en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1990312 Comments by magdajhawthorne http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/14/daily-call-sheet-last-decades-most-underrated-films-what-abe-lincoln-vampire-slayer-should-look-like-and-why-super-fly-rules/#IDComment292554876 Bottle Shock was a wonderful, fun movie, I'd call it "a gem". If Hollywood would just go back to making about 50 movies of that "underrated gem" caliber (I mean, with no pretentions to being "GREAT!" or "AMAZING" or "BLOCKBUSTER" or anything), you know, just trying to tell a good, decent, story, and doing it well, it would not be having the problems it has. And I will join you at the opening night of "Alan Rickman reads the phone book." Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:42:21 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/14/daily-call-sheet-last-decades-most-underrated-films-what-abe-lincoln-vampire-slayer-should-look-like-and-why-super-fly-rules/#IDComment292554876 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/01/last-night-on-glee-michael-jackson-glorified-marriage-dragged-through-mud/#IDComment281105043 Good for you Jenny. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:00:52 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/01/last-night-on-glee-michael-jackson-glorified-marriage-dragged-through-mud/#IDComment281105043 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/05/daily-call-sheet-tv-goes-wayback-kurt-russell-news-wiig-less-bridesmaids-sequel/#IDComment256221251 Oh, I disagree. IMO, Eponine is not really all that hard, as musical parts go. It doesn't really require much vocal range, and the acting emotion required, unrequited love, is right up her alley. Eponine is really a perfect entry level part for a pop singer trying to move into acting. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:17:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/05/daily-call-sheet-tv-goes-wayback-kurt-russell-news-wiig-less-bridesmaids-sequel/#IDComment256221251 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/23/daily-call-sheet-war-horse-warning-extremely-loud-savaging-and-merry-christmas/#IDComment245795497 The only thing I know about War Horse is the over the top "Be Brave! Be Brave" speech they play in the radio ads for it. All I have to say is ugh. Melodramatic, manipulative, dreck. Not for me. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:13:15 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/23/daily-call-sheet-war-horse-warning-extremely-loud-savaging-and-merry-christmas/#IDComment245795497 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/23/daily-call-sheet-war-horse-warning-extremely-loud-savaging-and-merry-christmas/#IDComment245793148 Point taken and somewhat agreed with. But I think there's a big difference between telling a child a fairy tale where grandma gets eaten by a wolf, or where cinderella's sisters cut off their toes and heels so the shoe will fit and showing them a viscerally horrifying image in a movie theatre where the sights and sounds of war and horror are there and larger than life is much much different. Much different. In the telling, the parent and even the child are in control of the images and words used. In the movies you have no control except to leave. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:08:47 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/23/daily-call-sheet-war-horse-warning-extremely-loud-savaging-and-merry-christmas/#IDComment245793148 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aliciacolon/2011/12/03/grading-televisions-female-police-officers/#IDComment232687954 THIS! I think that Castle has *mostly* stayed away from this, having Beckett rely primarily on her gun and her attitude to intimidate people/take down bad guys. ONCE (or maybe twice) they had her man-handle someone and it was so ridiculous I think even they realized it just would not fly. Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:44:26 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aliciacolon/2011/12/03/grading-televisions-female-police-officers/#IDComment232687954 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment230728002 Well, test yourself. See the remake with Grace Kelly, Frank, and Bing. It's called High Society, I think. Some of it is changed, but a lot of the dialogue is the same. Thu, 1 Dec 2011 03:10:37 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment230728002 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment230725825 Dude, no one considers Ben Affleck (or Matt Damon, for that matter) a great actor. Not even people who like them. Thu, 1 Dec 2011 03:06:07 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment230725825 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment230722587 Tropic Thunder, best movie that came out that year (I have kids, I don't know what year it is). Best. Thu, 1 Dec 2011 03:00:40 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2011/11/20/top-ten-most-overrated-actorsactresses-of-all-time/#IDComment230722587 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228422377 You said that like there's something wrong with that. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:14:52 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228422377 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228421590 Fight Club is about learning how to take a punch. It's about finding authenticity in developing your own character through suffering, enduring pain, and becoming a man. It's about breaking out of the nanny-state that tries to coddle you. What's not conservative about that? I remember watching and thinking the "let's destroy capitalism" ending seemed like a real cop-out to me -- I believe there were groans in the theatre I was in when that happened. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:12:54 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228421590 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228418652 this. Thirteenth Warrior ruled; as did Fight Club, even though I think the 99% got one of their demands from the end. I found Mansfield Park unwatchable. It took all the fun out of catching a murderer. Ugh. What pretentious dreck. