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Hey all,I'm on a roll tonight! This post is on the subject of my much loved genius Joss Whedon and his long time accomplice Drew Goddard (ahh the Buffy days.) Cabin In The Woods,here we go...

I'm not sure how much chat outwith the general Whedon and Goddard fan bases there has been about this film,I know I've mentioned it once or twice on here. http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2008/11/20/whedon-back-on-the-horse-5071634/ Basically its horror all original like,as far as I can tell. It's seemingly a comment on the horror genre as a whole as it seems to be taking stereotypes and either twisting them,exploiting them or turning them on their heads.Fun.

Enough chatter,here's the posters:

Now I have one little problem with them, whilst they do make sense on their own I kinda feel you have to see all of them together to get the gist of what's going on with this movie. I feel the last one is especially clear about it all.

I love the fact that they just scream Joss Whedon though - he's always been one for irony,juxtaposition and taking the obvious and twisting it upside down and inside out.

I like the simplicity, you know what this is gonna be by looking at the colours, main picture and tag lines. It's all about setting expectations and then tearing them apart I feel.

I'm really excited about this because Drew Goddard is a fantastic director,really very much so.I love everything I've seen of his and am really looking forward to seeing what he's done here.

The script,penned by Whedon and Goddard together,should be great if handled well by the actors.

Overall,it should be a great ride. I guess we'll have to wait till next February to find out.

Your thoughts on the posters,the rumours,the guys involved...anything?

Until Next Time

Hey all,hope you're well.Well I visited my favourite place again the other night and this time it was to check out Sandra Bullock's latest movie, The Proposal. I must say that I was expecting to enjoy a typical rom com, but I actually enjoyed it much more than I expected to...

Firstly it was funnier than I expected. The humour wasn't your typical teen/young adult humour, it was witty and original. Ryan Reynolds is hilarious as always and Sandra Bullock plays off him perfectly. A very funny pairing.

Secondly then the drama was good, and the decent delivery by the leads greatly contributed to my enjoyment of the aspect I usually find most tedious in your typical rom coms. So with the humour taking the lead and the drama coming in pretty good, this film was very strong.

A third good factor was the supporting cast, all of whom were hilariously funny when appropriate and again strong on drama when it was required. This good supporting cast rounded out the film nicely and especially noteworthy is Oscar Nunez as the recurring Mexican.

So yep,a good,fun night out. Give it a go.

Until Next Time

OOH THE TRAILER!

I've done this once before,for the Public Enemies trailer,but I figured I'd keep an eye out for trailers I find interesting and then do a little post about them as they come out.So kids, today's topic of discussion is the newly released trailer for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

As you may or may not know, I've been following this film for quite some time (see a blog I posted last November when the first pictures of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter were released. http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2008/11/20/jd-as-mad-hatter-first-pic-5071372/ )

Head on over to http://www.filmjunk.com to catch the trailer and an interesting article about it.

Well I can tell from the trailer I'm going to love this film. I could kind of already tell, originally from the cast,crew and director and then subsequently from the character stills and concept art pics. But the trailer has really solidified my opinion so far. It looks strangely creepy, but at the same time completely magical. Much more Lewis Carroll than the first Disney interpretation and I'm pleased about that.That's why Tim Burton is perfect for this, he's well versed in delivering on the werid!

Overall I love the look and feel of the film that I've taken from the trailer. Again I echo what I said in the post about JD as the Mad Hatter, it does look oh so Burton-esque. It's a great trailer that's made me even more excited about the release. All of the characters look fantastic - Johnny Depp is gonna steal the show I feel, but hey, I'm utterly biased.

Go have a look if you haven't already and tell me what you think guys.

Until Next Time