Friday 4 May 2012

Thoughts

          I had a dream about writing this post. Isn't that super creepy? And super sad? I should be dreaming about buildings tumbling over and Matt Smith and Loki and shite. Blogging's taking over my life, AND I DON'T EVEN BLOG MUCH!! Anyways, here are my thoughts.

1) So District 9's Sharlto Copley is the man on everybody's mind right now. He is going to be the villain in the American remake of Oldboy and also star alongside Angelina Jolie in Maleficient. Now Ji-tae Yu as Woo-jin has become one of my most favourite villains ever. I love them diabolical like that. So he has big shoes to fill. But he seems like a very interesting choice. Josh Brolin of course will be the protagonist, called Joe Douchette in this version, directed by Spike Lee. In Maleficient, he'll be King Stefan who I'm guessing will be Sleeping Beauty's father. If he is the one who battles, per se, Jolie's Maleficient, it will be a much smarter option than giving such duties to some "teenage" actor who will definitely be overshadowed in every way. Having said that, I'm still rooting for Logan Lerman to get this part.

2) DJANGO UNCHAINED!!! These pictures were released at some point last week and OHMIGOD, I cannot wait!! Leo will be playing a man called Calvin Candie (another magnificent name by QT). He's holding a hammer. Looking at just the recent cinematic usage of hammers, we have Dae-su in Oldboy and the Driver in Drive. There will be beautiful ultraviolence my friends :D Also Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz as Django and Dr. King Schutlz(!!) respectively, look pretty cool. I love the look and the costumes. I'm guessing and hoping that the film will be a serious awards contender.

3) Speaking of Leo, I had started watching Romeo + Juliet last night (which I will finish after posting this), and his introduction as Romeo has to be one of the best character intros ever. Accompanied by, what is in my opinion the sexiest Radiohead song ever, "Talk Show Host", the beautiful and broody Leo speaks in old Shakespearean terms, and oh what bliss! I think, well no I'm pretty sure that whatever age I may be, I will still fall in love with him then and there. My most favourite intro of all time is of course Josh Hartnett as Trip Fontaine in The Virgin Suicides, with Heart's "Magic Man" playing in the background. Only Juliet had Romeo, but all girls have had a Trip Fontaine at some point in their lives. And they always will, making him timeless and magical.

4) Trailers- Remember the time when there was only one trailer per film? Me too, because that was TWO YEARS AGO. Gah. I refuse to watch any and all featurettes. Including those of the much anticipated Prometheus, which has another trailer out. It gives us a little more clues to what we are to expect and also a look into Charlize Theron's character. I'm already pumped about it, so the trailer is a tad unnecessary for me. Next we have Beasts of the Southern Wild, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year. It looks absolutely beautiful, and in a way reminds me of Pan's Labyrinth because they're both about children escaping the problems of their surroundings by creating and entering magical realms of their own. Next we have the "sort-of sequel to Knocked UpThis is 40. As much as I love the cast, especially Paul Rudd, I really don't want to watch it. I think there are some secret life-lessons involved, most probably about forty-year-olds, but I will start worrying about them in spite of not being even twenty yet. Then there is the really weird trailer of 2 Days in New York, which follows the idea of 2 Days in Paris, both made by the wonderful Julie Delpy. It just looks like a clip, but I liked the first film, so I'll watch it. The forgotten superhero movie of the summer, The Amazing Spiderman has another and slightly painful trailer out. I will watch this because of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and maybe the humour, but poor Spidey. Then we have the slightly crazy A Fantastic Fear of Everything starring Simon Pegg. All I can say is, get Nick Frost and all will be made right :) Lastly, the king of the trailers is obviously The Dark Knight Rises. It just looks bloody incredible and I want to watch it right now and I love destruction of planes and bridges and so much JGL and Catwoman is awesome and Bane is scary and GAHHHH! MIND FRIGGIN' BLOWN!!!

