Just found out that I will be doing a small amount of press next week, done by the Dominion and ergo Stuff.co.nz. Will keep you all posted. Very exciting – never done press before!!!!!
What would Robert and Sheepy think?
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The first of a series of podcasts about making “An Animated Guy”.
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<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/161313675″>An Animated Guy</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/docedge”>Doc Edge</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> -
Directed by Richard Kelly
Featuring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden
With the upcoming release of Jeff Nicholls “Midnight Special” and the director could be considered the Richard Kelly of his day I thought it may be a good time to revisit Kelly’s “The Box” from 2009.
After the success of “Donnie Darko” (2001) and the misfire of “Southland Tales” (2006) he adapted and directed “The Box” (2009) a sci-fi, conspiracy thriller set in the 1970s in and around NASA involving the NSA, a scientist and his wife and maybe aliens.
This film is paced in a way that builds up the tension between all the characters and is based around the premise of what would you do to make your life better, and would you do this at the expense of someone else’s life.
The film is about decisions and there consequences on others, except in life you don’t know those results, in this film you do…
I am not going to go into the plot but if you have time and patience this film is worth watching just to see a film and a director making a truly memorable genre film.
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Today I am dropping my short documentary “An Animated Guy” to the Doc Edge Festival offices today in Auckland and this is the last step in the process for people to start seeing the film. I am so nervous and all I can think about is all the things I want to change and add. If only I had been more insistant about the cutaways from the subject and maybe gotten a little more in his face. I can’t help that now though so on with the show….
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Well with the confirmation that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has fallen almost 70% weekend to weekend in the US and 85% in China it appears that audiences have spoken and listened to the overwhelming reviews that have been generated globally. Not even rabid fanboys could save it. Once looking like a billion dollar movie it now looks considerably less likely to get to $850 million. A pretty sad day for fandom, WB and DC.
I am not going to say it was a great movie but neither is it the worst comic book hero movie either.
The main issues I have are with the internal logic and the obvious points it makes not to be like a certain other comic book universe. Many many problems exist, trackers that beep, Clark not confronting Bruce at Lex’s party, why Superman did not take the wrecked Kryptonian ships at the end of Man of Steel and leave them with humans, if Superman is going to return after being pulverised by Doomsday why Zod could not come back after a broken neck etc.
Much of the framing and general direction are excellent. If there is one thing Zack Snyder can do it is frame action and compose scenes. The acting is good even Lex is fun and out of it.
I do think the film could have been trimmed by at least half an hour which would have tightened the pace. With a much longer cut on DVD/Bluray/VOD which would have been great.
When Justice League starts filming in a few weeks I hope the script is tight and makes more sense. I for one will probably wait for the 4k Bluray and go and see Justice League 2 at the movies. Speak soon.
