Mehmete, reaguj!

DušMan · 14-04-2010, 15:07:12

Nisam znao gde drugde ovo da metnem...

Dunja Ilic - Misterija (Dunja Ilic Show)

Meho Krljic · 14-04-2010, 19:55:58

Stvarno je carica Dunja. Ima kod mene u kraju jedan bilbord koji je reklamira i tako svaki dan kad se vraćam sa posla imam priliku da se nekoliko sekundi naslađujem pogledom na nju. Ne bi valjalo da je više.

QuoteVidiš i Millara, on sad maltene pre izlaska stripa proda prava. Očigledno da jedino tako može da se napravi neka računica.

Kod Millara je mrvicu drugačija situacija, pošto Kick-Ass izlazi za Icon imprint Marvela koji radi na principu - mi ti dajemo punu autorsku slobodu, ali nikakav marketinški push, tako da Millar tu mora sve sam da reklamira & poteže pa ima smisla da je sinergija medija za njega najbolje rešenje. A Millar je ionako rođen za hiperbolično samopromovisanje, evo, sad je krenuo da mu, isto za Icon, izlazi novi serijal, Nemesis i Millarov vispreni teglajn za ovaj strip je "Makes Kick-Ass look like Shit!!!" Moram da kažem da sam posle tri pročitane strane morao da ga ostavim da bih se odmorio pa ne mogu da kažem je li i ostatak stripa tako blentavo isforsiran kao teglajn, ali po prve tri strane - jeste...

QuoteU suštini, danas zapravo stripovi možda i najbolje simbolizuju to pomeranje akcenta sa novca kao merila na društveni impact kao merilo. Primer toga bio je Facebook, brend čija tržišna vrednost daleko nadmašuje konkretne prihode koji se mogu ostvariti. Slično je i sa stripom. Oni doduše ostvaruju konkretan prihod ali najmanje kroz strip.

Pa, da, u marvelovoj finansijskoj konstrukciji strip je tek na trećem mestu po prihodu. Prvo ide film, pa licenciranje za merčandajs, pa tek onda strip. Ali, bez kreiranja licence koje ide kroz strip ne bi bilo ničega.

crippled_avenger · 15-04-2010, 15:05:55

Paul Verhoeven, a director best known for films like Robocop, Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Basic Instinct, hasn't stepped behind the camera for a few years (2006's Black Book). But is now appears the filmmaker is developing a big screen adaptation of a video game. The filmmaker told MTV:

"I am working on a movie now that is... situated in 1914. Basically, Indiana Jones-ish you could say, but also Hitchcockian. We are scripting it. It's an idea that exists already... from another medium, and so we are making it now into a film narrative." Which medium, Josh asked. "A game, a video game."

MTV was unable to figure out which video game Verhoeven was talking about, but I think I may have cracked the code.

The Last Express

I believe it could be The Last Express, a real-time adventure game created by Jordan Mechner (yes, the guy who also created Prince of Persia) which takes place on the Orient Express just days before the start of World War I. You might not remember the game as it was released exclusively on CD-Rom (PC/Mac) in 1997. Here is the kicker:

As CNN describes THE LAST EXPRESS, it's like "A mix of Indiana Jones and Alfred. Hitchcock...."

As Han Landa (Christoph Waltz) says in Inglourious Basterds:

Of course, I'm unable to confirm this at this time, but it sure seems like the right property — definitely a better fitting choice than "NecroVisioN" or "Red Dead Redemption", the two games MTV Multiplayer had offered as guesses. But it does make sense, especially with the upcoming release of Prince of Persia, that Hollywood might be looking at Mechner's other games for potential big screen adaptation.

So what is the game about?

Here is the official plot synopsis:

Paris, 1914. The world is on the brink of war and your life is about to change forever. You are Robert Cath, a young American who is urgently summoned by his friend Tyler Whitney to join him on the train departing the Gare de l'Est, Paris, 24 July for Constantinople. Arriving late, you are overcome with the heavy feeling of danger. Something has gone terribly wrong. Before you can grab hold of your senses, the adventure overtakes you, and you are plunged into a world of suspense, romance, international intrigue, and murder.

