Pieter Boelen 740 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: As far as Disney remakes go, I guess this one looks fine (at least not as awful as Maleficent, probably the worst offender so far, along with Alice In Wonderland, though that one had the excuse of depicting an otherworldy universe, I suppose...), but this is a movie where I can't help but wish they had filmed real environments and included the CG characters in them, like what they did with the opening sequence of Dinosaur. I mean, there are no environments in this movie that are really outlandish or anything, so why not film a real jungle and other locations like that? It'd probably save a lot of time and effort for the team and it would look more real. Plus it'd give them the opportunity to go out, see the real world instead of spending all their time in front of their computers! The way I figure it, what you describe is something that they already did. Have you ever watched the 1994 live-action version of The Jungle Book with music by Basil Poledouris? I like that film quite a bit, even though it takes more than half a leaf out of Tarzan's book. It doesn't actually have talking animals, but other than that it is pretty much as non-CGI as it gets. So this time around, they went in 180 degrees the opposite direction. I've got to give them kudos for giving that a shot and for succeeding as well as they did! The film isn't 100% lifelike, but it's pretty darn close and, considering it does have talking animals, I think it was never quite meant to be lifelike. Having watched the behind-the-scenes material, it was really surprising to me how much the director is NOT a big fan of computer graphics. 8 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: Of course, there are probably two main reasons they didn't do that. The first one is that it would probably be more expensive to do location shooting than to create virtual locations (though frankly, I'm not 100% sure of that). And the second reason (also most likely the main reason why there are so much more CG environments in movies nowadays): they simply wouldn't have as much control over the environment as they would if it was CG. "Hey, look, on a computer, you can do whatever you want with your environment: you can control the weather, you can control the sky, you can control the lighting... It's so much better, right?" I can think of a third potential reason: They wanted to push the boundaries of what is possible with special effects. But I very much doubt that computer graphics is cheaper than live action shoots. It is probably for the most part the "control" that you mention. To do things that are either impossible as life-action or just really stupidly difficult. CGI is stupidly difficult as well though. Especially to get it really lifelike. Hence "uncanny valley" and all that business. These days I've got a job often involving "computer simulations" where the results really MUST be lifelike, because it is real stuff for real ships. A lot of really clever people put in a lot of time and effort into that and still some of the seemingly simplest things prove to be too difficult to simulate correctly. It'll take a long time to get computer graphics truly up to the point where "anyone can do it", "it is truly lifelike" and "it is really affordable". They're sure giving it a good shot trying, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 2 hours ago, Rose Dawson said: The Beast looks terrible. As long as he rips someone's lungs out. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Outstanding! You're Beauty and the Beast in one luscious Christmas gift pack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I thought you were just going to scare the Disney on Ice Princess... Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 On 1/6/2017 at 5:13 AM, BloodBoal said: Just look like any of their other live-action remakes of their old animated classics: lifeless, with a shitload of ugly CG all over the place, and without any passion behind it. To be truthful, I do see some passion in this remake. Condon loves the different iterations of the tale, and there are nods to the Cocteau film as well as the original fairy tale (Belle's father picking a white rose). But... it seems unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Matt C said: But... it seems unnecessary. The Mouse disagrees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Tell the Mouse to do whatever it pleases, just stop altering The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 13 hours ago, Stefancos said: The Mouse disagrees! Ah, yes. The root of all evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 That's Communist talk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,263 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jay said: Is that auto-tune at 0:08/0:09 seconds into the video?! For chrissakes....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 There's something that looks really off in the shots of her standing on the mountain. Can't quite put my finger on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 It's called CG environment with lack of depth combined with fake lighting. It goes back to the problems with modern movies we discussed previously in the thread. toothless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 The opening shot looks worse. Still, how hard is it to just put someone on a hilltop, right? Looks fine to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Unlike Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Draco Malfoy, who all grew up to look like creeps, Emma Watson seems to only get more and more beautiful with age. I'd watch her in anything, even this piece of shit. