i wonder if there is more to it than him takin umbrage @ a SUPER oblique & encrypted fixfic in the form of a happier endin for LEON | THE PROFESSIONAL ,
or if he also thinks that he is the only one allowed to reinterpret the story of the maid of orleans
& is also pissed off that nobody appreciates his sublime artistic endeavors eg the horrible reviews that THE MESSENGER got when it came out
& also how his recent attempted biopic of aung san suu kyi THE LADY was panned as a failure as biography DESPITE michelle yeohs acting being praised GOOD ACTING NOT ENF TO SALVAGE BAD DIRECTING is the eternal lesson
but when i see that he – just like ridley scott , just like michael bay – made a weird “arty” low budget little crime flick w a big name cast
, that turned out to be awful & incomprehensible AND like scotts to have a major point of overlap w NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN but also to have so many points of congruence w other films , visually & in terms of degrees-of-separation via casting , & also via name magicsymbolism
that all are in some way connected w del toro films
that it is no longer a question to me if the PROMETHEUS “bandage underwear / running down the hall scn” was a deliberate or an accidental resemblance to 5TH ELEMENT also not a question if it was a swipe or an homage
nope
just like scott homaged BAYFORMERS in the yellow sports car scn in COUNSELOR
he homaged besson in PROMETHEUS
bc politics makes strange bedfellows but so i guess does bein scorned by critics & also havin yr own old fanbase wonder wth happened to yr talent & where is the bay / scott / besson who made the rock=&-armageddon / alien-&-blade runner / leon-&-element ??
so hey we can all join in self referential footshootin stupidity
which is also supposed to be a big NYAH BLARGH ARGH WE HATES YOU 4EVA ! ! ! to their rivals , all these upstart crew & actors who think they know how to make movies GRARGHSNARGRHL WE WILL SHOW YOU by makin a movie so terrible that nobody understands how we did it
wait
maybe we didnt think this plan thru
but yeah THE FAMILY has enf bits & pieces that only make sense if seen as slivers fittin into a goblins mirror reflection of PACIFIC RIM as a magic mirror reflection of , in this case esp , scotts ROBIN HOOD which was ripping off BLADE 2 in a huge way along w HELLBOY 2
but also the overall superheroes themes of all del toro movies
& yes THE DEGREES OF SEAN BEAN bc it is def a slam @ RONIN which hah yeah thatll ttly show everyone involved in PR
& yes the nastiness in LUCY is also stuffs that makes sense if yr lookin at it as , like TF4 , a backatcha to PR
& YES THERE BE ALREADY SALVOS FIRED @ BOTH DEL TORO & KENNETH BRANAGH IN SCOTTS EXODUS PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
IF I CAN GET A PICSPAM POST TOG WO MY COMPUTER CRASHING YET AGN I WILL SET IT OUT PLAINLY
but im not sure what that will prove either
otoh IT WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE RAW MATERIAL FOR THE ALCHEMICAL RETORTS & FURNACES OF “CRIMSON PEAK” & PR2
& who knows what else
bc i just discovered there is a MODERN VERSION OF CYMBELINE (x) COMIN OUT as a small art film by michael almereyda WHICH HAS BESSONS EXWIFE JOVOVICH and& PAIN & GAINs ED HARRIS and 50 SHADES DAKOTA JOHNSON as the princess AND BAYFORMERS 1-3 JOHN LEGUIZAMO and also ETHAN HAWKE WHO WAS RECENTLY STARBUCK TO WILLIAM HURTS AHAB – & WILLIAM HURT HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN SCOTTS ROBIN HOOD , MORE ON THAT LATER – oh & yes , was in ANTOINE FUQUAS TRAINING DAY & IVE TALKED ABT THE UNIVERSAL FIASCO W TAKIN AWAY AMERICAN GANGSTER FROM FUQUA & GIVIN IT TO RIDLEY SCOTT TO MAKE IT A CROWE GARY STU VEHICLE – in which you may be forgiven for forgetting that a certain british actor of increasing renown had a bit part as another gangster but yes THERE IS AN IDRIS ELBA CONNECTION TOO – and finally there is the STAR TREK / REBOOT CONNECTION bc ANTON YELCHIN AKA CHEKOV IN NUTREK is in it
& yes there was ANOTHER jab @ traditional trek fandom in PAIN & GAIN to go along w the travestyin of WRATH OF KHAN in BAYFORMERS 3
