The Right Decision for DC Comics

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A few years ago during a reading of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling revealed to all of her fans know that one of her most beloved characters, Albus Dumbledore, was gay. This didn’t affect anyone who had already read the books because Dumbledore was such a lovable character and a favorite to many readers, including myself. Of the people who hadn’t read the series, it probably had the greatest effect on the gay community (now that the best character in one of the most popular series of all time was a homosexual).

Let me explain why I don’t care about J.K. Rowling’s announcement, and why you shouldn’t either. Rowling said that it was apparent in the books that Dumbledore had been a homosexual all along… What? There was not a single line in the book that even remotely suggested that Dumbledore was gay. It’s evident that Rowling’s decision to make Dumbledore gay was simply an attempt to gain publicity from the gay community, and I’m sure it worked to some extent. It didn’t really affect the future of Harry Potter because Rowling had finished writing all the books and Dumbledore’s sexual orientation was meaningless.

Just recently, DC Comics announced that one of their “iconic” characters was coming out of the closet. Evidently, this is an attempt to gain publicity in the same way J.K. Rowling did, and with U.S. President Barrack Obama recently stating that he supports gay marriage, there is no better time for DC to convert one of their lead males to the other side. But is it a good idea? Will it generate publicity in the same way Harry Potter did? I don’t think so, unless DC chooses the right character.

The Impact of 3D on Hollywood

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Hollywood has always been about money. Studios won’t greenlight a new project unless they’re certain it’ll return them a profit. It hasn’t been very long since we were introduced to 3D, but look at how popular it has become. Looking back and beginning with Chicken Little in 2005 – Disney’s first 3D movie – it would be hard to find an animated movie being produced in America that wasn’t being released in 3D. In terms of live-action films, 3D has generated immense popularity only recently, after Avatar succeeded on so many different levels and became the highest grossing film of all time. 

However, I’m concerned about Hollywood’s future intentions with 3D. Now that it has proven to be able to generate greater financial cash flows for studios, an increased amount of focus is being directed towards how studios can make the most money, without much care for the movies that viewers want adapted. Who honestly wanted to see a sequel to Clash of the Titans? The first movie received very poor critiques, as it should have. Yet it made a profit, mainly because 3D had recently become popular (with Avatar) and the studio knew that the 3D option would attract other viewers. Wrath of the Titans got equally crap reviews, but luckily for the studio, the international impact helped the film generate a profit.

2012 Oscars - Predictions and Possible Spoilers

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The 2012 Oscars are going to be fairly predictable in some of the most important categories. However, you wouldn’t be safe betting on the Best Actor/Actress categories this year, as there has been a change of opinion during the awards season. My predictions for the winners and possible spoilers are below.

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Nominees: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse

Winner: The Artist. It’s won just about every single possible best picture award during the awards season, and there’s nothing stopping it from nabbing the Oscar. I don’t know how close this race will be, but you might as well put all your money on The Artist because nothing else has much of a chance at winning.

Spoiler: Hugo or The Help, but each with a < 5% chance of winning.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees: Demián Bichir for A Better Life, George Clooney for The Descendants, Jean Dujardin for The Artist, Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Brad Pitt for Moneyball

Winner: Jean Dujardin. Up until the SAG awards, Clooney was a lock for best actor. Everyone was praising his performance, he won the Golden Globe, and then Dujardin ended up getting the SAG and the BAFTA. A lot of the SAG voters are also members of the Academy, so Dujardin definitely has the advantage heading into Oscar night.

Spoiler: George Clooney would be the spoiler now.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees: Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis for The Help, Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady, Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn

Winner: Viola Davis. This race is wildly close. Davis was supposed to win at the Golden Globes, but Streep took the award home. Streep also recently won the BAFTA, but with a win at the SAG Awards, and most people still talking about her performance in The Help, Davis has the slight advantage.

Spoiler: Meryl Streep. Don’t be surprised if she wins. It’s literally that close.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees: Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn, Jonah Hill for Moneyball, Nick Nolte for Warrior, Christopher Plummer for Beginners, Max von Sydow for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Winner: Christopher Plummer. He’s won every supporting actor nomination he’s gotten.

Spoiler: None.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees: Bérénice Bejo for The Artist, Jessica Chastain for The Help, Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids, Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs, Octavia Spencer for The Help

Winner: Octavia Spencer. She’s been just as stellar as Plummer during the awards season.

Spoiler: None.

