A slice of life from Cambodia, India, Kosovo, and more. That’s what you’ll get if you’re lucky enough to see A Place in Time by Angelina Jolie. The film is a documentary featuring some well-known names like Anne Hathaway, Wyclef Jean, and Jonny Lee Miller among others.
This documentary was Angelina’s idea and it showcases moments in time all around the globe, filmed at the same time. It’s a great glimpse into life in other cultures all happening simultaneously. From what I’ve read, it cost about $500,000 to film and Angelina put the money up herself. Very fitting for a woman known for so much humanitarian work in parts of the world that wouldn’t get much global attention otherwise.
Unfortunately A Place in Time doesn’t appear to be slated for any kind of mass release. It was filmed in 2007 but is only being released for educational purposes in schools at the moment. While it doesn’t really seem like the kind of film that would work in a theater release, I’d love to see it aired on something like the National Geographic Channel.
I’m really hoping it will be seen more publicly at some point in the future, but in the meantime here’s a great clip:
Thanks to JoliePittWatch reader Jill for sending me the link!
Would you watch A Place in Time? Is it something that would interest you?
I think it should be shown to a much larger audience. Why not????
This is a great video. Thank you, Jill and Sherry!
it´s great! thanks to Jill and you, Sherry.
AJ´s idea. Interesting, it´s a old video but don´t remember media atencion over this.Why? ok, it´s no a wild Angelina or other crap. Right?
Thanks again for sharing!
G´day to all the JPfans!
Does anyone know where/how to get a copy of the entire documentary?
Actually it was shot in 2005 and had a premiere at the Tribeca Film Fest for local students in 2007. It was after her mother passed away. I would love for this to air on television. IFC or Sundance.
One of the people deeply effected by Angelina’s work and this documentary was Ryan Gosling, who appears in the film. He founded his own organization and has been involved with the situation in Darfur since 2005.
How incredible is Angelina to come up with this concept. She is just amazing. I remember reading something about this when they were filming I think.
Thanks Sherry. I really enjoyed the trailer for A Place in Time. It looks really fascinating. I loved the shot of Angie’s reaction when Anne Hathaway told her how great Cambodia was. It was really sweet.
OT – I came across this YT video of Angie in Korea. It begins with the crowd waiting for her and ends with a TV interview. Fun to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSRMgEmGQbc
BTW – Congrats to Salt for having another wonderful weekend at the box office. It looks like it will hit 100 million domestic pretty soon.
That’s pretty much it, Majo. The media is less interested in global issues and more interested in her personal life. To be honest though, they really are giving the public what they want. The majority of people out there care more about her relationship, her children and what they are all doing behind closed doors than a child in a desperate country who may not live to see his 5th birthday due to not having clean water, food or even parents to care for him. While its nice to listen to her stories and see her eyes light up when she talks about the ones she loves, I care more about the kids in our world who are suffering and desperately need help. The Jolie-Pitt children are fine and always will be. They will never be in a position where they need a thing. They don’t need our help. It amazes me because I read so many comments all over the place on someone like Maddox, who people claim they love and whatnot. But if Angelina chose some other child to be her son, no one would really know this little boy, and even if someone heard his story, most wouldn’t even care. They would be gushing about the other child, the one she did adopt. But it wouldn’t change how adorable Maddox is, and more importantly it wouldn’t change his intelligence, his personality or his heart. He would still matter, just like he does now. Its the same deal with Zahara, who was assigned to them. There were other children there, and they thought about the “What ifs”. What if they had taken another one with Zahara. And knowing they had to leave some behind. Does anyone think about that? I bet Brad and Angelina do. If someone else had been assigned to them, Zahara would still be that great little kid… just one that not many people would care about, even if they did hear her story. That is if she actually survived long enough for someone to even tell it.
I enjoy Brad and Angelina, I love their work. Their family is adorable, and I wish them all the best. But they are not the one’s who require our constant attention.
Charms, that is so well said. Thanks, I couldn’t agree more. Let’s all try to not be blinded by all the glamour and keep our eyes open to the reality of where children like Zahara and Maddox come from, just like Angelina and Brad do themselves!
Charms, well said. Thanks for this small bit of the movie, I also hope that it will make it on TV soon.
charms-ITA with you!And this is another reason why I admire Brad and Angie!They know that people are interested in them and they try to make them care about the people who actually need help and support!It shouldn’t be like that!It’s not the job of celebrities to do that.But at least they try.Brad and Angie bring attention to really important things and if they motivate even one person to change and actually care then I thing it’s a very good thing!
Thanks for the video Sherry!I really wish we could see the whole documentary!
Jenn says:
Actually it was shot in 2005 and had a premiere at the Tribeca Film Fest for local students in 2007.
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Yes, it was shot in Jan of 2005 and it took more than 2 years before it was shown to people. Probably because her life was whirlwind around that time.
After reading charm’s comment on media’s interest I remember this. In 2005 Angie gave an interview to Marie Claire. Interestingly US’s MC and UK’s MC’s feature stories were very different.
UK’s MC used whole one page for her UNHCR work while US’s MC didn’t write anything about her effort at UNHCR. Instead they wrote more about her private life. I supposed UK’s prints go around the most of the world and UK’s Marie Claire reflected
World View of the world. while US’s Marie Claire reflects US’s View of the world.
In Japan whenever she is featured in magazines they always mention her humanitarian work. We are more interested in people’s public work than their private life.
@sunny: I’ve noticed this difference between U.S. & international media coverage. U.S. media – more than its international counterparts – whether about politics/celebrities, tends to be narrower/shallower in scope, breadth, depth, more interested in gossip about private lives (esp. sex) than actual substance. I don’t know if U.S. Elle is underestimating its readership’s intelligence/interest in more than just Angelina’s private life. Whatever its motivation , it’s doing a disservice to the refugees, the UNHCR & Angelina – this might be part of why so many wrongly believe she’s doing refugee work only for the photo-ops and/or to change her ‘homewrecker’ reputation.
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@sunny: I’ve noticed this difference between U.S. & international media coverage. U.S. media – more than its international counterparts – whether about politics/celebrities, tends to be narrower/shallower in scope, breadth, depth, more interested in gossip about private lives (esp. sex) than actual substance. I don’t know if U.S. Elle is underestimating its readership’s intelligence/interest in more than just Angelina’s private life. Whatever its motivation , it’s doing a disservice to the refugees, the UNHCR & Angelina – this might be part of why so many wrongly believe she’s doing refugee work only for the photo-ops and/or to change her h-word reputation.
I have heard about this for a few years but this is my first ever glimpse of it. My goodness, all those stars; AND ANGIE. I noticed the water mark was Screaming Angie’s. I am not surprised. For my money he/she makes the best Angie videos. I am with you Sheri now more than ever I want to see this doc.
A Place in Time is a brilliant concept (& directorial debut?) by Angelina. Because of the circumstances of the time, it didn’t have the impact it should have. I think I remember an interview by Angelina of Anne Hathaway in Interview magazine at around that time.
If it’s budget was only $500,000, it’s because the stars & a lot of other people volunteered their time, probably a lot of supplies & equipment (as well as being substantially subsidized by Angie). Traveling to all those places isn’t cheap.
Kudos to everyone who participated incl. Colin Farrell, Bai Ling, Jude Law, Ryan Gosling & was that Mira Nair?
I think this would be wonderful as a teaching tool in middle/high schools. I also think it’d be an eyeopening documentary for most adults too.
I wonder if Angie thought of this strictly for use in schools.
If Angelina could do a “Making of A Place in Time” similar to “Making of We Are the World” and “Making of Thriller,” it would make it relevant for film festivals again which almost always (except for retrospectives) feature new stuff. The “Making of PIT” & “PIT” could be one package, and make festival rounds. Maybe, if PIT is feature-length & gets an enthusiastic reception on the festival circuit, it might get picked up for theatrical release, PBS, HBO, Documentary Channel, IFC or Sundance channels.
It could also do well as a dvd/Blu-ray – the trailer looked gorgeous.
yes, A Place In Time was shot in 2005 not 2007. I have been waiting ever since to get a copy of this film but i couldn’t find one. I do hope it would have an international release soon! The mere fact that these people volunteered their time for shooting this movie in a country they still didn’t know until they got there was amazing, Angie got so many friends that helped her made this movie and to think it only cost $500, 000.
As a teacher i recommend this shown to schools so that in an early age lots of students will be open to the situations of other countries. So that they could be aware, and hopefully in the future they could be a tool to help people outside their country.
Kudos Angie! Love yah as always!
sunny, when I read or watch an interview with her, it seems to be 40% work, 50% private life and 10% humanitarian. Our grocery stores checkout lines are a tabloid cesspool, not to mention the half dozen night gossip shows running 5 days a week. Different ones air on the weekends, and some are hour long recaps of what aired all week. It’s no where near as much about the work as it is the private life, and anything charity related takes a back seat to the scandalous garbage. So it doesn’t surprise me one bit that her discussion regarding the UNHCR didn’t make it into the American MC. Thats our media for you.
I think these box office #s have been posted already, I’m just putting them all in one place (source: boxofficemojo):
as of 8/9/10
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $91,980,000 (59.4%)
Foreign: $62,800,000 (40.6%)
Worldwide: $154,780,000
Just 4 days ago the gross percentage breakdown was 71% U.S. to 29% foreign, so it looks like foreign box office will outearn U.S. by a lot. YAY INTERNATIONAL ANGELINA FANS!!! <3 YOU MUCH!
It was SALT
I think these box office #s have been posted already, I’m just putting them all in one place (source: boxofficemojo):
as of 8/9/10
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $91,980,000 (59.4%)
Foreign: $62,800,000 (40.6%)
Worldwide: $154,780,000
Just 4 days ago the gross percentage breakdown was 71% U.S. to 29% foreign, so it looks like foreign box office will outearn U.S. by a lot. YAY INTERNATIONAL ANGELINA FANS!!! <3 YOU MUCH!
It was SALT's bad luck to open the week after Inception (would have been like opening week after Avatar). SALT opened #2 with $36,011,243. The Other Guys opened #1 with $35,600,000. Would SALT have opened #1 if it had opened this weekend?
1st wknd.: #2 $36,011,243
2nd wknd.: #3 $19,471,355
3rd wknd.: #4 $11,100,000
Typically, last week's #2 Dinner w/Schmucks would have been #4; boxofficeprophets forecast #6 Salt:
"Angelina Jolie's Salt, meanwhile, is getting tossed over the shoulders of movie goers (I proudly accept this trophy for Most Forced Metaphor Involving a Movie's Title. I'd like to thank Gene Shalit, without whom this category simply wouldn't exist…), though it's not a total disaster, with about a $120 million final total looming. Give it anothER $10 million this weekend @ #6." She was off by 2 places & 10%+ in earnings.
