Previously on Ty Templeton's Comic Book Boot camp...
*we were introduced to story types
*circles, rectangles, cones and tubes can create anything in the world
*people can be broken into heads
*talent is a myth
*this class has no problem staying past 9:30
This week we entered the world of Karma. No, we didn't pass around a joint and contemplate the universe. Karma is a set of simple expectations. When a character is good and does good, we expect him/her to receive good in return. If the character is an evil bastard we expect him/her to lose out in the end. Sure, this isn't always how things go (in real life and in fiction) but understanding these expectations means we can turn them on their head later if we need to. I was skeptical. By reading this blog you can tell I'm a huge George RR Martin fan. In his books good things happen to bad people, good people get trampled on (or beheaded) and I love the story for it. The difference I think is that GRRM skews the balance of Karma deliberately. When SPOILER...Ned dies...SPOILER we're supposed to be left feeling clueless and upset. We're supposed to be outraged because it's not right.
(Didn't hear your wicked words every day)
Our assignment was to choose one of two scenarios
1. Cleopatra attempts to murder her son
2. Jack Space...something (I've misplaced my notes...) an intergalactic Space captain attempts genocide of an alien race
Create 3 different motivations
Pure: Family, duty, honour, or humanity
Selfish: Greed, power, or glory
Emotional: Revenge, or madness
Create an ending where the motivation balances
If Cleopatra kills her son for the good of the nation we expect the nation to survive and flourish by her actions BUT she does something terrible and needs to be punished for it.
If she kills him out of greed she does something horrible with a horrible motivation so we want something worse to happen to her. If she doesn't succeed in killing him she still needs to be punished for her intentions.
Emotional motivations aren't inherently good or evil, they just have to balance our in the end.
It was interesting to go around the class and bitch our ideas. The reaction was instant. If the Karma didn't work we could tell. We might not have known exactly why it didn't work (and Ty would explain it) but something was off. Something didn't sit right. Next time you read a book or watch a film and at the ending makes you tilt your head and squint your eyes, check the Karma of the story. People don't like to admit it but formula even in art makes us happy. If a character is treated badly we notice. If a character doesn't get the punishment they deserve, we notice.
(I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know, How to sell a contradiction, You come and go you come and go)
Art Lessons
*Tube and a ruler, a box with a roof and a rule = knees
*Middle panel tells information backwards and should drag the eye right to left
*Tall hats are funny
*Drawing attempts will be added when my scanner stops hating me...
Cheers...and now more Culture Club
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go, You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dreams
Red, gold, and green, red gold and green.
;)
Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Bootcamp Breakdown: Class 1
No, I'm not talking about the marching and shouting, drill sergeant type of bootcamp. This is the Ty Templeton's Comic Book Bootcamp, from the people that brought you Ty Templeton's Writing for Comics and 4 perspectives on Inking, The Toronto Cartoonist Workshop.
I meant to write up my trials and missteps after the end of each class but between life and trying to find a job so I can continue life, I've fallen a little behind. Today I bring you class 1 (and hopefully by tomorrow class 2), for your enjoyment, and perhaps to my embarrassment.
In one small paragraph, I have already broken rule #1 of what I like to call Ty Templeton's laws of creating comics.
Do not be self deprecating.
If you start your idea pitch with "It's not that good but..." or "I don't really like it however..." Ty Templeton will call you out on it. Everyone is creative and everyone has good ideas. If you don't believe in your own pitches, why should anyone else? Good question.
After a short introduction to the history of comics (and cave paintings), we were introduced to law #2.
There is no such thing as talent
What does this mean? PRACTICE! Everyone can learn the tools to be a good writer or a decent artist. Ty thinks artistic skills are like an alphabet--When you learn the basics, they can be put together to make pretty much anything.
