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The Fourth Kind – Trailer

Leyton — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:32:33 +0000

This trailer for the new movie The Forth Kind absolutely shit-me-up. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I was genuinely unsettled by the bit where the guy is on the bed with his mouth wide open. That really freaked me out, awesome!

Visit the official The Fourth Kind website.

Dune – A Movie Beyond Your Comprehension

Leyton — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:52:48 +0000

Last night James and I watched the 1984 cult disasterpiece, Dune. The film was based on Frank Herbert’s epic sci-fi novel Dune, first published in 1965.

Dune is a great movie in my opinion, but then I’m a huge sci-fi fan. Dune is not a tune-in, zone-out kinda movie, it’s deep. Giant worms living under the surface of a barren desert planet, a mysterious spice that can expand human consciousness and lifespan and the main character transforms from a young man called Paul into a God-like messiah called the Kwisatz Haderach.

I have to admit the sheer volume of footage that has been cut from Dune makes it slightly unwatchable for the average person, however anyone with any interest in Sci-fi will probably find it really enthrawling. The post-production cut of Dune was 4hrs long, then Director David Lynch curtailed it to 3hrs and then re-cut by the studio for theatrical release at 2hrs 15mins.

Last night myself and James watched the Region 2 DVD Extended Edition DVD version of Dune. Neither the audio, nor the video has been remastered so parts of it seem slightly low quality – however it is the longest and most complete cut of the 5 versions of the film that’ve been released.

Sadly the Americans have a Region 1 DVD that’s the same cut, in a better aspect ratio, with a documentary and clips that didnt make it to any version of the film. Wankers!

I have now pledged to read Frank Herbert’s Dune novel after I finish Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.

I’m told that in the 416 page novel, Frank Herbert describes every person and every planet in immense detail and much of this is reflected visually in the film but not necessarily explained. Add to this David Lynch’s artistic license (which as usual, never make any sense what-so-ever) and Dune definately has some great wtf? moments.

Paranormal Activity Trailer

Leyton — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:25:44 +0000

This trailer for the new film Paranormal Activity really gave me goosebumps today. Not often a trailer can do that in the office in broad daylight. Check it out.

Sadly Paranormal Activity is a low budget indie movie and is only playing in a handful of cinemas across the US. Hopefully it will make it to Region-2 DVD sometime as I doubt we’ll ever see it in British Cinemas unless a big distributer picks it up. However you can sign a petition to get Paranormal Activity shown at your local cinema, obviously this is more likely to happen in the US.

Check out Paranormal Activity Official Movie website for more information or follow Paranormal Activity on Twitter.