Has anyone who has seen the latest War of the Worlds movie noticed how washed out much of the movie is? It had a slight"dreamy" effect that I kept waiting to go away but it never did. Please tell me I am not the only one who found the constantly overexposed lighting in that movie annoying...I tried to explain to my wife what was wrong and she didn't seem to get it.
I'll agree but the horrible production as a movie outweighed the poor technical film. After recently seeing this movie I can't believe Steven Spielberg had any part of it.
Spielberg used the "bleach bypass" process on the negative. It was intentional. It's the same effect that was used to create a gritty, surreal mood in the movies "Three Kings" and "Saving Private Ryan."
It worked very well for those movies but was very distracting in War of the Worlds.
it seemed like the son character got in the way of the plot halfway and they just wrote him off until the end. Very odd story with him. Almost like the writers decided they didn't like him anymore and wanted to write him out, but half the movie was in the can already.
I agree...the washed out look was just a bit too much. Speilburg has gotten really gimicky imo.
Okay I will say the sound effects and the special effects were awesome. I'd love to be one of the 3D artists that create and animate that kind of stuff. The story line was okay, acting was okay. I actually liked the movie overall. I just hated the washed out look. And it really bugged me that people didn't run when that thing first came out of the ground. I mean, c'mon. If there was an earthquake where the ground spun in a perfect circle in the middle of an intersection where a freak lightning storm just struck the same spot 26 times, I would've been the first guy high-tailin it AWAY from the obvious impending danger. I mean, earthquakes and lightning are never a good sign of anything. And if a big metal thing came up out of the ground making sounds like it was powering up for something?! OMG I would've been pushin old ladies and small children out of the way and runnin out of there at bionic speeds. Anybody in their right mind would've started running when the car sank into the hole, let alone when it came flying back out followed by a giant metal tripod.
But people in movies always do that. They always display unreasonable curiosity that no one in real life would do. Cuz in real life, if the toys in your kids' bedroom start talking and shooting lazers and their books start flying around the room - you run. If the lights go out in your house, you hear glass break, your boyfriend doesn't answer your worried calls, you don't go investigate the mysteriously half opened closet door - you run. Get that Spielberg? People RUN from stuff that gives the slightest hint it wants to kill them.
IronBear wrote:
Okay I will say the sound effects and the special effects were awesome. I'd love to be one of the 3D artists that create and animate that kind of stuff. The story line was okay, acting was okay. I actually liked the movie overall. I just hated the washed out look. And it really bugged me that people didn't run when that thing first came out of the ground. I mean, c'mon. If there was an earthquake where the ground spun in a perfect circle in the middle of an intersection where a freak lightning storm just struck the same spot 26 times, I would've been the first guy high-tailin it AWAY from the obvious impending danger. I mean, earthquakes and lightning are never a good sign of anything. And if a big metal thing came up out of the ground making sounds like it was powering up for something?! OMG I would've been pushin old ladies and small children out of the way and runnin out of there at bionic speeds. Anybody in their right mind would've started running when the car sank into the hole, let alone when it came flying back out followed by a giant metal tripod.
But people in movies always do that. They always display unreasonable curiosity that no one in real life would do. Cuz in real life, if the toys in your kids' bedroom start talking and shooting lazers and their books start flying around the room - you run. If the lights go out in your house, you hear glass break, your boyfriend doesn't answer your worried calls, you don't go investigate the mysteriously half opened closet door - you run. Get that Spielberg? People RUN from stuff that gives the slightest hint it wants to kill them....Show more →
M. Night Shamylan (ok, butchered his last name). He gets it. Thats why I like his movies. They are in the real first person drama style. The actors thinnk, act, react and are clued in just as much as you.
CTYankee wrote:
M. Night Shamylan (ok, butchered his last name). He gets it. Thats why I like his movies. They are in the real first person drama style. The actors thinnk, act, react and are clued in just as much as you.
