This has been a really awful Summer for movies. Between Marmaduke and The Last Airbender someone might think Hollywood has totally given up on even trying to make something good. Check the teaser trailer below.
Most people would let out a huge groan if they were told Hollywood’s latest idea was to make a movie about Facebook. But with David Fincher directing (Se7en, Fight Club), Aaron Sorkin writing (A Few Good Men, West Wing), Jesse Eisenberg starring (Adventureland, Zombieland), Justin Timberlake co-starring (the funny guy from SNL) and Trent Reznor doing the music (Nine Inch Nails) this film is something to get very excited about.
The movie is based on the best selling book with the same title (The Social Network actually the book is called “Accidental Billionaires”), but is going to be known as “the facebook movie” to most people. What excites me even more than the possibility of something good to see in theaters is the knowledge that at least a few people are going to give my Why I Quit Facebook post another read.
What do you think? Does this sound like a recipe for a hit? Getting excited?
I had never heard of this before, but I find it really interesting.
In the in 1985 Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip entitled “The Rule”, one of the characters claims that she only watches a movie if it satisfies the following requirements:
1. It has to have at least two women in it,
2. Who talk to each other,
3. About something besides a man.
How many movies do you think pass this simple test? The video explains.
This will probably be the last non-Japan related post for a while.
About a week ago I got to see a sneak peek of “Exit Through The Gift Shop.” It’s a documentary about the elusive street artist Banksy. To explain what the movie is about, or to even show the trailer would run the risk of ruining this incredible film. This is a movie I would recommend to anyone and everyone. I enjoyed it more than Kick-Ass, Iron Man 2, or anything else I’ve seen in 2010. Do yourself a favor and go check this one out. Here is a list of cities where it is currently playing.
I guarantee this will become a cult film, it made big waves and Sundance and will probably at least be in the conversation come awards season. The moment I get back from Japan I’ll be headed to a theater to see it again. It’s so great and so profound, definitely check it out.
This list got me thinking. No Big Lebowski? Really? I’ve only seen 6 out of the 10, which is surprising, but a bunch of these have been on my list to watch for a while. What movie would you suggest that didn’t make the list?
I’ve already watched this several times. Apparently since being posted two days ago, this short film by Erik Rinsch (Ridley Scott’s protege) has already created a bidding war between several major studios for the rights to make a full length version. It’s really incredible. You should definitely take four minutes and watch it.
Connected is a short film set in a desolate future. Unfortunately there isn’t an embedded version. On the official web site they have a very high quality quicktime version. The official description reads:
Set in the distant future, Connected is a story about survival and greed with a post apocalyptic wasteland as its backdrop. Survivors of an unknown disaster shuffle through a desolate landscape, as it quickly becomes clear that not everybody has the strength to survive.
It won’t be available forever, so make sure and watch this while it is still free.
I try not to post a lot of movie trailers, but I couldn’t resist posting this one. At one point in the trailer the A-Team destroys a helicopter with a tank while the tank is flying through the air because it was inside a plane that exploded. I need someone else to comment on the ridiculousness of that series of events. At least the studio is being honest that this will be nothing more than dumb action.
For archive purposes, here is how I ranked all the movies I saw in 2009. I’m posting it here to make room for the 2010 list. You can read my final top ten list here.
From the film ranking page:
This list consists of films that I have seen in 2009. I will try to limit to ones that came out in theaters or on dvd, but there will probably be others I see that end up on the list. Credit goes to Trent Fucci for the format of the ranking system. Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how much I personally enjoyed the film and not based on the quality of the film. Case in point: Terminator Salvation. The film obvious had a ton of flaws, but I am a Terminator fanboy and I loved every minute of it.
Loved
Up in the Air
Avatar
Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
District 9
(500) Days of Summer
Moon
Gran Torino
The Girlfriend Experience
Terminator Salvation
Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler
Enjoyed
Sherlock Holmes
Law Abiding Citizen
Zombieland
Fanboys
State of Play
Up
The Hangover
Star Trek
Watchmen
Taken
The Wackness
