ink I’ve found out why movies
gely suck in the nineties. Not
ing a television right now, I
ent been inundated with
mmercials, interviews, trailers
soundbites. So when I saw Very
d Things the other night, I was
ocked by the shocking bits, and
rprised by the surprising bits.
hagine, going to a film without
owing a single line! And people
ed to do this all the time! No

der there used to be magic at
theatre.

I was distraught, the following
ty, to witness every nuance and
ry twist in this flick given away
of all things, a radio commercial,

e advance ads simply had the

December II, the new Star
ek movie, Insurrection, will be the
th movie released in the long

    
  
   
  
   
  
   
 
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
  
  
  
    
   
   
  
 
 
   
  
 
  
   
  
  
 
 

 

ing series. [he big question
will Insurrection be able to live
to the stigma of being an odd
ber. In Trek lore the movies
h odd numbers have

ditionally been bad and
gettable.

When Paramount first

ounced that there were talks
put producing a new Generations
vie, the rumours were flying.
ght from the beginning there
re rumoured problems with
ting the cast to sign on,

pney and credits were reported-
o be where Paramount and the
t were not able to see eye to
The script was also rumoured
have undergone several re-

tes before Paramount, the pro-
ers and cast were satisfied.

In the end, the original cast all
me back to take on the
Heration, including Worf—
chael Dorn—and fellow Star
Pk alumni Rick Bermman and
chael Pillar, who worked as
bducers and writers on The Next
eration with Gene

ddenberry,. Jonathan Frakes,

o plays Commander William T.
er, the second-in-command of
Enterprise, also directed
rrection. The high success of
Contact, the last Generations

ie, was credited to Frakes’
ection,

Whe plot of the newest movie
at Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
trick Stewart) will lead his

w to help keep a world from
ng eradicated by the

eration and a race called the
ja. And after fourteen years of
ing, there is a promise that

e might be a resolution in the
oing dance between Counselor
na Troi, Marina Sirtis, and

 

 

wvie's title splashed across maga-
zine pages; that would have been
perfect! But nooooos, the market-
ing dolts had to ruin the whole
thing by throwing the three
legged dog on every network
countless times a day. Instead of
revelling in the new heights (or
depths) of the harrowed protago-
nists, moviegoers will be
enveloped by the nagging thought,
“gee, that weird guy is a quadri-
plegic in the poster, when does
that happen?”

A dark comedy that makes
Shallow Grave look like a Scooby
Doo cartoon, VBT is certainly
not for everyone. This is a film
that should show legs with the
‘Tarantino crowd. The premise is
simple: A young man, about to

Riker.

Mulligen, a local reviewer for
CFOX, said he has seen
Insurrection and loved it. On Friday
the world will be able to judge for
themselves if Star Trek IX:

Insurection will be able to live down

the stigma of being an odd num-
bered Trek movie.

ja zz Fvents
Salif Reita

Friday, February 16, 1998

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wed Cameron Diaz—let’s face it,
she could be named Marvin and
wed still remember her as
Cameron Diaz—is taken to Vegas
for his bachelor party. Here is
where the best filmwork lies, with
the coked up fivesome inspiring
bleeding colours and irregular
camerawork. Sobriety hits fairly
quickly, when buddy#3, played by
Jeremy Piven (Ellen, Larry
Sanders Show), accidentally kills
the obligatory stripper/hooker,
and the rest of the film is them
dealing with the body. Oh, and
one or two of them show traces
of a conscience, as well.

Diaz, of course, is sublime and
simple as the obsessed bride to
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Saturday, December 5
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film. But once again, the ads give
away her true nature, which was a
shock to the preview audience.
Christian Slater, of whom I am
definitely not a fan, was passable
as the personally powered sleazoid
Boyd, despite his graduation from
Jack Nicholson heir to Jack
Nicholson impersonator. Piven is
excellent, traversing the path
between obsessive self-indulgence
and blithering depression smartly
and, if possible, subtly. Spouting
the nasty but realistic kinds of
lines typical of this screenplay:
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son is physically disabled, during
an argument) “Your family is one
crutch away from a telethon,’
Piven is the driving force in this

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I enjoy films that invoke the
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shit!” and “did they really just do
that?” Very Bad Things, minus the
ads, illicited many such remarks.
This film wasn't perfect, by any
means, but the message is clear. If
I enjoyed this slightly-above-aver-
age fare this much, how much
would I enjoy the great films with-
out jerks in marketing ruining
everything. Advice to you schleps
screwing with my moviegoing:

Fuck off with the trailers, already!

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