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[i_kender]

Quick post to say I saw The Prestige last night and it blew me away... I will write a proper (and doubtless spoiler-packed) review of it when I have time (I have some pesky minutes to finish at work today, yah boo sux to werk) and I don't want to give anything away by even *hinting* at what the film contains, but if you think you might like a film that revolves around two duelling Victorian magicians, you MUST see this film. Awesome, best film I've seen in a good while.

I am now very much looking forward to Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth after watching a trailer... (even though the trailer was nearly RUINED by the extremely Cheesy and Groan-worthy Voiceover Man¹... I swear buddleia would actually rip him into tiny shreds with her bare hands if she ever met him in person)

Right, back to *yawn* work...

¹ eg. "In A Land... Ravaged by War... Innocence Will Face... The Ultimate Test... And From the Darkness... Will Emerge a LIGHT..." etc etc GROAN Kill IT KILL IT!!

Comments

[nightxade.livejournal.com]

lol the new Geico commercials feature normal people telling their story, but to make the commercial more interesting, they add a 'celebrity' to retell it. The Movie Voice Over Guy is one of the better ones.

Also fun to listen to him on one of those order tickets by phone things.

"If you would like to see rrrrROLLERBALL, press 1 NOW"

Not that rrrrrROLLERBALL is high on my list of movies to ever watch again, but whenever I do say the title, I can't help but say it like him.

[i_kender]

*grins*

I do think you folks in North America have it much worse than we do - your voiceover guys are much cheesier and more melodramatic! Mind you, ours are bad enough. I think it's the same system over here, where a few professionals get ALL the voiceover work (for movie trailers, I mean).

[nightxade.livejournal.com]

Just like there's one instrumental theme that gets used for all trailers (the excuse being that the trailers are made before teh score is complete). I believe it's originally from Romeo and Juliet.

There's been a trend in hollywood actors with recognizable voices doing a lot of commercial work lately. Most of them are pretty cool. James Earl Jones (obviously!), Keith David, Donald Sutherland ... but Kiefer Sutherland is a bit creepy to hear. Especially after we saw him in Phone Booth, and then have to hear him talk about family size compact cars...