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Wouldn't Hollywood be better if everyone was this open?

Open is one thing, Murphy is belligerent just to amuse himself. Meanwhile, what does this ass-clown have to show for himself?

Put it another way: Murphy produces Alan Moore = FROM HELL & THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTS. Alan Moore produced without Murphy's graces = V FOR VENDETTA.

'Nuff Said?

Uh...no.

Someone should buy Murphy a copy of this book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671723650/sr=8-1/qid=1154431746/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6985991-9823010?ie=UTF8

And then force feed him it page after page.

Harry deserves some ripping. The thing I find amusing, is why did Hollywood decide Harry had any power in the first place? Has anyone proven that he can drive any box office dollars?

I think they're still blaming him for Rollerball...rather than blaming themselves for making Rollerball and allowing it to get so bad so fast.

I couldn't get through the Ratner interview to find the Knowles bash. Is there anyone more annoying than Ratner? Jesus, he name drops great directors and great films left and right and makes no *real* comment about them. He's like that douche in your film class who knows names of great movies but hasn't seen em. If he says his favorite film of all time is "Killing of a Chinese Bookie" one more time, I'm gonna hire a Chinese bookie and whack him.

And that Don Murphy stuff is classic. I like "Favs," but can't help but think most of what Murphy says about him is right.

DM reminds me of Kevin Smith. It's okay for them to rag on anybody they want, but if you say anything about them they go ballistic via their internet message board.

Tarantino annoys the crap out of me, but I'm starting to see why he just couldn't resist slapping the shit out of Murphy.

Hmmm . . . the link to the Murphy thread is down. Has damage control already started?

DM is just mad at the world because he lost his deal at Sony and is a producer in name only on Transformers.

Chill, Don. You're still living the dream.

Yeah, he took the link down. Can somebody fill us in on what the gist of the Murphy thread was?

The power of Dave. Silencing doughy Don with one link. Gis of thread.

DM - IRON MAN will suck ass. Favreau is a tool. Avi Arad is a moron because he backs people like Favreau, Johnson, Story... more hate, more anger, more pettiness.

He's kinda safe from similar attacks from others as he has one thing all his enemies don't have. An empty slate.

Murphy's involved with Transformers (just not sure to what degree) and he's developing Deadman with Guillermo Del Toro (which could be a very cool movie)

Mason you sad ugly boy
Murphy started Transformers oye oye
You can slag him as much as you want
You still are a loser fat cunt

I am Spam Dooley and I feed my people.

So what the hell did he say? It's all gone.

Yes, yes I see the subtext of KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE prevalent in masterpieces such as AFTER THE SUNSET.

Now that's just silly. One can have an affection for Cassavetes without trying to imitate him in every picture. SUNSET is nothing more than a '60s-style romp with beautiful people in beautiful locations, and on that level it works just fine. If you're gonna dump on Ratner, at least do it in a way that makes sense.

The return of Spam Dooley... it's been too long.

Well, I think it makes sense to wonder how Ratner can call Killing of a Chinese Bookie his favorite movie when there is absolutely no sense, in his own films, that he has any idea what it's about or what is happening in it. It's like when you hear that a guy on a street corner playing a kazoo says that his favorite musician is Stravinsky, you wonder 'huh?'

Again, personal tastes are being mixed with work. One of my absolute favorite movies is TOUCH OF EVIL, but never in my wildest dreams could I even write, much less direct, anything remotely like it.

Ah, but you are not a big-time, highly paid director, either, touting your favorite movie as something with an aesthetic that it does not appear, from your filmography, that you understand in the slightest.

That Ratner interview is one the best things I've read in some time...I swear he's Joel Silver's bastard child.

What I love is that Brett never mentions is who his family is. He can claim to be at one time minus 250K in the bank, but that really means nothing when you're a Ratner of NY.

Do you know why he and Knowles cannot stand each other? Because it's the battle of the gluttons.

Again, not really trying to defend Ratner, but in fairness, none of his films to date have been an attempt to replicate the Cassavetes aesthetic. (Ask yourself this: could Cassavetes have made AFTER THE SUNSET? I don't think so; that kind of breezy caper really wasn't in his DNA.) If you wanna criticize Ratner's movies for what they are, fine, but let's not attack them for what they're not. When the time comes for him to make his CHINESE BOOKIE-type film, I'll be the first in line to rip him a new one if he mucks it up, but for now, I'm giving him a pass on this.

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