Spin, same #s different analyses, sometimes depending on organization, sometimes with certain biases (e.g., underrating AJ).
So what boxofficeprophet said was a looming disaster, Time mag said "Jolie's Salt held well, finishing in fourth place." Boxofficeguru said opening was impresive given the circumstances, others said solid, respectable opening.
boxofficeguru: "The Other Guys was just the latest winner for Sony which has been on a hot four-for-four streak this summer following The Karate Kid, Grown Ups, and SALT which should reach a combined domestic haul of $460M."
and "Audiences still lined up for the explosive combination of Angelina Jolie + guns as the action hit Salt took fourth place with an estimated $11.1M, off 43%. Sony has raked in a solid $92M in 17 days with the superstar a week away from scoring the seventh $100M grosser of her career putting her two behind partner Brad Pitt. The CIA thriller's trajectory should take it to about $120M."
Whereas boxofficeprophets: "Sitting in fourth place is Salt, a film that is going to end up as one part forgettable, one part financially successful. Sony's spy flick, starring Angelina Jolie, earned another $11.1 million in its third weekend; however, like last weekend's 46% drop, the ***plunge is big again at 43%***. [almost all analysts note that this is the norm, not a big plunge.'] With its meh-inducing 58% fresh rating and a gross that's going to finish right around its $110 million production costs, Salt is going to end up as a yawn, but foreign grosses and DVD will make it a winner for Sony." Way to CYA, B.O.P.
(I hope this makes sense, it's late & I had to do a lot of cut-&-paste of the info.
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umm, clicked too soon accidentally. My “August 9, 2010 at 11:03 pm” comment was WAAAAAAY incomplete. That was only the preface. I’ll wait to see if my COMPLETE comment shows up by tomorrow; if not, I’ll try to re-create & re-post.
Birthday Boy Maddox Jolie-Pitt Satisfies a Need for Speed
Madz won a trophy at the end of their race! yahoo! way to go Madz!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20408857,00.html?xid=popsugar
This film should be shown to every one. Where I can get the full film?
She always come up with new idea for doing benefit for the society.
charms- I agree with you completely. I especially found your views on if they’d adopted other kids instead of, say, Maddox and Zahara very interesting.
I think you are right on the money. One thing I want to add, though…..If Angie had been assigned another child instead of Zahara, that sweet little girl probably wouldn’t even be alive today.
As we all know, she was a very, very sick little girl when Angie adopted her, and even the peditrician who saved her life said that Zee most likely would have died had Angie not adopted her.
And Angie herself said that the two babies in the beds next to Zee at the orphanage had symptoms similar to hers…..and both died just days after Zahara was adopted.
That always makes me want to cry everytime I read that!
kimmy- Thanks for the link. In that article, they quote a source as saying “Brad and Angie rented the whole park, and it was closed down to the public to make sure that Maddox and his friends would be able to have a fun party in private.”
So it COULD have been Mad’s friends’ parents that Angie and Brad asked not to take pictures (the Radaronline article about the party mentioned that Angie and Brad requested that people not take pictures of them).
However, for some reason, I have a feeling that it was the staff of Go Kart World that they requested not to take pictures of them.
Faye88- Thanks for the video! In it, Angie confirms what we all already suspected…..The reason she was carrying both Zee and Shi when they arrived in Korea is because they had fallen asleep on the plane and were too tired to walk.
So Angie, in her words, had “no choice”. I LOVE that she said that, because it shows that having the bodyguards carry the girls wasn’t even an option as far as she was concerned.
One of my favorite things about Angie and Brad is that they seem to prefer to avoid having their staff step in to help with the kids unless it’s absolutly neccesary.
Just goes to show that they are two of the most hands-on parents in Hollywood!
Now as far as “A Place in Time” goes…..I’d definitely watch it. And Sherry, it DOES look like something that would be good for the National Geographic channel.
I watch that channel all the time, and if I hadn’t known what that video clip was, I would have assumed it was a clip from some National Geographic show!
Anyway, at the very beginning of the movie, at about six seconds in, the boy interacting with whoever that woman is reminds me of Maddox.
I realize that the boy can’t be Mad, as Mad was Shi’s age at the time this was made, and the boy in the video looks older than that (plus, he doesn’t really look like Mad did at the time).
It just makes me smile to see a Maddox look-alike!
I noticed that Shi’s birth country, Namibia, is featured in the documentary as well.
I’ll bet that, at the time Angie was doing the Namibia part of this, she never would have guessed that just over a year later (as Ligaya said, this was filmed in January of 2005, and Shi, as we all know, was born on May 27, 2006), she would be giving birth to a baby girl in that country!
It’s also interesting to think that Angie had probably begun the adoption process for Zee when she did this documentary.
I think it shouldn’t be just shown in schools. Why not? Our children aren’t the only ones who are in need of such education. Look around at our world, where celebrity scandals make headlines before the poverty in certain areas of the world. T
I think it shouldn’t be just shown in schools. Why not? Our children aren’t the only ones who are in need of such education. Look around at our world, where celebrity scandals make headlines before the poverty in certain areas of the world. The problem is not going to solve itself, it’s not a matter of time! Everybody needs an education about the state of certain countries. Children would benefit from watching it but so would we! I don’t know much about its release but I hope we can all get a chance to see it. It’d be a nice change from the celebrity craze to have something really worthwile to catch our attention.
Hi, I did a little research on A Place in Time and it was done for the New York Public Schools; which have a very cultural diverse population. The National Educational Association NEA is / was the distributor of the film.
Here is the link for the article I read that I commented on above http://www.sawfnews.com/Gossip/36469.aspx
C h a r m s — again, you managed to say what had to be pointed out. Cheers!
Looks like a very interesting documentary (even without the celebrity-factor)… It’ll probably be more broadly available in a couple of years, or so one could hope.
Couldn’t have agreed more on the fact that there isn’t as much light shed on the humanitarian work, as on the Jolie-Pitt’s private life. Unfortunately that’s how people and subsequently the media works. On the flip side of it all… it’s her celebrity status that even gets that 10% humanitarian work noticed in the first place… I know a few doctors who work (or have worked) for Doctors Without Borders, but they aren’t exactly showcased to millions of people on a weekly or daily basis so that they can “spread the word” on the situation in disaster-plagued areas… But their work still carries on, with or without the attention. So does Angelina’s. Allot of her travels or projects we normally don’t even know of, if we do…it appears months later.
Eh… I’m rambling. But summa sumarum: it would have been nice to get more insight into the humanitarian work, rather than what their children are eating and wearing!
ot, i was bebe site and i was in awe to see the boot angelina wore in here vanity fair photo shoot, perhaps a replica. It looks very vougue, so some youngin’s here, if there are some check it out. It’s bebe’s camila stiletto boot.
who cares what they said about you if you already saw the suffering of so many people.The real issues, the real world, the real misery, children who never will be women and men, parents who never will see their kids grow up.
sometimes seems the suffering isn´t a big deal. Of course, It´s more important what you´re wearing?! damn
Great comment, Charms. Totally agree:)
great video, thank you so much girls !!
hope i could see this movie in the long version soon !!
Thanks mk04 for that information. I’m surprised that it was only for the New York Public Schools. I assumed it was available for schools across the country.
bdj at M4 posted this new article from CNN that is relevant to the topic of conversation. Included is an excerpt.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/08/10/celebrity.humanitarian.travel/
Do celebs like Jolie inspire voluntourism?
By Eva Vasquez, Special to CNN
August 10, 2010 7:50 a.m. EDT
Many organizations see a benefit to having high-profile celebrities such as Angelina Jolie represent their causes.
- It’s hard to think about humanitarian travel without picturing Angelina Jolie and other high-profile volunteers. But how much do celebrities contribute to the growing appetite for volunteering away from home and is it all positive?
One thing is for sure, in our celebrity-obsessed culture many organizations see a benefit to having celebrities represent their causes.
Jolie is a good will ambassador for UNCHR, also known as the United Nations Refugee Agency, and UNICEF has a number of celebrity ambassadors, including Liv Tyler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Clay Aiken.
“UNICEF’s celebrities have a wide range of talents and achievements, but they all share a commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide,” said Marissa Buckanoff, a spokeswoman for UNICEF. “And in each case a celebrity’s association with UNICEF comes about because he or she has already demonstrated that commitment.”
But probably the most valuable thing a celebrity can offer is the attention he or she brings to the cause.
“When a celebrity goes to another country the media is there,” said Erin Rank, the president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, California. “Celebrities help bring the spotlight to the need for shelter with Habitat for Humanity.”
Charms & joliepittfanatic – I sooo agree with both of you! It really seems like Zahara was assigned to Angie and Brad. I just can´t imagine what would have happened if these two very kind people wouldn´t have adopted that very sick little baby girl. The story about those two little babies next to Zee´s bed at the orphanage makes me cry too every time I read it. Just seeing Zee´s beautiful smile makes me happy every time I see her smile. Instead of being left to that orphanage to die she now is this healthy, happy and beautiful 5-year-old young lady. She certainly is very, very grateful to her loving parents for saving her life. As fas as the clip of A Place in Time is concerned it´s really wonderfully made. I really would love to see the whole film. Angie is really talented in so many ways. This documentary should be seen by everyone. Hopefully she´s gonna make a similar documentary some time in the future. God bless her and her adorable family 4ever!
salt is coming 2 ireland aug 18th cant wait
@finola: What’s the cheer in Ireland? Something like (don’t throw bricks at me if I get it wrong) Erin Go Bragh? BRING FAMILY & FRIENDS AND FOR SURE SALT WILL BE #1!!!
@mko4: Thanks for the link too. “I am thrilled to screen this film along with the Tribeca Film Institute to the students of the New York City public school system, one of the most culturally diverse in the world,” Jolie said. (There was a quote from the head of the NY school system too.)
The way I read this (not 100% sure but just my own experience going to film festivals, screenings & premieres – but never Hollywood-type premieres), is that Angie & the Tribeca Film Institute premiered “A Place in Time” in a special screening whose audience was the students, staff & administration of the NY public education system. Maybe there were special guests, and/or the premiere/screening was open to the public too.
Since the National Education Assn. co-produced and is the distributor for the film, it’s available for national distribution to educational institutions, not just NY. NEA is a national organization (family/friends are members – 2 bros + 2 sis-in-laws just in my nuclear family!) But in these days of budget shortfalls, paying to buy/rent this film to show in the classroom is probably low on the priority list, if it’s not left off altogether. Even if it’s free, school-mandated curricula might not have time allowed for something considered ‘optional.’
JPWATCHERS interested in renting/buying the film can search nea.org for info. Check also if this is available at your local public library or through inter-library loan. Then, would you please share what you found out with us?
