Now there may be a lot of you who have never even heard of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008). That would also mean you may not know Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Dollhouse, Angel). Joss Whedon is a genius! I am a huge fan of his.
The brilliant Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser M.D., How I met your Mother, Starship Troopers, Beastly) stars as Dr. Horrible. Nathan Fillion (Castle, Serenity, Firefly, Slither) plays his nemisis Captain Hammer. Joss Whedon and his family wrote the script and the songs. The songs are one of the best things about Dr. Horrible! They are wonderful. If you have ever seen the episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer entitled Once More With Feeling, you know what I mean. Joss did the music for that as well. His songs are so clever.
Dr. Horrible was written as a web series during the writer’s strike of 2008. Whedon was making a statement about the strike. It is full of tongue in cheek humor, which is one of the things I love about Whedon. An example of that would be a scene between Dr. Horrible and his friend Moist. Dr. Horrible asks “Hey how was the date last night? Conflict Diamond said you were doubling with Bait and Switch?” Moist replies “Oh, well …… I thought I would end up with Bait, but you know” “Oh yea ……” That makes me laugh every time!
One afternoon my dad watched Dr. Horrible with us. He asked “Do you think they regret doing this?” (Meaning Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris.) Are you kidding me? No they do not at all! They know exactly what to expect when working with Whedon. It’s like Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton make a wonderful team. Joss Whedon is the same. He enjoys working with the same people and they must like working with him because they keep coming back for more.
Joss doesn’t do anything flippantly. He does it on purpose and always knows exactly what he is doing and saying. I am a huge fan of Buffy and I like listening to his audio commentaries. He will tell you he knew what he was doing. He is awesome! I love to dissect his work and try to figure out what he is saying, especially Dr. Horrible and what it is saying about the writer’s strike.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
A Bear Named Winnie
Alright, I admit it; I am a huge cry baby. There are certain things that just get me emotional no matter what. I will never be able to watch The Fox and The Hound (1981) without crying. I cried like a baby while watching Hachi (2009). I have a bit of a soft spot for animals. They are such an important part of my life. Don’t even get me started about the military. (Just read my post about The Hurt Locker (2008) back in July) That gets me teary as well. Throw in a true story and oh my …….
So, it goes without saying I cried at the end of A Bear Named Winnie (2004). You put the love of animals with the military and I really don’t stand a chance. The fact that it is based on a true story of something I grew up loving as well doesn’t help at all.
A Bear Named Winnie is the true story of a Canadian soldier who adopts an orphaned bear cub. It took place during World War I and he was on his was to England from Winnipeg. That is how the bear got her name. It is actually Winnipeg but they call her Winnie for short. The movie is one of those that begins at the end. A man and his son are at the London Zoo admiring a bear named Winnie. The boy is curious about her story. That leads into her back story which is very sweet. In the end you find out that the man was A.A. Milne with his son Christopher. This story was the inspiration for the Winnie The Pooh stories. So cute but yea, bring the Kleenex. Speaking of which, box of tissue for when I see War Horse (2011)? Oh yes! Definitely!
So, it goes without saying I cried at the end of A Bear Named Winnie (2004). You put the love of animals with the military and I really don’t stand a chance. The fact that it is based on a true story of something I grew up loving as well doesn’t help at all.
A Bear Named Winnie is the true story of a Canadian soldier who adopts an orphaned bear cub. It took place during World War I and he was on his was to England from Winnipeg. That is how the bear got her name. It is actually Winnipeg but they call her Winnie for short. The movie is one of those that begins at the end. A man and his son are at the London Zoo admiring a bear named Winnie. The boy is curious about her story. That leads into her back story which is very sweet. In the end you find out that the man was A.A. Milne with his son Christopher. This story was the inspiration for the Winnie The Pooh stories. So cute but yea, bring the Kleenex. Speaking of which, box of tissue for when I see War Horse (2011)? Oh yes! Definitely!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Moneyball
I really enjoy a good, uplifting, inspirational sports movie. If it’s based on a true story, which most of them are, that is even better. I am not a huge sports fan in the general sense, but I like the uplifting stories that can come out of any situation. When I first heard about Moneyball (2011) there was really no question about it, I was going to see this movie.
