Nine - Starring Fergie and DDL

[Ezee E]

Trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/nine/)

Looks pretty good to me. Kate Hudson looks amazing.

[Wryan]

Is this the trailer with the "Be Italian" song? I saw that recently but don't know if this is the same trailer. I liked that trailer ok, sort of a confused Fellini-dreams-about-Sophia-Loren-after-watching-Marshall's-Chicago kind of thing.

[Dukefrukem]

I just want to say I'll watch anything with Fergie and I think this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F444CELomo)is the best video ever made.

[Ezee E]

I just want to say I'll watch anything with Fergie and I think this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F444CELomo)is the best video ever made.
I'll be rockin dem beats duke.

[Amnesiac]

Yeah, I liked the trailer.

[lovejuice]

I just want to say I'll watch anything with Fergie and I think this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F444CELomo)is the best video ever made.
my friend dances in that video! she wears the motion capture suit, and it translates her movement into that red-black-stripe thingies.

[Watashi]

Looks like Chicago Part II.

It looks like crap.

[megladon8]

Eh...I really don't care, to be honest.

I'm much more interested in 9.

And District 9.

[Sven]

Kate Hudson looks amazing.

You like that Cowboys cheerleader look? Not my thing, really.

Looks weird.

[Amnesiac]

I'm much more interested in 9.

And District 9.

Yes, both those films have the number 9 in them.

[megladon8]

Yes, both those films have the number 9 in them.


Yeah, thanks for clearing that up.

I don't think anyone caught onto that before you mentioned it.

[Spinal]

Stone cold sexy. Anticipation level high.

[Dukefrukem]

Weird how there's two movies coming out named nine (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1662&highlight=burton)?

[megladon8]

Weird how there's two movies coming out named nine (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1662&highlight=burton)?


Do you read threads before you post in them?

[Dukefrukem]

Do you read threads before you post in them?

I drift in and out.

[Ezee E]

Anyone see The Cat of Nine Tales.

Or how about Nine Lives.

I'm still a sucker for the Hugh Grant comedy Nine Months myself.

[Amnesiac]

Yeah, thanks for clearing that up.

I don't think anyone caught onto that before you mentioned it.

Sorry, it was a deliberately sardonic reply. I hope people caught onto that. I just don't know why those films (and only those) had to be automatically compared to this, beyond the similarity in name, and found your post a bit odd. But there is the possibility you were going for something humorous (see the post above mine).

By the way, I think this film will totally trump The Whole Nine Yards.

[Ivan Drago]

I'll probably see this after my Nine To Five job.

[megladon8]

Sorry, it was a deliberately sardonic reply. I hope people caught onto that. I just don't know why those films (and only those) had to be automatically compared to this, beyond the similarity in name, and found your post a bit odd. But there is the possibility you were going for something humorous (see the post above mine).

By the way, I think this film will totally trump The Whole Nine Yards.


It's just because I've been saying for months how odd it is that two films are coming out this fall within six weeks of each other, both major releases, both titled Nine (well, one of them is simply the digit 9).

I imagine this will end up causing a lot of confusion in theatres.

[lovejuice]

Stone cold sexy. Anticipation level high.
amen, brother.

[Sycophant]

I am so there.

[Ezee E]

I have a feeling that the animated one will be gone by the time the musical one shows up.

[Spinal]

Looks like Chicago Part II.

It looks like crap.

Chicago had Richard Gere. This has Daniel-Day Lewis.

Chicago had Renee Zellweger. This has Penelope Cruz.

[Sycophant]

This has Penelope Cruz.

Boy, does it ever!

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wow. I'm in.

[Amnesiac]

I have a feeling that the animated one will be gone by the time the musical one shows up.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

[Spinal]

Wow. I'm in.

:eek:

[number8]

*watches trailer*

Nein.

[Bosco B Thug]

Yeah, not convinced. There's some arresting images scattered in there (most involving Penelope Cruz), but I'm thinking its just peerless production design, a way too attractive cast, and Marshall getting to riff off high-flying Fellini.

The stage-set dance numbers look dire.

Is everyone in this supposed to be Italian?

[monolith94]

Boy oh boy, does it look like Daniel Day Lewis is having fun with the role....

[Kurosawa Fan]

:eek:

Yep. I like musicals if they're presented as stage shows (a la All That Jazz). I make no sense, but at least I'm aware of it.

[Ezee E]

Yep. I like musicals if they're presented as stage shows (a la All That Jazz). I make no sense, but at least I'm aware of it.
I seem to have the same thinking.

[Boner M]

This looks like a Vanity Fair shoot.

[Grouchy]

Huh, just seen that trailer. It's really embarassing.

"Be Italian"? Fuck this turd.

[Ezee E]

http://www.awardsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/penelope2.jpg

[Philosophe_rouge]

I have to say, the trailer doesn't do it for me at all, but Daniel Day Lewis is such a weak spot, I'll be seeing it. Also, my impression is.. the music itself isn't very strong, this could be hugely dissapointing, though Lewis will no doubt shine.

[Spun Lepton]

Ugh, god, no, keep it away!

[Ezee E]

Keep Cruz away? Ah hell nah.

[Kurosawa Fan]

She's amazing.

[Boner M]

Cotillard > Cruz

[Kurosawa Fan]

Cotillard > Cruz

I've never been able to look at her the same way since all that "9/11 was perpetrated by the government" nonsense she was spewing.

[Boner M]

I've never been able to look at her the same way since all that "9/11 was perpetrated by the government" nonsense she was spewing.
Google Image Search = forgiveness.

[Spinal]

Very much looking forward to this.

