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After Minority Report , Spielberg's next release will be called Catch Me If You Can .
Here's the summary from IMDb: "An FBI agent tracks down and catches a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $6 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries."
Leonardo DiCaprio will be the con artist, Frank Abagnale Jr., and Tom Hanks will play the FBI agent, Joe Shaye (I think he's the FBI guy, the credits aren't clear). Sounds good to me. It's listed as being released in December of this year.
Spielberg was going to the adaptation of the novel Memoirs of a Geisha , but he's now going to do Indiana Jones 4 after Catch Me . Harrison Ford will star, along with Kate Capshaw. They have a title, but will not release it.
Anyway, that's what you get with a few minutes of research ...
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Argh! What is it with holiday seasons and big-name movies lately? It used to be mainly a release period for Academy Award-baiting arthouse type films and family-friendly fluff, but lately they've become packed with big-budget big-name epics. From Thanksgiving through Christmas there will be a potential #1 movie released every week next year, although Two Towers and Chamber of Secrets ought to hang on for multiple weeks. And don't forget a certain Star-something movie.
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quote:Originally posted by Veers: After Minority Report , Spielberg's next release will be called Catch Me If You Can .
Here's the summary from IMDb: "An FBI agent tracks down and catches a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $6 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries."
Leonardo DiCaprio will be the con artist, Frank Abagnale Jr., and Tom Hanks will play the FBI agent, Joe Shaye (I think he's the FBI guy, the credits aren't clear). Sounds good to me. It's listed as being released in December of this year.
Spielberg was going to the adaptation of the novel Memoirs of a Geisha , but he's now going to do Indiana Jones 4 after Catch Me . Harrison Ford will star, along with Kate Capshaw. They have a title, but will not release it.
Anyway, that's what you get with a few minutes of research ...
They are going to do an adaptation of Memiors of a Geisha ??? Too bad. :-/
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Sorry, I just had to dig up this post because I missed it while I was away from the internet.
A.I. was the only movie I saw the entire year, and I loved it. The ending makes perfect sense (well, except for the explanation of why they can only clone her for one day).
Those were not aliens, those were future Mechas (remember the line "One day, there will just be Mecha"?). The Mechas are the only things left alive on Earth. They have also become archeologists, and want to know of their past, which is why they were digging through the ice. They just happened to find David, still functioning, and it is from David, this child, that they will find out the story of how they began, and they will see it through a child's eyes.
Does that explain it?
Also, you can't say A.I. is Spielberg's attempt to make a 2001...since Kubrick started A.I.! He had been working on it for nearly a decade before he died, and the movie was already in pre-production. It was before Kubrick's death that he selected Spielberg to direct since he knew he himself couldn't do it anymore. In fact, the original actor to play David was supposed to be a REAL robot. Kubrick could never get one realistic enough for him, so he ditched the idea before his death.
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Kubrick had the idea. Worked on it somewhat. Then died.
Then Spielberg turned it into that waste of order, speeding us along to the Heat Death with nothing to show for it.
And you should've seen more movies. There were better things out there than A.I.
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No-one is ever going to believe Spielberg made it the way Kubrick would have. In forming a point of view, you have several options available:-
1. Spielberg DID make it the way Kubrick intended. For the most part this merely cheapens Kubrick's memory, for many people.
2. Spielberg made the best effort he could, because at the time Kubrick died he wasn't any nearer to having a coherent film than he was when he started the project. What this does to your opinion of Spielberg in general, and this film in particular, is up to you.
3. Spielberg found himself unable to film it the way Kubrick wanted, and did the best he could. Spielberg is therefore found to be not one-tenth the filmmaker Kubrick was.
4. Spielberg just went ahead and made the film the same schmaltzy way he does everything, not giving a damn for Kubrick's intentions. Spielberg is a twat.
Here is a list of all the films I saw for 2001. There plenty worth seeing in the bunch.
The Pledge Snatch Enemy at the Gates When Brendan Met Trudy the Tailor of Panama Blow Along Came a Spider Amores Perros Memento Bridget Jones's Diary A Night at McCool's The Mummy Returns Pearl Harbor Shrek Swordfish A.I. Artifical Intelligence Evolution A Knight's Tale Kiss of the Dragon The Score Leagally Blonde Acpcalypse Now Planet of the Apes Made Curse of the Jade Scorpion Musketeer The Others The Deep End Hearts in Atlantis The Last Castle Waking Life The Man Who Wasn't There Monster's Inc. Spy Games Harry Potter Ocean's 11 The Royal Tenenbaums Ali A Beatiful Mind Gosford Park Monster's Ball Lord of the Rings
I still, still need to see In The Bedroom.
And I think we all know that Spielberg is no Kubrick. The real problems with Spielberg is that he plays to the boxoffice and that often hurts his art.
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quote:Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: The Pledge - Don't even remember this one Snatch - eh, maybe... Enemy at the Gates - Some cheap WWII movie made just so we can show off cheap "hot" moviestars When Brendan Met Trudy - No clue the Tailor of Panama - Nothing special looking Blow - I actually did consider this one Along Came a Spider - Never saw the "first one", so not worth seeing it Amores Perros - No clue Memento - Didn't look interesting Bridget Jones's Diary - I hate her... A Night at McCool's - Stupid comedy The Mummy Returns - First one looked bad, this looked worse Pearl Harbor - Not worth sitting through 3 hours of heartthrobs and inaccuracies Shrek - Cartoon... Swordfish - Lets just say the car looked the most interesting about this movie A.I. Artifical Intelligence - My kind of movie Evolution - Another stupid cheap comedy A Knight's Tale - My sister likes it. Reason enough. Kiss of the Dragon - Er. I can kick faster then you. The Score - Don't remember this one Leagally Blonde - Stupid, stupid, stupid Acpcalypse Now - Already saw it the first version, not worth going back to the theater for so little Planet of the Apes - Destruction of a classic Made - No clue Curse of the Jade Scorpion - Stupid comedy Musketeer - Another cheap looking movie The Others - Don't remember The Deep End - Don't remember Hearts in Atlantis - Don't remember The Last Castle - Don't remember Waking Life - Don't remember The Man Who Wasn't There - Billy Bob is not an actor... Monster's Inc. - Cartoon... Spy Games - Don't Remember Harry Potter - Rubbish Ocean's 11 - Heart-Throb-O-Rama The Royal Tenenbaums - eh, maybe... Ali - This makes boxing look as realistic as Driven made auto racing look... A Beatiful Mind - I hate that guy Gosford Park - Don't remember Monster's Ball - Billy Bob still can't act Lord of the Rings - Rubbish
That's how I viewed the 2001 movie year...
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I'm just looking for something more prolific to waste my $10 on.
Oh, and a movie missing from that list that I might actually have seen was Vanilla Sky. At least, I liked all the music they played on the commercials.
Mmmm....Chemical Brothers....
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