tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post1120974105927419828..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: The TrenchBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-73240611253205706562007-08-12T17:18:00.000-04:002007-08-12T17:18:00.000-04:00Stardust on its way. It's great. Even the gay pi...<I>Stardust</I> on its way. It's great. Even the gay pirate stuff, though I suspect he's only a cross-dresser.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-69173366248156138342007-08-12T14:46:00.000-04:002007-08-12T14:46:00.000-04:00Good interview with Tucker. I saw Rush Hour 3 yest...Good interview with Tucker. I saw Rush Hour 3 yesterday and I gotta say - I have never seen such lazy, incompetent writing and directing. I mean, I've heard the phrase "phoning it in" but this is ridiculous. Not one ounce of effort was made in any aspect of the movie. Amazingly bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-54792875935729084272007-08-12T12:01:00.000-04:002007-08-12T12:01:00.000-04:00The epilogue definitely makes that interview somet...The epilogue definitely makes that interview something special.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-72429646855109662162007-08-12T04:53:00.000-04:002007-08-12T04:53:00.000-04:00Way OT here, but any chance of getting a review, o...Way OT here, but any chance of getting a review, or even opinions of, <I>Stardust</I>? Having read around a bit, it sounds as if it could either be a total mess, or kinda fun except for the gay pirate captain business with DeNiro, which just sounds clumsy and stupid. Any thoughts?<BR/><BR/>Slightly more relevant: bang up job on the Swayze retrospective, Walter. You deserve some kind of medal Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093453920666892035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-6303441352799038212007-08-12T03:51:00.000-04:002007-08-12T03:51:00.000-04:00Thanks, Ryan. Ratner's last-minute cancellation st...Thanks, Ryan. Ratner's last-minute cancellation stung, no doubt, particularly because I had spent so much time combing through his filmography. But even if I am tempted to bid on that dinner auction with $4,000 that I don't have, try to see if a tape recorder would count as my "guest"--I think flying solo with Tucker ended up being more enlightening than one with both would have been. The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-31837229089644350022007-08-11T23:43:00.000-04:002007-08-11T23:43:00.000-04:00That was a good interview, particularly for the ep...That was a good interview, particularly for the epilogue. I am bothered by the idea that someone wouldn't know the definition of "misogny", but perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. Shame Ratner himself couldn't attend, that would have been fascinating..Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940764967908491433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-36073561065284220032007-08-11T17:34:00.000-04:002007-08-11T17:34:00.000-04:00Hey Walter,Is there any chance you will be reviewi...Hey Walter,<BR/><BR/>Is there any chance you will be reviewing "Talk to Me" with Don Cheadle soon? I am curious what your thoughts are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-90779001028740129232007-08-10T16:13:00.000-04:002007-08-10T16:13:00.000-04:00And here I thought you'd do an interview with Whed...And here I thought you'd do an interview with Whedon. But the anonymous comment made it all good again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-6330581130404455422007-08-10T01:57:00.000-04:002007-08-10T01:57:00.000-04:00Cold but hilarious.Cold but hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-50633812896512862522007-08-09T19:37:00.000-04:002007-08-09T19:37:00.000-04:00He killed him?He killed him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-21201044141868466562007-08-09T13:09:00.000-04:002007-08-09T13:09:00.000-04:00Stay tuned this Sunday for our own interview with ...Stay tuned this Sunday for our own interview with Chris Tucker. Ian really delivered something special.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-31001538272974685002007-08-09T12:14:00.000-04:002007-08-09T12:14:00.000-04:00FuckQuestion: Between this stunt and all of the ar...<A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/Dinner-with-RUSH-HOUR-3-Director-Brett-Ratner_W0QQitemZ260146145890QQihZ016QQcategoryZ16071QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" REL="nofollow">Fuck</A><BR/><BR/>Question: Between this stunt and all of the articles and interviews and buzz, how the hell did this happen? Where did Ratner become popular? How did he become popular? What the fuck?!<BR/><BR/>This feels Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940764967908491433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-834721212907198852007-08-09T08:29:00.000-04:002007-08-09T08:29:00.000-04:00I'm assuming that Ratner made the Spielberg compar...I'm assuming that Ratner made the Spielberg comparison initially, since the only true talent he has is the gift of gab.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879652646989670889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-22487474006414709102007-08-09T03:54:00.000-04:002007-08-09T03:54:00.000-04:00It's seven pages long - I think I'd prefer to watc...It's <B>seven pages long</B> - I think I'd prefer to watch <B>Catwoman</B> than read the whole thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-25576136505822948342007-08-09T03:31:00.000-04:002007-08-09T03:31:00.000-04:00"Hey guys, has anybody read the Onion AV Club inte..."Hey guys, has anybody read the Onion AV Club interview with Chris Tucker and Brett Ratner? Oh my Lord. Tucker calls Ratner the new Spielberg. I'll say no more."