A Serious Man
Possibly the most irritating trailer I’ve ever watched. Generally, I can get behind/appreciate repetition/build-up of sounds to a crescendo, but wow. Not this time.
Another thing, too, is that dead space in the dialogue. Done well it’s…funny/poignant/etc. Here it feels…too clever by half. With the door openings and slow-walk to “The rabbi’s busy”? Just no.

A Serious Man

Possibly the most irritating trailer I’ve ever watched. Generally, I can get behind/appreciate repetition/build-up of sounds to a crescendo, but wow. Not this time.

Another thing, too, is that dead space in the dialogue. Done well it’s…funny/poignant/etc. Here it feels…too clever by half. With the door openings and slow-walk to “The rabbi’s busy”? Just no.

30 Jul 2009   [ movies trailer-stills movie-stills ]
Maybe I am.
(Generally can’t stand Wayfarers. There are approximately 3 people that can pull them off, JP here being 1. The rest of you: knock it off. :P)

Maybe I am.

(Generally can’t stand Wayfarers. There are approximately 3 people that can pull them off, JP here being 1. The rest of you: knock it off. :P)

16 Jun 2009   [ movies movie-stills ]
So I had somethin’ to offer.

So I had somethin’ to offer.

15 Jun 2009   [ movies movie-stills ]
Pour Elle (trailer in HD)
I like that wide angle distortion. (Also: any trailer that gets the point across with only 3 words of dialogue is okay in my book. [Okay, yes, title cards, but still.])

Pour Elle (trailer in HD)

I like that wide angle distortion. (Also: any trailer that gets the point across with only 3 words of dialogue is okay in my book. [Okay, yes, title cards, but still.])

3 Jun 2009   [ movies movie-stills trailer-stills ]
William Munny from Missouri
Not that the whole movie isn’t good, but an hour and fifty some minutes in is what sold me. You don’t always get to see the lead come unhinged without road signs and music cues. This was spot-on. Wow.

William Munny from Missouri

Not that the whole movie isn’t good, but an hour and fifty some minutes in is what sold me. You don’t always get to see the lead come unhinged without road signs and music cues. This was spot-on. Wow.

28 May 2009   [ movies movie-stills ]
Muggles.
Tableaux always remind me of The House of Mirth and Lily’s turn in a tableaux vivant. They’re best on film, I think, when you have the blink of an eye to notice it, but too little time to take it all in.

Muggles.

Tableaux always remind me of The House of Mirth and Lily’s turn in a tableaux vivant. They’re best on film, I think, when you have the blink of an eye to notice it, but too little time to take it all in.

17 May 2009   [ movies movie-stills Harry Potter ]
There is no charge for awesomeness.

There is no charge for awesomeness.

13 May 2009   [ movies movie-stills kung fu panda ]
I must make amends.
Keely Hawes and James McAvoy pulled off respectable Macbeths. Their respective transitions from shrew to hysteric and big bark to serious bite were slow and metered and, well, fantastic.
(Also the music? Creep. Tastic.)

I must make amends.

Keely Hawes and James McAvoy pulled off respectable Macbeths. Their respective transitions from shrew to hysteric and big bark to serious bite were slow and metered and, well, fantastic.

(Also the music? Creep. Tastic.)

12 May 2009   [ tv tv-stills movie-stills shakespeare ]
Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom

Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom

7 May 2009   [ movies movie-stills kung fu panda ]
Ice does not help the uncoordinated.
(re: the movie: yeah, that’s right. :P)

Ice does not help the uncoordinated.

(re: the movie: yeah, that’s right. :P)

28 Apr 2009   [ movie-stills movies iphone-screenshot ]
Sherbert lemon.

Sherbert lemon.

25 Apr 2009   [ movies movie-stills ]
Not to be trifled with.

Not to be trifled with.

24 Apr 2009   [ movie-stills movies pride and prejudice ]
Mr. Darcy

Mr. Darcy

24 Apr 2009   [ movie-stills movies pride and prejudice ]
Taught me to hope.

Taught me to hope.

16 Apr 2009   [ movie-stills movies pride and prejudice ]
Quite close to Pemberley.

Quite close to Pemberley.

16 Apr 2009   [ movie-stills movies pride and prejudice ]