Friday movie roundup – April 24
Disney repackaged a bunch of material from the TV miniseries “Planet Earth,” simplified the title to just “Earth,” and released it in theaters on Wednesday. This was done in conjunction with Disney wanting to make money off something that was previously available for free, and also Earth Day. I am disregarding the film’s existence.
In news concerning movies that actually are movies, “The Soloist” stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx and is good. My review is at Film.com.
The other new wide releases were not screened for critics. “Obsessed” is a thriller about a home-wrecker who threatens the relationship between Beyonce Knowles and her husband. “Fighting” is probably about fighting. “Fighting” actually was screened in some cities, for some critics, so I guess the studio is only ashamed of it under certain circumstances.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Thanks for the not-quite-review of Earth. I was planning to go see it, but if it is just repackaged material from Planet Earth, I’ll can stay home and watch my DVDs for free.
April 25th, 2009 at 3:55 am
That makes me mad that someone just had the idea of reusing old planet earth footage to make a movie. I bet some who see this will be thinking, “Now, where did I see this before?” I already own those DVDs for goodness sake! I don’t want to experience deja vu in a movie theater.
April 25th, 2009 at 3:59 am
By the way, it is almost 7 where I am, so I didn’t get on the computer at four in the morning to comment on this. Even I’m not that crazy.
April 25th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
A great line from another reviewer about “Earth”:
Apparently Disney’s idea of going green is to recycle film footage for theaters.
April 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
It’s too bad you haven’t yet reviewed Obsessed. I can’t wait to hear how similar this is to Fatal Attraction.