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I saw the trailer in the theater last week, it's pretty spectacular. We own the other Terminator films on DVD so I am sure we will add this to the
collection. It helps to watch the Sara Conner Chronicles on TV, too, it helps to fill in the blanks about the war.
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/05/terminator-sam-worthington-on-his-passionate-costar-christian-bale.html
'Terminator Salvation' star Sam Worthington's deadly weapons: F-bombs It was difficult for our Red Carpet Guerrilla to get a video clip of Sam Worthington at Friday night's Australians in Film event without a major f-bomb. Here's one in which the no-nonsense Aussie superstar-in-the-making talks about being Australian, doing your job, "no mucking about," his sister laughing at his billboard on Sunset Boulevard, his role in "Terminator Salvation" and working with his dedicated and passionate co-star Christian Bale. The dude reminds us of a young Russell Crowe. And no, we didn't ask if he was on set on the day of Bale's recorded rant against the wandering DP, Shane Hurlbut. No need to upset this outspoken guy. Read more on Sam in "Terminator" and his admiration for Bale after the jump. Caution: f-bomb alerts! "It's Terminator," it's not [expletive] Pride and Prejudice, is it?" Worthington told reporters during a Friday news conference. "You know what you're stepping into. You take a few hits, you take a few knocks. We all tried to do as much as we could before the insurance company caught on." On his co-star Bale, Worthington added: "I find Christian extremely passionate and dedicated. People call him intense. I hate that [expletive] word, man, hate it. Christian turns up, does his job - it's all about the story and the character. To work with a guy like that is actually a privilege." Gosh, Sam. Tell us how you really feel. |
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I didn't recognize Worthington at first because he's so bulked up here. But I LOVED him in "Somersault" and yes even his "MacBeth",
which I found VERY sexy and a legitimately new, rock 'n' roll interpretation. So find both on DVD.
He's THE reason to see TERMINATOR. Most of the film is exposition, blow things up, exposition, blow things up, and so on. Gone are most of the interesting interactions, except for Sam's. My fave line in T3 was "You remind me of my mother!" when Claire Danes rat a tat tats with a gun. Here, his now wife mostly looks at Christian Bale adoringly. While the warrior who falls for Sam is plucky, this is a far cry from the strong women characters in the (now-cancelled) TV series and Linda Hunt. Bale is intense, but he's just not given enough to do and say (I don't count running around dodging blue screen stuff as doing anything). I would have cut back on a few explosions and spent more time on the script. Even the 10 year old boy I was sitting next to thought one explosive sequence was illogically over the top. And everyone around me in the theater kept wondering how the Resistance was getting all that ordnance to keep blowing things up. I did like the tie-ins to the previous films/TV, as much as anything can make sense in this series. Did I mention that there's a LOT of blowing things up? The cinematography looked like washed out Technicolor. Evidently after nuclear war there's only gray and red blood. |
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Tough guy Sam Worthington muscles in to Hollywood
Michele Manelis June 04, 2009
HARD work ... Australian actor Sam Worthington is not unalike Russell Crowe or a young Mel Gibson. HE MAY be the latest Aussie on Hollywood's impenetrable block, but according to Sam Worthington, 32, a couple of years ago it couldn't have been more different. "I couldn't get a job in this country because Orlando Bloom and all those pretty boys had the roles. "I couldn't get a job in this country because Orlando Bloom and all those pretty boys had the roles. But (director) McG said he was looking for a guy who you could hit in the head with a shovel and wouldn't go down," Worthington says. "I just happen to be lucky that the trend at this moment is for guys who are physical and who can bring emotional complexity inside a hard nut case." Arguably, his cinematic appeal and straight-forward personality is reminiscent of Russell Crowe or a young Mel Gibson. "I've asked both Russell and Mel for advice. Why wouldn't you go and talk to the people at the top of their game?" he says. "Russell called me up when I was doing MacBeth a few years ago. I went to his house, hung out, and shot the s--t." Driving to the Beverly Hills Hilton to interview Worthington, it's impossible not to notice his face promoting the much-anticipated Terminator Salvation on giant billboards along Sunset and Hollywood boulevards. The Perth-born actor flew over 20 of his family and friends to witness him receive the Australians In Film Breakthrough Award, and seems a little defensive about the scale of the hype that surrounds him. "Oh, my mates are sick of it, to be honest," he says. "And my sister wants one of the posters to throw darts at, so that kind of keeps me very grounded." But it must serve as some form of validation, especially for an actor who couldn't find work a couple of years ago? He pauses. "Yeah, it's kind of nice. It's funny sitting in the car and there's your head next to you on a bus. It's bizarre." Wearing a black hoodie emblazoned with the logo of heavy metal band Motorhead, jeans and the Terminator boots he wore in the movie, he seems determined not to be taken in by the glamour of stardom. Making it explicitly clear he is not in pursuit of fame, he says, "If I was doing this to get famous I would have gone on Big Brother or Australian Idol and sung like a cat." The fourth instalment of the blockbuster franchise, Terminator Salvation (with an estimated budget of $A248 million) takes place in 2018, 14 years after its 2003 predecessor, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. In the aftermath of Judgment Day in a world run by machines in this bomb-blasted post-apocalyptic America, Christian Bale takes on the iconic role of John Connor. As leader of The Resistance, he takes his rage against the machines to a new level in the hope of saving the human race from extinction. For nostalgic value, Arnold Schwarzenegger makes an appearance. Well, sort of. Says McG, "Arnold