>>>>>>>Mashup o' the day: http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/148-harrison-ford-and-daniel-craig-saddle-up-for-cowboys-aliens
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>>>>>>>No, I am not making this up :-\
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>>>>>>>Along the lines of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, I guess...
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>>>>>>Fight aliens? I'll be impressed if Harrison Ford can still get on a horse.
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>>>>>Indian Jones meets Men in Black? :o) Believe it or not, millions will watch it (literally I think) simply due to the two top stars in it. I know I will :o)
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>>>>>I saw Harrison Ford on a late night tv show and he was being asked about the next Indiana Jones movie. He said that it's being written and it would be a good thing if it happened - then he started making the $ hand signs and laughing - it was hilarious.
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>>>>That's the way the box office usually works. These days it's hard to even get a studio movie greenlighted without one or more big names attached.
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>>>It is possible to make a film without spending millions of dollars. For a start they don't have to buy expensive film stock any more.
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>>>They could try spending a little less on special effects and a bit more on the script.
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>>>Mots big budget films are c__p. I'd see this as it looks fun and I'm not the grinch but the endless spidermen batman harrypotter movies are just beyond tedium.
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>>We are in complete agreement. But we are probably not representative of the American moviegoing public as a whole. Probably a majority of studio movies are aimed at the frontal lobes of teenagers. They still release good movies occasionally, and of course there are the indies. Just the other night I watched one, kind of a chick flick, called "Please Give," and enjoyed it.
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>Here's a book suggestion for you
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>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Shoes-Henning-Mankell/dp/1846550998
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>see what you think. Don't read the reviews first.
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>I picked it up as a lucky dip at the library. Not entirely chance I've enjoyed the Wallander TV series and its the same writer.

Thanks for the recommendation. I just read "Faceless Killers" and plan to read more of his books.