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 There's too much depth in the image. It's nauseating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2017 Pieter Boelen, Not Mr. Big and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I don't have a problem with matte paintings (which is what those hills are in the Beauty and the Beast clip, a digital matte painting). Of all the things that make the movie look like a disaster to me, the background visuals aren't one. Character visual effects on the other hand..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,263 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Holy crap these new posters are photoshopped as hell http://www.avclub.com/article/these-beauty-and-beast-character-posters-will-eith-249169 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Well, they're true to the visuals of the film in that regard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Movie visuals generally aren't photoshopped Alvar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 You know this? How? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Man I just saw that doll...creepy. I can see Emma Whatson in there....but the head so big and the forehead so long...it breaks the resemblance totally (making her bieber-like). I cant beliebe they would greenlight that. Cartoon princesses are big headed..but with true human you have the proportions better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 8 hours ago, Stefancos said: Movie visuals generally aren't photoshopped Alvar. It's literally what Photoshop was originally invented for by the Knolls (first used on The Abyss). But yeah I have no idea if it's still a commonly used tool in film visual effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Well in those days, when it came to visual effects film was very much treated as a series of frames, each needing to be treated separately. In today's CGI infrastructure that is probably a completely outdated and ineffective way of working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,263 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 New songs and posters http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/814343-beauty-and-the-beast-songs Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I know after Independence Day: Resurgence, I swore I'd never see another movie again, and rightfully so. But I saw the preview at Disney's California Adventure and I liked it. They even had her dress on display, where I first noticed she has incredible boots. It seems like a lot of people are criticizing it. Emma Watson, the singing, the look of the characters etc. Maybe that's another reason I need to see it. I had no idea Obi-Wan was playing Lumiere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 A lovely beast like that running around, could put steam in a man's strides. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,263 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Disc: 1 1. Overture (Alan Menken) 2. Main Title: Prologue Pt. 1 (Alan Menken) 3. Aria (Audra McDonald) 4. Main Title: Prologue Pt. 2 (Alan Menken) 5. Belle (Emma Watson, Luke Evans, Ensemble) 6. How Does A Moment Last Forever (Music Box) (Kevin Kline) 7. Belle (Reprise) (Emma Watson) 8. Gaston (Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Ensemble) 9. Be Our Guest (Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Gugu Mbatha-Raw) 10. Days In The Sun (Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Audra McDonald, Adam Mitchell, Stanley Tucci, Clive Rowe) 11. Something There (Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Dan Stevens, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nathan Mack) 12. How Does A Moment Last Forever (Montmartre) (Emma Watson) 13. Beauty and the Beast (Emma Thompson) 14. Evermore (Dan Stevens) 15. The Mob Song (Emma Thompson, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Luke Evans, Ensemble, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Mack) 16. Beauty and the Beast (Finale) (Audra McDonald, Ensemble, Emma Thompson) 17. How Does A Moment Last Forever (Celine Dion) 18. Beauty and the Beast (John Legend, Ariana Grande) 19. Evermore (Josh Groban) BONUS TRACKS 20. Aria (Demo) (Alan Menken) 21. How Does A Moment Last Forever (Music Box) (Demo) (Alan Menken) 22. Days In The Sun (Demo) (Alan Menken) 23. How Does A Moment Last Forever (Montmartre) (Demo) (Alan Menken) 24. Evermore (Demo) (Alan Menken) Disc: 2 1. Main Title: Prologue (Alan Menken) 2. Belle Meets Gaston (Alan Menken) 3. Your Mother (Alan Menken) 4. The Laverie (Alan Menken) 5. Wolf Chase (Alan Menken) 6. Entering the Castle (Alan Menken) 7. A White Rose (Alan Menken) 8. The Beast (Alan Menken) 9. Meet the Staff (Alan Menken) 10. Home (Extended Mix) (Alan Menken) 11. Madame De Garderobe (Alan Menken) 12. There's a Beast (Alan Menken) 13. A Petal Drops (Alan Menken) 14. A Bracing Cup of Tea (Alan Menken) 15. The West Wing (Alan Menken) 16. Wolves Attack Belle (Alan Menken) 17. The Library (Alan Menken) 18. Colonnade Chat (Alan Menken) 19. The Plague (Alan Menken) 20. Maurice Accuses Gaston (Alan Menken) 21. Beast Takes a Bath (Alan Menken) 22. The Dress (Alan Menken) 23. You Must Go to Him (Alan Menken) 24. Belle Stops the Wagon (Alan Menken) 25. Castle Under Attack (Alan Menken) 26. Turret Pursuit (Alan Menken) 27. You Came Back (Alan Menken) 28. Transformations (Alan Menken) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRS3N6M/ Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 wow, lots of music there It's missing the complete animated soundtrack though.... Really disney should have released it as part of the Legacy Collection, now would be a good date for it... Seriously...why so many films get deluxe expanded (and pricewise-cheap) soundtracks while Star Wars does not ... Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Williams himself may well be the only obstacle to getting 2CD OSTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Williams is NOT an obstacle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Did Alan Menken re-write his whole damn score for this movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien F 1,742 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 The whole movie is pointless, but at least we'll get Menkin working with these themes again, and a much more generous OST than the original. This alone makes the whole thing worthwhile. Still annoyed they haven't released an expansion of the original score yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 There's something ridiculously awkward about the editing of that clip, that I can't put my finger on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien F 1,742 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 The brief shot at 0:28 is very awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 The cinematography and editing are really odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Romão and Arpy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 At least Maleficent was a bit different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 20 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: Yeah, that's the only thing that could be of interest to us film score fans: a few new interesting variations on the thematic material from the original. But apart from that... Frankly, I think these Disney remakes are possibly the worst thing to have happened in the film industry in recent years. At least the "regular" remakes, while still keeping the rough outline of the original story, still have some new stuff to other: a completely different score by a new composer, new art design, etc. But with the Disney remakes, they seem to want to keep staying closer and closer to the original: "Let's reuse the same songs and themes! Let's make real-life versions of the costumes found in the animated film! And let's not try to make any major change to the story! Never try to be too creative, or it will backfire!". So what we're getting just look like a high-budget fan film replicating the original almost shot-by-shot. Where's the artistic interest in that? Plus, I fail to find what could be the interest for fans of the original. Is this what we're craving for now? Just to get cheap thrills by trying to relive the exact same experience we had with the original, going through the film and being all like: "Oh, I remember this from the original! And this! And this too! Oh, this was awesome..."? I need some sleep... I've had a similar argument with some friends and I was baffled how into this project they all were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 9 hours ago, Damien F said: The brief shot at 0:28 is very awkward. There's something wrong with the clip. You actually saw her reaction in the preview I saw. I think it looks good. Emma Watson is fabulous and so are her boots. I think this and Skull Island are going to slightly redeem Hollywood for me after the atrocious last decade and especially last year. Maybe the worst ever for movies? Well, at least it will get me to go to the movies again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 24-2-2017 at 0:39 AM, BloodBoal said: Frankly, I think these Disney remakes are possibly the worst thing to have happened in the film industry in recent years. At least the "regular" remakes, while still keeping the rough outline of the original story, still have some new stuff to other: a completely different score by a new composer, new art design, etc. But with the Disney remakes, they seem to want to keep staying closer and closer to the original: "Let's reuse the same songs and themes! Let's make real-life versions of the costumes found in the animated film! And let's not try to make any major change to the story! Never try to be too creative, or it will backfire!". So what we're getting just look like a high-budget fan film replicating the original almost shot-by-shot. Where's the artistic interest in that? Plus, I fail to find what could be the interest for fans of the original. Is this what we're craving for now? Just to get cheap thrills by trying to relive the exact same experience we had with the original, going through the film and being all like: "Oh, I remember this from the original! And this! And this too! Oh, this was awesome..."? I need some sleep... That does not accurately describe The Jungle Book and Maleficent, does it? Those two certainly put a new spin on things; though one of those more successfully than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 2 hours ago, BloodBoal said: True regarding Maleficent, not so much regarding The Jungle Book (they did try to make the world of that one feel a bit more menacing, like what they did with Kaa for example, but ultimately, it sticks quite closely to the animated film, keeping King Louie's song for example, which was unnecessary and ends up sticking out like a sore thumb and feeling like quite an embarrassing moment as a result). And my point is that with each new film, they stick closer and closer to the original: The Jungle Book maybe not be a 100% faithful recreation of the original film, but it's certainly closer to the original than Maleficent was with Sleeping Beauty. That much is true. I reckon they hit quite a sweet spot with The Jungle Book; it had a lot of familiar elements while still being pretty much its own unique thing. That's hard to pull off and I'm still massively surprised they managed that as well as they did. I had totally expected it to suck. Though indeed the King Louie song could just as well have been left out. They probably added it in the best way they could; but it's quite strange having it at all! I hope the process you describe will not continue along the same path. Some measure of familiarity can be a good thing, but with Beauty and the Beast they really seem to be going overboard. Doesn't help that particular film or score never really tickled my fancy anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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