Sorry for my 1-year+ vaca. but I have good news: I have tons of info for current and upcoming movies! First: Saw III - the perfect film to see on Halloween night to make you wet your pants. Taglines:
Suffering? You haven't seen anything yet...
This year, he's pulling out all the stops.
Legends never die.
Here's some stuff about the promoting:
A scene from Saw III was going to be shown when the action/thriller film Crank opened in theaters on September 1. However, the MPAA did not allow the preview, due to the scene's reportedly large amount of gore. For similar reasons, an early teaser trailer for the movie was removed from the official Saw III site.
The next trailer released featured flashbacks of Jigsaw attaching the "reverse bear trap" to Amanda and applying his makeup for posing as the corpse in the bathroom from Saw I.
Around 1,000 posters were made and were sold for $20 each in support of Saw III. All 1000 posters were sold out hours after they went on sale. The posters were made with a small amount of Tobin Bell's blood (mixed with the printing ink). One such poster was also signed by the entire cast and crew of Saw III, and was auctioned off. All the proceeds from the auctioned poster will go to the Red Cross.
At Spike TV's Scream Awards on October 10, 2006, Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith appeared on stage with director Darren Lynn Bousman. The two actors staged cutting Bousman's head open, whereupon Shawnee found a blood-saturated piece of film on his brain. This led to a "World Premiere" trailer featuring the plight of Troy in the Body Chains trap.
In a promotional video featured on MySpace (with similar versions made for YouTube and Break.com), Billy, Jigsaw's puppet, addresses the watcher in the same fashion as the videos in the film. He states, "Hello. Are you watching me on MySpace? Good. I'd like to play a game with you. Up until now you've...just sat there as a voyeur, watching other people in their videos without care about who that person is. Well, what do voyeurs see when they look into the mirror? Let's find out. Right now you are being watched. If you forget for one second that you're being watched, you will lose. Your only way out is to understand these numbers: 1, 0, 2, 7, 0, 6. Find the meaning and you will live. Just remember; knowledge changes everything." Video Clip The numbers represent the release date of the film, October 27, 2006 or 10-27-06.
The original cut of the movie ran for over three hours, the only scene that has been confirmed to be cut out was a brutal fight scene between Amanda (Shawnee Smith) and Lynn (Bahar Soomekh), as it was shown being filmed on Much on Demand.
Note: all links are for Wikipedia sites (or "Wikis" as I like to call them).
Anyway, it is a cool movie. I give it a 9 out of 10.
Next: The Omen, yes the 666 stuff, Damien and all that. If you saw the movie or didn't and don't mind spoilers, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omen_%282006_film%29 8 out of 10 for dark, dark stuff.
Next: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Just an equation: Will Ferral + role as retard racer = genius for comedy! 8/10 for the knife scene.
Now for upcoming movies: Borat (R, 11.3.06, WR=Wide Release)
I love it for I know about Borat and how he does things in the film trailers. Ending line for all trailers: Please, you come see my film. If it not success, I will be execute. But why does he speak broken English? 9/10 until I see it.
Next: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Claus (G, 11.3.06, WR)
Tim Allen again plays Scott Calvin (Santa Claus), while Martin Short plays Jack Frost, a competing Holiday character. Sounds like a good way to end the SC trilogy: 9/10 until I see it.
Next: Casino Royale aka Bond 21 (PG-13?, 11.17.06, WR)
Casino Royale is a reboot of the 007 James bond franchise in the same light as Batman Begins. After obtaining his 00-number and his licence to kill, James Bond (Danial Craig) sets out on his first mission which takes him to Madagascar to spy on a potential terrorist. Soon after, Bond is pulled into a game of high-stakes poker in Montenegro with Le Chiffre, who provides a global money-laundering service to many terrorist organisations.
Sounds like Danial Craig will be Bond for a pretty long time: 9/10 until I see it.
Next: Rocky Balboa aka Rocky VI (PG, 12.22.06, WR)
You may not like it, but I love the Rocky saga. Please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Balboa_%28film%29 for more. 9/10 until I see it.
PS: there will be Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye (5.07?, NR, WR?)
Next: DOA: Dead or Alive (PG-13, 12.8.06, WR)
Finally, a film based on a video game I like! Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOA:_Dead_or_Alive for more.
Next: Eragon (PG?, 12.15.06, WR)
Eragon is a fantasy/adventure movie based on the novel of the same name, by author Christopher Paolini. It is scheduled to be released on December 15, 2006 by 20th Century Fox.
Sounds like a good one to me. 9/10 until I see it. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eragon_%28film%29 for more.
See ya for more tomorrow!
Davy
