Cross The Waters

So I've been extremely busy lately, since school has started out for real this past week. This is why I haven't been writing as much this week, but I hope next week will be slightly less horrifying.

I'm not going to talk so much about music today actually. I want to talk about some movies quickly, the first of these being Silent Hill, which I've been looking forward to for some time now. After watching the trailer my hopes have gotten a quick boost, since the atmosphere from the games seem to be almost intact in the movie. The story seems to be lifted from the first of the games while the estethics are more a blend of the second and third games of the series. This combined with the wall-zombies from the fourth game, and a pinch of new elements it seems like Christophe Gans has actually made a good - maybe great? - game-adaptation. I certainly hope that it's as good on the screen as the trailer promises. I really thing it could. Did I mention Sean Bean is in it?

The other movie I would like to mention is the long awaited Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest. I gladly position myself amongst the bunch of people that loved the first movie, and seeing the trailer for the sequel I can't restrain myself from the expectations growing. The main reason? Because the first movie was very entertaining and with some great acting and scenery. The second reason? Stellan Skarsgård is in it. Yes. He is. Stellan is my hero. Stellan is God. Stellan is Sweden's finest. Stellan is in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Which totally rocks balls.

Finally, Marilyn Manson is preparing to start working on his directorial debut. He's writing, starring, directing, producing and scoring the movie Phantasmagoria - The Visions of Lewis Carroll. Not much is known except it with intertwine the story of author Lewis Carroll with his famous poem Phantasmagoria. When I read this I couldn't help but feel a bit intrigued. Manson has always been a very creative and original artist, both lyrically, musically and visually, and with him getting almost no restrains to make such a twisted story come to life in a movie might result in something quite extraordinary.

As a last note; Ian Haugland's cover of Black Sabbath's "Changes" is so many times better than the original that it's almost silly.