Tag Archives: Neil Marshall

Haywire + Centurion

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Alice Thirteen
Haywire + Centurion

The pre-existing Soderbergh narrative on Haywire. Why Alice is in love with Haywire. Amateur spy video. Gina Carano is out of everyone’s league. MMA fighters. Soderbergh’s casting methodology and why it rocks. Feminism and a man’s world. Spy film don’t give a fuck! Without training wheels. Why the camera does what it does. Neil Marshall still has more films. The items needed for Centurion. The Invisible Gorilla experiment. Alternate history. The flying tom tom flies back, bleeds on the snow. Brand new: Michael Fassbender! Olga Kurylenko as Etain. Etain as pure emotion. The fog, what’s in the fog!? Roman myth. Continue reading →

Doomsday + Equilibrium

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Alice Thirteen
Doomsday + Equilibrium

Movies that best their source material. The splat pack. Neil Marshall. What does Doomsday steal from? The cannibal dance. Rhona Mitra Major Eden Sinclair. Craig Conway as Sol (not Saul). Shifts in setting. Sacrificing signature for wider acceptance. Weird things directors do that make them stand out. A twist on roadsploitation. Stealing John Murphy’s 28 Weeks Later score. Norman Borlaug has saved over one billion human lives. Search for him. The two reasons population control is a silly cliche. Equilibirum and 1984. Sean Bean. Taye Diggs refill. Emily Watson. William Fichtner’s own story. Creating action without action. Blended split focus. Alternatives to Meat Cart! Gun Kata. Making violence more violent – with glass! Playing the comedy straight. Just a formally. Continue reading →

Dog Soldiers + Hostage

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
Dog Soldiers + Hostage

Neil Marshall. Homages. References. SNATCH SYNDROME. Thirty second summary. Reaction Dog. The numbers game. Werewolf skepticism. Dog Soldiers takes on werewolves. Hamster style. SWORD WOLF. Why do werewolf films suck? Style vs substance. Credits controversy. The arthouse look. Intensity. Viable alternatives to raw intensity. The loose cannon bad guy. Who is the real hostage? When a scene is acceptable vs ridiculous. Continue reading →

The Descent + Feast

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Alice Thirteen
The Descent + Feast

Where the Double Feature intro song came from. Michael sets up a Double Feature. Horror is scary. Alice practices three sentence dream theory. Japanese Horror. Zombie films vs horror films. Forcing well built characters. Strong female leads. Challenging yourself as a director. Trent didn’t play the Great Destroyer. The environment you watch a movie in. Sparse score. Show the monster? Alternate ending for “The Descent.” How to get away with a twist. What the fuck does a producer do? Meeting the characters. Changing up the hero. You can’t kill the dog/kid…right? Alice’s Pediaphobia. Hampster-style returns. Jokes with several layers. Bad hampster-style. How a film convinces you to like it. Continue reading →