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1. Die Another Day   $47 mil
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Never like Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Never will see a Bond picture with him in it. I have seen previews enough to get an opinion of him. IMO, Bond crashed as soon as Timothy Dalton left.

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Ye must be in the minority...in most people's opinions, Timothy Dalton was only slightly better than Roger Moore, arguably the worst Bond of all time.  Pierce Brosnan has the requisite badassitude to pull Bond off.

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Ye must be in the minority...in most people's opinions, Timothy Dalton was only slightly better than Roger Moore, arguably the worst Bond of all time.  Pierce Brosnan has the requisite badassitude to pull Bond off.
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Important correction here Rice,
George Lazenby was the worst of the James Bonds.  He only did one and they figured it out pretty quick to not take him back.  I think it was Her Majestys Secret Service that he was in, anyway I remeber he married in it and the wife died off real quick.
Timothy Dalton was darn boring, happy to see him retired.  Pierce is tolerable.

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It looks like more people wanted to see scantily clad Bond girls than prepubescent wizard boys this weekend...

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Yes. It looks that way. I believe it is only temporary. Harry Potter 2 will still be in the theatres many more weeks than the Bond movie will. The total revenue of HP2 will surely surpass that of "Die Another Day" - Eventually.  :)

As far as the Bond saga goes....

IMO, the only good Bond was the original - Sean Connery. Roger Moore was passable. Pierce Brosnan seems to have been born for the part. I remember watching him in the 1980's series "Remington Steele" thinking he'd make a fine replacement James Bond. I have no doubt he does a great job.

Though I enjoy his work, I haven't been drawn to purposely watch his latest James Bond movies. Perhaps, it may have something to do with the overall cast. Also, as superficial as this may sound, Bond Girls were made an essential element in the series. None of the contemporaries are a draw, except for pure looks - nothing more. No substance as far as I can tell.

Edited to add: I know they were never meant to have substance per se, but there's just something different about the Bond Girls from yesteryear and the bond girls of today. I guess I can't exactly "put my finger on it".  ???

When I get the urge for Bond, I just go out and rent a Sean Connery classic Bond film.  :)

P.S. I don't think that short haircut does Halle Berry ANY justice. :P

P.S.S. Has anyone watched Die Another Day? Did she do any better in the acting department?

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/27/sproject.ca02.wkd.review.sandler.eight.ap/index.html

The headline says the movie is "cinematic excrement"...which I guess is the nicest way they could've put it ;)  The box office will tell all!  Check back Sunday.
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Well...

No matter how bad it is, it will most likely end-up a blockbuster beacause evidently that's what people want.  :P ::)  

Think about it...

"Jack***" was a weekend blockbuster, for Pete's sake!  :-/ :-X

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I always thought Moore was too tongue-in-cheek.  I've heard the new one is really "product placement" heavy.
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Go watch it, and THEN tell me you don't want an Aston Martin ;)

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Well well...over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, it seems the wizard boy has hopped the suave secret agent for first place:

1.  Harry Potter 2    $32.2 million
2.  Bond 20            $31 million
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Just as I thought.  ;) :) 8)

I too can't wait until the release of LOTR: Two Towers!  :D

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Just as I thought.  ;) :) 8)

I too can't wait until the release of LOTR: Two Towers!  :D
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Believe it or not, Bond 20 beat Harry Potter 2 over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend...the numbers I posted were for the Friday-Sunday period :)

Not to say that the wizard boy won't win out in the end, though.

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Not to say that the wizard boy won't win out in the end, though.
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HP will. I'm absolutely certain of it.  :)

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i think what the world needs, is UHF2
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Oh yes..."SUPPLIES!!!"  ;D

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Well, well, Hairspray ;)

Die Another Day - $13 mil
Analyze That - $11.3 mil (disappointing!)
Harry Potter 2 - $10 mil

we don't really care about anything else until Star Trek opens next week and LOTR 2 opens the week after.  But I'm sorta excited about "The Hot Chick"...I think the pillow fight scene is funny, but I hope that's not the only thing funny about it.

in other news, "Big Fat Greek Wedding" has finally dropped out of the top 12 after 34 weeks.  
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I will not give-up hope that Harry Potter will bring-in just a bit more than Die Another Day, in the end. That would be good enough for me.  ;)