If it’s available for sale, we can consider donating a copy to one/more local school library so their teachers can use it for their classes.
My *complete* post:
I think these box office #s have been posted already, I’m just putting them all in one place (source: boxofficemojo):
as of 8/9/10
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $91,980,000 (59.4%)
Foreign: $62,800,000 (40.6%)
Worldwide: $154,780,000
Just 4 days ago the gross percentage breakdown was 71% U.S. to 29% foreign, so it looks like foreign box office will outearn U.S. by a lot. YAY INTERNATIONAL ANGELINA FANS!!! <3 YOU MUCH!
It was SALT's bad luck to open the week after Inception (would have been like opening week after Avatar). SALT opened #2 with $36,011,243. The Other Guys opened #1 with $35,600,000. Would SALT have opened #1 if it had opened this weekend?
1st wknd.: #2 $36,011,243
2nd wknd.: #3 $19,471,355
3rd wknd.: #4 $11,100,000
Typically, last week's #2 Dinner w/Schmucks would have been #4; boxofficeprophets forecast #6 Salt:
"Angelina Jolie's Salt, meanwhile, is getting tossed over the shoulders of movie goers (I proudly accept this trophy for Most Forced Metaphor Involving a Movie's Title. I'd like to thank Gene Shalit, without whom this category simply wouldn't exist…), though it's not a total disaster, with about a $120 million final total looming. Give it anothER $10 million this weekend @ #6." She was off by 2 places & 10%+ in earnings.
Spin = same #s different analyses, sometimes depending on organization, sometimes with certain biases (e.g., underrating AJ). Boxofficeguru said opening was impressive given the circumstances, others said solid, respectable opening; boxofficeprophets – not so.
Boxofficeprophet said Salt was a “looming disaster;” Time mag said "Jolie's Salt held well, finishing in fourth place."
boxofficeguru: "Audiences still lined up for the explosive combination of Angelina Jolie + guns as the action hit Salt took fourth place with an estimated $11.1M, off 43%. Sony has raked in a solid $92M in 17 days with the superstar a week away from scoring the seventh $100M grosser of her career putting her two behind partner Brad Pitt. The CIA thriller's trajectory should take it to about $120M."
Whereas boxofficeprophets: "Sitting in fourth place is Salt, a film that is going to end up as one part forgettable, one part financially successful. Sony's spy flick, starring Angelina Jolie, earned another $11.1 million in its third weekend; however, like last weekend's 46% drop, the ***plunge is big again at 43%***. [almost all analysts note that this is the norm, not a big plunge.'] With its meh-inducing 58% fresh rating and a gross that's going to finish right around its $110 million production costs, Salt is going to end up as a yawn, but foreign grosses and DVD will make it a winner for Sony." Way to CYA, B.O.P.
cead mile faille,a hundred thousand welcome,ligaya.erin go braa, ireland forever ha
@finola
Pls tell us the outcome of the opening. Thanks for your comment. Later and Hello to all JP fans
Went to see “SALT” again, be glad dvd comes out! That makes #6.
Pictures: A Week In The Life Of Angelina Jolie
a compilation of pictures from the LA Premiere up the Korean Premiere of SALT! i love all the pictures that they used..
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/entertainment/movies/a-week-in-the-life-of-angelina/20100730-10zh6.html?selectedImage=1
Thank you for posting the clip. It would be nice to watch the whole documentary. And once again thanks for the many many links you guys post.
On Just Jared it states that Brad Produced Eat Pray and Love with Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem. I think i will have to go see that too.
EP&L has enough star power w/ JR&JB&book.It´ll be OK even w/o support of Brad´s fans.
I think who really need fan´s support is SALT!!Guys, still not reach 100M(domestic number). Just my opinion.
G´Wednesday dears fans!!:)
SEE SALT!
SEE SALT!
SEE SALT!
Go see SALT! We have to get it to $100 million.
http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2010-08-09&p=.htm
“SALT” has dropped to #6 (ugh)
new pics!!!
http://www.popsugar.com/Photos-Angelina-Jolie-10109404?page=0,0,0
Gena: Ugh!but thanks for the link.
GO SEE SALT!
Well I just got in from seeing Salt and all I can say is that I hope there is a sequel. I am so happy that I never read the script, never watched the trailers and tried to not read to much about the movie. My husband enjoyed it so much and that is really saying something. Not to give it away any thing, but I was shocked at the end between Salt and her boss, I never saw it coming. I give it 10 stars, loved every minute of it.
they pictures on popsugar of angeline and maddox and shiloh out shopping last month in tokyo
Mary Ann, that is what I want to do with “Money Ball”. I don’t want to read the script and minimize information so that it will be a surprise. I read the script and comments about “SALT” and wished I had not. I love the movie anyway and will buy the dvd.
does anyone know what each of the Bourne movies grossed?? i think it makes more sense to compare to them how Salt is doing as they are fairly similar….
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Domestic $121,661,683
Foreign: $92,372,541
Worldwide: $214,034,224
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Domestic: $176,241,941
Foreign: $112,258,276
Worldwide: $288,500,217
The Bourne Ulitmatum (2007)
Domestic: $227,471,070
Foreign: $215,353,068
Worldwide: $442,824,138
Without the “Bourne brand” Matt Damon’s last action movie Green Zone(2010) grossed:
Domestic: $35,053,660
Foreign: $59,658,057
Worldwide: $94,711,717
And Tom Cruise’s movie Knight & Day(6/23/10) has only grossed:
Domestic: $74,946,644
Foreign: $126,725,000
Worldwide: $201,671,644
I think Salt is doing just fine in the current climate and considering it was an original script without a Bond or Bourne name to depend on.
Marie – thanks for the link at popsugar!
i read, but the source is not reliable because its USMag who said it.. During their trip on Japan they went to this toy store (Kiddy Land) in Harujuku district.. The kids was said to be obsessed with Ponyo and Totoro so they went to buy toys of that characters.. The kids were allowed to buy two toys each and Shiloh got herself a One Piece toy..
Cool! I Love Ponyo and One Piece, its nice to know that I and Shi loves the same thing.. haha! ?
SALT as of August 10: Total box office receipts breakdown
Domestic: $94,739,450
Foreign: $62,916,980
Worldwide Total:$157,656,430
credits: lanorchid in jjb.yuku
Good Job guys! keep on supporting SALT! Angie sure makes a movie hit like a bomb! :]
i forgot to add, Madz got four toys instead of two a source from the toy store said there are lots of talking at the checkout counter because of this.. haha! if USMag is really saying the truth, well Madz is one sneaky boy! he managed to sneak two more toys even though Angie limited their purchase to two.. LOL! go Madz! and one last thing, the staffs said that the kids were all behaved, polite and adorable! Angie and brad sure are good parents, it shows a lot.
JPWatchers, no worries – all b.o. analysts (Hollywood Reporter, Variety, boxofficemojo, etc.) predict SALT will make $100+ domestically
boxofficeguru: “Audiences still lined up for the explosive combination of Angelina Jolie + guns as the action hit Salt took fourth place with an estimated $11.1M, off 43%. Sony has raked in a solid $92M in 17 days with the superstar a ***week away from scoring the seventh $100M grosser of her career putting her two behind partner Brad Pitt. The CIA thriller’s trajectory should take it to about $120M.”*****
Whereas boxofficeprophets: “Sitting in fourth place is Salt, a film that is going to end up as one part forgettable, one part financially successful. Sony’s spy flick, starring Angelina Jolie, earned another $11.1 million in its third weekend; however, like last weekend’s 46% drop, the ***plunge is big again at 43%***. [almost all analysts note that this is the norm, not a big plunge.'] With its meh-inducing 58% fresh rating and a gross that’s going to ****finish right around its $110 million production costs****, Salt is going to end up as a yawn, but *****foreign grosses and DVD will make it a winner for Sony.”***** Way to CYA, B.O.P.
Spin = same #s different analyses, sometimes depending on organization, sometimes with certain biases (e.g., underrating AJ). Boxofficeguru said opening was impressive given the circumstances, others said solid, respectable opening; boxofficeprophets – not so.
Time mag said “Jolie’s Salt held well, finishing in fourth place;” Boxofficeprophet said Salt was a “looming disaster.”
“Angelina Jolie’s Salt, meanwhile, is getting tossed over the shoulders of movie goers (I proudly accept this trophy for Most Forced Metaphor Involving a Movie’s Title. I’d like to thank Gene Shalit, without whom this category simply wouldn’t exist…), though it’s not a total disaster, with about a $120 million final total looming. Give it anothER $10 million this weekend @ #6.” She was off by 2 places & 10%+ in earnings.
It was SALT’s bad luck to open the week after Inception (would have been like opening week after Avatar). SALT opened #2 with $36,011,243. The Other Guys opened #1 with $35,600,000. Would SALT have opened #1 if it had opened this past weekend?
1st wknd.: #2 $36,011,243
2nd wknd.: #3 $19,471,355
3rd wknd.: #4 $11,100,000
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=601963&publicationSubCategoryId=51
“Salt” Passes P100 Million Mark in 12 Days, Still Going Strong
(The Freeman) Updated August 12, 2010 12:00 AM
CEBU, Philippines – There’s no stopping the tenacious Evelyn Salt in her box-office domination! Angelina Jolie’s power-packed action-thriller Salt breached the landmark P100-million gross Sunday, Aug. 8 or 12 days after its release. This according to Victor R. Cabrera, managing director of distributor Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
The film’s cumulative nationwide gross now stands at a spectacular P100.11-million, easily beating the final grosses of previous spy megahits such as Wanted (P94.65-M), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (P83.26-M) and all three Jason Bourne movies — The Bourne Ultimatum (P58.07-M), The Bourne Supremacy (P35.90-M) and The Bourne Identity (P 36.80-M).
Salt also became the 2nd P100-M hit for Columbia this year, after last June’s blockbuster The Karate Kid.
The Philip Noyce-directed actioner continued to impress discriminating local critics. “Among the fine cinematic lessons Salt teaches is a veritable crash course in relentless editing for maximum suspense and visceral impact,” wrote Nestor Torre in his column. “From the film’s shocking start to its `twist within a twist’ conclusion, the movie’s pacing and ever-intensifying conclusion doesn’t let up until the viewer ends up feeling like a very wet and limp dishrag—no kidding.”
Widely-read columnist Scott Garceau wrote that after the expositional back-story, “Salt kicks into high gear and doesn’t look back. There are enough stunts here to fill a Die Hard trilogy or a handful of Jason Bourne flicks.”
The cinemas that posted the biggest grosses for “Salt” are Trinoma (P6.13-M), SM Mall of Asia (P5.04-M), Glorietta 4 (P3.90-M), SM Megamall (P3.65-M), SM North EDSA (P3.20-M), SM Cebu (P3.12-M), Greenbelt 3 (P3.11-M), Power Plant (P3.03-M), Alabang Town Center (P2.83-M) and Ayala Cebu (P2.66-M).
