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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    10/14/09

    In reply to Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
    There is no way in heaven or hell that Jack Ryan wears briefs. Be told!
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    10/14/09

    Helps if the image doesn't have an error while uploading...
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
    I think Matty has at least one more Bourne in him if they can come up with a decent post-Ultimatum script. Agree that Pine is tasty boy, but not bournable or even clancyesque. Anyway, who the hell wants to see Tom Clancy's tired old shit (again)--that well is drier than the vodka martini in my non-typing hand. Why not explore le Carre's or Michael Connelly's extensive oeuvre a bit more?
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    10/14/09

    @Tattertotter: Maybe Chris Pine is just starring in a Tom Clancy video game.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
    Chris Pine is tasty, but I can't see him as Ryan. Looks too boyish. Now Jon Hamm....
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
    How much you wanna bet they want Pine to be the next Bourne? So effectively Affleck fails twice.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
    Except that Cougar Town is a big hit for ABC (and better than it had any right to be) so it makes sense they think they can do it again.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
    And somewhere, Ben Affleck cries a single tear.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    We were hoping that Milk, with its message of political empowerment and a movement coming into its own, would be the start of the dear director's second act.

    Oh yeah. We totally needed the fucking Gus Van Sant to deliver us that message. I haven't even seen Milk, precisely because I keep hearing about this "message", and I am pretty sure I've already received, processed and understood it a long time ago.
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    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    Damn, that photo: "Jeeves, go a little lighter on the tonic pour tonight, would you please?"
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    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    Don't listen to 'em, Gus. These people are only interested in movies with Dr. McSteamy and the Noxzema girl. Some of us have the same concerns as you. Next thing you know they'll tell David Lynch to start making films with linear plots "because even Godard reached the end of nonsense and decided to come back."
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    08/25/09

    @StonedAndDethroned: I makes sense to put Gus Van Sant in the same graph as Godard. They've both made mainly movies that you love in your teens/early 20s but become unbearable to watch once you hit 25. David Lynch's oeuvre, on the other hand, just gets better as you age. He makes me feel like I'm a fine wine.
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    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    Er, I loved "Paranoid Park." I must be an indie hipster poseur trust fund baby. And who is this "we" who loved "Good Will Hunting?" That movie was insufferable shit about the working class of Boston by a couple of slumming rich kids who grew out of their screenwriting aspirations but quick.
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    08/25/09

    @Perhaps Not: my thoughts exactly
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    Why did you put a picture of Will Rogers on this post?
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    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    I kinda liked Restless better when it was called Harold and Maude.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    How about he finally makes the BioPic about his late brother's awesome 70's southern rock band that suffered a fucking catastrophe when the band's place went down in a horrible crash -- thus ending the 70's!Is the pain still too much to bear?

    LORD KNOWS THIS BIRD CANNOT FUCKING CHANGE!
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    Edited by resipsaloquacious at 08/25/09 3:33 PM resipsaloquacious was starred resipsaloquacious was unstarred
    Image of TableNein TableNein
    08/25/09

    @resipsaloquacious: I prefer his Dolph Lundgren buddy flicks about zombie cyborgs who wear ear-necklaces.
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    08/25/09

    @SalomeSandwiches: Don't forget his incredible performance as Tom Bradford on Eight is Enough!
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    08/25/09

    @SalomeSandwiches: All this after being our country's eigth president as well!
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    08/25/09

    @SalomeSandwiches:

    That's what I am talking about. The man is a chameleon!
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    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    I will never forget watching "Last Days" and after 7 1/2 hours of watching the nothingness that was occuring, realizing only 15 minutes had passed. Gus Van Sant was able to stop time with that movie, that is how much of a crapper it was.
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    Nic Fit promoted this comment Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach was starred Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach was unstarred
    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    08/25/09

    @Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach: Last Days and Elephant were fantastic, IMHO.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    08/25/09

    @Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach: I also enjoyed Last Days, for pretty much the exact chronofuckery you allude to here.
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    08/25/09

    @Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach: I went to a screening of it with a friend who, half an hour into it, whispered to me, "If he doesn't shoot himself within the next 5 minutes I'm going to have to kill him."

    Still not as excruciating as "Brown Bunny," though. That one seemed to last 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days.
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    08/25/09

    @Nic Fit: I remember Elephant rocking my boat at the time. It came out during an exceptionally conservative era in American history and talked about a topic and an age group that the media had totally blacked out at that point in favor of patriotism and foreign things. Now it might seem staid and old hat, but yeah, at the time, it was something of a breath of long, quiet, desolate air.
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    snugbug promoted this comment ampersandparade was starred ampersandparade was unstarred
    Image of Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach
    08/25/09

    @snugbug: frankly, anything aside from Buffallo 66 featuring Vincent Gallo is a problem
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    08/25/09

    In reply to Gus Van Sant's Top Secret New Movie Sounds the Same as All His Old Movies
    Wow, this post is absolutely ridiculous. You're way out of your depth here, kiddo.

