Whenever I see something like this fan-made opening sequence for “The Dark Knight Rises,” I wish I had enough talent to even contemplate making something this good, instead of just writing about how awesome it is.
Then I remind myself that I have some really good beer in the refrigerator and a pretty nice TV, and I’m okay with my life again.
I wrote about this video for IFC, so you can head over there to learn more about it.
Oh, and grab me a beer while you’re up, okay?
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I reviewed the new thriller “Man on a Ledge” this week for Digital Trends. In the film, Sam Worthington plays a New Yorker who decides to spend a year on his window ledge, watching the city and its inhabitants going about their days and… Okay, just kidding. That’s not the plot of the film at all.
What the film is really about is a guy (Sam Worthington) who threatens to jump off a ledge, and tries to pull off a wild, so-crazy-it-just-might-work heist while standing 29 floors above the street in the middle of Manhattan. It’s actually a very cool premise for a film, and I was definitely intrigued by its Hitchcock-esque elements.
Sadly, the film let me down — and I wasn’t the only one, either. During the screening I attended, there were more than a few of those moments when the audience starts laughing at things that definitely aren’t intended to be funny — which is never a good sign.
Here’s an excerpt from my review:
In theory, it’s a great idea – but in practice, Joey and Angie come off as the sort of people you wouldn’t want to help you move into a new apartment, let alone rob a high-security vault. Most of their on-screen time is spent bickering about their relationship or stumbling through the heist, continually making missteps and then miraculously recovering in the nick of time. Given his brother’s precarious position – both literally and figuratively – Joey rarely shows any concern for the task at hand, instead wasting valuable time fretting over Angie’s past boyfriends or other matters that have nothing to do with the fact that my brother is an escaped convict on a ledge 29 floors above the street and surrounded by police and I need to pull off this complicated plan perfectly in order to save his life and avoid going to jail for the rest of my life, too.
Meanwhile, Rodriguez’ role in the film amounts to little more than eye candy, as Nick’s plan strangely involves multiple costume changes that require Angie to suit up in one sexy outfit after another. To say her heist outfits are impractical is to say Michael Bay films can be a little noisy.
You can read the rest of the review at Digital Trends…
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I don’t think any more needs to be said about it, really. If the term “Space Nazis” didn’t grab your attention, this probably isn’t the movie for you.
I wrote a little more about the film over at IFC.com, so if the idea of a film featuring Nazis invading Earth from a swastika-shaped base on the dark side of the moon appeals to you, you can head over there to read more about it.
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