That’s Jentertainment

I’ve been to London a couple of times but because it’s so close to home I’ve never felt like a tourist there. I realized during my visit in February that that’s probably because I had never done the tourist ‘thing’ before. I had never seen Big Ben or the London Eye because I always felt there were plenty of other things to do. This time however, Sinéad thought it was time for me to take the plunge and we had a lovely walk up the Thames during one of the days of our visit. I took a few videos but I haven’t had any time to have fun with editing since I got back. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance this week but until then, I’ll post some of the photos I took while being a tourist.

Our lovely hotel was stocked with Molton Brown Goodies.

The Millennium Bridge where we reenacted Harry Potter, of course.

Hotdog Helmet Man.

Holiday Treats.

Eye see you!

Sinéad’s Friend.

Now all we need is the hat.

I don’t know why these photos uploaded so low-res but I’m tired now and hope you enjoy them anyway.

Nothing to do with me but here’s a music video from Ian, from the infamous Tinfoil productions that you’ve come to know and love. It gave me a good giggle.

So Saturday night was the big night. We all hopped over to the Lighthouse cinema to see the shortlisted entries on the big screen. The contenders were:

Heat:

There will be blood:

The Departed:

Pretty woman and of course our Truman. I can’t find the video for Pretty Woman unfortunately. I was impressed with all of the other entries but I especially liked HEAT. The winners were The Departed and There will be Blood.

So that’s it for Truman, we’ll have to try again next year. I’ve learned a lot from looking at the other entries and think we can do a better job next time around. The highlight of the competition for me was seeing Truman on a cinema screen. That was great. All that free Jameson whiskey wasn’t too bad either.

So it seems that the rumors were true. The entries that went up on the empire website were the English entries only. We got word today that Truman has been selected as one of the top 5 Irish entrants. I’m absolutely delighted that we get a night out to celebrate what we put so much work into. Reaching the top five is certainly encouragement to keep doing what we’re doing.

There’s an event to screen the shortlisted entries this weekend as part of the Jameson film festival. Then the top two Irish entries are chosen by judges Lisa Cannon, John Boorman, John Maguire and John Moore. (That’s a lot of Johns!) It will be great to see all the entries but because that will only take five minutes, we get to attend the film that was voted ‘Best Movie Remake’ by a poll ran by entertainment.ie.

The five shortlisted DISS are mentioned here but there’s no video links so you’ll have to wait until my review of the evening this weekend. Thanks to everyone that has been supportive of our video, you’re all lovely.

As I’ve been posting about the Jameson Empire competition for the past while, you’ve lived through our Truman Show in 60 seconds,  the hopes, the dreams, the extended version and even the bloopers. I mentioned in my last post that I was surprised with some really fantastic entries not making the cut. It seems I’m not the only one with these feelings.

It emerged today that the top twenty finalists of the competition are all British entries. This has created a glimmer of hope for all international entries as Chris Hewitt Empire film reviewer said this on the Empire forum:

“I believe that Irish entries will be judged separately. The entries on our site are UK entries, so if you’re Irish and you’re foaming at the mouth about not getting in… you might be a tad hasty.”

In doing so, he has sparked the hopes of all international entries again OR has uncovered a scandal. Let’s hope it’s the former as there are a few entries I’d be happy to see make the final few.