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Entertainers On The Rebound

Everyone who starts in TV, radio or theatre eventually wants to make their way to Hollywood. This isn't new; we've all seen transitions from the music industry, including J-Lo, Britney Spears, Beoncee Knowles, John Mayer, Bon Jovi, Madonna, Witney Houston and countless others. Generally, those artists who have specialized and mastered a certain craft have a hard time delivering in the film industry.

This is the same with Commercial directors like Michael Bay who was originally a music video/commercial director and then turned his focus to motion pictures by making films like Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and the latest The Island with Ewan McGregor. As a result, all his films feel like they are extended versions of those mini commercials and music videos he used to make. The cinematography is perfect while the editing is breathless and doesn't give enough time to the viewer to digest all the information they are receiving.

Napoleon Dynamite was so successful with the audiences because it was the complete opposite of Michael Bay films. Instead of fast-paced editing, the camera lingered on the actors letting them settle into the scene and as a result letting the viewer settle into the scene as well. Machiavelli Hangman is another picture that is up for release later this year that will give its audiences these longer scenes with more focus on acting.

There are other films like Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and most likely his upcoming remake of King Kong that fall in a middle ground between

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fast-based Hollywood studio films and equally successful independent and quieter films like Napoleon Dynamite and Machiavelli Hangman (http://www.hangmanmovie.com).

Peter Jackson has always focused on motion pictures and that craft shows off in his ability to tie all the strings together. When the viewers sit to watch his films, they are entertained and they are also given enough material to think about it.

Madonna has had a tremendously successful musical career, but she began to venture into motion pictures with her debut with Warren Beatty in Dick Tracey. Then she made such films as Evita and Swept Away and on each occasion, critics bashed her performances and said that she should simply stick to her music.

There are other instances when the transitions prove to be the right thing to do. For example, Sam Mendes who was a prominent theatre director moved to Hollywood and was offered to do American Beauty by Steven Spielberg. That film that Spielberg proclaimed to be an instant classic went on to win an Oscar for Best Picture.

Sure there are exceptions, but the history of entertainment shows that it is more beneficial for artists to stick to what they know best, or they are bound to shoot themselves in the foot.

About the author:
Steve Lowery is a movie reviewer. His current
review concerns the upcoming movie release of
Machiavelli Hangman: http://www.hangmanmovie.com