Inception

In the last 10 years Christopher Nolan has made 6 movies and all those movies are winners: Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight and now Inception. I'm not sure exactly what point i'm trying to make here...maybe it's that there is no way Inception will be bad. The worst thing about this movie as far as I can tell is Leo Dicaprio and he really did a good job in the Departed. ( which in no way, shape or form makes up for the Beach....you're still on notice for that turd burger) Plus, everyone else ,whose opinions don't normally count but for the purposes of this argument i'll allow it, say he was good in Blood Diamond and the other depressing movie he made with Rose from Titanic. Neither of which I have seen, because as into weird foriegn flicks as I may be, I am not a masochist. So, no one really knows what this movie is about, apparently the script was top secret and doled out to the actors one scene at a time, which seems like a really hard way to make a movie. I'm down for the ride though, let's strap in and see where this thing takes us. Chris Nolan has a pretty good run going so hopefully if he's gonna lay a stinker it'll be this bad boy and not the next Batman. That would be a crucifiable offense worthy of...well...crucifiction.

Oh Yeah!

Word around the campfire is: Guillermo Del Toro is seriously considering using Tom Waits in The Hobbit. Probably not as Bilbo Baggins, or Gollum, no, no. The rumor mill is all aflame with the non-fact that Mr. Waits will be voicing Smaug, the dragon (as in big, flying,  fire breathing lizard) Antagonist in J.R.R Tolkiens' prequel to the Lord of the Rings. OK, kittens and cats, let's put this thing in perspective. First, we've got Peter Jackson, producing and co-writing the screenplay.Awesome. Then, we have Guillermo Del Toro, directing both movies that will become The Hobbit. (yeah, cause it's that looong) Now, add in to this boiling pot of crazy fantastic...TOM FREAKING WAITS! What is going to happen next?! Is Terry Gilliam going to jump out from behind a dumpster and offer his skills to the project as co-director...maybe Quentin Tarantino can direct the action sequences and write all the dialog...and while were at it Del Toro and say, Rob Zombie could come up with all the monsters and weird things that will come with this movie and give us all the horrible nightmare fodder we could fill our grubby little minds with, with one flick of the wrist. I mean, if were speculating here, why not make this the greatest films of all time! Let's find a spot for the Cohen Bros. and Sam Raimi...give Bruce Campbell a part...let's get this party started! I mean, with the exception of Pete Jackson and Del Toro, none of this conjecture is subjected to the banality of truth. But, we can TOTALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN! Hop to it Hollywood, let's make me happy!

This looks interesting.

Hollywood has, in the past, rewarded people with sub par ideas, tons of money, fame and the subsequent blow jobs (literally AND figuratively) that come with those things. However, for every Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow , you get a District 9. What does that mean? You say. Well, so glad you asked; see those movies were short films or trailers put together by unknown film makers who went to Hollywood, showed what they had and immediately got a deal to make their movie...or something to that effect. The point is, they were homegrown ideas that had potential. Some met their potential, Paranormal Activity and some fell flat on their face Shoot 'em Up. This trailer featured above is one of those kinds of movies, the director brought this trailer to some meetings and know he gets to be Sam Raimi's sidekick. The movie is tentatively titled Panic Attack! It looks like Cloverfield meets 300 with a bit of Independence Day thrown in there for good measure. I'm not a film maker, so my inner curmudgeon can only be so interested and then something shiny moves into my eyesight. Explosions! It'll be cool to see what the finished product looks like, because this film is one car chase scene on an endless highway away from being a Michael Bay film. Hopefully, they don't go that route and they keep in it Spanish, that way I get to feel all intellectual while reading along to things exploding at a popcorn flick.