Wow, its been a long time since i set this blog up with the plan to write it in April, plus its Friday and not the Sunday and its afternoon and not morning, whoa, lots of changes. A lot has got in the way since then, moving home to Scotland for me most time consuming plus the subsequent fruitless job hunt, plus like Red I had my own stand up debut in Yuk Yuks comedy club Toronto to plan for and carry out before i came home. verdict was that I was pretty good. Though I have seen a bit of it back and Im not so sure about that particular verdict. Moving on this post will mostly be about what I have been watchin since last we spoke, which is quite a lot due to my current circumstances. in fact the lesson to be learnt is that if you plan to document a year of movie watching then leaving a 3 month gap to cover is a pain in the tits so il try cut it back down. So we will have that down the bottom, above that a few trailers of upcoming titles and above that some articles (that are better written than our stuff) that you should read including some Scott Pilgrim stuff as I am rather looking forward to it because it is set in my former home Toronto. Sob Sob.
LINKS
JJ Abrams interviewing Edgar Wright at LA film Fest.
A excellent article about Scott Pilgrim, Canada and Canadians from Walrus Magazine.
Make your own Scot Pilgrim avatar like mine above! ^^^^^^^
LINKS
JJ Abrams interviewing Edgar Wright at LA film Fest.
A excellent article about Scott Pilgrim, Canada and Canadians from Walrus Magazine.
Make your own Scot Pilgrim avatar like mine above! ^^^^^^^
Variety sticks up for 3d, im not buying it, but then I never bought into mobile phones.
An entertaining look at footballers soirees into celluloid.
40 years of National Lampoon
Where have all the big persons films went? And we don’t mean Antichrist!
TRAILERS
Three films which are commanding my consciousness right now are, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Inception and the new Harry Potter film, and guess what? Heres the trailers.
oh, and Predators
ON Ruud's TV (amongst other places) THIS PAST MONTH OR THREE!
gona steal Red's aye or naw a meter to gauge my reaction for simplicity (sorry!)
Take The Lead (2006, Liz Friedlander, US) naw(ish)
Jesus Camp (2006, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, US) aye
Knowing (2009, Alex Proyas, US) naw naw naw
Four Last Songs (2007, Francesca Joseph, UK) naw
The Bucket List (2007, Rob Reiner, US) aye
Dirty Pretty Things (2002, Stephen Frears, UK) big aye
Music and Lyrics (2007, Mark Lawrence, US) aye(ish)
District 9 (2009, Neil Blomkamp, US) huge aye ya focking prawn
Major League (1989, David S. Ward, US) aye
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008, Nicholas Stoller, US) aye
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007, Dennis Duggan, US) aye
We Own The Night (2007, James Gray, US) aye
Waitress (2007, Adrienne Shelly, US) aye(ish)
Tropic Thunder (2008, Ben Stiller, US) naw
Avatar (2009, James Cameron, US) aye
Gran Torino (2009, Clint Eastwood, US) aye
Definately Maybe (2008, Adam Brooks, US) aye
Mr Woodcock (2007, Craig Gillespie, US) naw
Into the Blue (2005, John Stockwell, US) aye
Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist (2008, Peter Sollett, US) aye
3.10 to Yuma (2007, James Mangold, US) oh aye
Sherlock Holmes (2009, Guy Ritchie, UK) aye
Blind Side (2010, John Lee Hancock, US) aye
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, Gore Verbinski, US) aye
The Damned United (2009, Tom Hooper, UK) aye lad
Jersey Girl (2004, Kevin Smith, US) aye
Very Bad Things (1998, Peter Berg, US) aye
American Cousins (2003, Don Coutts, UK) aye Sergio Casci wroted it and me and Red love that guy, or at least i do.
Dogma (1999, Kevin Smith, US) aye
Author! Author! (1982, Arthur Hiller, US) aye but only for completionist Pacinophiles
Knocked Up (2007, Judd Apatow, US) aye
Witness (1985, Peter Weir, US) aye
Dan in Real Life (2007, Peter Hedges, US) aye
Rain Man (1988, Barry Levinson, US) aye
Twilight (2008, Catherine Hardwicke, US) naw
Mean Streets (1971, Martin Scorsese, US) aye
Fantasyland (2010, Stephen Palgon, US) Available to watch in its entirity here! aye
Cruising (1980, William Friedkin, US) aye
Celtic Pride (1996, Tom DeCerchio, US) aye
Office Space (1999, Mike Judge, US) aye(ish) grossly overated
Garden State (2004, Zach Braff, US) naw
In The Loop (2009, Armando Iannucci, UK) fucking aye
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2008, Sacha Gervasi US) aye, eh?
