Why Every Director Should Hire The Rock, According To Rampages Brad Peyton

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Why Every Director Should Hire The Rock, According To Rampages Brad Peyton

He has been dubbed "Franchise Viagra" for his ability to boost (and in some cases, flat out rescue) film franchises from Fast & Furious to G.I. Joe. So why doesn't every director move Heaven and Earth to work with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Well, many do. But the busiest man in Hollywood only has so many hours in the day. His most recent movie, Rampage, recently topped the global box office charts, and to celebrate the victory, Rampage director Brad Peyton joined CinemaBlend's ReelBlend podcast. We got to talking about Rocky, and the attributes he brings to a production, so Peyton -- who has directed The Rock three times now -- broke down exactly why every filmmaker needs this guy on their team. Peyton said:

For me, he's amazing because he is coachable. The closest analogy I can give is having a superstar player on a team. As the director, it's really like I'm the coach. ... What Dwayne is is he's like the star athlete. He's the guy who the whole team is going to follow because he has these intangibles. One of his biggest intangibles is that he's fearless. He's willing to try anything. He's really willing to put himself out there. One of his other intangibles is that he just knows his audience really well. He knows what people want to see out of him. Even when you are directing him, he has these things in his mind of, 'I should do it this way because it's the way I would do it, it's the flavor I would bring to it.'

This likely comes from Dwayne Johnson's own history with professional sports, having played football in college and -- of course -- dominating the WWF and WWE before breaking into films. Rock knows how a team should operate, and he seems to have brought that ensemble-based mindset to his film sets. Also, the man loves a challenge. And he'll never back down from a challenge. Brad Peyton has a very funny way of describing it, telling ReelBlend:

Dwayne's one of those guys where you present the challenge, and he is going to succeed come hell or high water. I love this about him because it's really easy to... I'm an excitable director. I get enthusiastic about my job. And so when I need Dwayne to do something that's difficult, it's the equivalent of being able to be, 'You see that wall? I need you to run through that wall.' [laughs] And he's like, 'That wall?' And I'm like, 'Yeah, that wall.' And he's like, 'Fuck that wall!' And I'm like, 'Alright, roll camera. Here we go!' [Laughs] And then, you know, he does it! And I go, 'That was awesome! Do you think we could smash that other wall there? But do you think this time we could say the line here instead of there? And then say, I don't know, smash the wolf?' And he's like, 'Yeah, let's do that!' And it's cool because in some ways, you found someone where you are able to get excited, and you are able to get enthusiastic with, and you can present these challenges to.

The Rock is on a roll. And a good deal of his success can be contributed to the fact that he does have complete awareness of what his audience wants from him. But it did take years for him to figure it out, and that growing process led to movies like Scorpion King, The Game Plan and Doom. His collaborations with Brad Peyton have been hits, so it was great to hear from Peyton himself how they operate as a team.

To listen to the complete conversation with Brad Peyton, give this week's ReelBlend a spin down below:

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Why Steven Spielberg Hated Working On Jurassic Park and Schindler's List At The Same Time

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Why Steven Spielberg Hated Working On Jurassic Park and Schindler's List At The Same Time

1993 was a big year for Steven Spielberg as he created one of cinema's biggest blockbusters and most recognized masterpieces in the same year. Both Jurassic Park and Schindler's List were released that year. In order to get both movies out, Spielberg had to essentially work on both movies simultaneously, shooting Schindler's List in Poland while also approving post-production shots of Jurassic Park at the same time. Spielberg now says that having to deal with CGI dinosaurs in the evening after filming such an emotionally powerfully powerful film during the date ended up creating a great deal of resentment inside him. According to the director...

When I finally started shooting...in Poland, I had to go home about two or three times a week and get on a very crude satellite feed to Northern California...to be able to approve T-Rex shots," he remembered. "And it built a tremendous amount of resentment and anger that I had to do this, that I had to actually go from [the emotional weight of Schindler's List] to dinosaurs chasing jeeps, and all I could express was how angry that made me at the time. I was grateful later in June, though, but until then it was a burden.

