Posts Tagged ‘Movies’
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
After writing about the etiquette of movie spoilers, I was inspired to write a bit about movie theater etiquette. This is something that, unfortunately, a lot of people don’t have a good grasp on. There are a number of things to keep in mind when you’re going to the theater, and the rules do change based on the situation. I’ll try to be as clear as possible.
Arrival at the Theater
When you arrive at the theater, make sure you plan your time dependent on what movie you’re going to see and when you’re going to see it. I don’t understand it myself, but every time I go see a film at midnight for the first screening, someone always walks in at 12:01 am and looks up for any open seats. Seriously? Couldn’t you have gotten there earlier?
And if you get there late, and you notice a couple of seats that are in a prime spot, don’t just sit there until you know if those seats are available.
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Tags: Cinema, Etiquette, Movie, Movies, Theater, Theatre
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
I just read a blog on Cape Town Community called Please Don’t Spoil My Movies! which I found to be something that I agreed with wholly. When it comes to movies that I want to see, I don’t want to know what is going to happen. If I see a trailer, that’s fine, but knowing anything beyond what the studio wants to show is a rarity for me.
It’s also for this reason that I don’t read reviews. I think most critics are ridiculous, and I have yet to find a single one that I agree with all the time (based on looking at scores after I’ve seen a movie). As I haven’t found a critic whose reviews match my own point of view 100% of the time, or even 50% of the time, how can I trust any critic to really get how I’ll feel about any movie. They might hate a movie that I’ll love, or love a movie that I’ll hate. Critics hold no sway over my perspective, for this reason, and I’ve found that I love some movies that even the critical mass has hated. If I had listened to them, I wouldn’t have found the movie.
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Tags: Iron Man 2, Land of the Lost, Lost, Movies, Smallville, Spoilers, The Hobbit, Thor
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
This month features the release of the long awaited James Cameron film, Avatar. I hope that it’s worth the wait, in the end. I’ve been telling my friends the only things I know about it for a long time: that James Cameron is inventing a new filming technique for it, and it’ll be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 is more or less a possibility, whereas The Princess and the Frog is a new Disney Must-See! I’ve selected Sherlock Holmes based on the creative team alone.
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Tags: 2009, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Avatar, December, Movies, Sherlock Holmes, The Princess and the Frog
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
This month, Pixar is finally re-releasing Toy Story in 3D. It’s the first wave in the re-introduction of the characters in a new format, as well as the promotional push for Toy Story 3, which comes out in 2010. Where the Wild Things Are also releases this month. Not looking forward to this one as much, but we’ll see!
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Tags: 2009, Movies, October, Toy Story (3D), Where the Wild Things Are
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
This month is very light on the releases. It looks like it’ll be at the very least G.I. Joe. If Transformers 2 is still running, perhaps I’ll go see that again. It should also mark the start of filming on Voyage of the Dawn Treader. When in Rome also releases at the same time. I’m not very keen on this one, but I did stumble through the set while I was in New York in May 2008. The following week, Bandslam (Band Slam?) releases. This marks the end of the summer movie season. It wasn’t a very big summer as far as movies go, but Transformers is the tops.
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Tags: 2009, August, Bandslam, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Miyazaki, Movies, Ponyo, When in Rome
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
This month, I’ll be seeing Transformers 2 a few more times. But in between visits with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and the gang, I’ll be seeing Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter 6 (Half-Blood Prince), and G-Force. Based on the other movies this month, Transformers will be getting a lot of business… at least from me.
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Tags: 2009, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, G-Force, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age, Movies
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
I figured that, since we’re getting closer to the summer movie schedule, now would be as good a time as any to post my list of movies that I anticipate seeing over the course of 2009. It’s definitely a truncated list, based on what I knew was coming out at the end of 2008. All release dates are subject to change, and additions to the list are a definite possibility.
The list of films is grouped by month. It starts out with April and goes to December. At the beginning of each month, I’ll be posting a new entry more information about each of the movies for that month, including (if available) a trailer for the film. I’ll also be expanding on my reasons for wanting to see the film, and whatever else strikes me at the time.
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Tags: 2009, A Christmas Carol, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Avatar, Battle of the Smithsonian, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Earth, G-Force, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age, Land of the Lost, Movies, Night at the Museum, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, Revenge of the Fallen, Sherlock Holmes, Terminator Salvation, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story (3D), Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Up, Where the Wild Things Are, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
I’m going to start writing a bit about some of my favorite properties when I was young, that I think would make excellent films. Especially if the properties are handled correctly.
Now, some of us know that Voltron and ThunderCats are both being developed for the big screen. If you didn’t: Voltron is going to be live-action, set on our earth, and each of the five space-explorers are now from different walks of life. ThunderCats is going to be half CG and half live-action, apparently.
There was also a new TMNT film in the last few years, with more to come. G.I. Joe is coming to the big screen next summer in G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. He-Man is constantly having production problems that are holding things up.
The primary properties that I am going to talk about here are two of my favorites that very few of you probably know about: M.A.S.K. and Dino-Riders.
M.A.S.K. stands for Mobile Armored Strike Kommand. The cartoon was basically a mixture of G.I. Joe and Transformers. It involved human characters with special armor that could each do various special things. They also each had various vehicles that doubled as other vehicle forms. One, for example, was a motorcycle that could turn into a mini-helicopter mid-motion. There could be some incredible chase sequences with transforming vehicles like the ones in this cartoon.
Dino-Riders was a cartoon that appealed to me for a number of reasons. First, I loved Dinosaurs, so this had a natural draw in that regard. Second, it had heroes and villains putting armor on the dinosaurs, along with laser beams. What more could you really ask for? The main story of Dino-Riders involved a war between the Valorians, who were under attack by the Rulon Empire. About 400 of them were on board a ship that was under heavy fire from the Rulon leaders, who were close behind. The Valorians activated the “S.T.E.P. Crystal” and travelled back in time to when Dinosaurs walked the earth.
I would love to develop both of these properties for the big screen. Both would be pretty expensive films, but both of them capture the imagination of the youth and would draw crowds. I would be the first in line for both.
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Tags: Dino-Riders, G.I. Joe, He-Man, M.A.S.K., Movies, Ninja Turtles, ThunderCats, TMNT, TV shows, Voltron
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
This is probably the first in a series of articles on the times that a movie has either been as good as the book, acted as a great complement to the book, or bested the book. This is the result of being tired of hearing the misconception that “the book is always better.” The truth is, it’s not. Sometimes the movie far exceeds the book in execution of the same story.
It could be that the filmmaker had a better vision for the story. It could be that the filmmaker is simply a better storyteller. It could be that the book just lends itself to also be great on film.
When I do my comparative analysis, I’m going to let you know whether I’ve read the book that the film is based on, and whether I read it before or after seeing the film, as all of these things have an effect on the results.
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Tags: Big Fish, Book vs. Film, Books, Danny Elfman, Edward Bloom, Harry Potter, John August, Lord of the Rings, Movies, Neverending Story, Princess Bride, Shawshank Redemption, Tim Burton
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After writing about the etiquette of movie spoilers, I was inspired to write a bit about movie theater etiquette. This is something that, unfortunately, a lot of people don’t have a good grasp on. There are a number of things to keep in mind when you’re going to the theater, and the rules do change based on the situation. I’ll try to be as clear as possible.
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