Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 309

alphabassettgrrl · 03-16-2008, 10:56 PM

I liked the Beowulf story but I have mixed feelings about the animation/CGI thing. It's become, lately, more "look how cool the animation is" and they seem to use it as a substitute for actual story. I was glad to see Beowulf still had an actual story, and while I didn't want to see it live-action so much, the animation but not quite realness was distracting.

NickO'Time · 03-16-2008, 11:53 PM

Had Glory Road on my DVR, finally watched last night. Great film, awe inspiring.
Sports film.

innerSpaceman · 03-17-2008, 08:10 AM

Sports films. Meh. Hate that genre, sorry.

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I would have preferred Beowulf as straight animation. It seems like a lazy short-cut to scan human movement to create animation. If you can't draw it, don't do it.

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-17-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I would have preferred Beowulf as straight animation. It seems like a lazy short-cut to scan human movement to create animation. If you can't draw it, don't do it.

I don't know exactly what technique they used in Beowulf, but if you're knocking motion capture, you might have to never watch anything ever again to get away from it.

If you're talking about the age old practice of taking film and copying it to make animation...

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Waking Life

Gemini Cricket · 03-17-2008, 10:51 PM

Waking Life gave me motion sickness. Good film, but I yaked.

I'm watching GoodFellas right now. Uh, why didn't this movie win Best Picture? Love this film.

wendybeth · 03-17-2008, 11:21 PM

That is probably my favorite mafia film, GC. I like it even better than the Godfather series. Ray Liotta was awesome, as was Lorraine Bracco. Great cast, great score, great editing, etc.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 03-17-2008, 11:31 PM

Goodfellas was about 45 min. too long. All that stuff with the drugs and helicopters just dragged the film down. The first half is good but the just bores me to death.

wendybeth · 03-18-2008, 12:16 AM

I thought it did a fantastic job of capturing the drugged-out paranoid state, and then it turns out he was right to be paranoid! I don't know; I suppose my life in the Eighties wasn't too far removed from his, so I appreciated things on a different level. (As far as drugs and such go- I only had casual acquaintances with some minor league mafioso. Spokane is a favorite repository of Henry Hill-types for the Witness Protection Program, after all.)

The Seventies and Eighties were wild. It's a wonder any of us survived, let alone reasonably intact.

mousepod · 03-18-2008, 05:34 AM

Two quick suggestions (posting from the airport):

€uro: check out Soderbergh's The Limey, if you haven't already. He uses Poor Cow for the flashback sequences. Pretty neat.

iSm: Can you imagine an early 80s punk band featuring members of the Sex Pistols on guitar and drums, a guy from The Clash on bass and Beowulf singing lead? Come to our next movie night, and prepare to be amazed.

Snowflake · 03-18-2008, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

No no no. What's Up Doc?

One of Bogdonovich's best (Last Picture Show being first best and then Paper Moon or What's Up Doc)

What's Up Doc is the best nod to 1930's era screwball comedy. Madeline Kahn, fabulous!

03-16-2008, 10:56 PM	#3081
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I liked the Beowulf story but I have mixed feelings about the animation/CGI thing. It's become, lately, more "look how cool the animation is" and they seem to use it as a substitute for actual story. I was glad to see Beowulf still had an actual story, and while I didn't want to see it live-action so much, the animation but not quite realness was distracting. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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03-16-2008, 11:53 PM	#3082
NickO'Time Missed it by that much.. Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 678	Had Glory Road on my DVR, finally watched last night. Great film, awe inspiring. Sports film. __________________ Yeah, right.
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03-17-2008, 08:10 AM	#3083
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Sports films. Meh. Hate that genre, sorry. * * * * I would have preferred Beowulf as straight animation. It seems like a lazy short-cut to scan human movement to create animation. If you can't draw it, don't do it.
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03-17-2008, 10:51 PM	#3085
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Waking Life gave me motion sickness. Good film, but I yaked. I'm watching GoodFellas right now. Uh, why didn't this movie win Best Picture? Love this film.
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03-17-2008, 11:21 PM	#3086
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	That is probably my favorite mafia film, GC. I like it even better than the Godfather series. Ray Liotta was awesome, as was Lorraine Bracco. Great cast, great score, great editing, etc. __________________
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03-17-2008, 11:31 PM	#3087
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Goodfellas was about 45 min. too long. All that stuff with the drugs and helicopters just dragged the film down. The first half is good but the just bores me to death.
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03-18-2008, 12:16 AM	#3088
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I thought it did a fantastic job of capturing the drugged-out paranoid state, and then it turns out he was right to be paranoid! I don't know; I suppose my life in the Eighties wasn't too far removed from his, so I appreciated things on a different level. (As far as drugs and such go- I only had casual acquaintances with some minor league mafioso. Spokane is a favorite repository of Henry Hill-types for the Witness Protection Program, after all.) The Seventies and Eighties were wild. It's a wonder any of us survived, let alone reasonably intact. __________________
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03-18-2008, 05:34 AM	#3089
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Two quick suggestions (posting from the airport): €uro: check out Soderbergh's The Limey, if you haven't already. He uses Poor Cow for the flashback sequences. Pretty neat. iSm: Can you imagine an early 80s punk band featuring members of the Sex Pistols on guitar and drums, a guy from The Clash on bass and Beowulf singing lead? Come to our next movie night, and prepare to be amazed. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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