TheTramp

I couldn't agree more. I've actually never watched the new version of The Gold Rush all the way through. Plus, I believe the ending is changed and I love the original ending.I wish he hadn't cut so much out of The Kid, but his new musical score totally made up for it IMO.

Ah, you caught me there!Although, it packs the emotional punch of a feature!So, I have to ask... When you talk about the Gold Rush, are you talking about the original, completely silent version with piano music or the version with Chaplin's narration and new score?

Have you seen Chaplin's The Kid?

I'm dying because I still haven't caught the last two seasons. I own the first six on DVD, but season 7 is always so darned expensive!Does the show go down in quality at all?

The song itself is a classical piece by Grieg called "In the Hall of Mountain King." However, I have no idea who is credited to the version in the movie. I agree, though, that the music in that scene was unbearably effective.As for this film, it's ultimately one of those movies that's not quite as good as some let on, but still really quite good. Still reeling from my hatred of Benjamin Button and the overrated Zodiac, I was quite skeptical of Fincher this time. However, he definitely earned the credit he received this time. The direction and cinematography are beyond amazing. The atmosphere of this film is surprisingly alluring and one can't help but get sucked in, whether or not you find the characters likable. Eisenberg is good, yes, but it's definitely Fincher who brings this film alive.

God, I love Tarantino!Yes, I'm biased. I own every one of his films, including True Romance, and I genuinely love each one of them. Tarantino knows how to execute excess. He's ballsy, uncompromising, and he almost always pushes it as far as you want and, for a closet gore-hound like me, it's incredibly entertaining. And when that excessive violence is sprinkled with great performances, a great concept, and intelligent dialogue... it can only be Tarantino.

This is one of those movies that's kind of hard to review subjectively. Was it effective? Yes. Were there some great performances? Absolutely. Did I feel something at the end? Definitely. Can I go back and watch this movie ad nauseum? ... Hell no. It's not just the subject matter that makes this film difficult to fully enjoy, however. The execution is so idiosyncratic and uncompromising that I couldn't help but feel a tad alienated by the movie and, in the end, I really can't tell if I enjoyed it. There are aspects that are undeniably good, but I probably won't ever watch this more than once or twice again in the future. By the way, I had no idea the social worker was Mariah Carey until the end credits. I spent the whole movie going "... who is that?" But I thought she was reallly good!

I totally got into this film.While probably not Danny Boyle's best film, this is a personal fav of mine. James Franco is, of course, amazing. He manages to carry the film practically on his own and never falters. His monologues into the cameras may have been my favorite bits of the movie. The climax, however painful to watch, is impossible to look away from. And no matter how grisly the end may be, I still felt oddly inspired and upbeat at the end of the picture.I never actually thought I'd root for someone to be able to cut off their own arm, but this movie made me do just that! Bravo!

Yup, ditto.Although, the oldest non-Chaplin film I've ever seen was Battleship Potemkin, which I had to watch for a film class.

1 Tower Heist $1,380,470 -30% 3,367 -- $410 $28,890,505 1 Universal 2 Puss in Boots (2011) $1,330,404 -45% 3,963 11 $336 $80,931,593 2 Paramount / DreamWorks 3 A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas $921,491 -29% 2,875 -- $321 $16,201,109 1 Warner Bros. / New Line 4 In Time $528,479 -26% 3,127 5 $169 $25,792,467 2 Fox 5 Paranormal Activity 3 $418,198 -22% 3,286 -43 $127 $96,578,198 3 Paramount 6 The Rum Diary $283,273 -18% 2,292 20 $124 $11,260,487 2 FilmDistrict 7 Footloose (2011) $250,008 -28% 2,811 -413 $89 $45,582,370 4 Paramount 8 Real Steel $188,975 -30% 2,438 -476 $78 $79,444,266 5 Disney / DreamWorks 9 The Ides of March $158,321 -16% 1,391 -181 $114 $37,223,879 5 Sony / Columbia 10 The Three Musketeers (2011) $134,696 -23% 1,863 -1154 $72 $18,490,846 3 Summit 11 Moneyball $129,970 -13% 1,278 -353 $102 $70,618,591 7 Sony / Columbia 12 Courageous $129,043 -15% 1,138 4 $113 $30,366,661 6 Sony / TriStar 13 Dolphin Tale $58,491 -39% 1,105 -733 $53 $68,835,421 7 Warner Bros. http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_numbers/daily/2011-11-10

One of the best of the year.Johnny Depp gives a brilliant voice performance and the computer animation is possibly the most beautiful I've ever seen. Rango pays homage to classic westerns so perfectly, I wouldn't be surprised if most kids didn't really get it but I was certainly able to appreciate the references. Sharp humor, strong concept, one of my faves.

