The newest Darren Aronofsky film titled Black Swan stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis of "That 70's Show" fame. If you've seen an Aronofsky film you know what to expect. Lots of dazzling and strange images paired with different unsettling tight shots. I got the same feel from this that I did from watching "The Wrestler." You literally follow behind the main character like you're a younger sibling following your older sister to her dance practices and recital. I was a bit unsettled by the fact that the relationship between Portman and her mother character made it seem like Portman was much younger than she was. The two acted like Nina (Portman's character) is at least 10 years younger than she is. The mother tucks her in at night and her room is even pastel pinks.
Like I said, the imagery is amazing. I really was drawn into the movie because it looked so different form other movies. While this is great, I also find it a problem. It's like this: I think the movie is technically great. The shots are great, framing near perfect, even the handheld camera work is great. Choreography is performed perfectly. Yet while all of these things are so great, I didn't feel close to the story at all. I felt like I wanted to keep watching only because I wanted to see something new happen. I won't give away anything, but I felt like the imagery out-shined the story.
Everything was great but I wasn't connecting. I've heard other people say that it was the best movie of 2010. I agree that it was a cool movie, but it wasn't, to me, amazing.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Why I hate youtube.
My problem with youtube is the audience. everyone is fearless on the internet, and no one wants to take the time to appreciate anyone's successes while constructively addressing faults. take for instance my latest "video" (voice recording) where i asked if the "ground zero mosque" would be a problem if it were a church. someone commented saying
"No it would not be a problem considering the none Islamic type of people did not bomb us. It would be no problem if a non-Muslim church was built however personally it shouldn't be a church of any type at all perhaps a museum or something. It has been proven in history with this culture that to show the world they have conquered a spot they built the mosque right in the middle of the spot they conquered . No I am not racist or anything I just think they should build it somewhere else. GB"
me-valid argument but the site is not in the middle of ground zero. also it's not just a mosque.
random youtube audience member-Your right it isn't, it is bigger and grander then just a mosque and it just feels like it is a way to say we can spit on you and you are not going to do anything about it cause this is the land of the free and home of the naive. It may not be on the exact spot but it is close enough that to me feels like we are splitting hairs on its proximity
note the improper "you're", lack of punctuation, and outrageous metaphoric comparisons. i love (hate) the youtube audience.
now this is just a minor inconvenience and to be fair to this person he or she doesn't get overly emotional and just say things like "TAKE IT DOWN FAGGOT", which i'll get to soon.
and by soon i mean now.
I have a video that I did with some friends on my other page, VegaPictures.
We did a sketch where we portrayed news anchors who do behaviors that would end their careers. Honestly the quality is not great and it could have been scripted better (if we actually had one). But this is not the problem that people seem to have. We receive comments quite frequently saying things like "this isn't real you douchebags" although not using such kind language.
Well there was no promise of anything real. If you actually took the time to watch out other videos you might realize that we were kids when we made this and we didn't know any better and the name is just that, a name.
What is everyone's problem? the only people that seem to get any sort of positive reinforcement are people like Ray William Johnson and Fred. Both of those are horrible. Not funny, unoriginal, and just terrible people to boot.
I know i won't change anything but people just need to chill out and appreciate the little things that they don't have control over.
i have actually received threats (in youtube comments) because of the name of the video. Really? get over yourself. I'm not taking it down.
I've put up a disclaimer that plays before the video explaining that the video is indeed fake, and not meant to be taken seriously, but we have another problem arising here. Someone today commented,
Thanks for posting that disclaimer. Never would have known that this 1/2 rate, crappy video was fake. Douche bags.
I'm just going to let that sink in. I'm angry, I'm upset, I hate. You are horrible people on youtube. I wish the worst on you.
When i don't have the disclaimer i get people yelling because it's fake. When i do have it up I get people yelling because they "knew" it was fake.
I can't win.
