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According to the IMDB, Meat's currently filming a movie for TV called Citizen Jane :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1415256/
It really looks like an interesting story :))
Vicki
Pudding
24 Apr 2009, 06:40
It really looks like an interesting story :))
Gotta love the sarcasm ;)
The plot lost me at 'embarks on an epic journey' when the killer is her boyfriend...WTF? :wtf: I think I'll give it a miss.
Pud :twisted:
I just read the plot summary. :lmao: Doesn't appear very promising to me. Well, I endured The Pleasure Drivers, Spice World and that horrible Uwe Boll flick, I'm hardened when it comes to Meat Loaf's filmography. ;)
Sounds alot like a snooze, and almost a cheap novel turned into a movie to me. We'll see, if anything turnsaround I will gladly give it a watch. I don't think anything can compare to Fight Club and Masters Of Horror!
RadioMaster
24 Apr 2009, 09:53
Gotta love the sarcasm ;)
The plot lost me at 'embarks on an epic journey' when the killer is her boyfriend...WTF? :wtf: I think I'll give it a miss.
Pud :twisted:
what? yoü think this is weirder than 'Burning Bright', with the girl and her autistic brother trapped in a building with a raging tiger? :lol:
Gotta say, the plot sounds kind of strange, but that's a fact for a lot of ML movies...we'll see what it's gonna be..
allrevvedup
24 Apr 2009, 13:12
it'll probably show up on Movies 24 or one of the many channels on sky that show tv movies
wolfy35
24 Apr 2009, 13:20
Sounds like one thats heading straight for the discount DVD bucket to me.
Well, it's only rumored that ML is in this movie...
Although it claims to be based on a true story, I would still prefer NOT to know who the real murderer is BEFORE movie even comes out...
Well, it's only rumored that ML is in this movie...
According to this online blog, it's not just a rumor.;) And, yes, it is based on a true story.
Vicki
RadioMaster
25 Apr 2009, 09:49
what online blog?
Pudding
25 Apr 2009, 10:59
F*ck knows :wtf:
Pud :twisted:
F*ck knows :wtf:
Pud :twisted:
Oh s**t
I forgot to post the link. Here it is :
http://theentertainmentcorner.blogspot.com/
Sorry about that :oops:
Vicki
belladonna-took
25 Apr 2009, 16:59
Just checked the link Vicki and it sounds like a terrific story to me. I love crime thrillers anyway..Prime Suspect, Cracker, (Morse and Lewis..not sure if they are thrillers precisely) and the Ripley films and novels just to name a few. This sounds like a really gripping film.
RadioMaster
25 Apr 2009, 18:32
Oh s**t
I forgot to post the link. Here it is :
http://theentertainmentcorner.blogspot.com/
Sorry about that :oops:
Vicki
technically that's still a rumor though. We've got a source (Wendy Shepherd), but as long as there isnt any official confirmation by a studio or similar, it's still a rumor.
The Flying Mouse
25 Apr 2009, 20:44
:twisted: Based on a true story.
Might well be worth a watch.
I always seem to find Meat's movies end up as straight to DVD affairs lately, he does quite a few independant films which are usually non-cinema releases (not always, but usually). Would like to see him do more Fight Club material, just all depends who asks him, to do so
Pudding
30 Apr 2009, 00:09
If Meat Loaf did more roles like he did on House then perhaps he'd get recognised more as a decent actor and be offered bigger roles in big budget movies. Lets be honest, his biggest role was playing a man with tits, it's hardly going to get Spielberg knocking on his door.
Pud :twisted:
RadioMaster
30 Apr 2009, 09:42
spielberg is overrated anyway, I'd much rather like to see him do a movie with Tarantino. I think his twisted humour and slightly over the top acting would do well in a QT movie.
Pudding
30 Apr 2009, 09:51
spielberg is overrated anyway,
That's right, because most of his movies are flops and do shit at the box office :nuts:
Pud :twisted:
spielberg is overrated anyway, I'd much rather like to see him do a movie with Tarantino. I think his twisted humour and slightly over the top acting would do well in a QT movie.
