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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:14 PM

The only similarity I see with Spielberg is the plot. And that's not even a Spielberg thing, it's an E.T. thing.

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:19 PM

It's Jurassic Park (bus crash) meets E.T. (alien wants to go home among other things) meets Cloverfield (alien itself) meets War of the Worlds (Lillian battle), meets Lost (several references for example hatch landing) meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind and so on. The film is anything but its own thing. That's the problem.

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:23 PM

Jurassic Park? Really? That's an awfully long stretch. Perhaps it is the Cloverfield monster? Same one in Star Trek too, he just keeps landing on the wrong planet ;)

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:24 PM

I'm not saying all of this is intentional, Koray. What I mean is that I see these instead of Super 8.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:26 PM

Like I said, it's certainly honest and well meaning, but I'd heard it harked back to the glory days of Spielberg; and does it buggery. If that was Abrams' intention then he's a nothing but a pretender.


It's Abrams' take on the typical Spielberg 70s/80s concept. Primarily by being set in Spielbergville and having plenty of nods to CE3K and E.T. (plus JP). It serves pretty much every clichee you can expect from that sort of film, but it earns them through Abrams' foucs on characters before plot. It's not perfect, some of the characterisation and setup don't seem to really lead anywhere, and some of the clichees border on being taken too far, but in the end they rarely do. I liked it.
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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:27 PM

Of course it's intentional. This movie is supposed to be a homage to Spielberg.

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:41 PM

There is nothing "wrong" with the movie as such.

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I think there's quite a few things wrong with it, though the aforementioned pacing and blatant plot conveniences (we've got no fifth gear for the final act so let's just make the military hardware go haywire, for one example) are the major complaints I have. The film takes the long route for the sake of it; it's unnecessarily long-winded and the payoff ultimately doesn't warrant the trusting investment.

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 08:51 PM

I know what you mean.
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 09:05 PM

I thought the biggest convenience of the lot was
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And somehow they knew it!

Contrived drama is bullshit and the movie would've benefitted from playing it straight, knocking thirty welcome minutes off the runtime in the process.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 02:43 AM

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is surprisingly not the train wreck I expected.

It's a really good movie, and if you leave before the credits you miss something important.

You don't have to stay all the way after the credits just about several minutes in.


Will the academy have the balls and the guts to nominate Andy for Best Actor? He deserves it.

there are several touching moments and nicely timed references to the original.
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Posted 08 August 2011 - 03:22 AM

Of course it's intentional. This movie is supposed to be a homage to Spielberg.



Yes but I agree the references were a bit forced . It tried too much to re-create some scenes from Spielberg movies. One that springs to mind is the camera panning around a dinner table of kids talking randomly

Another movie that goes after the 80's Spielberg-ish style film and works better on it's own is Let Me In

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 03:25 AM

Let Me In is a fantastic film that is entirely cohesive as a whole, while Super 8 feels like a series of references to Spielberg. I guess you could say they are imitating old and new Spielberg, respectively. ;)

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 03:29 AM

yes, that's what I mean

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:57 AM

The only similarity I see with Spielberg is the plot.


This movie is supposed to be a homage to Spielberg.


Hmm, I guess Abrams and his co-workers didn't do a good job, hey fellas?
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Posted 08 August 2011 - 08:49 AM

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 09:49 AM

Captinan America

Enjoyable film, not bad compared to other superhero movies
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Posted 08 August 2011 - 10:05 AM

Back on the subject of Super 8, and I must say I don't get all the fuss made here about the score. Yeah it's nice and perfectly serviceable, but it's nothing special. Just because it doesn't sound like an RC production doesn't automatically elevate it to greatness. The best thing I can say about it is it's inoffensive.


That exact comment belongs to Silvestri's Captain America, not Super8

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 10:17 AM


Back on the subject of Super 8, and I must say I don't get all the fuss made here about the score. Yeah it's nice and perfectly serviceable, but it's nothing special. Just because it doesn't sound like an RC production doesn't automatically elevate it to greatness. The best thing I can say about it is it's inoffensive.


That exact comment belongs to Silvestri's Captain America, not Super8


Yes.

I think Super 8 is a fun and beautiful score, yet surprisingly small sounding.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 10:26 AM


Back on the subject of Super 8, and I must say I don't get all the fuss made here about the score. Yeah it's nice and perfectly serviceable, but it's nothing special. Just because it doesn't sound like an RC production doesn't automatically elevate it to greatness. The best thing I can say about it is it's inoffensive.


That exact comment belongs to Silvestri's Captain America, not Super8



To both, actually. I listened to SUPER 8 several times now and nice as it is, i cannot bring myself to more than a lukewarm appraisal.

As for RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, i'm somehow eager to see it even if the Jablonsky-nized Doyle score warned me with a big sign reading "MAJOR BLOCKBUSTER SUCKAGE MAY WAIT AHEAD".
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Posted 08 August 2011 - 01:35 PM

Prefontaine

One of the two biopics made about Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine. This version focused more on his olympic goals and his problems with amateurs track and field. Without Limits focused on his relationship with his coach. If you are interested in Pre then you should watch both.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 01:50 PM

Push (2009): Feels like a live-action anime film made by a western director. The lonesome hero is even accompanied by a sidekick in the shape of a young, little girl wearing a short skirt. In any case, now that her career as a child star is kinda over, Dakota Fanning proves she doesn't have the necessary chops to make it as a great actrice.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 01:59 PM

Apparently that one was surprisingly pretty good, better than it looked, anyway.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:09 PM

I liked Push. Dakota Fanning was okay in it. As a side note, I'm curious to see what her sister will add to her resume after Super 8.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:23 PM

Here's hoping Elle Fanning's career doesn't plummet after she grows up. I prefer her to Dakota.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:34 PM

They are both very good for their age.

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:42 PM

Good actresses?

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:51 PM

Yes. What else?

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:52 PM

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:53 PM

How old is Dakota now? 16, 17? She's a pretty young lady but she's still just a little girl.

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 12:59 AM

Running the Sahara

Its a documentary about 3 guys who run across the Sahara. They ran 4,000+ miles in 111 days.

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 02:31 AM

sounds like a waste of time, like the worst part of Forrest Gump
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Posted 09 August 2011 - 03:04 AM

Good documentary, with an equally good score by Heitor Pereira.

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 04:02 AM

sounds like a waste of time, like the worst part of Forrest Gump

Not if you are a runner and are interested in the sport.

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 05:51 AM

Apparently that one was surprisingly pretty good, better than it looked, anyway.


Not really. I mean, it wasn't like Jumper, as one might perhaps expect, but I didn't see anything "good" about it either. Whatever it tries to do, it's so defeated by X-Men and the first season of Heroes.

Alpha Dog: Better than it looked. Justin Timberlake was surprisingly pretty good.

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Yes, the film goes overboard sometimes, but wouldn't you go overboard too, if you knew Red Riding Hood is in it?!

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 02:09 PM

I just saw part of the ending of E.T. and I suddenly cried my eyes out.

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 06:03 PM

sounds like a waste of time, like the worst part of Forrest Gump

It may be the worst part of Forrest Gump but it was the lead-in to one of the funniest moments of the film.

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Posted 10 August 2011 - 09:38 AM

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Posted 10 August 2011 - 09:48 AM

Dieplinken naar onze afbeeldingen is helaas niet mogelijk, meneer Cremers.

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Posted 10 August 2011 - 11:43 AM

What do you mean? Why are you talking funny?
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Posted 10 August 2011 - 11:46 AM

Dutch is funny?

@Wojo: stop being facetious.

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