Best Achievement in Directing

Nominees: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist, Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life, Alexander Payne for The Descendants, Martin Scorsese for Hugo

Winner: Michel Hazanavicius. Since this award typically goes to the director of the best picture, Hazanavicius is a safe bet (plus he won the DGA). Scorsese may have won the Globe, but as we all know, the Globes don’t really matter. Remember how David Fincher won at the Globes for The Social Network, but then lost the DGA and the Oscar to Hooper for The King’s Speech?

Spoiler: Martin Scorsese. Hugo has received amazing critiques, but it will be nearly impossible for Scorsese to win this one after losing the DGA.

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Original Screenplay)

Nominees: The Artist, Bridesmaids, Margin Call, Midnight in Paris, A Separation

Winner: Midnight in Paris. I would have gone with The Artist because it’s going to win Best Picture, but Midnight in Paris has been the favorite in this category since before the Golden Globes. It hasn’t lost any momentum and it should win the Oscar. Plus the script is excellent.

Spoiler: The Artist. It’s going to be the spoiler for the majority of categories it doesn’t win.

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Adapted Screenplay)

Nominees: The Descendants, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Winner: The Descendants. Of the nominated films, it’s the best one. Moneyball also had a terrific script, but critics have been heavily favoring The Descendants. It won the Golden Globe, and most well-made movies that deal with dysfunctional families will be recognized for their scripts.

Spoiler: Moneyball. I know Hugo received the majority of nominations and I still have yet to predict a win for it, but the script for Moneyball is better and it’s the only movie that has a chance of beating The Descendants.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Nominees: A Cat in Paris, Chico & Rita, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Rango

Winner: Rango. It received the best ratings of the American films that have been nominated. I don’t know much about the two foreign films, but the Academy has been known to acknowledge them in the past (Spirited Away won in 2002 over four American films, and Howl’s Moving Castle was nominated in 2005, but it did not win). However, I still believe the majority of voters will go with Rango.

Spoiler: One of the two foreign films. Panda and Puss are not winning.

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominees: Bullhead, Footnote, In Darkness, Monsieur Lazhar, A Separation

Winner: A Separation. I don’t really know these films, but A Separation won the Golden Globe and it’s also the only one of these films nominated for another Oscar (Best Writing), so I would expect it to win the Best Doc Feature at the Oscars as well.

Spoiler: I couldn’t tell you, but there’s little chance of another film winning.

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Nominees: The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, The Tree of Life, War Horse

Winner: The Tree of Life. I’m a bit skeptic on this one because True Grit was supposed to be the winner last year, yet it lost to Inception. I wouldn’t put any money on this category because it’s unpredictable. The Artist and Hugo could just as easily win.

Spoiler: The Artist. Hugo is a prettier movie, but if Academy voters are mesmerized with the old look of the film, they might hand the award to The Artist. It won the BAFTA, but the BAFTAs don’t have a lot of relation with the Oscars.

Best Achievement in Editing

Nominees: The Artist, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Moneyball

Winner: The Artist. The award typically goes hand-in-hand with the Best Picture category. As a result, The Artist is the clear frontrunner. The film is edited very well, and it a nice piece of cinema that all audiences should check out.

Spoiler: Hugo. I was about to put none, but Hugo is just as terrific as The Artist, and even though there’s little probability of it winning, it will definitely get some votes from the Academy members.

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Nominees: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, War Horse

Winner: Hugo. Art direction awards the production set designer and the set decorator, so I would expect Hugo to win because it has the best set of all of the nominated films. There is great detail in every scene and the movie looks beautiful.

Spoiler: None. The Artist might get some votes, but Hugo deserves to win this, and it probably will.

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Nominees: Anonymous, The Artist, Hugo, Jane Eyre, W.E.

Winner: The Artist. I have only seen The Artist and Hugo, but I believe the Academy will award the costumes from the late 1920s. It seems like unless a film has costumes that are different from what people wear today, it won’t have a shot at winning. Also, The Artist won the BAFTA.

Spoiler: I guess I’ll go with Hugo, but I’m not sure.

Best Achievement in Makeup

Nominees: Albert Nobbs, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Iron Lady

Winner: The Iron Lady. They managed to make Meryl Streep look like Margaret Thatcher and I’m not sure who looks worse. However, the makeup was done very well and the Academy will probably side with the BAFTA voters on this one.

Spoiler: Harry Potter. Not much competition, but I don’t expect Albert Nobbs to win this one.

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Nominees: The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, Hugo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse

Winner: The Artist. It has the best music hands down out of all these nominees. You’re practically listening to the score for all of the film’s 90 minutes. Besides that, it’s won numerous times for Best Score and there’s nothing that will take the Oscar away from it.