"No it would not be a problem considering the none Islamic type of people did not bomb us. It would be no problem if a non-Muslim church was built however personally it shouldn't be a church of any type at all perhaps a museum or something. It has been proven in history with this culture that to show the world they have conquered a spot they built the mosque right in the middle of the spot they conquered . No I am not racist or anything I just think they should build it somewhere else. GB"
me-valid argument but the site is not in the middle of ground zero. also it's not just a mosque.
random youtube audience member-Your right it isn't, it is bigger and grander then just a mosque and it just feels like it is a way to say we can spit on you and you are not going to do anything about it cause this is the land of the free and home of the naive. It may not be on the exact spot but it is close enough that to me feels like we are splitting hairs on its proximity
note the improper "you're", lack of punctuation, and outrageous metaphoric comparisons. i love (hate) the youtube audience.
now this is just a minor inconvenience and to be fair to this person he or she doesn't get overly emotional and just say things like "TAKE IT DOWN FAGGOT", which i'll get to soon.
and by soon i mean now.
I have a video that I did with some friends on my other page, VegaPictures.
We did a sketch where we portrayed news anchors who do behaviors that would end their careers. Honestly the quality is not great and it could have been scripted better (if we actually had one). But this is not the problem that people seem to have. We receive comments quite frequently saying things like "this isn't real you douchebags" although not using such kind language.
Well there was no promise of anything real. If you actually took the time to watch out other videos you might realize that we were kids when we made this and we didn't know any better and the name is just that, a name.
What is everyone's problem? the only people that seem to get any sort of positive reinforcement are people like Ray William Johnson and Fred. Both of those are horrible. Not funny, unoriginal, and just terrible people to boot.
I know i won't change anything but people just need to chill out and appreciate the little things that they don't have control over.
i have actually received threats (in youtube comments) because of the name of the video. Really? get over yourself. I'm not taking it down.
I've put up a disclaimer that plays before the video explaining that the video is indeed fake, and not meant to be taken seriously, but we have another problem arising here. Someone today commented,
Thanks for posting that disclaimer. Never would have known that this 1/2 rate, crappy video was fake. Douche bags.
I'm just going to let that sink in. I'm angry, I'm upset, I hate. You are horrible people on youtube. I wish the worst on you.
When i don't have the disclaimer i get people yelling because it's fake. When i do have it up I get people yelling because they "knew" it was fake.
I can't win.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Create Space
I'm going to start hosting my films for rent through amazon on demand. I don't know if the rentals will cost anything if so that would kinda suck but also good for me because then I get money haha! I'll put up more information when I have something up there. More reviews are coming once I start watching movies again.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Get Him To The Greek first thoughts/review
By the way this review may have spoilers. And by may I mean does.
What is the definition of drama? As I understand it, drama is when someone wants something very badly and has hard time obtaining it. This item that the person wants can be anything; another person, an object or possession, an idea like peace, or they can want to even save someone else from something. So what is this something that the main character of Get Him to the Greek want? Aldous Snow played by Russel Brand is an out of control rock star who had his world turned upside down on him by his girlfriend, pop star Jackie Q. Aldous wants Jackie throughout the movie and does pursue her. Aldous watches Jackie's and his home videos on the road, he calls Jackie on the phone, and finally he goes to see Jackie. Aldous tries to convince Jackie to be with him instead of Lars Ulrich (drummer of Metallica, for some reason). Jackie explains that what Lars and she share is something special, Aldous responds that the two of them share a son, which is much more special. Their son is a young boy around ten years old named Naples. Here's a spoiler but it's a major turning point and something that changes Aldous' desire. Naples is actually not Aldous' son. He is the son of a man that Jackie had a photo shoot with, in Naples. So what does Aldous now want? if you look on a deeper level, Aldous wanted to prove to Aaron, played by Jonah Hill (he's really the main character but he's not as interesting) and his fans that he was happy on his own. What does he want under this level? He wants Jackie, of course, and in fact, he NEEDS Jackie, but with this turning point what does he realize. This is the most important part to this story. Aldous realizes that he is in fact alone. He has no son, he has no girlfriend, no wife, no real close friends. He only has his mother, kiss ass assistants, and Aaron who only wants to get him to play the show. Aldous is alone, lonely, depressed. He contemplates and nearly attempts suicide. He opens up to Aaron and cries in front of him. Aldous gets to the concert with the injury he sustained and does an amazing job. At the end of the movie what does Aldous want? He wants one close friend. He wants one person that he can share with, that he can open up to, that will listen to him because honestly his life is amazingly messed up. He obtains this. Aaron becomes Aldous' new producer and Aldous realizes that his fans don't go to his shows only for the music but they go because Aldous Snow is more than just a musician, they want to see him for the story of his life and what he presents of himself on stage. At the end, Aldous is happy. Happy in the way that he never had before. He was never happy like this on drugs, and he was never really happy like this when he was with Jackie. He has one close friend like he truly needed.