That Star Trek one looks very promising, I must say. I'm sure LOTR and that one will do very well at "Da Box Office".  :)

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Please God, not another Rocky.  Seriously.  Not another Rocky.  Why?  No, this can't be.  Nononononono.  This is not good news.
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I agree. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Another  Rocky???? Where can they possibly go with this now?? Rocky fights Saddam? Rocky fights aliens? Maybe he will pull Mr T from the 1800 collect commercials, team up, and go into prowrestling together? :) :) :) :) :)
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Actually, that was the original premise of Rocky V, was a rematch between Rocky and Clubber Lang...but I guess Mr. T fell out of grace and got cancer before they could do it :-/

Except for Rocky, Rocky III and Rocky IV, all of Stallone's movies have been crimes against humanity.  I do like that scene in Cliffhanger where he killed the bad guy with a stalactite though.  That was the first time I had ever seen a stalactite used like that ;D

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Someone ought to start a thread of Sequel Plots...make up a plot for a sequel to most hated/loved movies...that would truly be funny! Call it "Sequels that we'd love/hate to see" :)
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You do it!  :D  That's a great idea!  Go to the Playful Penguin Place, I will join you :D

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The Two Towers scored $26 million on its debut on Wednesday.  The five-day "weekend" should prove interesting ;)  I personally am going to see it on Saturday.
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Let us know how u liked it...I won't be able to go see it this weekend. :(

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The two best Star Trek movies were the Wrath of Kahn and Star Trek IV. TNG just did not capture what the old Star Trek did on the big screen.
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I'd agree with that.  I did think that "First Contact" and "Nemesis" would have been excellent TV episodes, but it's difficult to make a good Star Trek movie that will appeal to more than nerds and geeks :-/

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I wholeheartedly agree.

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Riding the coattails of "Dude, Where's My Car?", Ashton Kutcher's new movie has rocketed to the top of the box office charts...meanwhile, Hell appears to be freezing over.
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I'll tell ya', we're seeing all the signs of the Apocalypse.  :o :o :o :-X

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I don't even want to talk about it.  #(*&$# Jerry Bruckheimer.
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I... feel.... your pain.

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I'll try, but I won't hold my breath.  :-/

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Best Actor -- Adrien Brody <-- He looks like a rat  :P
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I might have to hurt you now. ;D

I'm glad he won. He's a terrific actor...and he's gorgeous! :D

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http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/osc_02winners.html

Honorary Oscar -- Peter O'Toole <-- For his wonderful work in such films as "Lawrence of Arabia" and "King Ralph" :)


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  This, I'm happy to see.

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Best Picture -- Chicago <-- Didn't see it, but I'm kinda disappointed that LOTR didn't win...but I'm biased towards sci-fi/fantasy ::)

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LOTR did win, I think, 2 other academy awards. One of which was best sound effects or sound editing or something.

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I'm glad that dude got it.  :)

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Nicole Kidman really deserved that academy award and I was very glad she got it.  :)

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You ain't kiddin'. Nice fellow and talented to boot. :)

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Best Documentary -- Bowling For Columbine <-- How about that Michael Moore, huh?  ::)End Quote

What an idiot!  >:(  

He gives protesters a bad name. He made a spectacle of himself and he used an awful and incorrect choice of words. It was out-of-line and inappropriate, especially considering
some of the troops were watching. I'm sure they'd disagree their fighting a "fictitious" war. He didn't deserve the opportunity he received at the academy awards. He pissed all over the academy by tarnishing the ceremony with low class behavior. I lost whatever measure of respect I had for that guy.

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Yes, it does.  ::)

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Honorary Oscar -- Peter O'Toole <-- For his wonderful work in such films as "Lawrence of Arabia" and "King Ralph" :)End Quote

I'm glad he was able to be honored while still living!  :D

I'd like to add that I thought it was very nice to see many of the past academy award winners, which added up to 59 before being joined by last night's winners.

I wonder what happened to the others? A couple of past winners that came to mind, but were not shown at all on screen or were present at the ceremony were Shirley Maclane(sp?) and Cher. I wonder if they were even invited.