Does anyone know why the kid's parents were in Boston safe and in their house as if nothing happened? I mean, WTF?
One of many unexplained things throughtout this film. As a previous poster mentioned , the son who inexplicably leaves mid-point in the film - without real explanation, magically reappears with the grandparents after what looked like they had enjoyed a lovely Sunday dinner while the rest of the country is destroyed.
Sure folks, make this Spielberg film mean something.
Not to mention they drove through hundreds of miles of forest to get to Boston. Lets see...major city with a huge population and vital infrastructure....or remote countryside with very little if any develpment. Where will I go to survive an interplanetary invasion! Thanks, but as much as I like the Red Sox I'll be somewhere in the Catskills living off of the land until the smoke clears.
IronBear wrote:
But people in movies always do that. They always display unreasonable curiosity that no one in real life would do. Cuz in real life, if the toys in your kids' bedroom start talking and shooting lazers and their books start flying around the room - you run. If the lights go out in your house, you hear glass break, your boyfriend doesn't answer your worried calls, you don't go investigate the mysteriously half opened closet door - you run. Get that Spielberg? People RUN from stuff that gives the slightest hint it wants to kill them.
And don't forget, if you are in a movie you must ALWAYS fall down repeatedly when running from any threat. And take your time getting up again.
FellowTravelle wrote:
And don't forget, if you are in a movie you must ALWAYS fall down repeatedly when running from any threat. And take your time getting up again.
Which brings to mind another unspoken rule of running in movies: constantly look behind you at nothing so you can blindly run smack dab into a tree/a friend who pops out of nowhere/a hanging corpse/the killer's machete.
when I bought my plasma tv I made a decision to pretty much never go to the movies again. Haven't been since and yet I don't feel like I'm missing anything, except for that ripped off feeling.
Movies makers are taking notice. Poorly made R rated movies just don't cut it anymore. They've finally figured out that family movies are very profitable. Look for many more such movies next year. I read one story where a media guy was quoted as saying, "Christian is the new gay". Meaning it is very marketable to have Christian values and themes. To what extent or how explicitly these will be communicated, who knows. I hesitate to suggest the Narnia films are part of this trend (I would say they are part of the adopting great book series into film and just happen to be Christian).
Though I would like to see more originality in movies. Last weeks top 10:
1 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe BOOK
2 Syriana BOOK
3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire BOOK
4 Walk the Line From biography
5 Yours, Mine & Ours Remake
6 Aeon Flux Adapted Story
7 Just Friends another loser turned rich guy movie...but original
8 Pride and Prejudice BOOK and REMAKE
9 Chicken Little BOOK
10 Rent Musical
gee...such creativity. All we need are a few comic book movies. Wonder what the next trend will be. Remakes will run out of good material. There are only so many comic books. Hmm, maybe more old TV shows turned movies? Knight Rider the movie? There is talk of a Macgyver movie (really) and A-Team.
Edited by CTYankee on Dec 11, 2005 at 11:00 PM GMT
beauport wrote:
I'll agree but the horrible production as a movie outweighed the poor technical film. After recently seeing this movie I can't believe Steven Spielberg had any part of it.
War of the Worlds was directed by Steven Spielberg with help from the people at Industrial Light and Magic...this is probably one of the best technical combinations outside of Lucasfilms Ltd. It also costs $130 million to make. I think it's pretty safe to say that the lighting choice was intentional. The style is similar to that in Minority Report, Saving Private Ryan, and AI.
-Rob- wrote:
when I bought my plasma tv I made a decision to pretty much never go to the movies again. Haven't been since and yet I don't feel like I'm missing anything, except for that ripped off feeling.
How many movie tickets could you have bought for the price of your plasma TV?
By the way...anyone hear about the copy protection coming to theaters? they will add acoustical variations that will make recordings of the movies sound hideous. They claim people won't notice. If it can be recorded using microphones, I'm sure some people will be able to hear it. Can't wait...