Also doing great business are Gateway (P2.65-M), Shang Cineplex (P2.29-M), Eastwood (P2.23-M), Robinsons Ermita (P2.19-M), Greenhills (P2.01-M), Gaisano Davao (P1.92-M), Robinsons Galleria (P1.87-M), Market! Market! (P1.71-M), Festival (1.67-M) and SM San Lazaro (P1.33-M)
SALT is still playing across the Philippines.
boxofficemojo:
as of 8/9/10
SALT = 3 weekends
Foreign: $62,800,000
Knight & Day = 7 wknds.
Foreign: $126,725,000
It looks like SALT is on pace to match Knight & Day’s earnings.
OK, Finola & everybody overseas, get your family & friends to get their families & friends to enjoy an Angelina action blockbuster – and maybe become part of history in making the 1st woman-led action franchise!
Breaking News: ‘Salt’ Passes P100-M Mark in 12 Days, Still Going Strong
Go Angie! Go SALT! Go!
http://www.clickthecity.com/movies/?p=8601
SALT is still number one in the Philippines. What can I say? We Filipinos are solid Angelina Jolie fans!
Philippine Box Office list by Box Office Mojo (August 4-8, 2010)
1. SALT
2. The Last Airbender
3. Inception
GO GO GENA!!!
You’re No.1 Cheerleader! I confess I’m going through SALT withdrawal. The last time I saw it was with my mom last Friday in San Diego. Home now but busy & husband’s sick, so I have to wait – at least I’ll contribute to the weekend’s box office #s, which is what counts.
kimmy- If that IS true about the toy store (and I’m inclined to believe that it is, since the store staff is quoted as saying the kids were well behaved, polite and adorable….and I know other people who have encounters with the J-Ps in the past have also said that about the kids!
Also, if I’m remembering correctly, Angie herself mentioned the toy store trip while doing press for Salt in Japan. At any rate, I KNOW I heard her mention that the kids are into Ponyo and Totoro!), that’s cute!
I love how Angie limited the kids’ purchases to two toys each (although she obviously made an exception for Maddox. I’m guessing she agreed to call the extra two toys an early birthday present for him, since that was just a week or two before his birthday!).
I’m glad that, even though Angie and Brad obviously have more than enough money to buy the kids all the toys they want, they still set limits on the amount of toys the kids can get at any given time.
It seems very important to them, by their actions and by what they’ve said, that they don’t spoil the kids.
I also get the feeling that Angie and Brad try to raise the kids the same way that non-celebs parents raise their kids (if that makes any sense!). Or at least as much like non-celebs as possible (when you’re pretty much the most famous and hunted celeb family there is, naturally it’s impossible to raise your kids EXACTLY the same way that non-celeb parents would!).
That’s one of the many things I love about Angie and Brad as parents!
http://www.popsugar.com/Photos-Angelina-Jolie-10109404
that’s the link to the popsugar shopping trip (thanks very much whoever sent us it above- I can’t try to track back cos my computer is SO so not-working properly (or is it Microsoft?).
Anyway (life must go on!), I LOVE the way Angie handles all the kids according tho their individual need – here we see her, as usual, with an arm around Madd, while Shi is nonchanantly striding ahead with confidence!
Enjoy! & thanks everyone for all your great comments, information & links. Can’t wait for 22nd (is it?) when Salt premiers in the UK (finally!); I have felt very envious of you all !
Just came back from watching Salt and it was mind blowing. Literally. I don’t remember when I last watched a film with such rapt attention. It was amazing and the plot was full of surprises, I truly enjoyed watching it and not just because Angelina was the star, the rest of the cast was thrilling too. So did my friend who I dragged behind, it wasn’t very crowded but doesn’t mean much when the time and location is considered. I hope that Salt earns a lot in Turkey too, there are tons of posters around. A colleague was ranting about it since winter and another friend has already seen it. I most def will see it again, this time with my family.
Good to see that Salt is past $100 million in the US, hopefully it’ll gross a lot overseas too.
Thanks for all the info and interviews, I always enjoy reading all of the comments here. Once Salt has premiered everywhere, would a discussion thread possible, Sherry? I’d certainly like to talk with all of you about the film. I’ve followed the discussions here for years and they’ve all been very enriching.
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/08/11/angelina_andrew_morton/index.html
Gena- I love that review
Yeah “SALT” Go get them Angie!!!
Read an article at Mega4 that when they were shopping for toys in Japan each child was only allowed 2 toys. Mad tried to get 4 but Angie told him 2. Shi choose 1 pirate toy.
Also the worker at the store said the kids were well mannered and polite.
Sorry had not read the earlier post by Kimmy! I am reading backwards.
Gena: thanx.
oh can´t believe it. So the infamous book is printed by a major publisher. maybe the reason is THE MONEY?? so bad, no moral,no investigation at all, no real journalism. But is doing horrible in sales.Right?
Quote: “The real disgrace is that this book is printed by a major publisher and is being referred to by some of the media as if it has some legitimacy. It’s too early to call “Angelina” the worst book of 2010. I can, however, call it, with some assurance, the worst book in the 21st century so far”
(clapping)
Oh gosh, another infamous book. I’m seriously sick and tired of all of this garbage. Please, please let’s not talk about something that shouldn’t gain one ounce of popularity. The same for the tabloids and other idiotic stuff. Wasting time with a “book” about a family that teaches their children being careful with money and the importance of sharing is pointless, and they know it.
I love how their children are raised sensibly. I remember once seeing one of the children with a little purse in their hand, spending their precious pocket money. What else but god bless. (:
Jacqueline – thanks for that link to the pics of Angie, Mad and Shi doing some toy shopping! Shi looks really adorable in those pics. She truly looks like a mini-Brad. The same beautiful eyes and she seems to have this really cute clothing style too. I just read somewhere that Shi chooses her own clothes and she doesn´t try to dress her. In my opinion it´s just great that Shi can express her own unique style by wearing whatever she wants. If it means that she prefers this tomboy look so what? She´s still a very beautiful little girl. The same story told that Zee is very much a girly girl and loves to wear pink and frilly clothes. But the main thing is that those two beautiful girls – and their sibs – are healthy and happy. Can´t wait to see Salt. It opens here in FInland on September 3. So envious of all of you who can already see it in your countries! LOL!
Meant to say that Angie doesn´t try to make Shi to wear anything she doesn´t want to wear. But also the story behind Shi´s current pixie hairstyle was cute. She cried and told she didn´t want to have a long hair anymore. It was her choice to cut her hair – NOT her mum or dad´s. It´s wonderful that Shi can already express herself at the age of four. I was pretty strong-willed at that age too. Didn´t want to wear anything I didn´t like.
Angelina Jolie indulged her four eldest kids in some retail therapy at Kiddy Land, a toy store in the trendy Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan on July 26. (In town to promote Salt, Jolie, 35, brought along Maddox, 9, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, and Shiloh, 4; Brad Pitt stayed behind in the U.S. with 2-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.)
“I’ve always had a great experience every time I’m here,” Jolie told UsMagazine.com at a July 27 Tokyo press conference for Salt. “This time I’m also with my four children, who are obsessed with Ponyo and Totoro,” she said of two classic animated Japanese movies. “I spent all of yesterday in Kiddy Land looking for all the animals and things — I had a lot of fun!”
After their plane’s arrival at the airport, Jolie and the kids went directly to Kiddy Land. “The children were running around and they had assistants making sure no one got lost,” a Kiddy Land staffer tells Us.
But the famous mom didn’t let the kids go hog wild — instead, she limited their toy purchases to “just two items each,” the staffer says. “There was a lot of talking at the checkout when Maddox had four [toys].”
So what did the gang go home with? “They all bought toys from Ponyo and Studio Ghibli,” the Kiddy Land worker says (referring to toys inspired by the cartoon epic Ponyo and other acclaimed films by animator Hayao Miyazaki)
“Shiloh [got] One Piece [brand] pirate toys…They are very polite and adorable!”
It is amazing how “US” is the first to report things on the family. Think they are obsessed.
Thank you Gena for that link to Salon’s review of that stupid book. I hope it doesn’t sell.
Great article – specially the romantic date nights.
also: More seriously, Jolie has been spotted on the University of California at Berkeley campus — doing research in one of the libraries, supposedly on a book about the international refugee crisis. (Yay!, UCB is the alma mater of my husband, film editor son Brooks & one of my brothers. Go Bears!)
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/2590582,CST-FTR-zp12.article
Operation Brangelina
Hotel on alert to thwart paparazzi with Jolie-Pitts in house
August 12, 2010
BY BILL ZWECKER Sun-Times Columnist
When Brangelina & Co., travel, there are so many security demands, the hotels they book are put on high alert.
According to a key staffer at the historic Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif., “we approached the arrival of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt — plus their kids and entourage — as if it was a military operation.”
Pitt is the one working on a film this time. He’s playing Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane in ”Moneyball,” filming mostly at nearby Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Similar to what happened when the Jolie-Pitt troupe camped out at the Peninsula Hotel here in the summer of 2007 (while Jolie was filming ”Wanted”), the Claremont carefully placed ”anti-paparazzi shots” reflective material on the windows of the suites and rooms the couple booked for their group — occupying the entire sixth floor of a massive wing of the hotel.
• Whenever the couple’s kids use the swimming pool it reportedly is closed for their exclusive use — with an ”Under Repair” sign posted to deter other guests.
Similarly, Pitt and Jolie have frequently booked the hotel spa’s jacuzzi (and paid extra for it) for several romantic ”date nights.”
• Another odd twist: Though neither Jolie nor Pitt has been seen anywhere near the hotel’s newsstand area, orders were issued to eliminate any magazines that feature them on the cover. ”That pretty much cleaned out our celebrity magazines,” laughed the source. ”Since Brad and Angie are on the cover of those magazines almost every week!”
• More seriously, Jolie has been spotted on the University of California at Berkeley campus — doing research in one of the libraries, supposedly on a book about the international refugee crisis.
good morning everyone! haha! nice to wake up with a doze of the Jolie-Pitt’s!
