Well, this is pretty impressive.
ORMEntertainment has been trying to recreate the Titanic for awhile, and their latest attempt apparently incorporates CryENGINE3, the same tech that powers Crysis 2. The framerate is a bit lacking, but hot damn does this look photo-realistic!
I hope Taiwan’s NMA news gets ahold of this technology soon. How awesome would some Mandarin narrated CGI tabloid news be?
West Wing + X-Files = Ex-Comm:
Favreau is set to direct the potential pilot, with 20th Century Fox TV and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci’s studio-based K/O Paper Products producing. Ex-Comm is described as a present-day “presidential procedural” and a cross between the paranormal suspense of The X-Files and the political intrigue of The West Wing.
The sucktitude of this team’s last project, Cowboys and Aliens, dampens my enthusiasm just a tiny bit for this project, but just a tiny bit. This show could be all kinds of awesome, especially with the involvement of Alias and Star Trek producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
via Deadline.com.
What makes this movie so good then? Each of its major contributors does his job magnificently. Daniel Day-Lewis’s performance is simply unparalleled. The man is in virtually every scene of the film and he absolutely fucking KILLS it. It’s the performance of his life, and probably of a generation as well. Paul Thomas-Anderson’s direction is magnificent. Not one line of dialog is unnecessary or forced. In fact, every verbal exchange has extreme gravitas. The landscapes and camera angles PTA employs are utterly breathtaking and unique. I’ve never seen a PTA movie before, but you can bet your sweet behind I will go through his filmography now. Finally, Radiohead’s own Jonny Greenwood composes a score that is surprisingly apropos and gripping. The film begins with a string crescendo that swells and swells until it becomes an almost shrieking cacophony. You want to avert your ears but you can’t. You’re forced to bear with it until it subsides. This is Daniel Plainview’s theme and it mirrors his soul perfectly. He does some truly deplorable things that you know are plain wrong, but you can’t ignore his actions.
Normally I hate period pieces, because they just bore me to death. Not this film, though. It fascinated me. I’m glad I got myself in the right frame of mind to see There Will Be Blood, because this was just a simply stunning work of art. I almost wish I was in film study because there’s just so much to talk about and analyze here, even days after viewing the movie.
That’s the mark of a truly great film.
I’m not the only one to feel this way either. This is a movie that is universally considered to be a masterpiece.
If I had seen this last year, it would have definitely vied for a top spot in my entertainment experiences list. An amazing achievement in film making.
That’s it. Geoff Johns is officially my favorite super hero comics writer. The former assistant to Richard Donner has scribed what is unequivocally the most entertaining story told in the comic medium this year.
I just finished Green Lantern #25, the final chapter of “The Sinestro Corps War,” and my mind is blown to bits of brain matter. Disappointing endings have become a disturbing trend in entertainment these days. Not for this epic space opera. It’s hard to imagine a better payoff to a 6 month storyline than what the Green Lantern creative teams have given us here. GL #25 may very well be the best single comic issue in years.
Troy Brownfield over at Newsarama has nailed down most of my feelings about the story in his review:
Green Lantern #25 stands out as an adrenaline-fueled kick. I can envision Geoff Johns pounding away at the keyboard, cackling with glee. This is a giant popcorn movie on paper, a summer film that ran all the way until Christmas. It’s probably not going to change the course of human history. It’s not Pynchon or Joyce. But it’s a very entertaining, action-packed burst of cathartic “it’s time for the good guys to lay the beat down” energy.
And then, of course, there’s the icing. The last two pages are reserved for what’s become one of Johns’s favorite tricks since Justice Society of America #1. If you see that trailer and don’t either laugh in appreciation at the audacity of it or drop your jaw in “That’s crazy!” admiration, then you’re no fun at parties.
Green Lantern #25 is exactly what it should be: a bold, splashy, unabashedly over-the-top cosmic super-hero entertainment of epic proportions.
If you enjoy any of the following: space operas, comics, super heroes, or action movies – you owe it to yourself to read this instant classic.
Read Newsarama’s review of Green Lantern #25 [newsarama]