hmmm... is it all about perspective? http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2008/1/20/Cloverfield-is
tw On Jan 19, 2008 8:52 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ishtar??? 10 blown goats???!!! You must not recognize the genius > that was Ishtar :) > > I've been noticing more and more shows doing that constantly moving > camera crap lately. The most recent thing was "Design on a Dime". I > almost got sick watching it (It was on TV at the in-laws and I was too > lazy to change the channel). > > My take on it is that they're trying to hide the crap, be it > disappointing monster or cheaply constructed furniture.... > > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 5:08 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay. been waiting for this one since the first trailer sighting many > > months ago, and Mike (#2 son) and I had been really amped about going on > > opening day (picked him up from school and went straight to the theater for > > a 4:40 showing). > > > > > > > > So the movie starts. and starts. and starts. It's only an 84-minute film, > > but there are twenty minutes of self-absorbed over-privileged > > twenty-somethings whining as they simply must do, and a camera being slung > > around on a lanyard. Great for making you feel like you want to vomit from > > motion sickness. I'm thinking, "okay, pay attention, because this somehow > > has to have something more than trivial significance later in the film." > > > > > > > > Not a chance. > > > > > > > > So the first thing happens (and I wake up), which on retrospect didn't make > > any sense for the monster to be able to create a reaction like that. Then > > you can't see anything that's causing it, which you expect was the writer's > > intention for building suspense, but it was only frustrating. And then at > > the end when you finally get a decent look at the monster, it not only is of > > an entirely different scale than what you saw earlier, it doesn't really > > look anything like what you saw earlier. > > > > > > > > Alright, I get that it's a first-person perspective film. But for the sake > > of all that is decent in this world, get a minimal Manfrotto SteadyCam mount > > and just loosen the spring tension to give it more slop than normal, then > > film it that way. Feeling like I want to spew chunks doesn't increase the > > value of the film - or the entertainment. > > > > > > > > At best, this thing will become a half-assed video game for little kids. > > > > > > > > Adam's Rating: 9 Blown Goats (on a ten Blown Goat system, with ten Blown > > Goats being something like Ishtar or Muriel's Wedding, and zero Blown Goats > > being something like Godfather or American Beauty). > > > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > > > President > > > > Productivity Enhancement > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251421 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
