Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 9-11, 2012

It will win the weekend almost by default, though a second weekend at number one for Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax wouldn’t surprise me if John Carter isn’t a hit.

Consensus

Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the statement.

John Carter: Can another Pixar director make the successful transition to live action filmmaking?
Silent House: Can a film shot entirely in one take succeed with finicky genre fans?
A Thousand Words: Can Eddie Murphy return to his glory days of being a box office king?
Footnote: Can Israel’s Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film live up to the prestige the nomination brings?
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Can Lasse Hallstrom make an Oscar return?

WIDE RELEASES

John Carter
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Thoughts My friends think this looks awesome, I think it looks like stale claptrap in the form of Disney live action simplicity.	Thoughts Excuse me for living, but I had never heard of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ character, which apparently first appeared in 1940.	Thoughts The first live-action film from Pixar certainly seems tempting, but can Pixar’s luck with the Academy stretch this far?

John Carter

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My friends think this looks awesome, I think it looks like stale claptrap in the form of Disney live action simplicity.

Thoughts

Excuse me for living, but I had never heard of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ character, which apparently first appeared in 1940.

Thoughts

The first live-action film from Pixar certainly seems tempting, but can Pixar’s luck with the Academy stretch this far?

Silent House
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Thoughts The concept looks interesting, but seems like it could get frustrating after awhile. Better reserved for small screen viewing.	Thoughts On the surface sounds like another routine horror film, but coming from the director of Open Water and the breakout star of Martha Marcy May Marlene it could be something more.	Thoughts The kind of early-year genre release that is forgotten in two months.

Silent House

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The concept looks interesting, but seems like it could get frustrating after awhile. Better reserved for small screen viewing.

Thoughts

On the surface sounds like another routine horror film, but coming from the director of Open Water and the breakout star of Martha Marcy May Marlene it could be something more.

Thoughts

The kind of early-year genre release that is forgotten in two months.

A Thousand Words
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Thoughts Outside of Dreamgirls in which he wasn’t the star, I haven’t liked Eddie Murphy in years, so I have no desire to see another lame comedy from him.	Thoughts Another low comedy from the director and star of Norbit. No thanks.	Thoughts Remember when Eddie Murphy was an Oscar nominee? This won’t bring back those memories.

A Thousand Words

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Outside of Dreamgirls in which he wasn’t the star, I haven’t liked Eddie Murphy in years, so I have no desire to see another lame comedy from him.

Thoughts

Another low comedy from the director and star of Norbit. No thanks.

Thoughts

Remember when Eddie Murphy was an Oscar nominee? This won’t bring back those memories.

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Footnote
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Thoughts It may be an Oscar nominee, but that trailer makes the film look slow and boring.	Thoughts Last year’s Best Foreign Film nominee from Israel looks interesting but nothing to seek out at increasingly harder to find art houses.	Thoughts Isreal’s contender for Foreign Film last year is supposed to be a strong entry and worth catching up with.

Footnote

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It may be an Oscar nominee, but that trailer makes the film look slow and boring.

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Last year’s Best Foreign Film nominee from Israel looks interesting but nothing to seek out at increasingly harder to find art houses.

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Isreal’s contender for Foreign Film last year is supposed to be a strong entry and worth catching up with.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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Thoughts The only reason I would consider seeing this is the quality of its leads.	Thoughts Lasse Hallstrom’s recent films have been disappointing, but this offbeat film looks like a real charmer.	Thoughts Lasse Hallstrom hasn’t taken a film to the Oscars in a while, but this could bring him back.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen