I know! Something like that would be a GOLD MINE! *shifty eyes* I think I'm gonna just...go and...drink coffee...*runs off to invent the Stay 21 Forever machine before anyone else*
I wish I was 35 so that I could say "Hey guess how old I am!" and other people would say "I don't know? 25?" and I'd say "Nope, I'm 35!" and they'd be all surprised and stuff.
You guys really need to watch more than your everyday Hollywood blockbuster, you know? There's so much better stuff out there. You should know that, GR, since you like some Asian cinema.
Quote:You guys really need to watch more than your everyday Hollywood blockbuster, you know?
I try to, but movies like that are rarely shown around here. I did get to see "Finding Neverland" and "Hero", though. I'd go see "The Life Aquatic" but it isn't showing around here.
Great Rumbler Wrote:I try to, but movies like that are rarely shown around here. I did get to see "Finding Neverland" and "Hero", though. I'd go see "The Life Aquatic" but it isn't showing around here.
Finding Neverland kinda counts... I should see it.
I don't just watch hollywood films... mostly sure but not just. I don't watch all that many films (I do watch some, but not a LOT), but I've seen a few films in the arthouse theater in town. :) This year I saw 'The Story of the Weeping Camel'... interesting film... and very different. I also saw Winged Migration there, a year or two ago.
And I know Alexander probably doesn't count, but it isn't your normal Hollywood film so why not mention it. :) Hmm, what else did I see (in theaters) this year... uh, what came out this year... I don't remember... I know I saw Spiderman 2 (as mediocre as the first), the third Harry Potter movie (decent kids' film and overrated), Troy (ick! I liked some parts, but overall... not good...), Alexander, Story of the Weeping Camel... uh, was Cold Mountain this year? I think I remember seeing it in January anyway... and maybe something else, I don't know.
Yeah, even though they said in the beginning that no effects were used, there were very obvious CG shots (like the one where the birds fly high into the atmosphere and you see the entire planet, and then the camera follows the bird swoop back down towards earth), and if you watch the documentary on the dvd you'll see that they got the birds to "perform" and do things that they wouldn''t usually do.
All animal documentaries get those accusations of setting up the animals... and it probably is true sometimes because waiting for them to do exactly the thing they want could be quite hard. Most of the time it's harmless though, like in this case where the resulting film was pretty good...
Quote:(like the one where the birds fly high into the atmosphere and you see the entire planet, and then the camera follows the bird swoop back down towards earth),
Yeah, that part was obviously CG, but nothing else was.
But at the same time... it's not crazy enough. Like Bojacksome. We need something like that, but to describe ABF. Hmm... perhaps... perhaps we should add ABF in the word somewhere. To make it uniquely his. YES! What a perfect idea, if I don't mind saying so myself!