But don't take my word for it. Here's a clip of a similar lecture from Ty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iEqencK8j8
For many of us, this is our first plunge into the world of creating comics, so Ty starts with the basics. We enter the WORLD OF THREES
The Unified Field Theory of Writing
1. What is Normal?
2. What Changes Normal?
3. What Results from Changing Normal?
3 Kinds of Drawings
1. Close-up
2. Action (medium shot)
3. Establishing shot (wide shot)
3 Reasons
1. Entertainment
2. Emotions
3. Information
3 Kinds of Stories
1. Plot
2. Tale
3. Character Study
We were introduced to the building blocks of all things artistic: the cube, the sphere, the rectangle, and the cone. This was only the beginning. In the next 2 hours we tried our one hand at traveling through space by jumping the gutter, reading panels left-right and top to bottom, and drawing cracker boxes in perspective. Walking out of class 1, there was no doubt you'd be getting your money's worth. The class is so packed with information that I could probably write 3 or 4 more post on just this first class. Instead I hope you'll all come back to read Part 2, in which we learn about joints, Ty and I argue about the political correctness of the word midget, and we find out how to carry a reader's eye across multiple panels. Excelsior...and such.
I meant to write up my trials and missteps after the end of each class but between life and trying to find a job so I can continue life, I've fallen a little behind. Today I bring you class 1 (and hopefully by tomorrow class 2), for your enjoyment, and perhaps to my embarrassment.
In one small paragraph, I have already broken rule #1 of what I like to call Ty Templeton's laws of creating comics.
Do not be self deprecating.
If you start your idea pitch with "It's not that good but..." or "I don't really like it however..." Ty Templeton will call you out on it. Everyone is creative and everyone has good ideas. If you don't believe in your own pitches, why should anyone else? Good question.
After a short introduction to the history of comics (and cave paintings), we were introduced to law #2.
There is no such thing as talent
What does this mean? PRACTICE! Everyone can learn the tools to be a good writer or a decent artist. Ty thinks artistic skills are like an alphabet--When you learn the basics, they can be put together to make pretty much anything.
But don't take my word for it. Here's a clip of a similar lecture from Ty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iEqencK8j8
For many of us, this is our first plunge into the world of creating comics, so Ty starts with the basics. We enter the WORLD OF THREES
The Unified Field Theory of Writing
1. What is Normal?
2. What Changes Normal?
3. What Results from Changing Normal?
3 Kinds of Drawings
1. Close-up
2. Action (medium shot)
3. Establishing shot (wide shot)
3 Reasons
1. Entertainment
2. Emotions
3. Information
3 Kinds of Stories
1. Plot
2. Tale
3. Character Study
We were introduced to the building blocks of all things artistic: the cube, the sphere, the rectangle, and the cone. This was only the beginning. In the next 2 hours we tried our one hand at traveling through space by jumping the gutter, reading panels left-right and top to bottom, and drawing cracker boxes in perspective. Walking out of class 1, there was no doubt you'd be getting your money's worth. The class is so packed with information that I could probably write 3 or 4 more post on just this first class. Instead I hope you'll all come back to read Part 2, in which we learn about joints, Ty and I argue about the political correctness of the word midget, and we find out how to carry a reader's eye across multiple panels. Excelsior...and such.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Scottish Vikings Train Dragons!
Movie: How to Train Your Dragon
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson
What: Outcast viking befriends a dragon and saves the day.
Rating: B+
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson
What: Outcast viking befriends a dragon and saves the day.
Rating: B+
It's fairly formulaic and you generally know what's going to happen, but that doesn't take away much from the actual movie. It's cute and it's funny. The dialogue is clever and there's enough in it that parents are going to enjoy themselves too (in a touching moment Stoic gives his son a viking helmet...made out of half of Hiccup's mother's breastplate). Gerard Bulter channels his role in 300 to play the overbearing dad, and Jay Baruchel does awkward and quirky better than anyone(...well...except maybe Michael Cera...) Tv's Craig Ferguson voices Gobber, the blacksmith/Hiccup's dragon killing coach. From top to bottom the voice acting is great.
Like Box-office toppers Alice in Wonderland, and Clash of the Titans, How to Train Your Dragon was in 3D. Some critics have even compared it to Avatar. I enjoyed the visual of the film. It was lively and detailed. The 3D didn't seem out of place or distract from the movie in anyway, but I'm getting sick of it. I don't think this movie needed it. It would still be as enjoyable if it was in 2D.
