TNT's roughcut.com --Civilian Voices: Nov. 14, 2000



I'm not going to lie to you people. I am very disappointed in you. I check my e-mail hundreds, maybe thousands, of times a day. Each time hoping and praying that someone will contribute to the upcoming edition of Civilian Voices. And what do I get? I get a review or two, maybe a rant, an occasional response to the questions I posed in the previous edition. But I want more. More, I tell you. Believe me, I could spend paragraph after paragraph discussing why I thought Gladiator was overrated. Why The Perfect Storm was one of the most boring films of the year. Why I laughed out loud when The Contender finally came to its pathetic end. But this is supposed to be CIVILIAN Voices. I don't count as a civilian. I am part of the roughcut.com ranks. You are the civilians. You are the ones who have something important to say. Don't let anyone out there tell you differently. I hate to resort to threats, but I will. If I don't start getting more e-mail, the clown pictured below gets it. Do you see what you people are driving me to? So please, do this clown a favor... Tell me if you think the lackluster box office of Little Nicky is the beginning of the end for Adam Sandler. Tell me if you think either presidential candidate's eventual election will effect the film industry. Tell me which movie star could run for President of the United States in 2004 and win. Tell me why you decide to see a particular film in the theater and why you wait to see some films when they are released on video. Tell me why the marketing campaign for Proof of Life is so weak. Tell me why tracking the box office has suddenly become important to middle America. Tell me which young directors have the skills to someday become masters of their craft. Tell me why a music video director is qualified to work in the narrative format of a feature film. Tell me…anything you want as long as it is somehow related to the movies. Civilian Voices is about you. You can make your opinions known. You can get a debate started. You can save the clown from my wrath. So, e-mail me, won't you?

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