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Post by gersarchitect on Sept 22, 2011 21:58:52 GMT -5
I just think there is no way Gerry could get a nomination for any awards no matter how exceptional his performance is when the film itself is so poorly reviewed. It is hard enough getting a nomination when an actor is in a good film it just isn't going to happen when an actor is a movie that is not considered a good film. Now I just hope that Relativity won't pull the plug on the movie's distribution. shellie You are absolutely right about the Oscar nomination. Relativity will watch the per screen numbers this weekend more though than what the critics have to say. So if the movie opens strong the critics shouldn't matter too much.
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Post by Fiera on Sept 23, 2011 8:36:04 GMT -5
Here's hoping for a good solid opening!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2011 8:43:48 GMT -5
Here's hoping for a good solid opening! Hi Fiera I just don't know what would be considered a good solid opening for a limited release in only 4 theaters do you have any idea what that number should be?
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Post by Fiera on Sept 23, 2011 8:50:07 GMT -5
Well it has a much wider release each week. 4 THIS weekend, plus some special preview showings which don't count toward ticket sales but do impact WOM advertising. Then it's like 28 theaters next weekend, 45 the one after that, 15 after that, then the nationwide release. So they may not be considering the 'opening weekend' until the nationwide release. But it's enough to get people talking.
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Post by elenoire on Sept 23, 2011 10:49:27 GMT -5
www.christianitytoday.com/ct/movies/reviews/2011/machinegun.htmlMachine Gun Preacher The gritty and challenging story of a real-life Christian and his quest to serve God, by any means necessary. Machine Gun Preacher is based on the true, complex story of a violent, angry, drug-dealing convict who finds Jesus. But the character's conversion is not the climax; it's only the beginning of his story—and of the film's gritty and honest exploration of a messy faith. After coming to Christ, ex-con and drug addict Sam Childers founded a Pennsylvania church and felt called by God to become a freedom fighter in East Africa. After seeing the firsthand the tragedy of kids caught in Sudan's civil war, Childers built an orphanage. Not being content, however, with merely sheltering the kids targeted by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Childers went on the offensive. With hired Sudanese soldiers, Childers leads dangerous military missions to retrieve kidnapped children. His autobiography, Another Man's War, sums up his mission this way: "Save the children, no matter the cost," and the movie's tagline is, "Hope is the greatest weapon of all." In exploring Childers's controversial methods, the dark, R-rated, and explicit Machine Gun Preacher is provocative, faith-affirming, and challenging. Made by Relativity Media (300, American Gangster, Charlie Wilson's War) and directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Monster's Ball, The Kite Runner) and executive-produced by star Gerard Butler (300), this is the story of a Christian told by mainstream filmmakers. And it does so much right. By merely being real, sticking to storytelling and not trying to sell something, Machine Gun Preacher helps model what Christian-made films could be. Instead of showing faith with a tidy, safe sheen, Childers's Christianity is shown as the mysterious, dynamic, and intricate force that it is. It's clear the filmmakers didn't want a one-note profile of Childers, but to show the full, complicated mixed bag that is this fascinating man—and the faith that drives him—warts, rough edges, and all. Interestingly, this is the second film currently in theatres to take a full, nuanced approach to faith. Like Preacher, Vera Farmiga's Higher Ground depicts—as ThinkChristian wrote—that "tumultuous combination of joy and frustration that comes with living as a member of Christ's kingdom." Childers's tale is not used to show how safe or problem-free faith makes your life; for him, it's mostly quite the opposite experience. The movie doesn't preach. There's no didactic lesson. Just captivating and gripping story. The film begins as Childers (Butler) leaves prison to discover that his wife Lynn (Michelle Monaghan) has quit smoking, drinking, and stripping because "God helped me change." Childers is not fond of Lynn's newfound Christianity. When he hits rock bottom, though, he knows his life must change. He attends Lynn's church and finds new life in Christ. He also discovers overwhelming need in Africa. When his first attempt at an orphanage meets a violent end, Childers sees that doing good requires a more aggressive approach. "God gave you a purpose," Childers says, and he sees that God can use all we bring to him—including a penchant for violence and a willingness to do what others will not for the defenseless. As Childers takes back from the LRA the lives they've stolen, Machine Gun Preacher becomes Rambo or a modern-warfare Robin Hood. Despite a lack of "agenda," the simple power of story raises many compelling, deep