Spoiler: None.

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Nominees: Bret McKenzie ("Man or Muppet") for The Muppets, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett ("Real in Rio") for Rio

Winner: Man or Muppet. It’s the better song, and it’s surprising that the Academy did not nominate more Muppets songs (the Golden Globes nominated three).

Spoiler: I wonder…

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Nominees: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Moneyball, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, War Horse

Winner: Hugo. I don’t know how you judge either of the sound categories. For the mixing of sound, I’ll go with Hugo just because it appears to be the favorite, but again, I don’t know how to judge it.

Spoiler: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Just a guess.

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees: Drive, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, War Horse

Winner: Hugo. Sound editing is the creation of sound. It’s basically noise. Transformers is probably the best in this category, in my opinion, but the Academy isn’t going to give it any awards, and Hugo is the favorite.

Spoiler: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Again, it’s just a guess.

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Nominees: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo, Real Steel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Winner: Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The CGI in the film was amazing, and even though the Academy failed to recognize the brilliance in Andy Serkis’ performance as Caesar, they should and they probably will award the Oscar to Planet of the Apes.

Spoiler: Harry Potter. It won the BAFTA, but the CGI in Planet of the Apes is just too good for the Academy to not give it the award.

The Last 4 categories (Best Documentary, Feature and Short Subjects, and Best Short Film, Live Action and Animated) would be blind guesses since I have not seen any of them, so I cannot give an accurate prediction as to who will win those categories.

Top 10 Films of 2011

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The box office may have struggled heavily in 2011, but there were still many films worth watching. This is my list for the Top 10 Movies of 2011. There are some movies I haven’t seen that may qualify to be in the Top 10, and you may not have seen all of these movies, but I can assure you that all of them are worth checking out. All critics have differing opinions, so I don’t expect my list to be the same as many other people. Let’s start.

10. Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris seems like an unlikely choice because Woody Allen hasn’t made a good film in a long time. I wouldn’t even consider some of his ‘better’ films to be that good. However, with Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen regains some of his reputation as a quality director, and he’s even been nominated for a Golden Globe. Midnight in Paris is a simple film, and you probably won’t know many of the historical figures mentioned in the film (unless you know your artistic history from the 1920s). Owen Wilson delivers a great performance, and has great chemistry with his co-star, Marion Cotillard. The true quality of the film lies in the message it delivers: the present will always be slightly disappointing to everyone, but we should not try to idealize the past. Every single era has its moments and highlights, and we cannot fully enjoy our lives unless we understand this and value everything we are blessed with in the present.

9. Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

It would be a mistake to miss the fourth installment in the Mission Impossible series, as it is the best and most entertaining. With a superior cast, excellent special effects and an insane scene by Tom Cruise, it’s not worth missing being seen on the big screen. For a more detailed review on the film, click here.

8. Moneyball

Moneyball is just one of the few Brad Pitt films that demonstrate his superb acting ability. He is able to diversify into any role and is one of the best current actors in Hollywood. As for the film, it has been a while since a great sports film has been released. Sports films haven’t necessarily been blockbusters in the past, so it’s understandable that they do not appear to be an attractive investment for movie producers. However, Moneyball was far from being a bomb, and it was propelled by the excellent reviews it was receiving from all sides. I’m not a huge fan of sports films, especially baseball (which I cannot stand watching), yet it was able to win me over. Good directing and great performances, along with a true story describing Oakland’s revolutionary scouting system led Moneyball to the top of the list of sports films and one of the best films of 2011.

7. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

I still think Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the surprise film of the year. Tim Burton’s film was successful at the box office, but it was not very good. Another issue many people had with this year’s prequel to the franchise was that it’s very dependent on CGI. All of the apes are computer-generated and the film relies on its special effects. However, it does not fail to impress, and led by an awesome performance by Andy Serkis as Caesar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is an excellent film that not only revives the franchise, but ends up being the best one of the 7 films. Check out my review here.

6. The Descendants

George Clooney is set to receive another Oscar for his performance in The Descendants. He won the Golden Globe and I don’t expect anyone to beat him out of the top award (except a possible surprise win by Brad Pitt in Moneyball). The Descendants is a depressing film that deals with everyday problems (family issues are present more often than most of us are aware), and with strong performances from all the actors, it makes for a great film and one that is worthy of an Oscar. The screwed up family genre doesn’t always make for the brightest of films, but you can typically count on it being a good movie (the 2000 Oscar winner, American Beauty, is about as screwed up as a family can get). You can read my review of The Descendants here.

