what film release are you waiting for??

[rickyoh]

what film that's coming out soon are you waiting to see?

[unlickedcub]

The Village.

I like M. Night Shamlamadingdong!

[Rory L. Aronsky]

The Bourne Supremacy

Even though Doug Liman isn't directing, it looks like Paul Greengrass had a good hold on the material, judging from what I've seen in the trailers. I loved the first one, so that's also why I'm looking forward to this one. And to bring Joan Allen into the fold, I like that too.

[truepictures]

All of the above and

ZOITOICHI - THE BLIND SWORDSDMAN *i don't think that's how you spell it.

I'm really waiting for Batman to come out.

[erbenz]

I'm with Rory on the Bourne Supremacy. The First was one of the few action films with good dialogue that year.

I'm also waiting for Dodgeball, Anchorman, The Terminal and I, Robot to come out in Australia. All of these films I'm excited about for various reasons

[El Duderino Diablo]

Originally posted by truepictures
All of the above and

ZOITOICHI - THE BLIND SWORDSDMAN *i don't think that's how you spell it.


Zatoichi

[bronsonseven]

I third the notion of Bourn and I too am waiting for The Blind Swordsman to come to my town. How come film companies have to take forever with these types of films? How about a proper release of an un-edited Hero.

[Pete Vonder Haar]

The Bourne Supremacy
Open Water
Anacondas: Curse of the Blood Orchid

[bronsonseven]

How can one forget, Anacondas.

[GiGi]

I know it is too early, but my mouth is watering on the LOTR prequel, the Hobbit! I am interested to see what happens with "King Kong". But c'mon, hurry up!

[Mr B Natural]

Riding Giants needs to open near me soon...real soon...

Also The Village, Suspect Zero, and Open Water.

[Reverend Ned]

Originally posted by GiGi
I know it is too early, but my mouth is watering on the LOTR prequel, the Hobbit!

Silly girl. That's like eagerly anticipating the release of Spider-Man 4.

[Rory L. Aronsky]

Silly girl. That's like eagerly anticipating the release of Spider-Man 4

Or Xanadu 2.

[El Duderino Diablo]

I think it's at least a little more likely than Xanadu 2.

Now, for myself personally, I am eagerly anticipating anything and everything (I think) from Takashi Miike until there's nothing left.

[Cookie G]

Originally posted by Rory L. Aronsky
The Bourne Supremacy


Just saw it. I wasn't too impressed with the fast editing, or the extreme close-ups of Matt Damon. His face/head filled 1/3 of the screen for about 1/4 of the movie. I could tell you how many hairs he has on his left eyebrow... well close to it. Also, the director over used the shaky-cam. I got a headache half way through the film. the only time it wasn't handheld was for the establishing shots of a new city.

"Shaking your eyes here. Shaking your eyes there. Why don't you join some kind of shake-a-rock-a-roll band."
The Big Snit.

[Rory L. Aronsky]

Also, the director over used the shaky-cam.

Shaky-cam sounds like Paul Greengrass's decision. As for this:

I wasn't too impressed with the fast editing

70% of that was likely the decision of Universal. A lot of studios are looking to put faster editing into their films because they think the kids like it due to watching MTV.

[Dr Creep]

Within a few months of each other two mind blowing announcements were made: Doctor Who is going back into production and Darren Aranofsky is directing Watchmen. Christ, those announcements made being a geeky comic book reading, bad special f/x show watching outsider in junior/high school in the eighties worth it.

[GiGi]

Originally posted by Reverend Ned
Silly girl. That's like eagerly anticipating the release of Spider-Man 4.

A girl can dream, can't she? :) I have racked my brain and nothing coming soon excites me like the last LOTR film. I totally dig epics. I AM looking forward to the Johnny Cash biopic. Is that a lil better? :)

[the great wendt]

In reality, I'm waiting for John Waters' "A Dirty Shame" to come out in September. In a perfect world, I'd be waiting for another Dead Man style existensial western from Jim Jarmusch. Or the sequel to "Half Baked."

Which brings up a very touchy subject. When are sequels warranted and when are they not. See, on the one hand, I'm happy they never made a sequel to the aforementioned pot comedy because it might sully the greatness of the original. On the other hand, I was such a big fan of the first one and all its little nuances and subtle references that I wish I could see more.

Fortunately, in the case of "Half Baked," I already kind of did, as Dave Chapelle once ran a sketch about the Half Baked characters on Comedy Central's Chapelle Show. So it's all good with that one, but what about others? What happened to Pink and the gang after the Aerosmith concert in "Dazed & Confused"? If Richard Linklater can make a sequel to a movie like "Before Sunrise," then couldn't we hope for a follow-up to "The Breakfast Club," "Training Day" or even "Trainspotting"?

Food for thought

[ace38]

I'm lookin forward to "Open Water", "Saw" and "Shawn of the Dead"

[El Duderino Diablo]

Originally posted by the great wendt
then couldn't we hope for a follow-up to "The Breakfast Club," "Training Day" or even "Trainspotting"?

Food for thought

Well, Irvine Welsh did write a follow up to Trainspotting titled Porno.