I had one tiny, nit-picky problem with the movie, one clever reference that they didn't use. While Hiccup is feeding Toothless (the Dragon) he finds out that he don't like eels. More than that, he's afraid of eels. Hiccup uses this in his training battles to force other dragons into their cage. It's not just Toothless, all dragons are afraid of eels. Then, we find out that the dragons are actually SPOILER subservient to some gigantic cave dwelling creature that is--wait for it--NOT AN EEL. It would have been perfect. It would have made so much sense. It didn't have to be actually an ell, maybe just a huge dragon that really really looked like an eel, an eel with wings, a dragon that controlled eels. But no, it wasn't a eel dragon. Instead we get the T-rex/Godzilla monster/dragon that has been in a dozen other films (including clash of the Titans, stay tuned). I'm not saying that it was bad, I'm just saying one little change would have tied back in a throw away joke from the beginning of the movie. It would have been clever.
Favourite Line: Hiccup (to Toothless the Dragon) Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile!
Monday, September 14, 2009
TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival is now in full swing and I personally have had a fantastic time so far. I’m kicking myself for not partaking in last year’s festivities even though I was in the city at the time. For it being my first film festival experience I couldn’t ask for anything more...well, except someone else paying for my tickets but that’s only wishful thinking. So what has made this experience great? I’ll tell you.
The People
Happy, outgoing, and informative volunteers. I applaud these people. I can only imagine the repetition, inane questions, and public outbursts these people have to face. Yet, each time I need assistance, whether it finding a venue, finding a line, or just asking for the time, they’ve greeted me with a smile, and more importantly THE CORRECT INFORMATION. Most seem to be willing to chat about the upcoming shows, what they’ve seen, what you’ve seen. They’re generally interested in film and are there as fans as much as anyone else. And if you don’t want to talk they won’t bother you. Yes, if you’re in the way of a red carpet or standing in the middle of the road waiting for a celebrity they’ll tell you to move but I haven’t run across the volunteer with the god complex yet, though there is still time.
Free Stuff
Yonge and Dundas Square is offering free screenings of documentary films, short films, and some other cool things. They’re not new and a lot of them are concert or music based, but it’s still something to do for free in the city. Yesterday I found myself watching the “Woodstock” documentary on the big screen in the heart of downtown Toronto. Even though I own the DVD it’s interesting to watch something like that in a group. People clapped after each band took the stage. People cheered for The Who. People cheered for naked women. It was a fun experience and a good place to spend time between other screenings.
Last night was also the Toronto Roller Derby showcase and premiere of Drew Barrymore’s Whip It. I had no idea that sport still existed let alone there were clubs in at least 4 nearby cities. The Roller girl’s played an exhibition and showed a lot of people what Roller Derby was. I for one still have no idea what was going on or how on earth points were scored but it was a new experience and actually pretty interesting. Rick the Temp (he will never be known as anything else to me...) and the roller girls handed out Whip It swag. To keep people in the seats (or standing against a barricade) the main cast of Whip It made an appearance at half time and walked the read carpet. Drew Barrymore introduced her cast (Trying not to use the F bomb, but alas failing) and the posed for pictures with the skaters, before heading to the movie’s screening.
The Films
This is where you can see movies you wouldn’t normally see. True, the big names get a lot of the press and attention but I’m not going to spend my money on seeing The Invention of Lying, when I can see it in a month when it comes out. So far I’ve only gone to two screenings but as really impressed.
Valhalla Rising, by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, stars Mads Mikkelsen as One-Eye, a mute Viking warrior with no past. It was a strange movie and played on fate, redemption, heaven and hell, and Christianity. The director explained during the Q&A that it could be what ever you read into it and he’s right. On the surface it’s a truly violent and gory tale about basically some guys either sitting in a boat or walking through the woods. I enjoyed it and Mads Mikkelsen is badass but I don’t know if I’d watch it again, though I would like to know what happened in the ten minutes cut for the Canadian viewing.
My favourite of the two so far is Perrier’s Bounty, by Irish director Ian Fitzgibbon. This movie was a hell of a lot of fun. Cillian Murphy plays, Micheal McCrea, a man down on his luck and in debt to gangster Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson). Trouble ensues. Along with his nutty father (Jim Broadbent) and his neighbour (Jodie Whittaker), McCrea tries to survive the night. Perrier’s Bounty is in the vain of guy Ritchie and really works well. The characters are quirky and the actors are great. Broadbent’s coffee eating, sleep deprived character is hilarious, and murphy’s reactions to him are priceless. It really is a fun dark gangster-filled comedy. As of yet it doesn’t have North American distribution but I hope it will. I would love to watch it again.