5. X-Men: First Class

I haven’t seen X2 in some time, so I’m unable to say if First Class is the best X-Men film or it is right behind the second installment. First Class took a risk by making a film with a new, young group of actors and basically rebooting the series (not to mention that Hugh Jackman – Wolverine, the best character – was not in the film). It takes place during the time when Professor X and Magneto met and fought alongside each other, and it is a prequel to previous X-Men films. The risk paid off, with a spectacular script, a great performance by Michael Fassbender as Magneto, and great special effects that were able to keep audiences engaged. First Class is one of the year’s best films, and if you haven’t seen it yet, you’re missing out on the best superhero movie of the year.

4. The Artist

The Artist doesn’t belong in this year, in this decade or even in the last half century. It’s a black-and-white film about a silent film actor in the late 1920s whose career and life fall apart when films with sound begin to take over cinema and silent films disappear. There really haven’t been any black-and-white films made in a long time, and it’s no doubt a nostalgic feeling for those older critics to watch a good film that is made in the same style of those films back when they were younger (in fact, it was even before their time). The two lead actors give strong performances and the film has a good script and excellent music throughout. The Artist is the frontrunner to win the Best Picture Academy Award, and I can’t complain. Even though I don’t consider it to be the best film of the year, it has undeniable charm and it is a joy to watch. Younger generations should watch The Artist and experience how cinema used to be, back when every movie was quality, and when studios didn’t make bad films just because they can generate good profits (ie. Transformers 2 and 3).

3. Drive

First of all, I just want to mention that Albert Brooks’ performance in Drive is overrated and even though many Drive fans are complaining and saying he should have gotten an Oscar nomination, I wouldn’t say his performance was Oscar worthy. As for the film, it’s definitely one of the best of the year, and it’s a shame that the Academy doesn’t recognize it as such. It is also the best directed film of the year, but Refn has been shafted on many occasions in this awards season and clearly isn’t being recognized as he should be by critics. Ryan Gosling is excellent, and just wait for the second half of the film. Read my review here and go check out the film for yourself.

2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Not having read the book, I had no idea what was going to happen in the film. It’s been some time since there’s been a good mystery film released, and GWDT is made excellently. I’m sure the book is better, but as a movie, it keeps you engaged and delivers the twist well. I’m not too satisfied with how graphic some of the scenes were (if you watched the film or read the book, you’ll know what I’m talking about), as I felt it was unnecessary by Fincher to show as much as he did and make the scenes last longer than they had to. Nevertheless, led by strong performances, good directing otherwise, and an excellent score, GWDT is definitely one of the best films of 2011.

1. Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part II

With Harry Potter, it’s tough to decide where to place it. Even though it’s probably not the best film of the year, it’s an incredibly satisfying finish to one of the greatest franchises of all time, and it’ll be sad knowing that there will be no more Harry Potter films (until the franchise gets rebooted). My review is here.

Billion Dollar Movies and Future High Earners

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It doesn’t seem like a major accomplishment for a movie to surpass $1 billion at the box office anymore. Before The Dark Knight was released in the summer of 2008, there were only three movies to reach that milestone: Titanic, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Now the list contains ten films.

Avatar – I’m not sure if this comes as a surprise because I had no idea how people would accept a fully computer generated film. I knew the movie would make money because James Cameron had taken a 12 year hiatus from the movie industry in order to work on the film, and it promised a great experience. No one probably expected it to make $2.7 billion worldwide, and no movie will even have a chance of beating it until Avatar 2 is released.

Titanic – I really don’t see why Titanic was so incredibly popular. Everyone knew about the sinking ship, but what made it better than all the movies back in the 1990s? I read in a demographic novel that it was helped by girls who had seen the movie countless times just because of Leonardo DiCaprio, but it still seemed like a random film to be the first to reach $1 billion.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – This one is not a surprise because all of the other films had made close to $1 billion and besides being the last chapter in the series, it was helped by its post conversion to 3D which boosted ticket prices.

Lord of the Ring: The Return of the King – Again, the previous parts had made hefty amounts at the box office and this was the concluding chapter. It was praised by critics and was greatly successful overseas.