Peeping Tom (1960, Michael Powell, UK) aye
Wow, what a list, nae chance im linking all those films to imdb, ma wee laptop couldnt handle the pressure. Think I have gave enough info for the anyone wishing to investigate further to manage it without too many problems though so will begin with a review of my 3 month viewing. First the trash; Take The Lead, Knowing, Tropic Thunder, Four Last Songs, Mr Woodcock Garden State and Twilight. All mince thought. Take the Lead in fairness i wasnt looking forward to as a ballroom mixed with street dancing film and it wasnt god awful so it misses a lot of critcism, however Knowing is garbage. watched it on a bus back from New York (name dropping) a good premise about numbers and that is ruined by a plot which sucks all sorts of ass. Tropic Thunder had all its funny bits in the trailer, Tom Cruise is over rated in it, Four Last Songs is time i will never get back, British guff set in Spain about a piano or some shite, Mr Woodcock wasnt funny and Garden State was all abit five years ago, dont think it will stand up. Twilight? Well, let me say i read the book and found it poor but so many like it and the movie so i gave the movie a go and I found i liked the book better and i have less of an understanding of women than i thought i did. I mean Edward in the film is rubbish, in the book even i fancied him a bit, he sounded awesome, none of that is in the film. And in the book all her pals are supicious of her, in the film they think she is ace. and also when did they become all varied ethnicities? reading the book i never got a sense that one of the boys was a trendy asian DJ, where did they yank that from? Most of all Edward though, if its true that girls like tall odd pale guys with huge eyebrows and are a bit flakey then i should have done a power more shagging in ma youth than i did.
Those that dodged the rubbish list and might surprise you are The Bucket List, Music and Lyrics, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Definately Maybe, Into the Blue, Jersey Girl, Celtic Pride and Very Bad Things. The Bucket List was fun and not too long, as was Music and Lyrics plus i like Hugh Grant. I find him watchable in everything. Dennis Duggan made Happy gilmore so is instantly absolved of Chuck and Larry which actually had some right good gags in it. Definatley Maybe isnt the worst chick flick ever and Into the Blue is actually very watchable despite starring Paul Walker as a top diver. Jersey Girl is a decent enough Kevin Smith film though I think i prefer listening to the man himself in him many media outlets than watch his films nowadays, Cop Out kinda sucked. Celtic Pride was written by Judd Apatow kinda putting to bed my misguided thought that he appeared out of thin air and made 40 Year Old Virgin and very bad things was directed by Pter Berg who is on of the world most underated directors i think.
3 Docos so will group them together, Jesus Camp had some scary kids who loved Jesus a bit too much. Fantasyland scared me too but in a way that i could see elements of my own life. Its a film based on an idea from a book about Fantasy Baseball and a season in the life of a player. Yikes. Well worth a watch i have to say and free online. Gonna review it proper i think though. Lastly Anvil which had everything, laughs and tears. I also liked how they showed these guys own houses and they were a bit like the house i had in Canada and it made me feel good for a second. I also got to find out the bar in Etobicoke they play in near the beginning as i think i might know it. Hope i do, i like to have those little attachements.
A few Classics in there, Dogma, Witness, Rain Man, Mean Streets and Peeping Tom of which only the latter I was watching for the first time and was suitably disturbed by the premise but blown away by the style and composition of the film. I guess plenty will disagree with me on Dogma as a classic but if its the 20th time you have seen them then they must be classics in your eyes and thats hw it is for me. Mean Streets i watched on DVD for the first time and it was great. I know he gets plenty praise for it but does Scorsese do the best soundtracks or what. Immense. Be My Baby might be my favourite song ever and it all stems from that opening scene (and not Dirty Dancing where it also features)
Sherlock Holmes and The Blind Side i watched on my flight home so probably not the best place to see those, dark scenes were pretty much unwatchable but i enjoyed both immensely. Sherlock Holmes is like a superhero movie. Very very good and Sandra Bullock was well worth her gong for The Blind Side which was about sport which plays into my list of likes nicely so I was always gona be engaged and ultimately not dislike it.
That which truely blew me away was such, District 9, Major League, Dirty Pretty Things, Avatar, Nick and Norah, 3.10 to Yuma, Damned United, Knocked Up and In the Loop. All awesome and well worth repeat viewing ad naseum throughout my life. They will be mentioned again. I think its fair to say they were all better than i was expecting, District 9 blew me away as i was expecting some sort of sci fi horror or something and was enthralled, same with Avatar which i had no real clue what it was about, ferngully in 3d was my assumption but it was so much more. Damned United did good things with an excellent source though some of my favourite parts of the book were omitted but for good reason. Dirty Pretty Things is my film for telling folk about so more folks see it cos it was really rather good and a great twist at the end. Knocked Up pisses all over Superbad which i unfairly always compare it with like a pair fo warring twin brothers for some reason. 3.10 to Yuma becomes the 4th western i have ever seen and everyone gets better than the last, i should watch more! Nick and Norah is proper excellent and having been to New York and recognised some parts it made abig difference, good music too. as for In the Loop, well i have no idea what it was about really, probably nothing and also the TV series its based on i have never seen but no matter Malcolm Tucker is now my hero, expect this to feature in Fry Up most every month!
The rest, ach there is too many, im bored writing, your probably bored reading or probably havent even got this far as i have rambled on too much. Fitbas due on soon too as i write this so im signing off.
thanks for reading. Back next month.
Ruud
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