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Great, now I'm going to have Journey stuck in my head all fucking day.

Oh god I hope it overtakes Titanic. I think we should all do our part by seeing the movie twice more. At least.

On a completely unrelated note, I think Pajiba needs an occasional advice article. As in, "How To Deal With Morons Who Have No Taste In Films" or "How To Deal With Fucking Morons Who Try To Equate Awesomeness (Batman) With Shittiness (Bush)".

You know what sort of turned me off about the new X-Files movie? The title. Honestly, I watched the trailer, thought, "Yay! Can't wait!" and then it all came a-tumbling down when I saw the movie's title. I Want to Believe? It just sounds awful to me.

Is the title significant to something that happened in the series that I may have missed?

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Kolby, "I Want to Believe" was written on the UFO poster in Mulder's office throughout the series.

Is the title significant to something that happened in the series that I may have missed?

Yes, the poster in Mulder's office.

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And yet, still no spelling skills (the spambots, I mean).

Stepbrothers? Really? It just looks so awful.

I would really like to find a zombie date, but it's for zombies only. Too bad...

OH! Ok, I get it.

pass

I'm still not sure if I liked or hated The X-Files. Such a shitty plot; but Gillian Anderson owned that fucker! What a fantastic performance from her.

God, I am so fucking disappointed in the rest.

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Still haven't seen Dark Knight. Spent all weekend watching Spaced and making corn souffle.

Geek cred falling by the moment...

Oh, I'm soooo glad Mamma Mia! is doing well! Suck it, bitches!! Despite attempts to pigeonhole/stereotype the type of audience, I think it just illustrates that some people like a simple, inoffensive feel-good movie with some great songs. Yes, ABBA had some great songs...not everyone who frequents this site tries to be terribly cool by lying about the kind of naval-gazing Fiona Apple, Ryan Adams-esque music they listen to!

Nah nah nah Batman!

The Dark Knight rules. I guess at some point I am going to have to break down and see Iron Man now.

X-flies? Blah. Meh. Blah.

"Oh, I'm soooo glad Mamma Mia! is doing well! Suck it, bitches!!"

Something tells me that "Suck it bitches!!" isn't a typical response from fans of movie musicals featuring Meryl Streep.

After pestering her about it for a week, my mom saw The Dark Knight this weekend and then called me yesterday to tell me SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT. I was speechless. I've never before had such an urge to slap my own mother. What's weird is that she loved Iron Man, so... I just don't get it. I just don't.

I can't stand Fiona Apple or Ryan Adams, but I don't think people are lying about enjoying them, if that's what you mean. I think it's wrong, but I think it's true.

But, besides that, "Mamma Mia" can do just as well as it pleases and it won't bother me none. I too want the X-Files to succeed and I too will see it, bad reviews or not, though there seems to be some momentum out there in "no, it's good, really!" But I'll go either way. My Mulder and Scully figures would scowl at me forever if I didn't.

Spent all weekend watching Spaced
Geek cred falling by the moment...

Naw, you're at least breaking even, twig. "Spaced" is geekier than Batman.

You know, for just a millisecond or so, I was prepared to go into a semi-sarcastic, indignant defense of Ohio, my home sweet home. Then I remembered that you're basically right. By and large, Ohioans are a bunch of overfed, under-thinking, pudgy morons who have no business choosing a movie at the neighborhood multi-plex, much less the fucking president.

(Of course, present company is excepted.)

(Evidently, I'm a self-hating Ohioan. Squee. Rural Ohio blows.)

I think you're right Skitt.
I saw it [Mamma Mia] with my mom because movies like Batman (good ones to me, to her they're "weird" and "scary") creep her out. Nothing made sense in that movie. The songs didn't flow nicely into each other and most of the time the cast would finish their line and stare hungrily waiting for the music to start. And Pierce Brosnan blew. Even my mom thought it was dumb as hell, and that's saying a lot because her favorite movie right now is 27 Dresses.

