gdp's Comments

/Film : Disney's American Movie Poster For Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo

Sun, 3 May 2009 13:25:36 +0000

I would completely agree with Samir_J, Lasseter and Pixar have am excellent relationship with Miyazaki and do amazing dubs. It's not like watching the pic of a foreign language film where the actors voices and tones are connected to the performers – these are animated characters after all who are dubbed from other actors voices. Each to their own, but I'd rather have a great dub by top draw English speaking actors and concentrate on watching the film than reading subtitles in this case. Besides, I barely consider Miyazaki work as foreign film because animated film is so universal.

/Film : First Photo From Iron Man 2

Fri, 1 May 2009 02:33:06 +0000

What Iron Man suits in the background?

/Film : LOL: McG Challenges Michael Bay to a Dick Measuring Contest!

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:01:23 +0000

Personally I think they are both just ripping off The Day The Earth Stood Still circa 1951 and that despite being asexual Gort has a bigger penis than either of them.

/Film : Christian Bale Is Reluctantly Committed to Batman 3, With or Without Nolan

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:09:53 +0000

Not to be the spelling police but since you're correcting, it's Connor with two o's.

/Film : Wolverine Review

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:16:00 +0000

I'm surprised you found so little to criticise in the action sequences, the close range fights were poorly conceived and somewhat confused while the bigger effects driven moments out in the open suffered from quite poor effects. Like the film there's a lack of heart in your review and that's understandable, the film was severely underwhelming and just a melting pot of ideas with little or no real substance. I go into more detail in <a href"http://darkhabits.blogspot.com/2009/04/film-review-x-men-origins-wolverine.html">my own review, swing by and check it out. I couldn't bring myself to let Hood off the hook as much as you have.

/Film : Universal to Remake Videodrome

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:48:59 +0000

Straight the video shop with you! Not having seen it is one thing, having never heard of it is a little shocking. But it's ok, just don't tell anyone else or admit that on any other major movie sites.

/Film : The Green Lantern Has $150 Million Budget, Shooting in Sydney

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:37:04 +0000

Thanks for this stunning piece of insight.

/Film : You Again, Kirsten Bell

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:11:05 +0000

My respect for Ms Bell dwindles a little with this news, kinda hoped for cooler more interesting things for her. Is no-one writing good female roles in Hollywood right now?

/Film : The Ugly Truth Movie Trailer #2

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:43:51 +0000

Isn't there another trailer somewhere that's a lot better than this one? The Brittney or whoever song playing over and cuts are obviously targeting the female audience with the movie's chick flick appeal. That's being said there did seem to be a lot of cheap slapstick comedy going on that just doesn't sit well. Looks more like a Matthew McConaughey/Kate Hudson movie.

/Film : Public Enemies Movie Trailer #2

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:37:41 +0000

Nice use of Terence Blanchard's beautiful score from the highly underrated 25th Hour. I'm very excited about this film.

/Film : Discussion: Has Lost Jumped The Smoke Monster?

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:29:21 +0000

I must say I'm somewhat mystified by this post Peter, this was probably the strongest episode of the season and I think it arguable has a place among Lost greatest ever episodes. Worth a read are Alan Sepinwall and Todd Vanderwhatsit over at The House Next Door for their views. There will always be hardcore detractors who moan about weird stuff in Lost, but to be honest they are all the same people who thought Heroes was the greatest thing ever and jumped ship during season three only to come running back after that proved to be a gross miscalculation.

/Film : Early Buzz: The First Reviews of JJ Abrams' Star Trek

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:51:58 +0000

If any one is interested you can check out my review of the Sydney not quite world premiere of Star Trek and of being in the room with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto when Bryan Burk broke news of the Darfthouse premiere and standing ovation.

/Film : Magnet To Correct Let The Right One In Subtitles, But Not Offering Exchanges

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:34:55 +0000

Amazing, what on earth were they thinking in the first place? Why would anyone who saw the film and then buy the dvd want a different translation? I hope they change the font quality to the style used theatrically because that large fuzzy font I saw on those screen grabs were horrible. Magnet Releasing come out of this looking very silly indeed and no doubt it will hurt its future distribution opportunities somewhat.

/Film : Seth Rogen Updates on Michel Gondry's Style for Green Hornet

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:37:22 +0000

You say that like's he's otherwise been making bad movies. Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind might not be great (indeed, one might be kinda flawed) but they were both decent films that showed the kind of creative filmmaking we expect from Gondry. I rarely walk out of a film with the kind of imaginative work Gondry displays and feel like I haven't seen something interesting in one way or another. This isn't an argument for mediocre storytelling, I just don't think when a director's main body of feature work includes Human Nature, Eternal Sunshine, Bloc Party, Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind that you can imply he hasn't made enough good films to question the decisions of a guy who has written two films and another who's acting range, whilst entertaining, is so far very limited. Besides, I don't think he was being obtrusive at all. Gondry's just a very passionate filmmaker and one who obviously doesn't want to be pigeonholed.

/Film : Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo Gets U.S. Release

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:02:41 +0000

I think we can safely say that Miyazaki's critical acclaim extends beyond Japan and America Peter.

/Film : Footage From the Watchmen Premiere and My Video Review

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:20:31 +0000

I surprised you pulled this down in the first place. Embargo was lifted in Australia about five hours ago and I doubt we were some special exception. Good review Brendon and I agree with what you had to say about Adrian Veidt to a degree. My first reactions review is online now at DarkHabits.com.

/Film : Footage From the Watchmen Premiere and My Video Review

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:08:18 +0000

This comment is currently in moderation. I surprised you pulled this down in the first place. Embargo was lifted in Australia about five hours ago and I doubt we were some special exception. Good review Brendon and I agree with what you had to say about Adrian Veidt. My first reactions reviews is online now at http://www.DarkHabits.com, co and see what I had to say before I had to do a runner for a screening. Full review to go up soon.

/Film : Director's Cut of Watchmen Planned For Theatrical Release in July

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:43:56 +0000

Yeah, but you're talking about a R-rated $120 million investment being released in the middle of a global economic downturn to a fickle audience. This thing has got to play so many times in 5,000-odd theatres it's rolling out in that every second counts. It's already about 14 mins longer than Dark Knight. I think the studio has got to make it as accessible as it can. I don't think you can make a straight up comparison between a mainstream movie-going audience and a comic book audience in terms of 'virgin audiences' or 'built in fan base' primed for the Black Freighter. That's two very different demographics. I don't think its that cynical or very surprising really. In fact I'm just stoked that there will be even more Watchmen material to see after the main event.

/Film : Casting Call For Thor Reveals More Than That The Lead Is Open

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:21:58 +0000

Jeez guys, it was a joke...

/Film : Casting Call For Thor Reveals More Than That The Lead Is Open

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:52:23 +0000

I don't know why they don't just this guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnTpR4M1ZI