Around the Creative World (1/4/10)
Welcome back to Around the Creative World. This is the first posting of links for the year of “10.” Is that what we are supposed to call it? That’s what I’m calling it. In this economy, there is no time to waste saying the “20″ before it. So 10 it is.
Untrue fun fact of the day: The time saved in a year by not saying the “20″ in “2010″ adds up to three weeks of time.
Here are the links…
- Avatar continues to dominate the box office, threatening Titanic and Dark Knight for the title of highest grossing film of all time. In related news, no rappers have yet coined the term “Avatar blue” to discuss the paint job on their “whips.”
- In real related news, Avatar could soon be the fifth film in history to gross more than $1 billion worldwide. And it’s done so with the help of an awesome advertising and marketing campaign.
- The National Society of Film Critics has awarded “The Hurt Locker” (find a screener somewhere if you haven’t seen it), and I’m really glad they did. I think everybody who saw it agrees with me. With all due respect to James Cameron, forget Avatar. The Hurt Locker is the Best Picture for 2009.
- Flixster is buying IGN’s Rotten Tomatoes. I like it. I hope they create a site that puts social media head-to-head with Rotten Tomatoes’ aggregated reviews from critics. It would be interesting to see the percentage of people in social media who like a film versus the critic percentage. I’m guessing they are markedly different for a number of films.
- AdvertisingAge: Who’s Buying What in Super Bowl 2010 (I actually edited their headline because “the Super Bowl 2010″ sounded awkward. You’re welcome, AdvertisingAge.)
- This awesome Johnnie Walker spot is considered a “Pick of the Year” by Creativity.
- Are you unsatisfied with your posterior? Then try Booty Pop! (Yes, I’m pretty sure it’s real.)
- TechCrunch: An Inside Look At A Twitter Style Guide: 140 Characters (Have I mentioned that Eleventh Hour is on Twitter?)
Brian Laesch compiled this list of links for Eleventh Hour. He’s disappointed that he didn’t know about Booty Pop before Christmas.
One Response to “Around the Creative World (1/4/10)”
March 9th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
The big news this year, of course, was the expansion of the number of films nominated for best picture from five to ten. If only they could’ve contracted the broadcast down to five — minutes.