We just had to use crap like our "Imaginations" and filming the TV to get Star Wars effects.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Books... Check em out!
Occasionally I enjoy reading. More than occasionally, actually. Books are great. Just like this informative video tells us.
So recently I picked up The Devil's Candy, a book that chronicles the making of the Hollywood flop Bonfire of the Vanities. Nobody could have known while making it that the film would be as large a flop as it became.
(And certainly reading the book, you would have no idea that would happen, as it seemed to be a relatively easy shoot, not an unmitigated disaster of nonsense like Heaven's Gate or that Terry Gilliam film that never made it past 6 days of filming.)
All in all, it's a decent read, but what really makes it worth it, at least reading my copy of it, was this horribly inappropriate pull quote on the back from Kirkus Reviews.
Sure, it was from 1991, and there was no possible way of knowing what future events would lie in store, but, really, how fucked up a quote is this to say to begin with? On top of which, the book isn't really that ground breaking or provocative, or scandalous. It's quite passive agressive and full of meandering details that amount to nothing in the end.
Still, looks like I have a collectors' item on my hands.
Books... check em out!
So recently I picked up The Devil's Candy, a book that chronicles the making of the Hollywood flop Bonfire of the Vanities. Nobody could have known while making it that the film would be as large a flop as it became.
All in all, it's a decent read, but what really makes it worth it, at least reading my copy of it, was this horribly inappropriate pull quote on the back from Kirkus Reviews.
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| That's one to grow on |
Still, looks like I have a collectors' item on my hands.
Books... check em out!
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Fast Flippin Five!!! (and some other things)
Hands down, the best summer movie since Star Trek. Unbelievably badass and fun, in a turn your brain off and enjoy ridiculous fights, amazing car chases, and homoerotic tension between bros, bro.
My friend Larry says it best: It's like Bayhem, but with coherence.
Just a fun time at the movies, full of some terrific and exciting set pieces.
In Other News:
Den of Geek has a great interview with There's Always Mini Golf personal hero/patron saint KARL URBAN. Check that out.
Also, if you're in the market for a good podcast, check out How Did This Get Made. A bunch of funny people celebrating terrible movies. Well worth a listen.
Monday, May 02, 2011
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