Musings - Episode 2

Musings: Episode 2

Sorry for the delay. I’d give you a proper reason but if I’m completely honest I just forgot.

Anyway, it’s that time of the year when awesome trailers for the Winter/Autumn start getting released. This episode’s awesomeness comes in the form of trailers for Guy Ritchie’s modern adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. Call me bias but Anything with Robert Downey Jr. is going to be f***king amazing. What REALLY looks good is the fact the trailer makes the film look pretty classy, dark AND funny in perfect measures. Who’s directing this again?
Watch The Trailer Here

Trailer number 2 is for The Time Traveler's Wife. Or, as it’s alternately titled: “This film will definitely make everyone cry.” I think we’re starting to see the awards contenders surfacing...
And That One Here

In other news, Moon is out and it looks incredibly incredible. I’ve got a real soft spot for crazy mind-bending sci-fi stuff and early hype promises my intrigue will be satisfied to no end. Also, It’s got Kevin Spacey. Boo-Yah.

A Lot of good news about, let’s counter that with the news UP ISN’T COMING OUT UNTIL OCTOBER. I know i moaned about this last time but I’m still annoyed and baffled. Anyone want to donate money for tickets to the states? I mean, what part of this release strategy ISN’T going to make everyone want to pirate it?

This time next week Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is released. I’m 90% sure the characters and plot and other “stuff” is just written around all the cool robots and fighting. It’s why I love it more than words can say.

I bought The Wrestler on DVD. It’s everything I remember it being and more. It’s a shame most people will never A. Buy it and B. Even less likely - watch the “making of” which features some of the most fascinating stuff I’ve ever seen. That Darren Aronofsky is a real hard-to-please kind of guy. WHo would have thought Mickey Rourke could ever mumble in an unsatisfactory manner? He Practically invented the mumble!

My Films of the moment are:
The Wrestler
Terminator Salvation
The Hangover
The Truman Show
Uncle Buck

Think of the above list as a kind of “life key” If you’ve seen all 5 then you’re either me or my soulmate. 4-3 means you’re a pretty stand-up kinda person. 2 is acceptable but only if you’re hot. 1 or none of the above and your soul is in imminent danger of bursting out of your body.

And that concludes another episode. Tune in next time when I’ll be talking about other things related to the world of film that happen to pop into my head during the half-hour I write this in.
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NEW - Musings (Episode 1)

-I heroically staved off revision this week and once again accepted procrastination as my saviour. As a result, I managed to watch the whole of Season 4 of House within the last 4 days. A very brief check of my vital anatomy reveals me to be, indeed, male. However, the season finale “Wilson’s Heart” has won the honour of being the first EVER thing on TV to make me cry. It now joins The Wrestler, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and E.T. As the only fictional things to do so. Season 4 has the set-up of a new beginning. So if you’ve never seen House and can’t stomach 5 seasons of catching-up. I say start on 4, the best of the lot so far. It’s also the shortest of all the seasons thanks to the writer’s strike.

-Dear Harry Potter,
Just what the hell are you? What I expected to be the weakest of the Summer’s films (HP himself) has yielded an UNRELENTINGLY badass trailer. Kindly decide whether you want to be cheeky-kitsch or a fantasy epic. I will not stand for both so closely spliced in the future.

-I’ve heard from several sources today that Terminator: Salvation is an absolute dog. That’s my second surprise of the day (the first being the aforementioned awesomeness of the new Harry Potter trailer)

-I am in the midst of a cinema bonanza. I have/will have travelled to the church of film 3 times in 3 days by Friday. Expect reviews of Angels and Demons and, finally, Coraline.

-Muse's new album has a name! 3 years in the making, The Resistance will be out later this year.

-Who likes good films for a way cheap price and the company of me, Tom, for an evening? Everybody, that’s who. I will be attending a screening of Vicky Cristina Barcelona on the night of Monday, June 22 and EVERYBODY is invited.

If the above arguments weren’t enough to motivate you, Scarlett Johansson and Penélope Cruz make out in it. Seriously.

-My top films as of right now (subject to change on a daily basis) are:
Harvey (1950, James Stewart)
In Bruges (2008, Colin Farrell)
The Wrestler (2008, Mickey Rourke)
Ed Wood (1994, Johnny Depp)

-Those of you unlucky enough to live in the UK will be interested to know Pixar’s latest film, Up, due for release May 29th across the pond is expected to hit our shores not a week later, not 2 weeks later, not a MONTH later (which, for you non film geeks, is REALLY pushing it), but FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS LATER, October 16th. Whether this be due to 3D emerging as a prominent format remains to be understood.

Until next time.
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