questions for Christians and non-believers alike. From the beginning of his faith journey, Childers preaches the necessity of service for the Lord. He tells his Pennsylvania congregation, "In actions, you serve the Lord. He's not interested in your good intentions. He wants your backs, your hands." As the film continues, this honorable drive spins out of control. Soon, it is clear that serving God has become a destructive idol—even causing strife within his own family. Childers is serving, but is it to honor God? At one point he screams, "I'm done with the Lord! Did he save these kids? I have to save these kids." As Childers descends into an all-consuming fervor for his mission, he also grows more aggressive in his work. It's not enough to serve God with your hands—you have to get your hands dirty. To him, all means seem just when the end result is all that matters. As one character says, the darkness is swallowing him. Childers roars at his congregation: "God don't want sheep! He wants wolves with teeth." The movie wants the audience to consider: Is Childers a humanitarian or a mercenary? Does it matter how one does good? Or only that good is done? One character even suggests that LRA founder Joseph Kony started his reign of terror with much of the same spiritual warfare rhetoric as Childers. For as real the movie is in its portrayal, Childers's cinematic arc is slightly too tidy. His post-conversion struggles with balancing faith with a broken world, anger with hope, and action with trust are deep and realistically sketched. But in the film's ending, they are just neatly wrapped with only prudent words from a kid wise beyond his years. It's a common problem for films to excel at the messiness and not so much the clean-up, and that could have been improved here. How is Childers thinking about God as the film ends? How does he balance the competing urges within? How has his approach changed after pulling out of his darkness? Butler is strong and dynamic as Childers. For an actor known for loud, forceful "This is SPARTA!" moments, his most powerful moments here are quiet and stirring. For example, on the Sunday morning when Childers goes to church for the first time, Butler conveys layers of guilt and inferiority by distantly uttering, "I don't have any good shoes." This is clearly Butler's vehicle—a powerful story built to showcase him and he dominates the film. The underrated Monaghan (as Childers's wife) and 2009 Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (as Childers's friend) are solid, but could have been asked to do far more. It is refreshing to see a strong woman of faith who several times in the film not only supports her husband but inspires and pushes him. In one scene, she challenges him: "Get off your butt. Stop crying and [try] again." I have often wondered about audience for films that depict faith within an R-rated setting. What is the audience when many Christians will be bothered by language, sexuality, and violence, but mainstream audiences won't want to sit through the faith talk? I am not concerned about mainstream audiences digging Machine Gun Preacher; its craftsmanship, story, and a handful of exceptionally powerful, heartbreaking or inspiring sequences will satisfy viewers and critics. Believers will want to be aware of the film's content (see The Family Corner below), but the film would not be as redeeming or affecting without seeing the darkness and explicit horror. Some faith questions are easy to answer in a vacuum, but it is in bloody, broken, and troubling reality that they become real—and harder to answer. And this is the issue that undergirds Childers's story. Claiming a set of morals is well and fine, but what do they mean in context? We know God forgives, but how do we live day-to-day with the reality of what we've done? Pledging to serve God is honorable, but what service is God looking for in a dark world? And lastly, as the real Sam Childers says during the end credits, "If a madman abducted your child and I said I could bring them home, does it matter how I do it?" 3/4 stars
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Post by elenoire on Sept 23, 2011 11:15:06 GMT -5
There are many negative reviews around, so I'm posting the positive ones... www.craveonline.com/film/reviews/174874-review-machine-gun-preacher“Machine Gun Preacher fails to achieve greatness, but I think it achieves its goal.” Machine Gun Preacher is so blunt that it puts marijuana to shame. It’s a “Message Movie,” damn it, and it never pretends otherwise. By the end of the film, it seems to say, you’ll either care about dying children in Africa or you’re just a festering piece of s**t. I’ve seen subtler hardcore pornography. So why do I like it? I was a little confused myself. Let’s take a closer look. Message Movies aren’t quintessentially bad movies, although they’re more susceptible to badness than most other genres. Message Movies have to work on one specific level, i.e. conveying the actual message, or they fall apart. They’re inherently frail. It’s understandable that so many filmmakers try to overcome this disability by overselling their point – I’m looking at you, Crash – but that often leads to the actual story getting the short shrift. And then of course if the movie