Joshua Mauldin » Movies http://joshuamauldin.com/blog A blog where technerdery, design and startup-related articles abound. Wed, 05 May 2010 22:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Road http://joshuamauldin.com/blog/2009/08/the-road/ http://joshuamauldin.com/blog/2009/08/the-road/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:15:56 +0000 Josh http://joshuamauldin.com/blog/?p=604 the-road

Just read the book this weekend. Enjoyed how it was written, and so very stoked to see this movie.

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Saw this beauty over the weekend. It’s an intriguing film about of two sets of half brothers on opposite sides of the socioeconomic fence. They all share a father, but he left one set of brothers in the dust to start a new family. The brothers all meet at his funeral and what follows is a slowly-paced, honest and sad story of revenge, family and spite.

I particularly loved a lot of the photography in the film, some of the shots of Arkansas in there were fantastic. Netflix has it, and I’d highly recommend watching.

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Totally hooked on this show. Just finished Season 1 and got blown away. Who would have thought I’d fall in love with a show whose main character is a serial killer. Way to go, Showtime.

And thank goodness Netflix lets you watch instantly!

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There’s also a Feeds Page, too! Enjoy!
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The movie was one of the best superhero movies I’ve ever seen.  And surprisingly slim when it came to cheesy dialogue, which seems to plague lots of otherwise good superhero movies (sorry, Iron Man).  The makeup and special effects were nothing short of incredible.  This is especially true with our villains.  And the truck chase scene you saw in the previews was far more amazing than I could have imagined—it was brilliant.

I’d like to make special note of Heath Ledger’s acting here as well.  Not because of his death just before the movie’s release, but because of how great it actually was.  He played very well what I thought to be a dark and crazy villain.  He nailed the mannerisms of The Joker down to the last little detail.  

They also seemed to handle multiple villains really well.  Considering Spiderman 3’s approach to multiple villains, The Dark Knight took the cake and drank Spiderman 3’s milkshake.  The villains were pretty well developed, and they didn’t really seem to compete for screen time or seem really flat.  My only criticisms were that a certain villain was in the movie for such a short period of time, I wondered why they were even there.  Perhaps to avoid where Spiderman 3 fell short.

I can’t wait to see this in IMAX!

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This video is a a really fantastic—and a little humorous—look at how we’re shaped into thinking linearly and steered further away from creative thinking as we progress through school.  Do enjoy!

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(via TED)

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Last week I wrapped up all the post production on the photographs for this movie, and have never been more pleased to show them. Just FYI, it’s pronounced “sul-shay.” Here’s are a few, you’ll be seeing more soon!

The rest are posted after the break!

Listen

Shoe Shine Girl

Speaking in Echoes

Well Behind

The Exchange

The Exchange

Waiting

Girl in Alleyway

Alley Passings

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A couple links for you:  given the busy political season, all the foreign affairs the US is involved in, which seems more unlikely to happen?  That The President appear on Deal or No Deal?  Or that the Presidential hopefuls would appear on Monday Night Raw? 

If you guessed one over the other, you’re wrong.  Because they both happened: 

More soon!
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Here’s last night’s episode of The Office from Hulu in case you missed it. Jaw dropping awesomeness!

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My head almost exploded it was so hilarious! I’m so glad it’s back on the air.

Here it is from Hulu in case you missed it. Which you shouldn’t have, but I forgive you if you did.

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Totally awesome turn of events: you can now post your videos to your stream and show them off with all the neato interaction and community Flickr has. See above video of my two favorite wizards for reference.

I’m not a video guy mostly; however, given the chance (and a camera) I’d go nuts.

Their servers were getting hammered when I saw it, but I’m sure it’s better now. Check it out!

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Stefan Sagmeister as a designer has work I have admired for quite some time. It wasn’t until I started listening to some great design podcasts with Debbie Millman (also in the film) that I became more and more interested in him. I was also fortunate enough to hear him lecture.

The new film talks a lot about his latest book “Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far,” which is chock full of good bits for designers—and non-designers. I’ve always liked hc’s films on the big designers, they’re always shot so well, and never seem to be anything but great. It’s definitely worth a look, check it out!

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(via IGN)

]]> http://joshuamauldin.com/blog/2008/04/linkrolld/feed/ 3 Blade Runner http://joshuamauldin.com/blog/2008/03/blade-runner/ http://joshuamauldin.com/blog/2008/03/blade-runner/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:22:23 +0000 Josh http://joshuamauldin.com/blog/?p=20 Last night I saw Blade Runner for the first time. It wasn’t too bad, but I expected it to be a pee-yourself-silly-it’s-so-good masterpiece from Ridley Scott after all the great things I’ve heard (which it was not). Did I miss something? Someone please explain this to me.

Also, I believe Harrison Ford pretty much plays the same character in every movie, with only a different name and job. The “I am so good, I really don’t care a thing about who you are or what you do, just get me a drink” guy. That’s fine, because he rules. But does anyone else notice that?

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