I'd read in EW that Downy and Paltrow were only signed on for two, along with Terrence Howard. Not that it's important, that was the case with Mguire and Dunsten in Spiderman - they were only signed for two, and had to wrangle them for a third. Same deal with Bale, who signed for two. This is normal for Hollywood - most actors only sign for two films, then negotiate a higher price for the third.
And oh, yeah, it was green lit.
I don't know about the Hulk. I saw the first movie - which my brother adored (he's the only person I know who loved that movie, he also love the Titantic - he likes cool visuals, comes from being a graphic artist/film school student, I think), I thought the first one was cheesy as hell. This one? eh. The Hulk is always going to look a bit cartoony, hard not too..depends on how cartoony.
But I tend to agree - movies are far too expensive to go to nowadays, without being somewhat picky. I'm sooo glad I waited to rent the third Pirates film, I fastforwarded through so much of it. And I did the same thing with Fantastic Four. Wish I'd done that with the Transformers (worse action film next to Superman Quest for Peace, which was a smidgen worse).
I've learned to trust my online flist reviewers for these flicks. Everyone online who'd seen Iron Man - loved it. Didn't see one bad review online.
The flicks I'm looking forward to that were previewed are: Indy IV (yes, I know, but it really look entertaining), Mamma Mia (Pierce Bronsan in a musical with Meryl Streep! And ABBA songs! And Christine Briniski! LOL!), Narnia - Prince Caspian (although it is disturbing that a children's fantasy flick is this violent, but whatever, I'm not a kid and I'm not taking one to it).
I'll probably skip M. Night Shalyaman's The Happening - too creepy. Although I do like the filmmaker's work. And most likely will skip, Adam Sandler and Mike Myer's latest, although Sandler's trailer made me laugh. Myer's made me cringe - I have no idea why I find one politically incorrect humor funny and the other cringeworthy...
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Date: 2008-05-12 12:34 am (UTC)And oh, yeah, it was green lit.
I don't know about the Hulk. I saw the first movie - which my brother adored (he's the only person I know who loved that movie, he also love the Titantic - he likes cool visuals, comes from being a graphic artist/film school student, I think), I thought the first one was cheesy as hell. This one? eh. The Hulk is always going to look a bit cartoony, hard not too..depends on how cartoony.
But I tend to agree - movies are far too expensive to go to nowadays, without being somewhat picky. I'm sooo glad I waited to rent the third Pirates film, I fastforwarded through so much of it. And I did the same thing with Fantastic Four. Wish I'd done that with the Transformers (worse action film next to Superman Quest for Peace, which was a smidgen worse).
I've learned to trust my online flist reviewers for these flicks. Everyone online who'd seen Iron Man - loved it. Didn't see one bad review online.
The flicks I'm looking forward to that were previewed are: Indy IV (yes, I know, but it really look entertaining), Mamma Mia (Pierce Bronsan in a musical with Meryl Streep! And ABBA songs! And Christine Briniski! LOL!),
Narnia - Prince Caspian (although it is disturbing that a children's fantasy flick is this violent, but whatever, I'm not a kid and I'm not taking one to it).
I'll probably skip M. Night Shalyaman's The Happening - too creepy. Although I do like the filmmaker's work. And most likely will skip, Adam Sandler and Mike Myer's latest, although Sandler's trailer made me laugh. Myer's made me cringe - I have no idea why I find one politically incorrect humor funny and the other cringeworthy...