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Aug. 12th, 2012 09:49 pm1. Finished watching movie trailers from electronic version of EW mag on my ipad. Some interesting movies coming this fall:
* The Hobbit - which is now going to be a trilogy or three films. Jackson has chosen to include bits from the Appendixes that Tolkien wrote later. The film is going to be the unabridged version of the books, as opposed to the abridged which most film adaptations are. Actually I can see three films...One would be the Journey for the Treasure, One the Journey back with it, and One the Dwarf war or the reason they wanted it. (I saw the Ralph Baksi animated film after I read the book in the 6th Grade.) The themes of the Hobbit are fitting - the book in many ways addressed the problems of the industrial age, technology, and warfare on rural life and the planet.
* Les Miserables - apparently everyone in this movie had to audition for it - three hour vocal auditions. Because they were going to have them sing the songs as they filmed the scenes live - not in a recording studio and lip-syncing like they usually do.
Fascinating. Surprised by Anne Hathaway's voice. Go here for the trailer:
http://youtu.be/xk5UStefYmE
* Zero Dark Thirty - this is Kathryn Bigelow's new film. It's a behind the scenes account of the hunt of Osama Bin Laden from the pov of CIA operatives and the people who did the hunting.
( fall movies that I'm anticipating..complete with the trailers that I'm looking forward to in the Fall )
2. Currently watching the Olympics Closing Ceremonies...which are interesting. I happen to adore classic British Rock so it's working for me. Wish they could have gotten David Bowie and Rodger Daltry to perform. But you can't have everything.
It's a celebration of classic British Rock Music, fashion, and weird recreations of famous album covers.
And apparently Recent British Pop Music...which I'm really really not a fan of. British Pop music is worse than American Pop music and that's saying something. Particularly when the best is The Spice Girls. (YMMV).
* The Hobbit - which is now going to be a trilogy or three films. Jackson has chosen to include bits from the Appendixes that Tolkien wrote later. The film is going to be the unabridged version of the books, as opposed to the abridged which most film adaptations are. Actually I can see three films...One would be the Journey for the Treasure, One the Journey back with it, and One the Dwarf war or the reason they wanted it. (I saw the Ralph Baksi animated film after I read the book in the 6th Grade.) The themes of the Hobbit are fitting - the book in many ways addressed the problems of the industrial age, technology, and warfare on rural life and the planet.
* Les Miserables - apparently everyone in this movie had to audition for it - three hour vocal auditions. Because they were going to have them sing the songs as they filmed the scenes live - not in a recording studio and lip-syncing like they usually do.
Fascinating. Surprised by Anne Hathaway's voice. Go here for the trailer:
http://youtu.be/xk5UStefYmE
* Zero Dark Thirty - this is Kathryn Bigelow's new film. It's a behind the scenes account of the hunt of Osama Bin Laden from the pov of CIA operatives and the people who did the hunting.
( fall movies that I'm anticipating..complete with the trailers that I'm looking forward to in the Fall )
2. Currently watching the Olympics Closing Ceremonies...which are interesting. I happen to adore classic British Rock so it's working for me. Wish they could have gotten David Bowie and Rodger Daltry to perform. But you can't have everything.
It's a celebration of classic British Rock Music, fashion, and weird recreations of famous album covers.
And apparently Recent British Pop Music...which I'm really really not a fan of. British Pop music is worse than American Pop music and that's saying something. Particularly when the best is The Spice Girls. (YMMV).