It certainly had to be a sort of emotional whiplash on a daily basis as he went from the heavy and emotional story of the World War II Holocaust to a fantastical story of dinosaurs coming back to life. Steven Spielberg told an audience at the Tribeca Film Festival (via Entertainment Weekly) that when the script for Schindler's List finally came through after multiple rewrites, he knew he had to make the movie as soon as possible, it was clearly an important movie for him. So much so that it made his other big movie feel a lot less important.

Steven Spielberg does say that when Jurassic Park was released in June, it was easier to deal with. The massive box office that made the movie one of the biggest of all-time is likely to have that sort of an effect on a director. Following that, Schindler's List would win every award under the sun, including Best Picture at the Academy Awards and a Best Director award for Spielberg himself. While the Jurassic Park box office was probably well celebrated, the director admits there was little "celebrating" the Oscars for Schindler's List as the movie's weight was such that celebrating didn't feel like an option.

While making these two movies at the same time clearly took a toll on Steven Spielberg, making them both at the same time made it clear that he was one of the greatest directors who has ever lived.




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Everything Wrong With Bird Box Video Takes Aim At Its Inconsistencies

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Everything Wrong With Bird Box Video Takes Aim At Its Inconsistencies

Bird Box was one of those movies that energized social media, so you can be sure CinemaSins was going to have some fun with it. The new video takes a long look at the film and, of course, can't help but point out everything it sees as not making sense within the supernatural thriller. Check it out.

Bird Box follows Sandra Bullock as she attempts to survive a world that has been overrun by invisible creatures that force those that see them to kill themselves. While that premise alone is certainly more than a little crazy, and exactly the sort of thing that CinemaSins loves to tear into, Bird Box has been an incredibly popular movie, spawning social media trends and endless memes.

Beyond a doubt, the biggest issue that CinemaSins has with Bird Box surrounds the rules regarding how the movie's monsters work. One character sees one while driving but the woman sitting next to her does not. Most everybody who does see one then begins to take steps to kill themselves, but one character does not. The rules, such as they are, seem to be pretty flexible to meet whatever the film requires of them, changing as necessary.

Though, the point about the difficulty in rowing a boat or driving a car while blindfolded, and the fact that you'll naturally veer off course, is a valid point as well.

From there, it's the pretty standard litany of complaints as to why certain characters behave in certain ways. More often than not, the answer is "because if they didn't the movie would be over." It's not always the best explanation, but this is fiction after all.

Generally speaking the reviews of Bird Box have been positive, so most critics didn't have all these issues with the film. Having said that, some did call out the movies for overly contrived and forced elements.

While the response to Bird Box may be mixed, one thing is for sure, a lot of people have opinions because a lot of people saw the movie. The film set Netflix records for viewership that have been confirmed by Nielsen. One upside to the fact that Netflix is fairly cheap and easy to obtain is that a lot of people have it and use so when something new comes along, it ends up getting watched by audiences on par with big screen hits.

Of course, for Netflix that level of success translated to endless memes and people taking part in what became known as the Bird Box challenge, which saw people attempt to accomplish simple tasks while blindfolded. It went about as well as you might expect. Especially the people who tried to drive cars. That went exactly how you'd expect.





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John Carpenter And Jason Blum Dont Think The Current Horror Boom Is Going To Last Long

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John Carpenter And Jason Blum Dont Think The Current Horror Boom Is Going To Last Long

In case you haven't heard, we are in the midst of a horror boom. We've not only seen a surprising number of legitimately great scary movies in the last year, but audiences are also eating them up and generating shocking box office numbers. It's a very exciting time to be a fan of the genre -- but according to Blumhouse founder Jason Blum and the legendary John Carpenter, folks should really enjoy it while it lasts. Says Blum,

My feeling about horror being a big deal right now is that it's very cyclical. It's a big deal, so now everyone's going to make horror movies. There are going to be a lot of crap ones, and then everyone's going to say, 'Horror's not working anymore!' And then there's going to be much, much less horror. Then there's going to be a great one because there haven't been that many, and they're not going to get made unless they're really good, and then there's the boom.

Jason Blum has spent the last decade becoming one of the biggest names in horror, and he's seen the genre go through some massive changes in that time. As such, when he looks at the current "renaissance" -- which he very much helped kick-start by backing Jordan Peele's Get Out -- he doesn't really see a lasting trend, but instead a series of ebbs and flows.

