Last movie you watched?

[basilsunshine]

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHEONIX.

Midnight showing man.
Gotta love it.

[Medikor]

The plan is I'll be seeing Transformers tonight so I'll be back to give my impressions.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Originally Posted by frankie_fan

Speaking of which, did you see the Get Smart trailer at the beginning, and what did you think of it? I reckon it's gonna rock!

Actually I did. I've heard about this movie remake for a long time and no progress was ever achieved until the original Get Smart actor died recently. That's when it kicked into high gear and used Steve Carrell's success to make it even more "big top".

I first didn't think I'd care for this movie. I never had seen or heard of the series prior, and I thought it would be like cheesy, old kiddie humor or cheap slapstick. But the trailer made it look very clever, very funny and in fact, I am actually looking froward to seeing it.

[emperor26]

At the moment, I have already finish watching Transformers (which was a week ago), and currently, I'm planning to see "The Simpsons Movie" once it comes out.

[antgirl1]

At the Theaters: Ratatouille

At Home: Ultraviolet

Next movie to see in Theaters: Harry Potter: "Order of the Phoenix", on FRIDAY, JULY 13th, @ 12:10 PM.

[some guy you dont know]

ferris bueller's day off

great movie, i am in awe of it. not much else to say

[Ccook50]

Haven't seen Transformers but Kevin saw it earlier this week. He said he lost brain cells watching it.

The contemporizing of Underdog is presumably conventional wisdom of introducing the character to a new generation of movie goers in spite of the fact that he's a TV character created back in 1964. Virtually nobody born from 1987 on knows who Underdog is, so they'll be approaching this film with the presumption that this is a Disney original. There will be a screen credit (I'm sure) that will say "based on the character created by Chet Stovers and Buck Biggers" but who reads those credits today?

Among the liberties taken: this Underdog doesn't talk in rhyme (there but for the grace of Wally Cox go I). If he has a secret identity, it certainly isn't Shoeshine Boy. In a sure PC move, no Underdog super energy pill. No Sweet Polly Purebred. None of the villains like Simon Barsinister or Riff Raff. And even if it did have all those, the movie would still be a dud because on average, live versions of cartoon shows have had a miserable track record. It cannot be done successfully because it's stretching out formula and convention from thirty to ninety minutes. But as with such cut-to-the-quick Disney products, it will attract the most undiscriminating movie goers and launch at least one direct-to-DVD sequel.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

I too believe the movie is a god awful, image destroying piece of cinematic crap however I have to say Ccook that you are wrong on some of your points. The commercials and ads DO reveal some of those characters you mentioned.

Polly Purebred IS in it, I think Riff Raff is also, and I know for a FACT Simon Barsinister is in it and I think he actually looked kind of cool looking. I do know of Underdog and the basics of him but I'm no expert.

Either way, I have no intention of seeing this movie and I know that whether your a Underdog fan or not, you can tell this is not him at all. It would have been smarter if they animated the dog into his cartoon yellow appearance.

While it still would probably be put in the same crappy direction it's being put in now, I think at least keeping his appearance then a CGI beagle with a cape would have looked much better and been less degrading for the character.

[AerostarMonk]

Peter Dinklage is playing Simon, and if anyone is really going to sell their character it's him. He looks the part in the commercial and anyone who has seen his work knows he's a superb actor.

I think the reason this seems like such a bad translation is because much of the charm from the original just doesn't seem to fit into a modern live-action "blockbuster." The rhyme, the anthropomorphized animals, the very cartoony schemes. But I'll have to wait to see this one before I can really call it out on any of these things. For all we know this could be surprisingly good. And so far Disney didn't try to bury it, even after that brush with controversy over the tagline.

[Ccook50]

I acquiese, since I hadn't seen the trailer or any sneak peek clips. Still, you couldn't pay me enough to appear as a villain in a live action movie like this and utter lines like "Simon says, (insert threatening command here)."