This was definitely a very underwhelming film.Yeah, yeah, Colin Firth was quite good (although, I still prefer James Frano in 127 Hours) and Geoffrey Rush is Geoffrey Rush, but the film falls completely flat. Helena Bonham Carter is given such a tiny role I can hardly believe she was nominated for best supporting actress, and I didn't care for how little attention they gave to the relationship between Firth and his brother.I can understand why this won the Academy Award for Best Picture given their history, but what really confuses me is why this movie made so much damn money. Tres dull.

I don't know where I would rank this exactly on my list of favorite Pixar films, but I'm certain it's definitely in my top 4. This has everything you could want in a Pixar film, original plotline, engaging characters, breathtaking visuals, and robots in love.

That's okay... neither do I. Chaplin DVD's are just so flippin' expensive!

Nice... A Chaplin fan... ;)I hated that BOM didn't have any Chaplin avatars, so as soon as this forum opened, I eagerly donned my Chaplin (after all, that's where my name comes from...).

Hereafter opened wide against PA2, however, and I think the lack of competition this weekend should balance things out.

I'm just speculating off of Hereafter. That film had a PTA of $5,500 its first wide weekend, so I have a hard time imagining J. Edgar opening lower.

Yeah, I can't think of a perfect comparison, but I'd definitely say it's not great."Hereafter" opened to $60,701 for a PTA of $10,117, but that was on a Friday. Personally, I'd expect a PTA of about $6,000-$7,000 for the weekend if it's in 1,900 theaters.

I believe it was playing at 7 theaters, which would give it a PTA of $8,370.

Just me... the stick in the mud.

I think I'm one of the few folks that actually thought the premise seemed fairly promising in the trailers. However, Zak Snyder ends up getting majorly carried away with a film that ultimately feels like a PG fetish fantasy by a video game nerd.The film started off fairly strong and entertaining as the main character's back story was not only pretty well-written but really well filmed. I was totally into the film until we magically switched to this high-class bordello place where most of the remainder of the film inexplicably takes place. It's here that our heroine finds her real calling. Dancing so well that it hypnotizes everyone into not noticing anything... apparently. Whatever. At least this gives us an excuse to enter another world, right?The film is unfocused, poorly written and acted and leaves the audience with nothing. No messages, nothing to ponder... And, worst of all (!), the action sequences were surprisingly lame. The very beginning and my hard-on for Emily Browning will ensure that this film doesn't make it on my worst movies of the year list... But it's still pretty close.

The hatred I have for this movie knows no bounds.Steve Carrell, the most likable character in the movie, gets left by his wife and rather than spend time focusing on becoming a good father, he goes out and screws as many women as he can get (with the help of Ryan Gosling, of course). One of these women is, of course, Marisa Tomei, who is given a role that is so bizarrely immature and inappropriate that I really don't know what else to say... Simply all of these characters seem to give more of a shit about who they're f-ing than the children. Then we have Emma Stone, who gives off this "I'm not just another dumb slut" persona, in spite of the fact that she goes to bed with Gosling's character pretty lickety-split. Not to mention, her first boyfriend was obviously a total tool and the only reason she broke up with him was because he wouldn't marry her? I guess the fact that he was a jerk didn't turn her off...Whatever. I guess some people find these characters "relatable" and "smart," but I found them completely superficial and cliched. If this is what passes for a good romantic comedy these days, then I think I can officially kiss the genre good-bye.

Eh... what the hell. With derby out of the way, I ought to get my prediction fix somehow. Right? I'm in.