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[xaxat]

As serious as that trailer tried to be, I got a good laugh out of the shot of someone stacking up CDs. I didn't think anyone under the age of 50 used those things any more. 

[JBC344]

Sigh. I had hoped The Loft had been consigned to some straight-to-cable dustbin. Now, I learn it's being released January 30.

So this is the dramtic, thriller version of the classic "The Apartment"?

[ribboninthesky1]

I thought it was the American version of the Belgian original.  And I thought it was released 2-3 years ago - interesting it's just about to hit theaters.

Edited January 11, 2015 by ribboninthesky1

[Chrissytd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IaPaB4Pzqk

[thuganomics85]

I actually only just saw a TV spot for "The Loft" for the first time, a few days ago, and was wondering what in the hell was that about, and are both Karl Urban and James Mardsen that desperate for work.  The Star Trek and X-Men paychecks already ran dry?  Either way, I'm sure it will be fine, guys!  Wentworth Miller is also in the film, so even if it ends with the guys getting arrested, he'll spring them all out of jail, Prison Break style!

 

I do love January and when the cheap, bad thrillers come out.  Besides this one, I've been getting kick for all the spots for "The Boy Next Door", or, from what I can tell, the "Jennifer Lopez is a lonely single mom, who has sex with a young guy, who turns out to be a high school student." film.  Whoops!  I guess when you have sex with a younger person, you always need to check ID!

[JBC344]

I actually only just saw a TV spot for "The Loft" for the first time, a few days ago, and was wondering what in the hell was that about, and are both Karl Urban and James Mardsen that desperate for work.  The Star Trek and X-Men paychecks already ran dry?  Either way, I'm sure it will be fine, guys!  Wentworth Miller is also in the film, so even if it ends with the guys getting arrested, he'll spring them all out of jail, Prison Break style!

 

I do love January and when the cheap, bad thrillers come out.  Besides this one, I've been getting kick for all the spots for "The Boy Next Door", or, from what I can tell, the "Jennifer Lopez is a lonely single mom, who has sex with a young guy, who turns out to be a high school student." film.  Whoops!  I guess when you have sex with a younger person, you always need to check ID!

Lol, a high school senior who clearly looks 30 years old.  I like Ryan Guzman and think he is a beautiful man, but he is way to old to be playing a teenager.

[methodwriter85]

Lol, a high school senior who clearly looks 30 years old.  I like Ryan Guzman and think he is a beautiful man, but he is way to old to be playing a teenager.

 

I'm pretty sure they cast a 28-year old because they didn't want to put J. Lo against an actual 18 or 19-year old because they didn't want her to look too old.

[Dejana]

I'm pretty sure they cast a 28-year old because they didn't want to put J. Lo against an actual 18 or 19-year old because they didn't want her to look too old.

 

It's Hollywood, so old-looking teenagers are par for the course, but my wild guess about this "thriller" is that it's supposed to be a shocking twist when the boy next door is revealed to be a grifter pushing 30, which lets our heroine JLo off the hook for any sort of statutory rape charges. Still, they cast an obviously adult man to quell any sort of protests about the teacher being portrayed sympathetically (at least in the trailer), given the subject matter.  Also, they probably hope Ryan Guzman appeals to a wider age range of women than someone who looks 17. Shockingly, I saw The Boy Next Door trailer before Selma, and the audience howled at "Love your mother's cookies!" A 28-year-old teenager adds to the unintentional comedy of it all.

[Chas411]

The Voices looks good in a silly black comedy type of way. I haven't seen Ryan Reynolds in an enjoyable film in forever so I think I could enjoy this one.

[JBC344]

It's Hollywood, so old-looking teenagers are par for the course, but my wild guess about this "thriller" is that it's supposed to be a shocking twist when the boy next door is revealed to be a grifter pushing 30, which lets our heroine JLo off the hook for any sort of statutory rape charges. Still, they cast an obviously adult man to quell any sort of protests about the teacher being portrayed sympathetically (at least in the trailer), given the subject matter.  Also, they probably hope Ryan Guzman appeals to a wider age range of women than someone who looks 17. Shockingly, I saw The Boy Next Door trailer before Selma, and the audience howled at "Love your mother's cookies!" A 28-year-old teenager adds to the unintentional comedy of it all.