Ligaya – thanks for that article about how the JP’s are doing inside their hotel.. so its true that when the papz took picture of Shi jumping on the pool is very private.. geez.. papz are really nasty..
but its nice to know that Angie and Brad got some quality time in the spa and Jacuzzi.. and date-nights too! how sweet!
plus to add, i’ve read that the entire 6 floor of the hotel was rented by the JP’s for them.. wow! well they do it every time their in a hotel.. plus the security and bodyguards put some reflective mirrors around the windows for the papz not to take pictures..
haha!
here is an interview with AJ
http://www.popsugar.com/Pictures-Angelina-Jolie-Stylist-10153219
absolutely beautiful pics!!!!
oops…here is the interview
On date nights and alone time with Brad: “Yeah, we just have to schedule it. We don’t normally have anyone spend the night with our family, so once every week or two weeks, we’ll ask somebody to spend the night, so we can go and be alone together. We just go to another part of the house and lock the door. We have date nights, absolutely, you have to if you have children! Sometimes we go out, but we both miss the kids so we don’t like to go far.”
On Shiloh’s style: “It’s not my choice. I have a very strong willed four-year-old girl who tells me what she wants to wear and I let her be who she is. People look at kids and think they should wear certain types of clothes; I think children should wear what they want and express themselves, so we give them different options of things. Zahara dresses very much like a girl, very pink and flowery, very feminine. Shiloh cried and said, ‘Please cut my hair off, I don’t want to have long hair.’ I’m not going to leave it long because somebody thinks I should,” she says “I want to do what’s in her head and what’s in her heart is to dress like that. I think it’s beautiful.”
On meeting Brad during Mr. and Mrs. Smith: “It didn’t begin on the film set; we became friends on the film set, but it began after. And at a certain age, having gone through enough experiences, I think you know. It wasn’t courageous, it was more comforting to have found my family.”
On learning from her kids: “They’re so knowledgeable, so self-aware, gracious. And they’re all different. One of them is a natural leader and has this kind of strength, and one of them has extraordinary grace and elegance and femininity that I didn’t realize you could be born with. Like every mother, I’m learning patience and all these wonderful things from them and I’m just so curious to see who they’re going to be when they get older.”
here is the whole article and a BEAUTIFUL picture….when you turn the page you can see the article…but you better have some very powerful reading glasses ;->
http://issue.stylist.co.uk/Stylist-style-fashion-beauty-news/1R4c5fdf1f514bd012.cde
Here’s boxofficemojo’s “Angelina in Action” comparing statistics of her 5 live action movies:
http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=angelinainaction.htm
I also found the MPAA’s definition of PG-13 & R interesting, incl. how PG-13 could mean different things.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00182/kiwis-name-the-100-sexiest-movie-stars.htm
Kiwis Name the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars
Hollywood royalty Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been named the world’s sexiest movie stars, as voted by New Zealanders on leading online movie website, Flicks.co.nz.
The top five women were voted:
1) Angelina Jolie
2) Scarlett Johansson
3) Jessica Alba
4) Megan Fox
5) Zoe Saldana
The top five men were voted:
1) Brad Pitt
2) Johnny Depp
3) George Clooney
4) Leonardo DiCaprio
5) Robert Pattinson
Kiwis responded in droves to the poll of the top 100 sexiest movie stars, revealing tastes from the obvious to the obscure. Over 7,500 votes were cast.
Sexily divided between the top 50 men and the top 50 women, the poll drew votes for both old (65-year-old Helen Mirren and 68-year-old Harrison Ford) and young (20-year-old Emma Watson and 23-year-old Zac Efron).
Actors exuding sexiness from beyond the grave include Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Heath Ledger and Paul Newman.
New Zealand actors Anna Paquin, Martin Henderson and Russell Crowe also feature.
Meanwhile Mel Gibson makes the list at number 46 despite his recently publicised outburst at his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, suggesting that a few Kiwi women would be willing to calm the angry Aussie’s wild ways.
The power of the tween meant that chaste Twilight superstars Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart graced the list.
Hello! in Mexico SALT was released last Friday, the critics are good and the theaters are full, I really liked the movie, kept me intrigued all the time. I do not know if this happens in other countries but when the film finished there was some clapping from a group of people, I thought it was cool, I go to the movies quite often and this is the first time I hear clappings from the audience.
Marie – thanks for the interview and the links!
Mary – i’m from the Philippines and SALT here opens number one! up to now no other movie surpasses SALT! and the theaters here are also full and people would say ‘Wow!’ and ‘ohhh!’ whenever she does some of her stunts.. when i watched it i never heard the audience clapping but there are lots of talking when the movie is over like when will SALT 2 come, or Angie is so damn good!
i just want to share the new video i made..
i don’t have anything to do and its raining so i made a video of Angie and Brad.. … the song is ‘Looking Through Your Eyes’ and it contains pictures of Brad and Angie looking at each other.. ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Wek32Eq6E
Love the video, Kimmy.
Marie- Thanks for the interview! In this part of it, where she’s talking about the kids, “one of them has extraordinary grace and elegance and femininity that I didn’t realize you could be born with.”, I have no doubt in my mind that’s Miss Zee that she’s talking about.
We all know how girly she is, and plus Angie has already said that Zee has an “elegant voice” (or something along those lines).
The only thing I didn’t like about the interview is that she didn’t seem to talk much about the twins. I’d love to hear more about their personalities and what they’re like.
I wonder why Angie seems to talk more about the four oldest kids than the twins? Any ideas, fellow JoliePittWatchers?
I assure you I am not criticizing Angie, and certainly not trying to suggest that she loves the twins less. We all know very well that she loves all her kids equally.
I’m just curious is all.
gena- Thanks for posting US’s article about the shopping trip. I was curious about it….But wasn’t about to give US any hits to their website!
If US’s article is accurate about the J-Ps going straight to the toy store from the airport, then that means Pax and Zee were also at the toy store, but managed to escape the cameras! I’m glad about that for their sake!
I also meant to say in one of my earlier posts that I noticed this quote from Angie in the interview Marie was gracious enough to cut and paste for us.
It was while she was talking about Shi’s hair, and she said “I’m not going to leave it long because somebody thinks I should. I want to do what’s in her head and what’s in her heart is to dress like that. I think it’s beautiful.”
All I can say to that is this: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Kimmy, thanks so much, what a beautiful video. You make great video’s.
I really think that it´s great that Brad and Angie let Shi to wear whatever she wants and wear her hair as short/long as she wants. And they also let their other chidlren express themselves through their own individual styles. I love the way all the JP kids are dressed. Miss the twins terribly. It seems to be ages when we last saw them. But on the other hand it´s only a good thing that those two cuties are sheltered from the public eye as much as possible. They are still quite young. Still wish that Brad and Angie would take them out with the rest of the family soon. God bless the JPs 4ever!
great stuff…I’d love to see the whole video! she is a wonder…
Ligaya- it’s interesting that PG-13 can mean a lot of things and a lot of different films can be categorized the same, plus how films can be rated so differently in other countries.
Joliepittfanatic, aww alright. Shi is beautiful!! And I guess the reason why she talks more about the older children is, well, because there’s more to talk about. The twins- being adorable- are still quite small, whereas the other 4 are little people now. (: That being said, of course each baby and toddler has its own personality, and I’m sure Angie has lots of adorable stories about them like how they talk to each other. Plus maybe she gets asked more questions about the oldest 4 instead of the twins?
About Zee, yeah I think that’s what she said about her voice, it’s so great to see their personalities shaping so- Madd’s history, Zee’s voice, Shi’s confidence and so on.
@kimmy: LOVE LOVE LOVE your video. Thanks so much – I admire anyone with the skill to make them, and you do it so well.
Took my hubby to get x-rays – across the street “ZAHARA Deli & Cafe.” There’s a sizable Ethiopian community in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Some people in other blogs have asked why Zee is smaller than Shiloh. I don’t know if Ethiopians’ natural body type is smaller than Americans’; or maybe it’s better nutrition, Filipino Americans tend to be taller & ‘meatier’ than Filipinos from the islands; if it’s a result of the earlier famine; Zahara’s illness as an infant; or a combination of the above.
I don’t think it’s anything alarming or very confusing that Zahara’s shorter than Shi. I don’t know Brad’s height, but Angie is a tall woman and Brad isn’t short either, so it isn’t surprising if she becomes a tall woman. Plus we don’t know how tall Zahara’s parents were, and I doubt malnutrition helped. She’s a very pretty young girl and is very healthy, which is all that matters.
Aaawwww! Kimmy’s vid is soo beautiful! have you ever seen so much love in a couple’s eyes! They clearly adore and respect each other and are very much in love. Their six children must feel all this love between them and their mutual respect must give the kids a clear idea of how you treat others. It’s no wonder is it that they are all very happy together, and for-sure they must have so much fun together. Kimmy you are amazing to have captured all these adorable glimpses of our favourite couple. Thanks so much! Isn’t it great when two truly lovely people find such happiness and security together. It makes me feel uplifted to see this and know it is possible!
@Kim: would you please give SALT another chance – say, this weekend?
You said in another thread it was good/not great & had trouble getting into it. The 1st time I saw it, I had trouble getting into the 1st part of it too, I got into it the 2nd half. It might have been that I’d set my expectations too high after reading the the reviews – I wasn’t expecting THE GREATEST ACTION MOVIE EVER, but some of the action sequences, c’mon. Then I realized, c’mon – Willis, Stallone, Scwharzenegger, various Bonds, Damon, Cruise – if they were plausible, Evelyn Salt was plausible. I mean, Cruise w/all those green lasers everywhere & he was perfectly horizontally balanced? Evelyn Salt could have trained with Cirque du Soleil, Chinese acrobats, ninjas, Navy Seals & Army Rangers – I saw all her mad skillz on Peabody’s smart phone.
Reviewers almost universally loved Angie’s committed performance, but some found Evelyn’s character empty & hard to relate to. IMO, that was deliberate on the filmmakers’ part – to make Salt a cipher, a mystery, to be unraveled little by little (and I hope, not in a linear way), in the sequel & hopefully in a franchise. In a way, SALT is the prequel/origin story – we have a lot to find out about Salt before we can fully commit ourselves to her.
Last thing. I sometimes wonder if we unconsciously apply a harder standard on movies about and/or made by women & people of color – like they have to be perfect or better than the 1000s of mediocre crap made by white men. I think professional film critics & bloggers do. IMO, women & POC have the right to make movies in the same range as white men – magnificent to trash. Women & POC need to work & eat too; and if they’re not allowed to work in crappy as well as good movies, they can’t practice their craft to get better. Lots of great actors started in terrible movies. We don’t give women/POC the same breaks as we do white men.
So how about it, will you please think about giving SALT a 2nd chance this weekend?
I hate to think about the suffering and malnutrition in our rich and bountiful planet, how can it be possible that some people carry around enough weight for three people!while others are dying of hunger? and we have very ‘advanced’ civilizations. Little Zee is now a beautiful, healthy and very happy girl, and it’s great to see her bouncing along with her brothers and sisters, smiling from ear to ear. Can you imagine just how much happiness this brings Angie & Brad, knowing what they saved her from! As Angie says, her children are individuals and all with different personalities and characters, which is all valued and celebrated. The kids are a manifestation of all the goodness Brad & AJ give-out. It’s a lovely family- and we are all lucky to share in their joy and be inspired by them.
