I’m sure quite a few people have called for something like this in discussions about what Warner Bros. should do to make Superman work on the big screen: the studio is reportedly turning to Christopher Nolan to act as a “godfather” to help shepherd development of a new Superman film. Before we go further, at this point Nolan is not writing, and is not directing. Rather, Nolan would play more of a mentor’s role to help the film get moving. In other words, WB wants him to communicate some of the methods he used to reinvent Batman on film to help Superman get off the ground in time for Warners to exploit the character before the rights go back to the Siegel and Shuster families. Read More »
Is Christopher Nolan’s Inception going to be a gigantic mindfuck? In a recent interview with the Inquirer (not Enquirer), star Leonardo DiCaprio talked about what it was like working on the film, even though he (and the other cast/crew) didn’t always understand what was going on, even while they were filming:
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/Film reader Keaton M points me towards the first official production photo released from Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which was found in the Los Angeles Times movie preview. Of course, with two trailers, we already have a ton of stills from the film (37 screencaptures can be seen here).
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Oh, good, here’s a way to talk about Inception without really giving anything away. Unfortunately this is pure hype machine stuff, but for those of you who consider writer/director Christopher Nolan the best thing going this will just reinforce the idea that Inception could be the movie of the year. And after seeing that awesome ‘folding city’ shot in the trailer, not to mention some of the other stuff the film is doing visually, it certainly could be the most ambitious movie of the summer.
In a recent interview, Nolan says that Inception is “the biggest challenge I’ve taken on to this point.” Read a bit more about what makes it such a serious undertaking, after the break. Read More »
And here I thought that I have been watching the Inception trailers a bit too much. Filmmaker Jerome G. Villarin has watched the trailers so much that he took it upon himself to re-edit the footage into something that makes more sense. He also proceeds to speculate on the plot, characters, and their motivations. Needless to say, I think he might be on to something.
His recut trailer and analysis, along with my own thoughts, after the break.
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When the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s new film Inception began to screen attached to early press screenings of Sherlock Holmes, movie bloggers around the internet (including our own David Chen) attempted, from memory, to recall the imagery from the new teaser. It wasn’t an easy task considering all the craziness that happens in the new trailer, which yes, was released online earlier this week (see it here). Warner Bros has finally released an unwatermarked high definition version of the trailer. And since it is a slow news week (blame the holidays), I thought it might be good to create high resolution captures of some of the moments from the trailer. Check them out now, after the jump.
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A couple weeks ago we ran a listing of the best reviewed films of the decade as compiled by Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. We followed that up by the top 20 films of the decade, as voted on by the users of FlickChart.
Today I decided to compile the top 25 films of the decade, as voted by the users of the Internet Movie Database. While it is very easy to discount any of these lists (or any best of list in general), and while it might be easy for many of you to just write off the user ratings on IMDb as fanboy voting, it’s definitely the largest sampling of movie-going opinion that exists today.
# American Film Title (year) IMDb rating # of Votes # on Top 250 of all Time List
1. The Dark Knight (2008) 8.8 410,450 9
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8 329,852 11
3. City of God (2002) 8.7 148,073 16
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7 355,929 20
5. Avatar (2009) 8.6 69,101 24
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Well, this is a nice little surprise. If you can stand not knowing the content of the dialogue and voice-over, here’s the French version of the first full trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Inception. Check it out after the break. Read More »
Last week a viral for Christopher Nolan’s Inception began, revealing the first one sheet for the film. It was discovered at the completion of an internet mini game called Mind Crime, which involved users creating a maze for people to play around in.
With only a few days before the second teaser trailer hits theaters (attached to Sherlock Holmes), another teaser poster has supposedly been uncovered in the game (found via nolanfans). This poster features the film’s logo, in the form of skyscrapers, in a view from the sky (another image similar to that seen in the first teaser trailer).
I have not been able to confirm the legitimacy of this latest poster, and I’m a little bit skeptical considering no high resolution version has been posted (the previous teaser poster was released in a super high resolution digital image file). It’s very possible that this is a fan creation, and if so, it’s still worth posting.
Update: A couple readers have reported seeing the poster in theaters, so it appears as if it is real.
Check out the full poster after the jump.
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The teaser poster for Christopher Nolan’s Inception hit the web yesterday. There are a couple of observations that we didn’t include in our initial posting that I think some of you might be interested in. For instance, did you notice the similarity between the Inception poster and the Joker teaser poster for Christopher Nolan’s last film The Dark Knight? I believe Devin might have been the first to notice. For some reason I’m guessing that it was unintentional. More after the jump.
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