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- Thursday, January 9, 2014
Since the big move to Disney, those of you Star Wars fans should remember that there were plans on producing spin-off movies featuring the well-loved characters from the trilogy.
Director Jon Schnepp has recently claimed that he has inside info on the upcoming spin-offs coming to the Star Wars universe when he spoke recently to a host from AMC's movie news about Disney's upcoming plans for the franchise.
"One of them is Boba Fett. It is. I know. I know for a fact. I will never reveal my source, but it is the one written by Lawrence Kasdan."
Disney has not disclosed any information about the movie, although, and apparently dissed off the claims last February when the talks about the spin-off movies began. It makes us suspicious that Jon Schnepp is being so secretive about this knowledgeable source.
These spin-off movies are said to take on an origins vibe, telling the back stories of the characters. Not only is bounty hunter Boba Fett rumored to have a spin off; apparently, a Han Solo saga is also in the works, which is said to take place in the time between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. This obviously means that a new, younger actor will be cast for the part. (Let's just pray that it's not Justin Bieber.)
Who knows? Maybe we'll see a Yoda a spin-off movie in the future. Watch this space.
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- Wednesday, January 8, 2014
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Fellonius Munch
It's not often you'll find me reviewing a new movie fresh out in cinemas. For one, I'm English, and a lot of my readers tend to get first dibs on box office newbies, being American and such. Second, I almost always end up wanting to punch the gobshites who always talk and kick the back of my seat during a film. If you're one of those people and in the slimmest of chances you happen to see me at a cinema, fear the dark, bastard. Generally speaking, however, I hate cinemas and their prices.
Third, a true film fan doesn't let hype interfere with his or her own chances for enjoyment—unless it's a comedy that you need friends there for, so you know when to laugh, because some comedies are shit like that!
Today, after gauging a lot of impressions, interpretations, and criticisms of this movie since its summer release, I picked up the new DVD release of Elysium, waited for mum to stop making confused old people noises, and relaxed into an impressive two hours of well-spent pocket change.
Directed by Neill Blomkamp, the South African guy who put Hollywood to shame in 2009 with his debut full-length feature film (yes, I just made that sound dirty) District 9, Elysium is only his second film, and I still do not know of any other director on this Earth who has launched such an attack on the senses in such a short space of time and yet affected anyone with a heart. Gareth Edwards (Monsters) may prove to be a close second, if Godzilla turns out to be as immense as it looks, but get lost, Edwards, this ain't your show!
Heart and soul…grisly, sweaty, brutal, mechanized death-dealing sci-fi with a heart and soul: That is how I would describe Elysium. With all the mind-blowing visual effects of District 9 plus plenty more tricks up its sleeve, this dystopian distant future thriller uses brilliantly executed and stylish action as its vehicle between plot checkpoints.
At its heart, at the center of all its chaos, is the tale of a boy grown up from as good a life as one could expect on an Earth abandoned for the stars by the rich and powerful into a tired ex-convict factory worker who manufactures the droids that keep humanity scared and obedient.
The soul of Elysium is a suicidal journey of selfishness and desperation simply in the hope of survival.
It is the year 2154, and the rich/poor divide has been driven so far apart that the wealthy now live on the space station Elysium, where the air is clean, the food is pure, and each citizen has access to state-of-the-art medical care that can cure all illnesses and diseases and even just about bring people back from the point of death.
Earth at this time is ruined—overpopulated, polluted to death, crime-ridden, and in a permanent state of martial law. Only the "lucky" few have jobs; two of these are Max (Matt Damon) and Frey (Alice Braga), who grew up together. Frey's daughter is in the last stages of leukemia and dying. Max is forced to risk his life to keep his job at the Armadyne factory and as result is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation, shrinking his life expectancy to five days or less.
Desperate to find a way to save his own life, Max chooses to do one last job for his ex-crime boss, Spider, who has been planning a revolution to take Elysium. Standing in his way are Frey and her daughter—whom Max isn't sure he can help—and Kruger (Sharlto Copley), a savage sleeper agent working for Elysium's secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster).
It will take a suicide mission with so slim a chance at success that Max will very likely die trying to cure himself!
Upon viewing the first half hour of Elysium, I was fondly reminded of just how awesome District 9 was, since I hadn't seen it in about a year. The differences are that Elysium is a lot more lightweight, or "slimline," for a better word. There are no giant spaceships this time around, but there are awesome robots. Otherwise, everything on Earth vividly reminded me of my high school's toilet stalls back in '95.
