Nomar did not like the LOTR movies... I can not in good conscience believe any of his reviews. Sorry Nomar... DD
Well Freddy and Shaggy are being done by the people who did them back when it first came on in Frank Welker (the Voice God of Hollywood) and Casey Kasem. Unfortunately, Don Messick, another classic voice actor, who was the voice of Scooby has passed on, but Welker is doing Scooby's voice as well. As for Velma and Daphne, the 2 voice actresses doing their voices are different from the originals, but Mindy Cohn who was Natalie on The Facts of Life does a great Velma in my opinion.
can't wait to see 28 days later. I dig zombie movies. CA2? bleh. maybe i'll catch it when it comes out on tv.
Not a very good opening after all the hype if you ask me. 'Angels' kick 'Hulk' from top box office spot Associated Press The angels have lost a little of their kick but they can still pulverize the opposition, even if he's big and green. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle debuted with $38 million, off $2.1 million from the opening numbers the first movie put up in November 2000, according to studio estimates Sunday. The previous weekend's No. 1 movie, The Hulk, fell to second place, free-falling 70 percent from its $62.1 million opening. The Hulk took in $18.4 million to squeak past the $100 million mark after 10 days in theaters. Finding Nemo held up well in third place with $13.9 million. With $253.9 million in the bank, the animated adventure is on track to pass The Matrix Reloaded as the year's top-grossing movie. The British fright flick 28 Days Later lacked the huge advertising blitz of Charlie's Angels and The Hulk, but it managed to take fourth place with an unexpectedly strong $9.7 million while playing in barely a third as many theaters as the big-studio movies. Overall Hollywood revenues fell for the third straight weekend. The top 12 movies grossed an estimated $111.3 million, off 15 percent from the same weekend last year. This week brings two eagerly awaited sequels, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, plus the animated family film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. All three open Wednesday to get a jump on the Fourth of July weekend. The Top 10 movies Friday-Sunday, according to studio estimates, were: 1. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, $38 million. 2. The Hulk, $18.4 million. 3. Finding Nemo, $13.9 million. 4. 28 Days Later, $9.7 million. 5. Bruce Almighty, $6.2 million. 6. 2 Fast 2 Furious, $5.7 million. 7. The Italian Job, $5.4 million. 8. Rugrats Go Wild, $3.5 million. 9. Hollywood Homicide, $3 million. 10. Alex & Emma, $2.7 million.
28 days was horrible. About 5 people walked out of the theatre. I had the "pleasure" of staying and watching till the end. A few parts were cool, but the majority of the movie especially the ludicrous ending made it a grade D.
Charlie's Angels had some weird suff that didn't make sense. The scene that the children are crossing the road, they are on a mountain. Where did the kids come from, first off? And why were they crossing the street there? The edge of the side of the street they were going to was cliff! Was the school on top of the cliff or something? Random synchronized dances, riiight. That must happen all the time. Oh yeah, motorcycles now explode when shot with one bullet or if they hit a wall! Also, random girls can get jobs stripping and be out stage all within a span of 2 minutes, with a whole set of people that know the routine already! The realism just bursts through in this movie! Also, it is now possible to get into a helicopter, turn it on, and not hit the ground after falling off a bridge with it! The rest of the crapfest is a blur, I tried my best to block it out of my mind. Grade:G
I guess 28 Days Later is a "love it or hate it" movie. I really enjoyed it. Some lady behind me was screaming "This is bull****!" though. The beginning was great. Imagine waking up one day and finding civilization has crumbled. That would surely suck. Very apocalyptic and seemingly relevant. The zombies were great because they seemed so real. They weren't lame or fake looking at all. Reminded me of the Blair Witch Project in the sense that you felt like it was happening to you. Some interesting philosophical stuff thrown in as well.
Man...I dunno what to think of 28 Days Later now. Is it or isn't it a zombie flick? As a zombie flick, is it worth seeing? Or, are the zombies just some kind of side show to some other plot point...mainly a bunch of endless dribble dialogue that ends up in some stupid conclusion? I thought this movie would be pretty good as far as zombie flicks go but after reading this thread I don't know what to think.
There isn't that much dialogue actually. As a "zombie movie" (they aren't technically zombies, but close enough) I think it's definitely worth it. It's worth it just to see those crazy-ass zombie-dudes going nuts. It's not in the mold of your typical horror movie, like The Ring, if that's what you want.
Just saw "28 Days Later" last night, and I was really impressed. I was dreading the digital video, but it worked for the feel of the film, starting in the biology labs, with a surveilance (sp?) camera. (Loved the PETA connection, by the way). Nomar, you might really enjoy a book called "Blindness" by Jose Saramago. It's about an incredibly contagious plague, and the movie borrows from it a great deal. And along those lines, I loved how Doyle made several references to other films. As for the action, I thought he got it just right. The cut-frame editing, where you remove a number of frames to make the action seem unreasonably quick, is one of my favorite gimmicks. I've heard people complain about the last third of the movie, but (aside from the very end), that's where the movie's at its most thoughtful, IMO.
Well, Rotten Tomatoes has 28 Days Later as 118 fresh - 18 rotten. T3 has a 49 fresh - 18 rotten rating so far. That's good enough for me. The people that didn't like it make up a very small minority. I'm either seeing 28 Days or T3 this weekend. Which one, though? T3 seems predictable in every way.
