The Friday Night Rave

Of course till the break of dawn...

Ok, let's talk film. Well this week has been a week for me hence only three posts. I guess only my die hard fans are upset. This week we have news of Spider Man 4 and 5 filmed consecutively. We all saw this coming. Whenever you have a third film in the trilogy that is sub-par. You now have in Hollywood complete freedom to do a forth one. There was a time in Hollywood, that if you made a bad tentpole film, that was it. A studio moved on to the next project. Now, we can do it again. Hell, I wouldn't even be surprised of doing a Spider-Man begins with an all new cast and a darker subject matter, released in late July.

That's the train of thought now. We all know that. What will the new Spider Man be? I dunno. But you can bet that it will have a darker tone. In fact any super hero film released from now on will carry a darker tone. That's the trend. Well the new Superman Movies will be redone completely. They won't have the PC Brandon Routh whose voice and mannerisms were a direct impersonation of Christopher Reeve. That's all that casting choice was. It was to honor Chris Reeve. I think they should have taken Superman in a whole new direction. Well they will now. They won't even have Bryan Singer do it again. They will get a darker director to handle the project.

SO what's good about this downtime before Oscar season and post Summer Blockbuster? The DVD's. Iron Man is to be released on DVD September 30th and the rest of the Blockbusters will follow. That includes The Dark Knight in December. All the summer films will be in stores before Christmas. That is something to look forward to. It is almost a shame that it happens so fast. It is a shame that DVD's come out only three months after the theatrical run. They do that so there is not enough time for pirating. Yet, that could be a reason for lower theater attendance.

I hope that no one forgets that film is all about watching it in the theater. I do think most people forget that. The majority of people out there who are not in the prime demographic will wait for the DVD release and ignore the theatrical. It is a shame to see that happen. Movies will always be about the experience. If you have never seen The Godfather in the theater, I guarantee you that you have never seen it. It's a whole different experience. Go see film in theaters. Of course check the tomatometer first. I don't want you throwing you money away. Until next week, let's talk film!