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Thought: Despite the lens flares and shaky cameras, I think JJ will stay true to the Star Wars universe…

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A lot of people worry that JJ will take Star Wars to a different direction, I did at first, but after thinking about it, I think JJ will stay true to the Star Wars  world. He will try to make Star Wars similar to how George Lucas did it, but of course, JJ will put his own style into the film too. No, I don’t think JJ will load up the opening Star Wars crawl with lens flares, and I’m sure the John Williams opening theme will still be there.

Thing is, you just never know how JJ is going to make the next Star Wars film. He’s going to bring us a lot of secrecy just like he did with his previous films. We will never know if Han, Leia, or Luke will be a part of this story ’cause he’s going to be secretive about it. The same whether or not Darth Vader or Yoda will make a return. For “Super 8”, he wouldn’t show us the monster in the film until the film came out, and he wouldn’t reveal the “Star Trek: Into Darkness” villain until later. Who knows what he’ll pull on us for the next “Star Wars” film. Yes, the script for Star Wars 7 is already finished, so we’ll never know what the plot will be.

Now that a director is finally found, you should expect casting to start real soon. There is no chance of Natalie Portman or Hayden Christensen returning, of course, but Samuel L. Jackson has a chance in returning, though. If the story does continue the lives of Han, Leia and Luke, that would be pretty amazing. Lando needs to comeback too, and yes, Chewbacca as well. C3p0 and R2 will probably return. The whole Star Wars gang just might come back.

Honestly, I don’t want Vader to return, I hope they made a new villain. I think JJ will make the light saber battles and the tie fighter scenes pretty enjoyable. JJ might do a good job, so I will give him a chance, ’cause I liked what he did with Star Trek. That’s probably what Disney wanted him for ’cause they liked what he did with Trek.

JJ is not dumb. He will give what all Star Wars fan would want, a great Star Wars movie. He’ll do the Star Wars franchise justice like he did with Trek. I think he will do fine.

Kev

 

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BREAKING NEWS: JJ Abrams first turned down to direct “Star Wars 7”, he’s now on board!!!

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Welp, news broke the web today that JJ Abrams is officially on board to direct, “Star Wars 7”. First, JJ denied any involvement with Star Wars, that he didn’t want any part of it, but looks like he changed his mind. Look like JJ took a quick look at Lawrence Kasdan’s script and said, “I gotta do this!”.

My thoughts? It was too predictable to me that Lucasfilm/Disney was going to get JJ. I kind of called on it a long while back, and honestly, I’m kind of skeptical. Yes, he did a great job with the first “Star Trek” movie but, I still don’t like his style of film making. His overuse of the lens flare in movies does get pretty annoying, and so does his shaky cam technique. He is really good at action scenes, though, I’ll give him that respect

I just hope JJ doesn’t reboot Star Wars, and make the original characters young like he did with Star Trek. A young Han, Luke, and Leia? I don’t know, don’t make sense to me, since those characters were young in, “Episode IV: A New Hope”. Episode 7 will probably continue on from “Jedi”. I think Han, Luke, and Leia should still be played by the original actors. Harrison, Mark and Carrie. I can see JJ bringing them in somehow.

JJ has been getting some major franchises. First he got Mission Impossible, then Star Trek, and now Star Wars. I guess, JJ could possibly make a good Star Wars movie ’cause his Star Trek film did seem like Star Wars. I’ll give JJ a chance.

Now we wonder what’s going to happen to the Star Trek franchise, now that JJ is moving on to Star Wars, hmmmm….

More on the story, here.

Kev

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Thought: “Man of Steel” question, who is Jenny Olsen???

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I know this blog has been a bit way too political as of late, but I think it’s time for a change and go back to discussing movies/music and other entertainment which was the original idea for this site to begin with.

A young actress by the name of Rebecca Bulller, is listed as Jenny Olsen in the “Man of Steel” IMDB page, and in the “Man of Steel” trailer, you see Laurence Fishburne as Perry White running with a young girl which appears to be, Rebecca, in the trailer. A lot of people are speculating that Jenny Olsen, could be a female version of Jimmy Olsen. Jimmy Olsen is not in “Man of Steel” at all, I believe.

The character Jenny Olsen, is not from the comics at all. It’s an original character for, “Man of Steel”.

I’m thinking that Jenny Olsen could be a possible relative of Jimmy Olsen. Maybe daughter or sister, or maybe even his wife, something like that. That way, they can introduce Jimmy for the “Man of Steel” sequel.

“Man of Steel” is full of secrecy, and all will be revealed when we see the actual film in June. The film has been rated PG-13. Some may mistakenly say that this is the first Superman PG-13 film but it isn’t ’cause the last Superman film, “Superman: Returns” was PG-13. All the Chris Reeve films were PG, I think. Superman can’t be an R rated film ever, in my opinion, ’cause this character was meant to be enjoyed for people of all ages.

