Awesome movies Options

[ConTenDeR^]

Just finished watching 2012 and yesterday watched Law Abiding Citizen. The latter was 1 of best movies I seen this year and 2012 had some amazing effects altho some were not very well digitised.

Not that I condone any illegal activity, but should you stumble across any r5 lines on pb... they are both worth a look

[MonkeyFiend]

I've seen far too many films ruined by cgi though... makes we want to resurrect jim henson and ray harryhausen

Specifically: I am legend, surprisngly wasn't ruined by will smith (!) but instead any sense of atmosphere and immersion based on the potential reality of what was going on was ruined by the fact the infection seemed to make them go all stretch-armstrong capable of making there jaws drop about 30cm when they roar etc.,. This is one area where 28 days/weeks later got it spot on: plausible reality is scarier than elastic cgi monsters.

As for the fx, haven't seen 2012 yet (I expect it to be a showy clone of day after tmrw etc.,). However I would suggest that while the production of a film is aimed at a specific media e.g. cinema 1.85:1 etc. (heh, worked in a cinema as a student) I don't personally believe that there's a drastic difference in my overall experience between say imax and watching it on my tv.. don't get me wrong as imax screen is much bigger/impressive than my tv (and almost as loud as my surround sound ) and is betterbut the actual impact between the 2 experiences isn't that great.

It like me saying, that the =SM= is a work of mutherfucking art, the beauty of which could make grown men weep! (but only when viewed on a diamond studded 3D VR headset). It's akin to telling someone that they can't enjoy wine unless they've spent some time in the fine vinyards of bordeaux. True it may not be quite as authentic but their opinion can't be dismissed just because they're not consuming something in the way it was originally intended.

ha. right time for games

(which raile shouldn't play as a PC was originally intended for number crunching and business use and you should really take the 'PC' experience in the way it was originally designed after all )