Believe me, I get why they cast Ryan Guzman, I was just making note of the unintentional flaw/meta commentary; One the suspense of her doing something wrong is sort of quelled when the teenager in question looks 30, and two Ryan is actually older than Jennifer's last long term boyfriend (Casper).

[Bruinsfan]

I think they should make it a dark comedy, show scenes like Guzman shaving a full three day growth of beard in the mornings, have a classmate say "sorry, sir" when they bump into him in the hall, expository flashbacks to his childhood with 80s fashion and The Cosby Show or The Love Boat on TV, etc.

[ribboninthesky1]

I'm totally going to see it in theaters, and have convinced myself it's a comedy, perhaps satire.  They just marketed it like a thriller.

[methodwriter85]

I think they should make it a dark comedy, show scenes like Guzman shaving a full three day growth of beard in the mornings, have a classmate say "sorry, sir" when they bump into him in the hall, expository flashbacks to his childhood with 80s fashion and The Cosby Show or The Love Boat on TV, etc.

 

A current 30-year old would have had their childhood in the 90's. Still, I agree with the rest.

 

They totally could have gone with the Orphan twist.

Edited January 13, 2015 by methodwriter85

[Rick Kitchen]

Another one of those "white person helps out the underprivileged kids of color" movie.  But I do love that last line.

[Crs97]

The exchange between the coach and father may be my favorite thing ever!

[Shannon L.]

I'm not, nor have I ever been, an athlete.  I watch the Olympics every two years, but beyond that, I don't follow any sports. However, I'm inexplicably drawn to sports movies, so I'll probably see that.  It looks pretty good (love the final scene) and I have $30 worth of movie gift certificates from Christmas, so why not.

[King of Birds]

SPY red band trailer

Edited January 13, 2015 by King of Birds

[AshleyN]

David Fincher must have really liked working with Gillian Flynn on Gone Girl: not only are they working on an HBO series together, but now this.

[methodwriter85]

 Mae Whiteman is The Duff...a.k.a. Designated Ugly Fat Friend.j

 

  I'm shocked they didn't put her in glasses and a ponytail. They still got her in overalls, though.

 

  I have this irrational hatred of Bella Thorne after being forced to watch Shake It Up due to my niece, and I'm glad to see she's making good use of her total bitchface.

 

   Robbie Amell is hot, but man it is really pushing it to see him play teenagers now. Still not as bad as Ryan Gruzman, though.

Edited January 20, 2015 by methodwriter85

[Rick Kitchen]

Robbie Amell is still playing teenagers?  I really loved him in "How I Met Your Mother", his character was adorkable.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Robbie Amell is hot, but man it is really pushing it to see him play teenagers now. Still not as bad as Ryan Gruzman, though.

 

I looked it up, and Ryan is 27, only a year older than Robbie. :-P

[JBC344]

The problem is that neither one of them is "youthful" twenty something.  At least not "youthful" enough to still play teenagers.  Both are very handsome, muscular, twenty something men and they look it. 

[Bruinsfan]

Guzman wasn't youthful enough to play a teenager when he first started appearing in commercials four years ago, I don't know who the hell thought he would make a believable high school student now.

[cynic]

I saw a trailer for Mortdecai the other day and at first thought that it looked like an oddly undignified role for Michael Fassbender to take on. Then he turned around, I realized it was Johnny Depp, and yelled "Oh HELL no!"

Johnny Depp (sporting a "wacky" mustache) and Gwyneth Paltrow in a screwball comedy? No thanks. I wouldn't see this if they paid me.

I read the studio is planning on this being a franchise too.

[methodwriter85]

The problem is that neither one of them is "youthful" twenty something.  At least not "youthful" enough to still play teenagers.  Both are very handsome, muscular, twenty something men and they look it. 

 

    Robbie was up until a few years ago. He had a rounder face even though he had a buffed bod, and it made him look very young. He's hitting the point where he can't pull it off now, but he looked believable up to a few years ago on Revenge.

