PAPARAZZI Discussion

And how do strippers factor into it?

Heavily, I hope.

The movie has come a few years too late. Should have came out with this a year after Princess Diana died.

This film is the directorial debut of Mel Gibson's former barber. I shit you not!

It looks like one of those movies people in movies go see. Bo Laramie?

"Every picture tells a story, but one good shot deserves another."

That doesn't even make any fucking sense!

God, I can't wait to see this movie.

So, are the paparazzi villains equipped with karate ninjas that deploy from helicopters? Cause that would be insanely awesome.

Honestly though, looks like Hollywood finally ran out of evil factions. I really don't get the premise of it. Hell on aicn they were talking about this on the chat and I thought they were joking.

Seriosuly, how do the villains commit evil acts? Do they employ assassins? Will the film try to play it serious or will the protagonist throw one of the evil paparazzi dudes into a burning ball of fire and then let out an "Oh snap!"?

This film is stupid.

From the trailer, it looks like they paralyze or almost kill Bo Laramie's wife, Robin Tunney, in a car accident.

Also, I think "I'm gonna destroy your life and eat your soul. And I can't. Wait. To do it." is the line of the summer, make that the year.

Why does this have to have Tom Sizemore in it? I want so badly to hate this movie, but he's just so damn cool. I hope it does well to keep him in high profile roles, but I think it looks so stupid.

Evil paparazzi? C'mon. This is such a Hollywood movie. It is indeed too late. Whatever outrage over them existed has long since dwindled. Celebrities make millions upon millions based on what these photographers do, they crave the attention when they are ready, and then cry and cry and cry when somebody snaps a shot of them in sweat pants at Wal-Mart. Does it sort of suck? I suppose it would after a while. Is it an absolutely pathetic and stupid profession to have, wasting your life taking pictures of famous yet trivial celebrities? Yes. Does the whole thing warrant a movie? Hell no.

I just saw the trailer for this yesterday, and I couldn't fucking believe my eyes. I was truly stunned, I didn't think it was possible for something like this to get a theatrical release, let alone greenlighted.

I suppose when "House of the Dead" gets a theatrical release while superior horror films are resigned to DVD, I shouldn't be surprised.

All those years of watching "Commando" as a guilty pleasure have come back to haunt me.

The voice-over on the trailer for this might actually be more ridiculous than the ones that Pablo-something comedian made up in his stand-up routine.


"ONE MAN....."

To be fair, the movie isn't targeted at moviegoers like us. A revenge fantasy needs to strike a familiar chord, and unless you're an A-list Hollywood celebrity constantly hounded by photographers, you're just not going to relate. It's a niche film when you get down to it, and guys like Bo Laramie will probably really dig Paparazzi.

Maybe in the sequel, he'll discover these rare and mystical creatures known as security guards.

This looks like such a fucking throwback. Do we really need a return of this kind of thriller? Have we learned nothing from "Pacific Heights"?

Huummm...looks like I'm the only one here on Chud who actually finds this interesting based on the trailer alone. I'll be there...opening day.

What exactly looks interesting about it?

1. Cole Hauser - I've never seen him disappoint yet in a film. Even in mediocre flicks he tends to shine.

2. The gritty filmmaking - Always dig that style. Yes, it is a throwback but then so am I.

3. It's a revenge/vigilanty film - I have serious, deep seeded issues that need to be worked out.

(besides the trailer)

4. Paul Abascal - This is his theatrical directorial debut. I have a thing for first time directors. I find that more often than not their approach to films are fresh compared to their veteran counterparts. I tire easily of the glossy, polished "Hollywood" productions.

I like Cole Hauser too but this looks painful to watch.

Cole Hauser is great. I mean, he was Benny in Dazed and Confused. And now he is BO LARAMIE.

All right, no more talk about the trailer, but that voice-over is just hilarious.

Just judging from the trailer this movie will make no sense.