Here is some more info from GameSpot:

Taking place on the Orient Express immediately before the outbreak of World War I, The Last Express is a tale of international intrigue, a love story, and a murder mystery all at once. While this may sound trite, the intelligent writing overcomes the cliches through its complex characters, unpredictable plot twists, and some of the most convincing voice acting ever heard in a game. You assume the role of Robert Cath, a fugitive American with a mysterious background who has come onboard the Express to visit an old friend. You arrive and find your friend has been murdered, but trying to discover the mystery behind his death will not be as simple as it seems. Despite this tired premise, The Last Express never feels like a "Host Your Own Murder Mystery" party on a CD. The plot plays out like a cross between The Maltese Falcon and the French classic Pepe Le Moko, and it remains intriguing all the way to the spectacular ending. If it weren't for a few gameplay issues, The Last Express could very well be among the best adventure games ever.

And here is some information on the real-time nature of the game from wikipedia:

The Last Express is unique for taking place in almost complete real-time, albeit accelerated by a factor of six.[1] The player can also rewind and occasionally fast-forward time at will. The game begins at 7:14 p.m. on July 24, 1914, and ends at 7:30 p.m. on July 27 (if the player has reached the proper ending). The only events during which the game does not proceed in real-time are times when Cath is sleeping or unconscious, as well as a few cutscenes.

The game also had a rotoscoped/hand-drawn cut-scene style, which can be seen in this excerpt from the beginning of the game:

The game received mostly positive reviews, but the game remained in stores for only a few months. Apparently, Brøderbund's marketing department quit the company just weeks before the game was released, resulting in almost no advertising for the game what-so-ever. A Playstation port of the game was almost completed, and never released.

Read more: Paul Verhoeven Developing Big Screen Adaptation of... Jordan Mechner's Video Game The Last Express? | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/13/paul-verhoeven-developing-big-screen-adaptation-of-jordan-mechners-video-game-the-last-express/#ixzz0lAZW2xlp

crippled_avenger · 15-04-2010, 15:07:55

"Buffy" creator and "Serenity" director Joss Whedon is reportedly in final negotiations to direct the superhero team-up movie "The Avengers" for Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures says Deadline New York.

Whedon's name was first mentioned over at IESB.net a few weeks ago. Production would begin sometime next year for release May 4th 2012.

Meanwhile two characters from that movie may be making earlier appearances than that. According to a trusted source for Bad Taste, a scene about Captain America and Thor will appear after the end credits of "Iron Man 2" - much like the way Nick Fury made a camera in a post-credits scene at the end of 2008's "Iron Man".

Could we see two hunky guys named Chris - Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth - in full costume? Unlikely. The crucial wording here is that it's a "scene about" the two characters meaning one or both may not even pop up on screen but rather merely referenced.

crippled_avenger · 15-04-2010, 15:08:55

Spider-Man 4
Josh Hutcherson ("Journey to the Center of the Earth," "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant") has apparently joined the short list of contenders for Sony's upcoming "Spider-Man" reboot.

The Green Hornet
The site claims Sony Pictures are apparently "displeased with the results" they've seen so far of Michel Gondry's "The Green Hornet" film adaptation.

A source claims the "tone is too campy, they're not happy with the work from director Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen does not look the part. At all. In fact, the feeling at Sony is the movie is a disaster." Strong words.

Not surprisingly a Sony spokesman has come back to Indiewiredismissing the report at "complete garbage" and having seen one-third of the film thus far what's on offer "is outstanding... remarkable".

Lobo
With Guy Ritchie ditching this project in favour of "Sherlock Holmes 2", the Akiva Goldsman-produced comic adaptation has stalled over at Warner Brothers. The reasoning? "a direct result of their not-so-hot reaction to The Losers and especially Jonah Hex".

crippled_avenger · 15-04-2010, 16:14:42

Why my friend, Roger Ebert is dead wrong about KICK ASS by Harry Knowles

This is not a review of KICK ASS, I can't do that right now as I still haven't seen the final version of the film - just the print that played Butt-Numb-A-Thon 11 with the greatest temp track I've seen on a film since Brian Helgeland's PAYBACK director's cut- back in the day.

No - Instead I'm going to address the review that just went up over at the Chicago Sun-Times complements of a man I once shared an aisle with, a few times. I'm talking, of course, about Roger Ebert.

He summarily dismisses the film for moral reasons. Fearing the possible damage that kids will suffer if they are allowed to see the film.

The first retort that will come to mind is that the film isn't meant for children. This is a very hard R-rated film, but that's a hollow argument, as we all know that the supervision level that goes on in this country is a joke. Parents can keep them out of the theaters, but can they guard their computers? They probably can, but will they? No, not really. Going to theaters, it seems that films rated R tend to have LARGER families rather than smaller ones - and what will these kids think?

