Wonderland - Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth
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Wonderland - Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_...onderland.html
I can't wait for this film. The trailer makes it look extremely interesting. I read somewhere that the crew didn't go into much detail about John Holmes' porno career which, IMO, is a plus.
I can't wait for this film. The trailer makes it look extremely interesting. I read somewhere that the crew didn't go into much detail about John Holmes' porno career which, IMO, is a plus.
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I cannot wait for this movie also. Kilmer is one of my all-time favorite actors. People will still insist on making the Boodie Nights comparisons but the movie doesn't look anything like BN.
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Originally posted by Sessa17
People will still insist on making the Boodie Nights comparisons but the movie doesn't look anything like BN.
People will still insist on making the Boodie Nights comparisons but the movie doesn't look anything like BN.
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Yeah, this movie is supposed to focus on Holmes' drug/crime/legal problems, not his porn career. Looking forward to seeing it.
Yeah, this movie is supposed to focus on Holmes' drug/crime/legal problems, not his porn career. Looking forward to seeing it.
Why couldn't they do both? I was really looking forward to seeing Kilmar in some sleazy gay-porno sequences.
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Originally posted by cultshock
Yeah, this movie is supposed to focus on Holmes' drug/crime/legal problems, not his porn career. Looking forward to seeing it.
Yeah, this movie is supposed to focus on Holmes' drug/crime/legal problems, not his porn career. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Remember Boogie Nights is not a full fledged biography of John Holmes.
Remember Boogie Nights is not a full fledged biography of John Holmes.
Not to start the comparisons...but... If Wonderland is *5%* of what Boogie Nights is, I can't wait!
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Wonderland - Not very.
Saw wonderland recently. Was shocked at how uncomfortable I felt during the film. Not in the sense that the film was so disturbing it gave me that reaction, but in the sense that the film was so annoying and misconcieved that I felt, for the first time in a long time, that I needed to bolt out of the theater.
I stuck around till the end, as soon as the credits rolled I was out the door, free of the mess this movie was. The air was fresh and a smile drew to my face as I shook of the memory of the film.
The film is directed as if the camera operator was coked up.
Many of the shots are basically edited to cause a reaction as if someone was on that drug. But not in a clever way, in a cheap way to provoke reaction out of the audience. Boo.
Storytelling wise the film goes the rashomon route. It hands us three versions of the same story and then offers its own take on what happened.
Val kilmer's performance was OK, but clearly he's either being uncercut by the directors MTV musings or he's simply just miscast.
The other actors are ok, but they too seem to be short handed.
Only Lisa Kudrow of all people seems to have gotten away from these proceedings with dignity and a fully realized performance.
The music is probably the only interesting thing about the film, but never serves the story as that other john holmes-like film did, boogie nights.
Which leads me to the advertising and poster for wonderland.
Clearly they are trying to attract fans of the boogie nights by offering up a similiar vibe, but the film is a different beast.
It's trailer is misleading as the film is not an ode to 70's style of filmmaking, but uses more of the technology popular in music videos that has been "pioneered" in recent years.
Pretty dissapointing.
I stuck around till the end, as soon as the credits rolled I was out the door, free of the mess this movie was. The air was fresh and a smile drew to my face as I shook of the memory of the film.
The film is directed as if the camera operator was coked up.
Many of the shots are basically edited to cause a reaction as if someone was on that drug. But not in a clever way, in a cheap way to provoke reaction out of the audience. Boo.
Storytelling wise the film goes the rashomon route. It hands us three versions of the same story and then offers its own take on what happened.
Val kilmer's performance was OK, but clearly he's either being uncercut by the directors MTV musings or he's simply just miscast.
The other actors are ok, but they too seem to be short handed.
Only Lisa Kudrow of all people seems to have gotten away from these proceedings with dignity and a fully realized performance.
The music is probably the only interesting thing about the film, but never serves the story as that other john holmes-like film did, boogie nights.
Which leads me to the advertising and poster for wonderland.
Clearly they are trying to attract fans of the boogie nights by offering up a similiar vibe, but the film is a different beast.
It's trailer is misleading as the film is not an ode to 70's style of filmmaking, but uses more of the technology popular in music videos that has been "pioneered" in recent years.
Pretty dissapointing.
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Hmmm. Disappointing to hear this. A co-worker who saw this at the Toronto Festival said pretty much the same thing. I was really looking forward to seeing this movie. Not that it'll deter me. It can't be any worse than that Mitchel Brothers movie Rated-X.
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I saw the trailer and was thinking how Kilmer looks NOTHING like Holmes.
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I saw Wonderland today, wasn't terribly impressed. It was ok, when the film dragged a bit , I was tempted to walk in to the next room and see Bubb Ho-Tep.
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Wonderland..what an unexpexted surprise!
I just watched it on DVD having very little to go on except maybe an article or two in old Entertainment Weekl's, but what a great little flick.
The performances were so engrossing, especially Val Kilmer and the movie just zips along and makes you so interested. I recommend highly and the extras especially the Court TV and LAPD video piece is really fascinating. I am glad Blockbuster didn't yank it as another post boasted.
The performances were so engrossing, especially Val Kilmer and the movie just zips along and makes you so interested. I recommend highly and the extras especially the Court TV and LAPD video piece is really fascinating. I am glad Blockbuster didn't yank it as another post boasted.
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I so wanted to see this one in the theaters, but was turned off by all the negative reviews. I'm a big Val Kilmer fan so maybe I will give this one a shot next time I hit the video store. Thanks.
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I wished the movie delved deeper into John Holmes' porn career and his tortured childhood. These aspects of Holmes life would've provided some good explanation as to why he became involved with drugs and murder.
In other words, Wonderland is exactly half the film Boogie Nights is.
Also, Willem Dafoe looks more like Holmes than Val Kilmer. Kilmer is too chubby; Holmes is a tall, gangly fellow.
In other words, Wonderland is exactly half the film Boogie Nights is.
Also, Willem Dafoe looks more like Holmes than Val Kilmer. Kilmer is too chubby; Holmes is a tall, gangly fellow.