A long scene from Tron: Legacy showing Garrett Hedlund being transported through the bowels of an Xbox raised my interest in the film by 1%, which means I might watch it on the telly. The 3D was good though, which is something I'll never admit actually thinking or writing if pressed.
I'm similarly disinterested in Machete, although the scene in which the titular Mexican mentalist abseils from a window with the aid of someone's large intestine certainly caught my attention.
Future best mates of The Incredible Suit Simon Pegg and Nick Frost turned up to introduce a long trailer for Paul, which was very pleasing. I'm slightly worried it might end up like one of Pegg's "other" comedies (you know what I mean), but to see the eponymous alien extending a middle finger and proclaiming "It's probing time" was good enough for now.
Undisputed nadir of the weekend came in the form of a diabolical gobbet of guff about Resident Evil: Afterlife, in which director and unbearable imbecile Paul WS Anderson repeatedly and ill-advisedly compared his film to Avatar before stating, with a completely straight face, that "You make a better product when you make it in 3D". Words fail me, although two very obvious ones spring to mind immediately.
Later on I failed to win the Bastard Hard Movie Quiz, and failed to get excited about the impending "re-version" (dear God) of Brighton Rock, although director Rowan Joffe offered a robust defence of his film and explained some of his artistic decisions clearly and interestingly. I liked him enormously but I doubt I'll go and see his film.
Then I saw Scott Pilgrim vs The World. More on that another day.
So that was Movie-Con III. In short, there was too much footage we'd all seen on the internet already but the exclusive stuff, the guests and other assorted fun made the weekend a big hairy bag of geeky funballs, and I congratulate Empire and the BFI for organising it just for me.
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From your write-ups, I got the impression that Movie-Con is 95% trailers, 4% twaddle and 1% movies.
ReplyDeleteSo the positivity of your last para doesn't really square with three posts heavy on the 'meh.' Did you really like it?
Simon
Please do continue to let us know which films you won't be seeing. I would also appreciate if you would describe meals you won't eat and gigs you don't really fancy attending.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first heard the title Movie-Con I assumed it was a Nicholas Cage romp through Hollywood along the lines of Con-Air.
ReplyDeleteI loved the Anderson quote that a movie is a better product in 3D. Yes, using that logic, from now on I'll only drink Sainsbury's £3.95 plonk from a heavy crystal cut glass in order to make it taste as good as a 1978 Chateauneuf du Pape.
Perhaps you could give films star ratings if good and Anderson ratings if really bad on a scale of Anderson 1D, Anderson 2D or the real raspberry of an Anderson 3D rating.
You didn't miss any sunshine while breathing the Movie-Con Air-Con.
Very informative 3 day diary. Thanks.
kinnemaniac, I know I'm a grumpy bastard on this blog and I have perhaps concentrated on the rubbish bits of Movie-Con if only because they're easy to write about.
ReplyDeleteHowever you've got to hand it to Empire for putting this stuff on, there's a great atmosphere and if they weren't doing it who else would?
And Kev... be careful what you wish for.