This Just In From MTV.com
I have another latest bit about Chapter 27 from MTV.com. It is courtesy of Josh Horowitz who is at the moment at Sundance and this is another of the latest regarding that film. Of course,it's really not a full review. It's just a few words by Mr. Horowitz and a bit about the audience reaction.Below is where you can find it:
10:34p.m.
"It's a Sundance miracle.I have found the theatre(with some help from a gas station attendant) showing "Chapter 27",and what's more,I haven't even missed a frame of it. This is the very first screening of "Chapter 27", a much hyped about John Lennon's assassin NHJKGBTYRZUI (Jared Leto) in the days leading up to the Beatle's murder. Lindsay Lohan in a supporting role does not hurt the curiosity factor. After seeing a couple of movies at Sundance you learn the protocol awfully quick. The credits come up as the film concludes and the audience pays their respects, often with raucous applause. This is not a review of "Chapter 27", so I'll out my many thoughts on the flick, but suffice it to say, ''only a FEW people applauded at the end and I wasn't one of them.'' This can't be the last flick I see here. It can't end like this."
There you go. Yet another bit about this poor excuse of a film that is not even getting any favorable reviews at the festival. It's a wonder that Mr. Schaeffer even made the film in the first place and it's also another wonder why those behind the scenes at the Sundance Film Festival gave this film and it's maker the green light to premiere at the festival in the first place when we are seeing that NOBODY is interested in this film or why Lennon's murderer even murdered Lennon in the first place.
Chapter 27's days are numbered as we speak. It should not be long when the festival is over and this film does not get any takers in the distribution arena, which we all hope on this board does not happen at all. If it does not have any takers that would release it to theatres, we can declare victory and let the celebrations begin. If it does, which, again, we hope does not happen, we can hope that this movie BOMBS and disappears soonafter it reaches theatres. We can still win it either way.
Let's hope for the best. It looks like we're winning, so far. Let's keep it up.
AND MORE:
SEAN LENNON and LINDSAY LOHAN's friendship is at risk after the musician's decision to go public with his feelings about her "tacky" new film.
The son of late BEATLE JOHN LENNON hates the idea of Lohan's new movie CHAPTER 27, in which she plays a friend of his father's killer MARK DAVID CHAPMAN, played by JARED LETO.
In one scene the young Sean meets Chapman in Central Park, New York - less than a mile from where the deranged fan shot his father dead outside the Dakota Building.
And Lennon is far from impressed with the film's premise, stating, "It's a tacky thing to make a film about.
"Lindsay was my friend, so I don't want to hurt her feelings... I think she felt that she understood but she'd already agreed to do it." And speaking to US TV news show THE INSIDER before checking into rehab, Lohan revealed she knew all about her friend's distaste for Chapter 27.
She said, "He's my friend but he's not supporting what went on (on the set).
We respect each other... and I don't support what happened to John Lennon."
What's even more ironic is that the man who took the life of John Lennon actually had the nerve to pat Sean Lennon on the head when his nanny took him for a walk. Little did Sean Lennon, who was 5 years of age at the time, realize that this same man would murder his father in cold blood hours later. Pretty scary, huh?
Yet another winning review for Chapter 27 and Peace Arch Entertainment:
"Chapter 27" relies on the concept that following an insane person around for three days will provide you with great insight into his character. But if all the character in question does is make "Catcher in the Rye" references and speak in an annoying whisper that's supposed to be sinister, it doesn't really offer any insight into why he killed John Lennon.
Jared Leto stars as Mark Chapman, who shot John Lennon outside the Dakota apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980. With the weight gain, makeup and glasses, Leto does actually look quite a bit like Chapman, but that means little in terms of the actual performance, which is limited to the script's depth and scope.
As Leto's voiceover—a southern-tinged, raspy whisper that blathers nonstop throughout the film—tells us, "Chapter 27" isn't about Chapman's childhood or any of that, just three days 'round about Christmas when something happened to him. The time frame is clearly a reference to the J.D. Sallinger (26-chapter) novel that writer/director J.P. Schaefer mirrors his film after in the same way that Chapman modeled his personality. But the film lacks the thrust and scope of "Catcher in the Rye." Chapman finds New York City to be dirty and sin-filled, moves to a new hotel, stands outside Dakota again, eats some food, goes to the Dakota again, etc.
From what I can tell, the film is generally accurate regarding the events of Dec. 8. But I got as much out of it as I did by looking up Chapman on Wikipedia. Chapman's earlier encounters on the day of the shooting, first with young Sean Lennon and his nanny, later with John himself, are there simply because they're expected to be. Oh, and he liked "The Wizard of Oz."
Lindsay Lohan plays a Lennon obsessive who befriends Chapman while loitering outside the Dakota. She elects to spend much more time with him than any reasonable person would. It's not fun to listen to some guy with a poor grasp on "The Catcher in the Rye" imitate Holden Caulfield and talk about his dislike of phonies all day, and a good-looking woman-about-town would have no need to put up with it.
The film suggests that if any of the people who spend hours letting Chapman annoy them endlessly would have kept letting him annoy them, the murder might not have been committed. Even for an obsessive fan, the guy is a bad conversationalist, unpredictable and rude. That anyone would allow this new guy into their lives is a complete stretch. And if there's a reason to make a film about him, "Chapter 27" doesn't reveal it.
10:34p.m.
