We all remember it. The filming of Terminator: Salvation was halted when a technician walked onto the set just as Christian Bale was about to do some acting. That day, something was unleashed to the world: The Christian Bale Rant. Whoever was recording it suddenly found they had enormous power. It was leaked and soon Bale became the centre of the internet's attention. More specifically, Youtube.
The guys who acted the scene out are brilliant. Although this video is made even funnier by the amount of comments made by angry Youtubers asserting that is 'isn't real' and that it's 'a fake'. Yes, we rather think that's the point!
There are many remixes, so we've chosen just one - this is our favourite. Bale Out is a rather expletive driven number, so don't play this with small children or your boss in earshot.
The there was this. The Mae Shi (whoever they are) released this song. Not only does it include clips from the rant, but it also includes a reference to almost all of Bale's films. It's probably the most epic song ever written.
Poor Christian Bale.
Monday 30 July 2012
Friday 27 July 2012
Weekly Poll 2: Buffy
We love to know what our readers think. This week's poll is on whether or not you think there should be a Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie? So what will it be?!
Thursday 26 July 2012
Anatomy of a House Episode
1. Someone collapses.
2. House thinks it's boring.
3. Something odd happens to the patient.
4. House takes on the case.
5. House calls his team idiots.
Meanwhile House is having a bet with Wilson about something.
6. House asks the team to perform a unethical test. Cuddy is outraged but he talks her round.
7. It doesn't prove what he thought it would.
Meanwhile, the team break into the patient's house looking for environmental factors.
8. House calls the team idiots.
9. The team suggest ideas.
10. House lets them test for some other diseases.
11. This doesn't work either.
12. The team decide to perform a treatment for something House says it isn't.
13. House talks to Wilson and has an epiphany.
14. House rushes in to stop the wrong medication/surgery and saves the day.
15. House wins the bet.
16. We think House might learn things from the patient but he doesn't.
2. House thinks it's boring.
3. Something odd happens to the patient.
4. House takes on the case.
5. House calls his team idiots.
Meanwhile House is having a bet with Wilson about something.
6. House asks the team to perform a unethical test. Cuddy is outraged but he talks her round.
7. It doesn't prove what he thought it would.
Meanwhile, the team break into the patient's house looking for environmental factors.
8. House calls the team idiots.
9. The team suggest ideas.
10. House lets them test for some other diseases.
11. This doesn't work either.
12. The team decide to perform a treatment for something House says it isn't.
13. House talks to Wilson and has an epiphany.
14. House rushes in to stop the wrong medication/surgery and saves the day.
15. House wins the bet.
16. We think House might learn things from the patient but he doesn't.
Wednesday 25 July 2012
The Recyclable Youtube: Mario
Part of our recyclable Youtube series. I'm sure we all remember the good old days of Mario Bros. The two lovable Italian plumbers are still going today, and there's an awful lot of love for them on Youtube.
Firstly, there's the 'playing the music on weird musical instruments' group of individuals. This ranges from the remote control car and Tesla coils to the more standard instruments such as the violin guy, a capella guy and the double guitar. While not wildly creative, essentially they're just playing the main theme tune on their chosen instrument, they sure are entertaining. Thought has gone in to each one - the double guitar guy must be pretty talented and the remote control car must have taken ages to set up! We don't know much about giant Tesla coils here at Movies, Music and Soap, but we do know they cost a fortune, so the fact that these guys are playing the Mario theme on it is pretty hilarious, all things considered!
Then there's the arrangements. We're not going to focus on any of the dubstep remixes out there, because that's got its own post in the series, but there are some seriously good arrangements and remixes out there. Here are a few for your delight... The Fresh Prince of Bom-Omb Battlefield: while not strictly an arrangement or remix, it's a mashup which is kind of similar, right? Plus, we can't get enough of it. The Mario Elevator Music is also a must-listen! It's an easy listening of one of our favourite pieces of music from the Mario world. There are hundreds of remixes, but we're not convinced by most of them, but this sweet electro one did catch our attention Imagine how great life would be if elevators really did play this?! Lastly, we're going to leave you with a brilliant arrangement of The Smiths' This Charming Man, if it was included in a Mario game.
