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Monday Night Poll: What Did You Watch?
Filed under: Fandom », Summer Movies », Polls »
We're four weeks into 2009's summer movie season. X-Men Origins: Wolverine got things off to a soggy start and was eclipsed by Star Trek as a popular favorite. Not many were impressed by Angels & Demons (though it did big business overseas), leading into this long weekend with Terminator Salvation and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian doing battle (and a little Dance Flick on the side).
So what are your general impressions so far? I was disappointed by Wolverine and loved Star Trek. My ambitious weekend viewing plans began with a viewing of Terminator Salvation, which satisfied the 12-year-old boy in me, but left the adult me sorely hungry for more substantial entertainment. So I watched two DVDs that came out last Tuesday. Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941) stars Walter Pidgeon as a British big game hunter whose "sporting stalk" of Hitler ends up with the hunter becoming the hunted. Lang is an elegant, efficient storyteller; Man Hunt is intelligent and thoughtful. Peter Yates' The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) features Robert Mitchum (pictured) as the weary, wary "Eddie Fingers," a loyal, long-term, low-level Boston hood. Really, though, the story revolves around his "friends" -- criminal colleagues and law enforcement officers, people who don't really care about Eddie. Even with bank robberies and intense stake-outs and stand-offs, the real impact comes from the characters and what happens to them.
What did you watch over the Memorial Day weekend? Feel free to elaborate in the comments section.
Brad Pitt Rumored to Star in 'Bullitt' Remake
Filed under: Thrillers », Warner Brothers », RumorMonger », Brad Pitt », Remakes and Sequels »
The latest Brad Pitt casting rumor is definitely not up there with the recent He-Man nonsense, but unlikely as it may be, at least this one seems more plausible. Monsters and Critics is reporting that Pitt will star in a remake of the Steve McQueen classic Bullitt. According to the sources, "Brad shares a lot of the same passions as Steve Mc Queen -- including a love of motorbikes and fast cars -- so it was a dream role for him." When the film premiered in 1968, it solidified McQueen's reputation as the ultimate "man's man," and the famous car chase is still arguably one of the best ever seen on film. It was reported by this incredibly shaky source that Pitt had been interested in the project since 2003, but this is the first that anyone has heard about a remake in a long time. Supposedly, the looming threat of a SAG strike has spurred executives into action, and they have green-lit the production. Uh-huh.Let's point out one more time that this is a wild rumor, so even if it is true, I doubt we are going to see Pitt tooling around in a *
*Correction: McQueen drove the Mustang GT 390 Fastback, it was the villains in the Charger.
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