First off, I saw this article over at Sci-Fi on M. Night’s latest movie announcement. It looks like he will be shooting for an R rated thriller this time. I’ll withhold complete judgment on this until I find out what he thinks will make it R rated, but I must say it’s quite a disappointment to hear. Night has always told great “thriller” stories and I hope this doesn’t signify his move towards a more “horror” movie approach. “Lady In the Water” was a big disappointment to a lot of people (me not included), and I hope this isn’t some sort of over-reaction to that. Mr. Shymalan has yet to let me down, but this isn’t a good first step for me.
In other movie news, you probably heard that Jason Lee (his name is Earl) signed on to play Dave in a new adaptation of “The Chipmunks”. After recently wrapping his work on “Underdog”, it appears that Jason may be the go to guy in the ever popular “Cartoons that should stay cartoons” genre of movie making. It doesn’t help my outlook on Chipmunks that it is being produced by the same people who made “Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties” (known in some circle as “Bill Murray Cashes a Paycheck”). With Transformers out this summer, I’m telling you, this is all leading to the inevitable film, “Snork’s: That Sinking Feeling”
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Comments? Questions? The cartoon you would like to see on the big screen? All feedback welcome below 🙂
As long as m.nights movie isn’t a Hard R we will be ok.