Finally, Mario Paint could practically be given its own post in this series, but there are some seriously amazing arrangements of music done on Mario Paint and uploaded to Youtube that we simply couldn't ignore it! Our favourite, by far has got to be the 16 minute long homage to the music from The Legend of Zelda, but then we're massive geeks! If you're anything like us, you'll find yourself occupied for the next hour or so, listening to all the Mario Paint songs.
Firstly, there's the 'playing the music on weird musical instruments' group of individuals. This ranges from the remote control car and Tesla coils to the more standard instruments such as the violin guy, a capella guy and the double guitar. While not wildly creative, essentially they're just playing the main theme tune on their chosen instrument, they sure are entertaining. Thought has gone in to each one - the double guitar guy must be pretty talented and the remote control car must have taken ages to set up! We don't know much about giant Tesla coils here at Movies, Music and Soap, but we do know they cost a fortune, so the fact that these guys are playing the Mario theme on it is pretty hilarious, all things considered!
Then there's the arrangements. We're not going to focus on any of the dubstep remixes out there, because that's got its own post in the series, but there are some seriously good arrangements and remixes out there. Here are a few for your delight... The Fresh Prince of Bom-Omb Battlefield: while not strictly an arrangement or remix, it's a mashup which is kind of similar, right? Plus, we can't get enough of it. The Mario Elevator Music is also a must-listen! It's an easy listening of one of our favourite pieces of music from the Mario world. There are hundreds of remixes, but we're not convinced by most of them, but this sweet electro one did catch our attention Imagine how great life would be if elevators really did play this?! Lastly, we're going to leave you with a brilliant arrangement of The Smiths' This Charming Man, if it was included in a Mario game.
Finally, Mario Paint could practically be given its own post in this series, but there are some seriously amazing arrangements of music done on Mario Paint and uploaded to Youtube that we simply couldn't ignore it! Our favourite, by far has got to be the 16 minute long homage to the music from The Legend of Zelda, but then we're massive geeks! If you're anything like us, you'll find yourself occupied for the next hour or so, listening to all the Mario Paint songs.
Monday 23 July 2012
Why We Love: Gold Panda
For those indie kids who just want some dance music in their lives, this is one for you. Gold Panda is an amazing electronic outfit with all the dancability of popular dance music, but none of the annoying dubstep screamy drops that seem to plague all dance music today.
Gold Panda's debut full-length album, Lucky Shiner, blends electronic dance music with indie pop and folk, creating a completely unique sound. Despite including heavily produced, sample-tastic dance songs like 'You' and full on low-fi indie instrumentals like 'Parents' on one album, it works so well. This isn't an album you could put on at a party - the chill out factor of the non-dance songs is too high, but you're sure going to get a few cheers if you play some of the more dancey numbers to partygoers, clubbers and ravers alike.
The reason Gold Panda seems to work so well is down to complex layers - beats and samples are gradually built up to create some wonderful minimalist electronic music. Mixing acoustic guitars, synths, samples and a whole host of world instruments, Gold Panda is one of the most exciting musicians out there.
Gold Panda is playing a range of festivals this year, so if you happen to be attending one, we'd urge you to go and see - it's bound to bring a great party atmosphere to any serious music fan's festival experience! Movies Music and Soap will be heading to Bestival this year, so if you see us raving to Gold Panda, don't be surprised!
What's The Festival - 27th July
Stuck! Festival - 3rd August
Summer Sundae - 17th August
Outlook Festival - 30th August
FYF Fest - 1st September
Bestival - 6th September
Dimensions - 7th September
Gold Panda's debut full-length album, Lucky Shiner, blends electronic dance music with indie pop and folk, creating a completely unique sound. Despite including heavily produced, sample-tastic dance songs like 'You' and full on low-fi indie instrumentals like 'Parents' on one album, it works so well. This isn't an album you could put on at a party - the chill out factor of the non-dance songs is too high, but you're sure going to get a few cheers if you play some of the more dancey numbers to partygoers, clubbers and ravers alike.
The reason Gold Panda seems to work so well is down to complex layers - beats and samples are gradually built up to create some wonderful minimalist electronic music. Mixing acoustic guitars, synths, samples and a whole host of world instruments, Gold Panda is one of the most exciting musicians out there.
