Posts Tagged ‘Movies’
In keeping with the habit of only writing on Mondays…
…here are a few random thoughts that have percolated over the last week:
–Been listening to the original cast recording of Les Miserables. If Hollywood can produce big screen versions of Rent, Chicago and Nine, it’s time somebody brought Les Mis to the screen. So long as they cast Timothy Spall as Thinardier.
–ABC really ought to release The Path to 9/11 on DVD.
—Amerika could use a decent DVD package as well. I’ve never seen it, and I’d like a chance to.
–I really wanted to do a write-up on Avatar (the more I think about it, the more I think conservative film critics have missed something), however, some paying writing gigs have come up, and paying the bills comes first. For the time being, read this.
—Lost‘s final season begins tomorrow.
—The Killer Angles is one helluva novel.
Something to keep in mind regarding Avatar‘s cash haul
UPDATE 1/7/2010: Just checked the updated numbers, and Avatar has sold an estimated 51,858,700 tickets. That places it at # 87 in box office receipts adjusted for inflation. Not too shabby.
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Box Office Mojo puts Titanic‘s est. ticket sales at 128,345,900. So far, Avatar hasn’t made the list.
Hope (and I do mean hope; plans these days just never seem to come together) to see it in 3-D this weekend.
“When the fall is all there is…”
I get traffic from people searching for this quote almost daily. Aaron Sorkin paraphrased it twice–once on Sports Night, and again on The West Wing. I’ve used it before too, once in describing Harry’s role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Sorkin’s paraphrase goes like this: “As if it matters how a man falls down. When the fall is all that’s left, it matters very much.”
The line comes from The Lion in Winter, as Prince Geoffrey and Prince Richard find themselves in the dungeon, believing they hear their father’s approach…
Richard: He’s here. He’ll get no satisfaction out of me. He isn’t going to see me beg.
Geoffrey: My you chivalric fool… as if the way one fell down mattered.
Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.
And here it is in living color! (Unfortunately, the only YouTube video I found that displays this scene refuses to let me embed it–click the link and enjoy.)
James Cameron gets the machine rolling on Avatar. Finally.
The trailer is said to hit IMAX theaters and stream on the ‘net on August 21. For now, though, here’s is the first official teaser poster.
Avatar premieres December 18.