Finding out how they shot the barrel-of-monkeys scene in IM3 made it much more impressive for me the 2nd time around.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2013 3:07:44 am PDT #24598 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
§ ita § - May 31, 2013 4:51:15 am PDT #24599 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's always at the forefront of my brain that these people (usually) don't exist, and even if they did, these things didn't happen to the exact guys and gals we're looking at. I never don't know it's fake. That runs on a parallel track to "OMG, the worldbuilding in this is so lavish and detailed!" and "it's the hobbit moment again-I'm gonna cry...just like in all those other movies."
Stories move me. Stories with in camera effects don't move me more than stories with CGI or vice versa. Stories with good writing and acting and seamless effects move me more than others.
The clip of After Earth they showed on Graham Norton looked really bad. Will Smith sounded awkward and fake, and Jaden looked uncomfortable in ways not related to the freakout the plot should have been giving him (maybe they skipped the bit where he got sand in his skinsuit).
The HBO bit on Now You See Them actually did suffer from FX know how--I think movies have to be clever about how much they stress magic. If David Copperfield can't do it and you're setting it in the here and now, how impressed can I be with your characters? Hell, I'm barely even impressed by David Copperfield.
The actors all seemed smug as fuck too, which didn't help.
Sue - May 31, 2013 6:19:48 am PDT #24600 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Joss just tweeted release schedule for Much Ado: June 7: NY LA SF, June 14: UK wide, June 21: US wide, July 11: Australia
Consuela - May 31, 2013 6:47:29 am PDT #24601 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Sweet! Now that's something to look forward to!
Steph L. - May 31, 2013 6:47:52 am PDT #24602 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
June 21: US wide
Hey, I can go see it on my birthday. Thanks, Joss!
Sheryl - May 31, 2013 12:41:22 pm PDT #24603 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
So there will be two movies we want to see after Conterpoint is done.(Conterpoint is the filk con we're running, June 21-23.) The other being Man of Steel.(We will be out of town the weekend of the 14th, with no opportunity to see a movie)
le nubian - May 31, 2013 9:35:18 pm PDT #24604 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Apparently After Earth is on target to make $25 Mill this weekend. This apparently is a HUGE disappointment and in "Battlefield Earth" territory.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2013 9:53:47 pm PDT #24605 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Maybe this will be the one that finally stops studios from greenlighting Shyamalan movies....
le nubian - May 31, 2013 10:25:40 pm PDT #24606 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The movie I wanted to see this weekend, "The East" is in FOUR theaters. Bah. I guess I'll have to wait for the expansion.
Gris - Jun 01, 2013 4:36:28 am PDT #24607 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I have a feeling this one got greenlit more because it's a Will Smith movie.