What started in Mid-June when I was a kid has since moved up to the first weekend in May. It's the Blockbuster Summer Season! Hey, Batman Forever only left me slightly jaded. Jon Favreau returns to the helm with Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey once again. I just hope he can keep that unblockbuster feel the first film had for the most part. Yeah, the final fight was a scam and surely rushed through production. Still for the first time I gave a crap about the drunk rocket-footed Bruce Wayne. Whoops, I mean Tony Stark. In the "new" Robin Hood The duo of Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe return, and I'm just thankful Bryan Adams didn't. I have faith in this one. He gave us BLADE RUNNER, enough said. With Jonah Hex I get Josh Brolin and Megan Fox in one spot! Acting and eye candy, I can't lose! So very stoked for Toy Story 3 and Christopher Nolan's Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio! I'm sucker for Paul Rudd so Dinner for Schmucks makes the list for sure. Low on the list, but still with promise comes the buddy cop comedy The Other Guys with Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, and yes Samuel L. Jackson. Joinin' 'em are Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables starring Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Mickey Rourke. I know I'll discuss 'em as they hit the silver screen. Keepin' my mind open for all these films and a couple others. Can't wait to see 'em and decide. No, not you, A-Team!
Just got my hands on Super Street Fighter IV, and I must say the game is epic in every way. Only building upon it's predecessor. As of this blog my mains are Ryu, Ken, Guy, Gouken, and I dabbling a bit with Cody. Metsu Hadoken!
On the celluloid side of my life. Peeped on the Shaw Brothers classic that's often imitated never duplicated The 5 Deadly Venoms. Also, on Blu-ray Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro and Yojimbo from the Japanese monster house that did so much more than just Gojira [Godzilla] Toho studios. These films sing with an authentic, simplistic, and yet elegant ebb and flow much like those of John Ford of which yet again I watched his masterwork The Searchers. John Wayne performance is awe inspiring and in some ways chilling in his animalistic drive for revenge. Lastly, the noir by which others are judged The Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and the stunningly beautiful Lauren Bacall.
It may surprise you but I also read books, and as of late I've gone through Why We Make Mistakes by Joseph T. Hallinan and the very pithy George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success. Both were those change your way of viewing/thinking kinda books. I recommend both highly.
Over at the Gone to the Undead Blog I've gone and posted our teaser trailer which I also present to you here, but for the full scoop hit the link. The Minneapolis 48 Hour Film Project returns June 18th-20th and I can't wait to meet the challenge and insomnia! Stay tuned.
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