The producer spoke about the current state of horror last month during the Los Angeles press day for David Gordon Green's Halloween, where he was paired with John Carpenter for roundtable interviews. Preceding his statement, he noted his curiosity about Carpenter's thoughts on the matter as well, and the genius director bluntly agreed:

You've got the secret. You haven't forgotten about Japanese horror, have you? Way back then - you haven't forgotten. That was a big deal! It went away. And [Jason Blum is] partially responsible for bringing in the new horror stuff.

Of course, John Carpenter is referring to the period in the early 2000s when Hollywood fell in love with creating English-language remakes of Japanese titles like Ringu (The Ring) and Ju-On (The Grudge). Fitting in with the conversation, that fad eventually died thanks to oversaturation, and then a few years later the exact same thing happened with the found-footage craze -- which was initially jump-started by the Jason Blum-produced Paranormal Activity.

During the interview, Jason Blum noted that specific experience, and even went as far as to map out a rough timeline of how the whole system operates:

Since I started it's dipped and come down. Paranormal Activity took off, and then it dipped around about five or you know, whatever, I don't know, four or five. It dipped, and then now it's ramping back up again. And I guarantee you in 12 months there'll be so many bad horror movies people will be like, 'I'm never going to see another horror movie again.' Because now it's like, 'Oh, we can make money if we make a horror movie!' And then they're bad... That's the market. That's how Hollywood works.

Jason Blum and John Carpenter's comments aside, it is worth noting that there is something somewhat special about the current horror boom in that it can't be readily defined. In the past couple years we've seen titles like the aforementioned Get Out, Andres Muschietti's IT, and John Krasinski's A Quiet Place become phenomenal successes, but there really isn't anything that ties the titles together beyond genre categorization. One has to wonder if there's a possibility that the variety involved might sustain things for a little longer -- but we'll just have to wait and see.

For now, the current horror boom is operating at full strength, and should provide a perfect cinematic atmosphere for the arrival of David Gordon Green's Halloween, which is in theaters this Friday.




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Why You Should Take Your Teenagers To See Eighth Grade

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Why You Should Take Your Teenagers To See Eighth Grade

Much as Kayla's father in the film Eighth Grade has his daughter's best interests in mind when he supervises portions of her life, parents taking their kids to the movies have similar responsibilities. The ratings system can only do so much to prepare someone who's either going to bring their kids to the movies, or drop them off to go see something with their friends, and even then, the ratings issued by the MPAA aren't guaranteed to be valid. Case in point is Bo Burnham's feature writing/directing debut Eighth Grade, which is currently expanding in theaters nationwide, and has been saddled with the ever-restrictive R-rating. Which means that if your kids want to see Eighth Grade, chances are you're going to have to take them and their friends -- and by all means, you totally should.

As far as the quality of the film is concerned, you should take your teenagers to see this movie because an outing to see Eighth Grade is a night out at one of the best movies on the current market. Rarely are personal dramas so good that both parent and child can enjoy them through separate lenses, and the story of a young woman's graduation into a new chapter in her life is something that pretty much anyone can relate to. It's a story told with enough honesty that you can approach it from any point in life and understand what it's trying to say. The common language that the film seems to engage its story with also helps in another respect, because if you take your teen to see Eighth Grade, it could lead to a really good bonding experience.

The film's events also lend themselves to insightful discussion after the film's ended. While your childhood may not have been anything like the one that Bo Burnham and his cast show on screen, the benchmarks and general template is still the same. The only thing that's really changed is the technology at hand, and maybe the pace that kids today move at. The rest is absolutely real, scars and all, so the car ride home or post-movie meal at a local restaurant can be filled with memories from the childhood of the parent's side of things, as well as with the current issues your middle- or high-schooler is facing.

But perhaps the most important reason to take your kids to see Eighth Grade in the theater is the fact that, once again, the film is stuck with an R-rating. This is mainly for the language in the film, as two usages of the world "fuck" do occur, and the standard usually allows only one to slip through in anything hoping for a PG-13. A very similar situation occurred with Best Picture winner The King's Speech, as that film had a tirade of obscenity that, while fitting the story's context, was still tsk-tsk'd by the MPAA. Though the full descriptor indicates that the film is rated as it is for, "language and some sexual material," the "sexual material" is limited to broad discussion of a sex act, as well as a scene where Kayla is being propositioned by a high school boy. The furthest that last bit goes is he gets into the back seat of a car with Kayla, engages in tense, awkward flirting, and takes his shirt off before putting it back on in a huff when the flirting goes nowhere.