"It's a Sundance miracle.I have found the theatre(with some help from a gas station attendant) showing "Chapter 27",and what's more,I haven't even missed a frame of it. This is the very first screening of "Chapter 27", a much hyped about John Lennon's assassin NHJKGBTYRZUI (Jared Leto) in the days leading up to the Beatle's murder. Lindsay Lohan in a supporting role does not hurt the curiosity factor. After seeing a couple of movies at Sundance you learn the protocol awfully quick. The credits come up as the film concludes and the audience pays their respects, often with raucous applause. This is not a review of "Chapter 27", so I'll out my many thoughts on the flick, but suffice it to say, ''only a FEW people applauded at the end and I wasn't one of them.'' This can't be the last flick I see here. It can't end like this."
There you go. Yet another bit about this poor excuse of a film that is not even getting any favorable reviews at the festival. It's a wonder that Mr. Schaeffer even made the film in the first place and it's also another wonder why those behind the scenes at the Sundance Film Festival gave this film and it's maker the green light to premiere at the festival in the first place when we are seeing that NOBODY is interested in this film or why Lennon's murderer even murdered Lennon in the first place.
Chapter 27's days are numbered as we speak. It should not be long when the festival is over and this film does not get any takers in the distribution arena, which we all hope on this board does not happen at all. If it does not have any takers that would release it to theatres, we can declare victory and let the celebrations begin. If it does, which, again, we hope does not happen, we can hope that this movie BOMBS and disappears soonafter it reaches theatres. We can still win it either way.
Let's hope for the best. It looks like we're winning, so far. Let's keep it up.
AND MORE:
SEAN LENNON and LINDSAY LOHAN's friendship is at risk after the musician's decision to go public with his feelings about her "tacky" new film.
The son of late BEATLE JOHN LENNON hates the idea of Lohan's new movie CHAPTER 27, in which she plays a friend of his father's killer MARK DAVID CHAPMAN, played by JARED LETO.
In one scene the young Sean meets Chapman in Central Park, New York - less than a mile from where the deranged fan shot his father dead outside the Dakota Building.
And Lennon is far from impressed with the film's premise, stating, "It's a tacky thing to make a film about.
"Lindsay was my friend, so I don't want to hurt her feelings... I think she felt that she understood but she'd already agreed to do it." And speaking to US TV news show THE INSIDER before checking into rehab, Lohan revealed she knew all about her friend's distaste for Chapter 27.
She said, "He's my friend but he's not supporting what went on (on the set).
We respect each other... and I don't support what happened to John Lennon."
What's even more ironic is that the man who took the life of John Lennon actually had the nerve to pat Sean Lennon on the head when his nanny took him for a walk. Little did Sean Lennon, who was 5 years of age at the time, realize that this same man would murder his father in cold blood hours later. Pretty scary, huh?
Yet another winning review for Chapter 27 and Peace Arch Entertainment:
"Chapter 27" relies on the concept that following an insane person around for three days will provide you with great insight into his character. But if all the character in question does is make "Catcher in the Rye" references and speak in an annoying whisper that's supposed to be sinister, it doesn't really offer any insight into why he killed John Lennon.
Jared Leto stars as Mark Chapman, who shot John Lennon outside the Dakota apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980. With the weight gain, makeup and glasses, Leto does actually look quite a bit like Chapman, but that means little in terms of the actual performance, which is limited to the script's depth and scope.
As Leto's voiceover—a southern-tinged, raspy whisper that blathers nonstop throughout the film—tells us, "Chapter 27" isn't about Chapman's childhood or any of that, just three days 'round about Christmas when something happened to him. The time frame is clearly a reference to the J.D. Sallinger (26-chapter) novel that writer/director J.P. Schaefer mirrors his film after in the same way that Chapman modeled his personality. But the film lacks the thrust and scope of "Catcher in the Rye." Chapman finds New York City to be dirty and sin-filled, moves to a new hotel, stands outside Dakota again, eats some food, goes to the Dakota again, etc.
From what I can tell, the film is generally accurate regarding the events of Dec. 8. But I got as much out of it as I did by looking up Chapman on Wikipedia. Chapman's earlier encounters on the day of the shooting, first with young Sean Lennon and his nanny, later with John himself, are there simply because they're expected to be. Oh, and he liked "The Wizard of Oz."
Lindsay Lohan plays a Lennon obsessive who befriends Chapman while loitering outside the Dakota. She elects to spend much more time with him than any reasonable person would. It's not fun to listen to some guy with a poor grasp on "The Catcher in the Rye" imitate Holden Caulfield and talk about his dislike of phonies all day, and a good-looking woman-about-town would have no need to put up with it.
The film suggests that if any of the people who spend hours letting Chapman annoy them endlessly would have kept letting him annoy them, the murder might not have been committed. Even for an obsessive fan, the guy is a bad conversationalist, unpredictable and rude. That anyone would allow this new guy into their lives is a complete stretch. And if there's a reason to make a film about him, "Chapter 27" doesn't reveal it.
Labels: chapter 27, Jared Leto, john lennon, lindsey lohan, sean lennon, sundance
posted by LennonFan4Life at 9:45 PM
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1 Comments:
To l.m.
Josh Horowitz is a critic who works for the MTV network.He is legit and knows what he is talking about.
By the way,"YOU ARE THE RIDICULOUS DUMBASS!" for asking a silly question like that.
If you watched MTV like I do,you'd know who he is.
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