We know Shiloh’s genetic background quite well. Her parents, her grandfather’s and especially her maternal uncle are all tall people, so it fits that she is tall. Knox and Vivienne will probably be tall as well. They all came from healthy parents as well and had good nutrition and a healthy mother from conception which makes a big difference. As stated, we don’t know that about Zahara’s genetic background.
Shiloh weighed at birth what Zahara did when Brad and Angelina adopted her and she was sickly after they brought her home. She also had rickets which you can see in earlier photos. She now has beautiful straight legs and will no doubt be a beautiful child and woman. Her love and good nutrition since her adoption has given her a second chance at life. Both girls are lucky and loved, as are her parents and other siblings.
If anyone has qualms about seeing Salt again, I’d just say go watch it. I felt sorry for the character and actually ended up liking her and sympathizing with her. I wasn’t expecting anything realistic, romantic comedies aren’t realistic either, let alone action films. I think she managed to add some depth to an action character which isn’t really common and easy, since they’re supposed to be fast paced and fight oriented. Plus I agree with Ligaya, I think we can safely assume there’ll probably be a sequel that’ll dig deeper into Salt’s life. Maybe I’m too easy to please when it comes to movies, but for me it was one thrilling movie to watch.
Ligaya, I agree with everything you said and I also think we have alot more to know about Evelyn Salt. I was so taken with the movie that I couldn’t believe that it was over. I hope that I will be able to see the sequel when it comes out.
metacritic’s 41 top critics in the country: 29 gave it positive reviews, 10 were neutral, 2 negative. This is an example where the critic loved Angelina, the movie – not so much.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2010-07-22-salt22_ST_N.htm
Angelina Jolie in ‘SALT’ shakes up the standard spy thriller
* * (out of four)
Updated 7/23/2010 8:59 AM | Comments 42 |
[excerpts]
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
“I didn’t do anything,” mutters Angelina Jolie as the indestructible, mysterious CIA operative Salt, as she jumps off a bridge onto the roof of a moving car.
Though she’s defending herself against allegations that she’s actually a Russian spy, she never stops doing things in this action thriller. The physical stunts just keep on coming.
The presence of a female lead that’s a butt-kicking, mega-mighty fighter is the most noteworthy aspect of this occasionally exciting tale of evil Russians trying to take down America. And in the realm of women stars, the statuesque Jolie is just the one to pull off the character’s unrelenting physicality.
As Evelyn Salt, she’s part James Bond, part Mata Hari, part generic superhero and part Natasha (Boris’ counterpart in the animated 1960s series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show).
The only distinguishing feature to this by-the-book thriller is Jolie, who gets pummelled as good as she pummels.
Director Phillip Noyce doesn’t hesitate to show men viciously beating up on her, and a climactic mano a mano fight with Schreiber is surprisingly vicious. She nonetheless remains impervious to injury or wear and tear. [Well, I wouldn't exactly say that - anyone who's seen SALT knows that's not true.]
http://www.weekinrewind.com/2010/07/salt-movie-review-2010.html
[excerpts]
The story goes like this: While in the middle of an interrogation, Salt is called out as a Russian spy by the very Russian defector (Daniel Olbrychski) she’s questioning.
And when that happens, she grows into a rampaging she-monster from hell who can’t be stopped, regardless of what you hurl her way. Not that anything is easy for her here. Salt has her work cut out for her in this movie, and Noyce is wise enough to show us the bloody toll it takes on his main character.
Cue the drama! Is there nothing that can stop this woman? Nothing that can take her down? Since Jolie has the lead, audiences know the answer.
When you see Jolie leap from bridges onto moving semis or when you see how she ingeniously gets a cop to drive with the help of a stun gun, you’re essentially looking at the female version of James Bond. Jolie knows it, and she owns it.
I <3 LOVE <3 this review, especially the last paragraph.
http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Salt-4699.html
SALT
4 out of 4 stars
Reviewed by Katey Rich
After spending the last decade trying to reinvent classic genres or cash in on toy franchises, the people responsible for Hollywood's blockbusters have forgotten how to make something they used to excel at: popcorn movies that can actually thrill adults. Luckily for us Phillip Noyce never forgot, and he's back in fine form with Salt, a movie more like his early 90s spy landmarks A Clear and Present Danger and Patriot Games than anything that's come since. Salt feels old-fashioned in all the right ways, from its Cold War paranoia to a refreshing lack of technology; anchored by a fierce performance from Angelina Jolie and running at a swift 100 minutes, it's everything you could ask for from a summer movie.
The premise would have seemed preposterous until a few weeks ago, when 11 accused Russian spies were arrested in New York, but even so it takes a while to embrace the idea that CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Jolie), accused of being a Russian mole, must go on the run in order to prove her innocence and learn her true identity. She flees not just because her hard-nosed superior Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) doesn't believe her and her fellow spy pal Winter (Liev Schreiber) can't convince him otherwise, but she fears for the safety of her gentle German-born husband (August Diehl), an arachnologist who was once tough enough to bust Salt out of a North Korean prison, but apparently doesn't have what it takes to stand up against the CIA. Or the KGB. Or both.
For, you see, Salt isn't just an innocent woman on the run. As we learn in a series of flashbacks and convoluted speeches, her loyalties may be more compromised than you would expect from a woman who lives in D.C. and wears tailored suits to work. While Salt's heroism is never really in doubt– she's played by Angelina Jolie, after all– Kurt Wimmer's script deftly plays with our trust of the character, constantly doling out new information that shifts our perspective, and allowing Salt to commit pretty impressive feats of violence without exactly knowing why she's on the attack. All this shifting would be frustrating if it weren't for Peabody and Winter, two more potential heroes on Salt's tail, both of whom also earn and lose our trust throughout the film. The script is fairly shallow when it comes to delving into character emotions and leaves some major plot turns unexplored, but it pulls off a pretty neat trick of presenting three characters who can be villains and heroes simultaneously.
Noyce keeps all the plates spinning marvelously, executing hair-raising action sequences– particularly one of Jolie jumping from car to car on the freeway, and an brutal fight scene on a barge– and walk-and-talk politics with equal confidence. He tosses in a little of the Greengrass-inspired shaky cam during some fight sequences, but unlike nearly everyone else who mimics that style, Noyce can actually pull it off. Jolie has brought on board her longtime stunt coordinator Simon Crane, and she's never looked more convincing as both a badass and a human being. Noyce's confidence in his leading lady (the two collaborated ten years ago on The Bone Collector), combined with Robert Elswit's fluid cinematography and Crane's fearless stunt choreography, invent Salt as a believably female Bourne or even Bond. At 35 Jolie is a little older than the typical female action hero, but that makes Salt all the more compelling as she repeatedly pulls off the impossible in her battle against the world.
Ejiofor and Schreiber are perfectly tense and well-used in their supporting roles, but Salt is Jolie's vehicle, and she owns every frame. Salt was famously rewritten to star a male protagonist, and it was Jolie's influence that kept the character from ever abusing her sex appeal, and allowed her to become increasingly dirty and disheveled as the movie reaches its action climax. We're a long way from Tomb Raider, and its encouraging to see Jolie use her immense starpower to create a female heroine who successfully exists apart from the male-dominated world she must struggle against. Salt the movie is refreshing in its old-school familiarity, but Salt the character is remarkable and new. It's a powerful combination that makes for some pretty ideal entertainment.
I tried posting a super great review of SALT by cinema blend but it didn’t show up.
I’m afraid to re-post it in case it gets trapped in wordpress’ “duplicate post” hell. Please just go to cinemablend’s website & search for the review of SALT – my favorite review along with Roger Ebert’s.
i think what we see on the movie SALT now is just an introduction of who SALT really is… just to give a background about her and what she does.. i’m really into having a second part of SALT.. its like a jigsaw puzzle, we have the first parts now and the second parts are the ones who would complete it!
when me and my friends watched it here in the Philippines, me. my friends and all those people inside the cinema all shouted when its over, we couldn’t believe that it ended.. we still want more.. its like what my friend said: “bitin”.. but i strongly believe we re just seeing an intro of who is SALT.. crossing my fingers for the next one..
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NOTE: Sony is waiting to see how well SALT does overseas before deciding whether to do a sequel. OK, JPWatchers, LET’S OPEN HUGE IN U.K., GERMANY, SOUTH AMERICA!!! Let’s keep it going in the Philippines & everywhere else! YOU, YOUR FAMILY / FRIENDS / CO-WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES / FRIENDS/ CO-WORKERS, SOCIAL NETWORKS, TWITTERS, EMAILS, WORD OF MOUTH.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/08/angelina-jolie-salt-sequel-noyce.html
Can Angelina Jolie get saltier?
August 13, 2010 | 11:02 am
Filmgoers who saw “SALT” well know how its ending was left open wider than Red Square. But will Sony drive through with a sequel? The stars and principals that need to align have, at least, begun to come together.
Writer Kurt Wimmer has ideas for how to advance the story of the spy thriller, in which Evelyn Salt is a Russian plant in the highest echelons of the CIA who may or may not be working for her home country.
Director Phillip Noyce, for his part, is said to be interested in returning for a new installment. Scheduling and preferences would need to be worked out, however: Though the filmmaker doesn’t officially have a new movie, he is involved with several high-priority development projects.
They include “Wenceslas Square,” the indie thriller that was set to shoot in Serbia as early as this summer but has gotten hung up on casting issues as producers seek a big-name star. Noyce is also interested in directing Russell Crowe in the Australian love story “Dirt Music,” which has long been a passion project for the director, though without financing yet, no one’s moving on that one. And there’s another romance film in the offing that would reunite Noyce with “Salt” producer Sunil Perkash.
Angelina Jolie had said that she’s keen to work on a sequel; she has the Tim Burton film “Maleficent” and the big-franchise dreams of Kay Scarpetta waiting in the wings, but no commitment to a new movie now that she’s finished Spyglass’ “The Tourist.”
“Salt” producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and, in particular, Sony remain a question, however. The line the studio has put out to insiders in Hollywood is that the the company wants to see how the film performs in key international territories — over the coming weeks it opens in the U.K., Germany and numerous South American countries — before deciding whether to move forward. The movie has performed reasonably well in the U.S., earning $96 million thus far, but the production cost $110 million, with marketing costs running along the usual lines for a star-driven action picture. And sequels tend to get pricier.
Then again, Sony has done the heavy lifting, launching an original script and an unknown title in a climate inhospitable to them. Now comes the easy part. Well, comparatively speaking.
–Steven Zeitchik
(JPWatchers, if you’d like, you can add your comment about wanting a sequel to this article.)
