So I was thinkin’ the other day - about what separates really good movies and really bad ones, when the both have over $150 million to spend.
One of the main things I came up with is that the best big-budget movies seem to all be made by people who really cut their teeth making edgy, successful independent film. Now of course, nothing competes with character, theme, etc., but you can’t have these things if the director doesn’t push for them.
Sam Raimi
Made The Evil Dead for $350K in ‘81 before getting $300-odd million for Spider-Man 2
Peter Jackson
Made his indie career mostly from financing from the New Zealand Film Board, now the country’s most famous filmmaker after The Lord of the Rings
Chris Nolan
Shot Following for $6000 (less than Robert Rodriguez could), and is now the first Hollywood filmmaker to shoot a film on IMAX film - this summer’s “The Dark Knight”
The list goes on and on (John Favreau - Iron Man, Alfonso Cuaron - Prizoner of Azkaban + Children of Men…) but you get the idea. These guys know how to stretch a dollar; I’m pretty sure Michel Gondry would’ve made a pretty awesome Fantastic Four.
So if someone starts a facebook group claiming they’ll change their name to McLovin if a million people join
And they only hit the target after years have gone buy
how much funnier is it when they’re McLovin and it’s not even funny anymore?
Look it up on facebook, and join the group.
Just not yet.
January 12th, 2008My Idol
I’ve been going about the past few weeks with a new take on life
I’ve been seeing things in a whole new perspective. I question things in life that are normally taken for granted(i.e. why does Christmas fall on the 25th if the new year starts on the 1st of January and where did the 6 days go between bc and ad). Voicing these ponderings has not really gotten me any answers other then my own theories. Usually when I ask my questions about life’s not so great mysteries I’ll usually be:
a) Told I’m stupid
b) asked if I’ve been using recreational drugs
c) laughed at because what I said is funny
d) laughed at because they think I’m an idiot
After about a month and a half of this new enlightened state I began discovering things about myself. Such as my “moral line”. Eventually I questioned what had caused this change in my personality, and overall self-being
There’s only one answer to that however
and that is this answer is right here
KARL PILKINGTON
QOTD: i don’t see why we need to bring the wooly mammoth back. We already have elephants and they carry stuff about and all that. theres no need for somthing else to do that- Karl Pilkington
hmm…
UPDATE: Well I WAS going to post “Blog fixed, take THAT, INTERNET!!!” but the admin section is still all weirded up…..
UPDATE: ALL SET FOR MAXIMUM BLOGGAGE. GREAT SUCCESS.
man… Kashif sucks at posting here…
oh well if anyone ever miss-types a web adress and ends up here they can read what i have to say, and TRUST me. I got LOTS to say 
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what was that comment from future me?
did you just ask what i’ve been up too since my last post?
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not alot really. Well we filmed some stuff. a few things kinda just died (suprise) and other things were done quickly. only half turned out well, yet none ended up here. maybe i should put them up. well i would if i knew how. for now just go to http://www.youtube.com/user/mkp and you can see whatever you wanna see.
well i’ve gotta go clean for the next 3 days so i’ll come on here now and then to avoid work.
KTHXBAI
Now that Stolen part one is out I’ve been pretty busy
Like all the autographs, that book signing, and don’t even get me started on all the groupies. Yeah being a celebrity sucks.
Just wanted to explain that bit at the end… Where i was acting like an idiot(as usual)
The night previous my aunt and uncle were over with their 3 year old son who is addicted to some show called spider riders. Anyways IN that clip at the end of Stolen I was impersonating my cousin copying the spider riders powering up. At this point Noodles says come out here in the hall and show us and you all saw the rest. So yeah I didin’t think he would put that in.
OH WELL
Quote of the day:
I hate it when circular logic comes back and gets me in the ass- Least I Could Do
It seems whenever I even try to pick up mr. noodles precious camera from his video and film class I tend to get things like this yelled at me:
“No Ben you can’t use the camera”
“No Ben don’t try breaking the record for the longest airtime in the category of digital cameras”
“No Ben the camera is not an NHL licensed hockey stick”
“No Ben just because it says child proof dosen’t mean you can throw it at little kids without denting it”
“No Ben the camera is not machine washable”
The point of this post, when you know your friends are probably right just listen to them.
Or you might spend thursday night blow drying a dented camera
Quote of the day
If at first you don’t succed try try again….untill like the fifth time cause then you just look pathetic
Today we had a field trip to a high ropes course …. And I got assigned to the leap of faith with Twizzler. We had to jump from a fairly wobbly platform and grab onto a trapeze.
Once we got to the top of the platform we just wanted to get off. So as soon as we could we counted to three and jumped. I made it with two hands and Twizzler only with one(cause he likes to show off like that). As we hung there swinging we both yelled out the phrase most appropriate for the occasion:
LEEEEERRRRRROOOOOYYYYYY JJJJJJJEEEEEENNNNNNKKKKKKINNNNNNNSSSSSS
Mr. Noodles on the other was not as lucky. he couldn’t quite reach the trapeze and fell to his death…..so this is my site now
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just kidding he did miss and hit his head on the post which was pretty funny though
Ben
PS theres still gonna be a video coming soon (if Noodles dosn’t have a concussion that is)
Quote of the day:
Lite-Brite
Lite-Brite
making things with coloured light
What a sight
makiing things with lite-brite