There is an inherent difference between Hit Girl and say... Bobby Driscoll's Jim Hawkins - which Roger Ebert could have seen as early as the age of 8 in Disney's TREASURE ISLAND. The scene where young Jim Hawkins levels a musket at that pirate that is out to kill him, it was dramatically chilling. It had a weight to it. Jim even gets stabbed. That film is filled with peril and crazy chances that young Jim makes, but it isn't the same as Hit Girl.

And kids today are not like Roger Ebert was way back in 1950. Children back then were huge fans of Westerns. Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy were the kings. No - back when Roger Ebert was a kid - every boy in this country played with cap-guns at the very least. My father has stories about the kids strapping on guns of all type. Like the cowboy hat that when you lifted it up, a derringer popped out and fired a blast straight ahead. There were up your sleeve, mechanical guns that would pop out.

Never in history were guns more played with than in Roger's youth. And oddly - their guns in films simply knocked the enemy over with a single bullet dead. No matter where you hit the enemy. It was grand times to be sure.

At the same time, kids had free access to actual explosives in the form of fireworks. They would go have Roman Candle battles at the train tracks - Sometimes jumping onto moving trains and jumping back off. (again - that's what my Dad says) They had the most violent comic books complements of EC, although they were better written generally than most of what we have today...

And there was a shitload of self-righteous pricks in CONGRESS that felt those Comic Books would Ruin their youth. It is true - Roger's generation became a generation of Free Thinkers, possibly partly due to first realizing the government could be so wrong as to outlaw all sorts of Comics at the time. Probably more so once the draft kicked in for VIETNAM...

But enough of Roger's time as a kid. The fact that they were able to watch early matinees of the classic Errol Flynn films, Gangster movies and the Disney films... well, it kinda shows the classier times - but morally... these films espoused sexist and some not so subtle forms of racism.

Roger Ebert says he's not so much worried about the teens seeing KICK ASS - as much as the kids under 10.

Well, Rog... Kids today don't play with cap-guns - the morality police have pretty much wiped them out of the toy stores. Too many incidents of police shooting a kid playing with something they thought was a real weapon. No, beginning when I was a kid - the cap-pistol became the Han Solo blaster. Ray guns came in. Then very cartoonish Nerf guns and water blasters. Kids have always been shooting at each other. Whether it was with a Star Wars ray gun or a pair of pearl handled 6 shooters that you loaded bullets in, and it fired out the soft plastic shells while shooting a real rubber bullet at a kid. Back in his day.

Sure, kids today still have the rapid fire nerve guns and insanely powerful water guns. But no - where the kids today really have it is in their video games. Kids have been going to pizza places and handed quarters... and playing with the family... incredibly violent and FUN video games. Most kids have some form of violent video game that involves them chopping up, beating or shooting some enemy... and their onscreen avatar is usually some manner of badass... even if they're a cute little Lego version of them.

The sort of kids that will see KICK ASS this weekend are well prepared for it. Talk to a teacher at our public schools and you'll hear fouler language than even Hit Girl dishes in the classrooms. Not of a private school, but I have dear friends that teach - their kids know the language and how to use it. They'll see it as just a really cool movie that really let kids KICK ASS. And hopefully it'll make a few kids want to get into acting so they could do stuff like that. Hopefully. More likely will be sales of Purple wigs and plastic samurai swords this Halloween... as little girls across the country with the cool parents will have a real badass little girl to call their own. Not dressing as Barbie or some Princess. But a girl that is shown to train really really hard. A smart parent would sign their girl up in a Kung Fu class or a Gymnastics class. And that would be a good thing to help keep future kids from being fatasses like the two of us.

All that aside, KICK ASS is an uncompromised comic book classic. Roger says it is a satire, but that he's unsure what exactly it is satirizing.

KICK ASS is, essentially a satire of the world of comics. KICK ASS specifically is playing in the same sort of universe as Stan Lee's MARVEL... just modernized and made as a point about how unrealistic the very notion of Superheroes are. But make no bones about it - it is made for Adults. Adults raised on an entire lifetime of comics that's specific dream was of bringing Superheroes into a realistic world.

That was the pretense of the Marvel Universe... that you could be a superhero. Then they started selling the costumes and "hero supplies". You walk into a Target or a Wal-Mart and you'll find aisle after aisle of superhero role-play gear.