Spielberg overated :??:, I think Tarantino is more overated, the only decent flick I enjoyed from him, was From Dusk Till Dawn. Spielberg, especially in his early days brought some classic movies.
If Meat Loaf did more roles like he did on House then perhaps he'd get recognised more as a decent actor and be offered bigger roles in big budget movies. Lets be honest, his biggest role was playing a man with tits, it's hardly going to get Spielberg knocking on his door.
Pud :twisted:
I agree, but I am sure I have read that Meat selects his roles carefully, I just don't think he reads the scripts too well, because alot of them are poor scripts, stories, production. Meat is a good actor, and should be doing bigger and better stuff IMHO, but I do suppose directors/producers, will go off previous work Meat has been in, and it does not bode well.
... but I am sure I have read that Meat selects his roles carefully ...
If he does, then I can only presume that the roles he turns down once he's read the scripts are complete dogs, because apart from a few very notable exceptions the majority of the roles he's had, have been in films that are in the "straight to dvd and forgotten about" category.
RadioMaster
30 Apr 2009, 22:36
Spielberg overated :??:, I think Tarantino is more overated, the only decent flick I enjoyed from him, was From Dusk Till Dawn. Spielberg, especially in his early days brought some classic movies.
Spielberg is very good at special FX. Back in the nineties that's what made a good film. Jurassic Park is one of my favourite movies, and the special FX make a big part of that. Today the situation is different. SFX are not that important anymore. Every mediocre movie has acceptable effects, so you cant make an impression with effects, the way you did ten or 15 years ago. Today different things are important, and, IMHO, Spielberg is not really great at them.
Spielberg is very good at special FX.
And Tarantino is very good at doing "homages". ;) The only reason why I watch his flicks are the numerous references to movie history.
Today different things are important, and, IMHO, Spielberg is not really great at them.
Can you name a few? What's important today? Bloody, gory stuff a lá Tarantino? Have you ever seen some of Spielbergs early work? Duel, for example?
Pudding
01 May 2009, 08:06
Spielberg is very good at special FX. Back in the nineties that's what made a good film.
So are you saying they don't use Special FX anymore? I think you could look at the top grossing films of 00's and Spielbergs name would be attached to a good number of them, Tarantino's wwould be attached to not very many because he's shit. Tarantino only has ine idea of making a film, over the top violence, he's one dimensional.
Pud :twisted:
Spielberg is very good at special FX. Back in the nineties that's what made a good film. Jurassic Park is one of my favourite movies, and the special FX make a big part of that. Today the situation is different. SFX are not that important anymore. Every mediocre movie has acceptable effects, so you cant make an impression with effects, the way you did ten or 15 years ago. Today different things are important, and, IMHO, Spielberg is not really great at them.
Special FX is not down to Spielberg, we could say Micheal Bay is also a excellent director if that was the case for his Transformers, Armageddon SFX, but Bay himself would be first to admit, that he is a popcorn flick man. SFX is down to SFX crew, it takes more than one person to make a hit movie. Spielberg brought us a classic in Jaws, with the use of a rubber Shark, says it all really. :D
If he does, then I can only presume that the roles he turns down once he's read the scripts are complete dogs, because apart from a few very notable exceptions the majority of the roles he's had, have been in films that are in the "straight to dvd and forgotten about" category.
I agree, I just hope that we one day get to see Meat in a stand out role, big budget release, but I am not holdin out much hope, but I can make do with an album release or two to get me by. :D
Spielberg is very good at special FX. Back in the nineties that's what made a good film. Jurassic Park is one of my favourite movies, and the special FX make a big part of that. Today the situation is different. SFX are not that important anymore. Every mediocre movie has acceptable effects, so you cant make an impression with effects, the way you did ten or 15 years ago. Today different things are important, and, IMHO, Spielberg is not really great at them.
You might have missed Color Purple then along with few others...