<BR/><BR/>Considering Tucker is a functional illiterate, I wouldn't put too much stock in anything he has to say about anything.<BR/><BR/>Did anyone read Scott Foundas's piece about Ratner? Its nauseating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-74806741678425013932007-08-08T22:37:00.000-04:002007-08-08T22:37:00.000-04:00Hey guys, has anybody read the Onion AV Club inter...Hey guys, has anybody read the Onion AV Club <A HREF="http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/chris_tucker_and_brett_ratner/" REL="nofollow">interview </A>with Chris Tucker and Brett Ratner? Oh my Lord. Tucker calls Ratner the new Spielberg. I'll say no more.<BR/>-BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-40779536088109643282007-08-08T12:16:00.000-04:002007-08-08T12:16:00.000-04:00Not much to add other than a kudos to Walter for a...Not much to add other than a kudos to Walter for another masterpiece with the Swayze piece. I've definitely been talked into giving <I>Red Dawn</I> and <I>The Outsiders</I> fresh viewings. S.E. Hinton's novels were always pre-adolescent favorites of mine, though most memory of the books/film adaptations (as I recall, only <I>Taming The Star Runner</I> didn't get the Hollywood treatment) have jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-58350382863617744822007-08-06T16:45:00.000-04:002007-08-06T16:45:00.000-04:00The death of Bergman reminded of the time he and F...The death of Bergman reminded of the time he and Fellini met in Rome and got into a heated argument about who knew more about death. Well, RIP Ingmar - you and Fellini can now continue your conversation - this time with much more insight.<BR/><BR/>My latest post is up now - this time I take a look at "Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia." Check it out at...<BR/><BR/>mimo70https://www.blogger.com/profile/06082044952402272275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-24353476376476525702007-08-06T14:04:00.000-04:002007-08-06T14:04:00.000-04:00My favorite Swayze, by FAR, has to be Road House. ...My favorite Swayze, by FAR, has to be Road House. Sure, it's dumber than a drunk, but Goddammit, if it isn't the most gloriously macho (both gay and hetero) movie ever made. Everyone knew exactly the kind of movie they were in, even Gazara - though it'd been funny if he'd have played it as if he were in a Cassavetes flick...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-32717604183942942592007-08-06T03:58:00.000-04:002007-08-06T03:58:00.000-04:00Whatever happened to Kathryn Bigelow? After "Stran...Whatever happened to Kathryn Bigelow? After "Strange Days", I expected her to become a big-budget presence, but from her imdb page there wasn't a lot I missed. A shame.<BR/><BR/>When Youngblood came out in 86, I was nine years old. Perhaps that explains my early fascination with this film, I must have watched it ten times (then again, Youngblood, Mighty Ducks and Slapshot were the only hockey Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-71058408691263974372007-08-05T02:07:00.000-04:002007-08-05T02:07:00.000-04:00Torture porn is a clever but misleading term. Rea...Torture porn is a clever but misleading term. Really we're talking about modern horror. That the Saws and Hostels can be called torture porn is simply a slight escalation of the violence in a slasher flick without the slasher structure. The Hollywood horror film could eventually approach the hardcore content of one of the Guinea Pig movies, but it would still be boring for the same reason it O'JohnLandishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560571840235787129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-91940563857468048462007-08-04T20:31:00.000-04:002007-08-04T20:31:00.000-04:00Y'know, I don't think it's a matter of being "too ...Y'know, I don't think it's a matter of being "too pussy" - I think that it's this mainstreaming of t-porn that's a little like the mainstreaming of actual porn. I mean, if you're old enough to rent porn, you're not renting the soft-porn shit and if you're honest enough to rent t-porn, you're not showing up for <I>Hostel</I>. Essentially, subtextually, when you rent "Midget Squirters from Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-40429803365684982562007-08-04T17:35:00.000-04:002007-08-04T17:35:00.000-04:00Yeah, dudes are too pussy to watch a real snuff fi...Yeah, dudes are too pussy to watch a real snuff film!<BR/><BR/>With subtext!Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003022934701140010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-9300887317276394402007-08-04T07:27:00.000-04:002007-08-04T07:27:00.000-04:00Alternatively, the shit that the US is passing off...Alternatively, the shit that the US is passing off as "torture porn" is nothing more than... shit? The Saw movies are meaningless, the Hostel movies are worse, the Hills Have Eyes was godawful and none of these films are effective in the least at creating the violence and depravity we've come to associate with the harder Korean and Japanese cinema. None of these films have anything on, say, MiikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-37318747075835057372007-08-03T22:27:00.000-04:002007-08-03T22:27:00.000-04:00I kind of like that Zombie is putting the sister m...I kind of like that Zombie is putting the sister mythos into it - without knowing that he'd cribbed it from <I>Empire</I> (and probably liking it if I had known), finding out that Laurie was Michael's sissy was something like a cold bucket of water when I was ten. Still makes good sense to me and that last image in the trailer of Michael carrying someone off married to the earlier "Why" of why Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.com