We have two worlds at war here—the dystopian rubbish tip that is Earth (Los Angeles looking like Somalia out of Black Hawk Down, but with rust bucket futuristic aircraft lining the sky), and the utopian Elysium, which is clean, polished, and beautiful, everything I hate about sci-fi to the point where I'd sooner live in Junkyard, LA.
Earth doesn't have the technology anymore; they barely have the cars. Just like in the Third World, however, they do have the weaponry. That and these nifty exoskeleton power suits that Blomkamp pulled right out of classic Richard Stanley-style cyberpunk horror. This suit is Max's only chance of staying on his feet and fighting for his life, and you truly feel for Damon when you see how they attach that bastard to his brain and spinal column.
Despite being such a highly anticipated return for Blomkamp and his studio, there is possibly a lot less gore in Elysium. Don't let that get you down; less gore does not mean less effective gore, as you'll find with the realistic example of a man's face being blown off by a hand grenade.
The fights and gun battles (again, reminiscent of District 9, in a good way) are awesome, and what I also loved about this movie was the diversity of characters. The bad guys are truly despicable, but they fall on both sides of the line between dystopia and utopia.
Delacourt and Carlyle (the wonderful William Fichtner, or Ficky-Wicky as I once drunkenly referred to him) ooze pure rude and pretentious cockiness. They are pristinely dressed and groomed and carry themselves as though they know they cannot be touched.
Jodie Foster seems so emotionally detached at times that I was distracted for a while until I started to feel that this was a very personal role to her, as a lead villain. It seemed like an impression of somebody, or many bodies, that she held a grudge to. There's a bit of Margaret Thatcher, a bit of Steve Jobs, and a bit of worn-out old sociopathic militant feminist. Delacourt might do everything she can to neutralize the threat to her perfect way of life, but deep down, you learn that she despises the rich too.
Kruger, on the other hand, is thuggish, tyrannical, and outright mentally ill, a true mercenary for the future. Funny that an agent of Elysium is the hungriest, most desperate dog in the yard.
The same sort of description applies in the opposite manner for the heroes and good citizens of Earth. The lowlifes you know will not last long, but even some of the most hardened criminals are pretty nice people, and all because they're all so desperate that they're beyond offing each other gangster-style. Spider, for instance, would have been played by this guy in the '90s…
Squinty-eyed Mexican rent-a-corpse, how we miss you so. But now we have Danny Trejo!
In those days he also would have most definitely met a gruesome end pretty quickly as the leader of the resistance. Instead, Spider becomes quite the hero himself, and I really appreciated the chance for characters who would be villains in any other movie to have the chance to prove themselves heroic.
Matt Damon as Max is fantastic. I felt for him, not just knowing he was dying a horrible death and having to go through every other ordeal (and he really does), but also sensing his sickness through the film's excellent cinematography and editing effects. It never gets to be too much; it's done through necessity. Blomkamp knows the meaning of "too much," unlike so many other filmmakers.
I was also surprised by Alice Braga's turn as Frey. I'm not a fan. She was alright in Predators, but she often feels to me like a modern-day Maria Conchita Alonso. In Elysium, she's quite the ray of sunshine even when she looks absolutely fucking miserable. This movie doesn't have many laughs, but it doesn't need the comic relief. It has a message to deliver to humanity. Braga is very likable as Max's childhood sweetheart and puts a lot of energy into being the mother of a dying child whose hope of survival your best friend has just rejected.
In all, this is a brilliant sci-fi thriller with the perfect mix of action and drama. The ending had me just the slightest bit emotional too. I'd say that it could have been a little smarter, but then, smart films with messages tend to fail with most audiences. It could also have been shorter than 110 minutes, but then the message might have been boring, had it not been lost altogether.
Elysium is most definitely worth the watch, and if you're a fan of sci-fi and action, call it a collector's must-have. It's a nice blend of modern and classic style, and I feel it may be Blomkamp's finest before he possibly chooses the greener pastures of another genre!
Sound off, Fanboys and Fangirls! Did you see Elysium, and what did you think? Comments below and thanks for reading.
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Shaun
- Tuesday, January 7, 2014
A new year means new movies to look forward to. Of all the movies slated to come out this year, here is a list of the top five films that I'm looking forward to watching, ranging from 1 (a must watch in the theater) to 5 (meh, I'd skip it and wait for the DVD).