You might have missed Color Purple then along with few others...
Excellent adaption of Alice Walker's novel. :up: Doesn't include any special effects, as far as I remember. :))
Excellent adaption of Alice Walker's novel. :up: Doesn't include any special effects, as far as I remember. :))
Exactly...
RadioMaster
03 May 2009, 14:23
So are you saying they don't use Special FX anymore?
nope, I'm saying today special effects are nothing special anymore. You expect them to be in every mediocre tv movie.
1993 Jurassic Park came out and was a huge success. I doubt it would have been as big without the impression of the sfx.
A few weeks ago I watched the new Branden Frasier movie 'Journey to the Center of the Earth', which also had good effects, but a crappy story, crappy acting, crappy direction. If it would have come out 15 years earlier, it would have been a success due to the effects, even if the movie itself is crap.
Although reading all comments, I have to correct myself: In the last decade, Spielberg movies are overrated. He made classics like ET, Jaws, close encounters of the third kind, jurassic park, etc. But if I want to see a great movie today, I dont think I would pick a Spielberg flick.
Bottom line, spielberg relies too much on sfx these days, but that's not what drags the audiences to the cinemas anymore.
duke knooby
03 May 2009, 15:54
I just hope that we one day get to see Meat in a stand out role, big budget release
we already did...
BOOKABOO :-P
Although reading all comments, I have to correct myself: In the last decade, Spielberg movies are overrated. He made classics like ET, Jaws, close encounters of the third kind, jurassic park, etc. But if I want to see a great movie today, I dont think I would pick a Spielberg flick.
Bottom line, spielberg relies too much on sfx these days, but that's not what drags the audiences to the cinemas anymore.
Munich, did not rely too much on SFX, excellent film from 2005. And SFX is what does drag people to cinema, look at Transformers, War Of The Worlds, Harry Potter Franchise, Lord OF The Rings, plus numerous others. SFX plays a big part in the film industry today, and will do in the future. :D
RadioMaster
03 May 2009, 18:48
i thought transformers and war of the worlds were quite crappy. Sure, they were nice to look at, but somehow I expect more than that when I go to the cinema. And with those two I didnt get it.
Evil One
03 May 2009, 18:54
I thought Transformers was ok, but War Of The Worlds was a dreadful movie.
I haven't seen Transformers yet, but I absolutely agree about War Of The Worlds.
i thought transformers and war of the worlds were quite crappy. Sure, they were nice to look at, but somehow I expect more than that when I go to the cinema. And with those two I didnt get it.
Transformers was ok, I agree War Of The Worlds, was not that great, but my point was the draw of these films was the SFX, not really the script. :D
Pudding
04 May 2009, 11:02
Anyone who watched Transformers for the script is more than a little :nuts: and War Of The Worlds :wtf: it's hardly thought provoking like Colour Purple, Shindlers List or Munich.
At the end of the day like Spielberg or not he's a Hollywood powerhouse making movies that makes $Millions (more often than not) and anyone who stars in one usually goes on to make another big budget movie gaining them more recognition.
Pud :twisted:
RadioMaster
04 May 2009, 13:20
Anyone who watched Transformers for the script is more than a little :nuts:
that was exactly my point
that was exactly my point
So the SFX must have brought the people into those cinemas ? :D
duke knooby
04 May 2009, 15:41
So the SFX must have brought the people into those cinemas ? :D
more likely there feet and legs ;)
more likely there feet and legs ;)
Ha ha good one:lol:
RadioMaster
04 May 2009, 17:40
So the SFX must have brought the people into those cinemas ? :D
alright, how about that:
SFX drag some people to the cinemas, but good SFX dont make good movies!?
alright, how about that:
SFX drag some people to the cinemas, but good SFX dont make good movies!?
That I agree with ;)
Pudding
05 May 2009, 03:36
SFX drag some people to the cinemas, but good SFX dont make good movies!?
