Timbaland feat. The Hives - Throw it on me, dir. The Saline Project
Timbaland gets the Sin City treatment.....
Perhaps the real battle is between this clip and the other Sin City video for Ying Yang Twins by Melina. This clip does a better job of LOOKING like the movie, but the WWE angle is a bit off-putting, esp for two artists (Timbo and The Hives) that I tend to think of as slightly higher quality. Overall, it was fun - but still probably not gonna put Tim into the performer stratosphere like he wants.
This video is actually directed by Justin Francis/The Saline Project, not Shane Drake
There's some great editorial work here, but even all of the mad-dash splicing and split-screening can't keep this from losing steam mid-way through. Introducing the girls seems un-necessary and made me wonder for a second if the pussycat dolls were also somehow tied into this track. It's also too bad that a video with The Hives and Timbaland would have to rely on a Kid Rock-esque Playboy bunny beatdown to keep things interesting. Two of the most energetic performers in music today spend the last 45 seconds of the video sitting, it just doesn't seem right.
the girls are there as (I assume) product placement for WWE, who (another assumption) put up some cash for the video. Not saying they make sense, but simply why they are there and why they have the fighting angle.
Undeniably well crafted eye candy. The kind of treatment that is guaranteed to get made because of the obvious mass market appeal.
Commercially and technically a success.
But it feels far too opportunistic and vapid to be anything more than that to me.
Just no energy.
oh my bad jarouge, i took the director info from videostatic here
is that possibly a different version?
man that's totally pointless. ...so you've got a great tune, loads of money, two great performers, why why why be so utterly unimaginative as to basically rip off the visuals a film that was mostly good only for ripping off the visuals of a comic book that was parodying film noir in the first place. girl fight at the end had no meaning, no interest, not even an ending... blah blah blah i'm sick to death of green screen.
just made me think how great that madvillain 'all caps' video is
that's how you do it.
That listing on videostatic is for another video entirely (only been booked and different song title)
Actually this video was directed by the saline project! the video static announcement was corrected days ago. Shane Drake is directing the next video.
i hate music videos that look like somebody elses film. Downgrades the whole artform.
Snoop and his Western Union have a Sin City-esque vid out now too. Can't remember who directed it at the moment. link.
mov (directed by Justin Francis w/o the Saline Project)
Western Union feat. Snoop Dogg "Hat 2 Tha Bacc" (dir. Matthew Stawski & Snoop Tarantino [sic!]) large/small
