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By Collin, on May 27th, 2011

David O’Russell leaves Uncharted.

The stars are aligning and the two filmmakers, O’Russell and Hughes, that were odd choices for franchises I love (Uncharted, Akira) have left their respective movies and gone on to do other things. Sadly, Aronofksy (a hero of mine) also left Wolverine – so you take the bad with the good. Deadline reported that:

David O Russell is no longer developing Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. He’s stepped out of the project. Since getting the Oscar accolades on The Fighter, Russell has been juggling a number of projects. Sony Pictures is getting a new writer to work from the draft done by Thomas Dean Donnelly & Joshua Oppenheimer. Studio’s still keen on the picture.

I sighed a bit of relief on this decision because he might have taken a more serious approach to the movie, which the material doesn’t warrant. Also, Mark Wahlberg, O’Russells alter-ego, might not stay on as Nathan Drake. I think Wahlberg was a weird choice and I’ve always been a champion of Nathan Fillion or Josh Duhamel as Drake.

What also annoyed me about the whole thing is people keep referring to it as an “Indiana Jones remake”. First off, Indiana Jones was a rip-off of older movies that were shown on television. Second, Indiana Jones is an archeologist and intellectual. Nathan Drake, while very smart, is far from a good comparison. His comparisons to the likes of Jack Colton (Romancing the Stone) are better.

-Collin

By Collin, on May 26th, 2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie Review

I’ve disliked all the previous “pirate” movies, but had a certain fondness for the newest one. Maybe it had to do with the fact of expectations – I didn’t care how good it was. I just wanted to get out of the apartment for a couple of hours and it was the only movie playing with the “early-bird” (buck or two off) showing at a local theater.

It was good and had no reason to be. It was big, expensive, weird, even dark at times, and I was glad to see the absence of Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom. This is not because they’re bad performers, but neither of them really had much to do in the first few films. It reminds me of the characters that Megan Fox and Shia Labeof play in the the Transformers movies – get rid of ‘em. They are the characters that people can point to and say “that’s me”. Stupid and pointless if you ask me (you didn’t).

The best part of the movie might be where Jack is integrated by a big, fat King George the II, played by Richard Griffiths. Griffiths is sort of channeling his character from Withnail and I as a pompous, aristocratic slob. No where in space and time has a person ever looked or acted like that, but if they did, I could watch a movie of just that person.

I’ve often been outspoken of loving stupid, cgi-filled, adventure movies. The Mummy series and Tomb Raider movies are very close to my heart. However, there was something about the earlier Pirate films that turned me off. Probably the action scenes – they were just…bad.

Jack Sparrow finds himself having to go to the Fountain of Youth.  Why? Well, we’re never really sure. Mostly because of this chick Angelica, who he banged out before she became a nun. They eventually set up that Jack will get his boat back if they get to the fountain. None of it really matters though.

There are ridiculously cool sequences involving trapping mermaids by using human beings at bait. All the personalities are over the top and Black beard, played by Ian McShane, manages to upstage even the most hammy and ludicrous of personalities.

The movie is notably directed by Rob Marshall. The promising talent who made Chicago, but followed that mediocre movie with the dismal Memoirs of Geisha and the shockingly unwatchable Nine. That he would decide to shoot a conventional, if not “already made” movie, is not surprising.

-Collin

By Collin, on May 24th, 2011

Kickstarter campaign for our new movie Boys Under the Influence

Hi ladies and gentlemen,

If you like any of the content on the website drop us a comment or hop over and support our fundraiser or watch out fundraiser video:

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Our Film:

Our film is a feature length film set in the universe of underground fraternities. The film is fiction, however is influenced by my own experiences of being in a fraternity and aims to depict that world in an accurate and uncompromising way.

The filmmaking world’s interpretations of fraternities have been to mock and lampoon Greek life and the fraternity system. Something that is hilarious and enjoyable. But I’m hoping to take a more even approach.
The male identity and tribalism is at the crux of what has always interested me and much of the film will delve into how men build an image of themselves and how this is influenced.

Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1282211725/feature-film-boys-under-the-influence

-Collin Gilbert

By Collin, on May 24th, 2011

#41 We just watched this on Netflix streaming: Bonnie and Clyde

The Film: Bonnie and Clyde.

I’m ashamed to say I’ve never bothered to see it because I was afraid I’d be disappointed. I kind of was, but I was impressed how the film was able to remain fresh and impressive even today. The movie is a simple story, just a biopic about the crime duo Bonnie and Clyde, but smartly makes the characters complicated and human.

The choice to make Clyde impotent and Bonnie a trashy girl with big-city dreams was shockingly bold for a sixties flick. I don’t know if either choice was factually accurate, but both give the characters a dynamic edge that would have otherwise made the movie a gangster movie.

 

Why to watch it: It is still a violent and somewhat tragic story.

 

How two moronic kids ended up wrapped in so much fame and crime is a pretty big mystery, however the movie makes a pretty good argument. Things can spiral out of control and when Clyde shifts and shoots a Bank worker, who is hanging on his car, it seems like a quick mistake they wouldn’t care about. They didn’t think about the consequences.

I was thinking about that scene a lot. If I were to shoot it (as a director) I might have done it in slow motion and had close ups of the shock of shooting someone’s face off. However, the more I thought about it, the more I decided it was done perfect. Clyde didn’t give a fuck, neither should the director.
Continue reading #41 We just watched this on Netflix streaming: Bonnie and Clyde

By Collin, on May 17th, 2011

A new Highlander is another cool movie coming from Summit Entertainment.

Summit Entertainment has been coming out with some seriously cool shit lately. A beloved movie of mine is the first Highlander film starring Christopher Lambert.

As reported from a press release on Collider:

Highlander will be directed by Justin Lin from a screenplay written by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway.  Neal H. Mortiz and Peter Davis will produce the project.  RCR Media Group’s principles Rui Costa Reis and Eliad Josephson will serve as executive producers on the film.  Summit acquired the rights to remake the classic from Davis – Panzer Productions, Inc. in May of 2008.

Highlander is a great little action movie and has “the eighties” all over it. The movie is outdated and really does need a great reboot and will make an excellent lowish-budget movie. It has a great mythology and now that Freddy Mercury is dead, I don’t think the movie will feature a ridiculous rock-inspired soundtrack. Queen might be my favorite rock group of all time, but c’mon, those song just didn’t fit in a fantasy, action movie. Did they?

I’ve seen the T.V series and the movies except the infamous second film, The Quickening. Someday I will dig up a copy on Netflix or ask around to see if any of my buddies have a copy. I’ve heard it is real bad, but I don’t buy it. It looks fucking cool.

Highlander trailer: It is still pretty cool – even these days.

-Collin

 

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