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:05:59 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228418652 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228417492 I disagree, respectfully. I found the characters conversations more moving after I knew. Now, that whole ghost thing still scares the willies out of me, so I rarely watch it, but knowing the gimmick really didn't ruin it for me. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:03:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment228417492 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/16/daily-call-sheet-tom-hanks-action-president-why-leo-didnt-have-to-die-and-liberty-valance/#IDComment223076520 I've never seen Titanic. I had already intended never to see it when a friend confirmed me in my choice by saying "I was surprised by how well it gave you the feeling of being on a sinking ship." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:36:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/16/daily-call-sheet-tom-hanks-action-president-why-leo-didnt-have-to-die-and-liberty-valance/#IDComment223076520 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/04/morning-call-sheet-burn-notice-returns-meet-the-new-moneypenny-and-yep-hoovers-gay/#IDComment217487093 My husband and son saw Cars 2 in the theatre a few months ago. How did that happen? Sun, 6 Nov 2011 00:58:32 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/04/morning-call-sheet-burn-notice-returns-meet-the-new-moneypenny-and-yep-hoovers-gay/#IDComment217487093 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/28/morning-call-sheet-history-for-sale-witchcraft-and-hollywoods-china-infatuation/#IDComment200447519 I love Rob Schneider. Loved his stand up comedy. I can't find it online, but the funniest thing I ever saw was when he does the bit about "what if fish started fishing for us." The physical comedy of the man is amazing. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:32:14 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/28/morning-call-sheet-history-for-sale-witchcraft-and-hollywoods-china-infatuation/#IDComment200447519 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/09/mel-gibson-joe-eszterhas-team-up-for-tale-of-jewish-hero/#IDComment191549144 Macabees! AWESOME movie idea. Maybe he'll do all the apocrypha. I vote for Judith next. Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:11:24 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/09/mel-gibson-joe-eszterhas-team-up-for-tale-of-jewish-hero/#IDComment191549144 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/08/four-middle-aged-overweight-entrepreneurs-dominate-labor-day-tv-ratings/#IDComment191150107 I think Dirty Jobs should be required viewing. I think it's interesting that for years we were all told that the reason Hollywood kept giving us movie after movie about drugs, and racism, and sex, and affairs and seedy criminals and all the bad things about humanity was because it was "realistic." It was good for us to see this because it was real. Reality shows about good hardworking guys like the crews on Deadliest Catch, or the Pawn Shop guys, they aren't really real, they're scripted -- even though they're more reality based than any movie or t.v. show we'd ever see. But movies like "Crash," or "Towelhead" we have to watch those because they are realistic and tell us what we need to hear. Thu, 8 Sep 2011 17:31:17 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/08/four-middle-aged-overweight-entrepreneurs-dominate-labor-day-tv-ratings/#IDComment191150107 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/08/four-middle-aged-overweight-entrepreneurs-dominate-labor-day-tv-ratings/#IDComment191145969 The point is not "scripted" vs. "unscripted" it's, as Nolte said "Working class heroes not presented as buffoons." "Reality" tv, for some reason, is one of the only places in Hollywood now that's willing to give Americans this representation and that's why Americans are tuning in. You're making a separate point. Of course this is set-up. Of course it's scripted. Of course the personalities are a little over the top. But it is realistic even if it's not real. These shows resonate because people recognize themselves or their neighbor. And It's not totally scripted. I mean, people die on Deadliest Catch. I don't believe they script that. Thu, 8 Sep 2011 17:20:02 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/08/four-middle-aged-overweight-entrepreneurs-dominate-labor-day-tv-ratings/#IDComment191145969 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aprice/2011/08/04/harry-potter-conservative-hero/#IDComment180130564 This question is addressed quite explicitly and at great great length in The Order of the Phoenix (I think that's the one). Harry has this long discussion with Dumbledore about the meaning of being the Chosen One and the meaning of the prophecy and Dumbledore explains that it's NOT the prophecy that made Harry the chosen one, but rather the choices he and Voldemort made. Dumbledore explained that Harry wasn't fighting Dumbledore because he HAD to, because he was fated to, but rather because he CHOSE to. Dumbledore also pointed out that Harry wasn't the only child who fit the terms of the prophecy. Contrast this discussion about being the chosen one (a classic sci-fi fantasy trope), to for instance, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where, being the "chosen one" is forced on her SPOILER -- if we need spoiler alerts for a 10 years gone series -- (eventually explicitly likened to rape in the last season) and the resolution comes when she is made to be, in essence, not chosen anymore, but can be part of group of other girls with the same power as her. I think there are moments of conservatism in Buffy, but the overarching theme is purely feminist. Reading this section in Harry Potter really increased by appreciation for these books by leaps and bounds and I think at that moment I decided I would be exposing my young sons to the series when they are old enough, even though the hype will be long gong by then. Thu, 4 Aug 2011 17:36:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aprice/2011/08/04/harry-potter-conservative-hero/#IDComment180130564