tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post4584109615282425098..comments2024-03-28T04:14:30.305-04:00Comments on Thoughts on Stuff: Most Anticipated Films of 2010Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702965396185870813noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-8452265617015360392010-01-23T21:42:54.983-05:002010-01-23T21:42:54.983-05:00I'd agree that I wouldn't want a cleared u...I'd agree that I wouldn't want a cleared up version of Evangelion, but, based on 1.0, I think the future ones should work well. 1.0 didn't so much clean up the messy elements as just distill the story to its tightest emotional focus and cut out some elements that took away from that focus. It's not a simplification of the story, it's a distillation of it.<br /><br />2.0 might Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702965396185870813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-54197038042519302192010-01-20T14:46:15.116-05:002010-01-20T14:46:15.116-05:00I'm kind of dreading Evangelion 2.0. The origi...I'm kind of dreading Evangelion 2.0. The original series is a little uneven, but the idea of reshaping it to make it more "accessible" seems misguided, and not only because most reviews of 1.0 (which I liked) seem to suggest that to the uninitiated it plays like something just for the fans. The messiness, and the uncanny way the story starts coming apart at the seams, is intrinsic JFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577343800808499897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-66041477518712619922010-01-10T12:47:20.402-05:002010-01-10T12:47:20.402-05:00I can see that and I think it might seem a bit hyp...I can see that and I think it might seem a bit hypocritical to knock Nolan for being too dark when I've got a Gaspar Noe film as the number one most anticipated on here. I think the thing that separates Mann from Nolan is that I can engage with Mann's characters in a more emotional way. Heat and Public Enemies both have a heavy current of sadness and impeding doom, but they're more Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702965396185870813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-87735090364394383442010-01-10T03:39:12.952-05:002010-01-10T03:39:12.952-05:00Also i think Inception will be a bit of a departur...Also i think Inception will be a bit of a departure for Nolan. He talked a bit after The Dark Knight about how he wanted to get away from that world and do something completely different, and this has been the project he has been sitting on doing until the time is right for years so i would bet that it is probably going to be a change of pace.<br /><br />Regardless the cast alone has me excited, malpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951567969857627623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-67990857663134572962010-01-10T03:29:36.882-05:002010-01-10T03:29:36.882-05:00i think the next Scott Pilgrim book will be out ri...i think the next Scott Pilgrim book will be out right before the movie if i am not mistaken.<br /><br />I don't know i guess this is one of the few things we disagree on as Nolan is one of my favorite filmmakers. I actually don't think that's a valid criticism of his work, would you lay that same claim at Michael Mann ? That's a directors you like who i would argue makes heavier, malpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951567969857627623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-7620561150805961222010-01-09T22:06:34.334-05:002010-01-09T22:06:34.334-05:00I'm definitely looking forward to Scott Pilgri...I'm definitely looking forward to Scott Pilgrim too, that would probably be number 11 on the list, though I'm more looking forward to the final book. I haven't seen any word on that, but I'd imagine it'll be a 2011 release.<br /><br />Inception I'll definitely see, but I haven't liked that much Nolan, besides The Dark Knight. The Prestige, which people love, didn'tPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483689490186954593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-37466616526387280462010-01-09T22:03:42.840-05:002010-01-09T22:03:42.840-05:00Inception and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World have to ...Inception and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World have to be my most anticipated for 2010.malpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951567969857627623noreply@blogger.com