Ligaya says:
…This is an example where the critic loved Angelina, the movie – not so much.
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My reaction was same. I believe people who saw this movie had similar ones.
But aside its flaw (I say its script) Salt cemented her status of global action star who also can do serious drama.
She proved she can do the teritory where Daniel Craig or Matt Damon can do. I bet movie studio’s bosses thought she deserves her $20mil salary and trust her capability more than ever. Salt will certainly earn global box office of $300 mil. But…Ligaya, I don’t want her do sequel unless it will have BETTER script.
007, Thanks for really understanding my point. Please thank your friends for me.
Yes absolutely about her celebrity being the reason the humanitarian work is even discussed at all. But it just angers me that it takes her being famous for people to listen to what she has to say, because she is incredibly smart and very knowledgeable. And she has two working hands that shes willing to use to make a difference in someones life. She could be independently wealthy without her “celebrity” status and still be just as intelligent, and passionate and yes… lets be shallow for a moment, beautiful, and who exactly would listen to her? Her voice would not be heard like it is today, just like your friends who work tirelessly and we never hear about them. People who do so much good and we rarely hear about that. My friend had no idea what Doctors without Borders even is until I practically forced her to watch the coverage on Haiti after the earthquake hit.
Angelina said that being able to discuss her humanitarian work is one of the best things about her celebrity. She has also said that the fascination with her life is “weird” to her. Yeah, you think? I don’t know if its the fact that I have become a mother or what, but I find the non stop obsessions and intrusive behavior on her and her children very creepy. People need to start “obsessing” over the fact that little kids are dying everyday. People are constantly fleeing their homes because of war and persecution. Most of these people will never get back home. The list goes on and on. It’s a huge insult to Jolie to take in the silly things and leave out the important things. She doesn’t try and keep us informed and cry over these situations for nothing. It means something to her. And it should mean something to the entire world. I hope that things will be different by the time my child is my age. Maybe gossip shows will no longer exist, and those slots will be filled with the important realities of our world. Perhaps then people will start really paying attention to the problems in our world and take real action. It really IS everybody’s problem, not just those who are facing them.
I read something recently on how Angelina has been spending her free time in the library doing some research on refugees. Interestingly enough, the article says that she is doing research for a book about the international refugee crisis. My first thought was I wonder if she herself is writing something? The article wasn’t specific. I would love it if she would write again.
It’s ok if Kim didn’t really like Salt, it’s ok if she never does. Not everyone is going to be over the moon with all of Brad and Angelina’s movies.
A little bit of a spoiler, but not really….
Personally I thought Salt was incredible fun, but I was bothered by the first scene. It was a little more jolting than I expected and I really felt for the character. The ending.. wow! Where did that come from? Ended far too fast, IMO. I will go back again before it leaves the theater if I can get out for a couple of hours, I will also buy the DVD and watch it many times I’m sure. I’ve enjoyed pretty much all of her movies, but I didn’t particularly care for one of Brad’s recent films, even though I had lied before and said I did. That’s just stupid. If you don’t like something than you don’t like it. And its fine. I still respect Brad as an actor, I think he is very good and have enjoyed most of his movies.
@sunny: I agree. I’m pretty sure Angelina is of the same mind, otherwise she would have done Wanted 2. SALT is a great popcorn movie, non-stop action. But for a follow-up – WITHOUT watering down the action – we need more substance, character development, good – preferably great – dialogue, ditto plot, no plot holes, fill in at least some of SALT’s plot holes, some nuance.
While on her new mission, I’d like to see some flashbacks to Evelyn’s backstory – growing up in USA, joining CIA, her training, her psychology, whyat makes her tick, etc,; and Evelyn & Mike’s backstory from when she gained his trust to the point he fell in love with her & got her into North Korea, when her feelings changed from using him to caring, how the CIA handle spooks married to civilians…I’d also like to see the sexy scenes that were in the trailers.
And that’s the only sex I want in SALT II – THE TREATY, because that’s one of the strengths of the movie. Evelyn is a female action hero, not a femme fatale.
@charms & all JPWatchers: I didn’t say that Kim’s opinion was wrong. Gosh, did I give that impression? Of course, it’s OK if Kim or anybody doesn’t like SALT, or any movie. Everyone has a right to their opinion. I said I didn’t get into the movie at first, either.
I apologize, KIM, – that wasn’t my intention at all. I was just asking in a joking manner (I thought I made that clear with the
emoticon – but maybe that didn’t come through). Again, I apologize to Kim if I offended you or put pressure on you.
I thought I was pretty careful in making “I” statements and using “IMO.”
Partly, maybe I could have been clearer that I was addressing some of the criticisms of SALT reviewers have made (i.e. “professional critics & bloggers”).
Kim never said anything about these points, so if anyone took them as a criticism of Kim, I want to clarify that they weren’t.
Especially love the last paragraph.
http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Salt-4699.html
Salt Reviewed by Katey Rich
4 out of 5 stars
After spending the last decade trying to reinvent classic genres or cash in on toy franchises, the people responsible for Hollywood’s blockbusters have forgotten how to make something they used to excel at: popcorn movies that can actually thrill adults. Luckily for us Phillip Noyce never forgot, and he’s back in fine form with Salt, a movie more like his early 90s spy landmarks A Clear and Present Danger and Patriot Games than anything that’s come since. Salt feels old-fashioned in all the right ways, from its Cold War paranoia to a refreshing lack of technology; anchored by a fierce performance from Angelina Jolie and running at a swift 100 minutes, it’s everything you could ask for from a summer movie.
The premise would have seemed preposterous until a few weeks ago, when 11 accused Russian spies were arrested in New York, but even so it takes a while to embrace the idea that CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Jolie), accused of being a Russian mole, must go on the run in order to prove her innocence and learn her true identity. She flees not just because her hard-nosed superior Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) doesn’t believe her and her fellow spy pal Winter (Liev Schreiber) can’t convince him otherwise, but she fears for the safety of her gentle German-born husband (August Diehl), an arachnologist who was once tough enough to bust Salt out of a North Korean prison, but apparently doesn’t have what it takes to stand up against the CIA. Or the KGB. Or both.
For, you see, Salt isn’t just an innocent woman on the run. As we learn in a series of flashbacks and convoluted speeches, her loyalties may be more compromised than you would expect from a woman who lives in D.C. and wears tailored suits to work. While Salt’s heroism is never really in doubt– she’s played by Angelina Jolie, after all– Kurt Wimmer’s script deftly plays with our trust of the character, constantly doling out new information that shifts our perspective, and allowing Salt to commit pretty impressive feats of violence without exactly knowing why she’s on the attack. All this shifting would be frustrating if it weren’t for Peabody and Winter, two more potential heroes on Salt’s tail, both of whom also earn and lose our trust throughout the film. The script is fairly shallow when it comes to delving into character emotions and leaves some major plot turns unexplored, but it pulls off a pretty neat trick of presenting three characters who can be villains and heroes simultaneously.
Noyce keeps all the plates spinning marvelously, executing hair-raising action sequences– particularly one of Jolie jumping from car to car on the freeway, and an brutal fight scene on a barge– and walk-and-talk politics with equal confidence. He tosses in a little of the Greengrass-inspired shaky cam during some fight sequences, but unlike nearly everyone else who mimics that style, Noyce can actually pull it off. Jolie has brought on board her longtime stunt coordinator Simon Crane, and she’s never looked more convincing as both a badass and a human being. Noyce’s confidence in his leading lady (the two collaborated ten years ago on The Bone Collector), combined with Robert Elswit’s fluid cinematography and Crane’s fearless stunt choreography, invent Salt as a believably female Bourne or even Bond. At 35 Jolie is a little older than the typical female action hero, but that makes Salt all the more compelling as she repeatedly pulls off the impossible in her battle against the world.
Ejiofor and Schreiber are perfectly tense and well-used in their supporting roles, but Salt is Jolie’s vehicle, and she owns every frame. Salt was famously rewritten to star a male protagonist, and it was Jolie’s influence that kept the character from ever abusing her sex appeal, and allowed her to become increasingly dirty and disheveled as the movie reaches its action climax. We’re a long way from Tomb Raider, and its encouraging to see Jolie use her immense starpower to create a female heroine who successfully exists apart from the male-dominated world she must struggle against. Salt the movie is refreshing in its old-school familiarity, but Salt the character is remarkable and new. It’s a powerful combination that makes for some pretty ideal entertainment.
Ligaya, what? No I didn’t take your comment as a criticism towards her or anyone for that matter. I was just making a statement is all. Everyone has their own tastes and thats completely fine. I’ve seen Kims posts before, I don’t think she’s easily offended or is going to take your comment as “criticism” either. ;]
@charms: Oh, well, it’s all good then. Since you felt the need to make a statement, I misunderstood. No worries.
I agree that the fact that Zee appears to be a bit shorter than Shi is nothing to be alarmed at.
In addition to everything that’s already been said, Zee and Shi are pretty close in age. Shi was born when Zee was close to 17 months old (techinically she was 16 months, but Shi was born on May 27th, and Zee turned 17 months old not even two weeks later, on June 8).
That means the girls aren’t even a year and a half apart in age. Because they’re so close in age, I don’t the fact that Zee is a few inches shorter than Shi (that’s all the shorter than Shi she looks to me!) is really that unusual.
I imagine that scenario probably also happens quite a bit in families where one parent is short, the other tall, and the older kid takes after the short parent and the younger kid the tall parent.
That being said, I definitely think that the fact that Zee was malnourished for the first six months of her life has something to do with her being shorter than Shi as well.
Now what I’m REALLY surprised about is that no one on the blogs Ligaya was talking about has apparently noticed that Shi is almost as tall as Pax, who is three years older than her!
I don’t think that’s anything to worry about either, as Shi is tall for her age, and most Asians are on the shorter side.
I’m just surprised no one mentioned it.
@charms – as always i like your comments..
i too was too bothered by the first scene.. i think it was too much.. i couldn’t stand seeing it, really.. maybe because, personally, i never want to see Angie hurt..or maybe i just really felt for her character there too, it made me cry.. but the ending for me is not that brilliant.. i mean, i love the movie, i know its an awesome movie but the ending for me lacks to many things that up until now i’m still wondering ‘Who is SALT’.. just like what i said in my previous comment, maybe this movie is just to show an introduction on SALT and there would really be another movie..
DEFINATELY would LOVE to see this film! Any news about how we can get a copy or where to see it would be great!
Spoilers – kind of..
Kimmy, Oops I think I should have been more specific with my thought on the ending. My wow didn’t mean wow! great!. I was thinking, “Wow that’s it!?” When it ended I was confused, as it ended very abruptly. I also think they may have set it up like that to do a sequel though. Which is ok with me, it means another Jolie film and who doesn’t want that??
