Musings of an Idiot

Viewings

Just finished watching the fine cut with Benji. The movie is a lot tighter and it is working really well... a few minor tweaks here and there and it should be moving in the right direction. Audio definitely needs a lot of work and Benji has made a list of audio pickups we need to fill in spaces. ADR for some scenes is pending as well, which we can not do before 1st week of Jan, when everyone will be back from the holidays.Rewrote the voice overs to fit the mood of the film and I think they will work fine as well. Onlining will definitely be the long haul and an interesting part of the post production process. It is good to have Jamie and Matt on board for onlining and special effects.

Saw the trailers of 'Sin City' as well as 'Batman Begins'today morning. The look and feel of Sin City rocks and what a killer cast. Absolutely loved the music in the trailer. It looks like Robert Rodriguez has indeed pulled his socks together after the Spy Kids-2 and Spy Kids-3 detour. To watch the SIN CITY TRAILER click on the poster
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'Batman Begins' trailer was cool as well... enjoyed the beginning of it but the end was too franatic and loved what i saw but did not see enough.



I am absolutely waiting for this one because it looks more true to the comic book than the crapped out versions which Joel Schumacher made. The cool thing with Batman is definitely the internal conflict he goes through while trying to maintain dual identities and his dark psyche is foreboding. Christian Bale looks perfect for the part and really love the wide wing span in the new batsuit, which is true to the comic.


Anyway..off for now. Cya
Amit


UPDATE:
Just finished watching a hindi movie called ''Munnabhai MBBS - saw it at the local video store and got it out since it is rare that a hindi movie would be available at the store. It has been 2 years since I watched a hindi movie and it was a mixed experience.

The running length was about 2 hours 40 odd minutes and i did not bother with the end credits. Man, I am so not used to watching bollywood movies now. It was bit of a mission sitting through the movie. And the song and dance sequences left me squirming in my seat.


The story was like a bollywood rip off of 'Patch Adams' except that in this case the kids are replaced by adults. It gets like a typical bollywood movie running high on emotions while nothing is happening with the story. This was supposed to be one of the better movies from last year. I really think that Bollywood has got to change the way they make films or else the industry will suffer stagnancy. But by the same token if things haven't changed in the last couple of years then there is not really much of a point in me arguing against it. India has got the money and the creative talent - all they need is to channelise it and move away from the standard bollywood fare. When it will happen is but a fool's dream.

posted by Amit @ 4:18 PM