I assume he's referring to the Taxi series...MichaelB wrote:I'm racking my brains trying to think which Luc Besson films (plural) he can possibly be referring to.
I've betrayed my ignorance here - I've seen everything by Besson up to 1997 (he was one of the more reliable cash cows at the rep cinema I used to manage), but nothing since it ceased to be a professional obligation. But I haven't exactly been compelled to track The Transporter down.antnield wrote:I'm guessing Armond is referring to the various Besson-scripted and/or -produced titles. He's previously gone giddy over the Transporter movies and everything Pierre Morel has helmed. Most recently From Paris With Love has been getting the, er, love.MichaelB wrote:I'm racking my brains trying to think which Luc Besson films (plural) he can possibly be referring to. Subway springs to mind, but claiming that that exercise in superficial flashiness has "a sophisticated balance of first and third world empathies" - sophisticated anything, in fact - is a stretch even for Armond. So it must be something else - but what?
A shame, Transporter 3 is particularly fineMichaelB wrote:I haven't exactly been compelled to track The Transporter down.
They are quite fun films, especially the various pretexts used to get Jason Statham stripped to the waist and oiled up! The only way I can make sense of how the "sophisticated balance of first and third world empathies" quote comes about is maybe that the first Transporter deals with the practice of people smuggling. Though its rather a side issue to all the action!Nothing wrote:A shame, Transporter 3 is particularly fineMichaelB wrote:I haven't exactly been compelled to track The Transporter down.
and example #3881984 of why Armond is nothing but a troll:Perkins Cobb wrote:You have to admit, "resident window dresser for the Leonardo DiCaprio boutique" is a pretty good line, in a pretty sharp review -- for once White's incessant referencing of other films aligns with a director who is openly doing the same thing.
Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Scorsese’s last decent film)
One might instead say that he's made nothing better since...HistoryProf wrote:Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Scorsese’s last decent film)
=D>Couldn't agree with you more, Mr. White. Shutter Island desperately needed the visionary touch of a Olivier Megaton, the cinematic artistry of a Pierre Morel, the visual poetry of a Paul W.S. Anderson, the avant-garde genius of a Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, not to forget the finesse and expertise of a Luc Besson. Wouldn't have hurt to have Jason Statham in the lead role and Eddie Murphy portraying the rest of the characters Norbit-style either. Keep fighting the good fight, Mr. White.
My favorite part of that has to be the "visual poetry of a Paul W.S. Anderson". Hah!tenia wrote:=D>Couldn't agree with you more, Mr. White. Shutter Island desperately needed the visionary touch of a Olivier Megaton, the cinematic artistry of a Pierre Morel, the visual poetry of a Paul W.S. Anderson, the avant-garde genius of a Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, not to forget the finesse and expertise of a Luc Besson. Wouldn't have hurt to have Jason Statham in the lead role and Eddie Murphy portraying the rest of the characters Norbit-style either. Keep fighting the good fight, Mr. White.
You may not have heard that Armond White has been blackballed by Focus Features at the request of Noah Baumbach and his producer Scott Rudin from seeing Noah's latest "masterpiece" GREENBERG. [Noah, maybe you should make better films. Scott, go throw a cellphone at some PA you thin-skinned pussy.]
Some of you may think that Armond is a pretentious pompous fool who has no idea what he's talking about, but he is still a fellow film critic. [Hail Todd McCarthy, fired by Variety today so they can save some shekels.]
Publicists are akin to Nazis. Remember what Hitler said, "Who remembers the Armenians?" As publicists blacklist each of us one by one we will be left with the Paul Wunders of the 21st Century aka blogger hacks who can't spell or write a comprehensive sentence.
I suggest we all do three things:
1. DO NOT review Greenberg, if you are ordered to by your superior make a reference to the Gestapo tactics of the distributor, filmmaker and producer.
2. Complain directly to the President of Focus Features, James Schamus who prides himself on being a writer and supporter of the written word. This is his email address: james.schamus@focusfeatures.com
3. Write directly to Scott Rudin and tell him you will not review any of his upcoming films.
Scott Rudin Productions
120 West 45th Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10036-4041
(212) 704-4600
Maureen Battaglia - Internship Coordinator
mbattaglia@scottrudinproductions.com
Upcoming Films: Margaret (Fox Searchlight), The Social Network (Columbia - 10/15)
Hail the First Amendment. Fuck the talentless hacks.
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White hasn't been anything of the sort for at least 5 years. Every week he drags his profession down further.Some of you may think that Armond is a pretentious pompous fool who has no idea what he's talking about, but he is still a fellow film critic.
i thought it was that noah's mom should have aborted him.knives wrote:If someone wished death on my mum I wouldn't let them get a free screening of a movie I made either.
I can see no way in which this plan could possibly fail. I mean, the logic is perfect:DO NOT review Greenberg, if you are ordered to by your superior make a reference to the Gestapo tactics of the distributor, filmmaker and producer.
