New at the box office today: 8/17

tmontyb wrote: Mike Epps truly surprised me. He actually has range.

Nystyle709 wrote:Okey dokey, I finally saw Sparkle. And I really liked it. I don't know why critics are panning it.....but prob. because their old white asses have never saw the original and don't know what to make of it.....but the movie was a true "remake". It paralleled the original, but didn't try to outright copy it and added a few extra elements to make it more contemporary. The only problem I have with that is is that the movie is set in the 60's and since R. Kelly did most of the music, the music to me didn't sound like something that would've came out in the 60's. But overall, I give it a B. And I loved Whitney's solo.

Nystyle709 wrote:

Yep. And I've noticed that a lot of comedians have that same range and can pull of dramatic roles, contrary to their typical style, better than regular actors. Chris Tucker did it in Dead Presidents, Eddie Murphy did it in Dreamgirls, Richard Pryor did it in Some Kind of Hero, Jamie Foxx did it in Ray and Ali (and countless others), Damon Wayans did it in Bamboozled. How ironic.

Alan Smithee wrote:

"Dying is easy, comedy is hard."

I think it's a lot harder to be funny than not so it doesn't surprise me to see comedians do well in dramas. Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg are two other examples. Speaking of irony, I can only think of one comedy that I liked Robin Williams in.

Shale wrote:The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie Blurb by Shale
August 31, 2012

Today there were no new movies opening that appealed to me so I picked up this one of a couple weeks past with my free-movie ticket. I had watched the trailers and saw what this Disney PG rated movie was about and figured it would be pleasant and relaxing.

It follows a couple, Cindy (Jennifer Garner) and Jim Green (Joel Edgerton) who really want to have a kid but after much trying are resigned to being childless. To ease their pain they spend the evening over a bottle of wine, writing all the attributes of their perfect child on little note papers - good heart, positive attitude, total honesty, artistic ability, kicking the winning goal in a soccer game. They even name him Timothy and put all the papers into a wooden box and bury it in the garden.

That night they find a 10-year-old boy covered in mud who says his name is Timothy (CJ Adams) and calls them mom & dad. He is the perfect little boy, except for the leaves that are sprouting at his ankles.

I found the movie quite charming and not overly sappy as it takes us thru the parenting efforts of the Greens in dealing with the almost perfect child and how the rest of the family and community adjust to him.

A newly released study conducted by Home Depot, the nationwide home improvement retailer, has revealed a startling increase in gardening by pedophiles since last week's release of Disney's "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," the story of a childless couple who inadvertently grow a 10-year-old-boy in their backyard.

According to Home Depot's study, thousands of suspected pedophiles have streamed into the company's stores nationwide asking if they carried "Timothy Green" seeds.



" 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green' is classic Disney wish fulfillment," convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky told Hollywood & Swine. "If I could've grown kids in my own backyard, Penn State wouldn’t have had to forfeit 111 wins."

Walt Disney Studios, the company behind "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," admitted they were shocked to learn about pedophiles' favorable reaction to their movie, especially after the film’s tracking indicated pedophiles had no interest in seeing it. But several pedophiles admitted they lied to Disney's marketing research department about wanting to see the film, afraid the truth might violate their parole.

To capitalize on the new interest in gardening by pedophiles, Disney has announced plans to release a new line of "Timothy Green," merchandise. According to a spokesperson for Disney, the merchandise will include sprinklers, weed killer, gardening gloves and "Timothy Green" seeds.

"They’re really only sunflower seeds,” said a Disney spokesperson. "But these creepy perverts don’t seem to care, because they’re already waiting in line outside Home Depot to buy them."