Very clever little short film of the Italian Job in Lego
Spectre
Well the new trailer for the new James Bond film has been released and I am somewhat a little bit excited for this new instalment.
Spectre is of course the name of the original bad guys who were outside the traditional government spy agencies. I recently rewatched From Russian with Love with Sean Connery where the bad guys were Spectre, as James Bond steals a KGB encoding machine from the Russians, not realising that this was all part of a Spectre plan.0
The new film, looks like it will build on the foundations laid down by the previous Bond films, but will reboot Spectre in the same way they have with other aspects of the Bond universe in the other Daniel Craig films.
Looking forward to it.
Just a friendly reminder….
Just a friendly reminder….
Happy New Year.
Via Veronica Belmont on the Twitter.
Get Back to the Future at iTunes, and get Back to the Future II (the one set in 2015) also from iTunes. Don’t forget the third film… Read my review.
Jurassic World Trailer
This is the new trailer for the new Jurassic World film.
It’s over twenty years since the release of the original Jurassic Park, which apart from making me feel old, it’s interesting to note how far CGI technologies have come. CGI back then was very innovative, but now most films have a CGI element to them. I also am seeing how many film makers are now moving away from CGI for some effects and going back to models and live action.
In the original Jurassic Park, there were only fifteen minutes of actual dinosaur footage in the film: nine minutes were Stan Winston’s animatronics (live models), six minutes of it is ILM’s CGI.
Freaky Coffee Shop
Clever!
Okay, so it’s an advert for a film, but still….
Casino Royale done in Lego…
James Bond’s Casino Royale introduction done in Lego…
Must have taken a lot of time to put together.
No he wasn’t…
One thing that does confuse me now and again or makes me smile, are the search terms that people use, one recent one was:
was simon pegg in 4 weddings and a funaral
My site mainly came up as I had written about Four Weddings and Funeral in my cinematic advent calendar and at the same time there was a record of a tweet I had sent.
@simonpegg @totalfilm hope we do see the Falcon and in less than twelve parsecs.
— James Clay (@jamesclay) May 9, 2013
The combination meant that the search query, was simon pegg in 4 weddings and a funaral, put my website near the top of the listings on the search engines.
Well in a final moment of clarity, just to note, Simon Pegg was not in Four Weddings and a Funeral, he was considered for the part of Rufus, which eventually went to Rowan Atkinson.
Paperman
A lovely short film, reminds me a lot of Pixar shorts and also reminds me that Disney can be more than just Disney when they want to.
Introducing a groundbreaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques, first-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction with the Oscar®-nominated short, “Paperman.” Using a minimalist black-and-white style, the short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute. Convinced the girl of his dreams is gone forever, he gets a second chance when he spots her in a skyscraper window across the avenue from his office. With only his heart, imagination and a stack of papers to get her attention, his efforts are no match for what the fates have in store for him.
Live Action Toy Story
This was certainly a project that took some time, it’s a remake of Toy Story, but using actual toys, real people, string and stop-motion animation.
Very clever.
Via Wired.
R’ha
Impressive, created by an amateur film maker.
Took seven months to make.