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Friday, 29 December 2017
FILM 1731: KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE
TRIVIA: The film's cast includes
five Oscar winners: Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Colin Firth, and Elton John.
Third film of 2017 to feature the
song 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver. The
other films to feature the song are Alien: Covenant (2017),
and Logan Lucky (2017)
(which also stars Channing Tatum). The director, Matthew Vaughn, was
shocked when he found out about how popular Denver and his songs had become in
2017 films, with him saying he "...wrote John Denver into the script two
and a half years ago thinking 'No one really talks about John Denver
anymore.'"
This marks the third time that
actor Bruce
Greenwood has played the United States President. He previously
played President John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days (2000)
and a fictitious U.S. President in National Treasure: Book of
Secrets (2007). Greenwood can never actually run for President
in real life because he was born in Canada.
The robot dogs, Bennie and Jet, are
a reference to Elton John's song "Bennie and the Jets."
Mark Strong, who
plays Merlin, provides the voice-over for Vue Cinemas in the UK and Ireland
with regards to cinema etiquette. Exclusively for "Kingsman: The Golden
Circle" screenings, he delivers the etiquette message in character as
Merlin, reminding audiences to switch off their phones in his own unique style.
On the Statesmans' plane, a bottle
of Born and Bred Vodka can be seen on the bar. Channing Tatum is
the owner of this vodka brand.
First film that Colin Firth and Jeff Bridges have
appeared in together. They have twice competed with each other for the Best
Actor Academy Award. In 2009, Bridges won for Crazy Heart (2009),
while Firth was nominated for A Single Man (2009). In 2010, Firth won for The King's Speech (2010),
while Bridges was nominated for True Grit (2010).
The original subtitle was The
Golden Triangle, named after the area that borders Thailand, Laos and Myanmar.
However, when the film was test screened three times, the filmmakers found out
that no one in the test audience had heard of the area's geography nor the history
with that title. It was then decided to change the word Triangle to Circle.
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Saturday, 5 August 2017
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Monday, 7 December 2015
FILM 1433: ANT-MAN
TRIVIA Originally the film was
meant to focus on the original Ant-Man, Hank Pym. However, the filmmakers
deemed Pym as having a too family-unfriendly history (Pym developed several
split personalities, one of whom abused his girlfriend Janet) and instead
decided to focus on Pym's successor Scott Lang, with Pym becoming a mentor and
supporting character.
Paul Rudd stated in an
interview with New York Times columnist Tom Riddle that he purchased a massive
ant farm and watched how the ants worked together. He was so inspired by them
that he decided to keep the farm after the filming was complete.
Director Edgar Wright, a big fan of
Ant-Man, proposed the film to Marvel in 2003, describing it as "an action-adventure
comedy; a cross-genre action and special effects bonanza." He had been
developing the movie since then, shooting a test reel, hiring the cast, and was
close to begin shooting the movie. However, in 2014, he dropped out due to
'creative differences' between him and Disney, which had bought out Marvel
Studios 5 years prior.
Posters for "Pingo Doce,"
the Brazilian soda company Bruce Banner worked for in The Incredible Hulk
(2008), can be seen in the San Francisco scenes.
The laser sounds fired from
Yellowjacket's suit are the same sound as the main gun on an AT-AT being fired
in the Star Wars movies. Disney of course owns Marvel and Star Wars.
According to Michael Douglas, the
costume for Paul Rudd
had to be altered because of his muscles. Rudd had gone on an extensive
training and workout regimen in order to build the proper muscle size for a
superhero, but Rudd had become so muscular, they had to soften his costume up.
Scott Lang suggests calling the
Avengers to assist. In the comics Ant-Man was an original Avenger.
When Paul Rudd told his 9-year-old
son he was going to be Ant-Man, his son said, "Wow, I can't wait to see
how stupid that'll be."
Darren Cross jokes that the concept
of a shrinking human sounds like a "tale to astonish." Ant-Man made
his debut in the comic "Tales to Astonish" #27 (Jan. 1962).
Garrett Morris who
portrays a cab driver in the film appeared as Ant Man in a Saturday Night Live (1975)
sketch when Margot Kidder
guest hosted. The sketch was a superhero cocktail party. When Ant-Man arrives,
he's given a hard time by the other, more popular superheroes.
Stan Lee makes a cameo in
the movie as the bartender who says a woman looks "stupid fine."
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