Regarding Harry Potter

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It started differently for everyone; for me I guess it started in Mrs. Storrey’s grade 3 class. This is where I got my first taste of the wizarding world that J.K. Rowling had created and I haven’t looked back since. To make it clear, this is not a review of the latest Harry Potter movie (I thought the movie was fantastic and a great finale to the series), if you want to read a well-written one, go here. It is simply one fan’s way of giving thanks to a franchise that has been a part of my life for about as long as I can remember. When Mrs. Storrey told us that she’d be reading the first three books in the series out loud to the whole class, I met the news with indifference, after all it was grade 3 and reading wasn’t one of my favourite things to do at time. But as soon as she started telling us the story of Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione and their adventures at Hogwarts, I was hooked. It further helped that she split the class into four groups and made us draw a Hogwarts house out of a hat. I picked for my group and drew Hufflepuff, I’m still not fully over it (no one wants to be in Hufflepuff, doesn’t it seem like Chris Bosh would get sorted there?).

So right away I was fully immersed and captivated by the happenings at Hogwarts. I remember getting the box set for Christmas one year and starting to read the third book (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) right away (Also, for people who have the books, can someone tell me who the person on the back of the first book is? I’ve heard Dumbledore which doesn’t make sense because it doesn't look like him, Hagrid, same goes for him and Gilderoy Lockhart which really makes no sense as he made his first appearance in the second book). When I finished grade 3 I didn’t stop reading the series but rather couldn’t wait for the fourth book (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) which finally arrived in the summer of 2000 (just to continue the NBA players sorting, Lebron James and Kobe Bryant would go to Slytherin, Shane Battier would be in Ravenclaw, Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant would be Gryffindors and Linas Kleiza would most definitely be a squib). I finished reading it in 3 days, devouring the pages as if the winner of the Triwizard Tournament had a personal effect on my life.

I even got to hear JK Rowling read the book at what was then called the Skydome (now Rogers Centre), I remember the large crowd anxiously and restlessly awaiting Rowling, not paying any attention to what Kenneth Oppel (author of the underrated Silverwing, Sunwing, and Firewing books) was saying and I was one of them. Even though I was seated in the nose bleeds (why are they called this? Shouldn’t it be “the eye sores” or something like that?), I was excited to see the woman who had provided me with such joy to that point in my life. In the end she read an excerpt of the first chapter saying that the parts of the books with the Dursleys were her favourites. It was that same winter that the first Harry Potter movie was released on November 16 which just happens to be two days before my birthday. Naturally I decided to have my birthday party at the movies to see my favourite book series come to life (All of the movies have been entertaining with varying levels of faithfulness to the books. Why does Voldemort have a nose in the first movie though? My favourites of the movies are The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows part 1 and 2). The first thing I noticed about the movie was the way Hermione was pronounced, up until the movie I had always pronounced her name Her-Moyn for reasons that are now unclear to me. The second thing was the near perfect casting for all of the characters; could anyone else portray Severus Snape as well as Alan Rickman or Professor McGonagall as well as Maggie Smith has? The three main roles were cast how I imagined them to be so leaving the theatre that night I had no problem with how the book was translated.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Review

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And so the Harry Potter series has finally come to an end on the big screen. After 8 movies and over $2 billion domestically in theatrical revenue, it’s safe to say that the series had a successful run. It’ll be interesting to find out how the careers of the three main young actors playing Harry, Ron, and Hermione will pan out. Whether they’ll continue acting or move into other areas of the movie industry, or simply leave the industry altogether we have yet to see. All three of them have developed into mature actors who’ve helped define the characters they portray in the movies. It’s a shame that we’ll never again see them as the three beloved friends who’ve stuck side by side throughout their Hogwarts years.

A lot of people were apparently displeased with Part 1 of Deathly Hallows, with too much talking and not enough action. That should not be a problem with Part 2. Even though there are points in the movie where dialogue is necessary and it slows the pace a bit, there is enough action to satisfy any Harry Potter fan. I am not certain that if the two parts were put together (one after the other and seen as one whole four and a half hour film), that it would have turned out to be a better film. The fact that the pace is significantly different in the two parts, made no sense for them to be put together but as separate films, they both work well.

Even though most people seeing the movie have probably read the books and know the plotlines, I won’t spoil anything for those who aren’t aware of what might happen at the end (in all honesty though, if you’re surprised by who wins, then you probably haven’t seen many Hollywood films), or which characters find their unfortunate end in this final chapter. As you know if you’ve seen Part 1, the trio continues their search for the horcruxes, which are objects containing parts of Voldemort’s soul, leading them to Gringott’s Bank in Diagon Alley where they must escape with the help of a dragon, and then finally, and rightfully, back to Hogwarts, where another horcrux lies; the rest of the film takes place at Hogwarts, where the ‘final battle’ happens. Everything else you need to know about the plot you can find out by watching the movie.