Moneyball is the true story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. I would have to say that one of the first things that surprised me about this movie is how recent the story actually is. It takes place in 2001. Interesting fact, the movie is based on the book written by Michael Lewis who also wrote The Blind Side (2009).
Brad Pitt (Troy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fight Club, Legends of the Fall) plays Billy Beane. He did a pretty good job, I enjoyed his performance. One of my favorite scenes of his was when he first meets Peter Brand. Billy sits on the edge of Peter’s desk and asks “Who are you?” You get to see a bit of this scene in the trailer but the whole scene was great. Peter is played by Jonah Hill (Superbad, Knocked Up, Get Him to the Greek, The Sitter) He was my only hesitation for watching the movie. I do not like Jonah Hill’s movies. However, he really won me over in this role. He did such a great job. Does that mean I am a fan of his now? No Way! But he was really good in Moneyball.
This is kind of what some may call a slow movie. I have even heard it called a spots documentary. I would agree with that. Sometimes in sports movies the games are the big action, intense parts. That really wasn’t the case with Moneyball. It focuses more on the strategy and a whole new approach to putting together a winning team. As I mentioned I am not a huge sports fan. I don’t know names, follow rankings or anything. I don’t know if a team is any good or not. I know nothing about money and how that works in the sports industry. So, you could say that Moneyball was a bit of an educational film for me. I learned so much! I think that is why I found this movie so fascinating. The way players are traded, just gone, expected to move or whatever. The relationship between the general manager and the manager was very interesting. First of all the fact that they called him the manager and not the coach was new to me. Secondly I had no idea the role a general manager played. The way Billy chooses to deal with his scouting staff was very fascinating as well. Like I said, very educational for me. I like that, when I can learn something new.
Moneyball is the true story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. I would have to say that one of the first things that surprised me about this movie is how recent the story actually is. It takes place in 2001. Interesting fact, the movie is based on the book written by Michael Lewis who also wrote The Blind Side (2009).
Brad Pitt (Troy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fight Club, Legends of the Fall) plays Billy Beane. He did a pretty good job, I enjoyed his performance. One of my favorite scenes of his was when he first meets Peter Brand. Billy sits on the edge of Peter’s desk and asks “Who are you?” You get to see a bit of this scene in the trailer but the whole scene was great. Peter is played by Jonah Hill (Superbad, Knocked Up, Get Him to the Greek, The Sitter) He was my only hesitation for watching the movie. I do not like Jonah Hill’s movies. However, he really won me over in this role. He did such a great job. Does that mean I am a fan of his now? No Way! But he was really good in Moneyball.
This is kind of what some may call a slow movie. I have even heard it called a spots documentary. I would agree with that. Sometimes in sports movies the games are the big action, intense parts. That really wasn’t the case with Moneyball. It focuses more on the strategy and a whole new approach to putting together a winning team. As I mentioned I am not a huge sports fan. I don’t know names, follow rankings or anything. I don’t know if a team is any good or not. I know nothing about money and how that works in the sports industry. So, you could say that Moneyball was a bit of an educational film for me. I learned so much! I think that is why I found this movie so fascinating. The way players are traded, just gone, expected to move or whatever. The relationship between the general manager and the manager was very interesting. First of all the fact that they called him the manager and not the coach was new to me. Secondly I had no idea the role a general manager played. The way Billy chooses to deal with his scouting staff was very fascinating as well. Like I said, very educational for me. I like that, when I can learn something new.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Return To Me
Anytime someone asks me to recommend a good chick flick, Return to Me (2000) is always the first movie that comes to mind. This is a record breaking movie for me; it has me in tears ten minutes into it. The first time I watched it, it was more like fifteen minutes in.
David Duchovny (The X-Files, Evolution, House of D, The Joneses) is amazing in this movie. He plays Rob Rueland, my favorite role of his. The scene when he sits by the front door with the dog …… that gets me every time. He collapses to the floor, the dog comes over and Rob tells him, “she’s not coming home Mel”. I also love the scene when he yells at Mel, the dog, “Eat in the kitchen like a normal person!” Such a beautiful mix of comedy and sadness. Return to Me is one of those movies that you have really got to pay attention to. Every line is so well written. Even the very first line! Rob says “It’s a shame we’ve gotta’ put roofs on ‘em” and that comes back around later on.
