Before KILLING THEM SOFTLY yesterday, the theater showed the trailers for MAMA and ZERO DARK THIRTY back-to-back, and I bet I was the only one in the audience who knew that that's the awesome Jessica Chastain in both movies, especially since she's unrecognizable with her goth-y black hair in MAMA.
I don't know why neither trailer even mentions her name, as if being a recent Oscar-nominated actress in a hit movie wouldn't be a reason for anyone to want to see those movies. Hell, she's the only reason I'm even the slightest bit interested in MAMA, even with Guillermo del Toro's name tacked onto the marketing materials.
It's been a while, but I've never mentioned how much I loved THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, and I'm clearly not the only one who feels this way. However, it just occurred to me that even though my Twitter feed has been filled with praise for the movie, I've only seen one reference (from a horror movie director, natch) to the hilarious and sublime casting of horror make-up genius Tom Savini as the woodshop teacher. He's seriously great in the role.
Similarly, I've read a lot of praise for the astounding use of 3-D in LIFE OF PI, but no one I know has brought up the most striking and innovative 3-D gag that Ang Lee throws into the movie. During the flying fish sequence, he changes the aspect ratio of the movie from 1.85:1 to a narrower 2:35:1, adding black bars to the top and bottom of the screen so that the most dynamic 3-D elements flying towards the camera, the flying fish, fly out the top and bottom of the movie frame! They look like they're flying right off the screen. It's a startling effect, and I'm not sure how many people notice it, but it just blew my mind.
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