Minority Movie Report - Gerald

Hi everyone, I have been missing in action for a while and its time I came back and talk about movies that are showing at this point in our lives. Recently we have been subjected to a number of big budget fucked up movies from Hollywood like G.I. Joe, Transformers II and 2012 to name a few. What bothers me about such movies is how the production teams lost track of the essential point of movies which to me is putting a story onto film. That should be the major objective when anyone who makes movies decides to make any new film.

The problem with Hollywood most times is that they focus on the number two objective which to me is making money from the film. Every time a blockbuster is about to come out there is always an 80% chance that to promote the movie the studios have to remind the public on how expensive the movie was to make. This goes on to mean that they hope to make this money back when the movie gets released. They then go on to explain how the money was spent in making the movie, how such a scene used this and that technology as if I care about that. Right now Avatar is about to come out and all I hear is how Cameron spent so much money and time making this movie. If the movie turns out to be entertaining then that's awesome but before we know how it will turn out let’s talk a little about this situation because it embodies my whole frustration with recent big budget films.

Avatar and most big budget films consistently shove their budgets down the consumer’s throat prior to release and for what purpose?? Does the viewer care about any of this? I certainly don’t give a fuck about how much it cost or how they spent the money and so on. All I care about is am I entertained when I see this movie. That is all that matters, just like Cameron and all these Hollywood executives don’t care how I made my $11 to pay for their movie. All they care about is that I pay to watch their movie. So because this is the relationship we have between movie makers and movie gowers we should put more emphasis on the movie because that’s the only thing we have in common.

In line with our big budget movies lets get back to the story telling part of my frustration, why is it so difficult for Hollywood to just tell a captivating story without having to use the story as a filler for a series of mind boggling sequence of explosions?? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Anytime I watch a trailer I always look to see what the emphasis is on. Some trailers show us a glimpse of the story and some show us action scenes that are very dramatic but fail to tell us what the story is all about. After seeing the trailer for Avatar I must say I felt like they might have a good story, its obvious the story has been told before but that shouldn’t be too much of a problem because most stories have been told plenty of times, what should be new is how the story is told. I sure hope it will be entertaining quite like Titanic was. I also hope that it’s nowhere near as pathetic as G.I Joe, Transformers II and 2012 was!!

Until next time people keep watching good movies, stay away from plot less money making wannabe films because if you do this you help in reducing cinematic pollution!!

If you listened to our latest podcast you probably heard me go off at the latest Transformers movie. On so many levels I was disappointed, even to a point where I felt disrespected by the people who made this movie. I seriously felt they should have issued this movie with a warning!! They should have warned the public that we should leave all reasoning behind when we enter the theatre because it seems these people were content to just present to us a movie about GM cars that transform.

Never mind trying to explain why all the humans especially regular ones (the protagonist, his girlfriend and his mom and dad) with no super powers could miraculously escape powerful machines that have the ability to fly, transform and have alien like knowhow of events that even humans who work for the CIA, FBI and some other US govt departments of a secret nature have no clue about.

It was like I was watching the A-Team and Hannibal would have loved it when the plan all came together at the end! Not that there is anything wrong with the A-Team, in fact the A-Team was fuckin awesome but we are not in the 80's anymore. Explosions and bullets plus flying rocks with zero casualties do not impress us anymore!! Our minds have developed too much to go through 2 hours of unexplicabale escapades and just sit there and accept it. Steven Segal tried that formula and look where it took him???

Come on man Transformer makers!! You were given all this money to make a good movie and it’s like you got lazy. The first Transformers was quite good I must say. I can't forget how that helicopter flew down to the desert and transformed just before it touched the sand, and how about how that scorpion like decepticon terrorized the soldiers in the desert before that army plane came and circled it with vicious artillery! That was a very interesting scene.

Now the problem is that the first one was a breath of fresh air such that I overlooked the obvious such as the Autobots being all GM cars yet according to the story line these transformers came to earth way before humans invented the car. You might argue that they transformed into the first cars they set their sights to, but really, what are the odds that all the autobots first sight of vehicles was GM cars and that none of the decepticons laid sight of GM cars??? I know it was product placement but that whole concept just compromised the story telling of this movie.

I’m pretty sure that Transformers-3 will make good money but so did Steven Segal and Soulja Boy Tell ‘em! How are these three related?? Well you tell me! Until next time people let’s keep watching them movies and keep Hollywood alive.

Awesome Gerald!!

I'm starved for comedy so I decided to watch Fan boys. First of all I cannot believe I finished the whole movie. It was far from funny, Seth Rogan did his best to help the cause but it just didn't do it for me.

Now, I am not a Star Wars fan, have never watched a star wars movie in my life. This may contribute to why I didn't enjoy the movie much. I am however a James Bond fan so I tried to imagine if the plot was about getting to watch the latest Bond flick as opposed to the Star Wars flick, would this have changed my perspective on the movie. Well the answer would be NO!

Anyhow for those interested and intend to watch Fan boys (I know there are people out there because after watching the trailer I thought it would be funny too) the movie is about a group of fans 4 boys and a chick, these fans decide to go to Skywalker ranch to steal the new Star Wars movie. When I say steal I mean it in the DVD pirate way i.e. illegally watching a movie. They didn't want to take the movie with them they just wanted to watch it before it got released. Why would they do something as foolish as this you may ask? Well two reasons:
1. They are foolish and fanatical about Star Wars.
2. One of the group members is dying of cancer and thus by the time the movie gets released he would have died, so they want him to get to watch it.

That’s the plot in a nut shell, speaking of nuts; one of the four boys has one nut incidentally so you can imagine a joke was going to come out of this disability.

All this torture for me because I cannot wait to watch this summer’s blockbuster comedies which are in order of preference:
1. The Hangover
2. The Land of the Lost
3. Year One

Stay tuned to the podcast people for we will give you an incite of these and more movies on Minority Movie Report

Awesome Gerald!!

I haven’t watched any new movies lately, the other day I tried watching “Funny Games” my effort to try and get into a psycho thriller or horror movie. It didn’t work out well. The movies theme was mainly to arouse feelings of annoyance from the viewer. I generally do not like movies like these except if they have actors that I love, an example of a movie which is supposed to cause annoyance for the audience was “Lakeview Terrace”. I love Samuel Jackson therefore I didn’t mind watching that movie. I also love Tim Roth but in “Funny Games” he was the victim and I didn’t enjoy how the whole situation was playing out.

I like themes of wit triumphing over all challenges. This is usually depicted in gangster movies, which is why they are one of my favourites. Soon we will be getting “Public Enemy” the latest release on John Dillinger. I watched the 1973 version simply called “Dillinger”, it was a joy to watch and because it was joyous, I had to watch it over and over again. Dillinger was a very interesting character, never afraid to use his wit to get out of a situation. One time he got jailed and the day he escaped he saw a bank while escaping and figured the cops would never expect him to rob a bank while he is running from them. So he went on to rob the bank and took the bank manager hostage while at it. His buddy and the bank manager escaped into the outskirts of the town, at which point he got out of the car, took the bag of money and split it 3 ways. The bank manager thought he would get shot but was astonished that Dillinger would share his take with him. Dillinger then told the bank manager that because of the depression that America was in everyone deserved a break and that included the bank manager! That was just a piece of Dillinger’s class. Now because this 1973 version was so good, I have high expectations from this upcoming one.

Awesome Gerald!!

If you liked "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" then my reviews are the type of shit you would be interested in following. I will give you the pornographic truth behind each movie, nothing but the fucking truth!

Awesome Gerald!!