Minnie Driver (GoldenEye, Sleepers, Good Will Hunting, Hard Rain) is simply adorable as Grace. Every single thing she does is wonderful! She is so great in this role. I could never say enough about her.
Bonnie Hunt (Cars, The Green Mile, Cheaper by the Dozen, Random Hearts) not only is in Return to Me but she also directed it, produced it and co-wrote it. Thank you Bonnie Hunt for such a wonderful movie! She is so awesome. This was her first time directing. She does the audio commentary with Don Lake (The Bonnie Hunt show, Life with Bonnie, Cars) who was a co-writer and he has a funny little cameo.
The commentary is great! At the beginning Bonnie and Don have a silly little bit about CGI. Bonnie says “Now this entire crowd is computer generated.” Don says, “No one was there at all?” Bonnie: “No it was an empty room.” Don: “Are you serious?” Bonnie: “No I’m not, those are all real people. I’m sorry. I was trying to act like we were really technically advanced.” Just to give you an idea of what she is like, if you don’t know Bonnie Hunt. Bonnie used a lot of family members in this movie and she talks about that in the commentary as well. Her brother, her mother, sisters, nieces and nephews, some crew members kids are all in the movie. There is a scene where Minnie and Bonnie are with all of Bonnie’s “kids” at the zoo. Bonnie decided she didn’t want to direct the kids. She wanted to use their real names and just have them behave like kids would. It is a great scene. Very real. This is something else she talks about in the commentary. I also found out that John and Joan Cusack’s dad is in the movie. He is a very funny character that makes a “sizable donation” to the zoo and wants to be sure that people know about his “anonymous sizable donation” It’s great!
My sister has often called me a DVDaholic. She says I need to join a support group. For as long as I can remember I have had a fascination with movies. I can remember at the age of 9 or 10 going to see The Man From Snowy River (1982) in the theater. But wait! The Black Stallion (1979) was before that! My mom picked my sisters and I up from school and took us to the theater to see the Black Stallion. At the age of 13 or 14 I remember going to the theater with a group of girlfriends to see Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986). These are some of my favorite memories. I can remember going to the video store to rent a VCR and movies. It was so exciting! I remember buying our first VCR with tax return money, and then my dad coming home from work asking me what I was doing. The VCR had quit working, or a tape got stuck, or something and I had taken it apart to fix it. I couldn’t wait for him to have time. When DVD’s came out I was in heaven with all of the special features. Behind the Scenes, Gag Reels, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries ……. It’s so cool! I just can’t help devouring it all.
Sorry, I digress, this is just one of those things that happens to me when watching movies and enjoying all aspects of them. Back to Return to Me, Jim Belushi (According to Jim, Red Heat, The Defenders, Salvador) plays Bonnie’s husband. He is, well, you know, Jim Belushi, so he’s great. He improvises a lot, which you found out in the audio commentary, and it is all great stuff that he does. Who would have thought that Jim and Bonnie would make such a perfectly wonderful couple?
There are a group of four old men that are such an amazing addition to this movie. One of those wonderful old men was Carroll O’Connor (In the Heat of the Night, Mad About You, Point Blank, All in the Family). Return to Me was his last film; it was also the last film for Dick Cusack (The Fugitive, High Fidelity, Chain Reaction, While You Were Sleeping). Well, I think I have gone on long enough. This is an older movie but a classic in my opinion. So, if for some odd reason you have never seen it …… do so. And, if you get a chance, watch the special features as well.
David Duchovny (The X-Files, Evolution, House of D, The Joneses) is amazing in this movie. He plays Rob Rueland, my favorite role of his. The scene when he sits by the front door with the dog …… that gets me every time. He collapses to the floor, the dog comes over and Rob tells him, “she’s not coming home Mel”. I also love the scene when he yells at Mel, the dog, “Eat in the kitchen like a normal person!” Such a beautiful mix of comedy and sadness. Return to Me is one of those movies that you have really got to pay attention to. Every line is so well written. Even the very first line! Rob says “It’s a shame we’ve gotta’ put roofs on ‘em” and that comes back around later on.
