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New John Movie!
« on: January 09, 2008, 06:32:59 PM »
Hey everyone, I just turned the tv on earlier today and it just happened to be showing on the Directv Pay Per View channels a preview for a movie called The Killing Of John Lennon. It premieres today on Directv Pay Per View, channel 168, and is playing at 4:00 pm and 9:00 pm. I'm sure they'll keep showing it after today, and I'm wondering if it'll come out on DVD eventually. I haven't heard anything at all about it till now, and I wonder why it wasn't even at the theater, as far as I know.

Anyways, sounds interesting, so try to watch it if you have Directv. It's not a documentary or anything like that, it's a movie with actors and everything.
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Re: New John Movie!
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 01:38:00 AM »
I know! it came out in 2006 in the Uk I think. and in Selected theaters in the US.

I think...
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2008, 03:30:43 AM »
^The tv made it sound like it was new, since it was premiering on Directv Pay Per View today. I guess a lot of fans are really against it, and I'm thinking now that it's a pretty strange topic for the movie. They're all saying that if you're gonna make a movie, at least make it about a happy time in his life, and I agree. Maybe, just maybe, I'll watch it once and that's it.

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Re: New John Movie!
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2008, 10:50:47 AM »
Is this the one with Lindsy Lohan etc?
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2008, 10:59:44 AM »
A short review of this film on imdb.com:

"I was nobody, until I killed the biggest somebody on earth". The words of Mark David Chapman perfectly sums-up this Andrew Piddington biopic of the estranged murderer of John Lennon. Not only does the film track Chapman's movements in the months leading up to the fateful event, but it also follows what happened to the killer from the moment he shot the infamous Beatle, right through to his committal into a psychiatric hospital. The unknown Jonas Ball's portrayal of Chapman is splendidly subtle and disturbing and combined with the artful and experimental direction of Piddington, 'The Killing of John Lennon' makes for an aesthetically pleasing yet chilling examination into the mind of a killer who just wanted to be famous.

The opening sentence sums up why John's killer (I refuse to use his name) should die in jail. However, having said that, I will probably hire the movie and have a look. It sounds as if the director is not trying to glorify the killer, but objectively examine his life. Anyway, if I have a good cry when John is killed in the movie it will probably do me good. It does sound like a better film than Chapter 27, which is apparently pretty unwatchable.
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2008, 11:00:19 AM »
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Is this the one with Lindsy Lohan etc?
No, that one is Chapter 27.

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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2008, 12:01:41 PM »
I won't watch it, simply because that nutter would be so happy if I did.
I don't want to know what happened in hospital. I have a terrible vision of namby-pamby pysciatrists pandering to his visions to extract the truth. I don't want the truth. I want to know that all that has been said to him is "you're a sad little nutter who means nothing."
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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2008, 12:10:21 PM »
I know what you mean, but knowledge can be powerful and healing. I don't think any book or film could make me despise the killer any less, but it could help me understand him. I think I could dismiss him from my thoughts more easily then.
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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2008, 04:39:58 PM »
I really have to turn off sometimes when it comes to chapman....his name is being remembered too much i think,instead of just being some nut,he is getting all these movies/books/docum' etc........enough i reckon
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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2008, 04:49:13 PM »
I'm being a bit hypocritical, because I read a lot about Hitler because his hold on us fascinates me, and I believe its naieve (sp) and dangerous to dismiss such abnormal human behaviour as being due to some almost supernatual sense of "madness." We need to understand why people behave the way they do. To put it down to madness is a copout.
I will watch every movie they make about this once he is dead. Until then I just won't give him the satisfaction of adding myself to the viewing figures.
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2008, 08:56:00 PM »
I want to see it, but I don't know why. I guess to get a better understanding on what happened since I wasn't around when it happened. I wasn't even thought of....
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2008, 09:07:39 PM »
^That is probably the only reason why I would watch it too, IF I do.
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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2008, 10:22:08 AM »
I found this review today on the timeout website. Its changed my mind about seeing this movie. I'm going to avoid it like the plague. And now I think of it, the movie title really bothers me. To use John's name as the drawcard for the movie is to give his killer exactly what he wanted when he gunned down John with four freakin' hollow point bullets! Just give this movie a miss, people!

Movie review
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This writer has a number of issues with Andrew Piddington
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