RATE or REVIEW The Last Movie You Watched.

[ZaCHw117]

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[wofford29]

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Drive isn't an indy movie. .

Yes it is.

 

[CelticPredator]

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It was funded by a studio.

Unless the term changed now.

 

[CelticPredator]

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Well ____. I guess I got the term wrong this whole time.

 

[Deckard]

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Blame the studio, and test audience. Bunch of idiots.

However though, I still want to see if the practical effects were as bad as they said. ADI is an alright company. But I did like the look of all the monsters they did.

Especially the final one. Better then whatever that turd thing was.

*light spoilers* basically just stuff from the trailers

There were many problems right out of the gate. We're shown the Antartic in Winter except it's light out. It would always be dark.

Aside from the fact the movie is incredibly rushed, about 72 mins, the characters are no where near as likable or easy to get to know as the ones in Carpenter's. The only character that really stood out for me was Lars who spoke no english.

They showed way, way too much of the Things and reduced it to the creatures outright stalking around the facility like a Predator. I get The Thing hasn't learned as much about humans yet and that makes some sense but they show way too much of the Things and they are always covered in CGi.

The CGI is some of the worst I have seen in years, really bad. You can see they just layed it over the practical effects that look 100 times better in ADI's behind the scenes video. The only cgi used should have been for when the skin itself was actually splitting apart or melding togeather and for adding some blood.

There is no cgi blood at all, and this is a huge problem especially during the Grigs split. (Don't worry thats not a spoiler its the one we see in the heli in the trailer so it was already ruined.) During this split open of his face and chest cavity it looks totally 2d, no depth to the cavities and no blood so when we see the skin tearing, it also looks just like someone took a picture of the actor in Windows Paint and cut and pasted it to achieve the skin ripping, like South Park. Like the old Colorforms toys. The sound is pretty bad and the monster yells always sound forced and no where near as unnatural and frightening as in Carpenters. When Grigs changed I would have laughed if I wasn't so heartbroken.

The ending change is so clear and evidant that it's painful to watch and you question wtf they are thinking covering up the original monster with that tetris computer effect and showing off this totally cgi'd terrible looking thing straight outta the movie Slither. Btw thats according the CGI company who just did an interview at Outpost 31 the 1st of this month, the only thing that changed after test audiences, they covered the original pilot for the new person thing.

They got some stuff incredibly right like the use of the music in certain scenes, the way some of the monsters end up that we know from Carpenter's revist to this outpost. The lack of Norwegian spoken is totally unbelivable and gets very bothersome, especially because without a shadow of a doubt, the best, most intense, well executed, suspensful scene comes from a language barrier between nervous characters in the tight hallway. Nothing else in the movie comes remotely close to this to the point you would think it was done by a totally differant director.

Also when it retreads ground with things like the idea for the bloodtest, its way too shot per shot from Carpenters, espcecially stupid because the fillings test is enough and original enough to work on it's own.

CGI without a doubt completely killed however, what would have otherwise probably been a 7/10 all things considered. But without a single believable monster effect the entire movie cannot be taken seriously.

This movie needs a practical effects version with as little cgi as possible which needs to be completely redone over the work print if it still exists, needs to completely remove certain scenes, slow the movie down somehow, and change the ending back to the original. The only chance this movie has of ever being ok is about 40 years from now in 2050 when they do a 3d holographic transfer.

 

[ZaCHw117]

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An Indy film is usually in the can before it get's picked up by a distributor.

What'd you think it was?

 

[CelticPredator]

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You fund it yourself. Personally, with help from various friends and family. Independent film. But it IS funded by a studio, just not a big studio. And then picked up.

 

[CelticPredator]

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*light spoilers* basically just stuff from the trailers

There were many problems right out of the gate. We're shown the Antartic in Winter except it's light out. It would always be dark.

Aside from the fact the movie is incredibly rushed, about 72 mins, the characters are no where near as likable or easy to get to know as the ones in Carpenter's. The only character that really stood out for me was Lars who spoke no english.

They showed way, way too much of the Things and reduced it to the creatures outright stalking around the facility like a Predator. I get The Thing hasn't learned as much about humans yet and that makes some sense but they show way too much of the Things and they are always covered in CGi.

The CGI is some of the worst I have seen in years, really bad. You can see they just layed it over the practical effects that look 100 times better in ADI's behind the scenes video. The only cgi used should have been for when the skin itself was actually splitting apart or melding togeather and for adding some blood.

