The Soloist (Wright, 2008) - Foxx and Downey Jr.
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I just saw the trailer in theaters and it looks really good. Although it does kinda feel like a movie that's been done before (like The Fisher King crossed with A Beautiful Mind). But I'm a sucker for crazy geniuses films, so I'll be there on opening day!
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I cringed watching this trailer, even though I think Joe Wright is a terrific director. Jamie Foxx was just so difficult to look at. All I kept thinking was "Oscar baiting".
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I agree. I'm afraid that I'm one of the few people who is not very impressed with Jamie Foxx as an actor. I thought his performance in Ray was terribly overrated (as was the movie). Now he's doing his Rain Man..
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I loved both "Atonement" and "Pride and Prejudice", but I was cringing throughout the trailer for this when it played before "Burn After Reading". I'll probably still end up seeing it, just for the director, but as of now I don't have particularly high hopes for it.
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I've yet to see Pride and Prejudice, but really thought Atonement was fantastic. So the directing pedigree is there, but I can't get myself that worked up for this trailer. Foxx seems baity and showy, but we'll see.
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Worse, he's just doing Wanda again from "In Living Color" without the blonde wig and saying "I'll rock your world!". Just look closer next time at his face during the trailer.
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So much for this being Oscar-bait. Release date moved to March 09
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I watched the trailer. The part when Downey, jr falls off his bike and his left side of his face is scraped up and later in the trailer his right side of his face is scraped up. Is that a mistake?
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it looks like it could be an interesting movie, but from the trailer is very "formulamatic" as others have mentioned.
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