Star Trek movie review

Aaw, Happy Mother's Day. I hope everyone handed their moms a pretty bouquet of flowers and a big wet one on the cheek today. After all, they are probably the most important people of all. Mom's are nature's way of securing everyone a personal cheerleader through life. And speaking of Mom's we saw a very important one this weekend when we watched the new Star Trek movie. Yes, as you can see in the photo, that is Winona Ryder playing Spock's mother. She has a small but very integral role in the movie that sets a lot of the action into motion.

We went to see the new Star Trek film last friday. I was anxious to see it since the Peter Travers review was good. The movie didn't disappoint. From the very beginning when you see what happens to Kirks father, to the episodes showing a pre-teen Spock and Kirk rebel in their unique ways, you learn so much about what shaped the characters and their behavior. And the movie has an awesome version of the future. It's a quirky, over-the top futuristic world that still has remnants of current times scattered about. Skyscrapers in farmtown Iowa. 1960's muscles cars being chased by flying robotic cops..Pretty cool. All in all we thought it was a fun film, that felt fresh and inclusive. Everyone seems to agree.

Metul on Metul...

Hey everyone....sorry for the delay in posts...we have been busy planning for our film shoot on Sunday and watching movies....So to make good on our promise, we wanted to tell you about Anvil!The story of Anvil.

The Anvil documentary was directed by one time roadie for Anvil and screenwriter of the Steven Spielberg directed film the Terminal, Sacha Gervasi. The documentary is a real life version of This is Spinal Tap. The film follows the band through the struggles of the a European tour filled with various mishaps while its members still question the reason they still haven't found success after playing for over 30 years. The movie is filled with both hilarious and often cringe worthy moments that exemplify perseverance and the human spirit. Unfortunately the film doesn't have a wide release but it may be playing at an independent theatre near you. We saw the film in San Diego on Thursday. The band actually showed up to play a set after the midnight showing this past weekend. I wish we would have seen that.

Ridley Scott Commercial

Interesting new Nicole Kidman commercial from Ridley Scott, the director of Aliens, Gladiator, and G.I. Jane (snicker).

I'll be honest with you..I don't really get the commercial. It just makes no sense. Why is she unzipping her dress? What is the little girl (from Slumdog Millionaire) doing in her bedroom? What is the joke I'm not getting that they're giggling at? That seems to be the consensus in the internet community. However, it is very beautifully filmed, and Ridley Scott has provided us with so many treasured films in his career, I guess we can forgive him this one commercial slip-up ;)

Cinco De Mayo!

So instead of going out to drink some cervezas tonight for Cinco De Mayo we stayed in and messed with Photofunia.

Check it out!

Anyway earlier today C met with a client and we have another commercial shoot coming up in a couple weeks and we put together our project plan for the summer. Lots of new projects coming up! Btw, we are going to checkout Anvil! The story of Anvil this week. We will let you know what we think.

May the 4th be with you!

Happy Star Wars day! Yes, today is the unofficial Star Wars holiday. Today thousands of die-hard fans polished their glossy white storm troopers helmets, clicked on their plastic "light sabers" and paraded down city streets and mall strips in celebration of this most holy of holy days. I believe the evolution of this holiday spun from the dreaded pun in the title of this blog. Star Wars fans were sitting at their computers thinking "Wait minute-May the Fourth sounds a lot like May the Force..lets sanction this!" Either way its cool, and you always can get a kick out of Star Wars fans-they're so creative with their costumes! And on that note here's a funny clip of Triumph the Insult Dog taking some good-hearted digs at those lovable Star Wars fans!

So its Sunday...

Hey everyone,

Tonight C and I uploaded the footage that we shot today have been editing it a bit. Here is a short clip that we are working on. More to come..

So happy its Saturday...

So tomorrow we are going to be shooting some more footage for our experimental Balboa Park short during the Healing Arts Festival. The short we are working on has an abstract narrative and relies on visuals and sound used in non-naturalistic ways to convey story. We should be posting some footage this week.