There is no cgi blood at all, and this is a huge problem especially during the Grigs split. (Don't worry thats not a spoiler its the one we see in the heli in the trailer so it was already ruined.) During this split open of his face and chest cavity it looks totally 2d, no depth to the cavities and no blood so when we see the skin tearing, it also looks just like someone took a picture of the actor in Windows Paint and cut and pasted it to achieve the skin ripping, like South Park. Like the old Colorforms toys. The sound is pretty bad and the monster yells always sound forced and no where near as unnatural and frightening as in Carpenters. When Grigs changed I would have laughed if I wasn't so heartbroken.

The ending change is so clear and evidant that it's painful to watch and you question wtf they are thinking covering up the original monster with that tetris computer effect and showing off this totally cgi'd terrible looking thing straight outta the movie Slither. Btw thats according the CGI company who just did an interview at Outpost 31 the 1st of this month, the only thing that changed after test audiences, they covered the original pilot for the new person thing.

They got some stuff incredibly right like the use of the music in certain scenes, the way some of the monsters end up that we know from Carpenter's revist to this outpost. The lack of Norwegian spoken is totally unbelivable and gets very bothersome, especially because without a shadow of a doubt, the best, most intense, well executed, suspensful scene comes from a language barrier between nervous characters in the tight hallway.

Also when it retreads ground with things like the idea for the bloodtest, its way too shot per shot from Carpenters, espcecially stupid because the fillings test is enough and original enough to work on it's own.

CGI without a doubt completely killed however, what would have otherwise probably been a 7/10 all things considered. But without a single believable monster effect the entire movie cannot be taken seriously.

Can't disagree with anything you said. Not one single thing.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

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Watched War Horse with the family last night. 9/10

 

[IronFingaz]

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Spoiler

The short version is when he sits in the theatre watching bits from a film roll.Probably the one you have seen because the alternate extended ending isn't that great.But i think you know what it is,the one thing that was missing in the main characters life.You can find it on youtube.

That's the one i saw

Spoiler

where Toto watches the film Alfredo made of all the kisses cut out of all the movies they saw in the village.

 

[ZaCHw117]

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You fund it yourself. Personally, with help from various friends and family. Independent film. But it IS funded by a studio, just not a big studio. And then picked up.

Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Darko, Night Of The Living Dead, Memento even the first Terminator which had a small budget an unproven director and a shady actor in it's leading role are or can be all considered independent films.

 

[CelticPredator]

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Yeah yeah, I knew that. I just thought it was produced without any studio help. Of any kind.

 

[wofford29]

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Sucker Punch - I'm so ____ing worried about Superman out of 10

 

[CelticPredator]

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Hey, think about this, Snyder isn't writing it. I think he learned his lesson.

 

[galactiboy]

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Contagion: 7/10

Interesting enough movie about a pandemic; nothing really new or groundbreaking but an enjoyable enough watch.

Bridesmaids: 5/10

This movie is a complete mixed bag. Some scenes are f'n hilarious; but then other parts are just boring and drawn out. The movie clock in around 2 hours, I think if they'd edited it down to 90 minutes it would have been much better.

Tangled - 9/10

I was really surprised by this one... saw it with very low expectations and it was quite good. Probably one of the better animated films Disney (not under Pixar) has done in a long while.

 

[The Entity]

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True Blood Season 1 - 9.5/10

 

[greygoose]

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Lake Placid 7/10 - One of my guilty pleasures. Stan Winston Studios did a great job on the crocodile too.

 

[ARCADE]

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MI: Ghost Protocol 8/10

Great action movie, not a bad MI film. I still think the first is the best in keeping with the original theme of the series. But 3 out of 4 MI films is pretty good. I really really disliked the 2nd film. But the 3rd made up for it in a big way.

This one definitely topped in terms of scale and stunts but what bugs me the most is that this guy is some theorist and he can handle himself in a fight and goes on espionage missions on his own? It's like something more along the lines of an old Bond film. Even Philip Seymour Hoffman's character in MI3 wasn't as combat ready as Hendrix. And man for a big guy, he can huff it! The 2nd hired assassin in the film who never speaks is really of no use since Hendrix pretends to be him in the middle of the film and then ends up getting shot in the final act. But overall I look at it like the Incredibles film. Incredible set pieces and great acting filming and a fun story.

 

[ZaCHw117]

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Batman Begins(100th watch or so ) A million/10 Top 3 best superhero films ever made. Which includes Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.


I'm a little biased, so what?

 

[Reinhardt]

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I struggle in picking between between Batman Begins and Dark Knight in which is a better film. Both were so well done. I get chills every time Bruce Wayne stands up to embrace the bats in the cave.