In other Superman news, I also see that characters for the upcoming, “Justice League” film have been confirmed, and they are none other than Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash. I hope they do a good job with the “Justice League” film. That film will be difficult to make it good. I know they will try to top “The Avengers”, but it will be hard to do. They just need a good director and good script.

Looking forward to both “Man of Steel”, and “Justice League”.

Kev

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Christopher Nolan, is a great film maker but…

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… to be honest, I wish Christopher Nolan would go back to his old school way of making movies. Making movies in the style of chronological order. Meaning, movies being played in a different order. Over the weekend I just watched his film, “Following”, which was his debut film. The film was a little over an hour long, it’s very short and it was filmed in black and white. Still though, I thought the film was pretty amazing and thought that was his best film in his career. Check it out if you haven’t yet. I like Chris’s way of telling stories chronological. That technique is what made him famous and well known to begin with. Sure enough, after “Following” and “Memento”, Chris went on to directing blockbuster action movies like the Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception.

It’s going to be interesting to see what Chris is planning to do after the Dark Knight. He hasn’t announced a new project yet. Chris Nolan has always been my favorite film maker for a long time now. I hope he doesn’t get too obsessed with blockbuster action movies, I want him to go back to making serious films like he did with “Memento”. Don’t get me wrong, what he did to the Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception was pretty amazing, you just need to see that Chris is more than just superhero movies. Chris is one of the best film makers alive today and I’m sure he will make plenty more amazing movies, in the future.

You should check out “Following”,  on Netflix. If you watch movies like “Following” and “Memento”, you would see exactly why he got the job to direct the Batman movies. Christopher Nolan is a genius. He’s not afraid to get what he wants when film making and he’s a master screen writer too. I’ve seen all of his directed movies, even “Insomnia” and “The Prestige”. Honestly though, I really wish he would make a few more Batman movies like everyone else ’cause I want to see his take on the Riddler and the Penguin, but Chris wants to move on from Batman and do other things. I just felt the Dark Knight trilogy ended too soon, and there’s more of a story to be told.

Kev

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Explaining my Marilyn Monroe obsession…

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Some of you may wonder what is up with my obsession with Marilyn Monroe, the legendary actress. You would see me talking a lot about her in my blog and facebook. Well, here’s the deal. My interest in Marilyn grew, since the last time I visited Los Angeles, California. I may have went to a museum in Hollywood which may have grabbed my attention about her. Since then, I just had to learn more about her. I had to watch all of her films, which I did. I pretty much watched her entire filmography, and so far, I think her best films are “Some Like It Hot”, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “The Seven Year Itch”. I even watched all the films, that she had small cameos in.

Her life and career, is just intriguing to me. I just had to learn more about her. Her history, which is inspiring stuff. I also found her quotes inspiring. I guess I’m just researching her…but for what? Possible song idea? Maybe yes, that is part of it. I will probably end up writing a song about her at some point.

The main reason why I had to get into her ’cause if you’re going to be a big movie buff, you’re not a true movie buff if you haven’t watched any Marilyn Monroe movies. All movie buffs need to know who this woman is. Love her or hate her, she has always been an important part of Hollywood. A lot of people want to mistakenly say things like, who cares, she’s dead, move on. True, but you must know your cinema history, if you’re going to be a movie buff.

Don’t worry, though, I plan on studying other important actresses from the past too like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich,  Ava Gardner, etc. If you want to be a true and real movie buff, you have to know the classics that most people today, don’t know about.

Really, I am the biggest movie buff, that you would probably see, and I’m sure you already can tell. If anybody tried to play movie trivia games with me, everyone else would probably lose and I will win all the time.

Kev

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Cool Photos: Never before seen photos of Marilyn in New York, taken by 15 year old fan…

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This is pretty interesting, I just had to post it. Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe visiting New York City, shortly before she sang “Happy Birthday” to JFK at MSG surfaced the web today. They were taken by Peter Mangone when he was 15 years old. He was also the one who filmed the footage of Marilyn performing at MSG.

Marilyn, all smiles and looking beautiful like she always was. I can see why she dated so many men and had affairs with many of them ’cause you can easily fall in love with someone like her. As soon as you lay your eyes on Marilyn, she immediately makes you smile. That’s how powerful this woman is. She’s very likeable.

See the photos, here.

Speaking of Marilyn, I just watched a 45 minute documentary of her called, “Marilyn In Manhatten”, on Netflix, the other night. It’s very good, even though it’s a short documentary, check it out. Very informative about her stay in NYC.

Kev

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Film Review: Zero Dark Thirty

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Starring: Jessica Chastain, Kyle Chanlder, Joel Edgerton

Directed by: Katherine Bigelow

Today, I finally went and saw, “Zero Dark Thirty”, and here is my review…

Plot/synopsis: The story focuses on a woman named, Maya, who is a CIA operative. She is the one who discovered the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden who is responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Now the Seal Team 6 is sent out to hunt or kill the al-qaeda, leader.

