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Interstellar...what the heck do I say?
The film reminded me a lot of 2001: A Space Odyssey and it's sequel, 2010 - if you jammed them together and ratcheted up the angst. The performances were good, great even, it's just a shame that the script comes across as something written by someone who doesn't realize that the Academy takes great pride in it's tradition of shitting on great science fiction films.
Also, once again in a science fiction film the robots steal the show, but only their personalities - design wise they look like something from early Dr. Who, which is bizarre given how excellent the rest of the production design and special effects are. This film was literally made for IMAX, and it shows.
In fact, Interstellar's greatest strength is in it's design - from a near-future dust bowl, to the space ships, to the look of space itself - it's obvious that in this case the filmmakers actually listened to the scientific advisers they hired. As an example, the space ship in the film mimics gravity by spinning - standard enough in a sci-fi film - but what's incredible is that when you see the view out the windows the Earth is spinning like a top. How many times have you seen that detail in a sci-fi show?
What really hurts Interstellar though is that a lot - hours really - of this film feels like Oscar bait to me. One of those eye-rolling, pathos-laden star vehicles that no one actually goes to see, but that the Academy heaps with ludicrous amounts of praise. Again, the actors act the hell out of this film - there are some Oscar worthy performances here - but they feel wasted because I came to see 2001: aSO, or Star Trek, not The King's Speech.
In the end, I think Interstellar would be brilliant if they'd edited out about a half-hour to forty-five minutes of it, and that if you wait to rent it you'll be disappointed you didn't see it on the big screen, but if you see it on the big screen you will be wishing you rented it.
The film reminded me a lot of 2001: A Space Odyssey and it's sequel, 2010 - if you jammed them together and ratcheted up the angst. The performances were good, great even, it's just a shame that the script comes across as something written by someone who doesn't realize that the Academy takes great pride in it's tradition of shitting on great science fiction films.
Also, once again in a science fiction film the robots steal the show, but only their personalities - design wise they look like something from early Dr. Who, which is bizarre given how excellent the rest of the production design and special effects are. This film was literally made for IMAX, and it shows.
In fact, Interstellar's greatest strength is in it's design - from a near-future dust bowl, to the space ships, to the look of space itself - it's obvious that in this case the filmmakers actually listened to the scientific advisers they hired. As an example, the space ship in the film mimics gravity by spinning - standard enough in a sci-fi film - but what's incredible is that when you see the view out the windows the Earth is spinning like a top. How many times have you seen that detail in a sci-fi show?
What really hurts Interstellar though is that a lot - hours really - of this film feels like Oscar bait to me. One of those eye-rolling, pathos-laden star vehicles that no one actually goes to see, but that the Academy heaps with ludicrous amounts of praise. Again, the actors act the hell out of this film - there are some Oscar worthy performances here - but they feel wasted because I came to see 2001: aSO, or Star Trek, not The King's Speech.
In the end, I think Interstellar would be brilliant if they'd edited out about a half-hour to forty-five minutes of it, and that if you wait to rent it you'll be disappointed you didn't see it on the big screen, but if you see it on the big screen you will be wishing you rented it.
Groot Ex Machina
So I finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy last night.
Not bad, I'm not unhappy to have seen it in the theater, but it looks like I'm one of the few not jumping for joy over it.
What issues did I have?
Well for one thing, the fights bugged me, to much jump-cutting...AGAIN! While Groot stole every scene he was in, all to often problems were solved by a Groot Ex Machina. Gamora was poorly written (what was her motivation again?), and I think poorly cast. This could have been partially an issue with her fight choreographer, but Zoe Saldana just didn't carry the "badass super-assassin" thing off as well as Scarlet Johansson does.
And the Col
A Question for Artists about Critiquing
So here's the situation.
I'm going through the site and noticed a pic with a critique request. Now I'm always game to give a critique if I've something to say, but in this case I just...don't, and I'm finding the reason I don't is bugging me.
Technically it's a good pic, an attractive female character from a TV show in a belly dancers outfit - this is literally the stuff my dreams are made of. :D But the thing is, I've never watched the show and have no idea who this character is. So......Look, if this was a pic of Raven, or Lady Jaye, drawn the same style, in the same outfit, I know for a fact that I'd have no problem writing a good cr
Oh no! There goes San Francisco!
They've done it! They've finally done it! They've made a good, even great, American Godzilla movie!
(MINOR SPOILERS FOLLOW)
What's surprising to me is how much I enjoyed the movie even though there's so much in here I usually can't stand. The stupid X-files-ish conspiracy to keep the monsters secret, the military acting idiotically, heavy-handed "man cannot control nature" message...
BUT! The conspiracy is actually dropped when giant monsters start approaching populated areas, while there's certainly a fair bit of Hollywood military nonsense (Exactly why are those ships so close?) there's a refreshing lack of the kind of General Ripper s
300 reasons to hate....
Actually, there are probably far more than 300 reasons to hate 300: Rise of an Empire. Mainly though, you will very likely hate 300: RoaE if you-
-Thought the first 300 was a bit to violent.
-Were put off by the first film's minor historical inaccuracies.
-Were an idiot and brought your children along.
-Are Persian.
That said however, if you can turn off your brain - if you can listen to Athenian and Spartan characters talk about Greek nationalism, "Freedom for all men", and "they hate our freedom" without wincing - if you just want a reason to sit in a theater with a tub of popcorn and a lot of ridiculous fight scenes, then 300: Rise o
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