This is one of those best selling novels about vampires for young adults. Think its in the same vein as Twilight.
The author is Richelle Mead. The books are super popular. The movie is probably going to be a big hit.
I don't know much about the plot other than the fact that the guy behind Heathers, the awesome movie from the 1980's staring Christian Slater and Wynona Ryder, is involved. So it is probably going to be good.
The movie has a young cast, but it also has some heavyweight actors. Gabriel Bryne, Claire Foy and Olga Kurlenko are involved. The trailer has a lot of British actors in it. I always find that English actors work well in Vampire movies and Horror movies in general. One of the best horror movies, or at least vampire movies, of recent years was Byzantium. That started Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Atterton. It was set on the English seaside and was excellent.
Getting back to Vampire Academy:
From the brief plot synopsis it looks like its similar to the Harry Potter franchise and has some of that franchisees potential to be a big hit and spawn squeals. The novels have already been a smash success.
They are probably going to have to make it friendly like the Potter movies, but either way Olga looks like she would make a fantastic Vampire.
Some of the critics have made comparison to Twilight, which is loved in the movie industry, but among horror fans is not a big hit. I don't think it was made to be frightening. Another movie that got a bad rap was Beautiful Creatures. That one I thought was pretty good. It helped that it had an excellent cast: Jeremy Irons, Emmy Rossum, and Emma Thompson.
I can't decide on Vampire Academy yet. It looks good, but the trailer is pretty fast paced.
Here is the official trailer for Vampire Academy in case you were looking for it.
The trailer for the movie looks pretty good.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Costume Designer Awards Season
The award season is coming up and people are looking at who is going to win for best costume desin.
The clear frontrunner is Michael Wilkinson for American Hustle.
The costume designs for the movie are essential to the success of the film.
The cloths, especially for Amy Adam's character and Jennifer Lawerence, are showstoppers.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/american-hustles-amy-adams-how-666832
The classic fight in Hollywood has always been between period pieces and modern movies. And here you have another example. The other two films getting nominations are Great Gatsby and 12 Years a Slave.
My personal favorite are the costumes in American Hustle. The 1970's is a tricky period to get right. If you over do it then you are going to be parodying the period. That's not good. Especially for a drama. It's fine if you are doing something like Anchorman or another SNL style movie, but with a Drama you want to be serious.
It's similar to the case with Downton Abbey. If you go overboard, then you are going to make it look silly and it will be comic. Something like you might see in an old Moty Python skit.
The clothes in the 1970's were cool. People liked them for a reason. The problem today is that all to often they are simply made fun of. You can take jabs at some of the stuff -- namely the mens suits---but you have to admit that there were lots of hot looking designs. The stuff that Amy Adams wears in the movie is hot.
I have to say that the womens outfits, the deep plunging necklines, are going to spark a comeback. They were populer for good reason, they were awesome!
The clear frontrunner is Michael Wilkinson for American Hustle.
The costume designs for the movie are essential to the success of the film.
The cloths, especially for Amy Adam's character and Jennifer Lawerence, are showstoppers.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/american-hustles-amy-adams-how-666832
The classic fight in Hollywood has always been between period pieces and modern movies. And here you have another example. The other two films getting nominations are Great Gatsby and 12 Years a Slave.
My personal favorite are the costumes in American Hustle. The 1970's is a tricky period to get right. If you over do it then you are going to be parodying the period. That's not good. Especially for a drama. It's fine if you are doing something like Anchorman or another SNL style movie, but with a Drama you want to be serious.
It's similar to the case with Downton Abbey. If you go overboard, then you are going to make it look silly and it will be comic. Something like you might see in an old Moty Python skit.
The clothes in the 1970's were cool. People liked them for a reason. The problem today is that all to often they are simply made fun of. You can take jabs at some of the stuff -- namely the mens suits---but you have to admit that there were lots of hot looking designs. The stuff that Amy Adams wears in the movie is hot.
I have to say that the womens outfits, the deep plunging necklines, are going to spark a comeback. They were populer for good reason, they were awesome!
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