Well, that’s all for now. We’ll see what the rest of the week brings.
The People
Happy, outgoing, and informative volunteers. I applaud these people. I can only imagine the repetition, inane questions, and public outbursts these people have to face. Yet, each time I need assistance, whether it finding a venue, finding a line, or just asking for the time, they’ve greeted me with a smile, and more importantly THE CORRECT INFORMATION. Most seem to be willing to chat about the upcoming shows, what they’ve seen, what you’ve seen. They’re generally interested in film and are there as fans as much as anyone else. And if you don’t want to talk they won’t bother you. Yes, if you’re in the way of a red carpet or standing in the middle of the road waiting for a celebrity they’ll tell you to move but I haven’t run across the volunteer with the god complex yet, though there is still time.
Free Stuff
Yonge and Dundas Square is offering free screenings of documentary films, short films, and some other cool things. They’re not new and a lot of them are concert or music based, but it’s still something to do for free in the city. Yesterday I found myself watching the “Woodstock” documentary on the big screen in the heart of downtown Toronto. Even though I own the DVD it’s interesting to watch something like that in a group. People clapped after each band took the stage. People cheered for The Who. People cheered for naked women. It was a fun experience and a good place to spend time between other screenings.
Last night was also the Toronto Roller Derby showcase and premiere of Drew Barrymore’s Whip It. I had no idea that sport still existed let alone there were clubs in at least 4 nearby cities. The Roller girl’s played an exhibition and showed a lot of people what Roller Derby was. I for one still have no idea what was going on or how on earth points were scored but it was a new experience and actually pretty interesting. Rick the Temp (he will never be known as anything else to me...) and the roller girls handed out Whip It swag. To keep people in the seats (or standing against a barricade) the main cast of Whip It made an appearance at half time and walked the read carpet. Drew Barrymore introduced her cast (Trying not to use the F bomb, but alas failing) and the posed for pictures with the skaters, before heading to the movie’s screening.
The Films
This is where you can see movies you wouldn’t normally see. True, the big names get a lot of the press and attention but I’m not going to spend my money on seeing The Invention of Lying, when I can see it in a month when it comes out. So far I’ve only gone to two screenings but as really impressed.
Valhalla Rising, by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, stars Mads Mikkelsen as One-Eye, a mute Viking warrior with no past. It was a strange movie and played on fate, redemption, heaven and hell, and Christianity. The director explained during the Q&A that it could be what ever you read into it and he’s right. On the surface it’s a truly violent and gory tale about basically some guys either sitting in a boat or walking through the woods. I enjoyed it and Mads Mikkelsen is badass but I don’t know if I’d watch it again, though I would like to know what happened in the ten minutes cut for the Canadian viewing.
My favourite of the two so far is Perrier’s Bounty, by Irish director Ian Fitzgibbon. This movie was a hell of a lot of fun. Cillian Murphy plays, Micheal McCrea, a man down on his luck and in debt to gangster Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson). Trouble ensues. Along with his nutty father (Jim Broadbent) and his neighbour (Jodie Whittaker), McCrea tries to survive the night. Perrier’s Bounty is in the vain of guy Ritchie and really works well. The characters are quirky and the actors are great. Broadbent’s coffee eating, sleep deprived character is hilarious, and murphy’s reactions to him are priceless. It really is a fun dark gangster-filled comedy. As of yet it doesn’t have North American distribution but I hope it will. I would love to watch it again.
Well, that’s all for now. We’ll see what the rest of the week brings.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A Needed Update...
Well, I’m really far behind. Between moving, Fanexpo, and general life I haven’t had time (or internet access) to update here. Now I find myself waiting for the cable guy and I thought it a perfect time to run down what has happened in my fandom in the past couple month.