Finally was well enough to see Dark Knight this Friday and it was great, although I have three little grumbles:
1) Very little actual Bruce Wayne/Christian Bale scenes (as opposed to Bat Man scenes)
2) Car chase scene a little too long
3) I think a car chase through Lower Wacker for a film made in Chicago is a just a little bit too cliched.

OK...so I took in my second viewing of The Dark Knight yesterday...and you know what/ It was even more awesome!

It was like the second time I had sex! Ya see, when you lose your virginity it's a lot like seeing the Dark Knight for the first time. The excitement was so great sitting there waiting for it to happen that I thought I was going to make a mess in my pants and just make it a completely awkward situation for all parties involved. But I concentrated on other things (counting to 100, the colors on the carpet, the lgihting fixtures). Then it began. And it was awesome. I was breathing heavily. My body was writhing with pleasure. Then I whispered into the ear of the girl sitting next to me (after Ledger's first mob meeting) "My dick just got hard." And then the lovins got really intense and i was swept up in the moment. And just like my first time gettin it wet, it was over WAAAAAAAAYYYY too soon. I mean, the little voice in my head SWEARS up and down that I was a champ and lasted an entire 2 and a half hours, but it felt more like 19 seconds. And when it was over, I was sad. not because of what IO had just been through but because, for some reason, it seemed like it was way too short. But I couldn't wait to do it again.

Then...the second time came. And it was a completely new experience. I was attentive to her needs. Enjoying every little curve, every moa, every shriek, every giggle. I took my time on this one. I was a cinematic sexual dynamo. Then...150 minutes later, I was covered in sweat with a shit-eating grin on my face knowing that I had just been part of a job VERY well done. And I even got a little freakier the second time around and brought 2 more friends with me to watch!

The Camel went down a little more smoothely afterwards this time, and I couldn't wait for it to happen again. Something tells me I'll be banging this movie for years to come. Who knows...this could be the one.

Could not agree more: I'm not excited about the upcoming Mummy, and yet I'm quite sure that I'll end up seeing it. And despite being vaguely excited about the X-Files, I have made no effort to get to the theater.

Oh, and while I am utterly delighted that TDK has made so much money, I would ask that parents NOT take children under 12 to see it. It is really, really not a kids' movie, and my enjoyment of the film is marred by your little anklebiters constantly asking questions or weeping in terror.

I like Fiona Apple, but mostly because she referred to the audience of a MTV awards show as "mindless sheep". Ryan Adams, not so much, as he seems to be an insufferable tool with an over-inflated opinion of himself.

Sktittimus,

You're right. Please excuse my "suck it, bitches" moment...quite uncouth. Allow me to celebrate the proper way, by lip-synching to Dancing Queen in the office, while my Tech. Sgt. and 1st Lt. supervisors look on in horror at what the U.S. military has become.

...and, lest you think I care only for some Meryl and her melodic, musical musings (sorry), I, too, finally caught TDK this weekend and, like the rest of the civilized world, thought it was great, despite Bale's almost comical over-growl when he dons the black mask. Props to the under-appreciated Aaron Eckhart, too. It's Ledger's movie, sure, but Eckhart was soo good he almost erased all memory of TLJ hamming it up in Batman Forever. Almost.

I agree with what most are saying about the "X-Files" film. It's a good episode, but not so much a good film. I would advise waiting for the DVD to come out.

It's a dirty shame about XF not doing well. It's a good movie! It has a plot, character development, good music, nice cinematography... I guess dumb America is too busy furiously masturbating to The Dark Knight.

I would advise waiting for the DVD to come out.

Posted by: Conrad (last name withheld)

Well that tears it. Nothing can keep me away!

