Dustin Hoffman Rejoins 'Little Fockers' at 11th Hour

It's been a long time since I've said, "You know, that movie needed more Dustin Hoffman." Hard to blame the guy for cashing checks, but his last Oscar nomination was 13 years ago, and that - for Wag the Dog - was really a sign of a bad year. I mean, Robin Williams won an Oscar that year. Ditto Kim Basinger. ...And Helen Hunt. So Hoffman is having fun and that's fine, except that he's incredibly hammy these days. He gave us a lot of good performances once upon a time, however. But when you read that Hoffman will be back for Little Fockers - or Meet the Parents: Little Fockers, as it insists on being called - you have to wonder what's wrong with the movie. The Other Hoff was offered a chance to return but passed, probably over money but officially because he didn't think it was worth scheduling around a couple days on set. Deadline says Hoffman will return, at his original price, but Universal swears the movie's great even without him, insisting that test audiences scored it an 85, but "we want to make it better. It's an investment in the future of the franchise." Oh no...there's still a future for this franchise? Well now I'm depressed. Regardless of what Universal says - and with Despicable Me its only major hit in two years, it's bound to say anything - the trailer is pathetic, punching twice for jokes about accidental turkey-carving blood loss (ho ho) and Viagra. It needs distractions and Hoffman certainly was that in the second movie. Still not a fan of fixing something that, by the studio's own admission, isn't broken, though.

Comments

[Charcole]

Bad year? Kim Bassinger won for L.A. Confidential. That was a great year just because of that movie. Unless she has won another Oscar I don't know of.

[Colin]

No, the movie's fantastic, but really...Basinger? L.A. Confidential got hosed, in my opinion, winning only the Oscar it shouldn't have.

[D]

I'm not sure I would say LA Confidential got hosed. It won the two awards it deserved (supporting actress and adapted screenplay) and was nominated in the categories it should have been (9 in total). While it was probably a better film than Titanic (at least in my opinion) I wouldn't go as far as to say it was robbed as you could make a case for Titanic being the superior film, and I can't really think of any other awards LAC definitely should have won.

[D]

Also, apparently I can't use HTML for this website anymore.

[Colin]

Likewise...

[Get The Big Picture]

Hey guys, how important is it to have HTML functionality. The reason why I took it away is because we've been getting a lot of SPAM attacks. But hey, if our fans say its really important, I'll turn it back on. :)

[D]

Hello Mr. Picture. I actually had noticed the spam attacks and assumed this was a response. I can live without HTML if necessary.