5) Poster-wise, everyone needs to see and worship and somehow send me a copy of Charlize Theron's Snow White and the Huntsmen poster. Just look at it!!!!! Marvelous.

6) Finally, I started Game of Thrones last week and am now up to date with it. For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you will know of my overwhelming and kind of irrational hatred towards one character in particular-
Off with your head, Joffrey!!!



Bronn knows best. Bye.

16 comments:

  1. I'm so glad Sharlto Copley is getting more roles. He was brilliant in District 9, especially considering that was his debut performance. He's a cool guy, that one.

    I'm gonna name my kid Calvin Candie.

    Talk Show Host is my favourite song right now!!!

    AND THE DARK KNIGHT RISES!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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    1. He is a very cool dude. Loved him in District 9 and happy he's getting recognised.

      I've already named my kid Beatrix Kiddo, but Calvin Candie is pretty spectacular too :)

      Talk Show Host is uhmazing!!

      AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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  2. Wow you sure don't mess about when dropping the big C bomb! LOL at that pic!

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    1. Usually, I would think a million times before dropping the C bomb. But in this case, I'm just going to agree with Bronn :)

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  3. Ahhh, I reeaaaaally need to start watching Game of Thrones. Everyone at uni goes on and on about it, I just never had the time to sit down and go through it!
    I loved Romeo + Juliet! Leo and Claire Danes were so beautiful together!! So amazing to look at him then, and then look at him in something like Inception now :D

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    1. It's really quite good albeit incredibly frustrating.

      I know right- like he's the same person but sooo much has changed. It's insane. I love pretty Leo though.

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  4. If you hate that little bigger (c bomb, wow) check out my April post "hard to say why you like it" it's him getting slapped to the tune of achillles' Last stand. For the whole duration of the song!

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    1. God I feel as though someone's going to wash my mouth with soap soon :P It's a picture from Tumblr that I found funny... misplaced humour as usual :D
      That video is gold. Thanks :)

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  5. LOVE the new header - Kidman is mesmerizing in MR!. The casting acutally makes me excited for new version of Oldboy, but I still think the remake is unnecessary. Joffrey is indeed awful, but I can tell you there are far more evil chaacters to appear in the series.

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    1. Thanks. Yes she is and it's taken me a while to fully appreciate that.
      I know... casting looks cool but I too am of the opinion that the remake is completely unnecessary.
      What! How can this be?!! But still, I'm pretty sure no one will have a smug face like him.

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    2. Even I forgot how... good she looks, back in the day. When she was aging so nicely.

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    3. Well, she's back to looking fine, now that the big lip thing is gone.

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  6. 1) Sharlto Copley- Until last week, I haven't even heard of him, and in 7 days, he just got 2 of the best roles out there....lucky him!
    3) Oh Leo, I just love Romeo+Juliet, especially their first meeting/kiss with Des'ree-Kissing you in the background, one of my favorite scenes ever!
    4) I agree, too many trailers for Prometheus! As for the others, I like the one for Beasts of Southern Wild!
    ...and I am jumping into the wagon of hate for Joffrey, I hope he dies soon or at least, gets an ugly punishment! :)

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    1. 1) I bet that's what happened to Jessica Chastain last year :)
      2) I LOVE their first kiss- "You kiss by the book." hhtfyuhrsjklmjhjuhts I also love the first time they see each other... so beautiful.
      3) Yep Beasts of Southern Wild looks gorgeous.
      4) YAAY- All hate Joffrey!!

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  7. I'm also happy for Sharlto Copley. He gave such a great breakthrough performance in Distict 9, so it's about time he gets more parts, and it seems those movies are good with other actors attached.

    Magnificent poster with Theron! I will not be seeing the film in theater, but I'll definitely check out it on DVD. But it's so funny, how can Stewart compete with Charlize? :)

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    1. Yes he did give an amazing performance in District 9. Both parts sound totally solid.

      Yeah I think even the promoters don't believe in Stewart... which is why Theron's getting more publicity :P

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