The amazing effects of puberty.

Once again my attention is brought to the amazingly beautiful and eternally awesome Emma Watson. I don't know what happened to her but why don't we all turn mega hot when we hit puberty? Reading the Sunday magazine I became aware that, not only is it the greatest weekend paper lift out IN the world, but that I have a serious weakness for babes doing awesome stuff in films. Emma Watson as Hermione is one example of this. Liv Tyler in the Strangers. Rosario Dawson in Death Proof. Alexis Bledel in Sin City. Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. And yes, I have to put this out there, Isabel Lucas in Transformers 2.

I don't know what it is but there is something very appealing to me (and not just physically) of seeing a girl kick ass. Or perhaps its when a girl breaks the perceptions we have of her. Yes, that sounds about right. I can't actually pinpoint it, but I feel elation when a girl does something unexpected and seriously hot in a movie. And I won't lie to you, there will always be hot babes in my films. And they will always do something amazing.

So I saw Transformers 2. I don't know how I feel about it. On one hand, I can see the awesome CGI, the big battles and the mega honeys in the forms of Fox and Lucas but on the other hand I can see the plot-holes, useless characters and then I can't see anything on account of the cameraman seemed to have an intense strain of arthritis resulting in blurred battle and chase sequences. I wanted more amazing slow-mo battle shots like in the first film and less annoying minor characters ie. those two gangstabots.

Oh well. We can only hope they will get new writers for Transformers 3 (already in development) and 'deal' with the old writers appropriately. Perhaps their families too.

In other news James Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Titanic) has a new film coming out in November this year. Avatar stars Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez and mega-honey Zoe Saldana and revolves around a new planet, an alien race and a love story. Check out the teaser here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGs3_1qKl34.

Cameron has said it will be a mix of live action and CGI effects like never before although Im sure they said that about the Polar Express.

And we all know how that turned out.

Varla, my beloved.

Perhaps the most glorious thing that has happened to me all week was the discovery that Quentin Tarantino will be remaking the Russ Meyer classic Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! Yes. For those who know not of this film I will fill you in.

Basically this film revolves around three strippers who get sick of men and their woman-related obsessions and after an extended dancing scene (that even includes the 60's rendition of the "crump") they leave their club, hopping in badass convertibles (because every stripper could afford a convertible) and speed off to wreak havoc. They do. And they do it better than Demi Moore in Charlies Angels 2. After they come across a young couple in the middle of the desert (mind you, they have just been wildly drag racing so the audience is so shocked and aroused that the reason why they are in the desert is unimportant) and the feisty leader, (imagine sexy black hair, dominatrix style catsuit and dialogue to match) Varla, kills the male by doing a series of intense judo-like moves and eventually karate-chopping his throat, they then proceed to drug, gag and kidnap his girlfriend. The sexy, blonde (Billie) and the exotic Indian (Rosie) are forced to follow their leader and while they fill up at a gas station, the helpful attendant tells them that those two buff men over there live on a deserted ranch that has a huge stash of money hidden in it. Well Varla, being the minx she is, hatches a plan to steal the money and basically murder every character in the film.

Its truly awesome. Here is the poster (Varla is the hot one in black):



As you can see, it's splendour is immeasurable.

I'll be off now. Possibly the shortest blog in history (although I spent a lot of time on that blurb so deal with it.)

R.I.P Michael and Farrah.

Where are those Wild things?

So I filmed the first scene of The Room today. The aim of this scene was to pass through (in slo-mo of course) the life of one my characters and to show his life as it spirals out of control. To do this I needed several extra's to be his class/detention mates and a teacher to abuse him. NOTE: Teachers aren't good actors.

Or so I thought. It turned out my selection of Mr.Ringer was awesome and he came ready for action. After setting the shot up (taking in the fact that Mr.Ringer is the half-brother of Hagrid) we took 5 or 6 takes and then proceeded with close up's.

I can't properly describe how much relief I feel to know that 1) my ideas don't suck and work out like they should and 2) I have it in me to be a good director. Of course, if I'm going to destroy the world with my films then I will have to be more than a good director but at the moment, that is great.

To awake you from the slumber I have probably bored you into here are some things I think you may need to see:

Pics from, Where The Wild Things Are, written and directed by Spike Jonze (Being John Malcovich, Adaptation) have been released and it looks amazing. The animation looks like nothing I've seen before. So this is on the list of things to be excited for.

Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NOkQ4dYVaM . Also, Transformers 2 is out today and as soon as I have observed its beauty with my own two eyes I will report back and give you my thoughts (I promise no spoilers).

Let's just say that Isabel Lucas might have another stalker in the very near future.

Mac vs. Windows

Okay, so whats with the Mac/Windows battle? I have a friend who is about to buy a Macbook and countless times I have now heard comments like 'Why a Mac? They suck,' or 'Mac's are a waste of money' to which the replies are 'Windows is easier to use' and 'Mac's are like navigating the Pacific Ocean without a pair of oars, or a boat, or a face.'

Now, I happen to have a HP laptop, with Windows, in fact, I've always had Windows, so of course when I use Mac I find it foreign and hard to use but aren't there more important things to fight about ie. The war in Iraq, If Miley Cyrus is a boy, If Gingers are actual people?

Let me illustrate my point with this forum debate.



Mac vs. Windows: Which is better?



Stefan: I have become seriously disappointed with my Macbook Pro at the moment.

Gatekeeper: Thats because Windows takes a huge dump on Mac.

Lady_Veera: That was rough.

