Sunday, September 24, 2006
Another Qualified Victory
I did another solid job picking the box office this weekend. Once again, I correctly picked the #1 film in the country ("Jackass 2", by a considerable margin), along with 4 of the top 5. In fact, "The Black Dahlia"'s gross was just $0.35 million short of making it a perfect top 5 - instead, De Palma's muddy noir plummeted to the 6th spot. "Jet Li's Fearless" performed a little better than I expected (can anyone explain this man's popularity to me?), while the WWI dogfight film "Flyboys" did a little worse. As predicted, the eternally delayed "All the King's Men" and the underhyped Orlando Bloom vehicle "Haven" were prototypical nonstarters. Here were the actual top 5 films in the country this weekend, with my predictions in parentheses:
1) Jackass 2 (Jackass 2)
2) Jet Li's Fearless (Flyboys)
3) The Gridiron Gang (The Gridiron Gang)
4) Flyboys (Jet Li's Fearless)
5) Everyone's Hero (The Black Dahlia)
Next week features the comedy "School for Scoundrels", starring Barnesyard Bump-ee Billy Bob Thornton, as well as a very intriguing Kutcher v. Kutcher showdown, as his rescue diving actioner "The Guardian" (co-starring some washed-up ex-actor named Kevin Costner) is pitted against his animated "Open Season".
1) Jackass 2 (Jackass 2)
2) Jet Li's Fearless (Flyboys)
3) The Gridiron Gang (The Gridiron Gang)
4) Flyboys (Jet Li's Fearless)
5) Everyone's Hero (The Black Dahlia)
Next week features the comedy "School for Scoundrels", starring Barnesyard Bump-ee Billy Bob Thornton, as well as a very intriguing Kutcher v. Kutcher showdown, as his rescue diving actioner "The Guardian" (co-starring some washed-up ex-actor named Kevin Costner) is pitted against his animated "Open Season".
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Explanation for Jet Li's popularity: He's made some of the best fucking Kung Fu action movies in the history of cinema. Sure he's made some crappy ones too, but what big name writer/director/actor hasn't blown it on occassion?
Review Feast! Tower is showing it again this Friday & Saturday. The 29th & 30th again at 11:25pm.
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: 4:24 PM
I've never seen a Jet Li movie that hasn't blown it big time. That guy has no charisma and no skills, martial arts-related or otherwise.
I'll write a review of "Feast", but it won't be all that positive. Hey, director John Gulager said he would personally visit any theater in America that held "Feast" over for a second week. You should get him to attend one of the screenings.
I'll write a review of "Feast", but it won't be all that positive. Hey, director John Gulager said he would personally visit any theater in America that held "Feast" over for a second week. You should get him to attend one of the screenings.
John Gulager didn't have any contact information on IMDB, but "Feast" has a MySpace page where Tower can leave a message and/or comment. The page is at www.myspace.com/feastthemovie. I'm telling you, he claimed he would visit ANY theater holding "Feast" over a second week. At the very least, it would be a good bit.
Okay I have to admit I'm slightly biased towards Jet Li because I think he's kind of a hottie (that whole Kato thing he had going in "Black Mask" helped) and haven't seen "Fearless" yet *but* I thought "Unleashed" was just... ughhh.
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