I'm hanging out for this movie... I can't remember another film in the last five or ten years that I've been so excited about having just seen the trailer. I almost jumped out of my seat at one point.
A couple of mates of mine are in it as extras, (Yay Wellington!!) and James Cameron has made some of the most memorable films of the last thirty years. And it LOOKS beautiful.
Yep I will come to Welly for it -- I better get onto booking that ticket, it's selling out months in advance all around the world.
And my mates Chris and Andy (of Chris, Kris and Andy fame) are the guys I know in it. To which Ed do you refer? :)
Incidentally, this portrayal of Hitler is from the movie Downfall, which I saw in 2005 at the Penthouse in Wellington, and I have to say it's far and away the best depiction of Hitler and the Nazi Party that I've ever see. Yes, Inglorious Basterds was fun, The Producers was hilarious, and Ian McKellen's Richard III was brilliant in its own special way, but it's rare to get a film that deals with the real historical people sensitively.
In Downfall you get a real sense of the charisma of the man, in modern film he's typically dehumanised and demonised, and I think that really misses the point.
The racism and ambition of the Nazi party wasn't all goose-stepping and shouting maniacally, it was polite, coercive, and 'civilised.' Hitler was a real man, with loves, fears, a sense of humour and friends. And that's the really frightening part - any of us, given the right conditions, could commission or commit similar atrocities.
HAHA!!! I love it! Although the 15 min preview was very good, so they got that bit wrong :P
ReplyDeleteI'm hanging out for this movie... I can't remember another film in the last five or ten years that I've been so excited about having just seen the trailer. I almost jumped out of my seat at one point.
ReplyDeleteA couple of mates of mine are in it as extras, (Yay Wellington!!) and James Cameron has made some of the most memorable films of the last thirty years. And it LOOKS beautiful.
Can't wait!!
:)
w00t!
ReplyDeleteWho do you know who did extra work in it? I saw a friend of mine in the 15 min preview! (Ed) It was so funny to see him!!
You're going to have to come down to welly to see it in it's 3D goodness! :D
Yep I will come to Welly for it -- I better get onto booking that ticket, it's selling out months in advance all around the world.
ReplyDeleteAnd my mates Chris and Andy (of Chris, Kris and Andy fame) are the guys I know in it. To which Ed do you refer? :)
Incidentally, this portrayal of Hitler is from the movie Downfall, which I saw in 2005 at the Penthouse in Wellington, and I have to say it's far and away the best depiction of Hitler and the Nazi Party that I've ever see. Yes, Inglorious Basterds was fun, The Producers was hilarious, and Ian McKellen's Richard III was brilliant in its own special way, but it's rare to get a film that deals with the real historical people sensitively.
In Downfall you get a real sense of the charisma of the man, in modern film he's typically dehumanised and demonised, and I think that really misses the point.
The racism and ambition of the Nazi party wasn't all goose-stepping and shouting maniacally, it was polite, coercive, and 'civilised.' Hitler was a real man, with loves, fears, a sense of humour and friends. And that's the really frightening part - any of us, given the right conditions, could commission or commit similar atrocities.