Comments on: License to Ill http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-27958 Dan Leo Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:14:32 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-27958 Thanks, Vardis. I'm only trying to imagine a better world -- where the movies that are made are actually the movies we'd like to watch. Thanks, Vardis. I’m only trying to imagine a better world — where the movies that are made are actually the movies we’d like to watch.

]]> By: newcritics - » Confession of a Hater http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-10021 newcritics - » Confession of a Hater Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:50:43 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-10021 [...] Don’t get me started on romantic comedies, let’s just not go into Bruce Willis, and I’ve already dealt with Robin Williams. [...] [...] Don’t get me started on romantic comedies, let’s just not go into Bruce Willis, and I’ve already dealt with Robin Williams. [...]

]]> By: Mel Otte http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-7213 Mel Otte Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:04:47 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-7213 "…actors don’t really make movies. Writers, directors, and producers (in reverse order) do." This may be a truism, but another one is "Snatch Adams" could fuck up any of the aboves' wet dream. The guy shoulda stuck with standup and possibly sit-com turf. You only wish Al Pacino would have grabbed this guy and beat the snot outa him 20 years ago--aaaah the torture never stops. “…actors don’t really make movies. Writers, directors, and producers (in reverse order) do.”

This may be a truism, but another one is “Snatch Adams” could fuck up any of the aboves’ wet dream. The guy shoulda stuck with standup and possibly sit-com turf. You only wish Al Pacino would have grabbed this guy and beat the snot outa him 20 years ago–aaaah the torture never stops.

]]> By: estiv http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-7201 estiv Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:56:03 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/07/04/license-to-ill/#comment-7201 Yah, the movie looks awful. And you nail it here: <i>You, me, Bobby DeNiro, Steve Martin, Dusty Hoffman, we all used to be somebody. But we got rich, and our shit got soft, and our edge got as dull as a Republican housewife’s brain.</i> If all these actors had died young, I could pretend that the reason new movies sucked would be due to the fact that the talented people were gone. But they're not. They're still here. They're just doing bad work. On the other hand...actors don't really make movies. Writers, directors, and producers (in reverse order) do. So the real question might be, where are the Goldmans, Coppolas, and Evanses? As long as Hollywood wants more Michael Bays, and hires all the USC film school grads who are geniuses about production design but morons about writing and acting, we'll keep getting these movies. To put it politely, oy. Yah, the movie looks awful. And you nail it here: You, me, Bobby DeNiro, Steve Martin, Dusty Hoffman, we all used to be somebody. But we got rich, and our shit got soft, and our edge got as dull as a Republican housewife’s brain. If all these actors had died young, I could pretend that the reason new movies sucked would be due to the fact that the talented people were gone. But they’re not. They’re still here. They’re just doing bad work.

On the other hand…actors don’t really make movies. Writers, directors, and producers (in reverse order) do. So the real question might be, where are the Goldmans, Coppolas, and Evanses? As long as Hollywood wants more Michael Bays, and hires all the USC film school grads who are geniuses about production design but morons about writing and acting, we’ll keep getting these movies. To put it politely, oy.

]]>