Year after year, the machine that is Hollywood pumps out the same films. Comic Book Movies, remakes, reboots, films based on toys, books or TV and tons of mindless crap. Yeah sure, some of these films stand out from the bunch (The Dark Knight, yeah that's all I can think of). But most of them are pretty bad. Then now and then an original idea comes along and sets the world alight. Films like District 9 and Inception have proved that original ideas can become critical and commercial successes. Both films were nominated for Best Picture Oscars and both multiplied there budgets many times. So this raises the question to me, why doesn't Hollywood pour more money into original exciting ideas. In a year were box office was down, franchises made less and people got tired of 3D fast, why does a two hundred million dollar arthouse science fiction epic about dreams spark up a consciousness with the everyday cinema-goer. I'll tell you why, because people are sick of being shoveled the same old boring drivel.
It feels like every week now that I go online and find a new short film from an unknown director, I'll watch and 80% of the time be absolutely blown away from what I have seen. Many of the short films I encounter show originality and exciting ideas. Short films like Blinky, a dark and twisted sci-fi thriller created by Ruairi Robinson and starring Max Records (Where The Wild Things Are). The Short film , which is just under thirteen minutes long is really worth the watch. It's brilliantly made the pacing is pitch perfect. After seeing this short film I wondered, how come Hollywood hasn't green lit this straight away. With a small budget and good marketing a feature film about Blinky could be a sleeper hit. Well here's Blinky and a few other short films you should check out. As always, leave your thoughts.
Blinky
The Gift
Dark Room
Carousel (Adam Berg, the director was at one point rumoured to helm the upcoming Deadpool film)
Thanks, Chris.
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