Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 I don't like green colouring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I like Colin Farrell. I've been waiting awhile for this one, looks hilarious.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDUpOXfwQUo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I don't like green colouring.I don't think they are going to color it pink just for you, Quint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 So you like this new trend of greenifying movies then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well, let's say I'm glad I don't hate it. For instance, Minority Report is not my favorite Spielberg movie but I have no problem with the way it's color graded. I can already see the remake of Total Recall in those colors. It fits the face of Ethan Hawke.BTW, that's a beautiful baby in your avatar. No, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Oh god I hate green movies. So artificial looking, eww. Surprised you don't object to that look, to be honest; considering how it flies in the face of the stunningly naturalistic photography of cinema's most artistically accomplished works.But each to their own.Oh and thank you for your very kind words regarding my daughter. I completely agree, hence my showing her off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Oh god I hate green movies. So artificial looking, eww. Surprised you don't object to that look, to be honest; considering how it flies in the face of the stunningly naturalistic photography of cinema's most artistically accomplished works.I do not share this feeling. See, B&W is not natural either, nor are color movies. They are all manipulated, either by the chemical process of film itself or they have their colors altered by the color grading process. Art has nothing to do with real or naturalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Manipulation is fine, I just find the green aesthetic to be rather disagreeable with my personal taste. I can't help but associate it with special effects-heavy movies - the ones which usually aren't very good. I disagree though with your claim that B&W isn't natural(istic), however that may be due to you and I perhaps looking at this from very different perspectives. I get the impression you're coming from a purely technical POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,442 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Colin Farrell is a marginal actor...at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Manipulation is fine, I just find the green aesthetic to be rather disagreeable with my personal taste. I can't help but associate it with special effects-heavy movies - the ones which usually aren't very good.You should overcome your prejudice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Colin Farrell is a marginal actor...at best.Maybe this movie will change that. I can see him portraying the salesman perfectly. Of course, the boring truth of the matter is that he will he the hunter and Ethan Hawke will be the hunted. NEXT!So I hear Roger Deakins is the cinematographer of a new sci-fi film (the one he's shooting on digital). What's that all about?!Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Btw sorry for the late edit to my post. It's tea time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I disagree though with your claim that B&W isn't natural(istic), however that may be due to you and I perhaps looking at this from very different perspectives. I get the impression you're coming from a purely technical POV.When talking about natural colors, how is B&W naturalistic or the film stock that is used to film the orginal Star Trek series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 It's naturalistic in that it feels real. It doesn't feel artificial, it doesn't feel synthetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 To me, B&W or the original Star Trek colors all provide a certain atmosphere or mood that isn't real or naturalistic. The same goes for the digital color grading of modern movies, whether it's spielberg's Saving Private Ryan or Fincher's Zodiac. I don't need real or naturalistic colors to enjoy art. Cinema is not real, not even when it pretends to be. In fact, perhaps the reality or naturalism lies more in the subject, the direction and the actor's performances than in the colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 To me, B&W or the original Star Trek colors all provide a certain atmosphere or mood that isn't real or naturalistic. In some instances, yes. Especially in your Star Trek example - the colour of the thing very much plays a part in it's uniquely kitsch aesthetic - it quite clearly isn't 'real'.I think context is important. Context guides my perception of what I find to be naturalistic and what I find to be stylistic. An example of a B&W film which looks and feels wonderfully naturalistic is Whistle Down the Wind. The people and the locales look and feel real, in B&W. The actors don't even have to open their mouths and the story remain unknown, but one instantly connects with the realism of the imagery.I don't need real or naturalistic colors to enjoy art. Cinema is not real, not even when it pretends to be. In fact, perhaps the reality or naturalism lies more in the subject, the direction and the actor's performances than in the colors.Which is funnily enough almost what I just said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 490 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I find cinematography is pretty much like painting: you can use different techniques, and with each one of them you can achieve different levels of realism/naturalism, depending on what you want to do. And all of this independently of the presence of realism or not in the stuff being shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 The Machinist feels pretty naturalistic and it has got that green color grading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Getting back to the green thing, what are its origins? Why has GREEN become so prominent?The Matrix Trilogy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 The first Matrix was grey. I wish they kept it that way, it's the only reason why I still have my original clipper DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Why has GREEN become so prominent?First things first! It's not always green. David fincher also has a thing for monochrome colors but they lean more towards brown. Talking about brown, O' Brother, Where Art Thou is the first movie which was completely digitally color graded. The Book Of Eli is brown too. Traffic uses all kinds of hues depending on the place. The color scheme of Minority Report is blue. 300 is red. Gattaca has those very heavy saturated Hitchcock colors. The Matrix, The Bourne Supremacy and The Machinist are green. Blade Runner The Final Cut is also green/blue. What else is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 The non-Columbus Potter movies are green. Order of the Phoenix looks bloody weird. Or was it Goblet of Fire? I can't remember, I can't distinguish between the two.Just want to point out as well that I think The Matrix looks stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Miami Vice was blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I expect Green Lantern to continue the trend.