    There are many of us who think Gus Van Sant's last four or five films--ELEPHANT, LAST DAYS (not about teenage boys), PARANOID PARK, GERRY (not about teenage boys), among them--are his very best.

    Good Will Hunting and To Die For?

    Some of us see these as low points.

    Gawker's desperate struggle to cloak populist bait in hip exasperation continues. I know, Brian, it's just so annoying how Gus Van Sant doesn't make movies you like. One of the very few American directors who fights to make films on his own terms--and one of the only directors anywhere who gives a shit about formal experimentation--and you mock him. Jesus.

    What's Natasha VC's take? Was MILK Gus van Sant's "pool movie"?

    Mockity mockity mock mock. Just shut the fuck up, and stick to what you know. Hint: you don't know what movies I like.
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    TheologicalSong promoted this comment Edited by Balsa Wood at 08/25/09 3:23 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of Iron Gossett Jr. Iron Gossett Jr.
    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: But we DO know who's dick YOU'D like to suck. Elephant? FUCKING ELEPHANT?!?! Are you high or just retarded?
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    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: Very true, I was just about to post the same thing. Good Will Hunting is pretty much cloying, sentimental crap, while Paranoid Park, Gerry, Elephant, and Last Days are some of the most creative and interesting movies of the past decade.
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    lionel-mandrake promoted this comment Edited by nozer at 08/25/09 3:27 PM nozer was starred nozer was unstarred
    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    08/25/09

    @RealTomatoKetchup: You mean "whose"?

    Is that what you meant?

    Sorry: IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT?!?!

    Yeah, I liked Elephant. Me and the jury at Cannes. And thousands and thousands of other people. I wasn't alone.

    To answer your question, I am not high, and I am smarter than you.

    So...anything else?
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    Image of TheologicalSong TheologicalSong
    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: bravo, Balsa. keep 'em honest.
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    Image of Macloserboy Macloserboy
    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: Well, you certain got the number right when you said "thousands" as opposed the millions and billions who otherwise chose to avoid them.
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    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: I don't think you need to be an arse about it. You can state your opinion without all the rude.
    I loved Elephant but Gerry made me want to open my wrists.
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    08/25/09

    @Macloserboy: We're supposed to deduce that something is of quality because "millions and billions" of people saw it? So, does that make Titanic less of a piece of crap, or Transformers 1 & 2? Your argument is specious.
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    Image of Iron Gossett Jr. Iron Gossett Jr.
    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: Nah Teach, I'm all set and I still think yoore a RETARD.
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    08/25/09

    @secretagentman: I am stating my opinion, mate.

    An "arse" would phrase his opinion this way:

    "But who out there suffered through Elephant, Paranoid Park, Gerry and Last Days?"

    Twisting a personal opinion into a popular opinion. Bad, lazy writing.

    I'm fighting rude with rude. Forgive me.
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    08/25/09

    @Macloserboy: Yes, none of these films were blockbusters.

    A fact that, I'm sure, keeps Van Sant up at night.
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    Edited by Balsa Wood at 08/25/09 4:06 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of toshiro_mifune toshiro_mifune
    08/25/09

    @Macloserboy: Let the millions enjoy the next Transformers movie or GI Joe, they deserve it. In fact I'd prefer it if they did and stayed the f away from van Sant flicks. They tend to reactively mumble at visual and audio metaphors they don't understand and it is distracting for me.

    Also; We're not really going to use popularity as a gauge of quality, are we?
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    08/25/09

    @toshiro_mifune: "We're not really going to use popularity as a gauge of quality, are we?"

    Well stated. "Popularity as a gauge of quality" is the kind of double-think that goes on all over the place now. If a movie tanks, then it must be bad! If a movie splits audiences, then it must be bad! If a movie bores your friend, then it must be bad!

    But then blockbusters are all crap too.

    The tenet is now, "All movies are bad. Just read our whip-smart commentary."
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    Edited by Balsa Wood at 08/25/09 4:08 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of Iron Gossett Jr. Iron Gossett Jr.
    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: Ok I'll bite. Gus, is that you?
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    08/25/09

    @RealTomatoKetchup: Another classic web-commenter ploy. If someone passionately defends a movie, they must be a PR flack!

    Sadly, no, I'm not Gus Van Sant. I just think he's a great artist.

    Should I not say that? Would that make you happier?
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    skahammer promoted this comment Edited by Balsa Wood at 08/25/09 4:19 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
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    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: Wow, when I take a mostly lighthearted Gawker post too seriously, do I really come off as being this insufferable too? Lesson: learned.
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    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: Sofa king hearted.
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    Image of Iron Gossett Jr. Iron Gossett Jr.
    08/25/09

    @Balsa Wood: It was a joke. *sigh*...and you said you were so smart.
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    Edited by Iron Gossett Jr. at 08/25/09 7:56 PM Iron Gossett Jr. was starred Iron Gossett Jr. was unstarred
    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    08/26/09

    @skahammer: And yet you promoted the comment.

    In any case, sorry to get your panties in a bunch.

    Lesson: learned.
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