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Monday, 15 December 2008
A welcome return
2009. Just around the corner. It has been a long time since I visited my own blog hence the lack of posts. I think it’s high time that I changed that. I’m leaping onto the spinning merry-go-round of the blog world with scant regard for anyone else’s safety. I hope there aren’t any serious casualties. Here’s to new posts, new scripts and new friends (maybe).
Friday, 23 May 2008
Remakes, reboots, rehashes and reimaginings
Well Indiana Jones 4 (too many words to write the full title) has been released and the backlash will now begin. Starting here....
The fact is that the film is not very good. The story is poor, unimaginative and uninvolving which is not good enough when you consider the 'talent' that is involved. I think that the lack of creativity of a involved is indicative of the current state of production in Hollywood. There are a number of films being released that are harking back to the good old days of blockbusters. The problem with these films is that they do not display anything different, they are merely self referential films that rely on audiences love for the originals. If someone went to see Indy 4 for the first time I do not think that they would be interested in seeing anymore films with these characters. The filmmakers should have treated this film like the first of a series and not an attempt to recreate former glories. I think that word of mouth will ultimately stop the film gathering huge box office receipts unlike Iron Man which has benefited from healthy buzz since its release.
.....Onto me for a bit.....I have finally finished my University degree in Film Studies and a summer of working (and hopefully) some productive scriptwriting and plenty of trips to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster fare. Hopefully I might blog a little bit more about my foray into writing over the summer and maybe get a couple of visitors to this site.
The fact is that the film is not very good. The story is poor, unimaginative and uninvolving which is not good enough when you consider the 'talent' that is involved. I think that the lack of creativity of a involved is indicative of the current state of production in Hollywood. There are a number of films being released that are harking back to the good old days of blockbusters. The problem with these films is that they do not display anything different, they are merely self referential films that rely on audiences love for the originals. If someone went to see Indy 4 for the first time I do not think that they would be interested in seeing anymore films with these characters. The filmmakers should have treated this film like the first of a series and not an attempt to recreate former glories. I think that word of mouth will ultimately stop the film gathering huge box office receipts unlike Iron Man which has benefited from healthy buzz since its release.
.....Onto me for a bit.....I have finally finished my University degree in Film Studies and a summer of working (and hopefully) some productive scriptwriting and plenty of trips to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster fare. Hopefully I might blog a little bit more about my foray into writing over the summer and maybe get a couple of visitors to this site.
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Sheffield Hallam Korfball Nationals Semi-Final 2008
More coverage of Sheffield Hallam Korfball, this time it's from the semi-final of the BUSA Nationals tournament.
Sheffield Hallam Korfball Nationals 2008 - Group Stages
Highlights of Sheffield Hallam University's BUSA Northerns success. Just trying out some new things the blog has got to offer so excuse the deluge of stuff.
new to this game....
Hello nobody
This is one of those things that you see everybody doing (namely wannabe scriptwriters - like me) offering their insight into the world and all that kind of boring stuff. Think this will probably end up the same but I just want to have somewhere that I can post some of my ideas and thoughts, maybe just things that are going on with me.
I'm a 22 year old from England, close to completing a degree in Film so this is probably were I will waffle about what I have seen online and post reviews of movies that I have seen or just talk about anything really.
Hope I get one person apart from myself reading this blog.
Rob
This is one of those things that you see everybody doing (namely wannabe scriptwriters - like me) offering their insight into the world and all that kind of boring stuff. Think this will probably end up the same but I just want to have somewhere that I can post some of my ideas and thoughts, maybe just things that are going on with me.
I'm a 22 year old from England, close to completing a degree in Film so this is probably were I will waffle about what I have seen online and post reviews of movies that I have seen or just talk about anything really.
Hope I get one person apart from myself reading this blog.
Rob
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