October 18, 2004

I wrote about the box office on the blog yesterday, so trying to figure out what else there is to write about became a full day activity. Most of the news right now is negative… Cinea's DVD players are delayed in distribution, apparently rejected by the studios as a tool so far… Team America and Shall We Dance didn't open well… Fahrenheit 9/11 isn't playing on Pay Per View the night before the election… Superman is an unknown and the LA Film Critics are honoring Jerry Lewis. Yeah, quite a weekend.

Let's hope something more interesting happens as this week progresses...

READER OF THE DAY: STELLA'S BOY writes: "Holy f*#king sh@t! Team America is one stupid, stupid movie. I really expected more from these guys. Michael Moore is fat? Wow, hadn't noticed. Never heard that one before. Actors are full of themselves? Gee whiz, never knew that either. Is non-stop profanity really supposed to be funny? Maybe if you're a 13 year-old boy. I didn't find it offensive, just painfully dumb and not even remotely funny. Gay jokes were tired years ago. That is really the best these guys can do? Sure, the songs were amusing and I am all for making fun of Bruckheimer movies. But did it all have to be so obvious? I didn't laugh as much as you did, and apparently you didn't laugh very often. I chuckled a few times, and by the hour mark I was ready for it to be over. This is one terrible movie."

And this from WHOA MAN: "I tried to see "Team America" this afternoon (Sunday) at The Grove and it was totally packed and sold out in one of the really big theaters (and thus, having arrived late, I didn't see it). I don't see how it could have made so little for the weekend. Personally, I think it will have more staying power than Len Klady thinks -- especially the next two weekends before the election. I'll try again during the week."

E-ME: The most amazing thing about Team America is that it is not the political film it is being made out to be. What's your favorite or most hated mis-sell of recent years?