surrounding the message is awful, the actual message gets lost due to audience frustration or boredom. The recent adaptation of Atlas Shrugged was a typical example of this, in which the movie’s point failed to come across – despite constant emphasis – because the cinematic means by which it was delivered were hamfisted and sloppy. Even otherwise good Message Movies (Amistad comes to mind) sometimes fall apart at key moments when they push their message further than the story will allow. The great Message Movies have a story with an intrinsic message, and their focus is on telling that story. Mrs. Miniver. Hotel Rwanda. Salt of the Earth. To Kill a Mockingbird. The list goes on. Machine Gun Preacher is too outlandish to belong in such lauded company, but even so, it does what great message movies do. It just tells its story. It just so happens in this case that the actual story is blunt as all hell. Machine Gun Preacher fails to achieve greatness, but I think it achieves its goal. It’ll make you care. It’ll also make you laugh out loud when Gerard Butler pulls a bazooka from out of nowhere halfway through the film. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Machine Gun Preacher stars Gerard Butler as Sam Childers, a real-life ex-con who turned his back on heroin and violent crime after he found Jesus. For the first act of the film, director Marc Forster portrays Childers’ wicked ways with the storytelling equivalent of a sledgehammer. Violent edits and in-your-face dialogue (he’s furious that his wife gave up stripping) make for an uncomfortable viewing experience, but also do their job. Because before too long, after Childers gets his family affairs in order, he ships out to Sudan to help with missionary work, and comes face-to-face with the absolute atrocities that have befallen the nation’s children. Murdered, mutilated, forced to kill their own families… Childers will have none of this. His initial efforts to build an orphanage for the local children are met with hostile resistance, and then finally enough is enough. Out comes the damned bazooka. Which we didn’t even know he had. I suspect Forster and the rest of his crew expected the sudden bazooka cameo as a kind of catharsis, but it’s such a jarring switcheroo that howls of laughter are a reasonable response. The film recovers from this sublimely ridiculous moment with an extremely melodramatic second half that finds Childers on a path to his own damnation, forced to meet his antagonists on their own deadly terms and falling prey to the violent nature we saw so clearly in the first act, but without any of the selfish satisfaction. He can’t enjoy killing these people, because it doesn’t solve any of his problems. The oppression will continue either way. And down he slips further into darkness. Ironic that such a staunchly Christian film would so neatly embody the concept of Friedrich Nietzsche’s abyss, what with his whole “God is dead” thing. Gerard carries the dramatic weight on his manly shoulders fairly well, but he’s never been a subtle actor and hasn’t suddenly turned into one now. In that respect, I find him well cast. As the film progresses, and Childers becomes frustrated by his American friends’ selfish refusal to contribute to his life-or-death cause because they’re too wrapped up in their first-world “problems,” Butler and the film itself seem permanently set to “11.” That’s on a scale of 1-5. But Forster’s in-your-face direction makes that work, because the actual horrors that Childers witnesses aren’t kept from us. There are truly disgusting examples of inhumanity to be witnessed in Machine Gun Preacher. It’s not a subtle issue they’re dealing with, and not an easy one to write off. It doesn’t so much condemn the people committing the atrocities in Africa as it outright damns everyone in America who can’t be bothered to even care about those struggles. It oversells this point, sure, but it’s difficult to argue against it. Machine Gun Preacher is overblown, occasionally ridiculous, and almost embarrassingly well intentioned, and it works. Sure, it lacks the subtlety of Mrs. Miniver, but adding an unexpected bazooka will do that to a movie. I can’t quite reward Machine Gun Preacher’s occasionally laughable lack of grace, but I’ll give it credit for committing to its cause. And to bazookas CRAVEONLINE RATING: 7.5/10
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Post by rarity on Sept 23, 2011 13:53:42 GMT -5
Did you miss Gerard Butler on the show this morning? Have no fear! Audio highlights are here (and a cute pic)! ow.ly/6Dc1K
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Post by daughterstwo on Sept 23, 2011 17:05:28 GMT -5
Thank you, Kissthegirl! I couldn't have said what you said any better. It's painful to read the negative reviews and the quotes on rottentomatoes especially.
I had seen this scary Judas in Dracula 2000, didn't know who he was, and then saw Attila. Wow! I thought, "...well, ok, where'd he go? who's handling him? what's up?"
I remember wondering, "Did he die?"
I then late one night caught the amazing scene of Phantom where he cried and let her go.
You'd see this adorable and funny, young and flirty Scotsman around and about on the talk shows, etc. and then the blockbuster 300 came, and with that, celebrity.