Saw The Dark Knight this weekend and have one BIG grumble. Did the sound (explosions, music, etc) have to be so damn loud you could hear nothing else? On talking to friends who'd seen it, everyone had the same complaint. Guess I'll have to see it again when it comes out on dvd and put the subtitles on. I am pissed. Can someone explain to me why a director as talented as Nolan, with a movie as good as The Dark Knight,
feels the need to stomp it with heavy boots?
Okay. Rant over.

don't forget that movie tickets cost a lot more than they used to.
"biggest grossing feature" doesn't necessarily mean the most successful. in the old days, tickets were 25-75 cents.

i wish they'd measure box-office by asses in the theatre (taking into account population size) rather than dollars.

c

Where is the TV Whore? I wanna talk about that surprisingly intriguing promo for the new season of Heroes.

Or am I totally two months late on that conversation?

I'm with Jay... It's hard to take a suggestion from anybody who thought the last two seasons were better written than the whole rest of the series.

Yes, I am referring to you, Conrad, you twat.

Have no shame cheesy music lovers. I am proud to announce that I spent Saturday night at the Neil Diamond concert and had a brilliant time. The guy is 67 and he can still rock. Some of the crowd were a little unsetting (rather reminiscent of the type of people who stand outside the Today show with "I Love You Matt" signs), but they couldn't detract from my pleasure at seeing a true master at work.

Saw Dark Knight this weekend. It was just ok. Overrated.

"Yes, ABBA had some great songs..." If by great you mean shitty, well then yeah.

Celery, I'm fairly certain that grosses from past years are re-calculated using adjusted dollars to make the rankings more equitable.

Props to the under-appreciated Aaron Eckhart, too. [...] Eckhart was soo good he almost erased all memory of TLJ hamming it up in Batman Forever. Almost.

boogs, I second this wholeheartedly. I remarked to my friend as we were leaving the theater that it was a shame in a way that so much attention was being paid to Heath Ledger, for precisely this reason. (Don't get me wrong, Ledger was phenomenal; it's just a shame that Eckhart hasn't really gotten his due for his incredible performance as well.)

Anyway, it was completely awesome, in the biblical sense, and I will surely be a dumb American who continues "furiously masturbating to" it.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Adjusted for inflation: #1 Gone with the Wind -- $1.4 billion.

Buck the Fuckeyes and Go Blue.

Paddy, Paddy, Paddy...

I'm assuming you're just informing the others here but that you were already aware of the undiminished Diamond powers.

Damn, too bad it was still a few days before August.

The phenomenon of "Mamma Mia" in the top 5 just means that old people with nothing else to do in the summer will go to the movies. While it did suck (yes, I saw it with my girlfriends on a declared "Sparkly Shirt Night", not my choice, but I'm a joiner) they gotta make movies for people other than fanboys and Pajibans.

I love Fiona Apple. And I'm not lying about it. Her first album was just okay, but her second is amazing. And her third is brilliant if you get the bootleg unreleased version. I've never even heard of Ryan Adams.

I have no interest in seeing the X Files. It feels like an old relic of the nineties. I loved it once, I don't really need to go back to it in movie form. But that's how I feel about most movie sequels. I'm not even interested in seeing the Arrested Development movie... if there is one... and I'm a huge fan of the show.

TDK has become almost fetish for many people, wonder what that means...anyway, I liked better Iron Man, TDK was ok.

We should take the Dark Knight campaign seriously. I can't live in a world where "Titanic" is the highest grossing film of all time. I mean, Kate Winslet was in it and she's always good, but it was a movie about a one-night stand, as told by an old woman. I don't wanna listen to old people talking about sex because I don't wanna think about 90 year-olds' genitalia. I barely wanna think about my own.* So go out there and watch the Dark Knight over and over again so we can finally tell James Cameron to suck on it.

*I just wanna say that my Catholic upbringing has nothing to do with this.

sosumi,

RE: your two posts: Saw Dark Knight this weekend. It was just ok. Overrated. and "Yes, ABBA had some great songs..." If by great you mean shitty, well then yeah.

No. Just...no.

TK, Celery

Actually, I'm quite sure they don't adjust dollars for box office grosses. I read an article somewhere a while back stating that, in adjusted grosses, Gone with the Wind would be the number 1 B.O. smash of all time with something like $1.7 billion in adjusted dollars.

