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Directed by Gore Verbinski Paramount Pictures 3 1/2 STARS Who among us has not wanted to throw a Wendy’s Frosty at Nicolas Cage? Or any famous person, for that matter? There’s something nauseating about the American culture of celebrity, where the great goal is to be seen on TV, regardless of talent. In Gore Verbinski’s new film, “The Weather Man,” the titular character is actually the target of such attacks, and the film itself might be read as a pie-in-the-face...
...icon Errol Flynn - a natural. But Bloom was actually the last lead to be cast. "We really needed somebody who could hold his own as the love interest-Errol Flynn character, so the audience wouldn't think Keira was going to end up with Johnny Depp," says director Gore Verbinski. Rush, who had also worked on Ned Kelly, suggested Bloom, and Verbinski set up a dinner with him and Knightley. During the meal, Verbinski recalls, "I just kept looking at them across the table and thought, 'This could work.'" It does - on several levels. Bloom and Knightley make a sweet...
...machine like the Tower of Terror or a camp classic like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride but the staid Pirates of the Caribbean. For this project, Depp put aside the nutsy-greatsy auteurs of his past (Tim Burton, John Waters, Terry Gilliam, Jim Jarmusch) to team up with Gore Verbinski, a director whose prime artistic achievement is the masterminding of the Budweiser frog commercials...
...Maybe Verbinski's talent takes to water. Maybe he took inspiration from the cunning script by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio; their credits include The Mask of Zorro and a lot of bright, clever animated hits (Aladdin, Antz, Shrek). But, honestly, who cares to parse the authorship? Buy a ticket, take a seat, have a ball...
...meeting of East and West already means good business. Will it mean good movies? Maybe not, if The Ring is any indication. Gore Verbinski's U.S. version works best when it copies directly from the original: the suspenseful opening and the hackle-raising climax (with a ghost crawling out of a TV set). Still, the Japanese film dragged at just 90 minutes; the remake is nearly two hours, with a trawler of new red herrings introduced but little value added. And though Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) carries the film in the role originated by Nanako Ma-tsushima...