tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post3004926531711152516..comments2024-03-29T04:19:43.461-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Glutton for Punishment: DOLITTLEPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-69505962781942794002020-01-23T22:22:46.136-06:002020-01-23T22:22:46.136-06:00"Dolittle" is just the latest in a long ..."Dolittle" is just the latest in a long line of movies that shamelessly steal ("pay homage" they would say) McTiernan's technique. For shame, Hollywood! :-(J.M. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293452334926334389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-78498882046547530812020-01-23T17:06:01.018-06:002020-01-23T17:06:01.018-06:00JM, that's an awesome connection you made acro...JM, that's an awesome connection you made across McT's movies. He subverts that in Predator, when he has Arnie tell Anna, "No more games." Who knew it was that simple? Predator Minute Podcasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958735770519595547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-38721628641213753952020-01-21T16:01:47.468-06:002020-01-21T16:01:47.468-06:00Saw this opening night (Thursday) and there were o...Saw this opening night (Thursday) and there were only two people for an evening showing. It was obvious to me that the studio heads probably freaked at the plot involving Dr. Dolittle's wife (no spoilers), and the reshoots were designed to lessen that aspect of the story. <br /><br />Between this, "Current War" and "Spies in Disguise" Tom Holland is becoming movie Kryptonite whenever he isn't wearing a Spidey suit. Not only is Jip an unfunny and underused character (this character feels like it had a bigger role in the version of "Dolittle" before the reshoots) but you can feel Holland's embarrassment at playing a "talking" dog. BTW, are ALL movies that want to convey cinematically that audiences are hearing in English what characters are saying in a different language going to rip off John McTiernan? "Nomads," "The Hunt for Red October" and "The 13th Warrior" established this technique, and now writer/director Stephen Gaghan ("Syriana"??!!) just outright steals the idea... again! Team Downey deserves better than a cobbled-together mish-mash of "Pirates of the Caribbean" (Dolittle = Capt. Sparrow) and Jackie Chan's "Around the World in 80 Days." :-(J.M. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293452334926334389noreply@blogger.com