This is drama. A character pushed to the emotional limit and back is drama. Aldous Snow goes through the emotional range through the course of events.
Honestly this is a great character study. Unexpectedly, I believe the filmmakers made Aldous Snow the main character. Even though the story is about Aaron Green trying to fulfill what his dreams are, the more interesting character. This is an unexpected great movie. I'd love to see more movies like this. Please, Hollywood, more original films, no more Megan Fox movies, no more comic book films. Please Please, more like this. Let's give this my rating now. 9/10. It really was that good.
What is the definition of drama? As I understand it, drama is when someone wants something very badly and has hard time obtaining it. This item that the person wants can be anything; another person, an object or possession, an idea like peace, or they can want to even save someone else from something. So what is this something that the main character of Get Him to the Greek want? Aldous Snow played by Russel Brand is an out of control rock star who had his world turned upside down on him by his girlfriend, pop star Jackie Q. Aldous wants Jackie throughout the movie and does pursue her. Aldous watches Jackie's and his home videos on the road, he calls Jackie on the phone, and finally he goes to see Jackie. Aldous tries to convince Jackie to be with him instead of Lars Ulrich (drummer of Metallica, for some reason). Jackie explains that what Lars and she share is something special, Aldous responds that the two of them share a son, which is much more special. Their son is a young boy around ten years old named Naples. Here's a spoiler but it's a major turning point and something that changes Aldous' desire. Naples is actually not Aldous' son. He is the son of a man that Jackie had a photo shoot with, in Naples. So what does Aldous now want? if you look on a deeper level, Aldous wanted to prove to Aaron, played by Jonah Hill (he's really the main character but he's not as interesting) and his fans that he was happy on his own. What does he want under this level? He wants Jackie, of course, and in fact, he NEEDS Jackie, but with this turning point what does he realize. This is the most important part to this story. Aldous realizes that he is in fact alone. He has no son, he has no girlfriend, no wife, no real close friends. He only has his mother, kiss ass assistants, and Aaron who only wants to get him to play the show. Aldous is alone, lonely, depressed. He contemplates and nearly attempts suicide. He opens up to Aaron and cries in front of him. Aldous gets to the concert with the injury he sustained and does an amazing job. At the end of the movie what does Aldous want? He wants one close friend. He wants one person that he can share with, that he can open up to, that will listen to him because honestly his life is amazingly messed up. He obtains this. Aaron becomes Aldous' new producer and Aldous realizes that his fans don't go to his shows only for the music but they go because Aldous Snow is more than just a musician, they want to see him for the story of his life and what he presents of himself on stage. At the end, Aldous is happy. Happy in the way that he never had before. He was never happy like this on drugs, and he was never really happy like this when he was with Jackie. He has one close friend like he truly needed.
This is drama. A character pushed to the emotional limit and back is drama. Aldous Snow goes through the emotional range through the course of events.
Honestly this is a great character study. Unexpectedly, I believe the filmmakers made Aldous Snow the main character. Even though the story is about Aaron Green trying to fulfill what his dreams are, the more interesting character. This is an unexpected great movie. I'd love to see more movies like this. Please, Hollywood, more original films, no more Megan Fox movies, no more comic book films. Please Please, more like this. Let's give this my rating now. 9/10. It really was that good.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Help me out!
I decided to not review Kick Ass because I don't feel too strongly either way about it. I want you to give me a movie to review. Any movie. Any movie at all. Please. I'm dying. I don't care really. I'll sit down, watch, and review any movie that you know of and think I'll love or hate. Seriously. Either way. Let me know.
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