That's true. So for Spielbergs movies to be as successful as they are, with only SFX dragging some people to the cinema's, it must be something to do with either the script or the people starring in the film.
Pud :twisted:
Citizen Jane is in Post-Production now, and they still have Meat listed as "rumored" :roll:
RadioMaster
15 May 2009, 20:26
i think rumoured means more that the cast hasnt officially be pronounced, not if he takes the role or not..:?
Oh gawwddd, it's a TV movie, hate these, so cheesy. I think there has been only a handful of TV movies what have been any good, lets just hope this is one of them. And Meat is to play a copper again. Meats favored roles Cops or baddies.
:D
RadioMaster
06 Jun 2009, 18:36
according to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1415256/) this movie is going to air on August 15th!
i think rumoured means more that the cast hasnt officially be pronounced
I am glad cast hasn't been "pronounced"...lol...that would have been quite tragic...
RadioMaster
09 Jun 2009, 20:45
jeez....what was i on when i posted that?? announced of course
jeez....what was i on when i posted that?? announced of course
But it was much funnier anyway....
RadioMaster
02 Sep 2009, 21:49
Follow this link (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=419610691&blogId=508339985) to watch a small hallmark featurette on Citizen Jane. It's very self-praising as these things usually are, but still worth watching.
I had the pleasure of watching Citizen Jane. For a TV movie based on a true story it was close to the book. The story was like a case out of CSI plus the courtroom battle for justice to be served. Outside of the feel good ending which protagonists were hoping for...I concentrated on Meat's role and his portrayal of the detective he played.
This role was not overacted at all...he was playing an understated detective with the power to convince sometimes without words or just the right amount of pause. Not to be confused with the overacted dramatic pause. Meat's facial expressions were riveting at times esp. in the final interrogation as well as in the courtroom. As the lead detective starting at the moment passed the first commercial break, Meat had a huge part as he developed the character at it's various points of the case. Tough and frank at the beginning then, morphed into an ally as the case developed.
Wardrobe was complimentary to the part as well as to Meat's best features. Slenderizing black suits or accessories of blue button downs which accented his steel blue eyes. A fine badge was worn at one point on the belt area.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie and Meat's major role in it. I hope people can get a copy and watch it for themselves because it was a treat to watch Meat in this movie.
Suzieq
florence75015
14 Sep 2009, 08:43
Thanks for this report, Suzan. Meat seems to play a really great part in that film.
I hope that this movie will soon be aired on european TV channels.
Florence
I loved Citizen Jane too! :) I know people outside the U.S. might not have been able to see this movie yet, but I've been hoping someone on this board noticed what might be my favorite of Meat's lines:
"Hello, Cowboy."
I can't help but wonder if he came up with that on his own? :-) ..and speaking of that, I had a feeling he might having been improvising in a couple other places, too, such as near the very end of the movie, on the stairway in the courthouse.
He was simply outstanding! I feel sure a lot of good things will come Meat's way from his taking this role, and doing such a great job with it.
-Kathy
I loved Citizen Jane too! :) I know people outside the U.S. might not have been able to see this movie yet, but I've been hoping someone on this board noticed what might be my favorite of Meat's lines:
"Hello, Cowboy."
I can't help but wonder if he came up with that on his own? :-) ..and speaking of that, I had a feeling he might having been improvising in a couple other places, too, such as near the very end of the movie, on the stairway in the courthouse.
He was simply outstanding! I feel sure a lot of good things will come Meat's way from his taking this role, and doing such a great job with it.
-Kathy
I didn't even pick up on that Kathy ... and that's an excellent point about the improv :-)
I loved the movie too. I enjoyed the story, and thought Meat did an excellent job "getting lost" in the character. Like you, I"m sure it'll lead to a lot of good things for Meat :))
howlerformeatloaf
24 Sep 2009, 13:05
I watched it too and enjoyed it tremendously. Meat played a good detective and alot of different expressions on his face played a major part of this character. And one other important thing was he did not die in this movie. He made it all the way to the end. :lol:
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