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Will Smith 'LEGEND' Tops Box With Est. $70M Weekend...
Deadline Hollywood Daily ^ | Dec 15, 2007 | Nikki Finke

Posted on 12/15/2007 9:45:26 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes

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1 posted on 12/15/2007 9:45:30 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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Looks like Golden Compass may be one of the biggest disasters in theatrical history.

Yikes

2 posted on 12/15/2007 9:46:26 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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Looks like Golden Compass may be one of the biggest disasters in theatrical history.”
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As well it should be. And the movie going public is rejecting it big time.

I’m saving my movie bucks for “National Treasure, Book of Secrets.”


3 posted on 12/15/2007 9:48:33 AM PST by cowdog77 (" Are there any brave men left in Washington, or are they all cowards?")
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes

Is that like Omega Man, Charlton Heston and is

everything just a copy of a copy of a copy... ?


4 posted on 12/15/2007 9:49:49 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
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I have not seen any of the National Treasure movies. Should I see them, are they good?


5 posted on 12/15/2007 9:50:15 AM PST by Professional
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I want to see Legend just because of the SR71.


6 posted on 12/15/2007 9:50:20 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Hunter is ignored by the MSM for a reason.)
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I’m saving my movie bucks for “National Treasure, Book of Secrets.”

I am too. I'm going to see "Legend" in about a half hour, too. :)

7 posted on 12/15/2007 9:50:35 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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*ahem* Please post plane porn...


8 posted on 12/15/2007 9:51:13 AM PST by null and void (Nully, you think of the oddest things. - sweetliberty)
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I have not seen any of the National Treasure movies. Should I see them, are they good?

There has only been 1 of them. It was released 3 years ago. Yes it's good.

9 posted on 12/15/2007 9:51:17 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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Omega Man, like all movies from the 70s, had the main character die in the end. The 70s was a real downer man... Very defeatist, “we’re all going to die”, food is scarce, mankind too many... The liberals must have seriously owned Hollywood back then too.


10 posted on 12/15/2007 9:51:38 AM PST by Professional
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I would be interested to know if they did “I Am Legend” justice. Richard Matheson is one of the overlooked giants in the SciFi/Horror genre...


11 posted on 12/15/2007 9:51:46 AM PST by LRS (It's time to put Hillary on the 3:10 to Yuma...)
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It was the top grossing movie the week in which it came out. More people should not have paid to see it.
12 posted on 12/15/2007 9:52:54 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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The first National Treasure movie was good, clean, American film entertainment. Lots of fun! It's a far-fetched story, obviously, but the thing I liked most about it was that it treats American history, our Founding Fathers, and the institutions they created with respect.
13 posted on 12/15/2007 9:54:50 AM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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Nat’l Treasure is one of the few movies I’ve watched over and over. It’s just plain ‘ol fun, and the bad guys really get it good in the end.


14 posted on 12/15/2007 9:55:03 AM PST by Excellence (Bacon Bits Make Great Confetti)
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“I Am Legend” is based on a book published in 1954 & the main character dies at the end of the book.
So to be fair, it was the author’s vision that the character die at the end long before the 1970’s rolled around.


15 posted on 12/15/2007 9:57:52 AM PST by mountainbunny
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Another vote of approval for the first National Trasure. Good clean film. Can be watched with family!
16 posted on 12/15/2007 9:57:52 AM PST by LRS (It's time to put Hillary on the 3:10 to Yuma...)
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If anyone is interested, the first scene of “I Am Legend” is available at yahoo.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809768369/video/5453908


17 posted on 12/15/2007 9:59:09 AM PST by neodad (Did you see me lay down the law? I'm the law giver!)
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Hollywood has not had an original idea since 3-D. Maybe they can somehow resurrect Vincent Price for the new generation.


18 posted on 12/15/2007 10:07:13 AM PST by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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I have not seen any of the National Treasure movies. Should I see them, are they good?

The first one absolutely ROCKED! Rent it on DVD, NOW!

19 posted on 12/15/2007 10:07:14 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Is that like Omega Man, Charlton Heston and is everything just a copy of a copy of a copy... ?

Yes and no. The Omega Man was based on the book "I am Legend" and , not surprisingly, so is this new movie. There are considerable differences, however.

The origin of the virus was different in both movies, but that doesn't make a dime's bit of difference to the plot. The major difference between the two movies is in the portrayal of the infected.

In The Omega Man, the infected build a new society which is very cult-like and they have what I could only describe as a religious hatred for all things technological. They have a charismatic leader (played by Anthony Zerb) who is a powerful nemesis to Charlton Heston's character.

In the new movie, the infected have lost all of their humanity and are more like animals. They are unrealistically fast and strong, and also sport unrealistically wide opening mouths. They are just mean and nasty like packs of vicious animals.

I don't know which is more like the book, since I never read it, but I think that The Omega Man was more engaging. That is not to say that I Am Legend is bad. It's still pretty good, but The Omega Man rules.

20 posted on 12/15/2007 10:07:17 AM PST by pjd
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