[Bruinsfan]

Johnny Depp (sporting a "wacky" mustache) and Gwyneth Paltrow in a screwball comedy? No thanks. I wouldn't see this if they paid me.

I read the studio is planning on this being a franchise too.

You can't always get what you want. I can't imagine this thing making enough money to justify a sequel, unless Depp and Paltrow are working for scale.

[nicepebbles]

I've seen the same trailer for Mad Max twice. Both times I had this thought, "Who is star - Charlize or Tom?" The hubby asked me if I want to see it. Nothign in the trailer makes me want to see it.

 

Get Hard looks terrible. It can be absolutely terrible - full on stereotypes not making fun of them, no subltely, KH being him at like 100 when he could be at 80. I would like to think that it won't be as offensive has it seemed in the trailer. I just kept thinking, "Fuck that title!"* and "This could be very bad." The smart play would be for it to be like Malibu's Most Wanted.

 

*No pun intended. That's like the worse title for a mainstream movie. Great for a porno.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

I've seen the same trailer for Mad Max twice. Both times I had this thought, "Who is star - Charlize or Tom?" The hubby asked me if I want to see it. Nothign in the trailer makes me want to see it.

 

I'm actually really looking forward to Fury Road, and I think Tom Hardy is going to kill it as Max. My only complaint is that it doesn't come out until this summer.

[AimingforYoko]

My only complaint is that it doesn't come out until this summer.

Well, what passes for summer on the movie calendar: May 15th.

[Betweenyouandme]

I sucked it up and saw Boy Next Door. The theater crowd was really into it. It was entertaining enough but really went overboard. In a way going overboard at the end is what saved it because it actually turned into a thriller. So, I didn't learn anything except a couple of things I'll hopefully never need to know about cars, but I stay bored a lot and love going to the movies to eat a bunch. They could have done the same movie with a college student, but I guess the idea of a high school student of legal age made it more illicit but not grotesque.

I kept thinking about if it were a male teacher and a female student...would the same number of people have been in the theater? Would I have gone even?

[Dejana]

I kept thinking about if it were a male teacher and a female student...would the same number of people have been in the theater? Would I have gone even?

Responding in the movie's thread.

[AshleyN]

I've seen the same trailer for Mad Max twice. Both times I had this thought, "Who is star - Charlize or Tom?" The hubby asked me if I want to see it. Nothign in the trailer makes me want to see it.

I'm kind of the opposite - I've never seen a Mad Max movie and wasn't particularly interested in seeing this one, but I thought the trailer was kind of amazing and it might have changed my mind.

 

And I like both Charlize and Tom, so I'm okay with either (or both) being the star.

Edited January 24, 2015 by AshleyN

[Mars477]

I'm kind of the opposite - I've never seen a Mad Max movie and wasn't particularly interested in seeing this one, but I thought the trailer was kind of amazing and it might have changed my mind.

 

And I like both Charlize and Tom, so I'm okay with either (or both) being the star.

Yeah, I'm not familiar with Mad Max, but having seen the trailers for Fury Road all I'm thinking is "Why can't it be out now?"

 

It's definitely something that I'm planning on seeing in theaters.

[Betweenyouandme]

Saw Mortdecai today. It was decently entertaining mostly because Depp had some very funny lines...lines I want to use, such as "run, run! Bloody hell... Run like a gazelle" or something like that. And, "the truth is nice, but rumors are priceless." As well as, "I don't need help with my luggage. I have a fucking man servant right here. What is wrong with this country?"

[BetterButter]

[Rick Kitchen]

wtf was that?!  "Superhero movie?  Not us!"

 

And who did the narrating?

[BetterButter]

And who did the narrating?

 

Reg E. Cathey

[nicepebbles]

If I knew nothing about 50 Shades of Grey, the trailer would make me look forward to watching it one evening if I was home alone. I would watch it alone because the hubby would have no intention of ever waching this this kind of movie. Because I know enough about it (i.e., the book's writing is terrible), I would not ever watch this unless I had seen everything else on my Hulu and like services. Or someone whose opinion I respect said watch it.

