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Welcome to Movieville my little minions! As the title clearly tells you, I am indeed Daniel “Dan” Hall. I am a dear friend of Mr Karan “Kazed” Dholakia and as a result of this and our common interest in film, Movieville was born. The logo actually came from a college project I did and as Kazed got serious about the whole website idea I suggested my website design and BOOOM!…here we are.
Okay, a bit about me. I’m 20 years of age, finished with education and work and act all responsible and all that funny business. As I said I’m a keen movie man and I am proud of my DVD collection. A few favourites of mine include, Die Hard, Se7en, In Bruge, Oldboy, Bullitt, The Big Lebowski, Memento, Apocolypse Now, Brotherhood, Inglourious Basterds, Requiem For A Dream, Raging Bull, Groundhog Day, La Haine blahh blahhhhh, the list goes on.
I hope to contribute some sort of content for the site so keep your eyes peeled. Holla at me for anything you want to know or discuss at dan@movieville.org. Enjoy your stay in movieville and I will see you around.
Toooodle-pip!
A video I stumbled upon during my Dan time. Found it quite interesting and it really does make you realise just how much of an impact special effects have had on the industry. What would films look like without it? What will films be in another 100 years?
Soooooooo, it seems I was one of the few people that didn’t manage to get to see Bruno at the cinema when it came out. I heard good things from people about it so I risked it for a biscuit and bought it on dooovd.
So basically, the story is that you follow the famous, gay Austrian TV presenter Bruno as he tries to break America. His reputation is left in tatters after a catwalk disaster and all he has to help him on his journey is his former assistant’s assistant ‘Lutz’. Sound familiar? *cough exactly the same plot as Borat in different context cough*. The whole of the film is basically a mockery of Hollywood and peoples desperate attempts to get famous, from adopting an African child for an iPod to attempting to resolve political conflict through the supreme power of gayness. Sounds funny, yes?
I am sad to say that I wasn’t too impressed with Bruno, yes it had its LOL moments but it was just basically a gay Borat that pushes the boundaries of controversial humour a bit more. The thing I liked about Borat was that the humour stunts seemed fairly unscripted and improvised. Maybe some of Bruno was done this way but it didn’t come across that way, everything seemed too polished. The best way to describe the humour was like the guy who tries too hard at parties, could be funny but most people would find it annoying.
I always thought it would be difficult to replicate Borat, turns out they literally did just replicate Borat but with a slightly different formula and for me, that was its downfall. It’s like hearing the same joke twice, still funny just never quite as good as the first time. In other news, I now have a brand new copy of Bruno that I don’t really want. Offers?
Dan
A funny title for what looks to be a funny film. Great cast with George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor (Dodgy accent), Jeff Bridges. I'm a fan of dark comedies and I am liking the look of this. I just hope the best bits weren't all shown in the trailer. Daniel Hall likes this *thumbs up.
Well, to be honest I sat down in the cinema not really knowing too much about this film. I shamefully hadn’t seen many trailers and I hadn’t read much about it but I knew it was a Tarantino film and that was all I needed to know. Gratuitous violence, dark comedy, amazing dialogue, and unforgettable characters to name just a few of the things I expected. Did it fulfil? Ooohhh yes.
To summarise the film, it’s basically all about revenge with three dividing plots that collide to make the epic end to the film. It starts with the slaughter of a group of Jews seeking refuge underneath a farmer’s house. The massacre is masterminded by the ‘Jew hunter’ himself Colonel Hans Landa, easily the most likeable character in the film which is surprising considering his mission to kill Jews. The dialogue between him and the farmer in the build up to the massacre is Tarantino at his best and it makes it one of my favourite scenes in the film, 20 minutes of suspense filled goodness topped with a massive dose of violence. Not all goes to plan though and one girl escapes Landa’s grasp and gets away.
Landas’ ultimate goal is to track down and kill The Basterds, a Jewish-American group of brute soldiers whose aim is to kill Hitler and scalp as many Nazi soldiers for the crimes they have committed. It is through them that you see the bulk of that gratuitous violence that Tarantino’s films are infamous for. Brad Pitt plays the role of your stereotypically acted, red neck American soldier who again is quite likeable and light-hearted considering the amount of violence in the film. The fact that they are likeable doesn’t make the comedic side of the film seem out of place and Brad Pitts delivery of his lines makes for some laugh out loud moments.
And then comes the one that got away, Shoshanna or Emmanuelle Mimieux as she is now known who now has her own revenge plot against the Nazi’s. Its how these three stories combine that makes the plot so intriguing. I won’t give away any more of the plot, you will want to watch it and appreciate it for yourself but I can assure you that you will appreciate it. It isn’t historically accurate but that isn’t the point. It’s refreshing to see a world war two film that isn’t all about one man single handedly winning the war and the brutality and the violence of the war must have had Tarantino creaming in his pants at the prospect of what he could do with this film.
I can honestly say that this is my second favourite film of his after Reservoir Dogs and I gladly put it up there with my favourite films of all time. I was gripped throughout and I know I keep mentioning it, but dialogue is the defining factor for me. I never thought I could be so entertained by two people having a 20 minute conversation but somehow he pulls it off. The ending is well thought out and extremely satisfying, you will understand what I mean when you see it. My only, and I mean ONLY problem with this film is Eli Roth. I am not a fan and it feels like he was in the film because Quentin did him a favour. He tries too hard and he just doesn’t really fit in with all of the other characters. But this is minor and simply and opinion, I’m sure others will disagree. It definitely didn’t make me enjoy the film any less and I would recommend this to any Tarantino fan and I challenge you not to like it.
Dan
Tv Show Friends is coming back and that is official, the huge popular American show Friends is coming back to the big screen in a big budget movie that will make it a huge success.After all the stars secretly agreed to get back together for the Friends big budget film, studio bosses quickly got together an experienced team which includes Friends creator David Crane and Marta Kauffman to write and produce the film.James Michael Tyler who played Central Perk oddball Gunther - confirmed: "Friends: The Movie is definitely on. I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen."Studio bosses at Warner Brothers got together to convinced the cast it was a great idea after seeing Sex and The City Movie being a huge success that took $408,921,925 at the box office.It has not been all plane sailing for the cast of Friends when the successful show ended. Everyone expected the cast to be inundated with work and be a huge success in their own right but this was not to happen.Matt Leblanc’s spin-off comedy show Joey which insiders thought would be a huge success was cancelled after 2 seasons and Matthew Perry show, Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip was cancelled after just one single season.It is hoped that the film of Friends will reignite the careers of the stars of the Show.-Source(s) in2town/Daily Mail
So I seen this article and it got me all excited with excitement. Admittedly the source isn't exactly the most well known but it has been in a few of the national newspapers over here so my hopes are high. Daniel Hall likes this.
On another note, if you haven't watched Studio 60 on Sunset Strip then I urge you too. A massively underated show that didn't get the viewing figures that it deserved and Matthew Perry in his best role yet in my opinion. Great cast, great humour, great acting, great series.
Peace out,
Dan
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