Is it really much to imagine a slightly heightened dream of kids as superheroes in a violent modern world?

No - it really isn't. It is perfectly realized in KICK-ASS.

KICK ASS is a violent dark film meant to be seen with a full audience to cheer it on. Read some interviews with Matthew Vaughn and he pretty much says that that was his implicit purpose in creating the movie. To Entertain.

Roger states at the beginning of his review that he feels he's going to hopeless square for his feelings about the morality of KICK ASS.

At a base level it is a film about taking a stand, to protect the innocent and uphold justice... in a pretty fascist as kicking manner. I am not upset at Roger for his point of view... I understand, it is a lot to take.

But I remind you that there was a time, when Martin Scorsese was under fire for having a 13 year old Jodie Foster play a whore in TAXI DRIVER - which is more or less about a man that in the end is a hero for taking violent action to protect that girl.

At that time there were critics that wanted to hang Marty. You were not one of them. I remember that time because as a 6 year old I can remember watching you and Gene defend Scorsese and you were my heroes.

I have to say it is a little sad to see you go the route you did in your KICK ASS review. And don't worry, while I suppose you'll never really just get KICK-ASS... You're no square in my book. But you may be in danger of being a 'grown up'.

Ghoul · 16-04-2010, 13:02:10

Big hair, big guns, big personalities, and a serious lack of wardrobe. She-Wolves of the Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic story that features women--lots and lots of women--who leave little to the imagination as they battle each other in various junkyards and gravel pits to determine the fate of the entire world.

a ima ponešto i za harva:

Meho Krljic · 16-04-2010, 13:03:11

Zaista deluje obećavajuće.

Ghoul · 16-04-2010, 13:10:24

nadam se da time misliš na poster...

mada, ostali captures iz filma prikazuju nešto mnogo mračnije, sirotinjskije, ružnije, i - nijednu od onih (nacrtanih!) cura!

tj, reklo bi se da je ovo jedan od onih slučajeva besramno 'kreativnog' pristupa marketingu u kome ti poster prikazuje ono što bi ti voleo da vidiš u filmu, a ne ono što stvarno ima u njemu.
samo još da neki helikopter explodira u pozadini, pa da ugođaj bude kompletan!

Meho Krljic · 16-04-2010, 13:12:35

Skoro sam ubeđen da je tako. No, pogledaće se to makar na brzo pres-kakanje.

DušMan · 16-04-2010, 17:45:40

QuoteJustin Bieber je oprostio Baracku Obami što je pogrešno izgovorio njegovo ime, kada su se sreli prošle godine u Beloj kući.

Justin je pevao u Beloj kući dva puta nakon što su ga upoznali sa Obamom, ali priznaje da je njihov prvi susret bio malo čudan, jer je Obama njegovo ime pogrešno izgovorio.

Međutim, Justin je bio dovoljno dobar da mu to oprosti!

crippled_avenger · 16-04-2010, 17:52:32

Moraćemo tebe da vodimo kod Obame, DušMane.

DušMan · 16-04-2010, 18:15:49

Zamisli koliko bi tek moje prezime pogrešno izgovorio.

crippled_avenger · 18-04-2010, 12:55:01

Following her historic win for Best Director and Best Picture for "The Hurt Locker" at last Sunday's Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow is reportedly choosing her next project very carefully. However, a recent reports indicates that Bigelow could have directed the upcoming "Spider-Man" reboot for Sony.

According to The L. A. Times, Bigelow was offered the opportunity to direct the new "Spider-Man" film, but she ultimately turned it down. "500 Days of Summer" director Marc Webb went on to get the job, while Bigelow is expected to concentrate on a project called "Triple Frontier" for Paramount.

Jeremy Renner — the star of Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" — also has his own Marvel Comics connection. Late last year, Renner was linked to several rumors that he was in consideration to portray Hawkeye in "Thor" and "The Avengers."

Bigelow's ex-husband — "Avatar" director James Cameron — was also very close to adapting "Spider-Man" for the big screen during the '90s. Given the recent announcement that the new "Spider-Man" movie will be filmed in 3D, Cameron recently spoke with MTV News about what he would like to see in the new film.

"It's not like I want to tell them how to do it, because everybody's going to come up with their own aesthetic," explained Cameron. "It's more like, 'Just don't make the same dumbass mistakes we made for 10 years! Save yourself that.'"

