We've all spent some time with the movie rework blues, and today I have a guest post for you from Chris Kavan of FilmCrave.com, who takes a look at the state of Hollywood and it's general lack of originality. Take a look, enjoy, and think about putting your monetary votes behind some more interesting players. According to Box Office Mojo as it currently stands these are the top ten … [Read more...]
I have to kick this off with a bit of introduction. This post comes to you from the guys at cinematicmethod.com. They run a podcast that is rather unique, and it's one that I've taken to quickly. Instead of a movie podcast, theirs is a movie trailer podcast. They give you their rundown on the trailers of the films that are about to come out, and let you know whether or not you should see it based … [Read more...]
I'm not quite sure where exactly this falls on the general awesomeness scale, but Warner Bros. Digital Distribution is opening the door for film releases as Apps, and they're launching the idea with Inception and The Dark Knight. These look awfully cool, and provide you with a lot of possibilities and content, though the iPad version seems the one that makes the most sense to me. Whatever you … [Read more...]
I may not have liked Inception quite as much as a lot of people, but I have to admit (as I have been known to say frequently) I would rather see people try to do something great and fail (or not quite get there), than sit through yet another example of trying to do something mindlessly aimed at the lowest common denominator and succeed brilliantly. While I think Nolan ultimately ran away with … [Read more...]
Providing some hope for the Hollywood machine, Christopher Nolan found his way to the high-profile remake Insomnia with, all things considered, very little on his resume. Small-budget hits Following and Memento have become such cult favorites that they've transcended "cult," but you rarely see such a director getting the chance to shoot straight to a big money venture with such names as Al … [Read more...]
For most purposes, the words "complicated" and "complex" are synonyms. When you dig around a little though, there is a big difference between the two concepts, at least, if you ask a lot of philosophers and thinkers. Generally, a thing is as complex as it is, but it isn't too complex, or not complex enough. At the same time, it makes sense to think of some things as simple and complex. Things can … [Read more...]
Confused?* Where was I? Either way, Teddy's going to get shot, and he knows it. Confused? Don’t be. The brief ‘action’ involved in the killing throws us right at the ‘beginning’, but in a way that uses all the things we don’t know yet. Why does ‘Teddy’ shout and turn just at the end, when it looks, right up to that point, that … [Read more...]
There is a scene in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige which shows one of the film's two rival magicians talking to a small boy. The heart of the conversation is the old magician’s line, “Never show them how it’s done.” There are those who will find even the greatest of magic tricks to be silly pranks once they know the secret. The rest are called magicians. Despite this knowledge, and … [Read more...]