[Pete Vonder Haar]

The only Breakfast Club sequel I want to see if the one where they get sent to Japan for the next Battle Royale.

[iEatBrainMatter]

The trailers for SAW have me dying to see this one in the Fall.

I am anxious to see the House of 1000 Corpses sequel Devil's Rejects too. I found a lot to like in the first.

[Furious D]

Originally posted by Pete Vonder Haar
The only Breakfast Club sequel I want to see if the one where they get sent to Japan for the next Battle Royale.

Hmmm....that could be a thread onto itself. Which ensemble movie casts should be forced to fight each other to the death?

But I'm too damn sleepy to work out the details, so I'll leave that to more awake people.

Yawn-:o

[Ellen M.]

Originally posted by Pete Vonder Haar
The only Breakfast Club sequel I want to see if the one where they get sent to Japan for the next Battle Royale.

Nah Pete, you're confused... In the "Breakfast Club 2", they all meet at their 20th high school reunion to compare notes on who has the big house & 2.5 kids in the suburbs, who's been divorced more times, who was in rehab, who's had gastric bypass surgery & who's joined the "Hair Club For Men"!

I wanna see "Garden State" & "Vanity Fair"... gotta love the artsy / indies!

Ellen ;)

[the great wendt]

Funny you should bring up a sequel to Breakfast Club set at a Reunion because I kind of wrote something like that once. Behold! A short, short, short film script for "Breakfast Club 2: Reunion Detention." I believe I wrote this in 2000 after smoking a lot of pot and making the fatal mistake of sniffing too much heroin. Perhaps the drugs can justify this atrocity. Feel free to leave feedback...

Title: Breakfast Club: Reunion Detention
By: Bob Freville

Narrator's V/O comes in over black screen, raspy and very much
like William Shatner...or is it Robert Stack? As our narrator
orates, a very sticky blues/jazz score floods the soundtrack.

Narrator(V/O): This is a little story I call "Breakfast Club Part 2: High School Reunion-Detention". Enter into a place
so weird even Rod Serling was too spooked to come near it.
This is a zone in which there are no boundaries, and all that
you will see may provoke you to the very end of your tether.
(beat) The elderly or faint of heart would do well to leave the room or close their eyes, as tonight's show unfolds in. . .
[Lightning strikes in dramatic crescendo.]
. . .Angst-o-Rama!

Fade in on the Int. of a high school gym. It is the evening, and a crowd of people in suits, ranging in age from 40-ish to geriatric, file in to the room.

In a remote corner of the room, The Nefarious Principal keeps
a contemptuous eye out for truant guests, keeping note on his
clipboard.

Suddenly, a song comes blasting over the P.A. in the gymnasium, catching The Principal by surprise and causing
the clipboard to fly out of his hand in a panic.

V/O(singing in pubescent voice): "Paul Gleason smells like feet! Talkin' 'bout Paul Gleason beatin' his meat! Paul
Gleason, it's a motherfuckin' shame,
that the only reason people think he is an asshole is
because of his fame!"

The Principal races out of frame in a tizzy, his nostrils
flaring up and his eyebrows coming together to form an
angry frown.

Pan over to one of the myriad tables that dot the gymnasium floor, decorated with Oingo Boingo paper plates and plastic eating utensils.

John Bender(Judd Nelson) and Brian Johnson(Anthony Michael Hall, Jr.) sit at the table, stabbing holes through Cyndi Lauper paper cups with the plastic utensils and engaging in light, apathetic conversation.

Age has begun to show on both of their faces, but Bender remains in high school form as a long-haired grunge man. Johnson is somewhat more yuppie, wearing his hair slicked back neatly and dressing in Armani. Both look miserable.

John Bender: (to Brian) So, what have you been doin'? I see you lost the glasses I used to break our senior year.

Brian Johnson: (to John) Contact Lenses, Bender. It's a thing of the past, but I guess you never heard of it.

John B.: Watch it, Johnson. I'm still more vicious than you. I could always stash my weed in your Fruit of the Looms again.

Brian J.: (laughs) Yeah well, I could choke you to death with the bankroll I'm making in New York buying and trading.

John: While I do admit that that kind of talk is over my head, I still don't think you have any power over me. I could still kick your ass. And as for your bankroll, I wouldn't think there would be much weight to kill me with after that divorce you are paying for, champ.

Brian: Good one, John. I gotta put that in my book.

John: What book?

Brian: I am going to write a book on a chrystal meth binge, just as soon as I make a enough big sales to retire.

John: See what leaving Shermer does to a man? You go to the City and you come back as some greedy fucking drone in a suit
that costs more than most coffins.

Brian: What have you been doing with yourself, bad ass prince
of teen angst?

John: I've been thinking...

Brian:About?

John: I've been thinking...

Brian: About how sour things went senior year between you and
Claire?

John: Who the fuck's Claire?! Sounds like some fat bitch you
probably lost your virginity to, nerd boy. Is that the one
that was allegedly from Canada or some shit?

Brian: Chuckle-chucle, asshole. I could see you haven't changed. Are you still working construction at your age?

