The DaVinci Code

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by grady

thanks for the heads up ffolkes. I updated my post accordingly and even double checked it again as I didn't know where the hell my mind was other than bashing opie.

no problem, though now your updated post is kinda saying that opie directed gladiator... if russell won for that movie, wouldn't it be more of ridley scott's fault?

Originally Posted by grady

As far as Opie directing good films. I didn't see his western he made a couple year back. I didn't see Cinderella Man as it looked like setimental crap pleading for some gold statues. Then there is Gladiator. The film that won Russel Crowe his oscar he so rightly deserved for his performance in The Insider.

but honestly who cares, i'm just being overtly precise.

imo ron howard should be bashed for winning best director and best movie for 'a beautiful mind'; a movie that reeks of cheesiness + academy-asskissing over-sentimentality (even more than cinderella man, in fact). surely one of the most underwhelming 'best movie' oscar winners ever. ...then again if i remember correctly there wasn't much competition back then either. peter jackson had his first LOTR but won "for all three" later on with return of the king etc etc.

so anyways, for a closure: fuck ron howard and fuck the oscars.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

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[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

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my sentiments exactly. err...

[grady]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

no problem, though now your updated post is kinda saying that opie directed gladiator... if russell won for that movie, wouldn't it be more of ridley scott's fault?



but honestly who cares, i'm just being overtly precise.

imo ron howard should be bashed for winning best director and best movie for 'a beautiful mind'; a movie that reeks of cheesiness + academy-asskissing over-sentimentality (even more than cinderella man, in fact). surely one of the most underwhelming 'best movie' oscar winners ever. ...then again if i remember correctly there wasn't much competition back then either. peter jackson had his first LOTR but won "for all three" later on with return of the king etc etc.

so anyways, for a closure: fuck ron howard and fuck the oscars.

I updated my post yet AGAIN and it further expresses what you just typed above, fuck ron howard and fuck the oscars. Eh, we should direct all this hatred towards something useful like bashing MI:3-SCIENTOLOGY RULES or Poseidon.

Meanwhile, The Da Vinci code is finally being shown today in Cannes. We should all be so excited!

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by grady

I updated my post yet AGAIN and it further expresses what you just typed above, fuck ron howard and fuck the oscars. Eh, we should direct all this hatred towards something useful like bashing MI:3-SCIENTOLOGY RULES or Poseidon.

Meanwhile, The Da Vinci code is finally being shown today in Cannes. We should all be so excited!

sorry about that. looks good enough now though...

btw my brother is at the festival, he might attend the whole da vinci bash. i already asked him to give opie a swift kick in the arse if he sees him.

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

on another note, i'm not too excited about da vinci code. after seeing a documentary about the whole dan brown's novel phenomena, i kinda saw everything worth seeing (plus the debunking of the whole theory as well).

it's a bit like seeing a trailer for a movie that shows all the best bits... you're not really keen on seeing the rest as it seems just a filler.

oh and fuck ron howard too.

you do know that there is a fictious story wrapped up in this theory right? and its that story that makes the movie compelling, not the theory alone. the historical take on the secret wasnt the page turner, the ficticious drama was.

oh what's wrong with Ron Howard now? my goodness, he is one person who i couldnt possibly think you would say "fuck you" to. i mean, his work on Arrested Development leads me to think that he 'gets it'.

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by potatobroth

you do know that there is a fictious story wrapped up in this theory right? and its that story that makes the movie compelling, not the theory alone. the historical take on the secret wasnt the page turner, the ficticious drama was.

oh what's wrong with Ron Howard now? my goodness, he is one person who i couldnt possibly think you would say "fuck you" to. i mean, his work on Arrested Development leads me to think that he 'gets it'.

i am aware of a fictitious thriller within da vinci code that starts with someone getting murdered, i guess? but the problem is i was always more intrigued with the whole ridiculous religious commotion that was caused by the "theory". i wanted to know what the fuckin fuss was about. and now that that's out of the window there's little else than just a thriller left. believe me i've seen plenty of those before.

plus it's not like da vinci code is getting any rave reviews either (not that it really matters) http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/davincicode

mind you, i'll still catch it when the movie lands on dvd. tho i have my doubts it'll ever come even close to real classic thrillers like, let's say the marathon man... i'll try to reserve judgement until i see it.

as to fuckronhoward, i was referring to the man's work. not opie himself of course, as i don't even personally know him. it's his movies that i have a problem with: there's a lot of potential that always gets unfortunately fucked with overdramatic saccharine scenes. he needs to get colder.

i also don't think much of arrested development, but that's prolly more due to the fact that i hardly ever follow any tv series anymore.

[grady]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

sorry about that. looks good enough now though...

btw my brother is at the festival, he might attend the whole da vinci bash. i already asked him to give opie a swift kick in the arse if he sees him.

No worries, one likes to be as correct as possible when posting info.

what is your brother doing at the festival? Is he working it or seeing films there? I'd love to be there and see a few films there myself.

[grady]

Originally Posted by potatobroth

oh what's wrong with Ron Howard now? my goodness, he is one person who i couldnt possibly think you would say "fuck you" to. i mean, his work on Arrested Development leads me to think that he 'gets it'.

Potatobroth, I think I share ffolkes feelings towards Ron Howard's films as well since they often start off nice and good and then sure enough veer off into the sachrine highway of feel good/do no wrong. It's almost like a safer version of Spielbergo.

Now as for ffolkes, I disagree with him regarding Arrested Development. I love that show so much and wish that Ron would have used more of his power and clout to save the show. (who knows though, perhaps he did, we'll just never know. I'd like to think he and his partner at Imagine Entertainment, Brian Grazer, did do all they could and then some to save the series. But it seems Mitch Hurwitz might have had different intentions.)

Ron Howard's contribution to Arrested Development was wonderful as the narrator. I enjoyed when he would offer his brief little snippy comments on certain charater's like Henry Winkler's.

[adam]

Go buy Arrested Development. The second season is insanely brilliant. I mean, freakin' genius.