Not for the squeamish, this is a stunning piece of production, design, music and CGI for the game 'Dead Island' which is simply beautiful, brutal and just blindingly well made.
The player is drawn into the world of Dead Island on the brink of a mysterious zombie epidemic, that suddenly and with no warning breaks out on the fictional island of Banoi. As a guest of the Royal Palms Resort, the player's stay was supposed to be a dream holiday, a get away from daily grind into the idyllic beaches of a tropical paradise. But suddenly and faced with unimaginable terror, there is only one thing left to do: survive...
Like a shiny, shiny, super sexy gorgeous thing, Tron Legacy has been teasing us for over a year and a half with beautiful images and CGI. That time is coming soon for release and I really hope for once this thing can cope with the hype it's been building in geekland.
However, will that stop me from going or drooling like a dog about to be fed?
Saw this the other night and have to say better than the trailer or I expected.
Worth every penny just for the little girls and her 'fluffy' obsession.
Brilliant.
Visit http://tronsoundtrack.com/ to get some groovy, and very ambient slices of Daft Punk tracks from the forthcoming movie. Plus, for geeks, just right click and choose 'view source' to see some nice ascii art.
Flynn lives!
And if for some unknown reason you haven't seen the trailers, make sure you at least watch this one:
Disclosure upfront, I got some preview tickets to see the above (than you Contagious), and expectations were a little so-so, but truth is, this is a good and really enjoyable movie.
Taking a highly clichéd theme (USA high school teen comedies) and managing to do something different with it, is hard, as this is one milked dry genre.Or so I thought. However, credit where due, director Will Gluck does a good job, along with a strong cast of the excellent Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Thomas Haden Church and others.
Where things fell apart for me, was not with the film, but with the, I'm guessing distributor of the film, Sony.
Before the movie, and as we went to the preview, some nearly four hundred people had to queue and hand over laptops and mobile devices. WTF? So hold up... you've invited me as a guest, and your assuming I may well film this on my mobile? Really? Customer experience nil in my mind.(Tiny text on the ticket asked us to leave all mobile phones at home-yes really)
Four staff had to number each device, and deal with some very unhappy people, and place the devices in freezer lock bags, which let me tell you ended up being a veritable mobile and electronic mountain. (You should have seen the queue on the way out to get them back!) This was described as asking us to "be prepared to cloak devices with security before entering". Yep, leaving it in a bucket in a zip lock bag is pretty much 'cloaking' I guess...
We refused to hand over devices, and the poor staff just did not know what to do but let us in. In my case my phone is my employers property and I cant have been the only one. I'm responsible for it, and not mine to give away without a signature or guarantee I'll get it back. It wasn't just me, but we still found it appalling some of Sony's guests blindly handed over devices and laptops with no issues at all. Had there been a fire or theft I wonder if Sony would have dug deep and came across with liability for the devices? I'm guessing...possibly not, and would not like to try to sort that mess out.
Look my point is...don't piss off your customers, and certainly not BEFORE they get in to your event.
If one idiot wants to A) film a movie on a mobile and B) other idiots want to watch or download a low quality filmed on a mobile-movie that was pirated by idiot A, you can only do one thing. Hire some more staff to be present at the cinema and ensure devices aren't used. Can't see it happening though.
Treating customers like pirates, and assuming guilt is wrong, ultra shitty customer experience, and causing me to write more about this experience than the flippin' movie!
Most wont care I know, and I doubt Sony will either, but it reminds me of this video, which still looks like it's the way movie studios honestly think of us...
How I missed this I do not know. This 'Airplane!' like spoof of blaxploitation movies of the seventies is getting a very limited release in the UK just now, but is already up for sale on Amazon, having been released late last year. Great posters (just two of about fifteen available) get the vibe just right and I love the tagline;
Got some preview tickets to see this (thanks Film First!) and off we went to what turned out to be a real gem of a movie.
Directed by Taika Waititi who also plays the dysfunctional dad. It's excellently acted and just full of warm, sunny, happy days, just like when you were a kid- when playtime was king, and everything was an adventure.
James Rolleston plays 'Boy' and between him and his dad, and New Zealand settings, they steal they show along with a few other great actors, all many young kids.
A real breath of fresh air from run of the mill rom-coms and some of the dross from Hollywood. Sad things is it'll probably get a tiny release, but worth a DVD or a trip to the non multiplex if you see it.
The first Bioshock game was a revelation, and incredibly refreshing in the world of gaming. Check the intro at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUxs7pZZvQc for an idea of what the stunning opening experience brought us.
The inevitable sequel was for me a let down, effectively more of the same, but it looks like the third in the series, is worth a look. This time, it's set in a 'Rapture' like city in the clouds as the location for the game. (Star Wars Bespin or Flash Gordon anyone?)
Whilst not a patch on that magical underwater first game, this trailer really made me pay attention, and is definitely worth a watch in HD and with some good audio.
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