comment #1

Don Murphy says ...

Hard Luck?
How about bad luck!
We've been protesting that film since it was announced and by we I mean all right thinking people.

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IRON MAN
from the director of ZATHURA

comment #2

Edward Havens says ...

I'd like to think I am a right thinking person, and I haven't been protesting. Protest a movie usually lead to more awareness for the very thing the protestors are protesting. I still remember opening day of The Last Temptation of Christ at the North Point in San Francisco. My friends and I drove from Santa Cruz at 4 in the morning to make sure we were first in line for the first show, and by the time we got to the North Point around 6:15, there was already a dozen or so people waiting. By 10, there were more than a thousand people in line to buy tickets, and at least that many protestors. By the time the box office opened at 11:30, the corner of Powell and Bay and the surrounding areas was jam packed with protestors, counter-protestors, police and news crews from all over.

Fact of the matter is, if right thinking people led a silent protest, and that include writers like myself and Mr. Wells, almost nobody would know this film was coming out and it would have disappeared quietly after a playdate or two in New York City and Los Angeles.

comment #3

swhitty says ...

You've got a point, Ed. I suppose I will have to review because of the actors involved, but one thing I won't do is print the name of the scumbag assassin. If that's all that he wanted out of life, as he said at one point -- to have everybody know his name -- then doing any small thing I can to deny him that is one protest I can happily get behind.

comment #4

JapAdapters says ...

Add to Don Murphy's crimes against humanity the title of book burner, I guess.

Man, I hope your sig line isn't a shot at Jon Favreau's career because you didn't get to ruin Iron Man like you have everything else you've gotten your fat greasy fingers on. I mean have you looked at your own filmography lately, or does it make you want to shoot yourself in the mouth (mmmm, bullets taste goooooood)?

You're a worthless toad.

comment #5

Edward Havens says ...

Sorry, I got sidetracked mid-thought and didn't proof my post...

What I meant to say at the end of my post was that an organized silent protest including those in the film industry and those who write about it would have been far more effective.

I know if I get an invite to screen the movie, I will politely and respectfully let those working publicity on the film why I will not be reviewing the film.

Hell, there's already been a movie released in the past few months about this same subject, and released by a far stronger distributor than the people releasing this film, and hardly anyone knew about it. It was rightfully ignored by most critics and audiences, it should have been.

comment #6

Rothchild says ...

Don, I like you and your movies, but I don't understand why you keep adding that Iron Man thing to your posts. Is there a joke in there I'm missing?

comment #7

BurmaShave says ...

In this case I'm entirely with Don. Totally scummy conceit for a film.

I look forward to christian's musical about Hinckley though.

comment #8

Mikey Filmmaker says ...

I've seen this film and it's garbage. Yes, I'm a Beatles fan, but I saw it at Sundance. Not worth the time. Regardless of the content (which I don't support the idea of glorifying Lennon's killer), it's poorly made. Jared Leto gave a good performance, but the plot is weak and it's not interesting.

I also don't agree with protesting any work. All it does it bring more attention to the film. No one would even know about this film if it wasn't for all the people who publicly say they are against it. I also don't believe John Lennon would support protesting any art form regardless of its content.

comment #9

Monument says ...

Looks like Leto managed to stay off the blow long enough to gain some weight, well done.

comment #10

thatmovieguy says ...

I've seen the film, too, and it's not worth protesting, only worth skipping. It does not -- as I feared -- try to make a case for Chapman. But at the same time, since the Lennon estate would have no part of it, it doesn't give any insight into Lennon's last days, either. It's basically "here's a snapshot of a deranged guy who upset a lot of people before he killed a legend." Leto's performance is certainly convincing, although he's given almost nothing to play except creepiness. Lohan has a very small part as a young woman who's on the fringes of Lennon's social circle; her character tries to be friendly with Chapman at first, but eventually realizes he's trouble waiting to happen. The movie winds up being a slow slog toward the inevitable. When it's over, you won't know very much more about Chapman or Lennon than you did going in (especially if you're old enough to remember the media coverage of the murder). It's dreary and depressing without being in any way enlightening.

comment #11

D.Z. says ...

It's offensive to humanize Chapman, but if people can defend "The Downfall", then I'm not sure why this would be any worse. Plus there was that Manson Family flick a while back, too...Anyway, you could argue the subliminal messages Salinger inserted in 'Rye which he learned how to do from his CIA buddies (and which also led to Sirhan losing it) could be to blame, too.

comment #12

The Hoyk says ...

and by we I mean all right thinking people.

Well, I meet a lot of people, and I’m convinced that the vast majority of wrong-thinking people are right.

comment #13

Edward Havens says ...

I don't know if I got the same email as Wells, but I did get an invite today to both New York and Los Angeles press screenings for the film, and if I can't make those, there are DVD screeners available for review.

comment #14

ellenmiss says ...

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