Parker Movie Trailer Infuriates

Yep.  I'm gonna hate this movie.  I want to quell my troll rage but I just can't.  Donald Westlake is dead.  Hollywood now has its first opprotunity to use the "Parker" name and not just a stand-in (Walker in Point Blank, Porter in Payback) and they completely F Up the character.  "Civilized people need to follow rules" my ass.  Parker is a sociopath, not Robin Hood.  And the unstoppable Jennifer Lopez romance--so damn infuriating.

Now, take away my love for the Richard Stark novels and I might be able to see some quality in this new Statham venture.  But my dorkdom won't let me be happy here.  I'm not just annoyed, I'm fucking sad.  Sigh.  Get over yourself, Brad.  You've still got the Darwyn Cooke comics.  Outside of the actual Stark novels, those are pretty damn perfect.  And maybe one day we'll get that Michael Shannon Parker flick.



--Brad

The Parker Poster Is Here...

Sigh.  Been a few months since we've gotten any word on this flick, but there you are ladies and germs--The first official poster for Taylor Hackford's Parker film courtesy of IGN.  And it makes me all kinds of sad.  I love Jason Statham.  And with the right screenplay and the right director I might even forget what a poor choice he is for Richard Stark's Parker. After all, it's not like Lee Marvin was the perfect choice to portray him for John Boorman's mad Point Blank - he just made it work.  But this poster?  It's so damn bland.  "To Get Away Clean, You Have To Play Dirty."  Give me a freaking break.  Who knows, maybe there's a hard film behind this photoshop travesty but I'm guessing this January getaway is gonna be just another pathetic pretender to the thrown.  A trailer should be hitting the net any day now, so we'll just have to wait and see.

--Brad

Trailer: Gangster Squad

Oh yeah, I definitely dig this trailer for Gangster Squad even if one twitterer I saw was right in saying that Sean Penn's face looks like a Dick Tracy monstrosity.  This all looks like a very glitzy, punched up version of an imagined James Ellroy adaptation and I'm A-OK with that.  Plus, Brolin & Gosling.  Nice.



--Brad