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Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Ravi on April 12, 2003, 04:36:14 PM
An ad in the paper for "Head of State" has a critic quote from Michael O' Sullivan of the Washington Post/Weekend, saying, "Hilarious...gets my vote for the stupidest fun I've had in a long time."  Seems like a backhanded compliment.
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Ghostboy on April 12, 2003, 04:51:54 PM
That reminds me, there was something I was planning on putting in my own review for the film. Chris Rock was quoted in Entertainment Weekly as saying that "If you can manage a supermarket, you can direct a movie." I was going to quote this in my review, and then mention how I'd hate to see what he'd do to a supermarket.

But then I saw the movie and actually mildly enjoyed it, so I felt that I couldn't use that in good concience.
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Ravi on April 13, 2003, 12:45:02 AM
Have any negative quotes been used in ad campaigns?  I'd like to see "Two thumbs down!" or "the performances are wooden" on a poster.
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Cecil on April 13, 2003, 12:48:43 AM
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Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Ravi on April 13, 2003, 01:56:33 PM
Hah, that's freaking hilarious.
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on April 13, 2003, 02:09:04 PM
The Blue Velvet DVD includes a clip of Siskel & Ebert's review of the movie (one thumb up, one thumb down).
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: bonanzataz on April 13, 2003, 03:42:53 PM
i have a really bad movie planned out that i really want to make for camp value. if it ever happens and gets picked up, i hope it gets really bad reviews that i could put on the poster. anybody else had this idea, or am i the only one who wants to consciously make really bad films?
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on April 13, 2003, 04:09:53 PM
Quote from: bonanzatazi have a really bad movie planned out that i really want to make for camp value. if it ever happens and gets picked up, i hope it gets really bad reviews that i could put on the poster. anybody else had this idea, or am i the only one who wants to consciously make really bad films?

Is it going to be like "Kandi's Gang"... cause that might have been a really cheesy movie, but I could tell that it knew exactly what it was. You could attract a cult following.
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Cecil on April 13, 2003, 04:26:36 PM
Quote from: bonanzatazi have a really bad movie planned out that i really want to make for camp value. if it ever happens and gets picked up, i hope it gets really bad reviews that i could put on the poster. anybody else had this idea, or am i the only one who wants to consciously make really bad films?

i would want to make at least one movie where i myself give it a bad review

"self-indulgent, pretentious, artsy bullshit. avoid at all costs" -- cecil b. demented, filmmaker

Psycho Gun Club
a film by cecil b. demented
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on April 13, 2003, 04:32:39 PM
Quote from: cecil b. dementedPsycho Gun Club
a film by cecil b. demented

I knew that would be the title of your movie...
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: Victor on April 13, 2003, 06:39:32 PM
"You know the world's messed up when the most famous golfer's black, the most famous rapper's white, the tallest basketball star is chinese, and the most powerful men in america are named Bush, Dick, and Colin."
                                                            -Mr. Rock
Title: Funny Critic Quote for "Head of State"
Post by: MacGuffin on April 13, 2003, 11:37:51 PM
In the booklet for "Fight Club," it has both the good and bad reviews.