Stefan: Yeah Gatekeeper, watch what you say.

Flashback: He's right. If Windows and Mac were in battle Windows would use its lightning sword to obliterate Mac. Mac is a sissy girl computer.

Stefan: WTF?

Lady_Veera: What's wrong with being a sissy girl?

Flashback: Macs.

GregM: Its basically choosing between Windows which are safe and reliable and Macs which are neat and clever.

Gatekeeper: Whatever Dick Smith. Windows wins forever times infinity.

GregM: Are you 5?


The conversation then continues into a series of completely explicit and outrageous obscenities that become progressively less coherent in each post (mainly thanks to Gatekeeper's lack of spell check, or, eyes). The point is, why do people care so much? Its like the Holden vs Ford battle. Or the Today vs. Sunrise battle. Everyone knows our trivial bickering's will have no effect whatsoever on the group of billionaire designers who sit on the top floor of those huge skyscrapers stroking their chins and discussing gold shoes while deciding the fate of the earth as we know it (I mean, I've heard they can breathe fire) so why do we bother?

NOTE: I'm not actually going to propose an answer to that as I have just remembered something much more important. Check this out:

Check out the trailer on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPErY-0YNeA . Yeah. Consider my pants officially wet. Did you see the girl fight like I saw the girl fight? Hopefully the plethora of B-list actors in this film won't let it down. Either way this is a film worth getting excited for.

In other news official photo's of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland have been released and it looks positively amazing. Check out Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen:

As much as I love her I don't think Mizz. Carter would have a job if it wasn't for her amazing husband. Although she is pretty damn awesome as Bellatrix.

I'd marry Bellatrix.

Pre-production and Hometown in Ruins.

So, as is expected with year 12, I am overrun with work and flying-full speed towards the end of the year. This signals the start of my independence. A scary thing to comprehend considering I have never lived alone. I always imagine leaving home and then finding out my hometown was destroyed by some cataclysmic event, killing everyone in it and wiping out my entire family.

That makes me wonder what emotion would fill me more? Remorse for losing my family or absolute relief that I survived? Is life worth living if you don't have a family? My friend always says this quote that we can't actually find the source of; 'What does it matter when you don't have a face?' It is probably appropriate in any occasion. There is no answer to that question as it's completely shocking and once you have recovered from the initial shock you are then left confused and bewildered. In fact, this question may just be the greatest question there has ever been.

Speaking of the greatest things there have ever been:

Yeah. Its coming. Not sure if I have been so excited for anything since this:

By the way, Terminator 4 made me realise that I really do dislike Christian Bale. I mean on a scale of Sylvester Stallone to Nicholas Cage he's probably a Steven Seagal. Perhaps even a Hugh Grant and that's saying something as not many people can be as a big a fool as that bumbling British fool. To save you all from a drawn-out and most probably explicit speal about young Bindi up there I will give you all the pleasure of knowing I am in the pre-production stage of my latest smash hit 'The Room'.

My film centres around four teenagers some time after they have manifested an imaginary room to use as an escape. This room evolves and grows around them, from a old, cluttered house, to an expansive, empty field. The teens are living a life of bliss, without a worry in the world, but not all is rainbows and sunshine in their beloved Room. Nightmares and the gradual decline of their lives alert the teenagers to the fact that perhaps the Room isn't a godsend and perhaps they have run for to long.

That's probably what you would find on the back of the dvd with some rave reviews in crazy fonts all around it. I'd like to say that this idea came to me after hours of brainstorming but truthfully I couldn't sleep one night and at 1 AM I sat up and wrote the entire script. Now if that's not a child genius I don't know what is. But seriously, my J.K Rowling inspired moment came and went and I was left with a skeleton of a script and some notes on techniques and actors I would employ.

That was early April and since then my short film has grown legs and arms, grabbed a basket full of flowers and skipped merrily all the way to this very day, finding joyous friends and laughing jovially every second of its existence. Pushing all Hansel & Gretel incarnations aside, the film is my pride and joy.

Filming begins on Wednesday. And if I had said that out loud it would have been accompanied by a high pitched screech and perhaps even some jumping up and down and grabbing of the shoulders of whoever was in front of me.

I am excited to say the least.

It is 11:58 PM & your welcome.

In ten years time there will be people reading this and thinking 'Wow, so the rumours are true. He does have a blog that he has wrote for the entirety of his film career'. Because of this I will not only greet those reading this blog in the year 2009, but also those reading this blog from the future.

I am Tom Wilson and I am on my way to becoming the greatest film director to ever emerge from Australia. Big words. I know. I wanted to start this blog so anyone and everyone could follow me and watch as I leave school, enter film school, leave film school and then kick the ENTIRE world's ass with my films.

They'll be the biggest things you've ever seen. They'll be original, mind-boggling, extravagant, beautiful and awe-inspiring. They will make older generations wish they were younger and younger generations wish they were older. They will inspire kids like me to reach for the stars. And they will blow your minds.

But the years of me writing and directing fantastic films as freely as I wish are just out of my grasp. I understand that there is quite a lot of hard work to be done and I intend to do it all. And do it awesomely.

Alas, I am still in my final year of High school. A senior - except without the dentures and concession card. High school is the last bug I must swat. The last Dementor I must Patronus. The last E.T I must ride home on my magic bicycle. The last child until my vasectomy.

Not to fear. It's not as horrible as it sounds. Vasectomy's aren't that bad.

And so begins the Adventures of The Boy Atomic.