Megan Fox is sexy.
That (apparently) awful MySpace film Faintheart is available to download.
[REC] 2 teaser trailer.
Jonny Quest – awful news.
Beth Cooper, I love you.
Some Astro Boy pics.
A Basterd’s work is never done.
Best Actor Oscar goes to …?
Author: Alton Williams
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Could Kevin Smith Have Made It Through YouTube?
Post by Andy D.
Hello there film lovers of the world. I’m yet another new writer spewing the contents of my brain over these pages. But I’m not just saying ‘Hi’ oh no, I’m going to try and stir up a little debate on Silent Bob himself, Kevin Smith.
Ah Kevin Smith. We all know the story of how he went to film school, got bored, went home and made Clerks. Which was awesome. Even if you wish Silent Bob would be crushed by a giant Mooby’s mascot you have to give him credit for making a movie and getting it out there. That goes for Sam Raimi too. Even if you think Evil Dead is worse than the Black Christmas remake (in which case go and get your head examined you fool!) you have to admire the determination which Raimi had to produce his film. If you’ve ever tried making any type of film you know it can be an utter nightmare. So Smitty raised some cash and showed his flick in a cinema and invited a journalist. He still ended up taking Clerks on the road drumming up publicity for it.
I’m wondering whether he could actually achieve it today. If Kevin Smith (or Sam Raimi for that matter) was just making their first feature as an unknown film maker could they achieve the same amount of success today? Now the internet played a big part in helping Mr Daniel Myrick and Mr Eduardo Sánchez get publicity for their film, The Blair Witch Project. So why haven’t we seen any other new film makers use the internet in such a way? Is it because we hate marketing a film we’ve worked on? Or do we just look to sites like YouTube as the answer?
If we are looking towards sites like YouTube as a way of getting our films out there then we really need to reconsider. YouTube alone has around 10 hours worth of footage uploaded per minute. So the chances are if you upload just a trailer for your film you’ll have to figure out what are the hottest key words searched for. Even then you might have to spend hours online hitting forums and splattering comments wherever you can just to get people to check out the trailer.
So I’ll leave you with this question. Is YouTube a force for good or evil? Feel free to let the world know what you think.
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The Reader
I saw Stephen Daldry’s third feature The Reader on opening day back in January. This film has created a lot of award-buzz and Kate Winslet has picked up several awards for Best Actress. There is a campaign being mounted against the film in Hollyweird due to its portrayal of Nazi Germany and its apparent excuse-making symbolized in the character of Hannah (played by Winslet).
The film is middlebrow rubbish…masquerading as ‘important’…although it should be noted as ‘self-important’. Everything about this film seems rife with problems…I am sure the director missed the essence of the entire endeavor…pretty compositions and worthy actors acting worthy do not make for exciting cinema !I suppose what I’m trying to get at is: why do some films that are really dreadful win lots of awards ?
© BRWC 2010.
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Hey Peeps
Just wanted to say a big fat hello to everyone. I’m a new writer to the site and will be doing mostly movie news and features. Hope you enjoy reading my stuff as I love sharing my movie geekness with everyone. I’m into my comic book movies on an epic scale, a self confessed Twilight fan and I worship the god that is Robert Rodriguez. Keep your eyes peeled for my next piece and until then I’ll leave you in the safe knowledge that 2009 is going to be movie heaven.
© BRWC 2010.
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Watchmen News
Hello all, Maverick here.
So, since this is the first thing I have written on here, let me say I am most looking forward to Watchmen in 2 weeks and 5 days.Any who, I just recently graduated university with a degree in graphic design, and I was gutted I didn’t save half of The Dark Knight viral campaign. So Watchmen being the next big thing, with a cracking viral campaign, I give you http://www.thenewfrontiersman.net. This is the site that has given us videos on The Keene Act and 10 years of Dr. Manhattan.And go appreciate because its an awesome game.And watch this –That’s a lot of Watchmen news to take all at once if you haven’t seen any of it.© BRWC 2010.