Friday 19 September 2014

Thoughts

Hello nice people who still read this blog even though I do nothing on it. How are you all? How is your day going? I hope your day goes well and everything is awesome and blah. My day, in case you're wondering, is not going that great. Firstly, I had this awful dream about lizards attacking me and I woke up pretty early because of that. Secondly, I have to go to the doctor's pretty soon because in spite of being Indian, I think I'm allergic to the Indian weather. Speaking of, the weather here is terrible right now. It's like summer came back all over again, and I don't like summer. I like winter. For one thing, my like perennial cold actually makes sense then. For another, I have this really adorbs woolen sweater with reindeer on it and I unfortunately only get to wear it then. Thirdly, my results come out today and I'm properly super nervous about them. We found out about it yesterday. I have little-to-no memory of giving my exams because I was so sleep-deprived throughout but I do remember not being particularly ecstatic about any of them, so that's not great. Lastly, I don't know how my day will end because of the results bit and that's also stressing me out. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Anyways, now that that's out if my system, let's get back to the world of cinema which is a world all of us care about unlike my stupid life and my stupid day.

Note: There's no way in hell I remember all the movie news announced in the last four months, since my last Thoughts post, and I'm not going to go through websites looking for them either.

1) SARAH POLLEY IS MAKING LOOKING FOR ALASKA!! I know that this is old news but I'm still very excited about it and I needed to acknowledge that on my blog. I know I have only seen one Polley movie, which is Stories We Tell, but god, it's one of the best movies I have ever seen and Looking for Alaska is one of the best books that I've ever read and it's SO fucking amazeballs that both of these are coming together. Even when I first read LFA, I had wanted a female director to make its movie because I just had a gut feeling that they'll do justice to it better than a male director can (See also: The Virgin Suicides, American Psycho) and yaay Polley is fantastic. I need this film in my life already.

2) In related news, the Paper Towns movie is also being made and they've cast Cara Delevingne as Margo Roth Spiegelman. This is pretty great news. I love Delevingne's look and energy. She was apparently the best part about The Face of an Angel, which showed at TIFF. My 13 year old brother is in love with her and one can understand why a character like Q, who is the protagonist of the story and will be played by the adorable Nat Wolff, will fall for someone like her. I already prefer this casting to that of The Fault in Our Stars because I still hate Ansel Elgort's face. The film will come out next year and will be directed by Jake Schreier who made Robot and Frank (which I have not seen. How is it??).

3) Matt Smith has been cast as Mr. Collins in the upcoming adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I find this very odd. I always saw him as a Bingley. Mr. Collins is a clown and not in a good way. Still, I'm happy to see Smith in anything. The film also stars Lily James (Smith's current girlfriend btw), Sam Riley, Douglas Booth, Jack Huston and Bella Heathcote.

4) Fincher news- All of the Fincher stuff getting released nowadays is so interesting. From the fact that he cast Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne in Gone Girl because of his creepy smile to his new projects which include an HBO series he is developing with James Ellroy about the corrupt studio system in the 50s, which will be in the style of the classic film noir, and a TV series about 80s music video industry!! Is anyone else having major "Vogue" flashbacks? He also said that the sequels to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo may still get made which is something I kind of need in my life. Finally, did everyone watch and love his adverts for GAP? Fincher seriously needs to make a black and white movie already.

5) Jessica Chastain will star in Xavier Dolan's next film, which is also his English language debut, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. It's a satire of the gossip magazine business and Chastain is playing the antagonist, which is going to be delicious. Can you imagine how Dolan is going to dress her? *swoons* This is amazing news and I love the fact that all this sort of originated from a flirty Twitter convo between the two cinema geniuses (which is what they are).

6) Other casting news- Daniel Radcliffe's movie about the Brooklyn Bridge called *obviously* The Brooklyn Bridge now also has Brie Larson and Sir Ben Kingsley. Yaay! Love the idea of DanRad and Larson starring in a film together, although isn't she taller than him? There is going to be a Ben-Hur remake and I'm kind of okay with that because it will star Jack Huston and I love Jack Huston. It will also star Morgan Freeman and is being written by John Riley who wrote 12 Years A Slave.

7) Trailers- I just saw the trailer of Big Eyes. I like the look but I absolutely hate the song. Why would someone like Tim Burton use that song? I don't understand. A Most Violent Year looks pretty intriguing. I love the shot of Chastain at the end. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1 trailer is also out. I'm just too excited about Natalie Dormer being in this tbh.

8) Finally, it's almost time for the results so I'm just going to stop here and leave you with this beautiful man and his beautiful scruff-

Bye.

