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Saturday
Oct152011

Movie Goer Files Lawsuit over “Drive” Starring Ryan Gosling #movies #michigan #theaters #film

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What good are movie trailers and movie reviews for if people don't watch and read them? Ryan Gosling’s thriller “Drive” allegedly lacks so much action that it caused a woman who saw this movie at the Emagine theater in Michigan to sue. The distributor of this film and the movie theater are both the targets of a disgruntled movie goer’s lawsuit because “Drive” had little to no driving scenes, did not resemble that of a chase or racing film such as “Fast and the Furious” and instead contained lots of anti-Semitic messages, according to the NY Times.

The woman also has plans to try and turn this into a class action suit so other movie goers unhappy with “Drive” can join her in these complaints. I can’t help but wonder if this lawsuit is more about her claims that the film depicts racism toward people of Jewish faith than it is about Ryan Gosling’s scenes not comparing to Vin Diesel’s speed.....especially since Emagine theater offered to refund the cost of her movie ticket.

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If every movie goer who felt mislead or offended by a movie that they watched took distributors and theaters to court, our judicial system would have more problems than it already does and be more backed up due to silly things like this “Drive” situation that takes up time and resources of law officials that could be better spent dealing with cases involving thieves, murderers, assailants, corporate corruption and other crimes.

I know people who were upset and unfulfilled after watching “Shutter Island” in movie theaters because the movie is confusing. Now while some would gladly welcome a $12 refund from Leonardo DiCaprio, these movie goers are certainly not suing Paramount Pictures. You know what they did instead? They didn’t buy the DVD when it came out and they probably won’t recommend “Shutter Island” to their friends. Fair enough?

Was "Drive" that bad, or is this woman and her lawsuit out of line?

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As silly as this “Drive” lawsuit is, it has almost perfect timing because Ryan Gosling is the King Dong of October!

Join me in saying “so long” to Leonardo DiCaprio, who dominated my blog over the last few months and “hello” to Ryan Gosling who will be the new King...at least for the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for more Gosling-centered posts during the rest of the month.

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Saturday
Oct082011

The State of King Dong and Leonardo DiCaprio Days of Summer #amblogging #amwriting

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In July, I sent out a call for nominations and votes on men who are fit to succeed actor Leonardo DiCaprio on the throne during the month of August in my King Dong series here on this blog. I nominated three guys including Ron Weasley (played by Rupert Grint in the Harry Potter films), Ryan Gosling and Ben Affleck and Herman Turnip of Terrible Analogies placed Jason Statham, Denzel Washington and Jude Law in the running to be King Dong of August.

Since no one else voted for his or her own selections or added a vote to any of the six people that we nominated, the person highlighted this month will be chosen at random. Here's how we'll also keep the series up to date....sorta....so there won't be any missing months (August & September) this year after King Dong relaunched during Arlee Bird's A to Z Challenge.

Despite the fact that he is not exactly everybody’s actor of choice, Leonardo DiCaprio is officially the King Dong of Summer 2011 since he was the most recent one to be crowned and reigned for so long. The King Dong of October will be revealed this week after I log the names into Random.org’s list randomizer and find out who I will be blogging about for the next couple of weeks.

Until then, I hope everyone is having an entertaining Columbus day weekend!

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Sunday
Jul312011

Leonardo "DiWackio" According to Generation Y'ers #NaBloPoMo

As much as many movie fans love Leonardo DiCaprio and his work, there are lots of other movie goers who are not a fan of this particular actor. I spoke with two relatives to find out their thoughts on DiCaprio and the movies that he starred in so far. Here are notes one the responses from a conversation with my 14 year-old cousin who watched “Romeo & Juliet,” “Titanic,” “The Departed,” “Blood Diamond,” and “Inception.”

Why does Leonardo DiCaprio get on your nerves?
Because he don’t know how to act.

What was your least favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie?
“Shutter Island” Because the theme of the movie wasn’t really pleasing to me.

What was your most favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie?
“Romeo & Juliet” Because I liked how he acted....he played Romeo really well.

Here is an audio recording of my conversation with a 25 year-old relative, with whom I asked the same three questions:

Why does Leonardo DiCaprio get on your nerves?

What was your least favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie?

What was your most favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie?

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