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Interview: Joseph Gordon-Levitt on 'Uncertainty', 'Inception' and His Favorite Movies
Filed under: Action », Drama », Independent », New Releases », New in Theaters », Interviews »
Whether as a fast-talking high schooler in a film noir (Brick) or a disfigured soldier in a big budget blockbuster (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra), Joseph Gordon-Levitt has proven himself to be one of the most talented young actors. His new movie, Uncertainty, takes the viewer on a journey into two different worlds, where a flip of a coin takes a young couple (Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collins) into an innocuous visit to her family and decisions about their future and another takes them into a strange criminal underworld where everyone is after a cell phone they found in a cab. Directed by David Siegel and Scott McGehee, Uncertainty was filmed on the fly with hand-held cameras in S16m and HD as the couple race towards their different futures. In this interview, we discuss the freedom of improvising within a structured world, his favorite movies, and what he can't say about G.I. Joe sequels or Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Cinematical: Can you discuss the beginning of the movie a bit? I was confused if it was symbolic or literal or what.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: What do you think was happening?
Cinematical: Well, I went back and I watched it again and wasn't sure.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: I don't want to be evasive or anything... You know, it's the kind of movie that's meant to stimulate a conversation or provoke your own creative thoughts about it, so I hesitate to say, "Well, what it means is blah blah blah." First of all, because it means something different to everybody. And second of all, I would never want anybody to say, "Well, I read an interview where the actor said that it means blah blah blah, so it means that and it doesn't mean anything else. 'Cause to me that's the beauty of movies, is that it can mean really whatever you want. The act of watching a movie, I think, is a creative act; it's not just input. All of us, as audience members, we're telling the story the way that we see it.
Discuss: Summer 2009 Fun Facts
Filed under: Action », Animation », Comedy », Drama », Horror », Independent », Romance », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Thrillers », Mystery & Suspense », Family Films », Remakes and Sequels », Lists », War », Summer Movies »
So here we have it, the summer movie season finally winding down, and maybe it's just us, but a couple of peculiar trends have cropped up since May that we thought were worth bringing to light. For starters, we've only further elaborated on Eric's early indicator that puking was 'in' this year (seriously, it's gotten to be a pretty considerable theme), and as for the rest, you can check them out after the jump. Some spoilers follow. And if there are any corrections or additions to be made, please pipe up in the comments, and do so gently.
Watch This: The Ballad of G.I. Joe
Filed under: Music & Musicals », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Fandom », Trailers and Clips »
If you're into classic toys and cartoons, then for you G.I. Joe probably never left. But for most of us, the arrival of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in theaters has brought the Real American Heroes back into the spotlight, which means one thing -- it's time for a little parody. Fans of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken are used to seeing their Saturday morning heroes get a little postmodern treatment, and over at Funny or Die they've gotten in on the action with The Ballad of G.I. Joe ... and just because it's a joke that's been done before doesn't mean that it isn't still pretty darn funny.
The song was written by Daniel Strange and Kevin Umbricht, and gives you a glimpse of what the Joe team is up to after a hard day of battling for the American way -- and I'll just say that ordering episodes of The Wonder Years was not what I was expecting. The video boasts an all-star cast and plenty of your favorite Joes making an appearance. I won't spoil all of the cameos for you, but some of the bigger names to pop up in the video are Billy Crudup, Zach Galifianakis, Ben Stiller, and Julianne Moore. Now if only Stephen Sommers could have gotten some of those people to appear in the actual movie, we might have been on to something.
After the jump; The Ballad of G.I. Joe...
Fan Rant: Those Kids and Their Scorsese Jones
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Thrillers », Mystery & Suspense », Disney », Paramount », Exhibition », Family Films », Fan Rant », Trailers and Clips »
While attending a midnight showing of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra last week, we got a surprisingly diverse group of trailers attached to a movie that's based on a kid's property, but has no shortage of impaled skulls and throwing stars to the eye sockets (but it's bloodless, Prince Caspian-style, so it's okay!).
The one that got the biggest rise out of the audience was that of Old Dogs, from the director of Wild Hogs (get it?) and starring Robin Williams and John Travolta as swinging bachelors suddenly saddled with kids to care for and forced, one would gather, to learn new tricks (get it?). And lo, the audience did howl, and lo, I did slouch further and further into my seat. A kid is hit in the head by a ball! Williams loses depth perception after the brats mix up his meds! Seth Green is being cuddled by a gorilla that gets angry if he doesn't sing for it! John Travolta gets pecked in the head by aggravated penguins! Sweet Charlie Chaplin's ghost, that there's a knee-slapper!
