I don't mean to go on a Siskow-style rant here, but how many Truman Capote films do we really need in the span of two years? At first I thought it might be a *different* story about Truman Capote, and I thought: Well, that's interesting: It'll be interesting to see an actor other than Philip Seymour Hoffman play the famous writer, but, I didn't know there was such a huge market for Truman Capote movies.
But as I continued watching, it became clear that it's pretty much the same movie. Unless the movie sat on the shelf since before Capote came out, or someone lost a bet ("Ok, if I sink this putt, you have to re-shoot Capote with different actors- and one of them has to be Sandra Bullock." "You're crazy." "Come on, it's a 30-foot putt." "Okay, deal." Rattle, rattle), there is no need for this movie to have been made.
Why don't we just redo Ray while we're at it? Oh wait... Walk the Line... I forgot.
My other thought on movies for today is that Snakes on a Plane is going to be really really bad. I'll still see it eventually, I'm sure. What they should have done is, when it became such an Internet phenomenon and people were expecting this really campy movie about Samuel L. Jackson killing a bunch of snakes on a plane, they should have re-edited the movie to be as campy as people imagined in their wildest dreams it would be. As it is, though, I bet the movie will try to be way too serious. The camp factor would have brought in a lot of repeat viewings, but as I bet most people interested in seeing it will watch it once, be disappointed, and forget about it.
Spending a couple more million to re-edit and even re-shoot some scenes to add the camp factor would have been awesome. I mean, seriously... the movie is called Snakes on a Plane.
Other clips to watch to keep you entertained:
Windmill Dunk from free-throw line
and of course, a Weightless Dog
Posted by alangage at August 18, 2006 10:26 AM
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4. Currently, the market can bear 4 movies based on the life of Truman Capote. The third release stars Leonardo DiCaprio and the fourth will have that kid with Down Syndrome that hit all those three-pointers portray a young Capote.
Posted by: cody at August 20, 2006 11:27 AM
That was a very me-style rant. I likey. And you're right, it's the same movie. It's like when they re-shot Back to the Future II to re-create the first one. It was probably made at the same time as Capote, and they used the same sets and same eyeglasses that Hoffman used. Or maybe in this movie, Capote finds a copy of "In Cold Blood" and goes back in time to give it to himself so he doesn't even have to write the book in the first place, but creates an alternate universe in which Crispin Glover has been killed off and replaced by an upside-down and yet much more deceased Jeffrey Weissman, and in which he has to drag race Flea to keep Sandra Bullock from creating The George Lopez Show. Now that's a movie!
Posted by: siskow at August 22, 2006 11:04 AM
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