[Shannon L.]

Some one told me the other day that she read a short opinion piece predicting a baby boom 9 months after the release of the movie.  I won't be seeing it, either, because I only flipped through a few pages of the book in the store and found the writing really bad.

[ribboninthesky1]

I don't know...I question if Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan will generate enough heat.  I've never thought much of the chemistry based on the trailer, and their off-screen interactions are awkward.  Though, I guess like any other fandom, those who enjoyed the book will see the movie regardless. And given the release date, it would be hard to parse November babies solely due to the movie vs Valentine's Day itself.  It's one of the most romantic days of the year anyway, so people making babies isn't exactly a stretch. 

 

I don't plan to see it, but I'm vaguely curious if the film is an improvement on the book.  Based on the three paragraphs I read, it's a low bar.   

[Betweenyouandme]

Has anyone seen the trailer from Far From the Madding Crowd with Carey Mulligan?

[Luckylyn]

Far From the Madding Crowd is one of my favorite books.  I didn't care for the Julie Christie adaptation.  The more recent version from I think 1998 I really loved.  I'm very excited to see Carey as Bathsheba. 

[Bruinsfan]

Some one told me the other day that she read a short opinion piece predicting a baby boom 9 months after the release of the movie.

I know watching it is going to suck, but does the writer really think that many couples are going to be so bored they abandon decorum and get busy right in the theater to keep themselves entertained?

[nicepebbles]

As far as Mad Max, I don't care if Charlize or Tom is the star. I just presumed Tom would be the star as it's called Mad Max and it was male in the lead in the other movies. I hadn't heard Max would now be a female.

 

Bruinsfan, lol! My initial thought was, "I'd like to think the writer believes people will at least make it to their cars first." Then I reread  your comment. I hope people get up and leave.   

 

Mini rant: It's not 9 months! IT'S 10 MONTHS!! Having been pregnant twice, I know how long it it is. That extra 30 days means something so how in the world it has become 9 months and not 10 months, is beyond me. 10!! 10!! 

[JBC344]

As far as Mad Max, I don't care if Charlize or Tom is the star. I just presumed Tom would be the star as it's called Mad Max and it was male in the lead in the other movies. I hadn't heard Max would now be a female.

 

Bruinsfan, lol! My initial thought was, "I'd like to think the writer believes people will at least make it to their cars first." Then I reread  your comment. I hope people get up and leave.   

 

Mini rant: It's not 9 months! IT'S 10 MONTHS!! Having been pregnant twice, I know how long it it is. That extra 30 days means something so how in the world it has become 9 months and not 10 months, is beyond me. 10!! 10!! 

I've always wanted to ask this but didn't know how.  I've known for years that pregnancy is 10 months but is there an actual reason why "9 months" is the misconception?

[Dejana]

I've always wanted to ask this but didn't know how.  I've known for years that pregnancy is 10 months but is there an actual reason why "9 months" is the misconception?

 

For modern medical calculation purposes, you're considered pregnant before conception has actually occurred, so the 40 weeks of a full-term pregnancy includes the time before ovulation. Pregnancy, however, predates modern medical conventions and some think you're not actually pregnant until you're...pregnant. If you type a date of conception into a due date calculator, the date that's generated will be slightly less than nine months later.

 

I guess since the last incarnation of the Fantastic Four went the fun/lighthearted superhero route before Marvel, this version has to do something different to stand out from that universe. But Fant4stic? No.

Edited January 29, 2015 by Dejana

[Chrissytd]

Ted 2

 

Edited January 29, 2015 by Chrissytd

[Chas411]

I wonder how they'll explain away Mila Kunis in the sequel..

[Spartan Girl]

Me too.  I raised my eyebrows when it was revealed that Ted married Tami-Lynn.  I thought it would just be a torrid love affair.

 

Still, it has Morgan Freeman, and Flash Gordon and Patrick Stewart are back.  Looks funny.

[nicepebbles]

I heard there would nbe a a Ted 2. So I suspended disbelief about a talking bear but I could not entirely get over Mila Kunis' character being with Mark Wahlberg's loser character. Like WTF?