tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post5440372308403576385..comments2024-02-25T21:23:09.512-05:00Comments on Stale Popcorn: Review: BeautifulGlenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-88226081520466361372009-04-06T14:52:00.000-04:002009-04-06T14:52:00.000-04:00I wanna see this, I don't even care if it is a mes...I wanna see this, I don't even care if it is a mess, because I need me some Peta Wilson.Agent69noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-25960364297595542222009-03-09T23:26:00.000-04:002009-03-09T23:26:00.000-04:00in the year of Baz Luhrmann's Australia and Tony H...in the year of Baz Luhrmann's Australia and Tony Haye's Ten Empty that's really saying something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-75066984813586759642009-03-09T23:25:00.000-04:002009-03-09T23:25:00.000-04:00Marc - Peta Wilson gives a great performance? Are...Marc - Peta Wilson gives a great performance? Are you kidding me? I cannot recall ever seeing someone so awkwardly applying lip gloss in the history of cinema. Not that it was all her fault. The dialogue in her abortion scene was fucking atrocious. I doubt anyone could have made it work. She was only outgunned by the ridiculous "performance" of the Tozzi girl. The whole thing was awkward, banal and most unforgivably, boring. I kept thinking, every time I think I've seen the worst Australian film ever made, another comes along that is even worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-52835013757384281982009-03-05T14:27:00.000-05:002009-03-05T14:27:00.000-05:00I couldn't get past Peta Wilson's tranny voice. Is...I couldn't get past Peta Wilson's tranny voice. Is that mean? Probably.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-70307836976778767792009-03-05T06:50:00.000-05:002009-03-05T06:50:00.000-05:00Yeah i sat down to watch it the other day and I wa...Yeah i sat down to watch it the other day and I was so ready to love this film but within minutes it became clear that this was a mish-mash of the Not-So-Virgin Suicides, Australian Beauty and True Blue Velvet. It's beautifully filmed and Peta Wilso gives a gr8 performance but thats about it. most acting is awful with characters just spurting clunky exposition or even clunkier internal monologues. The central character was so passive that he may have been more engaging in a coma. The music was repetitive and irritating the plot was painfully slow building up to a climax that was nonsensical at best, cheap and manipulative at worst and the final 'reveal' was just stupid and handled with all the subtley to a two-year old trying to ram a duplo block into his nose in some misguided attempt at feeding itself. Im gonna be blogging about it soon so backtrack if you want.Marc Fennellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446579836685443587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-19281913326624544192009-03-05T01:04:00.000-05:002009-03-05T01:04:00.000-05:00Hah. This is hilarious. So Beautiful is Springtime...Hah. This is hilarious. So <I>Beautiful</I> is <I>Springtime for Hitler</I> of the SA production office? Except <I>Springtime for Hitler</I> turned out to be really great!Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-60051894441118171542009-03-05T00:10:00.000-05:002009-03-05T00:10:00.000-05:00Glenn. I'm from SA. The South Australian Film Corp...Glenn. I'm from SA. The South Australian Film Corp put 400K into the film.<BR/><BR/>The Project Officer at the Film Corp roomed with Dean OFlaherty, they are friends, and you dont have to be Einstein to see how Government money gets passed along to mates.<BR/><BR/>Check out the funding for all the films from SA this year. There's a rort going on here in SA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-24136239808397051522009-03-04T22:52:00.000-05:002009-03-04T22:52:00.000-05:00Glenn, I would think that Kojo overestimated their...Glenn, I would think that Kojo overestimated their costs in order to get more from the production offset to at least help pay for the prints and advertising expenditure of the film's theatrical release. Kojo are not paying anyone but themselves. Some of them made a lot of money and who acres if the film is shite. Anyone seen The producers? That's how you make money!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-13909590272397748762009-03-04T22:44:00.000-05:002009-03-04T22:44:00.000-05:00Interesting thoughts there. It is funny to look th...Interesting thoughts there. It is funny to look through the movie's credits and see so many who were involved in another Kojo film, <I>2:37</I>. But, then again, if everything was in house how come the budget was still (apparently) $2m?Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-30042197438761352172009-03-04T21:18:00.000-05:002009-03-04T21:18:00.000-05:00I wonder how much of the film's $2m budget was act...I wonder how much of the film's $2m budget was actually outlaid and how much were just internal transactions like Kojo's internal post-production budget. Surely, a payment from Kojo to Kojo would have a nil effect on their overall cash flow and yet they still pocket 40% production offset ie $800,000!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-54453846792658105512009-03-04T08:47:00.000-05:002009-03-04T08:47:00.000-05:00Kojo have their offset certificate back, what do t...Kojo have their offset certificate back, what do they care. With all post paid for by them, and Dean an in house staffer, it's practically a profit already.Syms Covingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810528312426342337noreply@blogger.com