03.27.09
Trailer: ‘Taking Woodstock’
I don’t know how many of you have seen the Academy Award Winning 1970 documentary “Woodstock,” but it may just be one of my favourite documentaries/rock concert films of all time. Something about Woodstock seems to fascinate me to no end, in fact, the entirety of the hippie-era culture seems to. Ang Lee is a director whose work, time and time again, ends up as being shortlisted for my favourite film of their given years.
Emile Hirsch is an actor who I’d watch read the phonebook, and enjoy it. If you take that, add a cast consisting of Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Liev Schreiber (in drag!) and a score by Danny Elfman, “Taking Woodstock” is a film I am anticipating almost more than any other this year (and it opens in the US on August 14th).
This trailer, however, certainly wasn’t what I was expecting. I’m guessing it was tailor cut for the purpose of appealing to the viewers of “Important Things with Demetri Martin” and the theatrical trailer will be a slightly different beast altogether. That’s what I am hoping for. I’m also hoping for a more sophisticated but comic and definitely not campy film. It still looks like it could be good/fun/a good enough time though. A change of pace for Lee, for certain. That’s just my opinion, what’s yours?
Trailer: ‘Where The Wild Things Are”
“I didn’t want to wake you up, but I wanted to show you something.” This looks flat-out amazing. And it certainly seems to play out like the screenplay, which means WB got over themselves and allowed for Spike Jonze’s magical, slightly chilling vision to soldier on. Remember all those production troubles and “disastrous” test screenings? Yeah, me neither. The Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Carter Burwell scored film, based on my favourite book as a child besides “Elouise,” “Where The Wild Things Are” opens in the U.S. on the 16th of October, and if this trailer is anything to judge by, we’re in for something special for sure. Also, the trailer is best served in HD at Apple. Oh yeah, and I really like this version of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up,” which was apparently re-recorded for the film, but who knows if that means its going to actually be in the film itself.
03.21.09
mettre à jour
A mettre à jour/update/opdatere/uppdatera/aggiornare on this here blog is way overdue. As you probably don’t know, there is exactly one week left (in which I have to write no less than three tests) of the first term (of four) of my final year of high school, then I go on a three or so week break. And, let me tell you, a break is exactly what I need. On the upside, I’m doing better in school than I have in the last four years, and my lowest mark is that of a B-. With great sacrifice, comes great reward I suppose. Let’s see if I can keep it up, shall we?
Read the rest of this entry »
03.09.09
Review: “Watchmen”
Being unfamiliar with the source material, with a vague understanding but nothing beyond what I’ve picked up from conversations with detractors and avid aficionados of what is oft labeled the “greatest graphic novel of all time,” my approach to Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” was one of immense curiosity and little else. As such, my reaction to it and my opinion of it is one of indifference and the blame for that lies squarely between Snyder and myself. My admiration for the film began and ended with the opening credit sequence and drifted off into an alternate universe, leaving little by means of an impression behind after that.
Read the rest of this entry »
03.06.09
Trailers: “The Limits of Control” & “Public Enemies”
I know I haven’t been a very good blogger lately, but when school called, I pretty much had to answer. But now it’s the weekend and for the first time in a very long time, I have no homework. To ease into the weekend, I shall give you two trailers for the price of one; Jim Jarmucsh’s “The Limits of Control” which is without a doubt one of my most anticipated films of ‘09 and opens Stateside on the 22nd of May, and “Public Enemies,” a trailer I am sure most people have already seen but whatever. What do they both have in common? Awesome casts.
Read the rest of this entry »
