The Creator
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In Gareth we trust.
Strikerkc
Sr Member
We'll see it...maybe
Oh, yea, it won't take me to the theaters; but that's less about the movie, and more about my interest in theaters these days. Some day it's going to be available for rent for $10, and I'll gladly give it a watch.
ScourgiousJinx
Master Member
Tentatively in.
As far as eye-candy goes, this is pretty sweet.
The production design looks really good, even though a lot of the stuff we're seeing is heavily inspired by existing works.
The production design looks really good, even though a lot of the stuff we're seeing is heavily inspired by existing works.
Saw this tonight. Loved the visuals and production design, Gareth Edwards is definitely a very talented visualist. Top marks for stunning location photograpy and rejection of excessive green screens, too. Unfortunately the script was all too similar in its weaknesses to that other visual master/poor writer, Neil Blomkamp. Morally simplistic, black and white good/bad guys and full of tropes and derivative plot points, most notably Blomkamp's similarly flawed Elysium, which is ironic. I wish talented directors/effects guys would stop writing their own movies, they don't seem to be very good at it.
That stinks. I am absolutely loving the visuals I am seeing in the TV spots. I like John David Washington too. For me the Blomkamp comparison is not an immediate deal breaker (maybe I am too easily distracted by shiny/sparkly things) Looking forward to it whenever I am able to catch it.
Your mileage will vary. I enjoyed the movie, and there are some very cool, and occasionally funny set pieces. Edwards has a terrific sense of scale, favours practical effects, and in this case shot the movie and took it to rough cut stage before a single effects shot was created, pretty unheard of in a movie of this type these days. This technique lead to a projected $200m movie coming in at 80m.
I was frustrated by the movie, beacause it could have been so much better. There are a lot of important plot points that are dismissed with a throw-away line, the visual world building is let down by the textual and it felt compromised by essentially being a family movie, and the huge over familiarity of the final act really kind of lost me.
Did not know this, and it’s really really intriguing. Might fast track my efforts to see it sooner. Thanks!
JediMichael
Master Member
This looks interesting. I read that they filmed it with a Sony FX3. Not sure if they modified it or not, or used any super expensive lenses to help.
But, either way, I'm sure that helped the budget a bunch.
But, either way, I'm sure that helped the budget a bunch.
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