20 comments:

  1. OMG the cast of Big Eyes. And Jack Huston gosh, something about him pulls me in. Probably the hair, he has great hair.

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  2. I can't wait to see Xavier Dolan's English debut! That guy is wonderful, I still can't get over the fact that he made I Killed My Mother while he was a teenager.

    That Big Eyes trailer looks wonderful!

    and I love Jack Huston as well.

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    1. It fills me with so much envy. Like what am I even doing with my life?

      The trailer IS nice but the music :/ :/

      Huston is lovely. He was my favourite thing about Boardwalk Empire when I used to watch it.

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  3. I feel like I'm under the rock because I have not heard about that Looking for Alaska news! Xavier Dolan is such an accomplished filmmaker (I don't know any works of his that did not get any acclaim) so I'm definitely looking forward for his next film!

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    1. Really? Where were you like two months back when I was freaking all over it on Twitter :P

      He really is. He's a prodigy.

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  4. Xavier Dolan is just, amazing. I am so excited for his English debut, as well as Mommy!! I also think he seems like an awesome person, and his speech at Cannes was a definite highlight for me.

    The trailer for Big Eyes would be perfect if it weren't for the music.

    How were your exam results? I'm sure you did great :)

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    1. Me too!! Yes he does. Goddamnit he's perfect :P

      Idk what they were thinking when they used that music.

      They were okay. Thanks :)

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  5. The music in Big Eyes trailer doesn't go with the footage at all. It makes it look like some sort of stupid romantic comedy where the woman gets a makeover and kisses some dude in the rain in the end.

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    1. More or less. To me it makes the film look like those really low budget TV movies from like the 90s.

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  6. I love you so much, and yet I will always think that the Dragon Tattoo remake is just unnecessary - and kind of insulting to the foreign market, honestly. The second and third parts of the Swedish trilogy were waaaay inferior to the first part, but (a) they came out and (b) they only came out a couple of years before Fincher's version.

    That said, he IS a great storyteller and filmmaker. Maybe one day, I'll have the flu and decide to check out the American version...

    Also, I hope your results were superb! You rock, and you deserve it! God, you're still probably not caught up on sleep yet...

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    1. But it was another adaptation, one that improved on both the book AND the Swedish adaptation. And it was the kind of film that Fincher was like born to make. Idk about the sequels as I haven't seen them nor am I interested in watching them unless the Fincher-Mara-Craig trio reunites to make them. The first one left the Mikhail-Lisbeth on such a tantalizing place+ their chemistry in Fincher's version was brilliant.

      You really should check it out. It's WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY awesome.

      They were mehhhhhhhhhhhhh but thanks :D :D

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  7. I'm super excited Polley is doing Looking for Alaska too! I think a female will just be able to get Alaska better since she's such a particular character. Also, I was not expecting someone at all like Cara Delevingne to be cast as Margo but I actually really like it. Her eyebrows are amazing... and she just seems like an interesting choice. I'm 3/4 through Paper Towns right now and I really like it. John Green does no wrong in my eyes. After this I just have Will Grayson, Will Grayson and Let it Snow to finish out his work. Can't wait for whatever he does next and just keep the film adaptations coming while they're at it.

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    1. Yes I think so too. I think with male directors, they'll make her into some manic pixie shit.
      Yeah I wasn't thinking about Cara either but she's pretty great. And her eyebrows too :) I hope they cast someone good in LFA as well.
      I love John Green too! I only have Let it Snow left to read. Will Grayson, Will Grayson is great too. That would be a fun film if they ever decided to make it.

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  8. Hello person who still writes this blog even though I am TERRIBLE at posting comments on it anymore! Just thought I'd let you know that having got my fill of Andy and Sam at TIFF 2014, I'm circling you as the next international movie-lover that I'll be peer-pressuring into hopping a flight to Canada.

    What are we thinking, say...2016?

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    1. Hellooo :P

      I want to be optimistic and say yes but I'm going to realistic (eugh! I hate that word so) and say that it all kind of depends on where I'm doing my post-grad next year.

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  9. "Fincher seriously needs to make a black and white movie already." Amen and preach.

    Btw, love your Bling Ring header!

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  10. Really intrigued by the film versions of Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska. Now they just need to make An Abundance of Katherines.

    Dolan and Chastain seem like a perfect match. Can't wait!

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    1. Yessss. I am not that huge a fan of The Fault in Our Stars movie but I have a feeling that the others will be better films.

      Match made in Twitter heaven. I can't wait to see what he does with her.

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