RUMOR CONTROL...THESE ARE THE FACTS

[Matt]

Everything he does in that movie is fucking gold.

Yeah, I remember laughing my ass off at the lemon squeezing machine on his head. Remember? He couldn't think, so they had to increase his brainwave activity by squeezing lemon juice into his brain. That was fucking hilarious. Oh wait, no...actually, it wasn't.

[Ed Hocken]

My "ehhhhh" feelings towards the movie also relate to the fact I was never interested in reading the books. I didn't read much when I was a pup. And then when I did start reading again, it was crime fiction and Hunter Thompson.

[Abraham Smashington]

You're right, this was better

[V]

My "ehhhhh" feelings towards the movie also relate to the fact I was never interested in reading the books. I didn't read much when I was a pup. And then when I did start reading again, it was crime fiction and Hunter Thompson.

Ed... with this simple statement, you have encapsulated all of my feelings for you.

Let me sum them up.

You should be both noted and ignored, embraced and dismissed, and laughed at and revered.

[BillyG]

Rockwell and Freeman take an unoffensive movie and make it fucking awesome.

[Matt]

You're right, this was better

It was totally better, low budget production effects and everything. The Adams books are funny BECAUSE of the way that Adams describes the situations, not because of the situations themselves. The BBC miniseries GOT this, the movie DID NOT.

[Matt]

As far as I'm concerned, the only person who can walk away from that terrible movie with their head held high is Bill Nighy. I LOVED his take on Slartibartfast.

[Martin]

Bill Nighy is so good he didn't look retarded in Underworld, a feat only attained by Kate Beckinsale'sbody.

[Abraham Smashington]

The animated book sections are fucking aces though. If you disagree then you're just flat out wrong.

[V]

Bill Fucking Nighy made 'The Constant Gardener' actually watchable...

[Matt]

The opening musical number with the dolphins AND the animated sequences for the book itself were funny. Genuinely funny. There were also a few moments here and there throughout the film that were amusing. 90% of the film hits with a resoundingly unfunny THUD, though. Simply painfully unfunny to the extreme.

[Anderson]

Completely indifferent on Hobbit news.

Not my thing and I keep wondering if Peter Jackson is George Lucasing before our eyes.

That's the best way to describe it. In economic terms, that's what Jackson just did.

The weight of the film's success falls on Jackson, as he put up the entire cost of Pre-Production and development. If the films succeed, he should turn around and rape the studios ala Lucas.

He deserves the Lion's share and he should use this as an excuse to get the rights away from Saul Zaentz and MGM. I have no doubts that the Tolkein Estate wouldn't have a problem with that.

[Martin]

Bill Fucking Nighy made 'The Constant Gardener' actually watchable...

I actually really liked The Constant Gardener. I wouldn't watched it again, and I needed to sneak into The 40 Years Old Virgin afterward because I needed uplifting, but it's a good movie.

[Ed Hocken]

I wasn't talking about studio politics and economics. I'm talking about the fact the guy never moves beyond The Shire and just stays there while his f/x company takes off like a rocket.

[Abraham Smashington]

The dude did enough movies prior to LOTOR that he could just not do anything now and I'd be fine with it.