Critics gave this movie positive reviews, calling it a masterpiece and saying this is the best film of 2012. The film also won many awards and got nominated for “Best Picture”, at the Oscars. After seeing the film finally, I look at all the good things the film has gotten, and I’m like really? The film was okay but wasn’t all that special. The writing was kind of a mess, and I don’t like the casting of Jessica Chastain. She pretty much ruined the movie. I found her pretty annoying and thought she was a bad actress.

The torture scenes that people were complaining about, weren’t all that gritty. Why attack this movie for the torture scenes when there are thousands of other war/politics based movies with torture in them? The torture in other war movies can be even more graphic than this one, for example, the movie, “Apocalypse Now”, and many others.

The only positive was that Katherine did a good job with the Bin Laden raid at his compound. That was done okay, but, it seems she stole a lot of material from the “No Easy Day” book. On top of all this, I’m not really sure if the Bin Laden raid is accurate from what was told in the media. Seal Team 6, is supposed to keep this stuff private and anonymous, so I’m pretty sure the stuff told in “No Easy Day” and the “Zero Dark Thirty” movie wasn’t the full story.

I thought this was kind of a boring and slow movie. I’m glad I waited on “Zero Dark Thirty” for my Top 15 Best Films of 2012 list, ’cause this film isn’t worth of that list, anyways. I think I’ll call this film, an “Okay” movie. I did like Kyle Chandler’s performance in it, though, the former, “Friday Night Lights” star. I’m sure Hollywood will make more Bin Laden movies, so hopefully, they can make a better one.

Score for “Zero Dark Thirty” = ** (Two stars as in “Okay”)

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Warner Bros. win full copyrights of Superman… officially…

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Today, it was announced that Warner Bros. scored a huge victory over the long battle of the Superman copyright case. The reason? Simply put, the Siegel heirs already sold the Superman copyrights to WB/DC years ago (like I’ve been repeatedly saying in this blog). So that reason alone will force the Siegel heirs to lose the rights to the character. It doesn’t make any sense why the Siegel’s sold the rights to WB’s years ago and now they want them back. It’s all ego with this Marc Toberoff guy, the sleazy lawyer who reps the Siegel’s. Sure, I understand that the character belongs to it’s original creator, but come on people, Jerome Siegel, even allowed Warner’s/DC to be in charge of the character, even when he was alive back in the day.

I’m glad this battle is just about over. “Man of Steel” may already have been finished and it’s about to get released this summer but, now that WB’s has full control of the copyrights, they can do what they want for the upcoming sequels.

I’m looking forward to “Man of Steel”, in June, and you betcha, I will try to see that film on the day it comes out. While I am a fan of superheros, Superman will always be my No. 1.

Read the full story, here.

Kev

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Look like it’s going to be another big year for Spielberg at the Oscars…

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Not surprisingly, Spielberg’s “Lincoln” picks up the  most nominations at the Oscars. And it looks like “Lincoln” will win Best Picture and Spielberg will win for Best Director, no matter what happens. If Spielberg wins, which he probably will, this will be his third time being the big winner. His other two Best Picture winners were for “Schindler’s List”, and “Saving Private Ryan”. It is deserving, ’cause “Lincoln” was a really good film.

While I would like Hugh Jackman to win his first Oscar for “Les Miserables”, it’ll probably end up going to Daniel Day-Lewis instead.

I like the nomination selections this year for the “Oscars”. I’m glad “Django” got the Best Picture nomination as well. Leo Dicaprio got snubbed for his role in “Django”, though. Kind of disappointed in that. Leo seems to always get snubbed at the Oscars.

Other snubs, “Skyfall” for Best Picture. “Moonrise Kingdom” also got the snub. I’m sure there are plenty of more snubs. Can’t think of more at this moment.

Yep, “Lincoln” will probably sweep everything, though. While I would like “Les Miserables” to get the big win, the only winner for that will be for Anne Hathaway’s performance. I predict Anne Hathaway will get the win for Best Supporting Actress, no matter what happens.

“Lincoln” was a very good movie though, and definitely one of the best films of 2012, it deserves all the awards. Plus, “Lincoln” was based on a real life thing and educational. Something real.

See the full nominations list, here.

Kev

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About my Top 15 Best of Movies 2012 list…

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I’ve seen so many films in 2012, many great ones, and some bad ones. There were other movies I wanted to put on there like “Killer Joe”, Disney’s “Brave”, “The Woman In Black”, “Haywire”, and maybe a few others, but I didn’t have room for those films, it was only a 15 choices list. I wanted to put the moves on there, that impressed me the most. The movies I listed previously, I really did love them.

Some of you may ask, what were some of the worst movies, I’ve seen in 2012? A pretty long list of them. Honestly, I thought “The Grey” was the worst movie of 2012, Liam Neeson’s acting in it was great, don’t get me wrong, but admittedly the movie was silly and unrealistic. I also hated Peter Berg’s, “Battleship”, “Mirror, Mirror”, “Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”, “Dark Shadows”, “The Devil Inside”, “Man On a Ledge”, and Oliver Stone’s, “Savages” was crap as well.

I’m sure 2013, will be an even better year for movies.

Kev