Minnie Driver (GoldenEye, Sleepers, Good Will Hunting, Hard Rain) is simply adorable as Grace. Every single thing she does is wonderful! She is so great in this role. I could never say enough about her.
Bonnie Hunt (Cars, The Green Mile, Cheaper by the Dozen, Random Hearts) not only is in Return to Me but she also directed it, produced it and co-wrote it. Thank you Bonnie Hunt for such a wonderful movie! She is so awesome. This was her first time directing. She does the audio commentary with Don Lake (The Bonnie Hunt show, Life with Bonnie, Cars) who was a co-writer and he has a funny little cameo.
The commentary is great! At the beginning Bonnie and Don have a silly little bit about CGI. Bonnie says “Now this entire crowd is computer generated.” Don says, “No one was there at all?” Bonnie: “No it was an empty room.” Don: “Are you serious?” Bonnie: “No I’m not, those are all real people. I’m sorry. I was trying to act like we were really technically advanced.” Just to give you an idea of what she is like, if you don’t know Bonnie Hunt. Bonnie used a lot of family members in this movie and she talks about that in the commentary as well. Her brother, her mother, sisters, nieces and nephews, some crew members kids are all in the movie. There is a scene where Minnie and Bonnie are with all of Bonnie’s “kids” at the zoo. Bonnie decided she didn’t want to direct the kids. She wanted to use their real names and just have them behave like kids would. It is a great scene. Very real. This is something else she talks about in the commentary. I also found out that John and Joan Cusack’s dad is in the movie. He is a very funny character that makes a “sizable donation” to the zoo and wants to be sure that people know about his “anonymous sizable donation” It’s great!
My sister has often called me a DVDaholic. She says I need to join a support group. For as long as I can remember I have had a fascination with movies. I can remember at the age of 9 or 10 going to see The Man From Snowy River (1982) in the theater. But wait! The Black Stallion (1979) was before that! My mom picked my sisters and I up from school and took us to the theater to see the Black Stallion. At the age of 13 or 14 I remember going to the theater with a group of girlfriends to see Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986). These are some of my favorite memories. I can remember going to the video store to rent a VCR and movies. It was so exciting! I remember buying our first VCR with tax return money, and then my dad coming home from work asking me what I was doing. The VCR had quit working, or a tape got stuck, or something and I had taken it apart to fix it. I couldn’t wait for him to have time. When DVD’s came out I was in heaven with all of the special features. Behind the Scenes, Gag Reels, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries ……. It’s so cool! I just can’t help devouring it all.
Sorry, I digress, this is just one of those things that happens to me when watching movies and enjoying all aspects of them. Back to Return to Me, Jim Belushi (According to Jim, Red Heat, The Defenders, Salvador) plays Bonnie’s husband. He is, well, you know, Jim Belushi, so he’s great. He improvises a lot, which you found out in the audio commentary, and it is all great stuff that he does. Who would have thought that Jim and Bonnie would make such a perfectly wonderful couple?
There are a group of four old men that are such an amazing addition to this movie. One of those wonderful old men was Carroll O’Connor (In the Heat of the Night, Mad About You, Point Blank, All in the Family). Return to Me was his last film; it was also the last film for Dick Cusack (The Fugitive, High Fidelity, Chain Reaction, While You Were Sleeping). Well, I think I have gone on long enough. This is an older movie but a classic in my opinion. So, if for some odd reason you have never seen it …… do so. And, if you get a chance, watch the special features as well.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Cowboys & Aliens
The title really says it all doesn’t it? Almost as plain as when Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Unbreakable, Jumper, Lakeview Terrace) introduced Snakes on a Plane (2006) “It’s about snakes …… on a plane.” Enough said. Well, Cowboys & Aliens (2011) is just that easy as well. It’s about cowboys …… and aliens. What a fun idea. I always figured the aliens didn’t come to earth until they crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. I mean sure maybe they did a few fly-bys to check things out but that was really all. I never once thought about them coming during the old west.
Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Zathura, Elf, Made) is quickly becoming a favorite of mine as a director, writer, producer and actor. I am really liking the things he is doing, both in front of and behind the camera. He directed Cowboys & Aliens. It probably helped that he had an awesome cast to work with. They all did a great job.
