Rave: Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez is a genius. For those who don't know who he is, he is the mastermind responsible for films like El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, one of the segments in Four Rooms, and the soon-to-be-released Sin City. i say mastermind because this guy does EVERYTHING in his movies. He writes them, directs them, produces them, edits them, shoots them, composes the score, and even does the special effects for them in his own garage! He also convinced his good friend Quentin Tarantino to let him write original music for Kill Bill: Vol 2 for only a dollar. In return, Tarantino is directing a scene in Sin City for the same price.

speaking of Sin City...if you haven't seen the trailer for this movie, do yourself a favor and go watch it. There is no way that this movie going to suck. EVERYBODY's in it! It's pretty much the first movie that's a literal panel-by-panel recreation of the comics. it's got this awesome artistic style where it's all black and white except for spurts of bright colors here and there. if you watch the trailer you'll see what i mean. It's based on a series of graphic novels by Frank Miller, who is also co-directing. Which is where one more example of how genius Rodriguez is comes in. As a member of the Director's Guild of America, you're not allowed to have more than one credited director in a movie. He had this other movie, The Princess of Mars, that he was gonna make over at Paramount after Sin City, but they said he couldn't if he was sharing the director's credit with someone on Sin City, cause it would go against the DGA. BUT the guy chose to just leave the DGA and not make that movie rather than not give credit to Frank Miller, whom he definitely wanted on as a director, since it was in fact, HIS work that was being adapted.

and THAT, my friends, is why Robert Rodriguez is amazing. even if you don't like his movies, you just gotta admire his many talents.

...i killed a man with a trident