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    Sandra Bullock Adaptation Of Michael Lewis' Blind Side Looks Heartwarmingly Awful

    Everything Un-Ravaged, Everthing Un-Burned in Hollywood

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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    08/24/09

    In reply to Sandra Bullock Adaptation Of Michael Lewis' Blind Side Looks Heartwarmingly Awful
    Blind Side has some subtle points about the self-serving noblesse oblige of a rich alumni family adopting a future All-American defensive player that is bound to get lost in the translation to the screen.
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    Image of WackoJacko WackoJacko
    08/23/09

    In reply to Sandra Bullock Adaptation Of Michael Lewis' Blind Side Looks Heartwarmingly Awful
    I think we should be counting our lucky stars! it could've been produced by and starring Renee Zellwegger, Jennifer Aniston, or shudder-shudder Katherine Heigel.
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    Image of Hockeymom Hockeymom
    08/23/09

    In reply to Sandra Bullock Adaptation Of Michael Lewis' Blind Side Looks Heartwarmingly Awful
    I loved this story. I read it and re-read it and then forced my husband to read it.
    The trailer does look like an after-school special. That said, I'll still go see it because I'm a sucker for that kind of shit.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    08/23/09

    @Hockeymom: I mean, I will too: it's The Michael Lewis Movie. Also, I want to see how much they play up the fact that an evangelical Christian family took the kid in. Hmm.
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    08/24/09

    @Foster Kamer: I want to see if Sandra Bullock's movie husband has a lot of tats, and forearms like he's done some serious time.

    Evang Tats would be tats none-the-less, and fun to see in those heart warming practice sessions with their new po' friend.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    08/23/09

    In reply to Sandra Bullock Adaptation Of Michael Lewis' Blind Side Looks Heartwarmingly Awful
    Forget straight to video. This should go straight to Lifetime.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/31/09

    In reply to Everything Un-Ravaged, Everthing Un-Burned in Hollywood
    I'll make the call: Moneyball will be the next Titanic.

    Oh wait, did you think I meant Titanic, as in the embattled James Cameron feature that went way over budget and was almost certainly DOA from all of the bad press leaking from the set every day? No no, I meant the actual ship.
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    07/10/09

    In reply to Aaron Sorkin Rides in on a White Horse to Save Moneyball
    Nothing screams pompous flop like a Sorkin polish on Soderbergh's sloppy seconds.
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    Image of LucilleMcGillicuddy LucilleMcGillicuddy
    07/10/09

    In reply to Aaron Sorkin Rides in on a White Horse to Save Moneyball
    cajun boy, what are you doing up at this hour?
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    Yes, but did they get Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh on tape? Questions worth asking.
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    Image of Spaceman Bill Leah Spaceman Bill Leah
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    Ahhh, so Sony was just protecting us all from the horrors of seeing a 20 ft. Kevin Youkilis Shrek head.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    This project was always a bad fit for Sony anyway.


    Am I the only one who hears the lumbering steps of the Beast From Buffalo moving in to snatch another quality project from turnaround hell?

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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    Billy Beane's major league career wasn't worth recreating on the big screen.
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    Image of RaleighSthenelus RaleighSthenelus
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    The film was axed because Sony has had one bomb after another this summer and they couldn't justify spending $50 million on a risky film. If Year One or the Denzel/Travolta flick would've done decent at the box office this would not have happened. I used to work there, they're firing people left and right to cut costs. Amy Pascal is a liar, plain and simple. Just days after she delivered here "Status of the Studio" speech to the entire company last year, the next week hundreds lost their jobs. Sony is playing scared right now because they have no brand identity. Year after year they rely on star power to drive their slate, not concept or story. Amy Pascal has killed Columbia and it's identity. I would not be suprised if Howard Stringer gives her the boot this year.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/02/09

    @RaleighSthenelus: I'd like to know how much they've ALREADY spent, though. How much is it to kill a film with a major star jsut before filming? Surely Brad's agent got some guarantees.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    Here's a quick fix: substitute Billy Bean for Billy Beane.
    Brad Pitt should have no trouble playing a gay MLB player and Bean was pretty ripped back in the day.
    Change the title to Fielding Ground Balls or something, make a few changes in the screenplay and, Voila! Soderbergh's got himself another hit.


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    Image of Flippyjack Flippyjack
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    I hope they find financing and make that damn movie.

    Do you realize?

    Billy Beane (the Pitt character) is gay. Some of y'all care about that.

    Steven Soderberg made Traffic. Which was brilliant.

    Billy Beane's logic changed baseball.

    Soderberg is right on with his treatment.

    This is like when Terry Gilliam watched Don Quixote explode in front of him.

    Sometimes the perfect piece of art for the perfect artist just slay each other to no one's benefit.
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    07/02/09

    @Flippyjack: Isn't it the other Billy Bean who's gay? Also, who cares?
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    07/02/09

    @Flippyjack: You are going to want to have your gaydar recalibrated, state.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    07/02/09

    @skahammer: Or maybe "stat." (Going off to have my speller recalibrated right now.)
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
    Looks like The Making of Moneyball is the kind of story you'd put Michael Lewis on...hmmm, is it a plot to keep him employed or something?
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    07/02/09

    @raincoaster: I have a feeling that Michael Lewis is sitting back and just laughing at all of this. I think I want to be his friend.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/02/09

    @The Cajun Boy: Ditto. Or girlfriend...given the track record there, he's overdue. Hmm...
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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    07/02/09

    @The Cajun Boy: surely you can't be that desperate for pals, amigo.


    (for the record, I've read MONEYBALL, but LIAR'S POKER is a much better book, both in writing and as to how relevant it still is today)

     Reply
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