In truth, there's no way to really tell which movie is the most popular. In 1939 nobody had TV sets and going to the cinema was far more popular than it is today. Also, it's probably fair to say that in adjusted dollars, E.T. would wax Titanic and TDK and, in 1982, there were no internet or DVDs and videotapes were not at their peak to grab people's attention. I think that with the way culture changes (and the way in which we watch movies changes), we'll never get a true estimate on the most popular movie. The current system of ranking solely on (unadjusted) box office is as good as any other system, I guess.

I guess dumb America is too busy furiously masturbating to The Dark Knight.

I wouldn't say furiously for myself. It was slower yet enthusiastic, like a special needs child.

I love fiona apple and I love abba and after all this commenting I just started hearing in my head fiona singing the winner takes it all and I have a dream and people it's glorious. I think i have something in my eye.

Paddy--The Diamond rules.

Neil Diamond concert

Paddy, no. Just no. I loathe Neil Diamond. I hate Neil Diamond. I despise Neil effin' Diamond. He is not good. My mother tortured me for years by making me listen to him sing "Kentucky Woman" and "Girl, you'll be a woman soon". He makes my ears bleed.

Boogs, I think that you are correct about the adjusted gross count. Gone With The Wind would indeed be the all-time champ. New movies are only compared against those within a small time frame (i.e. single decade). This explains the blight that is Titanic.

Jay:

You are correct. I wanted to state it for the crowd.

Melody:

I fully understand how an association with ones mother can ruin a movie/performer/show, etc., but trust me. One day you will wake up a realize that your mother was right. Neil Diamond is awesome, awesome enough to be forgiven for You Don't bring Me Flowers. And that's pretty awesome.

"OK...so I took in my second viewing of The Dark Knight yesterday...and you know what/ It was even more awesome!

It was like the second time I had sex!"

Pissboy, something tells me with your story about the Second Coming of TDK would have won the t-shirt (or at least got a healthy honorable mention and steak dinner) in the Whoopee diversion last week. (Or that could just be my opinion. You can't beat sex and celluloid in the interesting department.) In any event, I hope I see things your way when I take my girlfriend and her sister to see it in IMAX, because if the second time is THAT good, I could only imagine what a second time in IMAX would do to me.

As for Boogs' continual defense of Mamma Mia, it looks like we meet again old foe. You have your shitty movie to defend, and I the contrary opinion that is shared by some, not all. Mamma Mia was shit. I mean the music was good (Abba is a slight guilty pleasure of mine), but the story was preposterous. (Slight spoiler alert) The 1/3 compromise was bullshit. (end)

Have at you, you rapscallion.

There are fewer more underappreciated gems than "The Jazz Singer".

Oh it's bizarre and silly, yes, but....Wow.

I've mentioned before that Olivier's in it, right? That's right, Hamlet, King of Olympus is Neil Diamond's rabbi father.

boogs,

The merits of Dark Knight are debatable. But, Abba is objectively shitty.

PaddyDog,

Neil Diamond? Awesome? You're kidding, right?

Mike R.,

the story was preposterous?

Really, Mike R.? It's a freaking ABBA musical!! What did you expect? L.A. Confidential-like plotting!

"Really, Mike R.? It's a freaking ABBA musical!! What did you expect? L.A. Confidential-like plotting!"

No, I expected a half decent story to string together all of the songs together that DOESN'T include a cop out ending. If they wanted to put all of those songs on screen minus a story, why not make a concert film?

Also, watching the movie was like watching an overly long commercial for Fanta (Voulez Vous), Gillette Venus (Does Your Mother Know), and the tourism board of Greece (just about the rest of the goddamn film). The movie works on CD with just the songs, but when you factor in the "story" it robs even the slightest enjoyment out of the numbers. They should have just done a rerecording of the songs with the cast and left it as a concept album.

Paddy, the spouse keeps trying to convince me of this. I fail to see his rationale. Being the nice daughter that I am, I did buy my mom the box set of Neil though. The only condition was that I did not have to listen to it.