It’s ok if the beginning made you cry.. I am very emotional over things like that and I had to fight back some tears as well. I wanted to go in there and kick those guys asses, you know you did too! lol. There were a few scenes actually that had me feeling emotional, I felt for her and I didn’t want to see her hurting. We really like Angelina, so of course we connect with her characters. And yeah, when you are watching you also remember that its her, no body wants to see her hurting either, especially since she is an actual person, whereas most of her characters are fictional. But she has Brad and her large security team, and no one is going to harm her. Only a sicko would even think to hurt a wonderful person like her anyway.
Kimmy, thanks for letting me know how it was in a Philippines movie theater.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I beg you, SALT HASN’T EVEN PREMIERED in lots of overseas territories. They’re called suspense thrillers for a reason.
PLEASE PUT “SPOILER ALERT” and a line space before giving details away. IMO, general comments are fine.
Mary Ann said she was glad she didn’t read the script, watch the trailers, or read reviews. Someone else said the same thing.
I don’t like reading scripts. I like watching trailers & reading reviews. I didn’t like the few reviews who gave away some spoilers.
I know we’re eager to discuss it – I’m champing at the bit myself.
Someone asked Sherry to start a discussion post once SALT had premiered everywhere; I think that’s fair – JPWatchers who haven’t seen it could just skip that post.
Ligaya I agree, if you’re talking about my post I wrote that it gave away surprises. I apologize if I hadn’t made it clear.
Sherry and Ligaya don’t you think it would be fun after Salt played all over if we offer our thoughts of who and what type of person we think Salt is. I believe that there would be a lot of different thoughts.
@Mary Ann: Absolutely, somebody else suggested that earlier too.
@Cherrysnowdrop: It’s OK.
In film blogs & imdb.com discussion posts, people put the warning in capitals “SPOILER ALERT” or “MAJOR SPOILER ALERT,” plus leave a 1-2 line spaces so that people who don’t want to be spoiled have a chance to look away.
Don’t worry about it. Now you know what the usual practice is – in case you go post on film blogs or imdb.com message boards.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20406234,00.html
Summer Movie Moment
SALT: Angelina Jolie’s Truck Stunt
by Nicole Sperling, 7/30/10
Yes, that really is Angelina Jolie darting across the top of a tanker truck in an early action sequence in Salt set near Washington, D.C. How’d she do it? Well, it helps that the 35-year-old action superstar has no fear of heights and a tight relationship with her longtime stunt coordinator, Simon Crane. According to Crane, Jolie was attached to cables while she ran across the roof of a truck as it drove over a bridge at 35 miles per hour. ”A lot of actors wouldn’t even get up there, let alone jump off,” he says. ”Just standing up there is pretty difficult.”
As for the leap, you know what they say: It isn’t the takeoff that’s tricky, it’s the landing. Jolie bounded from the truck to another one lower down — both were going 20 miles per hour — but for safety reasons, the star never actually planted herself on the second vehicle. ”We took her very close to it,” says Crane, explaining that Jolie ended up swinging five feet above the second truck, suspended from a harness by a superstrong Tech 12 fiber rope. ”I’m forever trying to push the limit in how we can make stunts look different and really see the stars doing them,” he says.
Originally posted 7/30/10
Published in issue #1114, 8/6/10
Someone mentioned Live Schreiber earlier. I really like the Tony-award winning stage, film & tv actor who’s also a playwright. (Sorry, I can’t remember everyone who made certain comments – I have too many irons in the fire: sick husband, long distance caretaking of 75 y.o. mom, and FB posting videos + articles of another misunderstood star – Michael Jackson, who’ll be inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame tomorrow.)
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20404187,00.html
Liev Schreiber: The Best Actor of his Generation?
The ”Salt” actor lends class to blockbusters, earns raves on Broadway, and goes head-to-head with Angelina Jolie. What’s next?
by Chris Nashawaty, 7/23/10
The phrase ”Greatest actor of His Generation” has been thrown around a lot lately. Sean Penn. Robert Downey Jr. Christian Bale. Johnny Depp. Philip Seymour Hoffman. All of them have at one time or another been on the receiving end of that flashy superlative. But Liev Schreiber is probably the only one of them who still has to tell people how to pronounce his name. For the record, it’s LEE-ev, rhymes with Chicken Kiev.
On a recent summer night, the native New Yorker shows up at a downtown restaurant across the street from where he lives with actress Naomi Watts and their two young sons, wearing jeans, flip-flops, and a suntan. He’s just returned from a scuba-diving trip to Tahiti and still feels too rubbery and mellow to talk about his new movie — the Angelina Jolie conspiracy thriller Salt. But he insists he’s ”a company man,” so he’ll give it a shot.
In the film, Schreiber plays Jolie’s mentor at the CIA who is blindsided when she’s named as a Russian sleeper agent. It’s basically the Joan Allen role from the Bourne movies with a slight twist. And, as usual, he nails what little he’s given. Taking a swig of beer straight from the bottle, Schreiber admits he hasn’t seen the finished film yet. ”I hear it’s good,” he says, before adding, ”They had to reshoot a lot of the ending, and they made me say some dumb things. I was miserable. Mis-er-a-ble! I was telling the director, Phillip Noyce, ‘F— you! This is garbage, no way! You can’t make me do this!”’ Schreiber starts to laugh, realizing that it might be wise to downshift a gear or two. ”Phillip’s a great guy. He appreciated the fact that I cared about being good.”
In person, the 42-year-old is taller, more handsome, and a lot funnier than you’d expect from watching his somber, brooding performances in films like The Manchurian Candidate and Defiance. He’s a born storyteller with the kind of deep smoker’s baritone that’s tailor-made for selling Infiniti sedans on TV and narrating HBO sports documentaries — both of which he does when he’s not busy with his day job. It’s also the type of voice that blows like a foghorn from the stage — the medium where, to date, he’s done his best work. Not only is Schreiber a classically trained Shakespearean actor, but he also won a Tony for his turn as real estate shark Ricky Roma in 2005′s revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, and was nominated again this year for playing the lead opposite Scarlett Johansson in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge. In between the two was 2007′s Talk Radio — in which he gave a performance that prompted The New York Times to call him ”the finest American theater actor of his generation.”
Still, for the past decade, Schreiber has lived a strange sort of double life as one of the most acclaimed and versatile powerhouses on Broadway and yet one of the most overlooked and underused actors in Hollywood. It’s as if his Q rating drops 50 percent the second he steps off the plane at LAX. ”When I got out of [Yale Drama] school, no one wanted to do classical theater,” he says. ”There was a dearth of people who wanted to work for 300 bucks a week. So I was able to fill a hole. And I think that’s what I do in movies — I fill a hole…usually playing someone a little naughty. They’re good holes.”
When asked if he wishes he were more famous, like his Salt costar, Schreiber weighs the question, taking another pull on his beer. ”Actors like Angelina and Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are kind of one in a million,” he says. ”So what you’re basically asking is, How come you’re not lightning in a bottle? I’d love to be the guy who can finance a movie, but I’m dead in the water once I start trying to be that.”
Schreiber has juggled juicy parts in indies (The Daytrippers, A Walk on the Moon) with simmering second-banana roles in big commercial hits (the Scream trilogy, X-Men Origins: Wolverine). He always comes off as totally believable, despite all of the pressure he puts on himself and his directors. ”He’s harder on himself than he is on anyone else,” says Defiance director Edward Zwick. ”There are actors I won’t name whose ideas are only in the service of themselves or their vanity. That’s not Liev.” Adds Salt’s Noyce: ”He has a process that is arduous for a director. I mean, he really makes you work. He’s a perfectionist, and he makes you justify your choices. But at the end, I felt he was the best actor I had ever worked with.”
Still, most critics agree that it’s the theater where Schreiber is at his most hypnotic. And while he won’t come out and say so, you get the impression that he believes this too. For him, walking on stage is like going home. All the more so because his own chaotic childhood never really gave him a sense of safety and security (he was caught in a brutal custody battle between bohemian parents and was briefly kidnapped by his father when he was 3). It’s the same feeling of belonging and home he gets with Watts, with whom he costarred in 2006′s The Painted Veil. ”We share so many things,” he says. ”Not just from being in the same business — we’re very similar people as well. Naomi lost her father when she was very young, and I was separated from my father when I was very young. And I think people who’ve been through that speak in code to each other. Sometimes it’s nice to have someone who can read the code.”
Actors are all about codes. And as he polishes off his second beer, Schreiber’s bouncing leg seems to be shorthand that he’s growing a bit antsy. He has to get on a plane in the morning, and he fears that a third beer might be a bad idea. But before he goes, there’s still one last question that has to be asked. Namely, what he thinks about that whole Greatest Actor of His Generation thing…
”Well, how can you argue with The New York Times?” he says with a sly grin. ”Look, I have a different perspective, but I’m glad they have theirs. Really glad. But if you’re going to accept that, you also have to be prepared to accept when someone calls you ‘the somnambulistic Mr. Schreiber with a head the size of a watermelon,’ which someone actually wrote once. I had to look up somnambulistic. It means someone who puts you to sleep. So if you’re going to be okay with being the best stage actor of your generation, you also have to be okay being the boring guy with the watermelon head.”
Originally posted 7/23/10
Published in issue #1113 7/30/10
Um, that’s LIEV. I wish I didn’t make typos & that I had a better memory.
Liev wasn’t really given a chance to show his nuanced acting chops in SALT, except a little during the quiet part of Evelyn & Ted’s interaction at the end.
Schreiber’s 1st tv foray was in C.S.I. I think Schreiber & C.S.I. fans will enjoy it. I saw the 4 episodes where his character, Michael Keppler, temporarily substitutes for Grissom: Law of Gravity, Meet Market, Redrum, & Sweet Jane (2007). Liev is superb. I’m a huge CSI fan (I own all seasons), and this story arc is one of the best.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main2369767.shtml
I just found out that Liev acted in drag in Mixed Nuts, a movie with Steve Martin – I’ll have to rent it.
Ligaya, thank you for the info about Liev, he sounds like a great actor. Plus for the tips, I don’t use the net much or visit many review sites. (:
I haven’t watched CSI, but maybe I’ll watch it sometime, it’s on TV a lot. (:
I’m not quite sure how Angie could possibly pull off doing Gravity. I mean, she already has some film projects she is considering (Malificent movie, Cleopatra, and Kay Scarpetta project). Plus there is already talk of a Salt sequal.
Then again, Angie DID pretty much say in one of her interviews that those three movie projects I mentioned above are still very much in the “up-in-the-air” stage at this point (Cleopatra doesn’t even have a director attatched yet, and, from what Angie said, hardly anything has been done/decided as far as the Kay Scarpetta project).
So who knows, I guess!