Gold Panda is playing a range of festivals this year, so if you happen to be attending one, we'd urge you to go and see - it's bound to bring a great party atmosphere to any serious music fan's festival experience! Movies Music and Soap will be heading to Bestival this year, so if you see us raving to Gold Panda, don't be surprised!
What's The Festival - 27th July
Stuck! Festival - 3rd August
Summer Sundae - 17th August
Outlook Festival - 30th August
FYF Fest - 1st September
Bestival - 6th September
Dimensions - 7th September
Saturday 21 July 2012
Rise!
----------NO SPOILERS----------
Bringing his Batman trilogy to an end can't have been an easy thing for Christopher Nolan. Since Batman Begins, he's taken his audiences on a tour of fine film-making. His films are beautifully detailed, stunningly soundtracked, and they never assume the audience are idiots. It is rare that all three of these elements come together in blockbuster films - normally lack of cinematographic beauty is sacrificed for a impressive special effects. Or even worse, as in the case of James Cameron's blockbuster, Avatar, a fairly mundane plot stops the film developing into anything truly 'great', regardless of its state-of-the-art special effects. Nolan has never given up any elements of truly great cinema to make his summer blockbusters, and that's what we love about him. With stunning visual effects, legendary casts, twisting plots, and a seeming knack for incorporating massive scale scenes as well as much more personal dialogue, it's hard to contemplate just how expensive some of his films must have been. The Dark Knight Rises is no exception to the rule.Picking up some years after The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne is a broken man, a recluse living in just a small section of the newly rebuilt Wayne Manor. Physically battered and emotionally spent, he is unwilling to be Batman ever again. However, when a mysterious woman steals something precious, he finds the impetus to leave his home and search for it. Travelling back to Gotham, we find it nearly tearing at the seams and unbeknownst to the police force, an army is rising. Tom Hardy's Bane (who is sometimes a little difficult to understand in a loud, bassy cinema - perhaps our only criticism of the film) claims to be Gotham's reckoning, and he is certainly a physical match for Batman.
Just who is Bane and where has he come from? Well, given that the film has only been out two days, we're hardly going to spoil it for you, but to the relief of the audience, Bane's backstory is given - unlike the Joker in The Dark Knight. Perhaps the characters are supposed to be held in stark contrast - Bane is fighting for something and his acts in the film, unlike the Joker's, are not just a madman's random entertainment. In the last few years, it has become apparent that Tom Hardy is set for great things, but the character of Bane has given him even more credibility as an actor. Even if you've been living under a rock for a while, you've probably still seen a picture of Bane. The mask covers much of Hardy's face (to be fair, it could be anyone under there!), consequently, the expressions all come from his eyes. Again, without revealing too much, the emotions are all there, even if you can't see much of Bane's face.
Hardy is just one of many great actors involved (many return for a second or third Batman). We've become acquainted with Morgan Freeman's Fox, Michael Caine's Alfred (who, despite having a significantly smaller role, is possibly even more powerful than ever), Gary Oldman's Gordon and of course, Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne. No doubt Tom Hardy will be the one talked about, but this Batman film is perhaps the first that has given us a small picture of just how talented Bale is. Bruce Wayne, the man, not the superhero is given much more screen time, and his inner turmoil, not to mention a surprising display of emotion between Bale and Caine remind us that Christian Bale doesn't just look great with his shirt off.
Perhaps now isn't the best time to talk about reveals and plot twists, suffice to say, there are some. Perhaps you will guess the story to Joseph Gordon Levitt's character, John Blake, as we did, but we doubt anyone will guess the whole film. But it's all there, set up from practically the first scene. We were also impressed with how neatly the film ended - there were no loose ends or frustrating spinning-top-endings (see Inception) and this we commend Nolan for. We're left in no doubt that this is the final Batman film for Nolan and it does not disappoint.
This article probably hasn't even done the film justice, and maybe in two or three weeks when we're sure you've all seen it, we'll do a more in depth analysis of it, but until then, you'll just have to go out and see what all the fuss is about!
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Friday 20 July 2012
Weekly Poll: The Dark Knight Rises
We're really interested in what our readers think. So we've started a new weekly poll. This week has, of course got to be about the most talked about film of the summer. Did you see it on its opening weekend?
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