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i usually don’t mind bringing all my equipment with me especially my tripod. i think that its worth the effort if you can get a good shot. but when i went to grand rapids for my friend’s wedding… i only used my tripod once. it didn’t really inconvenience me because i didn’t have that much to bring and i was able to put it in my luggage. and a lot of times i just think a tripod is a bit overkill and so i decided to get myself one of these babies… i haven’t really had a chance to use it yet but i’ve tested it out and it seems really sturdy.
caught a showing of bourne ultimatum today… excellent movie. probably the best threequel of the summer. i had high expectations for this one and this one lived up to it. definitely prefer this series to the james bond series. seen a lot of movies this summer and most of them were good although some didn’t live up to the hype. bourne ultimatum wasn’t the best in the series, the first one was, but i preferred this one to bourne supremacy. i sort of wished the director of the first movie, doug liman, also did parts 2 and 3… because this other guy, paul greengrass or something has a really irritating camera style. he wants everything frantic and lots of camera movement. it really bothered me for bourne ultimatum because matt damon was doing all these cool martial arts moves… and we couldn’t see any of it! in this one it was pretty much the same but not so frantic. i sort of understand why this technique is considered interesting but its a terrible style for filming martial arts. there’s ways to film a movie and make it look dynamic and modern… but sometimes it seems that the director for supremacy and ultimatum just strapped the camera to a rabid dog and had the dog film a scene. apart from the wachowski brothers, most american directors have no idea how to properly film a martial arts movie. i don’t count brett ratner and the rush hour movies… those really aren’t martial arts movies… jackie chan’s good days are well behind him.
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Dallas Film Festival
It’s that time of year when Film Lover’s of all sorts find themselves lost is translation. The Dallas Film Society is celebrating the 5th year of the Dallas International Film Festival. Michael Cain, Chairman of Dallas Film Society says, “It’s open to everyone. That’s where people sometimes get confused. They think you have to be a member of something. No it’s just like going to a movie”
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Final Auction of the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum to be Held in Texas
The final items from the Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum liquidation go on the auction block in New Braunfels, Texas on April 9th. The museum, first in Victorville, California, and later in Branson, Missouri, became the archive of their impressive collection which spanned a fifty-year Hollywood career and marriage to each other. Items featured in the sale include a life-sized carved marble statue …
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