deanb Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Her So this is a very "hey look, cinematography" kind of film. I feel it's also maybe a film I watched at the wrong time, but that's not the films fault. Other than that it's all a pretty cool sci-fi with a look at potentially where the likes of Siri and such are going and how people might adapt and react to potential relationships with these personal assistant AIs. I kinda ruined it for everyone when I pointed out the use of red during the film. I like some of the way they presented the main character having memories/flashbacks to previous events. Particularly when he's talking about his date with Olivia Wilde, being replayed back in weird snippets (since he was drunk at the time), and from his view of the conversation (we the viewer see it side on the first time around). How To Train Your Dragon 2 Yeah the trailer pretty much spoiled the big reveal for this for me, but others I watched it with had only seen the teaser. Was pretty good, even if it fell back to a big alpha dragon as the bad, and it didn't seem to be going anywhere with any morals on how blackbeard (or bloodfist I think) was controlling the dragons, at least had no conviction to it. Other than that, HTTYD was a fun film, and this continues it. Enjoyable watch. Big Hero 6 So it turns out I wasn't spoiled by the trailer per se (not that you'd need to watch a trailer to figure out the plot, this was a very simple kids film), but I went in knowing early film events others didn't. Was a cool film, some nice visuals (especially near the end with all the sort of soap bubble oil painting-ness). Does feel like it's a thing that might have done better made into a TV show, or spun about a bit so that it'd lead onto a TV show at least. Also pretty much nothing (see spoiler) ties it to Marvel in anyway. Oh and San Fransokyo is brilliant, really love the golden gate bridge. Very nerd positive film as well, which even the other Marvel films don't really have (while Stark and Banner have large intellect and knowledge, they're not really nerds). Dat cameo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 There's a good hour-and-a-half film somewhere in Django Unchained... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Big Hero 6 imho just barely did enough right, largely visually, to be a "good" movie. The plot was extremely meh and the side characters got shafted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Well they were doing something right, cause I cried like 12 times during that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Cold in July I went in expecting a fairly run of the mill thriller, but this film surprised me. Fantastic little thriller that not enough people have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Well they were doing something right, cause I cried like 12 times during that movie. Or your taste in movies is shit. SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT edit: just to make sure since my joke wasn't made clear last time /joking Edited January 14, 2015 by Waldorf and Statler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey That weren't half bad. It's got its issues (the opening act is a little long, and the over-reliance on CGI is a little annoying), but on the whole I found that to be a fairly enjoyable return to Middle Earth. I love that world and can't wait to jump into part 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Short Term 12 Great film. In summary, it's an indie about a group home for troubled teens, but so much better than that sounds. Brilliant cast all round, tight writing and lots of moving moments as well as funny ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Seven This would've been absolute perfect if some points wasn't clear as fucking day. Chilling movie otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 As in "what's in the box?" Seven? I think at this point some stuff might be super obvious down to the fact it's a quite old movie with a known twist. It's like "No, I am your father!" is not as shocking as it would have been 30+ years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I actually didn't know what the movie was even about and about the box, I only had really vague recollections of that line. No context, not the size of the box or anything. Even if I knew, it really comes at you from a mile away. Why else would the wife be mentioned at all? It was basically a waiting game for the audience to see what will happen to her. In story... For heaven's sake, the detective even knew he told the killer his name. This is a killer who can torture a man for a year and other crazy stuff. The detective should have seen it as a possibility that the killer would go after his wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 The Interview. It was way weirder than I was expecting, but really funny. My wife liked it too, and she totally did not expect to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) I enjoyed that movie too, but lately I'm starting to realize that James Franco is way funnier than Seth Rogen. It feels like whenever they do a movie together Seth is always playing the straight man while James is the one actually doing comedy. Edited February 7, 2015 by Mister Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 John Wick Simple plot, excellently executed. Everything you need to know is introduced in the first 10 minutes and it all folds out into an exciting revenge fueled mission. The undertone is that there's a hitman society, but it's more so nice flavoring to the film rather than a central focus. All you need to know is that you don't piss off The Boogeyman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I enjoyed that movie too, but lately I'm starting to realize that James Franco is way funnier than Seth Rogen. It feels like whenever they do a movie together Seth is always playing the straight man while James is the one actually doing comedy. Same issue with the Pegg n Frost match-up. Even more notable when Nick Frost is off doing his own stuff (though World's End helped turn it around a little, and he was alright in Xmas Doctor Who) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I actually like both Pegg and Frost, although I probably haven't seen them in as many things as you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Not as if Pegg has been great in stuff without Frost though, either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Hyne and Pegg were the real power couple. I miss Spaced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Just a good fun movie that doesn't 'tell' anything. It shows the emotion of the characters, which is pretty phenomenal considering the main characters are computer animated apes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Human animated. Only thing CG on them is the fur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 They're still computer generated images, even if the movements were done by hand/mocap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 But all the acting of the apes is from actors, only the fur is animated. A modern mocap suit captures nearly everything, so the apes showing great acting and emotions is about as surprising as Gary Oldman doing it too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Is someone in here doubting Andy Serkis? Because that's a paddlin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 But all the acting of the apes is from actors, only the fur is animated. A modern mocap suit captures nearly everything, so the apes showing great acting and emotions is about as surprising as Gary Oldman doing it too. I think that's his point: that the tech is very impressive, how it can capture everything so effectively and translate it well to a face with completely different features. I know that's my point. Also, you have a funny definition of CG/animation. The image was generated by a computer, even though it was done based on buttloads of movement data captured from a real person, therefore it is CG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Mocap uses data capture directly from the performance of an actor (with a bit of polishing up, though mocap has significantly less junk these days), compared to say the likes of Toy Story, Big Hero 6, etc where the majority of animation will be done by hand with plenty of tweens. It's a bit of a disservice to the likes of Andy Serkis and co to just call their work "CG" when they're as valid an actor as the likes of Gary Oldman that they're acting alongside. Kind of like early days of voice acting, took a while to be considered as legitimate form of acting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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