Live From The Fantastic Fest

[cmfireflies]

Oh the hypocrisy. Having your child act in 2 R-rated movies - each role being one of the driving factors for the rating (including copious amounts of swearing in one case) - but then chickening out, when it comes to watching some quite mild stuff... Reeks of massive idiocy.

It really is ironic isn't it. I mean Kick Ass is far worst than anything presented in LTROI. I find it funny that she has said in interviews that she is allowed to see her films that are Rated R because she knows its all fake and she was involved with it all and blah blah, yet she's not allowed to watch other R rated films because she is still a kid. Okay, I think the kid by now should know that its all fake...I'm not saying she should rush out and see Srpski Film or something , but well yeah you all get it. Kind of a hypocritical notion. Hope that makes sense, I can't think of better words to say what I mean.

Was Kick-Ass that violent? I thought just by the visual style Kick-Ass was a comic-book at heart and thus the violence was supposed to be over-the-top, so it was "tamer" than LtROI which showed realistic bullying. There might be legit reasons for Chloe not to see LtROI, as an actor it might be easier to not see clips of Lina. And afterwards, she might be so sick of the story that she wouldn't watch it "for fun." I doubt that a parent can stop a kid Chloe's age from seeing a movie if she really wants to.

Btw. The only scene that struck me as "dark" in Kick-Ass was Hit-Girl laughing as a guy was crushed in the junkyard The one thing I enjoyed most out of Kick-Ass was Chloe's performance. I can't explain it but I thought she was having a lot of fun on camera. I mean, Hit-Girl seems like a character that could really become boring, annoying, or stupid, but Chloe's enthusiasm made her work. The one thing I'm still scared of in LMI is that in all the clips both kids seem to be deadpan serious. The movie IMO would totally fail if the two leads can't sell being happy and playful with each other.

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I find it funny that she has said in interviews that she is allowed to see her films that are Rated R because she knows its all fake and she was involved with it all and blah blah, yet she's not allowed to watch other R rated films because she is still a kid. Okay, I think the kid by now should know that its all fake...I'm not saying she should rush out and see Srpski Film or something , but well yeah you all get it.

Now that you mention Srpski Film... Funny how the child roles in said film were always kept apart from the rest of the stuff, everything simply juxtaposed via editing. The kids came out safe and most probably didn't even know their counterparts in the movie were supposed to be victims of severe sexual abuse. Chloë on the other hand... I imagine her phonin' her parents, giggling "Mom, Dad, they made me say cunt! Mom, Dad, I was on the shooting range today! Mom, Dad, I was taught how to handle a naginata!"

[Jiang_Shi]

My main problem with this is that Alfredson doesn't seem to get enough credit, if any. I don't know if there's some kind of private feud between the two directors or if Tomas is still pissed but in any case Reeves should take the high road and publicly pay his dues to the man who came first and laid down the cinematical blueprint for the American film. Reeves comes off as a nice guy but this whole denial thing strikes me as a really dickish move.

I agree very much, Alfredson's name hasn't even popped up once in any live interviews. It does read like in order to preserve that this is his own movie he's denying taking from Alfredson's movie haha.

On the musical score, it's very much an American horror movie score haha, actually reminds me a little of Jerry Goldsmith. Some of the tracks sound very good, Neighbors of Love is very beautiful and has the feeling of the original's score to me. Would definitely be neat to hear it live.

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Haha?

[abner_mohl]

My main problem with this is that Alfredson doesn't seem to get enough credit, if any. I don't know if there's some kind of private feud between the two directors or if Tomas is still pissed but in any case Reeves should take the high road and publicly pay his dues to the man who came first and laid down the cinematical blueprint for the American film. Reeves comes off as a nice guy but this whole denial thing strikes me as a really dickish move.

I agree very much, Alfredson's name hasn't even popped up once in any live interviews. It does read like in order to preserve that this is his own movie he's denying taking from Alfredson's movie haha.

On the musical score, it's very much an American horror movie score haha, actually reminds me a little of Jerry Goldsmith. Some of the tracks sound very good, Neighbors of Love is very beautiful and has the feeling of the original's score to me. Would definitely be neat to hear it live.

Maybe it could be EFTI being co-producers with Hammer took issue with Alfredson saying that a remake was unnecessary because they got it right the first time, and decided to take his name off the credits in retaliation.

[Cat]

Also I've got to give him Kudo's for actually rushing out and watching the original as soon as filming finished. Shows respect for the creators of LTROI. At Comic Con Chloe said she still hadn't seen it, which either shows a complete lack of respect or a deplorable lack of curiosity on her part.

You are wrong in both cases. Her mother wouldn't let her see it for whatever reason.

Actually with all due respect Cat, its you that is wrong. Chloe's mother ( Cupcakecutie on IMDB) said that the reason she hadn't seen it was because she was too busy making more movies and that she would see it eventually. She certainly never said anything about her not being allowed to see it. I should know because I had this very argument with her. It may have been the case a year ago just before she got the part, but from what her mom said she certainly has no objection to her seeing it now or at any time since shooting finished. I said to her at the time that I found it strange, because if had been me in Chloe's position I would be curious. Just like Kodi was curious when they finished shooting.

So that line about her not being allowed just isn't true anymore. Either her mom hasn't told her she can, or she's just using it as an excuse. Its a shame because I would really like to hear her opinions on the film and of Lina's performance compared to hers. When you think about it its a question she is undoubtedly going to be asked once the movie premiere's, so she better get on her bike on rent a copy before all the interviews start.

Seriously? You just answered your own question (statement or whatever) then. She was too busy. I admit that what I said is probably not correct. On the other hand, I remember her saying on Twitter (or was it Comic-Con?) that her mother hadn't let her see it yet. Maybe she didn't mean that her mother didn't want her to see it, it's quite possible that she meant her mother hadn't let her see it because of the little time she had, and after all it's an R rated movie. But aside from that, here's a definite answer given by Cupcakecutie on 28th of July 2010: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/boa ... #167755637. Read it carefully.

Let me be very clear with you, Chloë did not and is not choosing "not to watch LTROI" because she doesn't want to draw attention to the original film because she wants "glory and limelight" for herself. Please stop perpetuating that assumption because it is entirely false.

Her attitude is NOT disrespectful and you are being very unfair to accuse her of that.
Surely you understand that she is a 13 year old girl and that judging someone who you do not know is not a nice or mannerly thing to do.

Stop making bold assumptions that she doesn't care for LTROI, she's really busy shooting films apparently. Currently she's shooting a Maritin Scorsese film. And when she's not doing films she's possibly spending time with her family or friends leaving little time to do other things.

And besides, LTROI is aimed at ADULTS. I would never expect my 13 year old sister to like LTROI. That doesn't mean Chloe won't like it though, in fact I doubt she won't like it when she sees it eventually.

[Jiang_Shi]

Maybe it could be EFTI being co-producers with Hammer took issue with Alfredson saying that a remake was unnecessary because they got it right the first time, and decided to take his name off the credits in retaliation.

That is very possible! Alfredson's disapproval probably put him on a poor relation from the start. Being a remake, producers for LMI may also be wary about advertising the original too much in stark of all the remakes bombing in theaters.

[TΛPETRVE]

Buddy and tutor of mine came back from the States yesterday. He saw LMI on a press review. His judgement, as he told me so far: "I liked it, but I found it too talkative." Now, US movies usually are comparatively heavy on dialogue, so it had to be expected up to a point. However, the crunchpoint is that he has not seen the original, so it's safe to assume the film tends to be loquacious in general.
I hope he was exaggerating.