Mirrormask

[radiator]

Apparently this, the directrorial debut of Dave McKean, and written by Neil Gaiman, is out in a couple of weeks. So, whats the word? Positive or negative? Think it came out in the states a while back, but I've heard next to nothing about it. Looks quite interesting visually (as you'd expect from McKean), and Rob Brydons in it as well.

Check out the trailer (with wholly inappropriate music)

Link: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/mirrormask.html" target="_blank">here

[Dudley]

It does look excellent in theory, doesn't it?  I'm building in my anti-expectation filters, though, as I suspect that it'll be good but not as good as I want it to be.

[Matt Timson]

Not to be mixed with recreational pharmaceuticals, kids!

[Dudley]

Jeb, a gremlin seems to have mistakenly inserted the word "Not" into your sentence.

[Dunk!]

50/50 on Rotten Tomatoes

Link: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mirrormask/" target="_blank">50/50

[Dunk!]

Great expectations for this though

Link: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=17970" target="_blank">Through a crystal darkly

[Pyroxian]

I saw it last year. It has lovely visuals, but the story seems a bit lacking :(

   Steve

[Matt Timson]

I'm a reformed character, Duds!  And even if not, I think I'd still give the meds a rest if I was watching this...

;)

[Art]

Dave McKean interview...

Link: http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.php?id=225" target="_blank">http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.p

[GordonR]

"I've written a script, what I hope will be the next film, called Signal to Noise."

Aaaaieeee!  That was the strip he did with Neil Gaiman that ran in The Face.

Run.  Run away now, while you still can.

[DavidXBrunt]

I quite liked Signal to Noise though even I, complete audio junkie, didn't enjoy the radio version.

[Buttonman]

Saw this today and it was ghastly.

With all the fantasy elements I was surprised it was aimed so squarely at the kiddies. All the trailers were for cartoons like Cars and Ice Age 2, but if I were a 12 year old watching this I'd be baffled. As a 33 year old I was baffled but bored also.

Basically Rob Bryden and the lovely Gina 'Our Friends in the North' McKee run a circus aided by their mouthy daughter. Mum gets sick after a row and the daughter has to search through a fantasy world in her dreams for the titualr face plate which will save the day.

Could've been half decent but turned in to a sub par art school project, with lots of toss pots in paper mache masks talking a lot of bollocks.

The main bloke has a head that looks like an order of McDonalds fries and it's genrally all over the place.

Found it hard to stay awake and it was ranked below 'Date Movie' in my all time rankings.

Weatherman and Matador pretty good in comparison!

[Adrian Bamforth]

I liked the idea behind Neverwhere: the idea of a fantasy world that's invisible to most people in the same way the homeless are...though Gaiman can write some real bollocks. The Books Of Magic GN that John Bolton painted I remember being just endless rambling about magic with literally nothing else happening at all. The Sandman seemed totally overrated to me, looked like he had this idea of having this gothy bloke wandering around looking gothy but with no actual purpose or personality. Popular with goths, apparently.

On the subject of ex-droids making fantasy films this forthcoming effort by Tony Luke and Alan Grant featured on Film 2006 a few weeks ago.

They showed a brief clip, the CGI animation looked awful to me, really rudimentary by today's standards, though I think it may have been a clip from the original short:

Link: http://www.rengamedia.com/home.html" target="_blank">Dominator