was in Terminator 25 years ago. We took pictures of him from that period, and developed a new visual effects code to create a synthetic character to look exactly the same as he did then." Although Bale is, as always, an authentic performer, this is Worthington's movie. McG (Charlie's Angels, We Are Marshall) had a difficult time convincing the studio to hire him. "They wanted a name, of course. But listen, Sam is the breakout star of the year. He is unbelievable. I saw everybody for this role, and I mean all the famous guys in his age group. It was important to have the right physicality. I couldn't have one of those actory, wimpy guys trying to convincingly stand up to Christian Bale. Sam came in and said, 'I'm a bricklayer from Western Australia'. He had two bags with him - a bag of books and a bag of clothes, and that was it. Meanwhile, Russell Crowe emailed me and said, 'You should take a close look at this guy'. And he was right." Due to his work schedule, Worthington has lived in hotel rooms since the better part of 2006. "I love living like a gypsy. I get to see the world and meet different people every day. Russell Crowe once said to me, 'Would you take a holiday?' And I said 'No'. He said 'What about when you're about 45 or 50?' And I said, 'Why is that?' And he said 'Because to go on holiday is to go to different places, meet new people, have great experiences. Well, that's your f---ing job. So keep working.' And that's always stuck in my head." He obviously took Crowe's advice to heart and has four upcoming movies: the much-awaited James Cameron sci-fi epic, Avatar, followed by a movie starring opposite Keira Knightley called Last Night. He's also finished shooting The Debt with Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson, and makes another star turn in Clash of the Titans. If nothing else, Worthington had better get used to the spotlight. "Of course I've thought about fame but until it happens you don't know how you'll handle it," he says. "Bryan Brown said to me, 'Have you ever gone up to someone and asked for an autograph?' It was Angry Anderson when I was about nine years old. "Bryan said, 'What happened?' I told him that I got scared and ran off. "He said, 'That's because it takes a lot of balls for someone to come up and ask you for an autograph. Don't forget that.' So that's how I look at it now, but ask me in a year." Meantime, his dance card is more than full, the result of luck and hard work. A tough guy so secure in his masculinity, he can quote Oprah Winfrey without a wink of irony. "Oprah says that luck is being in the right place and giving it your all. And that's what I did." After many years of rejection, he was pursued to audition for the Bond role. "I couldn't see me in Bond but they kept asking me to audition. So they flew me over (to London) and I gave it my all. But Daniel Craig is perfect. They made the right choice," he says. "I'm not afraid to fail gloriously. I like that because then you pick yourself up, and keep working. Sometimes you learn more that way," he says. "I get that work ethic from my parents, my friends, being Australian, being a bloke from Rockingham where you're not given everything. "So, you strive for it." |
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The Clash of the Titans: Two New Character Photos Revealed! 06 June 2009 |
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He's so incredibly hot. He actually got me to see a Terminator movie. In the theater.
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So, it seems like the movie itself isn't doing as well as they'd hoped? I know it did huge business for a couple of weeks, but I've heard that it
is disappointing, especially when folks saw Star Trek first.
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I've seen the original several times, and T2 a couple of times but it's been years. Didn't see the 3rd T movie at all.
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Salvation sucked balls. No fan of the franchise could have possibly walked out of the theater satisfied with that pile of bullshit.
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I tried to watch the 3rd one and couldn't. It was so bad. It's rare that I can't sit through a movie.
Sorry to hear your review, Flak. I was hoping it would be better.
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine...
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Free Tickets Set For 'Avatar' Sneak Peek
By Carl DiOrio (Editing by SheriLinden at Reuters) Hollywood Reporter Thu Aug 13, 2009 Free tickets will be distributed online starting Monday for special Imax presentations of a 16-minute trailer for the 3D sci-fi action movie "Avatar." The extended trailer of the 20th Century Fox film, featuring an on-camera intro by director James Cameron, hits 101 Imax venues in the U.S. and Canada on August 21 in a promotional push that was announced at the recent Comic-Con International confab in San Diego. On the same date, theaters worldwide will begin showing 2D and 3D "Avatar" trailers of more conventional length. Fans will be provided theater information and other "Avatar" tidbits via http://www.avatarmovie.com/. Visitors to the site also will see ticketing instructions and links to individual movie theaters. "It will be two tickets to a customer to keep people from hoarding," Fox distribution boss Bruce Snyder said Wednesday. "We expect a tremendous amount of interest from the fans who are aware of 'Avatar.' " The extended "Avatar" trailer will play just before and after separately ticketed screenings of Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." At most of the specialty venues, the trailer will be shown between 6 and 7 p.m., running twice within the hour span. "I think it's going to be a bit of a stampede," Imax Filmed Entertainment chief Greg Foster said. "But I can't wait for everyone to see the footage." The extended trailer will contain much of the "Avatar" footage shown at screenings this summer at exhibitor events in Hollywood and Amsterdam, and also at Comic-Con. But at least one unspecified new scene will be included. "Avatar," Cameron's first dramatic feature since 1997's "Titanic," unspools worldwide December 18. |
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i dont really understand, why you resurrected a Terminator movie thread from two months ago to add in a bit about the Avatar movie?