Game of Thrones is taking the internet by storm. The Westeros forum and Winter is Coming have been keeping up all up to date with casting news and rumours. I have to say, there communities are some of the best I’ve been involved with. Aside from the completely horrendous Tamzin Merchant bashing incident, the boards are a great place for actual intelligent discussion. GRRM has been keeping us on our toes with casting games, giving us hints for each new actor cast. Not only does it keep the fans entertained while we wait it seems to generate noticeable buzz. The last two releases from the Hollywood Reporter have commented on the hype and internet buzz this PILOT is getting. It’s amazing to think so much news is coming from something that has a chance not to be picked up. Friends of mine who only know of Thrones through my constant babbling heard of the latest casting news through other channels. The word is spreading fans, and that can only be good news.
Down to Casting Business
Let’s look at the names that are attached to this show
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion
Sean Bean as Ned Stark
Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon
Kit Harrington as Jon Snow
Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen
Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon
Since my last post we have...
Jennifer Ehle as Catelyn Stark-best known for her role as Lizzie Bennett in the BBC Pride and Prejudice
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister-New Amsterdam
Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy-from Equus, brother to pop singer Lily Allen
Tamzin Merchant as Dany Targaryen-The Tudours
Richard Madden as Robb Stark-a mostly unknown from the stage
Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont-noted character actor
unknown child actors, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner as Arya Stark and Sansa Stark
and most recently
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister-which solidifies Throne’s hold on the geek demographic
GRRM has given us one more character/actor clue and all signs point to the casting of Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane. It hasn't been made official but many fans are taking this deducation as fact.
There are only a few leads left to cast but quite a few roles I'm waiting to hear about: Bran, Drogo, Benjen Stark, Maester's Luwin and Pycelle, Hodor...
Game of Thrones is taking the internet by storm. The Westeros forum and Winter is Coming have been keeping up all up to date with casting news and rumours. I have to say, there communities are some of the best I’ve been involved with. Aside from the completely horrendous Tamzin Merchant bashing incident, the boards are a great place for actual intelligent discussion. GRRM has been keeping us on our toes with casting games, giving us hints for each new actor cast. Not only does it keep the fans entertained while we wait it seems to generate noticeable buzz. The last two releases from the Hollywood Reporter have commented on the hype and internet buzz this PILOT is getting. It’s amazing to think so much news is coming from something that has a chance not to be picked up. Friends of mine who only know of Thrones through my constant babbling heard of the latest casting news through other channels. The word is spreading fans, and that can only be good news.
Down to Casting Business
Let’s look at the names that are attached to this show
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion
Sean Bean as Ned Stark
Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon
Kit Harrington as Jon Snow
Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen
Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon
Since my last post we have...
Jennifer Ehle as Catelyn Stark-best known for her role as Lizzie Bennett in the BBC Pride and Prejudice
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister-New Amsterdam
Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy-from Equus, brother to pop singer Lily Allen
Tamzin Merchant as Dany Targaryen-The Tudours
Richard Madden as Robb Stark-a mostly unknown from the stage
Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont-noted character actor
unknown child actors, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner as Arya Stark and Sansa Stark
and most recently
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister-which solidifies Throne’s hold on the geek demographic
GRRM has given us one more character/actor clue and all signs point to the casting of Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane. It hasn't been made official but many fans are taking this deducation as fact.
There are only a few leads left to cast but quite a few roles I'm waiting to hear about: Bran, Drogo, Benjen Stark, Maester's Luwin and Pycelle, Hodor...
Thursday, August 13, 2009
X-men Origins: Wolverine 2
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i367bfce562b7ee621c8ea584d5aa21e5
So...this is actually happening...awesome...
So...this is actually happening...awesome...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Review: G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
Well they got me into the theatre. All summer this movie was in the back of my mind. The trailers made me want to skip it completely but free food lured me in. Good marketing on AMC’s part, free popcorn and pop and I’m in their seat. To be clear, I was never a big G.I. Joe fan. I vaguely remember watching the show, say “and knowing is half the battle” more than anyone should, and remember marrying my brother’s Cobra Commander to a slew of my Barbie dolls. My favourite action figure was with red-bearded guy with a white t-shirt that I found in a fire-pit when we were camping one summer. I don’t know the back stories or remember the history. I read the recent G.I. Joe: Cobra comic mini-series but that’s where my knowledge ends. So what did I think of this movie? I thought it was a whole hell of a lot of fun! Was it deep? No. Was it plausible? No a chance. Is Channing Tantum likeable enough to carry a movie? Just barely. Did things explode? And how! This is one of those movies where you have to shut off your brain and just go with it and that’s ok. The movie knows what it is. It’s ridiculous, plot points are guessed at and there are a few too many coincidences but it doesn’t matter. Shit blows up. Evil tries to take over the world. Good saves the day. G.I. Joe knows each scene is only there to get to the next big explosion, and unlike some of this year’s big action movies (CoughWolverineCough) they don’t try to sugar-coat it. Let me explain.
