Posts filed under "cinematic-score"
John Carter Trailer - Disney does seem to like these sorts of things. It’s like they’re trying to recreate Pirates of the Caribbean, first with Prince of Persia and now with this. Hopefully the story will be as fun as former rather than latter…
The Amazing Spiderman - I love the last 20 seconds of that trailer so much. Can’t say I’m that excited about yet another Spider-man origin story though.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer - This looks interesting, except for a few things. The acting looks a bit hammy, with the dialogue just grating on me a bit (and it’s only a trailer), the super confident/pretty actors, that are meant to be science geniuses (which I don’t buy) and the font used for the text inbetween scene just felt like the wrong choice; but damn do those monkeys look creepy.
Murderbullets - Ok, I hate James Stokoe because I love him so much, or maybe I hate him because I love his art. Murderbullets is a 100 page prologue to a book while working on something else, he decided to stop and work on something else. I mean WTF? That’s like completely insane right? No, the page he’s drawn and is sharing on his site is COMPLETELY insane.
Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds - Some great looking pieces. Not seen David Choe’s work in YEARS so it’s nice to see he hasn’t shot himself or anything and he’s still producing great work.
Zoolander Sequel - The first is a cult classic. Will a sequel be any good? I dunno, but if he can do an Austin Powers where the sequel is just as good as the first one, then I’ll be happy.
Be still my bleeding heart. Yesterday I saw an interview on the BBC with Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whom I rate extremely highly as one of my favourite directors. Well amidst a pretty poor interview (that guy from’Hard Talk’ really needed a kick in the head) Jean-Pierre let it slip that after ‘A very long engagement’ he spent 2 years working on the ‘Life of Pi’…basically one of my favourite books. Man that would have been AMAZING. Chalk that one along with ‘Dune’ by Alejandro Jodorowsky as the great movies we’ll never get to see.
Obviously it’s not all doom and gloom for the ‘Life of Pi’, we get Ang Lee to release his version in 2011. Can’t wait.
The Losers Movie - From the excellent series of graphic novels by Andy Diggle and Jock. It’s fresh, it’s fun, it’ll be better than the A-Team guaranteed. Also it’s got Stringer Bell! I mean c’mon this is the first thing I’ve seen him in, since The Wire.
R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet - I’ve not heard of this ‘urban opera’, but seriously this is the funniest shit I’ve seen in a really really long time.
Well the results are out for the 2009 Comica/Jonathan Cape/Observer ‘Graphic Short Story’ competition. For those of us who dreamed about winning, yesterday morning brought with it the sharp taste of a dream lost (to most of us).
So I did what every person who’s had 3 months of creating, stressing and waiting do, I met up with Mike and Sam (who also had entered the competition) and had a day of comics, food, arguing, frustration, beer and ultimately consolation. We understood the frustration of having put soo much effort into something that was only ever going to be read by a select few number of people.
So after sleeping on it and updating this website with a new section dedicated for comics I’ve created (the first of course is ‘Coffee Beans’), I had another bright idea. If there are over 240 entries (because that was last year, and apparently there were more entries this year than any other year), then maybe 100 of these entrants are online somewhere; maybe they’re also considering where to go next. So maybe it would be a nice idea to try and self-publish an anthology with these 4 page stories. This could then be something we show various publishers or can share with family etc.
Well the point is that the dream would start all over again for most of us.
So a call to all those who entered the competition but were also unsuccessful, drop me a line on twitter or via the email (khaled.aboualfa at gmail.com) or post a comment below.
Update: All those wondering how we can do this, there are a plethora of self-publishing options available through print on demand services (PODs). I’ve got a bit of experience with a few of them, most notably this: http://www.lulu.com/content/222930
http://www.brokenkode.com/2009-comica-jonathan-cape-observer-competition
Up In the Air trailer - Juno was one of my favourite movies of last year. Something about the casting, the music, the overall feel of the movie just hit the right notes for me. Is Jason Reitman becoming a favourite of mine (I loved ‘Thank You for Smoking’ as well)?
Toy Story 3 trailer - Came out a little while ago, but I’ve been busy with other things. Part of me really wishes they left these characters alone and concentrated on new ideas (like The Incredibles and Up). In Pixar we trust, but is this a missed opportunity or one of those all to rare trilogies that is amazing?
The Men Who Stare At Goats - It’s always an event when you get this calibre of actors all in one movie.
This has got to be the biggest joke. The release date for Up is the 9th of October, while the release date for Ponyo is 10th of February. Seriously, when it comes to movie release dates, there’s an inherit problem with the UK distribution system. How is it that Greece gets Up released before us here? I mean, there’s no need for translating it either (for the kids), it’s all in friggin English!!!
DoubleTwist - Sync all of your devices from your mac. This would have been awesome back when I used a Blackberry. Now that the Pre has been announced for the UK, I’m considering it, even though I’m not going to be around for like 6 months at least, and the contract is a minimum of 18 months and 720 pounds poorer. Should I get an iphone 3GS, or wait till the summer and get myself the Pixi, or the new iphone 3GS2? Dilemmas.
Avatar Trailer - This is ‘old’ but it’s an important trailer to watch, seeing as how it’s going revolutionize the way cinema is shot and all of that good stuff.
The Carousel - If you want to know why Mad Men is one of the best shows on TV, have a look at this 3 minute scene from the show. Everything is perfect, from the music to Don’s fantastic voice. What’s special to me is that it obviously makes you remember things from your past. Fantastic television.
Thundercats Concept Art - What could have been, but sadly, won’t be. Hopefully in the years to come, the powers that be will see sense and make this money making machine!
Flynn Lives - Tron Legacy trailer. Watch it, then watch it a few times more.
BSG Worst Ending in the Sci-Fi History - I’ve not had a chance to read this yet, but this is definitely one of those rants that seem like they are really worth reading, when I’ve got a couple of hours to kill and feeling a bit BSG nostalgic.
http://www.brokenkode.com/bsg-worst-ending-in-the-sci-fi-history
The Chairs of the Incredibles - The movie I’ve watched the most times in the last few years. Everytime I need inspiration, I usually pop this into the player; and to my amazement, the amount of detail in this movie keeps surprising me everytime I rewatch it.
Toy Story Teaser Trailer - Pixar doesn’t stop blowing my mind. So simple and yet so effective. Best storytellers of our generation, full stop.
Sherlock Holmes Trailer - I do love Robert Downey Jr’s career renaissance of late, but I’ve got to say that I’m still not sure about this adaptation of Holmes…something just feels terribly wrong about it. I keep waiting for the voice over person to say ‘Holmes is back and he’s pissed off’.