In all his movies there's this "something." This special pull, sometimes brief - not all the way through the movie is what I'm trying to say. But it's that special thing that wins big time for many actors.
Not Gerry. Not so far. Some of the reviews are hateful and, in my opinion, just wrong. All that with the Bounty Hunter it was like he really pissed off some concerning people somewhere. Like maybe..."Here's that foreigner too good to have the hots for our very own JenA..." That mentality. That small town mentality toward an "outsider" ..."him coming in here out of nowhere raking up all the fans. Here, GB, take this SMACK and that POW and that KICK!" You know?
They're suppose to be friends and I even thought Jay Leno was jealous the other night, wasn't acting not jealous enough. It's known that beautiful people get hurt over just being beautiful, just every jealous way possible.
No, I don't think it was the movie they mean to throw rottentomatoes at at all. That somebody somewhere is afraid of our beautiful man, Gerard. That he probably doesn't care all that much what or who they are would defeat the purpose anyway. He's strong enough seems like to keep giving us some great work. So bravo to him. Boo to the rest...
Maybe I'm as crazy and my girls think I am sometimes...it's ok, you can tell me. I don't mind.
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Post by Dianne on Sept 23, 2011 20:21:53 GMT -5
Spreading the good word on 'Machine Gun Preacher,' 'Dolphin Tale' Marketers for both films are aiming for a broad market with a special focus on churchgoers. 'Machine Gun' also hopes to lure motorcycle clubs, and 'Dolphin' is reaching out to home-schooled children. Machine Gun Preacher Gerard Butler stars in “Preacher” as a reformed thug whose religious conversion compels him to save children in Sudan. (Ilze Kitshoff / Relativity Media / September 22, 2011) Email print increase text size decrease text size Share398 Comments 0 Also Word of Mouth: Faith-based pitch for 'Preacher,' 'Dolphin'
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Post by Dianne on Sept 23, 2011 20:30:59 GMT -5
Thank you, Kissthegirl! I couldn't have said what you said any better. It's painful to read the negative reviews and the quotes on rottentomatoes especially. I had seen this scary Judas in Dracula 2000, didn't know who he was, and then saw Attila. Wow! I thought, "...well, ok, where'd he go? who's handling him? what's up?" I remember wondering, "Did he die?" I then late one night caught the amazing scene of Phantom where he cried and let her go. You'd see this adorable and funny, young and flirty Scotsman around and about on the talk shows, etc. and then the blockbuster 300 came, and with that, celebrity. In all his movies there's this "something." This special pull, sometimes brief - not all the way through the movie is what I'm trying to say. But it's that special thing that wins big time for many actors. Not Gerry. Not so far. Some of the reviews are hateful and, in my opinion, just wrong. All that with the Bounty Hunter it was like he really pissed off some concerning people somewhere. Like maybe..."Here's that foreigner too good to have the hots for our very own JenA..." That mentality. That small town mentality toward an "outsider" ..."him coming in here out of nowhere raking up all the fans. Here, GB, take this SMACK and that POW and that KICK!" You know? They're suppose to be friends and I even thought Jay Leno was jealous the other night, wasn't acting not jealous enough. It's known that beautiful people get hurt over just being beautiful, just every jealous way possible. No, I don't think it was the movie they mean to throw rottentomatoes at at all. That somebody somewhere is afraid of our beautiful man, Gerard. That he probably doesn't care all that much what or who they are would defeat the purpose anyway. He's strong enough seems like to keep giving us some great work. So bravo to him. Boo to the rest... Maybe I'm as crazy and my girls think I am sometimes...it's ok, you can tell me. I don't mind. Hi Daughterstwo... I'm going to nickname you D2. Anyway I love your story on how you became a Gerry fan and I agree with you 100% except 1. thing... The thing about Jay Leno. I think Jay really likes Gerry and I also believe that Jay was in on the gag with Whitney. I think before the tonight show Jay and Whitney put their heads together on how to "roast" Gerry. Jay just walked right into her hands too smoothly when he came out with the "sit on your face line". Jay set her up with that line to give Gerry a little zinger.I think Jay knows Gerry a long enough time that he knows Gerry is a good sport and likes a little naughty talk.