"Enjoying every little curve, every moa, every shriek, every giggle.

Pissboy, every moa?

Ah ha ha! That's hysterical elizabeth.

yes...every "moa". Moans too even.

In any event, I hope I see things your way when I take my girlfriend and her sister to see it in IMAX,...

Mike R. hmmm...celluloid sex with sisters! That beats my second time hands down because, yes, while I brought friends to join in my movie-viewing-libidinous fun one of them was a dude. I tried not to look while he was getting his jollies.

It took Titanic something like seven or eight weeks to hit $300 million.

Any idea what the avergae ticket price was when Titanic came out versus now? Not trying to argue in Titanic's favor (still haven't seen it), just asking.

I have to do an image search to remember what Nolan even looks like) There is a small picture of him in this week's EW.

I wont call myself a big Fiona Apple fan. But Criminal is one of my all time favorite songs.

PissBoy: they don't sell towels at the IMAX theatre in Atlantic City for use at the pool. You can have your fun, but keep it discreet at the same time. (Not to mention they're huge...half for the Watchmen trailer and half for TDK). Oh, and the other great part about seeing it in IMAX...there's a Sonic Drive In en route, so side trips are pretty much unavoidable.

I don't know if that made sense, but thinking about a second showing in IMAX and a trip to Sonic Drive IN has put my mind into a lovely, lovely haze.

Dustin
I checked out that link for the adjusted gross boxoffice and ran across this.

1. Gone with the Wind MGM adjusted: $1,430,476,000 original: $198,676,459 year:1939

3. The Sound of Music Fox adjusted: $1,008,300,900 original: $158,671,368 year: 1965

10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs adjusted: $771,720,000 original: $184,925,486 year: 1937

Those three when taken togeather make no sense at all.

ummm.. nm Dustin. Apparently a lot of Snow White's original money has been made in rereleases over the years, which brings the adjusted way down.

Eric, how do those 3 make no sense at all? The Sound of Music, as much as I loathe it, is one of the most popular musicals of all time. Snow White has been re-released in theaters several times. It was the first movie I saw in a theater and I was not born in 1937. Gone With The Wind was an achievement in film-making when it was released. It was also based on a very popular book by the same name. It also had some very big name actors in it. Not to mention the backlash that occurred when Vivian Leigh, a British actress, was cast as Scarlett, instead of a proper southerner.

Melody, No wonder Maria Bello was cast in Mummy 3, it was karma evening up the score. Well, minus the Southerner aspect.

Melody, I believe he was pointing out (and later corrected) that the original and adjusted numbers don't match up appropriately. 158K in 1965 should not beat out 185K in 1937. The reason was the same rereleases you mentioned.

And of course I meant 158M, not 158K. Bah.

Bale's almost comical over-growl when he dons the black mask

boogs, this made me crazy in the first one as well, only this time it's worse! He keeps breathing from his mouth and talking like he's wearing a scuba mask - and people talking while wearing scuba masks are hilarious, so I found myself involuntarily chuckling when Batman was trying to be intimidating.

Some people just plain like a happy, campy musical. Hence, Mamma Mia's appeal. It's so theater that you'd have to love everything about musicals to get excited about it. But it's so campy and pop that theater purists turn their noses at it.

That, and lots of shirtless men and dirty jokes about hoo-hahs. I don't recall either on Broadway, to be honest. They were one step away from screaming out "Ouch my peesh" ala Kathy Griffin with the didgeridoo.

Nothing will ever beat GWTW.

That's all I have to contribute today. I have a migraine. Go 'way.

Awww, Nicole, do you want boo to kiss your boo-boo? Boo boo boo, boo boo boo boo?

Ahem.

CARRY ON.

Aw, feel better Nicole.

And boo? Please make out with me.

I was looking at my "memory book" from my senior year of high school. There's a page in it where I could list the prices of items such as soda, burger and fries, movie ticket, gas, concert ticket, etc.

Twelve years ago, a movie ticket where I lived was $4.50. Gas was $1.49 a gallon. Now tickets are $8.00 and gas is $3.89 a gallon.

