comment #1

Gordon27 says ...

"it means that a certain strata of New York City culture (i.e., youngish, male-ish) has already voted against it due to a resentment of one form or another."

You'd think, but that's not it. It's just that every movie poster gets defaced.

comment #2

Ponderer says ...

Proof of that being that BOTH posters in the above shot are defaced.

comment #3

Renfield says ...

My favorite poster defacing (and, unfortunately, I didn't have my camera on me before it was taken down-- whoever did that is a humorless dirtbag) is:

Someone put a perspective-correct. crazy kitten face over the "ninja assassin" in the Ninja Assassin bus stop poster with a fish plastered on the end of his "ninja assassin" knife on the corner of Los Feliz & Hillhurst.

comment #4

DeeZee says ...

No, they definitely screw with the posters of the movies they hate, since I never saw anyone mess with the pics of the last Harry Potter.

Anyway, Sandler + Aniston: together at last?
http://tinyurl.com/yz89f69
Yet another motivational football movie.
http://tinyurl.com/yg9oew2
PJ's philosophy.
http://tinyurl.com/yhatf6k
Sam Mendes' next gig?
http://tinyurl.com/yg2pm9n
Looks like they're still relying on the Speed Racer approach to fuck up the LA Yogi, too.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012433.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Jonze+Anderson on their kiddie flicks.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012409.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Should geek movies win awards?
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012401.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
The Coens on their approach to writing.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012398.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Article on films which get snubbed by the Academy.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012411.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
I like how they're admitting the only reason BD sales went up is because they were discounted.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012416.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
The future of cinema?
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012434.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012395.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012394.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Anyone want to see Disney+ Nick Cage ruining a Fantasia short?
http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2010/Sorcerers-Apprentice/trailer.php
Will Malkovich play a vulture in Spidey 4?
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15873/malkovich-is-vulture-in-spider-man-4-
The Wachowskis run out of ideas.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15869/wachowski-s-testing-for-next-film
Oh, and Digital Bits notes that Best Buy has a BD exclusive of Boogie Nights.

comment #5

ZayTonday says ...

lol Renfield I actually took a pic of that and came in to post it! Here ya go, it was a bad angle because I was driving:

http://www.me.com/gallery/#100016/Ceiling%20Assassin

comment #6

ZayTonday says ...

Hey that link didn't work, here's a working one for that Ninja Assassin poster: http://i48.tinypic.com/11w6lgj.jpg

comment #7

LexG says ...

Where did DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS come from anyway? Was that always scheduled to come out in December or did it get moved up from elsewhere in the last month or so? 'Cause I'd never heard of it, ever, till I saw 2012 and the trailer ran (and has before seemingly everything since.)

I have a feeling that's going to be HUUUGE and might even open stronger than Avatar.

comment #8

Gordon27 says ...

"since I never saw anyone mess with the pics of the last Harry Potter. "

DZ, we're talking about New York City subway posters and you live in Los Angeles. I think you're just contradictory here.

comment #9

Gordon27 says ...

My 'Morgans' question -- why does Hugh Grant look so depressed on the poster?

I mean, yeah, I know what the movie's basic plot is, so I understand the character nature of it, but it looks like Hugh Grant himself wants nothing to do with that poster, that movie, or Sarah Jessica Parker. It seems like a strange sell to me. I thought Hugh Grant's charm was supposed to be that he always puts on that goofy smile, no matter what.

comment #10

DeeZee says ...

Gordon: They usually tag posters they hate in L.A.

comment #11

rick blaine says ...

Man, that Kim Novak was a piece of work, wasn't she? Delicious.

comment #12

Rich S. says ...

Thank you, rick. I worry about today's movie-going youth. Jeffrey posts a fabulous shot of one of the great screen sirens in cinema history, and most of the commenters reflect on a defaced Hugh Grant poster. Kim Novak is, indeed, a piece of work.

comment #13

Floyd Thursby says ...

When a society progresses from Kim Novak to Lindsay Lohan, there's no hope for humanity.

comment #14

LexG says ...

Eh, Kim Novak?

Sorry, this'll sure get me branded as "Eloi," but honestly? When it comes to actresses? If you're not current, I don't really care. Because I see myself as someone who might be famous someday, and I only fantasize about women who are CURRENTLY hot.

Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, Rita Hayworth? Don't care. Not denying they were the hotness in their day, or that they were in classic movies, but once you're old or dead? Yeah, kind of hard for me to get worked up over some chick who'd be 102 today.

Christ, I don't even wanna see Alicia Silverstone or Liv Tyler anymore, and they're both YOUNGER THAN ME. Even current luminaries like Alba and Knightley probably have about five more years before I'm completely indifferent to them, just as Novak or Hayworth might as well be the Crypt Keeper at this point. I like to KEEP CURRENT, so I've already moved on to K-Stew and anyone else who's 18-25.

comment #15

Rich S. says ...

Lex, I was going to tell you to check out Bell, Book and Candle, in which Novak gives one of the most seductive performances in movie history. But now that I finally know where you're coming from, I realize that would be pointless.

Understand, I'm not being critical; the heart wants what the heart wants. Your statement does explain a lot, though.

comment #16

LexG says ...

"the heart wants what the heart wants..."

Indeed. Namely, Emma Roberts.

comment #17

raygo says ...

I don't think Emma has reached the age of consent yet, has she?

Curious, do you think she has the potential given here gene pool?

comment #18

raygo says ...

I always thought Grace Kelly had it all over Kim Novak.

comment #19

Floyd Thursby says ...

Kim's bubble bath in the otherwise deeply flawed Notorious Landlady is also notable: http://tinyurl.com/yktk3eb

comment #20

Ryansi51 says ...

grace kelly has it waaay over kim novak imo.

"Indeed. Namely, Emma Roberts."

nice work Lex, that actually made me chuckle out loud.

comment #21

Stringer Bell says ...

Lex: you mean SJP is past her prime?

I honestly cant think of an uglier leading lady.

comment #22

Stringer Bell says ...

Come to think of it, SJP looks better defaced.

comment #23

Renfield says ...

ZayTonday,

Thank you so much for posting that! The world needs a record of ninja assassin cat.

I was laughing so hard I almost couldn't drive.

comment #24

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Interesting that you used the angle that downplays the fact that the IT'S COMPLICATED poster was also defaced.

Rich S. - the first pic was the only one Jeff decided to really commment on. Besides, as LexG would say, only gay men want to discuss old movie actresses at length.

comment #25

Dan Revill says ...

Zay, I had to re-tweet that pic. Pretty hilarious stuff.

comment #26

Terry McCarty says ...

LexG wrote:
I have a feeling that's going to be HUUUGE and might even open stronger than Avatar.

Hugh Grant usually knows what works for him and I expect it will do the same kind of moderate business that TWO WEEKS' NOTICE and MUSIC AND LYRICS did. No matter how AVATAR opens, it will ceratinly outpace MORGANS.

comment #27

DeeZee says ...

Lex: Liv was sort of overrated, other than in Empire Records. Alba was hot, up until she hooked up with that hairy rich guy.