bc bay cast TONY SHALOUB AKA FRED KWAN FROM GALAXY QUEST as the real-life-victim-made-unlikeable-“deserved-it” of the based-on-a-true-crime-case story SO YEAH there is so much of a huge fuckyou @ their own fans by these great big babies but also , or primarily , idk which & not sure they know which , @ their perceived rivals
which yeah ok sure theyre makin gobs of money on these studio-supported mega projects & gettin carte blanche to make their ugly little id vanity projects that barely break even if that & get trashed on RT
but i guess its just so much salt in their eyes that upstarts get praised by critics & happy fanbases alike
so they gotta act out EVEN IF IT MEANS AN ENDLESS STRING OF OWN GOALS & PYRRHIC VICTORIES
meanwhile
the shakespeare / stage / series tv community is NOT HAPPY w the annointed princes of hollywood
& they are showing it @ every turn
accordin to imdb almereyda has cast VONDIE CURTIS HALL AS THE ROMAN GENERAL & ENVOY TO BRITAIN in his new movie
which isnt just diverse casting YES WE BITE OUR THUMB @ WHEDONS WHITEWASHING but also a connex to 1 . THE SOPRANOS aka take that besson ! ! & to ER yes that is both a BATMAN and a coen brothers shoutout
they are playin the great game
& i am wondering like hell what stanley tucci is gonna show up in after he finishes HUNGER GAMES series now … .
(im sure it seemed like a good idea @ the time , when bay cast OMFG ROBIN GOODFELLOW AKA PUCK as his heel-face-turn villain as a TAKE THAT to captain america fans - these sort of things always do , which is why yr supposed to keep a five-yr-old child on retainer to look em over first ! ! )
When director Michael Bay gets handed $150 million from Netflix to make a movie you can be guaranteed that he’s going to make something pretty insane. Where in the past he has felt a little hamstrung by studio expectations or interference, his latest effort feels like a return to form. For Netflix, 6 Underground is an expensive gamble, being their second most costly original production, however…
The new direction for the Transformers saga seems to have been a smart move. Listen, we know what we are getting with Michael Bay’s version of the character we all grew up with. You either love it or hate it.
I for one dig it. I like seeing these characters on the big screen. I am really liking the fact that Mark Wahlberg is now the lead and really, it seems that this latest chapter, Transformers : Age Of Extinction, is not pulling any punches.
And that is very much illustrated in this latest trailer that just dropped. We see a ton more action as well as getting a bit more of what I imagine will pass for a story.
Check it out below: Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released on June 27.
I really like this trailer, there are some cool action shots that pretty ensure we are going to have a fun little movie. It is what it is. But I like that. Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released on June 27.
About The Film TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION is the fourth film in director Michael Bay’s global blockbuster franchise. Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing , Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles,T. J. Miller,Nicola Peltz,Jack ReynorandTitus Welliver star. The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.
We are two months away from the opening weekend for Transformers : Age Of Extinction, the next chapter in Michael Bay’s Transformers saga. Previous movies aside, it seems that this one could be fun. We haven’t seen much, however what we have seen has actually been pretty encouraging.
Next up we have a Japanese trailer introduced by Mark Wahlberg and while it doesn’t show us a whole lot of new stuff, we still get a couple of things that we haven’t seen yet – including a pretty dope takedown by Optimus Prime.
I am ok with the fact that we don’t much at this point about the movie. With so many other movies opening between now and then, it would get lost. Plus I dig that, unlike other studios, we are not getting pretty much the whole movie before we go in.
