But because their economics are so spectacular, and their place in the culture still so large, they’ve also become a place where reality can intrude in fantastic, unwelcome ways.

Movies are among our last forms of genuinely communal entertainment they’re where we go to escape ourselves. Rock of Ages and the Terrible Summer Movie Magic Mike and the Appeal of Channing TatumĪbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Its Retelling of American History The Amazing Spider-Man and the Fast Hollywood Reboot Oscarmetrics: A Look at the First Half of 2012 The Dark Knight Rises and the Rest of the TDK Trilogy Fox itself had been down this road before with the sniper film Phone Booth, the release of which had been delayed by the advent of an actual Beltway sniper. A Fox spokesman told THR: “We are very sensitive to the Trayvon Martin case, but our film is a broad alien-invasion comedy and bears absolutely no relation to the tragic events in Florida.” THR pointed out that this was not the first time this had happened: Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter was removed from Japanese theaters after the tsunami there. The film’s big reveal was hastily and unceremoniously revealed: Vaughn, Stiller, Hill, and Ayoade were patrolling the neighborhood not for anything recognizably terrestrial but for alien invaders. Then a 17-year-old named Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida.įox pulled the advertising.

Toward the end of the clip, Hill, using his hands, pretended to shoot at the children beyond his window. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.” - I’m representing for the gangsters all across the world - played on the soundtrack. In the trailer, the film’s four stars, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade, rode slowly through a suburban neighborhood as kids gaped and mailmen fumbled their mail and Dr. The first poster for the film mocked up a street sign featuring a dark figure with a forbidding diagonal line across its neck the sign itself was riddled with bullet holes and slime. It does not store any personal data.The Watch, in theaters tomorrow, was originally titled Neighborhood Watch. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.

We share this with you and we’ll be giving your names backstage at that backstage Thank You Cam. We had an amazing staff of artists, over 40. We thank Bad Robot, Paramount Pictures, we felt your support every day. Abrams, your vision inspired us, your energy kept us going and your insistence on perfection brought us here. Mindy Hall: I don’t want to step on your tail. Na’vi Ben Stiller inspects his Avatail in disgust.īen Stiller prepares to read the winner of the Academy Award for Best Make-up at the 82nd Academy Awards.Ī bright-eyed Ben Stiller stares down James Cameron Na’vi style!įor all you Trekkies out there, here is the acceptance speech given by Mindy with a brief interjection by Barney Burman: Here’s Bena’vi handing off the unobtanium statuette to the winner: So who took home the golden statue for Best Makeup? I guess Stiller should have worn his Spock ears because Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow of Star Trek took home top honors – the first in the history of the Star Trek franchise. At one point during the presentation his tail began flailing about and he yanked on the transparent string attached to it revealing a fishing pole: Joking that it would have been a lot simpler to don one of his pairs of autographed Leonard Spock ears to pay tribute to nominee Star Trek, but he decided that would be a bit too dorky. In addition to looking the part, Ben also spoke in the Na’vi language complete with growls and pops. Ben Stiller handed out the Oscar for Best Makeup Sunday night dressed as a Na’vi from James Cameron’s blockbuster sci-fi film Avatar.

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