Friday 20 July 2012

Thoughts

Hello! College 2.0 has started. I have never been this tired in my life. But I like this college. There is film studies among my subjects, which feels like the class I have been waiting for all my life. Anyways, my thoughts for this week-

1) Super duper awesome casting news- Johnny Depp has been cast in Wes Anderson's next film The Grand Budapest Hotel. I have been praying for Depp to do something smaller that will truly show off his immense acting talents. This is exactly it. Anderson's brand of quirky is totally different to the Depp's natural eccentricity and I believe that both of them together can create movie magic. Among the other potential cast members are Anderson regulars like Owen Wilson and Bill Murray. There is also talk about Jude Law, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Adrien Brody, Angela Lansbury and Jeff Goldblum joining in. I have to say here that if there is a film with Depp, Norton and Brody, I WILL DIE OUT OF HAPPINESS!! PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN, PLEASE!!

2) The other casting news that has me buzzed is Daniel Radcliffe starring in two very different movies after Kill Your Darlings, the Beat era film he is currently filming. The first is the adaptation of Joe Hill's (Stephen King's son) novel Horns, which is about a 26 year-old man who, after being wrongfully accused of raping and murdering his girlfriend, finds horns growing out of his head which grant him the power to make people confess their sins, and this comes in handy in his quest to find the real culprit. It sounds pretty batshit crazy and added to that, will be directed by Piranha 3D's Alexander Aja. Still it will be interesting to see Radcliffe do something so far-out. The other film, one which I am more excited about, is a romcom (yess!) alongside Zoe Kazan, named F Word. It is about two people, Wallace and Chantry, who hit it off at a party, but then are forced to stay friends because Chantry has a long-term boyfriend. Radcliffe is incredibly funny in all his interviews, and was quite good in Extras and SNL, so I have high hopes for him.

3) Links- It was the ultimate badass and king of awesome, Harrison Ford's birthday this week and check out M. Hufstader's brilliant post on him where she makes him the BAMF of the Week. Speaking of awesome, this is The Dark Knight Rises week (Accio Sunday!) and pretty much everyone is writing about it, or its director Chistopher Nolan. While I am steering clear of any reviews of any kind, I love posts about the latter. Alex is doing The Week of Nolan, which is brilliant and do check out all the posts. Last but definitely not the least, is the biggest Nolan fangirl herself, Stevee, with a Christopher Nolan Retrospective/ Appreciation Post.

4) There are literally no trailers this week, but instead, I bring you something infinitely better and more brilliant- ladies and gentlemen, Robert Downey Jr.-

5) After so much brilliance, a little albeit very imperative rant- Pixar is going to make a sequel to Finding Nemo. Andrew Stanton will helm the project, which is now being developed. This is awful. As I have said time and again, I am a total Pixar worshiper. The people working there are geniuses who make the most incredible animated movies, and one of their best qualities is their originality. Now they too have fallen under the franchise spell. It is so terribly sad. I mean they have seen what happened with Cars 2, and while the Monsters Inc. prequel looks acceptable, they should just stop there. Pixar movies make a lot of money, and it is a good thing because their films are excellent and deserved to be watched by everyone, but this is just greedy. This article at The Film Experience speaks a lot about this and I agree with most of it, especially about the possibility of a Toy Story 4 (blasphemy!!).

6) Also Emmy nominations were announced today and here is the full list of nominations. I am still not a TV person, though I do watch a shitload of shows now. My favourite nominations are that of Sherlock of course- Best Miniseries, Best Actor in a Miniseries for Benedict Cumberbatch and Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries for Martin Freeman. Sherlock is probably my favourite thing on TV currently, tied with Doctor Who and Parks and Recreation. Amy Poehler bagged a Best Actress in a Comedy Series nomination for that, so yaay! Others were snubbed :( Other nominees I am happy about are Peter Dinklage for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his splendid performance in Game of Thrones, Lena Dunham and Zooey Deschanel for Best Actress Comedy for Girls and New Girl respectively, Jim Parsons for Best Actor Comedy in The Big Bang Theory, Girls for Best Comedy Series and Max Greenfield, who plays the adorable douche Schmidt, for New Girl.

7) Finally, this happened-
I said goddamn! Goddamn!


It's getting hot in here people *fans herself*. Bye.

10 comments:

  1. Wooouuuuw! I'm currently developing an obsession towards Michael Fassbender (I'm a bit late, but who cares)... so this is... yeah. Interesting.

    Next thought: Johnny Depp and Wes Anderson! I just watched Moonrise Kingdom in the cinemas tonight and looooooved it. Also, Norton and Brody too, that would be to good to be true!!!

    And: I hope someone is going to stop that Finding Nemo sequel. Let's chain us to the gates of Pixar! Do anything to stop this!

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    1. Better late than never. The Fassy fever strikes one and all.

      I really need to watch Moonrise Kingdom. It is too good to be true.

      Yes we must chain ourselves to the gates of Pixar!

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  2. 1) Twill be interesting to see what happens with the Wes Anderon/Johnny Depp collaboration. Not a huge Depp fan but a huge Wes Anderson fan.
    2)People give Radcliffe a lot of shit but I saw him in a Broadway show and he has more range than people give him credit for (it was a musical comedy, not the one where hes nude).
    3) I made a list of top 5 Joseph Gordon-Levitt roles if you wanna check that out at http://northwestmovies.blogspot.com/2012/07/5-favorite-joseph-gordon-levitt.html.
    4)Funny.
    5) What is with Pixar? They used to be one of the most creative studios out there. They did say Cars 2 was just for money, but now Nemo and Monsters Inc.? Come on. If they make a sequel to Ratatouille or The Incredible I don't know how I'll feel.
    6)Louie (what I consider the best show on television) got the record nominations with 7 beating out David Lynch (plus he now has Woody Allen's editor Susan Morse who worked with Woody from Manhattan to Deconstructing Harry, even the teaser is a Manhattan nod)
    7)What the fuck? Both are great but why are they doing BDSM shenanigans for W?

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    1. 1) I can see the Wes Anderson love from the avatar :P I love him too, and Depp is my favourite actor, so I am very excited.
      2) Oooh I so wanted to see that. I think he's great.
      3) I have seen it. Almost completely agree (did not like Brick at all).
      4) Yep.
      5) I'll start crying. I cannot handle that.
      6) Wow. Have not seen them yet. It takes me a while to get to TV shows.
      7) 'Cuz they can!

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  3. How had I not seen that series of Theron/Fassbender shots up until now? Damn girl - you sure know how to get a guy's Friday off to a great start!

    Good luck in the new semester, we're all here for ya.

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    1. Well, I aim to please :D

      Thank you!

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  4. Goddamn, Goddamn is right! These two would have the most gorgeous babies ever.

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    1. I can't even imagine the babies. Goddamn!

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  5. Interesting and exciting casting news! The movie based on Horns sounds insane lol

    RDJ is totally awesome. Sometimes I'm sad that I don't follow news and videos, but I, at least, follow right blogs that share those :D

    7 - OMFG.

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    1. It does, doesn't it?

      I am glad to be of help :)

      7. IKR!!

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