In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back.

Iron Sky is a movie currently in pre-production which is made by like a bunch of crazy germans and anybody that wants to help make it. Dan showed me this and it looks like it’s gonna be awesome. It’s from the same people that made Star Wreck (I’ve made it halfway through the movie but haven’t had much time for anything lately). Watch the teaser:

I’m cutting together the footage for the short film our youth group is making. I love editing stuff. this is like my dream job. The first two movies I made were really rushed and for school so I didn’t do such a great job on them, but I just love sitting down and going through footage. Finding the awesome parts. Making it all flow. This is what I want to do forever.

Hopefully we’ll start getting some jobs and all I will have to do is edit. Shoot, edit, awesome. If I could do this for the rest of my life I would be happy.

While I was running through the footage I came across a scene of epic fail. Everybody messed up their lines or said them wrong, but we just kept rolling. It was awesome.

Hopefully I’ll be able to post a preview of the film to come by the end of this week. I should have all the footage cut together by tomorrow. Over the next couple of days I’ll be working on the keying. Then I’ll be doing the hard part: Making a fake lake and beach. Deadline to have it completed is May 16th at the latest. I’m putting my deadline at the 10th, but shooting for having it completed on the 3rd.

For quite some time I’ve wanted to make a short film with a war theme. I’m thinking about 15 minutes in length. I was originally thinking about World War 2, but far too many films are made about WW2 so I want to think about something different.

I’m looking for some input, to see if anybody has any suggestions as far as a time period to use. We have a bunch of Soviet / Russian gear that we could use, and I think we could pull off one of the many crazy things the Russians have done. I haven’t really looked too much into all the conflicts they’ve gotten into but I am sure there are plenty to pick from.

I had wanted to do this in the winter, but it looks like it will probably get filmed this summer instead. I’m also still thinking about if I want it to just follow like one person, a group of people, etc. The less people involved always makes it easier to shoot.

What I’m really looking to do with this war film is massive experimentation. I want to play around with fake explosions, squibs, special effects, smoke, guns, bombs, etc. I really want to be spending tons of time in After Effects and Lightwave making it look awesome.

We’re setting up a green screen to use for the Youth Group so I’m sure we can use that for anything as well. I’m really just hoping to get some great hands on experience figuring this stuff out and making a really awesome movie.

If anybody is interested in throwing some ideas my way, or even if you’d like to help make this (I’m in the Colorado Springs area) please let me know. Your help is more than welcome!

I watched Balls of Fury yesterday after going about 27 hours without any sleep (just for fun). I actually thought it was pretty funny. No I don’t know if it’s because of the lack of sleep that I was laughing, or because it’s my type of comedy. I laughed quite a bit even before Christopher Walken showed up. And I absolutely loved the Christopher Walken character (well, I love any character Christopher Walken does).

So I would probably give the movie maybe a 6.5/10. I thought it was pretty funny. It wasn’t the greatest, but I did laugh a lot more than I would for some of those crappy TV shows like Tim and Eric or Saul of the Mole Men. I wish I could give those shows a negative rating.

I’m going to watch Superbad here in a little bit as well. People keep telling me it sucked, but I generally don’t trust other people’s opinions on comedy movies, because most people just don’t get a good comedy when they see one.

Wohoo! A new Tim Burton movie starring Johnny Depp! Tim Burton has been one if my favorite filmmakers, and when he teams up with Johnny Depp, it really just makes the whole movie awesome. He really knows how to write for Johnny Depp. There is tons of info on the visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site about this new movie.

I was trying to think of my favorite Johnny Depp movie moment, and I had a hard time picking. Most of what he does I love, but I need I have it narrowed down to a couple of the greatest moments that I remember. I am sure I am missing so many great ones though!

I think the ending of Edward Scissorhands might be my favorite. I really liked the whole movie, but the ending was just a sad part. It really just seemed to be so well written and flowed together so well. And them never being able to see each other again, but her holding on that he is still alive, and he is the reason the snow falls, is really just a perfect ending for that movie.

Finding Neverland was an excellent movie, and I think the scene where Johhny Depp and the kid are playing indians is funny. When Johnny gets “shot” and he says “You Go, spread wings and soar like eagle,” then the kid says “That’s crazy, indians can’t fly,” and Johnny perfectly says “Of course they can, go on.” He is a great actor throughout the whole movie. I think I really would choose Finding Neverland over Edward Scissorhands right now, though I haven’t seen either in a while now.

Sleepy Hollow is also one of my favorites. Just each one of their movies are usually so great! And now they’re making a new movie! Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It’s based on the Broadway Musical, about the legend of the 19th century Sweeney Todd a.k.a. Benjamin Baker returning to London after being sent away by a Judge with the help of a sailor. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pie Shop. With her help,Todd tries to rid of all the people who have ever done him wrong and hopes to be reunited with his daughter, Joanna.

Check out the movie site. You can also visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace. I have also embedded the trailer from YouTube below! This is going to be a great movie! I can’t wit until it comes out on December 21.