Cameron added "I'd like to see [Webb] reinvent ['Spider-Man'] in the same way 'Batman' got reinvented very successfully. The last two 'Batman' pictures... were spectacular."

crippled_avenger · 19-04-2010, 02:29:25

Mehmete, ovo je kraj. Crisis Event je počeo...

http://www.smallville.rs/en/

Meho Krljic · 19-04-2010, 11:00:29

Kragujevac je grad u kome će Kick Ass iz domena mašte i fikcije preći u domen realnog

To jest, ako ih DC ne tuži za trejdmark infrindžment.

Dry-Na-Nord · 19-04-2010, 20:03:54

Šta žene potajno žele?

Nedavno sprovedena anketa istražuje zašto su kratka brada i fasciniranost igricama, filmovima i ostali štreberski hobiji tajni ženski okidači.

Devojke se možda žale da izgleda aljkavo ili da je grubo na dodir, ali istraživanje je pokazalo da su neobrijani muškarci privlačni skoro svakoj drugoj ženi.

Štreberi dolaze na drugo mesto, dokazujući da veliki broj žena simpatiše muškarce koji se razumeju u tehniku.

U anketi u kojoj je učestvovalo 2.500 žena , 91 procenat njih bi više volelo partnera koji je imao nekoliko propusta u životu nego nekog besprekornog.

Takođe, više od polovine ispitanih žena bilo bi srećnije sa nežnim i umiljatim muškarcem nego sa nekim napregnutim i mišićavim.

Naučnici su ovo nazvali tajnim ženskim maštama jer gotovo da jedna od pet žena nikada ne bi priznala šta je za nju privlačno.

"Devojke će javno tvrditi da vole mišićave muškarce, koji su dovoljno jaki da ne pokazuju svoju emocionalnu stranu," izjavio je portparol istraživanja povodom dobijenih rezultata. "Ali ovo istraživanje je pokazalo da one zapravo, potajno žele nešto sasvim drugačije."

"Izgleda da one vole muškarce koji su u stanju da pokažu i svoju slabu stranu ili čak one koji imaju koji kilogram viška."

"Siguran sam da je muškarcima 'laknulo' kada su saznali da žene ne traže savršenstvo."

Ostali tajni ženski okidači koji se nalaze u prvih deset na listi su proseda kosa, naočare za vid kao i strasna podrška nekom sportskom klubu.

Dve trećine žena više voli muškarca koji nije opterećen sopstvenim izgledom.

Ženskih top 10 "okidača":

1. Kratka brada
2. Pomalo štreber
3. Dlakave grudi
4. Strastven čitalac knjiga
5. Plače uz tužan film
6. Pevuši neku pesmu dok igra
7. Proseda kosa
8. Znojav je posle treninga
9. Nosi naočare
10. Pasionirani obožavalac sporta

Meho Krljic · 19-04-2010, 21:15:19

Samo još da sredimo te dlake na grudima i u poslu smo!!!

Melkor · 20-04-2010, 01:29:10

6 out of 10

sad su mi jasne tajne mojih uspeha

Dry-Na-Nord · 20-04-2010, 02:28:54

Quote from: Dry-Na-Nord on 19-04-2010, 20:03:54

8. Znojav je posle treninga

Mislili su sigurno - znojav je pre treninga

crippled_avenger · 20-04-2010, 13:45:34

Japan Nigger Family tokyo breakfast

Meho Krljic · 20-04-2010, 13:52:43

Auh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Nego, ako je bijelac koji pokušava da bude kmica kolokvijalno nazvan "wigga", šta su onda ovi Azijati? Jiggaz?

cutter · 20-04-2010, 14:03:04

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0951342/

Meho Krljic · 20-04-2010, 15:11:57

Bio sam blizu!

lou benny · 21-04-2010, 18:05:25

dosta jako, ojako

http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=7997

može da se skapira kao udaranje mrtvog konja jer je erika prilično nebitna ali, u opštijem smislu, ovo je jedna od naj-on point recenzija na srpskom - ako ne u domenu celokupne muzike a ono sigurno u domenu "crne" muzike. poente koje su ovde izbačene i način na koje su ispostavljene i to na malom prostoru - to se nije dešavalo, bar ne da je meni poznato.

Meho Krljic · 21-04-2010, 20:35:02

Ma, Darko je meni najinteresantniji autor u Popboksovoj muzičkoj redakciji.

crippled_avenger · 22-04-2010, 19:46:47

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 21-04-2010, 20:35:02
Ma, Darko je meni najinteresantniji autor u Popboksovoj muzičkoj redakciji.