In one scene Duke grabs the case of warheads and bashes Storm-Shadow with it. It doesn’t do any good, but in the next scene Breaker announces that he’s been watching the warhead signal in case it comes back on, and now it has. I could have missed something but apparently bashing warheads=activating tracking signal. They could have tried to explain away what Duke was doing. They could have come up with a better reason for the tracking to work or for the Joes to find the base, but the movie knows it really just doesn’t matter. When we get there things will explode and everything else will be forgotten.
I may seem like I’m talking down but I’m really not. I’m actually surprised that there was any actual story at all. It wasn’t ra-ra American propaganda by any means and the characters were generally good too. Marlon Wayans as Ripcord was a little annoying, Channing Tatum was a little bland but it seemed to work. I especially enjoyed Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (imdb says he played Heavy Duty but I had no idea what his name was through the entire movie). I’ve only seen him play somewhat crazy people (OZ, Lost) so it was a nice surprise to see him in this. The casting of Joseph Gordon-Levitt still boggles my mind but for some reason it worked. And Brendan Fraser? I’ve also learned that I kind of love Sienna Miller and/or wish I looked that good in a skin-tight body suite...
When watching the trailer I thought this movie could possible have been the worst film of the summer but for me it wasn’t. It wasn’t the deepest or most insightful. It was an action movie with all that entails. Hell, I came out of this feeling enormously better than I did after Funny People. If you want something with high emotional moments and heart-wrenching scenes skip G. I. Joe but otherwise I’d say have fun and be eight years old again. Watch rockets and lasers kill things. Watch cars crash as no one is held accountable for collateral damage. Watch the Sequel because they are clearly planning one. Have fun with it and don’t think too hard. Was is great? no. Was it good? Probably not. But I will say it again, it was fun. Also, +100 points for not yelling “NOOOO!” over the body of a dead girl.
In one scene Duke grabs the case of warheads and bashes Storm-Shadow with it. It doesn’t do any good, but in the next scene Breaker announces that he’s been watching the warhead signal in case it comes back on, and now it has. I could have missed something but apparently bashing warheads=activating tracking signal. They could have tried to explain away what Duke was doing. They could have come up with a better reason for the tracking to work or for the Joes to find the base, but the movie knows it really just doesn’t matter. When we get there things will explode and everything else will be forgotten.
I may seem like I’m talking down but I’m really not. I’m actually surprised that there was any actual story at all. It wasn’t ra-ra American propaganda by any means and the characters were generally good too. Marlon Wayans as Ripcord was a little annoying, Channing Tatum was a little bland but it seemed to work. I especially enjoyed Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (imdb says he played Heavy Duty but I had no idea what his name was through the entire movie). I’ve only seen him play somewhat crazy people (OZ, Lost) so it was a nice surprise to see him in this. The casting of Joseph Gordon-Levitt still boggles my mind but for some reason it worked. And Brendan Fraser? I’ve also learned that I kind of love Sienna Miller and/or wish I looked that good in a skin-tight body suite...
When watching the trailer I thought this movie could possible have been the worst film of the summer but for me it wasn’t. It wasn’t the deepest or most insightful. It was an action movie with all that entails. Hell, I came out of this feeling enormously better than I did after Funny People. If you want something with high emotional moments and heart-wrenching scenes skip G. I. Joe but otherwise I’d say have fun and be eight years old again. Watch rockets and lasers kill things. Watch cars crash as no one is held accountable for collateral damage. Watch the Sequel because they are clearly planning one. Have fun with it and don’t think too hard. Was is great? no. Was it good? Probably not. But I will say it again, it was fun. Also, +100 points for not yelling “NOOOO!” over the body of a dead girl.
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