Should've been called, How To Lose An Audience In Ten Seconds.

I mean really, this is the best work that Kate Hudson and Mattehw McConaughey(sp?) can find? The same people who did Almost Famous and A Tiem To Kill can't think of anything better to do then give us a movie so sickeningly shmultzy it makes Bridges of Madison County look like Milton's Paradise Lost?

Sorry you didn't like it, Dude

On a less critical note, if Matthew M's character is from Staten Island, why does he have a southern accent?

I saw this movie on December 5th. I fell asleep in it for like a half hour. This movie uses every cliche in the "Guy makes a deal/dare/bet with other guys to romance girl" genre, and should've been titled "Generic Romance Movie." How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days? Simple. Ask him to get married.

Hey Luigi, how did you see it last year? Around here it only came out a few weeks ago

How come no one else liked it? Were you expecting a film of substance with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in it? Starting with the title, you had to know the film was just a confection, not to be taken seriously. Or maybe your girlfriends made you see it with them and you're bitter? ;)

Heyst: Because of his job newbie. He arranges test screening in the NY/NJ area. He often gets to se movies well in advance of their release. And yes, I hate him for it. ;-)

Just kiddin' Lu.

Brian, did you call me a newbie? Just coz I couldn't tell what his job was from his name? Thanks,

Brian, did you call me a newbie? Coz I couldn't determine his job from his username or message?
Thanks

sorry about that, guess I am a newbie

post at 1:39 didn't appear when I checked back here the first time, so I assumed a technical glitch

(I know, I know, never assume) thank you for your indulgence

Yeah, I work for a market research company that does work for the movie studios.

I don't judge a movie by its title, or even the basic concept. There are good executions of this movie's basic concept, I just didn't think this was one of them. If you want to see a good comedy, see Old School. I saw that in December too, and Will Ferrell cracked me up. I also HIGHLY recommend Mindhunters, but avoid The Core like the plague. (Interestingly, the movie was scheduled for March 28th, but because of the scene with the space shuttle, The Core may be delayed until the fall, in light of the recent Columbia tragedy. I hope they don't delete that scene, since it's possibly the best action scene in the movie, which is otherwise dreck.)

Speaking of which Brian, sorry I never got back to you on this, but I asked, and MovieView doesn't have any branch offices in Colorado. Sorry.

Thanks, Luigi...Years ago I lived in NYC and got to see a preview of "Whipped"...what a stinker

Brian, sorry for my vehemence earlier. Everywhere else I go, "newbie" is a strongly disparaging term and I don't think I deserved that. Maybe it's different here?

Besides, I've been posting here for quite a while. My posts are usually too arcane or esoteric to make any real nitpickers want to respond to them, so that may be why I've never made an impression on you. Have a good day,

Everywhere else I go, "newbie" is a strongly disparaging term and I don't think I deserved that. Maybe it's different here?

Well, we do tend to be a little proud of our in-jokes...but don't worry about it, we none of us bite. (Primarily because by the time we get finished the in-depth debate on the exact reason, target, and degree of pressure of said bite we're having too much fun anyhow.)
And don't worry about your posts being too 'esoteric', either - part of the fun of a site like this is a wide variety of poster POVs.

Anyway, in case I missed you before, welcome to NitCentral, Heyst.

Having been a Newbie myself just a year ago, I never really thought the term was meant in a bad way, at least on these boards (and no, it's not an official term here, it's just an adjective). But what do I know? (Besides a ton of "useless" trivia, of course.)

Too bad about The Core. I was kinda looking forward to seeing it. We saw the trailer (it was tacked on to Nemesis) and it looked good. Of course, only the good parts of a film are in a trailer.
Luigi, I remember you saying that How To Lose Your Lunch in 10 Seconds, or whatever this pic's title is, tested very highly with MovieView. I was surprised when it was savaged by the critics.

Were they print critics or tv critics? Seems to me that the ones in newspapers never like anything but the ones on tv like everything they see.

Rex Reed hated the Star Trek movies, and minced no words in saying so.
The negative reviews of How To Lose... that I saw were print ones.

LOL at the "lose your lunch" riff, Adam. Yeah, I was told by my supervisor that it was the higest-rated movie last year, but I find that very difficult to believe.

Your supervisor in a firm that does market research for film studios? Interesting. Just shows there's no accounting for taste.

Hey Luigi, maybe since you work in that field you can tell me where the phrase "It went over like Gang Busters" comes from. I've heard it a few times in DVD comemntaires and such.

And while I have your attention, did my e-mails that I sent you get through?

Um...........YEAH! They were AWESOME! They were among the finest, most insightful and thought-provoking writings I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
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Okay, no, I didn't get them.


My email Inbox is set to "Exclusive," Brian. I can only get emails from addresses that are in my Address Book. You'll have to give me your address for me to receive your mail. When were these emails? What was in them?


Heyst: Your supervisor in a firm that does market research for film studios?
Luigi Novi: No, I said, "I was told by my supervisor..."

Heyst: Interesting.
Luigi Novi: Sure it is. Standing outside in 22 degree weather trying to get the attention of passersby, who mostly walk past you and ignore you, getting bronchitis, the flu, asthma....oh sure, it's interesting, Heyst. There's me, and then there's rock stars.

Uh, Heyst, one thing we shoulda warned you about...Luigi isn't totally convinced he has a great job. I know, I've tried to tell him the same thing.

Meanwhile...dunno if this applies exactly to the ones you've seen, but TV critics (with the exception of those who're moonlighting from print, like Reed and Roger Ebert) don't have a whole lot of credibility these days. As you've noticed, yeah, that's usually them providing those inane "WOW!!" "Greatest Film EVER!!" "A MUST-SEE for the ENTIRE FAMILY!!" blurbs at the bottom of the TV commercials.

Or they get hideosuly mis-quoted. I remember the commercials for Tom Green's mega-stinker Fredy Got Fingered (that movie almost made Manos Hands of Fate look good!), in which Ebert is quoted as saying it was funny, when what he said was, if you like this sort of sick disturbing stuff then yeah it's funny. Or something like that, I forget the verbatim quotes.

Luigi: webber_brian@hotmail.com I sent you a not-yet finished piece of FanFic for ST: New Frontier, and I wanted some input. But I forgot to send the file in the first message! That's why there were two. They were sent on the same day, the other day I think.

AAAUUGGHHHH!! Manos... aach!
(Runs to bathroom to get sick.)

(minutes later...) Man, even MST3K made that film only barely palatable, much to their credit!

I was reading a poster at the mall yesterday advertising this film. It should be said that Robert Evans is listed as one of this pic's producers. In the 1970's, Evans was the Paramount executive in charge of The Godfather, and as an independent producer, made the high quality pics Chinatown, Marathon Man and Black Sunday. (Mr. Evans produced the dismal David Caruso bomb Jade, too; maybe his best days are behind him.)

Luigi, I wrote "your supervisor," not "You're a supervisor..."

I know. But I thought you meant the latter. Never mind.

Being that part of the movie is set in Staten Island, there's the obligatory scenes aboard the Staten Island Ferry. We see a man playing a saxophone on the ferryboat. That would never be allowed; the deckhands would stop him in a New York minute. (Usually, those guys have a hat or something next to them to accept money; in that case, he would be arrested for panhandling.)

Having been a Newbie myself just a year ago, I never really thought the term was meant in a bad way, at least on these boards (and no, it's not an official term here, it's just an adjective). But what do I know? (Besides a ton of "useless" trivia, of course.)

Actually, I think newbie is a noun.