[Qrazy]

Yeah, not convinced. There's some arresting images scattered in there (most involving Penelope Cruz), but I'm thinking its just peerless production design, a way too attractive cast, and Marshall getting to riff off high-flying Fellini.

The stage-set dance numbers look dire.

Is everyone in this supposed to be Italian?

Agreed. Razzle. Dazzle. Self-indulgent. Self-centered. Shallow. Crapola. This is my initial reaction.

[Spinal]

Self-indulgent. Self-centered.

These could be applied to Fellini's film as well.

[Qrazy]

These could be applied to Fellini's film as well.

I feel like he successfully walks a thin line and my concern with this one and Marshall in general is that he will fall over that line.

I do fully expect DDL and perhaps most of the cast to do a good job though.

[Ezee E]

I'll venture to say that describing this shot to Daniel Day-Lewis immediately got him to sign on:

http://www.awardsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/9trois.jpg

[transmogrifier]

Cotillard > Cruz

I'll grant you alphabetically, but beyond that you're dreaming.

[Morris Schæffer]

Golly, Day-Lewis has a new movie coming out?

http://www.davestrailerpage.co.uk/

Top of the page you'll find a variety of HD formats.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Didn't much care for Hudson's song.

[Adam]

The real question is where does Daniel Day go from here? How do you do more over the top than a Rob Marshall musical take on a Fellini film? He would literally have to play a chunk of bloody ham in his next movie to keep this thing going

[Fezzik]

I was actually kinda confused as to why Marshall would put Fergie into something like this until I heard her full rendition of "Be Italian."

Holy hell, that girl's got SKILLS. I honestly had no idea she had that kind of talent.

[Fezzik]

Just got out of watching this (I'm in the middle of my self-imposed Christmas double feature).

It was depressingly bland.

I had such high hopes, but damn. I've never felt more "meh" toward a movie in my life.

There were some good moments, don't get me wrong. The highlights were Fergie's "Be Italian" number and everything Cotillard did.

DDL actually looked bored during some
scenes. Guess they weren't challenging
enough for him :)

Kidman was in it for all of 10 minutes, Hudson, outside of that horrific song they made her sing, was in it for about 5.

Sophia Loren was barely there. Cruz looked wasted (but admittedly looked great in her dance outfit. She also had the funniest line of the movie).

So, yeah. Meh (not rote) is the word
for this film.

[baby doll]

This looks like a Vanity Fair shoot.Yeah, I have no desire to see this, even though Rosenbaum put it on his top ten (http://www.villagevoice.com/filmpoll/view/critics/Jonathan_Rosenbaum/2009) for the year. I think the most revealing thing I've read about the film is that, in the stage version (which I haven't seen but no one's claiming it's a classic), Kate Hudson's character was a reporter for Cahiers du cinéma, but in the film version she's a reporter for Vogue. And that's basically what this movie is, a film for people who read Vogue. Hence, there are plenty of EU citizens in the film (Cotillard, Cruz, Day-Lewis, Dench, Loren), but they're European actors who will be familiar to hayseeds in the midwest. And then there's the whole issue of cultural imperialism, where a Hollywood remake of a Fellini film is supposed to tell Americans everything they need to know about Italy, which makes this Disney version of Italy more interesting to ponder as a subject than it probably is to watch as a film.

[Grouchy]

Yeah, I have no desire to see this, even though Rosenbaum put it on his top ten (http://www.villagevoice.com/filmpoll/view/critics/Jonathan_Rosenbaum/2009) for the year. I think the most revealing thing I've read about the film is that, in the stage version (which I haven't seen but no one's claiming it's a classic), Kate Hudson's character was a reporter for Cahiers du cinéma, but in the film version she's a reporter for Vogue. And that's basically what this movie is, a film for people who read Vogue. Hence, there are plenty of EU citizens in the film (Cotillard, Cruz, Day-Lewis, Dench, Loren), but they're European actors who will be familiar to hayseeds in the midwest. And then there's the whole issue of cultural imperialism, where a Hollywood remake of a Fellini film is supposed to tell Americans everything they need to know about Italy, which makes this Disney version of Italy more interesting to ponder as a subject than it probably is to watch as a film.
For once, I'm totally in agreement with this character baby doll.

[NickGlass]

And then there's the whole issue of cultural imperialism, where a Hollywood remake of a Fellini film is supposed to tell Americans everything they need to know about Italy, which makes this Disney version of Italy more interesting to ponder as a subject than it probably is to watch as a film.

Isn't this what Rob Marshall does best (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397535/)? And by best, of course, I mean worst.

[Ezee E]

This was pretty bad unfortunately. And I liked Chicago

[Spinal]

Cruz and especially Cotillard deserve a better movie surrounding their performances. Exactly three songs work - "A Call from the Vatican", "Be Italian" and "Take it All" (which is exhilarating). The rest range from forgettable to sleep-inducing, with Hudson's being particularly bad - though it's the song, not her performance. Day-Lewis' performance isn't exactly bad, but he does sound an awful lot like a vampire from time to time. You never really feel like Guido is a genuine person, and it hurts the film.

[Fezzik]

Cruz and especially Cotillard deserve a better movie surrounding their performances. Exactly three songs work - "A Call from the Vatican", "Be Italian" and "Take it All" (which is exhilarating). The rest range from forgettable to sleep-inducing, with Hudson's being particularly bad - though it's the song, not her performance. Day-Lewis' performance isn't exactly bad, but he does sound an awful lot like a vampire from time to time. You never really feel like Guido is a genuine person, and it hurts the film.

"Take it All" is by far the best thing in this movie.

[Spinal]

"Take it All" is by far the best thing in this movie.

Yeah, my attention was waning at that point, and that number brought me back in. Musical numbers are so much better when the character is fighting for something.