Okay, so the paparazzi harass this man, BO LARAMIE, to the point that they try to kill him and his wife. Therefore, he decides to strike back. Wouldn't this REALLY fucking back-fire on him? Okay, the paparazzi are guys with media connections. BO LARAMIE tosses one of them out of a five story window... wouldn't that be ALLLLLL over the news the next day with BO LARAMIE in jail? He couldn't take revenge on ANY of them without it being plastered all over the news!

I get the feeling this will play well in LA and flop everywhere else.

But wade in fighting the papparrazzii men on there own terms does not BO LARAMIE become the same evil which he hath wrought???

Maybe they could do a Paparazzi/Punisher crossover/versus film.

surely they could have found a better incarnate of evil the paparazzis though....

although there should be a scene where he sticks one in a dumpster and kicks it donw a hill or something.....and then it gets lit on fire....then explodes......and THEN they show him standing at the top of a hill and you hear a guitar riff......'80's style!

Honestly though, why is this film being made? the UK will not like this film what with the obvious reference. I don't see how this film can actually play well. One certainly wonders if the line "THEY TOOK AWAY MY LIFE!" is used.....no scratch that, when the line is used.

The premeire for this should be funny.

If everyone in this country were a famous celebrity, this would be the biggest movie of the year.

Everybody wants to be, so this steaming pile may have hope yet.

Hey, remember the eighties?

I do...& the seventies, sixties...

If we are bashing throwback styled films I think almost everything by Soderbergh is on the plate.

Filler.Pure filler.This is specifically a small film that will make a little cash for the studio as a rental,in the sense of "Oh,the film we really want to see is out,hmmm,well let's get Paparazzi."


And Cole Hauser,is no Wings Hauser.And we're all worse off because of it.

I don't think said bashing is due to the film's retro stylings. I think it's due to it's "wow, this movie looks like anus" stylings.

Well, I thought it was obvious that my comment was made specifically in regard to the significant amount of "retro" bashing on this thread & not to the intelligent "anus", "sucks", "steam pile" comments... but maybe I wasn't clear enough.

Come on guys, it has Dennis Farina, Clyde Kusatsu AND Tim Thomerson. How can this not be good?

I agree. But then, he's also a drug addict with a Gideon Bible-thick jacket of battery complaints from various women, and he just came off a jail term. The fact that's he's starring in anything other than the Chino Men's Colony Aryan Biker Players' version of Irreversible is a small miracle.

lmao wade. I saw a commercial yesterday and the part where the car gets hit I just busted up thinking of Mikah's comments about bodyguards.

NOTE: BO LARAMIE IS READING THIS THREAD.

Not 20 minutes after I made my previous sardonic comment, Laramie showed up at my apartment and tossed me out of my window like a sack of flour. I likely fared better than his victim in the film, as the fall was a mere 2 stories instead of 5 and thankfully I've lived to tell the tale.

Bo knows Justice.

Lmao!

This post made me happy.

its annoying that there are 4 paparzzi that he is going to kill in the movie, and the trailer shows you how two of them die.

Yes, but the big question of how the random stripper shots relate to the movie remains up in the air.

Indeed!

Seriously, though, I don't think it looks that bad... it looks similar to PAYBACK, in that it's a vigilante romp that you suspend disbelief for. We all love films that have a lot less realistic aspects to them, and we also don't know exactly how this film plays out. If Bo tosses a photographer out a window, I assume there'll be a media backlash against him, which will be part of the film. Or maybe Bo is thought (or even pronounced) dead at the scene of the accident, and then comes back for revenge (which would rock hard). Who knows? I just wish it were someone like George Clooney or Alec Baldwin stalking the stalkers...

I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt, if it's fun and/or entertaining. About time a film attacking paparazzi was released, anyway.

Years ago, I had the idea of making a film with the same ever-so-creative title, but it would be a much more gritty look into the life of one of those bottom-feeders who has to make a living essentially stalking celebrities because he's been doing it for so long there's nothing else he can do, and it would've been one of those pretentious statements on the media that every film student wants to do at some point or another before they hit thirty.