I'm not sure which depresses me more.

Ok, Gulia, but only if you pull my hair while we do it.

I will be furiously masturbating to the Buckeyes when they dominate this entire season, including September 13, 2008 in Southern California.

Nothing will ever beat GWTW.

Word, Nicole.

I have a migraine. Go 'way.

I hope you have a scrip. My sympathies to you today. Migraines suck. Everything sucks when you have one. I prefer cold, dark and utter silence when I have one.

Goddammit Julie, just last week you asked me to bear your evil hellspawn baby, and now I find you making out with boo? I thought I was the only one you were cheating on Shadows with! It's like you don't value our illicit love at all! Do you think I go around randomly getting e-pregnated by girls and it just doesn't mean anything? You really hurt me, and not in the fun way this time. It's going to take a lot of work on your part to restore the magic of what we had. A LOT of work... more work than one person can handle, really, if you get my meaning.

I'm sorry Sarina, but I get a sadistic thrill out of stomping all over girls' hearts across the intenet. I think I have a couple of illegitimate web babies over at Imonlyalesbianonlineiswear.com.

dude, Sarina, Gulia is totally a ho. You should know this. What you are asking of her is like telling the ocean to stop being wet. Just love her for her, dammit!

*sob!!*

But if it helps, I'll be the other person that handles...whatever it is you wanted handling. If you get what I'ma sayin'.

And that means sex. Or drugs. Or both.

Call me!

Sosumi:

I am not kidding. It was Mr. Diamond in person, and incredible.

Wow, superEdna, where do you live? Movie tickets by me are $10 - $11.50, depending on which theater I go to ($10 is the really crappy one with sticky floors and lousy projectionists) and gas is around $4.25 (and that's regular, and I just got a new car, so I'm using super, so it's more like $4.50). (When I graduated high school, much longer ago than you, movie tickets were also $4.50. I don't know what gas was then, I don't remember at all.)(Now you young whippersnappers get offa my lawn!)

Just love her for her

Oh, I do. You just keep being true to yourself, Jules, the rest of us are merely along for the hope of a ride with you..

Hee!

Seth Rogen = one note funny monkey.

I hate the fact that Dark Knight got a massive "meh" from me. Ledger was the only one that lived up to the hype surrounding the movie. I found the rest of the movie [hangs head] BORING.

Yes, although both Mr Stella and I would both carry Bale's babies, we left the theater totally dejected.

Did anyone else find Batman's voice totally annoying? And I'm sorry to say, Maggie wasn't that much of an improvement... I didn't buy her ADA schtick for a second. Ledger was amazing, but my god the rest was so ... meh. The fight scenes were stodgy and horribly shot, the motorcycle made no sense to me, and I just couldn't buy into why Harvey and Bruce were so in love with Rachel - any one of the Law & Order gals could have acted circles around her!

anyway. my world was crushed.

I hope that continued viewings improve my feelings, but I can't help but feel that perhaps Mr Stella and I are suckers for origin stories.

Paddy - Hate to break this to you, but Mr. Diamond sucks - always has, always will.

Stella - I had the same reaction to TDK, which is to say a long a disappointed meh.

Hate to break this to you, but Mr. Diamond sucks

Well, what can I say? I pity you for what you're not able to experience.

On a brisk Monday at CineHell, for five showtimes for X-Files 2, we had a whopping 14 people pay to watch it. That's a "1" followed by a "4". No extra numbers or commas necessary!




Twice we killed the lamp just to save the bulb life as there was no one in the auditorium and just let the film spin back onto the platter.

thanks for that link/list dustin.

très iintéressante.

Hah, SpiceLux, that's a damn shame.

Ya'll making me want to see TDK again, and I have to work tomorrow. Don't make me call off for Bale.

Bale.

spasm

Aw, Christ, it's starting again.

There's no justice in this world when garbage like Sex and the City conquer the B.O. while viewers flee from the X-Files. Im afraid no.3 is not looking good.