4 posts tagged “movie”
Variety reports that Wolverine leaked online a month before its release. The studio is, of course, totally scared (and pissed). Their greatest fear is that they will spend a hundred million dollars to make a product and everyone will watch it for free. They've announced that it's an early rough cut of the movie and that some effects and scenes are not in it.
I for one won't be spoiling the experience by watching an early version. If I love the movie, I may go back and see the early version to compare, but I want my first impression to be the best one they can manage. I don't think the studios need to worry so much about this one. I mean, come on, they have Wolverine, the greatest X Men bad boy ever; Hugh Jackman, a man who was born to play Wolverine; a long-simmering mystery of the origin of Wolverine; and Hollywood visual effects with an unlimited budget. What more could you ask for?
Susan Ee
www.feraldream.com
I went through a vampire phase, but that was like a bazillion years ago. I have a hard time believing that vampires are still all the rage. I'm so tired of it. So it was a big surprise to me that I really liked Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Sure, I've seen all the Underworld movies but I'd be hard pressed to tell you anything about the stories or characters - nothing happened in them that was worth remembering. So why do I keep watching them? Because I'll happily watch a dozen bad scifi/fan movies just so I'll be sure to catch the one great one. This is one of the great ones. Go see it.
Now that I'm getting into CGI, I noticed technical things I'd never notice before, like how well they blended the live action with the CGI background. The lighting was so seamless and the color was tinted a cool blue/green. I have learned that tinting is dangerous -- what may look beautifully moody on your display may look like aqua marine on someone else's. But what really carried the movie, as usual, was the story. The whole thing could have been in jerky animation and I still would have enjoyed it. When I asked Aaron, my technical advisor on TOOTH FAIRY, how they blended the live action with CGI so well, he answered that they blended it with money. :-)
Susan Ee
www.feraldream.com
Saw the latest Tony Jaa movie -- The Protector. He's pretty amazing. No wires in any of his stunts. Like Bruce-Lee-Jackie-Chan-Jet-Li kind of amazing. Check him out if you haven't already.
And yes, I know I have the tastes of a teenage boy...
Susan Ee
http://feraldream.com/
Ramon, the actor who plays Dad in Psychopath, just got cast for a major role in an indie feature. The producer saw his photo in my May 17 blog entry, “Ghetto Lights!” and knew he was the one. See? Those ghetto lights do the job!
Congratulations, Ramon!
