I'm still trying to find some time to get to my Spider-Man 2 rave and my Brown Bunny ... well ... I'm not sure what that will be yet, but it likely won't be as nice to Vincent Gallo as Chloë was. Anyway, those eagerly anticipated (you can pretend, no?) posts will arrive soon ... I swear. In the meantime ...
Stories like this must be the reason that the Associated Press exists. Stop the presses! 'Spider-Man' Tobey Maguire Hates Heights.
In sadder news -- at least, news that is actually sadder because that previous headline is sad in a completely different way -- the much lesser-known Douglas gets the worst kind of unwanted attention. It's got to be hard to be Kirk's son and Michael's youngest brother. The "baby" of the family, Eric obviously on some level wanted the attention a youngest sibling often receives, but with that level of superstardom around, it must have been difficult. He tried to be an actor, but hasn't been in anything for over 10 years, instead going the Todd Bridges, Dana Plato route that Mary-Kate Olsen is currently trying to avoid. R.I.P. Eric.
You've gotta love the NY Post for not just acknowledging its mistake in annointing Dick Gephardt as Kerry's running mate, but in mocking itself with a nearly identical cover today. "Really" is really the capper for me. I rarely read the Post (or The Daily News for that matter -- who needs them when you've got Gawker and Gothamist?) -- I hate getting all that meaningless ink on my fingers. But I'll give them their props. Now, who was fired??
And finally, King Arthur opens today, and while I'm not a huge Antoine Fuqua fan 
(Training Day would have been nothing without Denzel Washington's powerful performance), the trailer looks all big and fun and exciting ... and there's Keira Knightley. Clive Owen as Arthur is interesting, and the rest of the cast is filled with very talented, Hey-It's-That-Guy actors, but really, at the end of the day, it's all about Keira. (even when she looks like that second one!)
1.) If you're looking for someone to go catch a Brown Bunny/Spidey 2 double feature-- give me a shout... I might not get my Kirsten nip-shot like in Spidey 1, but I surmise that Cloe will make up for it
2.) I also gave MAJOR dap to the Post for acknowledging their fau paux. They're still a bunch of neo-nazi right wingers over there, but I will admit they're cool enough to laugh at their own mistakes.
3.) Didn't we already SEE King Arthur the first time when it was called First Knight? I'm not saying I won't see it.. I'm just saying.. didn't we?
Posted by: TonyTribeca | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at 02:46 PM
You had to know I would have something to say about this: Keira Knightley and a complete butchering of every single Arthurian legend ever penned. Thomas Malory is presently spinning like a dreidel in his grave.
I could nitpick the film to death, but I'll stick with two major gripes: Guinevere, as important to the story as she was, did not fight. She had neither bow nor arrow, and she didn't wear war paint. And Arthur, as you might be aware, wasn't young and spry—he was older and wise, for which Guinevere loved him, but she did not feel the passion for him that she did for the young and handsome uber-knight Sir Lancelot.
That's an entire dimension of the story lopped off to give us two (2!) strapping British men with suitably rippling muscles to make Guin's choice just that much harder, and that much more insulting. Do I choose the handsome king or the handsome knight? This is just like a sale at Gucci! I can't decide what to choose. Teehee!
And Keira still needs to eat a cheeseburger.
Posted by: Marleigh | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at 08:00 PM
Now, now, Marleigh. I was not defending the movie. In fact, I expect it to be quite ... bad, and with Fuqua backed by Jerry Bruckheimer, even mentioning a criticism such as how it goes against the "true" legend of Arthur is a bit silly, dontcha think?
But hey ... if you can drool over Clive and Iaon, I can have my Keira. I will gladly make a sandwich for her.
Posted by: Aaron | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at 08:15 PM
I never said I expected it to be even passably watchable, but generally speaking it is customary to at least give a nod to the facts of the story you rip off in your screenplay. Granted, it is Bruckheimer—but a leather bikini? For Chrissakes!
Unfortunately I find Clive only marginally better looking that Iaon, and even put together they aren't handsome enough to tempt me to watch that steaming pile. The only thing that could probably coerce me is a nice big bottle of gin, and even that is questionable.
Make sure you make her a sandwich with lots of bacon. If she doesn't gain some weight she'll blow over in a stiff breeze.
Posted by: Marleigh | Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 03:07 PM