Some movie companies have a lot of drama in their history. Dreamworks is one of them.
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thanks for the info. Jeez! I tried to follow all of the DreamWorks history > online, and I have a headache: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks > > It appears that Dreamworks Animation is not producing movies in conjunction > with Disney or Paramount, but remains independent? At least, i think that's > what I gleaned. But then, i read that "How to Train Your Dragon" was > co-produced with Paramount. By the way, I saw that movie last week, and it's > great. Plot's not as deep as a Pixar film like "The Incredibles", but it's > fun, extremely beautiful and bright to look at, and has some amazing 3D > moments. Some of the flight and fighting scenes are literally breathtaking. > it reminds me of "Kung Fu Panda", which was also impressive. > > As for Munns, she's very, very pretty, but I have to say that Fox, with > those raven locks and those blue-grey eyes, is just a ravishing beauty who > trumps most contenders. I've only seen Fox in Transformers and an ep of "Two > and A Half Men", neither of which required any heavy lifting as an actress. > I've never seen Munns before, though I did read that Robert Downey Jr. > praised her ability to improvise for a bit part she has in the newest Iron > Man flick. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daryle Lockhart" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:55:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third "Transformers" Movie Will Be > Better > > > > Yes, sorry about that. Dreamworks is actually the studio behind this > franchise. Spielberg is Exec producer. Though, I've reviewed my notes, and > it looks like Spielberg may have lost Transformers in the divorce from > Paramount. Not totally sure. I DO know the new Dreamworks is going to be a > very tightly run ship. Disney is FAMOUS for micromanaging a project, and > this is Reliance's big foray into American movie making. So this is going > to be an interesting ride. If Paramount keeps Transformers...I dunno. > Seems like they're gonna just let the wheels come off, take the writeoff > (and tax credits) and then pull the plug after 3 movies. > > As an aside...we haven't had our poll here in a while, but I, for one, > am tired of Megan Fox, and after seeing Jennifer's Body...I vote no > confidence in Megan's looks to carry a movie. Or even a scene. It is time to > give Olivia Munn of G4 more to do. As eye candy goes...it's time for more > diversity for real. > > > On May 14, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > > I just can't raise the excitement to watch the second one. Like I said, the > over-the-top camera work--and you *know* how much I rail against hyperactive > cameras in movies--turned me off. I watched a good twenty minutes in the > Sony store at Lenox Mall here in Atlanta, and I developed a headache, as if > I'd eaten too much sugar and fat-laden food in a hurry. it was noise, > explosions, and quick-cut scenes. > Meagan Fox is gorgeous, truly one of the prettiest actresses around. I > always applaud H'Wood when it remembers that raven-haired beauties deserve > as much of a chance as the blondes who too often dominate. But i've never > sat through a scifi movie only because an actress in it was pretty. > > Can you explain the studio reference you mentioned? Is Dreamworks behind > Transformers? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daryle Lockhart" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:19:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third "Transformers" Movie Will Be > Better > > > > Let's just say...he's in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never > Sleeps". > > Transformers 2 was sloppy. they were editing that movie up until 1 month > before it hit screens. It was trying to do too much. That, and > everybody was drinking the Megan Fox Kool-Aid. > > I believe T3 will be better if the studio tightens its grip on Michael > Bay. Dreamworks isn't at Paramount anymore. This is Disney and Reliance. > They WILL get this right or we'll be reading about a ROM movie coming out > in 2012. > > > On May 14, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > > Keith, I haven't seen the first one. This isn't much in the way of > inspiration to invest. LaBoeuf is a good actor. He's gotta be getting better > offers than this. I HOPE. > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Keith Johnson > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Interesting. I still haven't seen the second one. The bloated action >> trailers, the long snippets I've seen on TVs at electronic stores, those >> stereotyped ghetto robots--all kept me away from the sequel. Didn't help I >> wasn't too impressed with the first flick past the FX. The way the >> Transformers were minimized in favor of the stupid humans didn't appeal to >> me, nor did the change to lore (the "Lifespark"? Megatron the source for >> most of our tech? Blah!) If LeBeouf himself is saying the second one was >> worse? I may never see it... >> >> ********************* >> LaBeouf promises better 'Transformers' next time >> By DAVID GERMAIN >> >> The Associated Press >> >> >> CANNES, France — Shia LaBeouf says the second "Transformers" movie got too >> big for its own good — but the third one brings the heart back to the >> franchise. >> LaBeouf, who starts work on the next "Transformers" sequel Tuesday, said >> the third installment will be the best one yet. The new script restores a >> human element that got lost in the second movie, LaBeouf said. >> >> >> "When I saw the second movie, I wasn't impressed with what we did," >> LaBeouf said in an interview Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where his >> finance drama "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is premiering. "There were >> some really wild stunts in it, but the heart was gone." >> >> >> "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" was a runaway commercial success but >> was drubbed by critics. >> >> Michael Bay returns for the third time as director of the science-fiction >> franchise, which centers on dueling races of giant robots that bring their >> war to Earth. The next movie will have what the last one lacked — a sense of >> human consequences, LaBeouf said. >> >> >> On the second movie, "we got lost. We tried to get bigger. It's what >> happens to sequels. It's like, how do you top the first one? You've got to >> go bigger," LaBeouf said. "Mike went so big that it became too big, and I >> think you lost the anchor of the movie. ... You lost a bit of the >> relationships. Unless you have those relationships, then the movie doesn't >> matter. Then it's just a bunch of robots fighting each other." >> >> With "Transformers 3," the toll of the robot war will be grave for our >> planet, LaBeouf said. >> >> >> "There's going to be a lot of death, human death. This time, they're >> targeting humans," LaBeouf said. "It's going to be the craziest action movie >> ever made, or we failed." >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