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Resurrecting this thread reminded me that I still haven't seen it. I guess it will be out on DVD soon. |
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brunettefan wrote:Sorry, but I did a search on Avatar, and this thread was the one with the most mentions of Sam and Avatar. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i3a7817078d0f6f03a5132f44816b868b 'Avatar' Site Crashes As Fans Seek Tickets By Gregg Kilday and Alex Ben Block Aug 17, 2009 16-minute sneak preview will be in theaters Friday The official "Avatar" Web site crashed for several hours on Monday as moviegoers rushed to secure free seats to see the 16 minutes of 3D preview footage that will be shown at 104 Imax theaters around the country on Friday evening. Ticket ordering was scheduled to begin online at noon PDT, but at about 11:55 a.m., the site started experiencing difficulties. About 17,000 of the 68,000 available tickets were distributed before the heavy traffic forced the site down for several hours. "Due to the overwhelming response for tickets to the 'Avatar' event on 8/21, our servers have crashed. We will update you as soon as possible," ticket seekers were advised by "Avatar's" Twitter site. By late afternoon, avatarmovie.com was again up and running, taking five orders every second. Locations in New York and Los Angeles sold out almost immediately, and most tickets were expected to be snapped up by the end of the day. Given that "Avatar," James Cameron's first narrative feature since 1997's "Titanic," promises a display of cutting-edge technology, the site snafu was something of an embarrassment. At the same time, it had to be good news for Fox, which is facing the challenge of creating awareness for a movie that isn't based on a pre-existing brand, book or film. The sci-fi adventure -- with a budget the studio has put at $237 million -- opens in the U.S. on Dec. 18 and worldwide that same week. While Fox and Cameron have been slowly unveiling footage from the film -- first at the CineExpo convention in Amsterdam in June and then at last month's Comic-Con -- Friday will be the first chance for many moviegoers to see for themselves scenes in which Australian actor Sam Worthington, playing a paralyzed Marine who travels to the planet of Pandora, finds new life as an avatar -- a blue-skinned, 10-foot tall, half-human, half-alien hybrid. "I think to say that there is already a lot of interest in the movie is a pretty good understatement. Obviously, it blew out all the servers," said Greg Foster, Imax's chairman and president of filmed entertainment. "It's a pretty big statement about the curiosity and interest in the whole thing." The participating Imax theaters, in between regularly scheduled screenings of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," will offer two screenings Friday of the "Avatar" footage, which will include a 30-second introduction by Cameron in which he sets up the clips. Foster said there are no plans to offer more screenings. Fox is counting on the cachet of Cameron and its advertising and promotion to drive licensing and merchandising beginning more than two months before the movie's release. Mattel begins shipping 28 toys to stories in early October and expects them to be on store shelves at Wal-Mart, Target and other retailers by early November. "We're going to be pulling all the levers to make sure these are marketed properly," Mattel spokesman Chris Volk said. "We were aware the toys would be out six weeks before the movie opens, but luckily we have Jim Cameron's name, which speaks for itself and has its own following," Fox vp licensing Virginia King added. Lora Cohn, another vp licensing at the studio, said: "The code name for this project was 8-80, which we even use on some T-shirts, which meant that it will appeal to everyone from eight to 80." The toys will be priced from $8.99 for a simple action figure to $26.99 for the most deluxe version. Mattel is also counting on the action figures, creatures and vehicles from the movie to attract collectors and fans. Each figure will come with a 3D Web tag called an I-tag. When the buyer gets the toy home, they put the tag in front of a Web camera and it will reveal special content about that item such as bio background or animated models. There will also be video games released beginning in late November for three different systems and offering two content variations, said Tim Cummings, senior PR manager for Ubisoft, the French company that developed the games in Montreal. The games for Xbox 360 and PlayStation allow the user to take the role of the hero, while a game for the Nintendo Wii allows the user to take the side of the hero or the villains in the movie. All of the games will be 3D capable but also play in a 2D version. Ubisoft will premiere its first commercial trailer for the video games on Friday alongside the Imax showings. That day, the same trailer will be shown at the huge Gamescon trade show in Cologne, Germany. The Xbox and PS3 versions will retail for $59.99; the Wii game will retail for $49.99. In addition to toys and games, Fox has licenses for clothing lines for men (through Jem) and women (through Awake) that will be available at mass retailers and boutiques on Nov. 24. Both Cohn and King said they are not concerned that toys, games and clothes will be out weeks before the movie. They said Mattel has been careful in how many units are being shipped, and they expect the toys could be sold out based on reaction to the theatrical trailers, TV ads, promotion and interest by collectors even before the movie opens. There are also publishing licensees, Abrams and Harper Collins, who will put out books and other print products for adults and children. |
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