Richard Kelly is getting closer and closer to becoming a one-hit wonder. “Donnie Darko” was a brilliant movie that got a little bit of cult status because it was so complicated… But it still was a brilliant movie, with a good cast, very creative and well-developed story-arc, etc. “Southland Tales”… Not so sexy. I actually got bored and still have to see the second half when I’ve got nothing else to do on a rainy Sunday.
“The Box” seems interesting, but it already starts wrong by thinking that casting Cameron Diaz for a serious role is gutsy… It’s not and it is just stupid instead. Look at the size of that mouth, man… She is FUNNY, and should stay FUNNY. But let’s not be unfair with this movie:
Diaz and James Marsden play a couple without any cash, like any other, that receive an offer from a strange man… This man is Frank Langella… And that is how you cast someone. The offer is the following: he gives them a box with a button. Each time they press this button, they get a million bucks, but someone, somewhere on the planet, dies. Here’s to hoping that they cover every single aspect of the dillema that “people die all the time but would you like to be responsible for one of those deaths” yadayadayada.
I’m curious, but not excited.
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Hey, have you seen this news article?
New details about Michael Jackson’s Death Emerge
I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…
Actually, Michael, I've been thinking about it. I was shocked to wake up today (I live in Munich, so I actually got the news THIS MORNING) and find out that Michael Jackson was dead. I wasn't planning on writing anything since we're not in essence a news website and every other kind of media is writing about it, cause of death, yadayadayada…
However, this is an event that is a little bigger to be left without a few words… And since I got your request, I think that, rather, than only Michael Jackson, I will do a short report on icons that died recently (Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett included). I hope you enjoy it when it's finished.