander was Ben Stiller's baby.

He'shiat or miss. But Land of the Lost, and Semi-Pro, Roxberry are just wrong.

His comedy is best taken in small doses.

At least he is not Mike Myers.

The Shroom: He'shiat or miss.

This is one of those times where a sentence changed by filterpwnage actually works...

farkeruk: Artistically horrible, but financial genius.

So, its like Avatar?

Farkers, look at it this way: Would you rather have the cinematic travesty that is the Twilight "Saga" continue to be in first place at the box office, or would you rather it be beaten by a generic rom com?

Funbags: So, its like Avatar?

No. Love or hate James Cameron, he doesn't strike me as a cynical filmmaker. He was offered Terminator 3 and turned it down, because he couldn't see a story worth telling. He could have done what they did with T3 and just taken the money.

You may not like Avatar, but I don't think it's a cynically made film. I think that packing as many names into a movie just to really put them on the cast list is cynical filmmaking.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: I definitely won't see New Year's Eve because it looks godawful. More so than Valentine's Day.

New Year's Day has De Niro in it, who is the current ambassador for the shiatty Movies Society.

/yes, I have a sad that that is the case.

Apos: PizzaJedi81: Farkers, look at it this way: Would you rather have the cinematic travesty that is the Twilight "Saga" continue to be in first place at the box office, or would you rather it be beaten by a generic rom com?


Talk about a lose-lose situation.

Honestly? I'd rather see a lot of romantic comedies flood the market than anything even remotely related to or inspired by the Twilight "Saga."

PizzaJedi81: Farkers, look at it this way: Would you rather have the cinematic travesty that is the Twilight "Saga" continue to be in first place at the box office, or would you rather it be beaten by a generic rom com?

Look at it this way : I don't really give a crap which move is first at the box office.

McManus_brothers: I'm kind of (nay, extremely) pissed that "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is only in limited release. And playing nowhere near me.

I hope it's going to get a wider release. My friends and I ran into the same problem -- luckily we're in LA, but I think we had our choice of a grand three theaters. (I think it was good, but I'm not sure, as we had a group of old people behind us who kept asking each other loud, inane questions.)

/"Is this the 60s?"
//"Where's Odessa?"
///"Is that Colin Firth?"

"New Year's Eve" seems like it's trying to be as awesome as "Love Actually," and the only thing they could figure out was that it had a lot of different characters and story lines interwoven.

fisker: Why do people think they want to see Jonah Hill in a movie?

I used to think that he was funny, but after that awful Allen Gregory show I realize he's not funny at all. Superbad was the only really good thing he was in, and that was because he was getting hit all the time and deserved it. He started his career as a young double for Seth Rogen, and hasn't really gone beyond that. Even his weight loss reveals he's just not that talented outside of being the porky guy.

PizzaJedi81: Farkers, look at it this way: Would you rather have the cinematic travesty that is the Twilight "Saga" continue to be in first place at the box office, or would you rather it be beaten by a generic rom com?

The Muppets couldn't been number one for once?

New Year Eve looked awful then I saw Katherine Heigl then I said HELL NO!

Funk Brothers: GO SEE HUGO FOLKS. MARTIN SCORSESE MADE A REALLY GOOD FAMILY FILM.

THIS!

eddievercetti: The Muppets couldn't been number one for once?

Believe me, I'd much rather have THAT be number one, but if it didn't happen at release, I seriously doubt it's going to happen at all, unfortunately. The problem was that too many good family movies came out the same weekend. Split the dollars.

quizzical: "New Year's Eve" seems like it's trying to be as awesome as "Love Actually," and the only thing they could figure out was that it had a lot of different characters and story lines interwoven.

That's exactly what I thought. Some friends went to see it last night and said it was good though... and I've only seen the trailer.

McManus_brothers: I can't imagine that it wouldn't get a wider release; from what I understand it's been very successful in the UK, it's a got an all-star cast, and it's basically Oscar bait - three things that I would think would mean a wide release.

I really want to see it do well, but I just don't think U.S. audiences will bite. Surprise me, people.

fisker: Why do people think they want to see Jonah Hill in a movie?

I expect a top 10 creepiest movie poster didn't help.

The Shroom: At least he is not Mike Myers.

Now that's something all of us can agree on.





/Cat in the Hat is one of the worst movies I've ever seen
//Irredeemably awful

Funk Brothers: GO SEE HUGO FOLKS. MARTIN SCORSESE MADE A REALLY GOOD FAMILY FILM.

Oh, yes, and THIS!

Carth: Stranger Than Fiction proved he could be funny in a non slapstick role.

I loved that movie.


Guntram Shatterhand: I used to think that he was funny, but after that awful Allen Gregory show I realize he's not funny at all.

I watched half an episode of that and turned it off. Utterly irredeemable.

Carth: The Shroom:

Will Farrell is the same way, where its uncomfortable watching a SNL sketch drag on for 90 mins.
.

Elf is still one of the best Holiday movies out there. Anchor Man, Zoolander and The Other Guys were all hilarious and Stranger Than Fiction proved he could be funny in a non slapstick role.

I personally thought he did a great job in Everything Must Go.

farkeruk: Here's what I'm wondering about this film. It's described as a "series of vignettes" (as was Valentine's Day). It cost $56m to make, yet has 20 something star names, including people like De Niro, Halle Berry, Zac Efron and Ashton Kucher. This isn't an Oscar winner, so such numbers doesn't add up. It should be a $100m+ film with that cast.

So, here's my guess: this is basically a film for actors on downtime. Because it's vignettes, you don't have to co-ordinate a large cast, just a few actors at a time. You just shoot the actor when he's got a week between 2 other pictures. Their agent will take it for a bargain price because they can't slip another movie into a week's gap.

You then have a movie full of stars and the idiots who believe that movie stars=good movies (rather than writers or directors or even the farking cinematographer) will spot someone out of the 20 they like and go and see it. It's genius really. Artistically horrible, but financial genius.

My guess is that someone wants to be Irwin Allen of the 21st century.

fusillade762: Carth: Stranger Than Fiction proved he could be funny in a non slapstick role.

I loved that movie.

"I brought you flours!"

Gets me everytime.