9th February 2008, 7:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 9th February 2008, 7:55 PM by Great Rumbler.)
Quote:Because otherwise why should you believe the story? I know that the goal is to focus on characters, etc, but really, it is best to explain WHY...
You'd really hate Cloverfield.
Quote:2001 is indeed good, but I think it should be more accessible. I know I would have been lost had I not read the book, and its philosophical implications completely flew over my head until I did a bit more research on the film (of course, I was also 17 at the time, but I don't know that age was the factor there). I know film makers shouldn't beat their viewers over the head to get their points across, but I think Kubrick could have done more to make it a little less impenetrable. Of course, I DO have to commend him on making it one of, if not the most realistic science fiction movie made.
You haven't even gotten CLOSE to inaccessible scifi, dude! If you really want to delve into that, you can go straight to Stalker. It's by the same director as the original Solaris. It's beyond anything that I've ever seen before in the scifi genre. It's mindblowing in its inaccessibility. Even I could barely stand to watch the whole thing. Still, it is a very interesting movie.
Quote:Blade Runner, I need to see again, because my friends wouldn't stop fucking talking through it. Wasn't that re-released in theaters briefly? Maybe not worldwide, but I'm pretty sure with the recent special edition release, they at least played it somewhere around here. I really should have jumped on that.
Yeah, the Final Cut got released in a few theaters in the US. I was lucky enough to get to see it at a small theater in Dallas. It's not a huge difference over the director's cut, but it does make some changes that enchance the overall movie and cleans up a few mistakes. I'd suggest getting the 5-disc collection, preferabbly on a hi-def format if you have a player. If nothing else, it's worth it for the three hour making-of documentary. It goes into so much detail into just what went on during the production. I think that even if you're not a super fan of the movie, that you would still really enjoy the documentary.
Quote:Never heard of Planetes, but you seem to have a good taste in movies, so I'd give that a shot.
It's an anime series, by the way. Here's my review of it:
http://tcforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4819
Sometimes you get the scorpion.