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Post by elenoire on Sept 24, 2011 3:34:15 GMT -5
www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Machine-Gun-Preacher-5483.htmlGerard Butler has spent the first few years of his career as a certain kind of movie star-- the handsome, muscular, man's-man you can count on for a drop kick and a scowl but nothing much deeper than that. In Machine Gun Preacher, he's trying to become a different kind of movie star-- the handsome, muscular, man's-man who you can also believe when he sobs over the body of a Ugandan child killed by a land mine. To his credit, Butler actually pulls this off, but it's in spite of the turgid and self-serious movie that surrounds him; Butler seems to truly understand the remarkable man he's playing, but Machine Gun Preacher never builds real cinema around what could have been a fascinating true story. There's no denying that Sam Childers is a figure worthy of the biopic treatment. A former bike gang member, heroin addict and armed robber, Childers got out of prison to find his wife (Michelle Monaghan) a born-again Christian, and after a few trips back down the rabbit hole of addiction and crime, found religion himself. The fierce personality that Sam once used to score drugs and intimidate his enemies gets funneled into his preaching, and eventually into a mission trip to Uganda through the church; when the rest of the group is spending the weekend on a trip to the city, Sam talks a local (Souleymane Sy Savane) into taking him to southern Sudan. With the civil war raging, Sam witnesses any number of heartbreaking things, from streams of children who seek safe places to sleep at night to the aforementioned dead child, killed by a land mine when chasing after his dog. Sam has proven himself to be fearless and never slow to take action, and by the time he returns home to Pennsylvania he's already drawing up plans not just for a new church in his hometown, but an orphanage in southern Sudan to house all the children whose parents were killed in the war. We see him struggle a little to raise the money, but for the most part his difficulties are more physical, from a growing gulf between him and his wife to the time he has to defend the orphanage with a machine gun in hand. Director Marc Forster allows some room for the complexities of Sam's role in Sudan-- at one point he's defending himself against children drafted as soldiers, and his not-totally-welcome status as a white savior is hinted at by other Africans-- but for the most part Sam is a crusading cowboy in a lawless land, putting himself in danger in order to protect dozens of helpless innocents. Remarkably, it's not even the thorny race issues that trip up Machine Gun Preacher; it's Forster's and screenwriter Jason Keller's inability to make this feel like anything other than a beat-by-beat recreation of a story that might be better told by Childers himself up at a pulpit. As good as Butler is, we never really get inside Sam and his decision-making, watching him do drastic things-- build the orphanage, pick up a machine gun, snap at a kid who innocently spills tea on him-- while only guessing at his own internal turmoil. And while the situation is an age-old conflict of good vs. evil, there's no real conflict built within the story, no villains or obstacles to root against other than the general foes of warlords and death. Michael Shannon is at his usual bug-eyed best in a supporting role as Sam's pal from the old days, but the rest of the cast beyond Butler feels oddly stilted, either uncomfortable in their blue collar roles (as Monaghan is) or stuck playing noble Africans with precious few actual lines. It's impossible to see Machine Gun Preacher and not come away with new respect for Butler, who is hopefully past the "disposable rom-com" part of his career, but there's not much to recommend the movie beyond his magnetic performance and the chance to meet the incredible man he's playing. Reviewed By: Katey Rich 2,5/5
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Post by elenoire on Sept 24, 2011 3:57:15 GMT -5
www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2011/09/24/2011-09-24_gerard_butler_in_machine_gun_preacher_heartthrob_turns_serious_for_a_film_about_.htmlGerard Butler in 'Machine Gun Preacher': Heartthrob turns serious for a film about war-torn Sudan Minutes after exiting the stage on ABC's "The View" to the raucous cheers and applause of the crowd, Gerard Butler slides onto a couch inside a dressing room deep in the heart of the upper West Side studio. Sure, the 41-year-old actor has built a reputation as a man among boys in films like "300," but it must be pretty intimidating feeling like chum in the water in front of a mostly female studio audience who can't get enough of his him or his brogue. ("The vapors" is how "View" co-host Joy Behar describes the swooning.) "Those moments are things you take to the grave, when you walk out and there's just a lot of love and fun and warmth in the room," Butler tells The News as he gets a chance to catch his breath. "But then there is that part of you that thinks, 'Oh s-, I've got a lot to live up to.'" This time Butler really does have a lot to live up to: he's there to