Still, material such as this is important for kids of a certain age to watch, in particular with their parents, as Eighth Grade's realistic events allow parents and their young charges to discuss some of the stuff they've either already handled, or are about to handle, throughout their lives. It's as painful to watch Kayla (Elsie Fisher) move through social anxiety and peer pressure on the big screen, so taking your kids to see this film might help them discuss these potential / past happenings more openly with you, their parents. It's an icebreaker that's only a little over an hour and a half long, and it's well worth your time. Also, seeing Eighth Grade also rewards Bo Burnham's refusal to sugar-coat the film with a PG-13 edit, as he recently explained to Salon:

They'd rate kids' lives NC-17 if they could. The truth is, Eighth Grade is R-rated because eighth grade is R-rated. I can promise to parents that this movie is not exposing anything to kids that kids aren't very, very aware of.

If you were to package everything above into one simple argument as to why you should take your teenagers to see Eighth Grade, it's the fact that this film tackles familiar subject matter with a maturity and verisimilitude that the teen movie genre rarely shows to its audience. It's not a horny sex comedy about losing ones' virginity, nor is it a maudlin romantic tale full of misunderstandings about how relationships work. Eighth Grade is about the pressures of young life, the horror of growing up, and the comfort in family. You'll cry, but it's not out of emotional manipulation. You'll laugh, but it's sympathetic to the plight of its protagonist and her father. Most importantly, you'll remember what it felt like to push through that phase yourself, and be ready to help your own young adults better handle the craziness of their adolescence. Sometimes, kids feel like they're not being listened to, and in that frame of mind, they'll look for any voice they can claim speaks for their own. Bo Burnham's words and direction, matched with Elsie Fisher's tremendous performance, are exactly the sort of voice we all need to speak for kids in our modern times.

Eighth Grade is currently in limited release, with a full nationwide roll-out being planned for this Friday. Get tickets now.




Eighth Grade is (thankfully) not as explicit as Thirteen, but it's nearly as heartbreaking for different reasons -- at least for parents of teens. Luckily the movie has a somewhat hopeful message, as Kayla recognizes that making a connection with her father and finding friendship are both possible, if not with the so-called popular kids she
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Eighth Grade's R rating deters actual 8th-graders from seeing it. What a shame. The MPAA ratings system and its very specific hang-ups are keeping teens away from the movies they need most.
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Make sure she knows that the stakes will be higher in high school, with all class grades showing up on the transcript colleges will see. Watching your 8th grader settle into his teenage self can be exhilarating and unsettling. You can still see glimmers of your child, and you can glimpse the adult he is on his way to becoming.
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If you were to package everything above into one simple argument as to why you should take your teenagers to see Eighth Grade, it's the fact that this film tackles familiar subject matter with a maturity and verisimilitude that the teen movie genre rarely shows to its audience. It's not a horny sex comedy about losing ones' virginity, nor
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Eighth Grade is a painfully realistic movie about, you guessed it, eighth grade. I have to say, it is pretty realistic for today's generation, which is not always a good thing. Sex, swearing, and peer pressure is a common topic in this movie. While this is realistic in eighth grade, it's still focused very heavily, hence the R rating.
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'Eighth Grade': Why 13-Year-Olds Aren't Allowed to See a Movie About Themselves The MPAA giving Bo Burnham's new film an "R" was never in doubt, which is part of the problem. Chris O'Falt
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This past week, both of my sons had plans with their friends. I took this beautiful opportunity to take my 13-year-old daughter to see the movie Eighth Grade.This is a film all about the awkwardness of middle school and the common challenges that kids in middle school face.
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If you were to package everything above into one simple argument as to why you should take your teenagers to see Eighth Grade, it's the fact that this film tackles familiar subject matter with a
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Ep 97 - 7 Reasons why you Should take your Teen to see Eighth Grade By Erin Taylor. In this episode, I read my blog from last week. I was inspired to write this after I took my 13-year-old daughter to see it last week.
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