Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Yes, I was chosen to watch a battery of movies in a few days, deliberate with fellow judges, and pick the winners. You’d think it’s an easy task, just to sit and watch movies, but staying objective, realizing that a movie that might not be your style, still might be the best film, and there’s more to it. I judged at the SFIAFF, Cinevegas, and there was a couple more… I’m glad to help out. 15k for the champ is a pretty hefty prize considering the prize is usually zero at the smaller fests, but you do get to place those cute grape leaves on your movie poster. Thankfully, the films take place at night and they show 3 times each!
“The narrative jury consists of director Lynn Shelton (Humpday, My Effortless Brilliance), Head/Founder of Giant Robot Eric Nakamura, and screenwriter Daniel Waters (Heathers, BatmanReturns).” … “Unrestricted cash awards are given out in the following categories: Jury Award for Best NarrativeFeature ($15,000),…”
Very long press release after the jump.
At the end of last week, and technically, part of the weekend as well, I was part of a group called Rise 50. It’s a name given to “us” by the marketing groups associated with Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie. Obviously “Rise” is part of the movie title, but perhaps there were 50 of us bloggers and YouTubers invited to find more about this upcoming film. I haven’t seen the “Influencer” tag in a while, and I thought it was nearly extinct, but here it is again. I’ll admit I had skepticism as did most everyone else. Our last recollection of Planet of the Apes was the 2001 flop film starring Mark Wahlberg. It was easy to figure out that we were there to tell you about this film, and how it’s nothing like the 2001 version. It’s something entirely new and maybe even great – which will remain to be seen. We didn’t get to see a finished product. We did hear from Fox Chairman, Tom Rothman, Director Rupert Wyatt, and many others including a marketing exec, and a special effects rep from Weta Digital. We also saw X-Men before most everyone did, by a couple of hours. I’ll post a bit more later about the film and hopefully with a few details.
There was lot of this. When YouTubers are around, so are their cameras. It’s amazing how compact they can do everything. Often it’s a FlipCam, or just a point and shoot.
I thought this was funny. Simpsons and a dumpster.
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