@belltolls: For π, I assume? Since Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain and The Wrestler were all crimes in the first degree against cinema. But π.. yes. Very interesting indie.
@snugbug: Pi and Requiem (and I actually liked the Fountain but I understand it sucks) but if Aronofsky has crimes what in Holy Hell is it that M Night does?
@belltolls: I can't really muster much hate against M. Night Shama-Lama-Ding-Dong because he excreted two thriller classics, The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. He's been coasting along and flogging his one-trick pony narrative device to death since, but I still think he's got something ELSE to say.
On "The Grosses Speak Law," doesn't this have its tentacles in "The Big Cool Friend Exemption?" Not in terms so much of getting household names committed to your next project, but having industry names follow through on the marketing of your film that can make or break gross receipts? There are numerous examples of good films not getting the studio backing they needed to launch and can only aspire to be a Donnie Darko-esque film instead.
@SpikeLives: An excellent pair of candidates. From 'Robocop' to 'Showgirls', incredible.
And Cimino is the shining star, as 'Heaven's Gate' destroyed United Artists and forever crippled Hollywood director autonomy. How many bad directors these days can make that same claim?
I would also suggest Peter Jackson, as much as it pains me to do so. He really killed it with King Kong, and I think he's gotten so much stature at this point that it's gotten difficult to edit the man or keep him on a budget. I don't have high hopes for this new flick. It will not be Heavenly Creatures.
Quentin Tarantino ought to be in director jail just to knock some fucking sense back into his over-inflated head. The shame palace that Kevin Smith currently inhabits would be a welcome abode.
@SpikeLives: Ah! Paul Verhoeven.. One of my fave directors of all times. Also apt to mention him here, since Jan De Bont was his DP on the wonderful Turkish Delight , and they both first achieved fame with that movie.
Anyway, Paul Verhoeven went back to Holland and made a riveting comeback in 2006 with Black Book.
Michael Cimino hasn't done anything film-related since the mid-'90s. Instead, he published a novel and morphed into a woman via multiple plastic surgeries.
@CitizenTian: Peter Jackson is in Spielberg/Lucas territory, probably right above James Cameron. He's a billionaire. You have to include WETA and everything (as capital), but he's probably close in pure cash.
It was before LOTR, when he had to shoot the "test" footage, that everything was on the line. He was afraid that if he and Fran screwed it up, they'd never work in Hollywood again.
Thought this was about writer/Tarantino collaborator Avary, Tweeting from jail.
For DUI manslaughter. It's actually pretty compelling reading. Sheets that although laundered, have "the ball-sweat of a thousand men" on them. Uh, vivid! Also, all inmates forced to watch Fox.
(How he Tweets: Avary uses his phone time each day to speak to a service that does the Tweets for him. Capitalism is amazing.)
Tucker, just be a man and admit that the movie was a failure b/c it sucked. Stop trying to make yourself into artiste who made a great work of art that it was bound to be misunderstood by the masses.
This asshole feeds on attention and girls with no self esteem. There's not much we can do about no. 2 (we'll leave that to Dove), but Gawker could stop paying attention to him entirely, right?
Therefore, be it resolved that Gawker shall never write another post about Tucker Max again, nor refer to him indirectly in another post. The one exception, of course, is on the occasion when he's finally beaten to death with a giant dildo.
Note to Tucker Max: Playing the victim runs counter to the whole frat boy thing you've managed to cultivate...you just come off like a pussy who can't "punch with the big boys."
Luckily I'm willing to help you, but you must follow my advice:
A)Grow a pair.
B)Understand the subtext to the whole frat boy thing, which is that sense of entitled fulfilled. Yes, it's fantasy, but keep at it.
C) Grow a pair.
D) Stop whining like a little girl because you didn't win at a man's game.
E) Did I mention, grow a pair? Dude, nothing's worse than an emasculated macho poser. You're fucking annoying.
I hate to break it to you Tucker, but outside of a few Frat boys, nobody in Middle America knows who the hell you are.
Your Coastal types just hate your fucking guts and think you are an unfunny loser.
@TheUptightMidwesterner: I thought he was a joke that Gawker had created, and that the movie trailer was something they slapped together to make it more real. Slapped together VERY quickly.
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I should add, not directing The Alamo is quite possibly the smartest thing Ron Howard ever did.
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And Cimino is the shining star, as 'Heaven's Gate' destroyed United Artists and forever crippled Hollywood director autonomy. How many bad directors these days can make that same claim?
I would also suggest Peter Jackson, as much as it pains me to do so. He really killed it with King Kong, and I think he's gotten so much stature at this point that it's gotten difficult to edit the man or keep him on a budget. I don't have high hopes for this new flick. It will not be Heavenly Creatures.
Quentin Tarantino ought to be in director jail just to knock some fucking sense back into his over-inflated head. The shame palace that Kevin Smith currently inhabits would be a welcome abode.
11/24/09
Anyway, Paul Verhoeven went back to Holland and made a riveting comeback in 2006 with Black Book.
Michael Cimino hasn't done anything film-related since the mid-'90s. Instead, he published a novel and morphed into a woman via multiple plastic surgeries.
11/24/09
It was before LOTR, when he had to shoot the "test" footage, that everything was on the line. He was afraid that if he and Fran screwed it up, they'd never work in Hollywood again.
11/24/09
Thought this was about writer/Tarantino collaborator Avary, Tweeting from jail.
For DUI manslaughter. It's actually pretty compelling reading. Sheets that although laundered, have "the ball-sweat of a thousand men" on them. Uh, vivid! Also, all inmates forced to watch Fox.
(How he Tweets: Avary uses his phone time each day to speak to a service that does the Tweets for him. Capitalism is amazing.)
11/24/09
I'll be right back. I'm going to go dunk my head in the kitchen sink for a few minutes.
11/22/09
Shouldn’t he be out clearing brush on some ranch in Texas by now?
11/22/09
You won. Can we all just ignore Tucker now? Pretty please with a Hipster Grifter on top?
Signed,
Everybody
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Therefore, be it resolved that Gawker shall never write another post about Tucker Max again, nor refer to him indirectly in another post. The one exception, of course, is on the occasion when he's finally beaten to death with a giant dildo.
Anyone second this?
11/21/09
11/21/09
Luckily I'm willing to help you, but you must follow my advice:
A)Grow a pair.
B)Understand the subtext to the whole frat boy thing, which is that sense of entitled fulfilled. Yes, it's fantasy, but keep at it.
C) Grow a pair.
D) Stop whining like a little girl because you didn't win at a man's game.
E) Did I mention, grow a pair? Dude, nothing's worse than an emasculated macho poser. You're fucking annoying.
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Your Coastal types just hate your fucking guts and think you are an unfunny loser.
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11/21/09
Middle America, and the rest of fly-over country is the ONLY place this shit will fly.
Tucker Max is such a putz.
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