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Author Topic: Thank You For Smoking Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 04-01-2006 07:38 PM                     Although it wasn't the widely grinning satire I'd hope would get me really laughing, Eckhart did well at playing the egotistical Nick Naylor character flawlessly. I really laughed hard at Rob Lowe's assistant & the "all-american snack", those were worth the moderately paced drama. The allegory was also well-reserved & never got more preachy than you've already been preached at about smoking. But Katie Holmes is not a big breasted Irish girl. Someone deserves a job change at Fox for putting her in the reporter role. No trailers or ads at Uptown for the 12:30 show on Friday afternoon. That was a welcome change, but the dim, wandering light & dirty screen have still been overlooked by Landmark. Never kicked into SRD either, but at least it was pulled out of trailer A type  |  IP: Logged Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 04-02-2006 03:37 PM                        It was as if Katie Holmes was never in this movie... yeah, she plays a role... but she did a heck of a better job playing the chick on Dawson's Creek. I agree that Eckhart did a pretty good job, I liked the character from the start... Something about a charismatic jerk makes things all more attractive. Adam Brody received plenty of laughs from the audience, he seems to play similar roles so I was used to it. I loved every time the "MOD Squad" meets up it sort of added well to the main character's background. As for the story itself, I enjoyed it. It allowed me to waste 2 hours... and it was worth it. Something people should probably wait until DVD though...  |  IP: Logged Nathan Fettes Film Handler Posts: 11 From: kalamazoo, MI, USA Registered: Jan 2006 posted 04-13-2006 01:13 AM                     Anyone else get a note about the change from reel two to three. It was prety straight forward I thought. Was this just due to that incident of the cut Katie Holmes scene?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-13-2006 04:17 AM                     Probably. I wouldn't have cut there anyways; the fade-in after the cut to black comes up in the film left between the platter and the reel on the MUT...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-13-2006 11:52 AM                     quote: Aaron Sisemore I wouldn't have cut there anyways; the fade-in after the cut to black comes up in the film left between the platter and the reel on the MUT... BUSTED!!!  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-14-2006 04:24 AM                     How so? I made the cut at the location as noted on the letter. Or am I BUSTED for not using a platter reel? [ 04-14-2006, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: Aaron Sisemore ]  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 04-16-2006 03:06 PM                        CINEMA: Century 20 at Jordan Creek, West Des Moines, IA AUDITORIUM: 8 PRESENTATION: Dolby Digital/THX PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None RATING: Three stars (out of four) WARNING: Spoilers cause Lung Cancer, Heart Disease and Emphysema The First Church of the Auditorium 12 is rolling their great big Anvil equipment case (it's bigger than a side-by-side fridge) out of the building. They sure are dressed casual for an Easter Sunday service. I mean, sure I'm in a crappy T-shirt and shorts, but I'm not going to church either. As we enter the auditorium, Wife #1 notes the slide ad on the screen is positioned way off to the right. She also later notes that it never changes. It's just fifteen minutes of the same slide. Don't you hate it when people nitpick about the moviegoing experience like that? The audience, numbering around 40-ish, had a good time. Lots of casual laughs. Not a terribly witty movie, but it moves along nicely and knows when to drop a laugh in. Nothing slayed anybody, but I doubt anybody hated the thing either. Wife #1 noted as we were leaving..."Did you notice that nobody in the movie was ever actually smoking?" Honestly, I hadn't. But I believe that's correct.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 04-17-2006 09:47 PM                        I noticed that too (about nobody smoking on screen).  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 10-05-2006 02:22 PM                     I would agree with the above comments that the movie is not quite as intelligent as I was hoping. I was also expecting it to be more of a comedy. Overall though, I think it is pretty good. Interesting characters with a fair amount of character development. Rob Lowe's character was pretty interesting. I hate this dumb guy that played his assistant. I hate him almost as much as the kid from orange county, Tom Hank's son.  |  IP: Logged

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