Official Movie Website MiscogonyWritten by Joshua Tyler
All right, I've got a complaint. It goes out directly to all you sneaky marketing types who THINK you know exactly what public wants.Official movie websites...have you tried to look at one lately? Its torture! After looking at many of them, I have come to conclusion that majority of them are designed exclusively for people with DSL connections who aren't interested in knowing anything about movie whose website they are looking up except perhaps to confirm that movie does indeed exist. Case in point: The new Highlander: Endgame official website. The first thing you'll notice upon going to URL (and I recommend you don't) is that website takes total control of your computer and decides to block out any other windows or toolbars you may have had up. The sheer arrogance of this little programming "feature" boggles mind. Evidently marketing geeks who designed site are absolutely certain that their website is THE most important thing in your entire life. Next you will notice that entire website is in flash, with no option to go to a non-flash site. Again, marketing dorks assume that everyone in world has a cable modem. The truth is that most people have dialups and if you have a dialup connect it will take a good 15 minutes of loading before you can enter site. So since stinking site has taken over your entire computer screen and you can't do anything, you get to spend 15 minutes staring at a blank screen. Lovely.
| | Tofu PrayerWritten by Joshua Tyler
I decided something last year, and seeing In Good Company this past week only solidified it. I like Topher Grace. A lot. He’s like a young Tom Hanks, only with a softer, gooier center. To see it, you’ve got to get past sarcastic weaponry he waves in front of him for protection; an armor of irony and affectation to wrap around a humble, everyman center.Recent rumor has him fully abandoning “That 70’s Show” in favor of trying a full on movie career. I’m all for it. Ashton Kutcher, who decided to stay with show despite growing film success, is naturally pissed. But then Ashton never had any actual talent to begin with. With Topher, we’ve only scratched surface. In Good Company is a huge step in right direction for him, as a corporate asshole who’s not really much of an asshole. He’s thrown into a position of wealth and authority far too young, and can’t think of anything more creative to do with his newfound success than buy a Porsche. He buries his emotional damage beneath a forced, congenial exterior as he’s barraged with personal and professional failures. It’s impossible not to like and sympathize with Topher, even when he’s playing right arm of a faceless, life destroying, corporate monster.
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