a little something for the kids out there

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=dHaLsilVU7k

you're never going to happen Herr I hate good movies.

You give Germans a bad name.

okayyyyyy Lassie

I agree with Levy to an extent (damn German logic).

I backed Dreamgirls last year before seeing it and still backed it, despite it obvious flaws which were it's undoing. Same with King Kong the previous year.

But you have to stick with your gut and where your heart leads you. To do otherwise just isn't as fun (for me anyways).

the dinosaur stampede.

Ve Neill has been nominated 7 times for the Best Makeup Oscar

Pirates of the Caribbean
Ed Wood (won)
Mrs Doubtfire (won)
Batman Returns
Hoffa
Edward Scissorhands
Bettlejuice (won)

Apparently she likes working with Depp and Burton.

These are fantastic

This clip makes me believe Depp can win. He's off the charts:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=d56zFwleZ ... re=related

These are fantastic

This clip makes me believe Depp can win. He's off the charts:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=d56zFwleZ ... re=related

These are fantastic

This clip makes me believe Depp can win. He's off the charts:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=d56zFwleZ ... re=related

Problem is that most people don't wanna admit they were wrong after they've seen it and stick with backing it anyways to save face. Not that this is gonna happen with Sweeney Todd since I am convinced it'll be a good movie, just saying I hate it.

I got off the American Gangster train the moment I saw it, and I tend to think that's often the case. Hmm, I'll keep an eye out for this stubborn bullshit.

And King Kong was tremendously flawed. No matter how much anyone was enchanted by the effects, it's impossible to deny that it's overindulgent. We really didn't need to know so much about each member of the crew, nor spend an hour on the boat waiting for them to get to the island. On repeat viewings it's not completely unwatchable from start to finish, but it's pretty damn close.

As a member of the working press, I saw tonight's screening under embargo, so I can't say anything specific about Sweeney Todd until it opens in selected cities on December 21. (It opens wide on January 11.) What I can say is that it is--without exception, and by a considerable margin--the best film ever to have been made from a Broadway musical. The only other one to which it can possibly be compared is Bob Fosse's 1972 screen version of Cabaret, and Sweeney is, aside from everything else, a better show. (It is, in my opinion, the best musical to have opened on Broadway since the end of World War II.) I also think it might actually do well at the box office, not to mention the next Oscar night.

The studios are unleashing some heavy hitters in the next few weeks, from Will Smith's "I Am Legend" to Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts' "Charlie Wilson's War" to Daniel-Day Lewis' "There Will Be Blood." But they will be hard pressed to top "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." I caught a press screening of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's latest collaboration a few nights ago, and it was sensational.

Oh, and any doubt you may have about whether Depp can handle the complicated Stephen Sondheim songs will be gone before the first number is done. Helena Bonham Carter is a real hoot too as pie-maker Mrs. Lovett, who figures out a sick way to cash in on Todd's recipe for revenge. Alan Rickman just oozes badness as the evil judge who is the target of Todd's vengeance. Sacha Baron Cohen provides a brief but memorable supporting turn as a rival barber of Sweeney's.

As with any Burton movie, it's a gorgeous-looking production, from the set designs to the crisp photography. The musical score too, helps drive the film. It's loud and bombastic. I can't compare it to the Broadway production since I've never seen the show. But I thought Burton turned out a wonderfully twisted piece of musical theater.

A word of warning: It's a bloodbath (I mean, it is about a killer barber, after all) so find a babysitter and leave the kids at home for this one. Burton earned his R rating here. He's also created a true theatrical experience. I just wonder if Oscar voters will have the stomach to reward the film for its daring.