Over at the MOVIE SMACKDOWN site, we call them Comix. You've seen them in most of our reviews where we take the studios' standard garden-variety publicity stills and armed only with an iMac, some Comic Life Magiq software and a serious authority issue, we present them in a way that you can't get anywhere else. Namely, we take those characters and we put words in their mouths. And really, who doesn't harbor a secret desire to take famous actors and make them say whatever you want?
What's even better is that this free speech is protected under U.S. copyright law by the "fair use" doctrine. This also means, by the way, that you're free to download, save and spread our Comix around to friends as you see fit. (Hint: click on them and see them in their full size before saving them). Underneath each Smack is a link to the Smackdown review that inspired it. And, if you like them, here is a link to a site where we keep them all collected, nice and tidy, for your viewing pleasure.
Anyway, here's our complete collection of work from the Academy Award "Best Picture" nominations. Be warned. We haven't treated the films with the special reverence that the Academy traditionally serves up. And, because we're basically film contrarians, we present them in reverse-alphabetical order. So there...
Sherry Coben reviews Up in the Air -vs- It's Complicated
Stephen Bell reviews Up -vs- Wall-E
Sherry Coben reviews A Serious Man -vs- The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Bryce Zabel comments on Precious -vs- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Bryce Zabel reviews Inglourious Basterds -vs- Saving Private Ryan
Sherry Coben reviews The Hurt Locker -vs- In the Loop
Sherry Coben reviews An Education -vs- A Single Man
Beau DeMayo reviews District 9 -vs- Alien Nation
Mark Sanchez reviews The Blind Side -vs- Hoosiers
Beau DeMayo reviews Avatar -vs- Dances with Wolves
Like we said, these Comix are also collected on a special iWeb created-site where you can play them as a pretty cool slide-show. You really should check this out. Because it's graphic intensive and we offer these photos in high quality, this page loads a little more slowly (ten-twenty seconds) than this blog but we think they're worth the wait.
(Up in the Air, Up, A Serious Man, Precious, Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker, An Education, District 9, The Blind Side, Avatar)
