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SHOOT 'EM UP set to Blow Your Ass Away'!'!'
Hey folks, Harry here... Recently I read an article over at Jeffrey Wells' Hollywood Elsewhere that got my brain drooling. First off... There's this story about this mid-forties Michael Davis bloke, who just landed a film at New Line off of a 17 minute personally drawn animated pitch for his live-action screenplay. Apparently this thing was kinetic and cool as all hell - and got Bob Shaye excited enough to put the film into high speed over at New Line.
I remembered the Variety story which essentially was just something about it being the ultimate gunplay flick. At the time I thought... riiiiiight... I'd never heard of this Michael Davis, well, not entirely true, I'd seen EIGHT DAYS A WEEK which was pretty cool. But that was, by no means, an action spectacular. But there was a giddy excitement at the way Jeffrey Wells wrote about the story that made me think he giggled all the way through the 17 minute pre-vis pitch made me get excited. I mean - Jeffery Wells giggling is a glorious thing!
So I realized I had to see this insane 17 minute video. So I began calling, IM-ing and doing my best googly-eyes and hang-dog expression to cute-ify myself a tape. Just got it yesterday. HOLY SHIT THIS ROCKS!
Now - I haven't seen the script yet, but any film that has the live-action representation of the 17 animated minutes on this tape... It'd pretty much blow your mind. The tape I got was actually about 35 minutes or so - but some of the animation is re-presented in different formats. The first thing that plays is this essentially a teaser - high octane pitch reel. On Wells' story you'll see frame grabs from it like "THIS IS JOHN WOO'S WET DREAM!" - This section, while awesome as hell - the phrases that pop up from time to time are pretty eye-rolling. I mean, this isn't John Woo's wet dream - John Woo's wet dream is probably a cool as hell musical directed by him, there's a fairly major part of John Woo that wants to leave that balletic action style behind him. I know, I wish he'd just go balls to the wall again too. Personally - I'd love for Woo to go back to Hong Kong and make one last HOLY SHIT flick, to remind Hollywood what an unfettered John Woo can do.
That wet-dream aside... it'll never happen. But what is the story regarding SHOOT'EM UP? This reel shows about 9 major gun-centric action set pieces that are incredible. This reel isn't about character development, it feels more like a male AEON FLUX action piece done in a Don Herzfeldt-like line drawn - but more detailed than pure stick figures. What commences?
Well my first reaction was - HOLY SHIT THIS IS COOL!!! Next I realized that all of the action was completely possible, yet wildly inventive. Next I thought - The MPAA would have a field day with this. Then I watched it again... and watching it I realized that the tone of what was happening was so fanciful, that I think everything save the gunfight-love scene (which is just... god I hope they can film that!) should get through.
You remember those BMW / Clive Owen short films that kicked unholy ass online? This reel feels like those times 10. It feels like a mixture of that and the Matt Damon "BOURNE" films, John Woo's HARDBOILED and lastly Tom Tykwer's RUN LOLA RUN. From watching this reel - I'm dying to get my hands on the script now. IF this is handled right this could be the best and most fun action we've seen in a film in quite some time. I mean... how the umbilical cord is cut... EWWWWWWW - OUCH! We'll have to keep our eyes and ears wide and open regarding this project. It reeks of coolness!
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....Now if only the rest of us could see this 17min test reel....mmm
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You're excited over a shoot-out, without knowing anything about the actual movie?! This is why studios don't bother with stories or characters or quality--they had you at 'bang'. Substitute gore or wire-fu or brooding superheroes, and you get the same result: drooling fanboys.
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What are we talking about? Is it a cool animated gunslinger movie? What about the animated animals like Disney does? Will it be like anime? Somebody tell what to be excited about because I am drunk and unable to compute.
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What are we talking about? Is it a cool animated gunslinger movie? What about the animated animals like Disney does? Will it be like anime? Somebody tell what to be excited about because I am drunk and unable to compute.
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NOW-THAT IS YOUR ORDER.
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Mar 10, 2005 12:15:59 AM CST
WOW HARRY! THAT LOOKS LIKE THE COOLEST THING EVER!! OMFG!! I N
by tall_boy
Black and white wireframe figures and hyperbole filled statements about John Woo's Wet Dream really work, don't you think?
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Are you being sarcastic or just ass9? FOOTAGE PLEASE HARRY 10Q.
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I hope they don't fuck that up.
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And the final version will be even worse.
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Harry old pal, I'm glad you've seen something which got you excited, but you don't give us a whole lot to go on. I don't expect to see clips from the reel or anything else, but dropping in comments like "the way they cut the umbilical cord - gee fuckin whizz!" Only serve to make us slightly more jealous of you than we already are. U know I love ya big guy, but when you write stuff like that, it seems you're just trying to prove that you have actually seen this reel, while not giving anything useful away. It reminds me of your "blind neo" comment just after you saw Matrix Revolutions - it's just not neccesary old chap. Having said that, my interest is officially piqued - please tell us more.
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Mar 10, 2005 12:03:24 PM CST
Woo may have faltered, but Face/Off has one of the best lines in
by lance rock
"I could eat a peach for hourrrrrsss!"
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You appalling bastard.
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Kurt Wimmer will show us some hyperstyle uberkinetic gunplay in Ultraviolet.
Equilibrium action multiplied by ten.
Aphextwin -
...post it up! You know you want to...
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Mar 10, 2005 3:37:15 PM CST
Let's see. The last film I can think of that got a greenlight b
by barry egan
I walked out of "Sky Captain," so I have no interest in this.
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will remain the ultimate gunplay/action choreography
movie for now since all we have is harry squirting over a demo reel. Is that cool news?
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