So apart from experimenting with rubbing baby oil on my chest to see if I can make myself look like one of the guys from 300, my easter break has involved little more than hidding under my blankets with my laptop immersed in a nerdy world of film gossip and trivia.
Ok, so one of the first things I learnt was why my baby oil attempts failled. Supposedly for the aforementioned homo-erotic, greek epic punch up the entire cast was made to not only spend six months bulking up before shooting even commenced but were forced to spend fifteen minutes working out before every take in order for their muscles to be looking taught and rippling each time they’re on screen.
Far too much effort in my opinion, although to be fair to director Zack Snyder what his film lacked in plot and any kind of intellectual content (as it was essentially just a two hour version of the trailer) it made up for in buff men killing each other. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
I also stumbled across a brilliant youtube clip (http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=F86s4Vq59Ks) which I’m still not entirely sure is real, of director David O. Russell flipping out and going a bit mental on the set of I Heart Huckabees.
And finally I just have to ask, am I the only one not even the slightest bit excited about seeing Transformers? OK, they were quite cool toys but still, have some dignity students and get over this whole ‘retro toy’ obsession, its a fucking Michael Bay film: Michael ‘Pearl-fucking-Harbour’ Bay. He directs his film’s through a mega phone from the back of a quad bike. Every film he has ever made has featured a shot of a car flying through the air towards the camera, something which he probably thinks is kind of like a cool ‘Hitchcock cameo’ style trademark despite the fact that in actuality it’s just shit. Film Si
