After many years of leaving us to wallow in superhero films, James Cameron has returned with one of the most hyped films…well since Transformers 2.
After seeing trailers, stills, some clips and words from the director himself, you might be concerned that it might just be another bloated CGI wankfest ready to pick up the quick cash during the opening weekend and make way for the DVD. Sure, Avatar does business just like the others, but it’s not as bad as Wolverine…but that’s not saying much.
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So my friends, I have now seen Tarantino’s latest film twice, in the United States, and here in Scotland.
Now, if you have not read it yet, I would like to direct you to Ben Creech’s analysis of the film. His words do a better job than mine:
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=ben+creech&init=quick#/note.php?note_id=125778207609&ref=mf
The quick review is that the film is better than “Kill Bill” but still not able to eclipse the elephant in the room that is his best film, “Pulp Fiction.” So go see it.
But to get to business:
As I stated, I’ve seen the film twice now in two different countries. Each screening, however was a different experience. Continue reading
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I’ve been thinking over the summer films that have hit cinemas so far and have only been disappointed with the rundown (except for Star Trek, that wasn’t too bad):
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
crap, but expected to be
Terminator Salvation
disappointingly crappy
Public Enemies
Though a non-mega budget/hyped film, this one suffered due to a lack of supporting story elements that would actually make you care about the character and the type of technical issues you’d expect from a student film, not a 100 million dollar feature starring Johnny Depp.
So I got to thinking about the major issues with the Summer Blockbuster Genre that has emerged, and how The Dark Knight managed to be one without being shit. Maybe Hollywood will keep these things in mind for next summer. Continue reading
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The Filmsmith
The Filmsmith 
Shooting People: Documentary Power and Ethics
I am currently at the University of Edinburgh earning my Master’s in Film Studies. For my “Constructing Reality” course (about documentary filmmaking), I am to shoot a minute of “Visual Truth.” So I go out to a busy street, trying to shoot what I consider the illusions of visual truths. I believe there are no absolute truths to an image; they always require an outside context.
So I’m trying to get shots of certain people, capturing their normal activities without them noticing my camera (which would undermine the reality I’m trying to reveal). But to do this, I have to become this sneaky character and this feeling of sneakiness prompts questions of my activity. Continue reading →
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