A little anime, a little horror, and a call to arms for men who like manly movies.
The Expendables
This is just awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMDC76D9l94
Paranormal Activity 2
Didn’t see the first one, but this does look scary as hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTEKkJmlNjw
Tales from Earthsea
Not usually into anime, but this sort of negates my primary qualm with the genre (the laughable and/or pointless plots) by using Ursula K Le Guin’s book as a basis. And I do have to admit, I like Miyazaki’s stuff in the past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfIEjgWDHk
That expendables trailer is indeed awesome. I had no idea that movie even existed.
Great trailer, clever marketing, historic cast, big explosions…..
Directed by Sylvester Stallone.
I sense a potential disturbance in the Force.
All that’s missing is Jean-Claude Van Damme I believe.
As a disclaimer – the Earthsea Movie is being directed by Goro Miyazaki – Hayao’s Son, instead of being by Hayao himself.
Ah. I guess we’ll have to see how far the apple falls from the tree.
Ok, now I’m really frosted. I went to click on the Expendables preview only to find that its not available due to a copyright claim by the MPAA. WTF!!!??? I’m willingly going to watch their ADVERTISING for their upcoming movie and they’re worried about their copyright!!! WHAT a bunch of backwards assholes!! Sorry but when the item in question is an AD for your PRODUCT you should want as many people to see it as possible. The MPAA has to pay to play the ad on TV and here I’m willing to watch it at no expense to them and they remove it???!!!
What a bunch of freaking idiots!!!
I’m sure it’s more about setting a precedent. If it’s proven they don’t defend their copyright they can lose it.
Nothing in Title 17 says you need to defend your copyright or lose it. It’s trademark law that has the defend or lose provision. This is just the MPAA shooting themselves in the head yet again.
“I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.” Jack Valenti in testimony to Congress while he was the head of the MPAA. I would certainly love to find a link to how many billions of dollars they’ve made because of VCRs and DVDs. They’re just a bunch of rich dinosaurs that are trying to stay relevant.
I have to agree with J_W_W, pulling a copyright claim on an ad is inexcusable stupidity. This is one of the major reasons I see so few movies at the theater now. I have to sit through 20 minutes of ads and crap, for what is usually a mediocre movie, then I come home and see stuff like this. For the amount of money I spend on an average movie night ( I never go alone, I usually take several friend with me, and I always get food) I could buy several books. This is probably a dumb enough move that no matter how good the movie is, I probably won’t see it now.
Other than a few plot holes, the original Paranormal Activity was great – Blairwitch Project-level good, well worth watching.
I think it got a review somewhere around here.