Daniel Craig (Quantum of Solace, Munich, Dream House) is excellent, he plays Jake Lonergan. This is my favorite role I have seen him in. Harrison Ford (Hanover Street, Blade Runner, Witness, Firewall) is well, Harrison Ford. When is he not fun to watch? It isn’t very often we get to see him as a bad guy. He is a bit of a bad guy in this one. Not nearly as bad as he was in What Lies Beneath (2000) but still a little bit of a mean tough guy. Olivia Wilde (The Change-Up, Tron: Legacy, Year One) is gorgeous, and her performance was wonderful as well. I really liked all of the other characters as well. Too many to go on about. Adam Beach (Smoke Signals, Windtalkers, Flags of Our Fathers) as Nat, Sam Rockwell (Moon, The Green Mile, Iron Man 2) as Doc, etc. etc. etc.
Anyway, moving on, the aliens reminded me of the vampires on Priest (2011) very creepy and weird. Almost as good as the aliens in Alien (1979) yea, they reminded me of those ones as well. The Alien aliens are, after all, the best aliens. Aren’t they? Still Cowboys & Aliens is a fun, entertaining movie and worth watching.
Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Zathura, Elf, Made) is quickly becoming a favorite of mine as a director, writer, producer and actor. I am really liking the things he is doing, both in front of and behind the camera. He directed Cowboys & Aliens. It probably helped that he had an awesome cast to work with. They all did a great job.
Daniel Craig (Quantum of Solace, Munich, Dream House) is excellent, he plays Jake Lonergan. This is my favorite role I have seen him in. Harrison Ford (Hanover Street, Blade Runner, Witness, Firewall) is well, Harrison Ford. When is he not fun to watch? It isn’t very often we get to see him as a bad guy. He is a bit of a bad guy in this one. Not nearly as bad as he was in What Lies Beneath (2000) but still a little bit of a mean tough guy. Olivia Wilde (The Change-Up, Tron: Legacy, Year One) is gorgeous, and her performance was wonderful as well. I really liked all of the other characters as well. Too many to go on about. Adam Beach (Smoke Signals, Windtalkers, Flags of Our Fathers) as Nat, Sam Rockwell (Moon, The Green Mile, Iron Man 2) as Doc, etc. etc. etc.
Anyway, moving on, the aliens reminded me of the vampires on Priest (2011) very creepy and weird. Almost as good as the aliens in Alien (1979) yea, they reminded me of those ones as well. The Alien aliens are, after all, the best aliens. Aren’t they? Still Cowboys & Aliens is a fun, entertaining movie and worth watching.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Quite possibly one of the best New Year’s Eves ever! The girls where all busy so my husband and I had the evening to ourselves. We decided to go to a movie. This is always okay by me. We saw the new Sherlock Holmes (2011) movie. I really enjoyed it.
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, Lucky You, The Soloist) plays the role so well. I enjoyed this one even more than the first one. The chemistry between Holmes and Watson was great! Dr. Watson is played by Jude Law (Cold Mountain, Enemy at the Gates, Repo Man) he is just amazing and makes Watson a wonderful character. The entire cast was great and the story line was so good. I get tired of seeing the same story over and over. Even though I love movies and I will watch the same “boy meets girl” or “good guy catches bad guy” story again and again I love it when I come across something new. Sherlock Holmes was not predictable.
A Shadow of Games is a really fun title and a concept that is, of course, carried out throughout the movie. There is an amazing chess game that was so fun to watch! If you saw the first Sherlock Holmes (2009) then you are familiar with Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch, RocknRolla, Swept Away) directing style for these movies. It is one of the things that really make these movies very entertaining to watch. His slow motion camera of what Holmes is thinking is so cool.
There are some fun new characters introduced in this Sherlock Holmes adventure. Stephen Fry (V for Vendetta, A Bear Named Winnie, House of Boys) plays one of those new characters. He is an actor I have really come to like. I love his character Gordon Gordon on Bones and now, thanks to my mom, I am loving him on Kingdom. Kingdom is a British TV series that ran from 2007-2009, Stephen Fry plays the main character Peter Kingdom. It was fun to see him in Sherlock Holmes and I really didn’t expect to see THAT much of him. No one, should see that much of Kingdom.
