Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Seven Psychopaths Tailer

This is a movie from the director of the under appreciated In Bruges which starred Colin Farrell. I like the cast in this one. Farrell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, and Sam Rockwell. of     sdaffffdsfa

Expendables cast brings way too much awesomeness to this interview


Cool interview featuring Sly,  Jean-Claude Van Damme, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham and Dolph Lundgren all talking about the awesome looking Expendables 2. Features Stallone's first comments concerning the death of his son since his statement last month.

Big D's Top 5 Favorite Flicks In The Past 5 Years

Tetro

Tetro is the story of two estranged brothers. The younger brother goes in search of his older brother to find out why he dropped off the face of the Earth. After their reunion the family's secrets are gradually exposed and Tetro's private world, the older brother played by Vincent Gallo, spins in an uncomfortable and dramatic direction. With the exception of flashback scenes, the film was shot entirely in black and white. Though it was written and directed by established legend Francis Coppola, it still has a very artsy and independent movie vibe, but its not pretentious and its engaging. Its a simple but touching story that's beautifully shot with an equally beautiful score. 

There Will Be Blood

I personally thought 'Blood' was/is an Oscar-worthy and entertaining movie. But some of my friends and family who've seen it disagree. The common phrase is "I don't get it.". Personally I don't feel like there's anything to necessarily "get" after watching 'Blood'. To my interpretation there's no profound underlying message. For those who haven't seen it its a period film that takes place at the end of the nineteenth century in California and its a look into the world of oilmen through the perspective of the wealthy and very cold prospector Daniel Plainview played by the master himself Daniel Day-Lewis. If you're looking for clear heroes and villains in this movie, there aren't any except for maybe Plainview's loyal son. I suppose what makes the picture so appealing for me are a bunch of little things. The story for one is good. Its sinister with a soundtrack to match. Its unique in that its an American story that's not often told, which I tend to enjoy for that reason alone, but at its heart it is about the clash between two very selfish individuals driven by greed and power through different devices. 

Star Trek (2009)

I've been a die hard and loyal Star Wars fan since I was seven or eight. None of the Star Trek shows or movies with the exception of one or two ever really interested me growing up, not to mention the school stigma that goes along with being a Trekkie. And then I saw this movie and I have to say I was very impressed with damn near everything about it and I now wish the last Star Wars trilogy had been made using Abrams and his team, who is a big Star Wars fan himself. I love sci-fi and this film was top-notch in my book. Can't wait for next year's sequel. 

Inception

I believe I was told by Mr. Shane or Brent Vanoy once that I looked like Leo and that's honestly one of the best compliments I've ever received. Dicaprio impresses me more and more and Inception is my favorite film of his yet. As far as sci-fi or any genre goes really, its one of the most original movies I've ever seen and I love the ones that get very cerebral and make you use your head. Just talking about it makes me want to pop it in and watch it again. Was he dreaming the whole time? Who knows. I usually get annoyed at open-ended stories with no plans of a sequel but I don't think they could have ended Inception in a better way.

The Dark Knight

As much as I loved 'Rises' I decided to go with The Dark Knight because 'Rises' is a little too new right now and because I believe Ledger's performance will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time, at least as far as twenty first century Hollywood is concerned. I've been a Batman fan, perhaps a more casual than deeply knowledgeable one, for most of my life too. This Nolan trilogy has easily been the best take on Batman thus far and its hard to beat the Joker vs. Batman dynamic so that's probably a big reason why the second act was so well received and remains unsurpassed by 'Rises' in box office profits. 


Thursday, August 9, 2012

'Paradise' Lost


In Prometheus news, a sequel rumored right now to be called 'Paradise' is scheduled for a 2014-2015 release and director Ridley Scott is reportedly "very excited" about getting started. Damon Lindelof who cowrote Prometheus with Ridley as of right now is out of the next project so they are still searching for a replacement. As I've said before, I was pleased with Prometheus overall and I really look forward to the next movie. I assume characters David and Shaw will be the only human figures, with the introduction of a lot more engineers and their biological terrors. I gave Prometheus a pass on some of the unanswered questions considering there will be a next film, maybe three. But I'd really like to know how the derelict space ship from the first Alien movie crashed on LV-426 (LV-223 being in Prometheus and not Alien) and why there were eggs on board with more complex species and not vases like the ship in Prometheus. So hopefully questions like those will be answered eventually. Maybe we'll see a "return" of the xenomorph that bursts from Kane's chest back in the film from 1979. Fingers crossed.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Jurrasic Park IV


I don't know how many of you are fans of the Jurassic Park movies or care to see a fourth but it looks like a fourth is green-lit and scheduled for a 2014 release. Steven Spielberg will only be producing and will not be involved in the writing or directing in anyway. Mark Protosevich, who screen wrote 'Thor' and 'I Am Legend' is set to write the screenplay for this fourth installment, according to Spielberg himself. It will be a sequel and not a prequel. This is about as much as I could gather thus far so early on but I am personally a big fan of the first Jurassic Park movie as well as 'Lost World'. Jurassic Park was revolutionary not only for the special effects of the time but because it was an original concept. What separated it from the stop motion animation black and white monster classics like King Kong was that it brought the modern and prehistoric ages together in a very realistic albeit horrifying way. You even felt a sympathetic connection to many of the dinosaurs even when it was clear they didn't belong. Spielberg and the producers really did their homework on this one and consulted with expert paleontologists so you were given a legitimate demonstration of why humans came after and why the two species never could have coexisted. I can't believe its been over twenty years now since I first saw it because it still seems new to me but all and all a very enjoyable picture and hopefully the fourth will strive to return to that place that made the first so successful.

Another Glimpse of Lewis As Lincoln


Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, here is a new picture of Daniel Day-Lewis in character as Abraham Lincoln. 'Lincoln', Spielberg's next big film about the 16th president is coming to theaters next year. I am still in awe looking at it, as if it were an actual new color photograph of the president himself. Daniel is amazing...