The Movie Blog: Uncut Podcast - June 16th 2008

John Campea 39 Comments

Hey there folks! Welcome to the Monday Round Table installment of The Movie Blog: Uncut podcast. Today was just strange… we fly off on all sorts of tangents, but had a very good time doing it. Joining Darren, Doug and I and sitting in for Bruxy Cavey this week is Canadian Comedy Award nominee for his Comedy Network special, Manolis Zontanos. Join us as we discuss:

1) Net Neutrality (which we really know nothing about) and new smoking laws in Ontario… for some reason

2) Will Hulk be the “bad guy” in the Avengers movie?

3) Why did this new Hulk make less than the first Hulk film opening weekend?

4) Iran and the Canadian “censorship” issue

5) John appearing on panel at Comic Con

6) With “The Happening” getting horrible reviews, has M. Night run out of chances?

7)Screw The Love Guru vs Get Smart… the next weekend is Wall-E and Wanted!

All this and a few things more.

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  • Gershwyn Smith

    For those who might want to partake of the comedy stylings of Manolis Zontanos:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCtnJMusz4
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPru2tzj9LI
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fljmsUpf4tE

  • http://www.myspace.com/joonavar joonavar

    I watched the Happening last night and I think it should be renamed as The Un-Happening. I liked the premise, but what was with the poor acting??…It all just felt too ‘wholesome’ for my liking. I expected more from the characters, but I didn’t connect to them at any point.

    And is it me, or is Mike Myers Indian accent the worst thing ever?…he sounds like a cross between his normal self and a scottish accent. poor poor poor.

  • Gershwyn Smith

    I don’t think we can underestimate the unique chemistry between Doug and John and Darren (and, to some degree, Bruxy). Any attempt to inject another personality into that mix seems to be either annoying or forgettable.

  • Dennis

    I too have never commented here before, but I feel I need to echo the comments made by Mozzerino and Gershwyn to make sure the point hits home. I don’t want to pile on Manolis but he was beyond frustrating to listen to. Who is Shyamalan? What was his first film? Who directed Edward Scissorhands?? There is no way anyone should be allowed to ask those questions DURING the podcast! It’s possible that Bruxy may have not known these things, but he would never sound that ignorant on the air. Honestly, if I see Manolis’ name attached to another Uncut, I’m going to have to skip it. Otherwise, to John, Doug and Darren… bang up job as usual fellas.

  • Gershwyn Smith

    Sorry for the double post. The second URL is the better of the two.

  • Gershwyn Smith

    Anyone who doubts M. Night’s filmmaking abilities should read:

    http://offscreen.com/biblio/pages/keywords/M-Night-Shyamalan

    I might be more willing to give him another chance if I knew the source material was solid (and he hadn’t written it).

  • http://thecinematard.blogspot.com/ Orren Jensen

    M. Night’s next film is The Last Airbender based off the Nick cartoon called Avatar: The Last Airbender. It would be his first adapted screenplays so it could change the game. This film could be his redeeming film. So if he is done he might be back on the right path to greatness. I am not saying he can’t mess up something good but sometime it hard to mess up. He is cable of making good film just look at Six Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable. So if he brings that creativity and stay true to the cartoon then it should rank up there with Six Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable.

  • Gershwyn Smith

    “That’s very generous of you.”

    Thanks. I thought so.

    After the brilliant ‘Sixth Sense’ and the suspenseful ‘Unbreakable’, I patiently waded through the illogic of ‘Signs’, the obvious treacle of ‘The Village’, and the pure, insipid goofyness of ‘Lady in the Water’. That’s three strikes (I won’t be seeing ‘The Happening’), which is more than fair.

  • George

    Lets get one thing straight. The Happening is a critical bomb but it is not a financial flop at all. So far its worldwide take has been $65 million. It cost 60 million. So if it stopped making money tomorrow. Like if the worldwide BO take each day for the rest of its run was $0 then yes it would be a financial bomb but it still has to open in lots of places and then of course there is dvd etc so the film will not bomb financially and at the end of the day that is all that matters. you make a studio money you get work. At the moment because it was relatively low budget it is doing fine. Studios don’t give a shit about critical praise. I mean sure it helps but all they care about is the money so as long as your film BO comes to more then they spent to make it you are fine.

    This film has made me like him again personally because I think he has intentionally made a very very bizarre movie and I liked the shit out of it.

    I don’t think this is the death knell that everyone is saying and bizarrely hoping it is. I hated Lady in the water and the village so I am not shayamalan apologist of superfan but I just find is kind of yucky to see people celebrating someones supposed “failure” so much.
    Its kind of gross. I have film makers I hate but I don’t revel in there “failure” the way everyone is doing with this guy. and I put ” ” around the word failure because like I said at this stage its making money.

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