Lavigne's hit single headed to big screen

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Great news!

― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm thinking maybe an ILE/ILF conference when this happens?

― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Best bit of journalism EVER:

Because the song has become an anthem for teenagers, the film will be true to spirit of the song.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I wonder if there'll be a scene where the forlorn young woman is pelted with excrement by the Punks as she stands sobbing outside the backstage door. Intercut with scenes of Avril making out with her Sk8erboifriend in an Araki-esque frenzy of red filters and canted angles.

Ned: that reads like the topic sentence of the kind of 8th-grade essay that makes an English teacher sigh and say, "Oh, dear."

In other news: From Justin to Kelly!

― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Excellent. It's like the gender reversal of Pretty In Pink, except in that movie, the mismatched couple ended up together.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

If only Hollywood still had the nerve to set these things on the beach.

― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Thats GREBT!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Amateurist, From Justin to Kelly IS set on the beach! No shit!

― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

(I just hope they do the thing where they surf up next to each other and have a conversation)

― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I know it's set on the beach, that was the reference (I think I'm being too obtuse today).

I just hope they do the thing where they surf up next to each other and have a conversation

Yes, and the waves should be a clumsy back projection.

― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Thread takes a swift right turn: Films where the song came first, and the movie was based on the song's narrative.

I think Kenny Rogers wins this, with made-for-TV films being made for both "Coward of the County" and "The Gambler."

Didn't they make some creepy film about "Ode to Billie Joe"?

― Andy, Wednesday, 28 May 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't they make some creepy film about "Ode to Billie Joe"?

Yeah, I have the poster for that, but I haven't seen it. I think there may have been a movie based on "Harper Valley P.T.A."

― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

also the indian runner

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

who should play the sk8er boi in this film?

(i vote for alec baldwin obv)

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

uh, the blonde baldwin

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

there are no other baldwins, heretic

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

There's the prototype (Alec), then there's the blonde one (Stephen?), the skinny one (William?), and the fat one (Daniel). Perhaps there are more.
It's sort of a Marvel Family thing. Are there any lady Baldwins?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

honorary lady baldwins: dietrich, garbo, joan of arc

anjelica huston should play avril in this

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

joan jett should play the other one

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I think they should do it shitty claymation, with the entire Baldwin family doing voices. Like no assigned roles, just whoever's closest to the mike when something needs saying.
They could pull it on a budget of $12.95 Just like Celebrity Mole.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm willing to back a younger cast if they can work in a The Faculty-type bodysnatcher angle

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

What's going to be worse are all the idiot pull quotes they'll use in the ad campaign:

"A terrific d8 movie!"
"Josh Hartnett [or whoever] is gr8!"
"Don't hesit8 to see the best movie this year!"

― TMFTML (TMFTML), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

if they go w/ the bodysnatchers they'll get better mileage from the "rock each others wrrrrld" bit

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

tony scott should direct it

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

but, like, everybody already knows how it ends.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

cf. top gun - QED

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

This film cries out for a wacky chimp sidekick to the sk8r boi who can skateboard like Tony Hawk.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

re: the ending -- yeah, she's at home feeding the baby, she's all alone and then, then she turns on the tv and what does she see? sk8r boi rocking on MTV. then then, she calls up her friends, they already know, and they got tickets to see his show. and the sk8r grrl gets the sk8r boi and they rock each other's werld.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

in the bodysnatcher version eminem should play sk8er boi and b.murphy should play avril

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

(but first they should both be in jane campion's infinitely superior 8 Mile remake)

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

avril should cameo as a vicious redneck

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Avril should be played by Sigourney Weaver, the prissy girl should be played Bea Arthur, and the Sk8r Boi should be played by Ray Romano.

I would pay $9 to see that. Especially if they all hooked up at the end, y'know.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"wacky chimp sidekick to the sk8r boi who can skateboard like tony hawk" = vin diesel

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm with having adults play these roles, only they should do it on their knees, Clifford-style.

― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd like to see a trailer where that deep-voiced announcer intones, over sped-up cityscape imagery:

She was a girl.

He was a boy.

Can we make it any more obvious?

― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually I think this movie was conceived as an answer to that very question.

― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, I do hope they do this with some super-urban-artifice styles, à la 8 Mile. Then it can be a 21st-Century West Side Story and I will be happy.

― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't wait to see the skater-gang and the ballerina-gang rumble!

― NA. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Wasn't there a movie based on "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"?

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread is the reason I weep alone in the dark at night.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Thursday, 29 May 2003 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

hey now - i know the bodysnatchers thing might not work out, but it's only a movie

― jones (actual), Thursday, 29 May 2003 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"This thread is the reason I weep alone in the dark at night."

Like Avril does, Mike?

― Nat, Thursday, 29 May 2003 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i so dont get any of this. is this ILX love of camp? you peopel are people pay for Avril?
you dont weep alone Mike Taylor.

― kephm, Thursday, 29 May 2003 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Such a shame, such a crying shame. -giggle-

― Nat, Thursday, 29 May 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

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