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MOVIE MEDITATIONS
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Making Preview Reviews once a week isn’t enough when it comes to keeping track of what’s going on in the movie world.
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There’s only so much philosophy that can be explored in Pre-Res and I’ve been feeling the need to ponder the bigger ideas as movie news emerges, as technology advances, as the art from evolves and as our (the audience’s) tastes change.
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So let’s take a look around and see what’s going on and figure our what it means for our movie yesterdays, todays and tomorrows.
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Act I
So what will the plot of Avenger be like, most likely Loki will use the Cosmic Cube to open up a Gateway to Asgard so that Thor can return to Earth as he promised Jane. However, before Thor can even head over to Mexico...
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TUES AUG 23RD - WHY I LOVE TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON - BY YOUTUBER MBFCPRESIDENT
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(Sigh). I don't want to argue with anyone anymore. I saw Transformers: Dark of the Moon in IMAX 3D on opening day...and I thought it was terrible. I'm not going to deny it. I loved Transformers 1 but I know it had its flaws. And while Transformers 2 ramped up the spectacle to a huge degree, it took everything that was bad about the first movie and ramped that up to an even bigger degree. This movie, (in what I feel is one of the strangest patterns of filmmaking history) while it absolutely excels in spectacle, offers probably one of the worst storytelling experiences that there has ever been. But the question then becomes, "If these movies are so bad, why do so many people (me included) love watching them so much?"
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When did we forget how to act in public?
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I’m making visible the unspoken laws of movie theater viewing. So that we have no excuse for our behavior. So that we can’t plead ignorance. So that we assure everyone a satisfying movie going experience. Let’s start with the top 5.
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So what is Lynch getting so pissy about? What’s wrong with watching movies on a phone?
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Everything.
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In the 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being author Milan Kundera freshly explored the tired notion that the more of something there is, the less value it has. It’s simple economic theory: supply vs. demand. The caveman who knew how to ignite a fire was highly valued. Today, while not everyone can start a fire with some twigs, there are lighters; if you’ve got 99 cents and live near a gas station, you’re just as powerful as Fred Flintstone, which equalizes him. In 5,000 B.C. he’s a king, in 2011, a stranger on the street you ask for a light.
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