John: I might be. Are you still working on cornholing Rob
Lowe?

Brian: C'mon, man! Let's not get into The St. Elmos Fire Incident, okay? Because I just went to the doctor for a heart
murmur on Friday.

John: Alright. (beat) So tell me, Patrick Bateman, where's
that klepto dish we used to hang out with, the one that Mr. Universe bagged our senior year?

Brian: By Mr. Universe, I assume you mean Andy?

John: Still as fucking dense as you were in high school, huh?

Brian: Well, supposedly she got some nice, six-figure job
as a professional photographer and became a lesbo. I heard
they made one of those independent films about her.

John: (grimacing) Oh, God! Don't you hate that shit? Back in
our day, they didn't have none of this bullshit about being
independent. You were either broke and had to write shit like
"Mr. Mom" or you were a studio director and you made kick ass
movies like "Weird Science".

Brian: I know, man. Now, John Hughes has sold out or bought in, which ever, and he just collects on the fuckin' Home Alone
franchise. (beat) But Judd Nelson was the shit in that Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back flick.

[Both smile and high five each other.]

John: I agree with you on that one, man. Although the film
could have benefited from a Simple Minds song, perhaps a
David Bowie quote here or there. (beat) Enough about movies.
Who are we taking back to my motel room? Where's all the pussy?

Brian: As you can see, it's looking pretty grim. (points O.C.)
Look over there, man.

John: I dunno...ya think?

Brian: It's our only plausible choice.

John: Alright, let's book. I want to set fire to Dick's office
before we leave, so we better haul ass.

[John and Brian get up and walk over to the nearby punch bowl,
where they approach a bewildered Debbie Gibson.

Cut to:

Ext: School Parking Lot. Night

Claire (Ringwald) and Andy (Estevez) sit in a car, their hair and
clothes disheveled.

Claire: (to Andy) GODDAMMIT, YOU WASHED UP PIECE OF SHIT! WHEN
I SAY NO THAT MEANS NO!

Andy: (to Claire) OH, FUCK YOU, CLAIRE! WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT
SINCE THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS AND HEAD BANDS WERE ALL THE RAGE AND YOU HAVEN'T ONCE LET ME SO MUCH AS PUT A HAND DOWN YOUR PANTIES! WHAT GIVES?!

[Claire explodes with rage, her face turning pink as she does.
After a beat, she pours a bottle of Tab Soda over Andy's head
and jumps out of the car.]

Claire: FUCK YOU, ANDY! GO MAKE THE SEQUEL TO "MEN AT WORK"!

Cut to:

Ext: School/Front Entrance. Night

Just as John B., Brian J. and Debbie Gibson come walking out,
Claire comes bounding around the corner, trying to choke back
tears as she blows her nose with a Kleenex.

John B. and Claire spot each other. As they do, that familiar "Love Theme" by Keith Forsey kicks in on the sountrack.

John and Claire stare at each other for a long beat, then...

John: Hi, thunder thighs.

[John stands over Claire, and wipes runny mascara away from
her sad eyes.]

Claire: (cracking a smile) Hi, needle dick.

John(to Debbie Gibson): Debbie, I'm sure it was a pleasure,
but I was always more of a Samantha Fox person anyway. (to
Brian) Bye, bro. I gotta catch the red-haired love boat before
it leaves the canal.

John steps back over to Claire and offers her his arm. She
takes it, and they walk off together.

Cut to:

Ext: Football Field. Night

John's and Claire's hands are locked as they meander across
the field, shooting the shit.

Claire: (to John) So what are you doing tomorrow?

John: (to Claire) I'm booked up.

Claire: Another engagement?

John: I've gotta visit my cousin Ferris. His wife is concerned
about how much he's been taking off of work lately.

Claire: Sounds like some other handsome, young slacker I once
knew.

John: Sit on it, fattie.

[Simple Minds' "Don't You(Forget About Me)" kicks in on the
soundtrack, as John raises a victorious fist in the air.]

Fade out.

End Credits Roll.

Title Card: R.I.P.
80'S BRAT PACK


FIN.

Previously Published by www.postpoems.com

[Ellen M.]

LOVE IT!

Ellen :)

[the great wendt]

Thanks, Ellen! If you're a fan of 80's stuff, you might appreciate this:

http://www.getunderground.com/underground/columns/article.cfm?Article_ID=425

Or this:

http://www.getunderground.com/underground/columns/article.cfm?Article_ID=966

[Ellen M.]

Good stuff Bob....
I LOVE all of the John Hughes films! I can quote lines from them until the cows come home & I was even an extra in a few, along with my friends. Have you seen "I love the '80's" on VH1?... Classic shit!

"Oooh, obscene finger gestures from such a pristine, young girl." Breakfast Club

"You're Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago?" Ferris Bueller

"Fully aged sophomore meat!" Sixteen Candles

"Do I offend?" Pretty In Pink

Yes, I WAS Molly Ringwald in high school!
Ellen ;)

P.S. - I actually went to grade school & high school with Jami Gertz & did many school plays with her...Awwww yeah!