As a member of the Screen Actors Guild, studios send me screener DVDs, and allow me free rental downloads of nominated films.
However, this year, the performance I am most looking forward to seeing, Tilda Swinton in We Need To Talk About Kevin, is not on the list. How sad.
Tangent initialize... I rarely see films in a theatre anymore. It's just not the great experience it once was. People talk, LOUD. No one can stop texting for five minutes. Thirty five year-old men kick the back of my seat as though they were seven. People bring hard candies, individually wrapped in cellophane designed to wake a sleeping child half a mile away. Why pay to be subjected to that, when I can watch a film at home, on my HD TV, and not have to crawl over other people, or miss a single frame if I must use the restroom? I have champagne and Pellegrino in my fridge. I win.
The last film I saw in a theatre was TRON Legacy in 3D (yeah, I'm a geek), and before that was Avatar. I have to say, I'm not a huge fan of 3D, as I it has consistently given me a headache by the end of the film. I enjoyed TRON much better watching it again at home. Same with Avatar. While the 3D technology is a lot of fun, I've yet to see where it makes or breaks a film. If the story and script are strong enough, it doesn't matter to me.
That said, I will be seeing The Hobbit in a theatre, most likely on opening day - EARLY!
How is this not one of the most epic trailers EVER? It's ridiculous. I feel like a small child who cannot sleep from anticipation, waiting for Santa to come down the chimney.
I read The Hobbit years ago, as an adult. I read it before I tried to read Lord Of The Rings because someone told me to. They said it was important, because it takes place before the events of The Trilogy. I have to be honest, I had a hard time staying interested, and once finished, I failed to read LOTR. I have since forgotten most of the details of the book. I think I was in the middle of one of my Dune universe immersions.
I'm fine with that. I fell in deep love with Peter Jackson's take on LOTR, to the point, I read Fellowship, and never picked up the other two, simply because I loved Jackson's take much better. I am so happy he is at the helm of this project and trust him implicitly.
Looks like an amazing cast. I mean, SEXY DWARVES! I am so in! With Aiden Turner as Kili, and sexy Dean O'Gorman thankfully replacing Rob Kazinsky as his brother Fili (thankfully only because I think Dean has far more of a sexier, character look, than normal man-looking Kazinsky), girls everywhere are going to be writhing in their paths.
However, the man I feel is the most likely to go Super Nova after this is Richard Armitage. So nice to see him get something this big, and have a career worthy of his acting talents, after surviving the cheesefest of Robin Hood. (Seriously, I'd like to say he makes it watchable, but I've yet to get past the 2nd episode. Someday...)
I just hope he's psychologically prepared for it. He seems like such a genuinely nice human being. (Of course he is a very talented actor so..... that could be my imagination... hopefully not.) Still, talent like that is rare, and it would be sad to see him succomb to the Icarus Factor. He should come live in Los Angeles, where most of the population doesn't care about actors, no matter their celebrity. Just ask the Beckhams. The only people who seem to care about their StarFactor™ are photographers from The Daily Mail. (Of course, we LA Galaxy season ticket holders would like to know he's finally understood the meaning of Hotel California, and put pen to paper for another season. Come on Uncle Tim, make it happen!)
/Tangent
Back to the SAG AWARDS - I just wish they'd distribute the films earlier, so we'd have more time to see them. Ballots must be in by 12 noon PT on Friday, January 27th. That gives two and a half weeks to see everything, while putting in hours at my full time day gig, including as many television shows that I haven't seen, and can find to sctually stream, or watch on demand. Funny how all my favorite shows, are not nominated - FRINGE, or not nominated enough - Game of Thrones, Downton Abby, Glee.
Other updates:
My 9th annual Drama After Dark - An Evening with Poe & Gorey at The Huntington was a great success, and gets more popular every year. More people are complaining that we only do it one night. I've wanted to do it two nights every weekend in October since it started. Perhaps one of these years The Huntington will realize how much money they can make if we did that....... or.... oh nevermind.
I added Berenice and it was very well received. Next year will be our 10th Anniversary! So exciting.
Ok - back to working on THE BEST STORY IDEA EVER, that in a perfect world, JJ Abrams and Peter Jackson would both helm.
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