I was baffled by Prometheus too, until I saw that Damon Lindelof wrote the script, - the primary writer of Lost, - the biggest incoherent mess in TV history.
Too bad Dan O'bannon died.
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I was baffled by Prometheus too, until I saw that Damon Lindelof wrote the script, - the primary writer of Lost, - the biggest incoherent mess in TV history.
Too bad Dan O'bannon died.
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DuckThor Evil
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You know at the beginning of the movie I was talking with my brother that the team aboard Prometheus seemed a "bit" amateurish and weren't really what one would imagine they should be. Most of them got sorted out quite soon, so it wasn't a really big problem for me. The scene where the scientist took his helmet off was stupid, but made sense imo, considering that he was basically on a personal religious journey or some such, but yeah it had few worse bits in there.
I'm most disappointed that they showed too much in the trailers.
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watched hobbit 48fps.
Wow, I watched a 24fps film afterwards ........... man talk about painful, not quite clawing out the eyes, but its like going back to a monitor of 800x600 resolution or something, yeah good at the time (vs 640x480) but it still doesnt change the FACT its crap when youve been spoilt.
48fps wasnt enuf though, certain scenes it did appear to be stuttercam
Im curios of why some ppl thought 48fps sucked, Im assuming theyre conservative ppl who dont like change (even if its demonstrably better) Ive never understood this,. Logic man, obey the logic
The film itself, 8/10 better than I thought it was gonna be, flew by. Much stronger character developement than LOTR (ignoring the riverdall yawn part)
I was wanting to see the 1000 meter drop and into the fighting (I must of blinked cause I didnt see that, 100m perhaps)
a couple of recent incidents here in the SI
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8145247/Mt-Cook-rescue-for-Australian-climbers
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/8149255/Man-rescued-after-200m-fall
these were human, now dwarfs (if you take physics into account can survive falling from a bigger height than us, similarly IIRC a cat has a good chance of surviving falling out of a 10 story building, human ... splat)
Wow, I watched a 24fps film afterwards ........... man talk about painful, not quite clawing out the eyes, but its like going back to a monitor of 800x600 resolution or something, yeah good at the time (vs 640x480) but it still doesnt change the FACT its crap when youve been spoilt.
48fps wasnt enuf though, certain scenes it did appear to be stuttercam
Im curios of why some ppl thought 48fps sucked, Im assuming theyre conservative ppl who dont like change (even if its demonstrably better) Ive never understood this,. Logic man, obey the logic
The film itself, 8/10 better than I thought it was gonna be, flew by. Much stronger character developement than LOTR (ignoring the riverdall yawn part)
I was wanting to see the 1000 meter drop and into the fighting (I must of blinked cause I didnt see that, 100m perhaps)
a couple of recent incidents here in the SI
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8145247/Mt-Cook-rescue-for-Australian-climbers
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/8149255/Man-rescued-after-200m-fall
these were human, now dwarfs (if you take physics into account can survive falling from a bigger height than us, similarly IIRC a cat has a good chance of surviving falling out of a 10 story building, human ... splat)
sam rockwell is awesome, i dont think hes ever disappointed me with his performance. moon in particular was amazing.
this is a wierd pick, but theres a movie with him called welcome to colinwood, it got pretty poor reviews, but it had a great cast and was funny as hell. definitely worth watching.
this is a wierd pick, but theres a movie with him called welcome to colinwood, it got pretty poor reviews, but it had a great cast and was funny as hell. definitely worth watching.
Sam's utterly amazing IMO. Very versatile as an actor, great range in his performance, great intensity. He can be funny like in Galaxy Quest, or creepy as hell like in The Green Mile, or hell, an inbeteen mix of both like in Iron Man 2. His dancing is awesome too, lol.
Billy Idol
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Watched Django Unchained. Christoph Waltz was great, no doubt. The movie itself...not so much imo. It did miss something, something special with respect to story for instance. I think it ol Quentin has much better movies...
Do people actually like this Michael Bay'ification of movies?
It looks like total shit in my opinion.
Babel-17
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I saw Lincoln tuesday night, great script, great acting.
Even had a decent amount of humor and it was appropriate too.
The digital processing was off the hook at times but it was obviously for artistic affect. It worked but it was strong stuff.
The movie had a great flow and I'd say anyone can enjoy it.
Even had a decent amount of humor and it was appropriate too.
The digital processing was off the hook at times but it was obviously for artistic affect. It worked but it was strong stuff.
The movie had a great flow and I'd say anyone can enjoy it.
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
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First Trek, now Star Wars - JJ ABrams to direct Episode VII
OMG, just imagine a light saber fight drowned in gobs of lens flares!
Not really sure Lucas was ever as good as people long thought he was, the greatness of the original Star Wars movie seemed more accidental, or the consequence of other peoples' influence. His iterative fiddling with the movies have almost consistently been bad decisions (Greedo shooting first, Luke screaming when he falls in Cloud City, on and on), and the later trilogy was an almost uniformal disaster of murky plot, bad dialogue, sometimes questionable casting and an over-reliance on idiot comic relief characters and poop gags.
Billy Idol
Legend
OMG, just imagine a light saber fight drowned in gobs of lens flares!
Ha ha ha, lol! Directly thought about lens flare as well when reading this news...
Mr. Plinkett said it all in his reviews of the SW prequel trilogy - tragedy and comedy in a disastrous combination.
Are we still bashing Lucas seven years after the last Star Wars disaster?
Yeah, those were crap, so something clearly happened since he last directed a movie, - in 1977.
That doesn't change the fact that the original Star Wars is a very effective piece of cinema. Dialogue aside, the screenplay is fantastic as is the acting and cinematography. That doesn't happen without a great director.
Empire Strikes Back, which he didn't write screenplay for (only story) and didn't direct, is a better movie than the first one, so what ? Doesn't mean he couldn't write and direct. He did both for American Graffiti after all.
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Yeah, those were crap, so something clearly happened since he last directed a movie, - in 1977.
That doesn't change the fact that the original Star Wars is a very effective piece of cinema. Dialogue aside, the screenplay is fantastic as is the acting and cinematography. That doesn't happen without a great director.
Empire Strikes Back, which he didn't write screenplay for (only story) and didn't direct, is a better movie than the first one, so what ? Doesn't mean he couldn't write and direct. He did both for American Graffiti after all.
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