Weekend Box Office: 'G.I. Joe', 'Julia' Put Up Decent Numbers
Filed under: New Releases », Box Office »
"Decent," at least, is the watchword for G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, whose $56 million opening is roughly half of Transformers 2's first weekend gross. I fear that the movie may follow in the footsteps of Watchmen, which opened to $55 million and ended up with not even twice that much when it left domestic theaters. I do think Paramount deserves credit for actually opening a film that the media, for somewhat mysterious reasons, did its best to bury with manufactured bad buzz. It's really not a bad number, and foreign box office should be strong with this one. A year ago I would have expected G.I. Joe to be more of a summer standout.The $20 million on Julie & Julia seems a little low to me. I expected at least Devil Wears Prada numbers, but I guess this one skewed a little older. Hopefully that will also translate to legs for the well-reviewed film, though Mamma Mia!-style longevity seems unlikely. The clever A Perfect Getaway did mediocre business, as expected, grossing just under $6 million with no real marketing hook. I'll pick this one as my obligatory plug of the week: fans of thoughtful, off-kilter genre films should give it a shot.
The Toys to Movies Trend -- Kitschy or Annoying?
Filed under: Fandom », Fan Rant »
By now you've probably heard that Tom Hanks is looking to play an astronaut action figure -- which is either charming, or meta, or a sign that the universe is collapsing in on itself somehow. To be fair, though, Hanks' Major Matt Mason project (read more about it over on Variety) is the only one I can find it in my heart to forgive, mostly because he brought his own collection to the pitch meeting ... and a Mason figure flew with John Glenn on that final 1998 mission.
Nevertheless, I'm absolutely sick of the toy-to-movie trend. Transformers, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Stretch Armstrong ... they just keep coming. At first I was willing to excuse them because of how comforting it is to engage in childhood nostalgia -- and had it been limited to say, Mason and Transformers, I would defend them to even the most bitter critic. But now I'm rolling my eyes, and finding it all beyond silly. If it continues, I'm going to find it downright scary. Just how long are we going to cling to childhood? (And yes, I realize this is probably a bit rich coming from someone who enjoys her dose of Marvel.)
I'm also annoyed that all of these movies are themed around boy toys. Girls had their share of iconic 80s toys too, you know. If you're going to take Stretch Armstrong seriously as a character, where the hell is Strawberry Shortcake or Rainbow Brite? Where's She-Ra? Yes, these would make terrible movies that not even I, out of a wish to remember my stolen Rainbow Brite, would see ... but could they really be any more terrible than Stretch Armstrong? (Actually, I think She-Ra could be made watchable. Couldn't they green light it based purely on cleavage potential?)
I just hope they stop while they're ahead. And by that, I mean I hope they stop before they get to Teddy Ruxpin. He scared the crap out of me.
Nevertheless, I'm absolutely sick of the toy-to-movie trend. Transformers, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Stretch Armstrong ... they just keep coming. At first I was willing to excuse them because of how comforting it is to engage in childhood nostalgia -- and had it been limited to say, Mason and Transformers, I would defend them to even the most bitter critic. But now I'm rolling my eyes, and finding it all beyond silly. If it continues, I'm going to find it downright scary. Just how long are we going to cling to childhood? (And yes, I realize this is probably a bit rich coming from someone who enjoys her dose of Marvel.)
I'm also annoyed that all of these movies are themed around boy toys. Girls had their share of iconic 80s toys too, you know. If you're going to take Stretch Armstrong seriously as a character, where the hell is Strawberry Shortcake or Rainbow Brite? Where's She-Ra? Yes, these would make terrible movies that not even I, out of a wish to remember my stolen Rainbow Brite, would see ... but could they really be any more terrible than Stretch Armstrong? (Actually, I think She-Ra could be made watchable. Couldn't they green light it based purely on cleavage potential?)
I just hope they stop while they're ahead. And by that, I mean I hope they stop before they get to Teddy Ruxpin. He scared the crap out of me.
New 'G.I. Joe' Character Posters
Filed under: Action », Paramount », Newsstand », Movie Marketing », Comic/Superhero/Geek », Images », War », Posters »
It's only the middle of December, and already I feel like Summer 2009 is just around the corner. It feels like I was bombarded with Terminator: Salvation and X-Men Origin: Wolverine all weekend, and now G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra is coming back into the mix of things with a few new character posters. They're not entirely new, as they first appeared over the summer at a licensing fair, but have been scanned online for the first time thanks to Film.ru. There's four in all -- Duke, Snake Eyes, Baroness, and Ripcord, and all four have been added to the GI Joe gallery below. Unfortunately, they haven't appeared in a big, hi-res version yet.
Paramount might want to reconsider the design since they look just like the Star Trek character posters. You can't have people wandering into Trek, and wondering where the heck Snake Eyes is. G.I. Joe is the All American Hero! Make these screamingly obvious -- red, white, and blue all the way! At least throw in the camoflauge I remember (and probably wrongly) from the packaging. None of this classiness and silver font -- that has to be left for Mission: Impossible installments.
Paramount might want to reconsider the design since they look just like the Star Trek character posters. You can't have people wandering into Trek, and wondering where the heck Snake Eyes is. G.I. Joe is the All American Hero! Make these screamingly obvious -- red, white, and blue all the way! At least throw in the camoflauge I remember (and probably wrongly) from the packaging. None of this classiness and silver font -- that has to be left for Mission: Impossible installments.
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