Best Description of ‘Quantum of Solace’ Yet
IMDB:
Roger Moore, who played James Bond longer than any other actor, has complained that the 007 franchise has suffered a decline in quality in recent years. In an interview with Varsity, the student newspaper at Cambridge University in England, Moore expressed admiration for Daniel Craig’s performance in the last Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, but he compared the movie itself to “a long disjointed commercial.”
A very long disjointed commercial.
NBC TV and Universal Film Struggle
The NBC broadcast network and the Los Angeles based Universal movie studio posted weak numbers for the quarter ended Sept. 30. The film studio underperformed at the box office, resulting in a 7.8% revenue decline compared with the third quarter of 2010.
Tepid ratings at NBC as well as increased spending for new prime-time programming added to the drag on NBCUniversal’s overall results. The broadcast TV division barely turned a profit.
Is the economy to blame? The product? Both?
Sony is looking at a billion-plus dollar loss, but that’s due in large part to sales of televisions, Blu-ray players and other electronic items.
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SCOTTDS’ EPIC LINK-TACULAR
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FOX RENEWS ‘THE X FACTOR’ FOR A SECOND SEASON
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NEW LINE PURCHASES ‘CATEGORY SIX,’ SCRIPT FOR “FOUND FOOTAGE” DISASTER FILM
TOM CRUISE TAKES ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE’ TO NEW HEIGHTS
GUILLERMO DEL TORO PREPPING HIS NEXT ANIMATED FILM FOR DREAMWORKS
TERRENCE MALICK WILL SHOOT TWO NEW FILMS IN 2012
THE 10 MOST SHOCKING/CONTROVERSIAL MOVIES OF ALL TIME
J.K. ROWLING ADMITS SHE WAS THINKING OF KILLING OFF RON WEASLEY
A LOOK BACK AT THE FAILED 2000 SCI-FI ANIMATED FILM ‘TITAN A.E.‘
AN ESSAY ON JEAN COCTEAU’S ‘ORPHEUS‘
5 REASONS ‘DARIA’ SHOULD COME BACK INSTEAD OF ‘BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD‘
A LOOK BACK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ‘SIX FEET UNDER‘
41 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE ‘HALLOWEEN’ COMMENTARY TRACK
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LAST NIGHT’S SCREENING
Over the past few days I’ve watched both the 1997 television miniseries version of “The Shining” and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 theatrical film. I know this is heresy, but I think the miniseries is superior in every way. Better story, scarier, deeper characterizations, and — are you ready for this? Steven Weber’s performance is better than Jack Nicholson’s.
This isn’t Nicholson’s fault. He’s a brilliant actor who did up to a hundred takes for Kubrick that ran through every possible emotion. Therefore the performance is a creation of the director’s in the editing room, but it’s still an over-the-top performance that constantly takes you out of the film, especially the third act.
Weber, on the other hand, is completely believable, especially in the climactic confrontation scene with his young son where everything that’s come before emotionally culminates in this one scene. It’s a heartbreaking scene and, I think, a performance that deserves more attention.
Kubrick’s film is also somewhat stiff and stagy, especially in the opening scenes. Obviously, it’s beautifully filmed and contains a number of iconic moments, but it’s also distant (a Kubrick trademark) and episodic.
I await your scorn.
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