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,532 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Dark Tower updatehttp://www.slashfilm.com/the-dark-tower-stays-universal-smaller-budget-schedule-pushed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Vincenzo Natali directs Neuromancer (William Gibson).Vincenzo Natali (Director of Cube, Cypher, Splice and the upcoming Neuromancer): I think when you read it now, it still feels very relevant, maybe in some ways more relevant, because so much of what it predicted has come to pass. And therefore, my approach to it would be to be very realistic. I think The Matrix is a wonderful film, but it absolutely takes place in a comic book universe…everything about it, in the best possible way mind you, but really I think it’s a very heightened reality… Neuromancer is a future reality, but I don’t want to glamorize it, I don’t want to inject steroids into it. I want it to feel very palpable and real, and still exciting, of course, but I think if I had to make a comparison, a little more of the Blade Runner type universe, which is kind of a more adult-type of movie. And that’s what I think this film should be because it’s dealing with very important and exciting themes. And I think that’s where my take on it and what excites me about the book will distinguish it from other films, in so much as, in my mind, Neuromancer is really about our post-human future. It’s about how we, in the future, are going to relate to machine consciousness. In the same way that Splice is sort of a treatise on how we’re changing our bodies, Neuromancer could be a treatise on how we’re changing our minds, evolving our consciousness. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 First review I've seen for X-Men: First Classhttp://www.slashfilm.com/early-reaction-matthew-vaughns-xmen-class/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I was skeptical at first, but now I'm getting excited for this one.Karol - who is a fan of the first two X-Men films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,442 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Wow. I rolled my eyes at first at the notion of an X-Men prequel, and figured this would tank hard, but if reviews are that optimistic, I can be as well. The trailer shots of what they do with the Blackbird and a submarine, though, make me hope they didn't over-inflate the "super" in this superhero movie just for the sake of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Singer was involved in the development of this one (and didn't direct because of schedule or something like that). He might not be suitable for Superman, but surely he can make a good X-Men film.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Yeah, I think the fact that he's gay really helped him relate and understand the characters so well. He emphasized with being outcast and helped the films as a whole. If his involvement in the film is substantial I have no doubt that it will succeed. As for Superman, I think nostalgia just got the best of him and all he did was basically make a 2.5 hr fan film for Richard Donner. Hopefully Nolan and Synder can manage Supes, they both have done films that I enjoy so I have my hopes up. After The Last Stand and Origins, my expectations are completely diminished (as they are for most people) so I'm sure a moderately good movie will get praise from X-Men fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 490 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I got a good vibe for the new X-Men since the first trailer. It reminded me of Watchmen, but in popcorn mode.If the film turns out to be great, I would like a having a pair of films going through the XXth Century introducing the classic team, etc. Ignore the Singer trilogy if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 At first it reminded me of Muppet Babies but now with all the positive reviews coming out, plus knowing that behind it is Kick Ass director Matthew Vaughn, I actually might rent this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 18 minute longer, R-Rated cut of Sucker Punch cominghttp://www.slashfilm.com/sucker-punch-rrated-cut-released-bluray/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Sucker Punch wasn't rated R?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Theatrical cut was PG13! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 374 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I actually really enjoyed Sucker Punch for what it was, and am really excited to hear that there is a more violent R Rated cut! I couldn't believe it was PG-13 either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Chronicles Of Riddick sequel in the works?http://www.slashfilm.com/vin-diesel-shoot-rrated-riddick-movie-summer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,442 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I didn't hate The Chronicles of Riddick, but I did not like it nearly as much as Pitch Black.I wish the movie studios would put this much effort, though, into filming the five Dune books. I'd even settle for something mostly animated, on par with Avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Sam Raimi's next film gets a release datehttp://www.slashfilm.com/disney-sets-oz-great-powerful-march-2013/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Well, one part of me is now instantly interested in the Total Recall remakehttp://www.slashfilm.com/kate-beckinsale-jessica-biel-leads-total-recall-bill-nighy-quatto/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Oops, the remake is doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 1,931 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 With that director on board, no way we're getting a decent film out of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Live Free or Die Hard wasn't that bad... was it?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Yea, I was trying to imply that the two hot babes just cast are they only good things about this film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Smurfs trailerhttp://www.slashfilm.com/the-smurfs-trailer-number-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Poor NPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Dark Tower updatehttp://www.slashfilm.com/ron-howard-the-dark-tower-shoot-early-2012/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Definitely my favorite trailer of the year so farNSFWhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kOFGI0p6SM&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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