Jared Harris (Extraordinary Measures, The Ward, Mad Men, Fringe) plays Professor James Moriarty, another new addition. He is pretty creepy and plays an excellent villain. The match up between Moriarty and Holmes is really good. After all, aren’t all superheroes only as good as the villains they face.
A Game of Shadows picks up right where the first Sherlock Holmes movie leaves off. Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen the first. Watson is getting married. Kelly Reilly (Eden Lake, Pride & Prejudice, Me and Orson Welles) plays the wonderful Mary Watson. She is great. All in all I really liked this movie, so much so that I would buy it for my collection. Guess I need to buy the first one too then. I can’t have a sequel in my collection and not have the first.
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, Lucky You, The Soloist) plays the role so well. I enjoyed this one even more than the first one. The chemistry between Holmes and Watson was great! Dr. Watson is played by Jude Law (Cold Mountain, Enemy at the Gates, Repo Man) he is just amazing and makes Watson a wonderful character. The entire cast was great and the story line was so good. I get tired of seeing the same story over and over. Even though I love movies and I will watch the same “boy meets girl” or “good guy catches bad guy” story again and again I love it when I come across something new. Sherlock Holmes was not predictable.
A Shadow of Games is a really fun title and a concept that is, of course, carried out throughout the movie. There is an amazing chess game that was so fun to watch! If you saw the first Sherlock Holmes (2009) then you are familiar with Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch, RocknRolla, Swept Away) directing style for these movies. It is one of the things that really make these movies very entertaining to watch. His slow motion camera of what Holmes is thinking is so cool.
There are some fun new characters introduced in this Sherlock Holmes adventure. Stephen Fry (V for Vendetta, A Bear Named Winnie, House of Boys) plays one of those new characters. He is an actor I have really come to like. I love his character Gordon Gordon on Bones and now, thanks to my mom, I am loving him on Kingdom. Kingdom is a British TV series that ran from 2007-2009, Stephen Fry plays the main character Peter Kingdom. It was fun to see him in Sherlock Holmes and I really didn’t expect to see THAT much of him. No one, should see that much of Kingdom.
Jared Harris (Extraordinary Measures, The Ward, Mad Men, Fringe) plays Professor James Moriarty, another new addition. He is pretty creepy and plays an excellent villain. The match up between Moriarty and Holmes is really good. After all, aren’t all superheroes only as good as the villains they face.
A Game of Shadows picks up right where the first Sherlock Holmes movie leaves off. Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen the first. Watson is getting married. Kelly Reilly (Eden Lake, Pride & Prejudice, Me and Orson Welles) plays the wonderful Mary Watson. She is great. All in all I really liked this movie, so much so that I would buy it for my collection. Guess I need to buy the first one too then. I can’t have a sequel in my collection and not have the first.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Apollo 18
I still haven’t processed how I feel about this one. It was a very interesting idea. I would like to say a very original idea except for the fact that I kept having thoughts of The Blair Witch Project (1999). Anyone remember that one? Film students out in the woods, horror strikes, supposedly found the camera the next morning with some terrifying footage. Well Apollo 18 is kind of the same idea. “Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.”
The film is set up as if you are viewing actual footage that has been uncovered. There is old home movie footage to introduce the characters and then the rest of the movie is made to look like actual footage from the astronauts cameras. It is very well done in that respect. The footage looks very authentic and old.
Apollo 18 is really a first for both the director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego and the writer Brian Miller. (Interesting fact, the Blair Witch project was also a first for its writer and director) I like to see new talent and then watch to see what they do next. This is a very interesting movie with an interesting concept. It isn’t very mainstream at all. It also may not really be for everyone. However, it is a very interesting movie all the same.
The film is set up as if you are viewing actual footage that has been uncovered. There is old home movie footage to introduce the characters and then the rest of the movie is made to look like actual footage from the astronauts cameras. It is very well done in that respect. The footage looks very authentic and old.
Apollo 18 is really a first for both the director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego and the writer Brian Miller. (Interesting fact, the Blair Witch project was also a first for its writer and director) I like to see new talent and then watch to see what they do next. This is a very interesting movie with an interesting concept. It isn’t very mainstream at all. It also may not really be for everyone. However, it is a very interesting movie all the same.
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