#1: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Man oh man, I cannot wait for Spider-Man! I loved The Amazing Spider-Man; I can watch that film numerous times. Sure, they fucked up certain things in the first movie, such as Uncle Ben's catch phrase, but they got a lot of things right, like Emma Stone. I hope it's not going to bomb like Spider-Man 3 with the increase of the number of villains in this new sequel. The thing I am most looking forward to seeing is the new Spidey suit because, let's be honest, the previous The Amazing Spider-Man suit was kinda camp.
#2: RoboCop
When I first saw this trailer I was miffed, to say the least. I was on a week-long rant with one of my friends because we are huge—and I mean huge—RoboCop fans, but every time I watch this trailer, the more excited I am for this. Hopefully this movie will live up to the RoboCop I knew as a kid when I watched the movie with my dad back on VHS. They need to—no, must—keep the original RoboCop theme, unlike how Man of Steel did with the Superman theme.
#3: Godzilla
As a fan of the Godzilla movie back in 1998, this new trailer looks very interesting. The movie looks a lot darker than the 1998 counterpart, which is a good thing, because the only thing I didn't like about the 1998 version was the love interest aspect of the movie. I hope this film will have a lot more Godzilla and less romance.
#4: Captain America: The Winter Solider
The first Captain America movie was, in my humble opinion, shit (the only word I could think of to describe that awful movie), but this one actually looks pretty darn good. I really really hated the first Thor movie and loved the second one, so who knows? Maybe the same could happen for Captain America.
#5: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Where do I begin with this one? The only reason I wanna watch this movie is hope. Hope that they don't fuck it up, hope they will make up for mistakes with the X-Men trilogy, hope it's not all about Hugh-fucking-Jackman, and hope that it wont ruin X-Men: First Class, which in my opinion is the only X-Men movie worth watching.
Let me know in the comments below which movies you are looking forward to watching and why!
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Fellonius Munch
There's been a clear divide between fans of the Alien franchise since as far back as the cinematic release of James Cameron's big budget sequel, Aliens, in 1986. Never mind which film was your favorite, out of Ridley Scott's terrifying odyssey and James Cameron's epic bug stomper, which made you fill your pants? Or, more accurately, which made you fill your pants the most?
Alien, made in 1979, remains one of the most spine-chilling sci-fi horrors of all time, even in comparison to its sequel. Much like Cameron's Terminator in comparison to its own sequel, its emphasis was on the horror and suspense of the moment and not the science-fiction element that provided its theatrical stage. So the difference for fans is: if you prefer being shit scared rather than watching stuff blow up lots, you have a preference for the original.
As a fan of the franchise, and specifically the very first film, I'm excited to announce that Sega has been producing a new video game that actually goes back to its roots rather than offer the sour milk of yet another colonial marines-based shoot 'em up (seriously, guys, your cow needs some fresh grass—or shooting). From Creative Assembly, the studio that brought you Total War, and set for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, comes Alien: Isolation, a survival horror experience that aims to make you wet the bed rather than just shoot at stuff.
Set between Alien and Aliens, its plot is actually taken from a moment in Cameron's sequel where Ellen Ripley learns of the fate of her daughter Amanda. Fifteen years after the events of the original movie, Amanda goes in search of clues as to what happened to her missing mother, which brings her on board an abandoned space station, where she herself encounters a Xenomorph.
So, just like in the original film, our character is facing off against one deadly alien foe, as opposed to having an armory at her disposal and an entire hive as cannon fodder, which will make for a more unpredictable, atmospheric, and ultimately frightening experience.
Granted exclusive access to Fox's extensive Alien archives, Creative Assembly has been busy re-assembling, from scratch, everything about the designs aboard the Nostromo of the original 1979 movie that gave it its dark, dank and suffocatingly claustrophobic atmosphere—from the sterile retro sci-fi deco of the officers' quarters right down to the nightmarish industrial underbelly that provided the terrifying Xenomorph its endless shadows to scurry around in.
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| "Dang I say, you sneaky blighter." |
The sense of dread I'm sure the player would feel may also be ridiculously amplified by the fact that Creative Assembly aren't adding any fancy new gadgets to the game, just to make it appeal to tech geeks and the likes. No, you're going to make do with comparatively outdated junk straight from the 1979 Alien, and you'll like it or die.
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| "This spaceship's so big, I need to Google Street View my bathroom!" |
So, I don't know about you. I don't even have an Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, or PS3, but it looks like I might have to go fork out for one, or borrow one, just for this when it's released. Sound off, Fanboys and Fangirls, are we wet yet? Comments below and thanks for reading.
Since the big move to Disney, those of you Star Wars fans should remember that there were plans on producing spin-off movies featuring the well-loved characters from the trilogy.
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