Hey folks, Harry here. Now I just hate this. Ya see, I'm one of them Keanu bashers, I love to walk around bashing Keanu at every chance I get (though never for his amazing work in the pair of brilliant BILL AND TED journeys), so it is with much trepidation that I say.... I'm looking forward to MATRIX. The WACHOWSKI Brothers are, in my mind, one of the coolest pairs of brothers out there. I loved BOUND, and their script for THE MATRIX just kicked so much ass it wasn't even funny. But they cast Keanu... and my heart sunk, but dammit this latest trailer (download the 8meg new trailer here) on top of that older trailer just has me frothing at the mouth. BUT IT'S WARNERS!!! But ya know... 'it can't rain all the time' and maybe... just maybe the Wachowski's have finally pulled off what just about no other director in the world has done, and that's to create a perfect comic book movie. If you look at that trailer, you'll see single frames and shots that look like they came right out of a Steve Ditko or Jack Kirby comic.... while others seem to scream Jim Lee or Todd McFarlane. The look seems to be that of John Woo meets Alex Proyas meets something new. I HOPE THIS ONE WORKS!!! Anyway, here's an account of bumping into Joel Silver last night, and what this geek got out of it...
Alright, here's a bit of news for everybody. I went to the Message in a Bottle premiere tonight and had the great fortune to meet and speak with Joel Silver. I informed Joel that I had just seen the new preview for The Matrix. The two minute trailer that plays before Payback. I told him that it just totally blew me and my friend away. If you haven't seen it, the special effects are AWESOME.
Here is where it gets so cool. He was so excited about this movie that my friend and I couldn't even get a question in. He was like a little kid who just got a new toy and wanted to tell you everything about it, but wouldn't let you hold it. He went on and on how we haven't seen anything yet in terms of what the final effects shots are going to look like. He said that the shots they are working on now are twice as good as the one's in the trailer.
He spoke with such passion and love for making movies. It was awesome. He is really in it for the love of just making people's mouths drop. He said that Die Hard was his favorite, but that the Matrix might soon take that title, because what he is doing is so ground breaking. He spoke about the Workowski brothers (I don't think I spelled that right) who doing alot of the effects as we speak in Sydney Australia and how every day, he is just more and more blown away.
I can't describe how much he is really psyched for this film. He said that these effects are going to be the best effects that most people will have ever seen. I then asked him when does it come out? Thinking that if it was after May 21st, then what he just told me was complete shit. But he said it would come out on April 2nd, so we are ok. I am really excited to see this movie.
Sincerely,
Corky