talk about "Machine Gun Preacher," arguably the most important movie of his career. Now in theaters, "Preacher" is based on the improbable true story of Sam Childers, a one-time drug addicted, motorcycle-riding ex-con who finds Jesus and heads off to war-torn Sudan in the late '90s to build an orphanage. No ordinary man of God, Childers saved, and continues to save, as many children as he can by taking up arms to fend off the rebels who burn villages, kidnap kids and butcher their parents. Butler - coming off the critically panned romantic comedy "The Bounty Hunter" and the sci-fi actioner "Gamer" - needed a role with some heft. And the movie, directed by Marc Forster ("Monster's Ball," "The Kite Runner") relies on the star's celebrity to draw bodies into the multiplex for what everyone involved considers an important message. "Without a doubt, this type of movie and this situation - it does kind of fall on my shoulders," says Butler, who has gotten emotional in interviews talking about the film. Childers, though, had some doubts when Butler arrived in Johnstown, Pa., to learn from the Machine Gun Preacher in his natural habitat. "I'm not going to lie, I was excited but I didn't think he was going to pull it off," says Childers, who sees this film as a chance to draw attention to the cause. "I mean the guy has got a strong Scottish accent and I didn't think he was going to pull it off. But I'll tell you what - the guy does an unbelievable job. "One thing about me, I am a preacher, but I'm not afraid to tell you how it is. If I wasn't satisfied with this movie and what it's doing, then I wouldn't support it." Holding court in his kitchen and surrounded by family and friends, Childers put the actor to the test. He put out a handgun to gauge whether this Hollywood pretty boy was a real man or just played one in the movies. As soon as Butler picked it up and started brandishing it, however, everyone in the room promptly started screaming to put it down because the gun was loaded. "It wouldn't have been a method I would have used, especially a loaded gun," says Butler, laughing. "To this day I don't know if they were kidding me." Butler must have passed Childers' test because he found himself on location in South Africa - which doubled for Sudan - surrounded by child actors and pyrotechnics in the hundred-plus-degree heat and getting hit by shrapnel as he did his own stunts. Months later, he's no longer dodging bullets, but dodging paparazzi, like the ones who cornered him during a meal at Da Silvano in the West Village the night before. His revenge on what he calls "the bottom-feeders"? Pulling out his cell phone and relentlessly snapping pictures of them. If there's one benefit from the relentless media blitz, though, it's that Butler has a few days back in New York City, which he considers as much home as the Scottish Highlands where he was born and raised. When he has downtime, the first thing he does is bicycle from his Manhattan apartment, down the West Side Highway, around the tip of the borough and across the Brooklyn Bridge to get lost for a few hours. It may not be exciting by Childers' standards, but it's Butler's idea of adventure. "There is no other city that excites me so much just to be on the streets," he says. "I'm such a whiny guy when it comes to press and promotions 'cause I'm going, 'Why do I have to do this?' I want to be out, I want to be going to that restaurant, I want to be walking down that street. "If I think we're close to somewhere, I'll jump out of the car just to be close to that vibe."
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Post by Dianne on Sept 24, 2011 12:58:00 GMT -5
Thank you Spa.... You know I am going to post a piece of this... The critics all seem to be saying... The film is so-so but Gerry was awesome!!! You know what, I will take that!!! www.cctothep.com/blog/2011/09/23/machine-gun-preacher/REVIEW: MACHINE GUN PREACHER (2011) “Machine Gun Preacher” is based on the true story of Sam Childers, a hardass biker who led a life of crime and drugs, but found God and decided to help less fortunate children in Africa. It’s the kind of heroic life that’s tailor made for the big screen, except the vessel it’s presented in is nothing more than a big-budgeted Lifetime movie. Gerard Butler stars as the titular preacher, and is pretty excellent in the role. He embodies the badass persona of Childers well while also believably transforming into a crusader for Sudanese children who are forced to kill their parents and become soldiers. If Butler had been given more meat to chew on, this would have been a dynamite role.
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Post by kneum on Sept 24, 2011 13:00:27 GMT -5
I know this is extremely early, BUT according to the ESTIMATED money made yesterday for the new movies, MGP is leading: MGP in 4 theaters--$2,500 per theater Moneyball in 2,993 theaters--$2,255 per theater The Dolphin Tale in 3,507 theaters--$1,457 per theater Killer Elite in 2,986 theaters--$1,172 per theater I just hope, hope, hope that it continues to do well!!!!! Kneum
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Post by Dianne on Sept 24, 2011 13:51:36 GMT -5
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