14 Responses for "Bedtime Stories"

1. Andrew October 29th, 2008 at 4:46 pm 1

   I’m buying the premise except for the gumballs. There’s something called gravity. If gumballs rained on you , you’d be dead. C’mon people. We need more realism in our Adam Sandler movies!

2. Ryan Adams October 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pm 2

   ha! Andrew.
   Maybe needs an Aimee Mann song.

3. The Third Man October 29th, 2008 at 5:35 pm 3

   Why is this being posted here?

4. Ryan Adams October 29th, 2008 at 5:43 pm 4

   The Third Man,
   1) Adam Shankman earned one free pass with Hairspray
   2) So nobody can accuse us of being elitist
   3) Keri Russell: cute
   4) The Razzies are awards too

5. w.j. October 29th, 2008 at 8:35 pm 5

   Maybe Randy Newman wrote the theme song!!! After all, didn’t “Norbit” get an Oscar nod?

6. Free October 29th, 2008 at 8:43 pm 6

   Keri Russell is indeed some cute piece of woman.

   But it’s discouraging that Adam Sandler movies will make money no matter how incredibly bad they are. And considering this will be a story essentially orchestrated by kids, guess we can expect a disjointed, plot-less unfunny movie for Sandler. So, you know, the usual.

7. Proman October 29th, 2008 at 9:39 pm 7

   And speaking of “Time Bandits” in regards to this movie:

   “Don’t touch it! It’s evil….”

8. Daniel October 30th, 2008 at 1:04 am 8

   “The Fall” for the masses…

9. Ryan Adams October 30th, 2008 at 1:36 am 9

   !! Daniel nails it! Exactly.
   The Fall for audiences who never heard of The Fall.

10. Walt. G October 30th, 2008 at 7:24 am 10

    About a movie you havn’t seen yet you say:

    “I feel sleepy already. Just like Time Bandits, except the only time stolen is two hours of your life.”

    And then in response to

    “Why is this being posted here?”

    you say

    “2) So nobody can accuse us of being elitist”

    A little bit too late for that.

11. theunusualsubject October 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm 11

    Russell Brand’s career isn’t over yet (check UK news for more on this story).

12. Alan of Montreal October 30th, 2008 at 9:14 pm 12

    “So nobody can accuse us of being elitist” doesn’t wash. If that were truly the case, there’d be a helluva lot more trailers on here. There’s a tonne of foreign films that don’t get trailered here, as well as other films that you would have reasonable access to. Where’s the trailer for My Name is Bruce? The re-make of Friday the 13th? Paul Blart: Mall Cop? I’ve seen those on other sites, so why not here? Yes, this site is called “Awardsdaily,” but that’s only because Sasha was forced to change it from “Oscarwatch.” Sure, it sounds elitist, but that’s what the Oscars (and all awards shows, for that matter–yes, even the Golden Raspberries) are. If the trailer for any old film was put on here, it sort of renders the whole point of the site meaningless. Now, if there was a chance that the song from the film, or the make-up, or special effects had buzz for a nod, then that’s fine–but then that should be mentioned. Otherwise, it seems to me that a lot of these trailers just end up taking up space. Maybe what’s needed is a separate section specifically for trailers.

13. Ryan Adams October 30th, 2008 at 10:27 pm 13

    Alan, whether it’s trailers or random news that we run across, not everything that catches our eye is awards related, nor has it even been. What would you have us post in March and April? August and September? We sort of ran out of things to say every day about The Visitor during the entire desolate month following the Oscars.

    The site runs year round, and so do movies that will never get any closer to the Kodak Theater than Sarah Palin will get to the Oval Office. That doesn’t mean the losers aren’t of novelty interest to anybody. Last month I posted the trailer for Defiance the day after the trailer for Twilight. Care to guess which one got the most comments? A few days later I posted the excellent red band trailer for Let the Right One In. It got 1/3 the number of hits that Twilight generated.

    Also, I’m not going to post a grainy crap youtube copy of a beautiful foreign film. It’s an insult to a good movie to give it such scummy exposure. When I find an good clear copy of a trailer for more esoteric movies, I post them. I featured a trailer for The Wackness a few months back and it got zero comments.

    Sometimes it’s fun to watch a trailer for a junk movie — to enhance our appreciation of the really good movies that might be less than perfect — and just so people can get the snarking out their system. Posts like these can function as a humor valve to let off steam and as a release from dozens of important but sometimes grim documentaries.

    This trailer might not be a lot of fun for you, but more than a dozen other people wanted to comment without complaint. Should your taste — or mine — dictate what everyone else gets to see?

    It’s hard to know what people will respond to. But the worst measure of what ought to posted and what shouldn’t is the protest of a single individual.

14. Daniel October 31st, 2008 at 12:12 am 14

    Who really cares whether this is posted or not…?
    There’s way more posts about real Oscar movies, why not hear about one like this every once in a while?