Chris Columbus Addresses — Page 2

Do you really think any one of those actors would really come out and denounce the directors actions? That would be suicide, career wise, and for the film itself. Who's gonna go see a movie in which the actors think its crap? Ofcourse we didn't hear anything about Anthony, or Adam, or Idina, or Jesse, or Wilson, or Taye or Tracie or Rosario not liking it. They would have to be stupid to voice an opinion like that at this time.

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My problem, everything, is that Chris Colombus was the wrong choice. From the beginning I dreaded the decision to hire him. He is a hack film maker. Was I the only one that saw the travesty he commited in his direction of Chamber of Secrets?

That right there should have been enough for him to never be hired to adapt source material from another medium.

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"Again, I don't care if you disagree, but I think it's highly presumptious to act like a spoiled child and speak to harshly out against that."

Yes emcee, god forbid i have a negative opinion of your beloved film.

And I made no accusations I just said, that because we haven't heard anything, isn't proof of ****. Because no actor, if they did in fact think the movie was bad, would be dumb enough, if they wanted to continue working, and not want the movie to fail, to speak out with their negative views of the film or film makers.


Who's the presumptious one now?

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I know he was trying to explain why and I semi understand his rasoning, but not really. It is bs....I mean scenes being "too strong" that is crap. In the end of the movie (end being without you on) the only thing that was not emotion for me was Your Eyes...mostly because you did not see them really go their seperate ways and see how emotion it was for both of them. If it was a time thing I would understand the cut of Halloween, but it wasn't. So yea he "explained" but I still dont buy it

And am I the only one who noticed that you cant make a comment on it but you CAN comment on the other questions asked...I think he did that one on purpose too

Emcee? I still fail to see where i was making false statments, and acussing me of twisting your words? Um what the ****?

and also, have you ever trusted someone Emcee, and realized, at time when it was too late to stop doing something involving them, your trust was misplaced in them? cause that happens, pretty often. I know there have been quite a few people I have trusted (especially in theatre) who have turned out to not have the best interest of the material, and the production in mind, or who just turned out to be bad at what they do, and sometimes, it was too late for me to stop my involvment.

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I am sorry if I misunderstood, but aren't you basically saying that you disbelieve the notion that the cast trusted Columbus? Just because you haven't *heard it* does not mean that there were small things they were unhappy with. But I think it's becoming ridiculous to keep drilling and drilling that they must be lying when they say they're proud of it.

You twisted my words in that you turn this into it being about you disliking my "beloved" film. And like I keep saying, to each his own. I'm sorry that you didn't like it, but that is your opinion, to which you are entitled. I'm not trying to change your mind or make you like the movie, but it's silly to me to insist what you think true when you've not information, but only speculation with which to back it up.

Yes. I've trusted people. My ability to trust is disgustingly large; and for it I've been let down. That's why I fought so hard for this movie. Very, very early on, someone involved gained my trust. And that trust conditioned me to be open and accepting to whatever we were given. I got so deep into it, that even when I was scared out of my pants that it wouldn't work, I couldn't stop -- I couldn't turn around and tell everyone that maybe I'd been wrong all along. This is all about trusting people; and like I said, I'm sorry that you feel Columbus broke yours.

ETA -- Marquise, a similar thing happened with my mom. I asked her if anything confused her, and she said not really; but then when I began to mention to her some of the cuts that had been made, she went "yeah, you know, I didn't really get that." She got the basics, and understood everything. It was interesting to me that until brought up, she found no quibbles with those parts -- I had to push for them.

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Updated On: 12/1/05 at 05:25 PM

yes emcee, you did misunderstand. I wasnt saying simply because we haven't heard anything that we can't trust chris. I was simply stating that just because we haven't heard anyhting, doesn't mean any of the actors don't have those negative opinions. It simply means, that if one (or more) of them does, they haven't expressed it. That is all. Just because something isn't said, doesn't mean it isn't thought. Plain and simple. I'm not saying any of them definately think it, I would have no way of knowing that, because I am neither one of the actors nor a confidant of one of the actors. I was simply putting a different theory out there.

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:: gives emcee an ice bag ::

~ my boyfriend liked it more than i did
he was suprised i didn't like it because he's had to put up all these months with me and my "rent is being made into a film" obsession.
~ not to mention my love for rosario and me in front of the pc on BWW discussing it
i had more of a problem with the changes because i'm *closer* to the material
~ i guess it just comes down to the fact that i was expecting alot more than what i got because i truly believe this material could've been adapted so much better than it was for the screen.
~ to me it really was a let down

The reasoning behind cutting these scenes still makes zero sense to me.

Emcee, I understand what ZONEACE is saying. No actor is going to state, especially at this point in time, whether or not he or she has negative opinions on the film. They just won't. That's the case with every film. It's not an accusation so much as saying that the actors talking about what they approve of really doesn't prove anything.

jerby ~

ive seen the film three times
~ i don't think my opinion is going to change after having viewed this film three times in one week.
i am seeing this film for what is (for me at least)
~ a very flawed adaptation of one of my favorite shows
it has it's *moments* but *moments* does not a whole movie make.

EDIT: Again, I'm not negating anyone else's opinions on this film. I'm simply expressing my POV.

Updated On: 12/1/05 at 05:48 PM

I think one of my biggest problems with the film is that it felt more like a series of vignettes than a film. The dialogue and music didn't flow well enough from one number to the next and make me feel like I was experiencing one whole story. I'm also not sure if I liked how the movie looked, but I can't really put my finger on why that is.

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I think everyone needs to just shut their yap.

Chris may be telling the truth or he may be full of it, we don't know, we weren't there and we haven't seen the film with the scenes in it.

Once the DVD comes out and you get a chance to view the scenes then we can have this argument, but until that time this entire discussion is just speculation.

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You know what would be cool? Seeing Tracie performing "We're Okay!" just for kicks. They should film it then add it to the DVD.

Other thoughts:
I wonder if they ever filmed the April suicide scene and would it be on the DVD.

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Updated On: 12/2/05 at 12:05 AM