Mehmet je zvanično off the hook.

Meho Krljic · 22-04-2010, 20:48:20

Štoooo? A ko je tebi?

crippled_avenger · 22-04-2010, 21:01:30

Pored ovde prisutnih, vlasnik sajta allmusić.com naravno

lou benny · 22-04-2010, 21:33:28

realno cripe, darko je najtvrđi, najoštriji i najflambojantniji od svih, ima i taj lapidarni stil koji sve još više zaoštrava, a pored toga ima i dobre temelje za muziku o kojoj piše (znači prava je pretnja) tako da čak i kad prokliza to ima više šmeka nego i najprecizniji i najintrigantniji uvid odmerenog kritičara.

Meho Krljic · 22-04-2010, 21:47:41

Pa, to. Darko piše baš proživljeno a nije neki tupadžija da su njegova proživljavanja banalna. Nisam rekao da je najbolji (tj. bolji od Djapeta ili AllMusića ili Džindžera ili...) ali je interesantan jer baš piči direktno u centar. Kada sam pročitao njegov prikaz Timbetovog albuma prošla me je zlovolja što nisam stigao ja to da napišem jer verujem da ga je napisao bolje, tačnije, detaljnije i zanimljivije nego što bih ja to uradio.

crippled_avenger · 23-04-2010, 00:28:33

Nema potrebe da branite Darka od mene. Baren ne ovog Darka, Bajića eventualno... Znam ga još kad je bio mali. Dobar je dečko. Ali, vidim da se zanemaruje Allmusić pa čisto da odreagujem.

Meho Krljic · 23-04-2010, 10:43:07

Toplina tvog odnosa prema Allmusiću je dirljiva

crippled_avenger · 23-04-2010, 22:42:14

Da li kao stari alternativac poseduješ možda koncertni film NOISE Sonic Youtha?

Meho Krljic · 23-04-2010, 22:59:21

Ne, jer sam zapravo metalac.

Ghoul · 24-04-2010, 08:53:15

Watermarks is a moving and fascinating look at how the Nazi-fication of Germany in the 1930s affect a group of Jewish women swimmers.

Meho Krljic · 24-04-2010, 10:45:49

U kom rakursu se ovde ja onda nalazim???

Ghoul · 24-04-2010, 11:02:19

plivačice?
jevrejske?
koje se suprotstavljaju hitleru?
polugole?

ok, znam da je ovo više za topik 'đinđeru, reaguj', ali pošto ga još niko nije pokrenuo, nekako mi bezveze da to budem baš ja.

Meho Krljic · 24-04-2010, 12:11:11

Dobro, apsorbovaću i to bogatstvo motiva, tebi za ljubav!!!

crippled_avenger · 25-04-2010, 17:48:24

Kako KICK ASS stiče street cred kod Mehmeta:

Kick-Ass Star Aaron Johnson's Surprising Romance with Woman Twice His Age

By Paul Chi

Sunday April 25, 2010 09:00 AM EDT
Kick-Ass Star Aaron Johnson's Surprising Romance with Woman Twice His Age

Newcomer Aaron Johnson has a lot of reasons to smile. His superhero film Kick-Ass was the number one movie at the box office last weekend, and off screen he's engaged to be married to his seven-months-pregnant fiancée, British artist Sam Taylor-Wood.

Life could not be any better – if only his relationship with his onetime director wasn't raising so many eyebrows.

At 43, Taylor-Wood is 24 years older than Johnson and already a mother of two from an 11-year marriage to art dealer Jay Jopling. Despite the age difference and existing family, Johnson is madly in love. "I've got a wonderful woman," says the 19-year-old says. "She's lovely and she's a fantastic mother."

The two met in 2009 on the set of her directorial debut, Nowhere Boy. In it Johnson played a young John Lennon and the two immediately hit it off. Engaged months after meeting and already living together, Johnson brushes off critics about their whirlwind romance saying, "I'm an old soul and she's a young soul."

As the couple prepare for the arrival of their baby this summer, Johnson say he's "excited" and insists that he is undaunted by the challenges of fatherhood. "It's not scary," he says. "I'm already a stepdad to [Taylor-Wood's kids Angelica, 13, and Jessie, 3] anyway. So the nerves have sort of gone."