the ben wheatley/amy jump thread

Fun, but inferior to AFIE in virtually every regard. Still, nice to be back in a cinema!

Watched In the Earth over the weekend, and was pretty disappointed... kind of a mess, with too much explaining. Cool idea but a ham-fisted execution.

As per the Meg thread, the trailer is now out for the Ben Wheatley directed sequel, Meg 2: The Trench.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG91B3hHyY4

Just watched High-Rise and really enjoyed it. Need to watch some more, I guess.

finally someone else thinks it's good lol

i'm v glad that after tomb raider got canned, wheatley is still operating in the daft lower-budget action field now

ok maybe not that lower-budget

Lol what an odd career trajectory.

Pro tip= work back from High Rise not forwards

Heh, was thinking of going straight to Kill List.

Do people actively dislike High-Rise or just think it’s worse than what preceded it?

High Rise is unfilmable but Wheatley had a good shot at it is how I see it.

Wheatley was right to cast Hiddleston but even his blank charmlessness couldn't quite match what Ballard was reaching for.

Years ago, I remember seeing a mock poster for Concrete Island with Christian Bale, but I don't think they even began filming

Pretty sure Concrete Island is similarly unfilmable. If it wasn't for Cronenberg's *Crash* I'd say all of Ballard is unfilmable. *Empire of the Sun* kind of doesn't count.

There is even an ebook of High-Rise with Hiddelston as reader, to close the circle.

Hiddleston

this from 2011... I remember looking forward to it

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3Vllqvqw8c/TpeH0zoEXyI/AAAAAAAAABc/oN4iR1XbreY/s1600/Concrete+Island+Teaser+Poster.jpg

if you found the right location you could shoot Concrete Island for cheap!

yeah.. i'm not sure it's 'unfilmable', but it would be like a play with a lot of traffic noise

agreed