Monopoly movie - this is a joke, right?

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I heard the movie was headed in a darker direction…

Six strangers awake to find themselves on a giant game board. Steve a professional racecar driver along with David “The Hat” Habberdasher; Sarah, the anal- retentive dry cleaner; Rico “Chance” Rodriguez, the horse jockey; the irish landscaper “Wee” Shannon Barrow; the dog groomer, Liz, “Community Chest” Evans; and, of course, Chad “Free” Parking, the gay navy officer, must all use their business sense, real estate knowledge, and survival instincts to play a real game of Monopoly… to the death!
Who is the sick, creepy old man who taunts and rewards our protagonists with Beauty Pageants and Bank Errors only to take it all away again with income and luxury taxes?

It was an “action figure” long before it had the Kung-Fu grip. I’m really dating myself though.

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Hi-jack–
I can now recall only a few of the phrases regurgitated by “Talking” G.I. Joe:

“G.I. Joe, U.S. Army, reporting for duty!”

“Enemy planes! Hit the dirt!”

“Medic! Get that stretcher up here!”

And his “Eagle Eye” was AWESOME!!!

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And before it was an action figure, it was a movie.

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Reading the IMDB article, I see Lidsville had characters like Weenie the Genie, Raunchy Rabbit, Nursie, Mr. Big, Colonel Poom, and Mrs. Ring-a-Ding. I’m thinking I might have been missing a lot of the subtext when I watched this show as a kid.

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I’m a little surprised that it’s supposed to have a futuristic bent. When I first heard about this a few months ago, I assumed it was going to be a Wallstreet-esque movie about some high stakes real estate takeover attempt. Or a stupid comedy featuring Will Ferrel or Vince Vaughn.

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Scarlett Johanssen could play a Bond Girl type character:

“Hello, my name is Community. Community Chest.”

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Not really… true, the name for the toy was inspired from that film’s title, there is no relation otherwise. The film was over 19 years old and had by then no cross-marketing value (or copywright on GI Joe, apparently) since there isn’t even a character referred to as GI Joe in the film.
…believe me I was mighty disappointed when I saw this on TV as a kid.

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A little bit late in coming, but too irresistable not to post. :stuck_out_tongue:

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It was already posted on page 1.

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Ahhh, it was a YouTube link there so it escaped my notice.

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I’m seeing Paul Giamatti as Rich Uncle Pennybags.

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If they make this movie anything like The Hudsucker Proxy, I’d go see it.

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Is there a Zombie Blvd. on the new Monopoly board?

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Man, this movie just gets better and better :smiley:

In a WORLD where GREED and CHANCE conspire against ALL,
Even the DOGS are UNWITTING VICTIMS of a SICK GAME.
WHO will SAVE THEM from BANKRUPTCY and RUIN?

SCARLETT JOHANSSON
is
CHES T. ZOMBE… HEIRESS EX-CON EXTRAORDINAIRE! …FROM THE PAST! …OF THE FUTURE! …IN IIIIIMAX FOOOOUR-DEE!

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And it will, of course, be played by Jimmy Doohan! :smiley:

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“It’s a wonderful … plot idea!” :slight_smile: