A Revelation

Youtube is the newest stage in the evolution of cats. This is its true purpose and there's no disproving it.

An interesting actress to keep an eye out for:

From Woody Allen's "You will meet a tall dark stranger", Lucy Punch.

The dimensional subtraction conundrum

This is, I guess, from the "How to train your dragon" DVD extras. Not the most necessary piece of work out there, but there are two interesting things to be observed in it. One - apparently the studios take care to invent some work for the poor 2D animators out there, maybe as a form of social security or something. Two - as they switch between techniques, notice how the transition from 3D to 2D is relatively passable, but the switch from 2D back to 3D feels odd, it leaves you with the same feeling in your stomach as when you miss a step going downstairs.

The embed video option is disabled, so here: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon

The Social network

I'm not sure exactly how David Fincher has done this, but it's pretty amazing to watch - a story that could be utterly uninteresting and dull, told in a way that makes you hang on the edge of your seat from the very start until the end credits roll up. It's the editing of course, and the way the different parts of the story are woven into each-other. The good actors, the depth of the characters, so unusual in a film about college students. The trailer makes your skin crawl, and the film itself is fascinating.

Jesse Eisenberg is great, I hope he gets more of those serious roles.



P.S. Of course, the answer to "How has David Fincher done this?" is that David Fincher is an extraordinary director.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

If you enjoy beauty, sophisticated wit, if you like things that are original and intense, and want to see the great actors of the future in their first role (and Michael Cera and the other Culkin kid), you need to see this film.