Buffy ,'Empty Places'
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It's fine, it's fine, people. I'm just back with the same old guy from forever ago. And I like the superhero movies! I just like the other stuff, too, which I'll never see if I only go to the movies with him.
Speaking of movies, that Good Night, and Good Luck was some good stuff. I was amazed by how much actual footage they used. At one point, I wasn't sure that it was, but sure enough, that was actually Bobby Kennedy off to the side of the frame, wasn't it?
All the McCarthy footage was actual McCarthy. I had the thought (as I'm sure many others have, like duh, the producers) that it was the only choice. You couldn't have found a better psychowhackoidiot portrayal than from the original man.
Funny part was that the audience in my theater often hissed when that footage was shown. It was largely seniors.
It was all the stuff after he left the one hearing that had me wondering, mostly just because it was so long. Amazing stuff, really.
I heard that some audience complained about that character being overacted.
I heard that some audience complained about that character being overacted.
Hah. And depressing (that he got away with it FOR REAL.)
I wonder if a bit of anticipation time wouldn't help sales more than having the DVDs ready at the door.
If DVDs of Mirrormask had been for sale at the concession stand when I walked out of the movie, I would have bought it then and there.
I would have bought Batman Begins on my way out of the theater. I probably would have gotten panicky that they'd run out of DVDs.
Ooh! Also The Incredibles!
There are movies where you want to turn around and go right back in...LotR, Batman Begins, Serenity...those I'd buy the DVDs of right away, but it wouldn't stop me from seeing it again in the theatre anyway.
Isn't it Soderbergh who's going to release his next film in theaters and on DVD the same day?
I've been talking about this a lot with people lately. I think it's just another step in Soderburgh's admirable quest to prove that filmmaking is now cheap and accessable to anyone who wants to be a filmmaker.
His first big step in this quest was shooting Full Frontal entirely on a Canon XL1, and editing it entirely on a Mac with Final Cut Pro. I think this next step, releasing in theaters and on DVD the same day is partly a way of saying "and if you add DVD authoring software to that Mac, you're your own distributor now as well!"
Both of those are fine and well and good, and I applaud him for them.
The point that I think Soderburgh misses is that he can get Julia Roberts and George Clooney to be in his movies. I cannot.
Not yet, anyway.