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by **sdsichero** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:15 pm

Punchy wrote:
Ah, OK, you need to see it, the animation is amazing.

I liked Tin Tin enough to buy it on disc. However, something didn't quite fully gel with me in the movie. It was lacking... something. Some punch (no pun for the punchy). The animation was quite good in some areas, but that's also part of the issue. If you see something that is not quite animated or modelled right, it sticks out bad. This more realistic style has come a LONG way with this movie but it's still sometimes awkward.

I think the last portion of it was really fun and had some really great action animation. The rest of it was part good and part ho hum.

by **Punchy** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:22 pm

sdsichero wrote:
I liked Tin Tin enough to buy it on disc. However, something didn't quite fully gel with me in the movie. It was lacking... something. Some punch (no pun for the punchy). The animation was quite good in some areas, but that's also part of the issue. If you see something that is not quite animated or modelled right, it sticks out bad. This more realistic style has come a LONG way with this movie but it's still sometimes awkward.

I think the last portion of it was really fun and had some really great action animation. The rest of it was part good and part ho hum.

Sounds like you had problems with the Uncanny Valley.

by **sdsichero** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:32 pm

Punchy wrote:
Sounds like you had problems with the Uncanny Valley.

Not as much as in previous films. I think it was some of the movements of the characters. Also the blending of some of the more cartoonish facial elements with some of the more realistic ones. Sometimes it worked, other times it didn't. Otherwise, storywise, I think it could have been brisker.

by **KingPagla** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:28 pm

sdsichero wrote:
I'm not sure if the marketing of it was the problem. I liked it. It wasn't a homerun, but it was good fun. Much better than some critics made it out to be and a bit more deserving at the box office IMO.

No, it was the marketing.
Nobody wanted to see the movie after hearing the name and seeing the ads,
I'm a fan of the books and had been looking forward to this movie since it was at Paramount with Robert Rodriguez, and my interest took a hit every time I saw a piece of marketing for this.

by **Dragavon** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:29 pm

So it was 15.5 hours to Pakistan and another 15.5 hours back and I couldn't sleep on either trip so I did nothing but watch movies:

Tower Heist (amusing)
New Year's Eve (crap)
Abduction (decent even if the main actor is wooden)
In Time (tolerable, but there could be so much done with the time is money concept that it feels like a waste)
Johnny English Reborn (funny)

and two Indian movies.

by **Grayson** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:17 am

Just watched Drive. Absolutely fantastic film. I really wish that I would have seen it in theaters but I am glad that I finally got a chance to watch it.

by **Drcharles** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:52 pm

Watched Micheal Moores Capitalism A love Story..........Brilliant,........shows up the USA in a bad light.

by **covalesky** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:15 pm

One of the best almost-porn movies ever.

by **Greg** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:30 am

I really love this fuckin' movie. A love square where there's hardly any likable characters due to all the messed up crap they all do to each other based on love. The performances are all top notch but it's definitely Clive Owen who continually steals the show whenever I watch this. This was the film that made me fall in love with the man. And hot damn was Natalie Portman gorgeous. Those strip scenes. :shock:

This was definitely the film that made me stop looking at Portman as the good girl and just as an actress. Her character was the most well written in my opinion.

Well directed and its great reading the play and seeing it on film and having overall the same spirit. Some stuff from the play is omitted from the film or stuff is left ambiguous in the film where it's clear in the play. But overall a damn fine film and also beautifully shot. Love the dolly shots and camera movements used through out the film.

by **Timbales** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:30 am

Hunger Games

by **Stephen Day** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:50 pm

I watched it last night. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about regarding it and the comparisons to The Hunger Games. I enjoyed it to tell the truth.

by **sdsichero** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:02 pm

KingPagla wrote:No, it was the marketing.
Nobody wanted to see the movie after hearing the name and seeing the ads,
I'm a fan of the books and had been looking forward to this movie since it was at Paramount with Robert Rodriguez, and my interest took a hit every time I saw a piece of marketing for this.

I know I am not typical, but I had no issue with it. I mean it's not a great title, but it didn't deter me either.

by **KingPagla** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:29 am

sdsichero wrote:
I know I am not typical, but I had no issue with it. I mean it's not a great title, but it didn't deter me either.

But marketing is all about the typical, and how it is reached. The poor title had no effect on people already familiar with the character or books, but I think it did have one the vast number of those who aren't.
And nothing in the marketing: posters, trailers, commercials etc. attracted either group.
Yeah, some of us were going to see it, regardless, a lot were turned.

by **sdsichero** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:47 am

KingPagla wrote:But marketing is all about the typical, and how it is reached. The poor title had no effect on people already familiar with the character or books, but I think it did have one the vast number of those who aren't.
And nothing in the marketing: posters, trailers, commercials etc. attracted either group.
Yeah, some of us were going to see it, regardless, a lot were turned.

Understood about the marketing.

I'm still not sure. Perhaps it's vagueness is not attractive, don't know if it is a turn off. I wasn't one who would have automatically have gone. I go to movies because I don't have time to watch movies at home. All of my friends are the type to Netflix it (my family as well). I think some of the reaction has to do with some bad reviews (to which, yes the marketing did not help). Some of the word of mouth here made me decide to see it, I didn't see it on the first week.

Sadly, calling it the biggest flop, isn't helping. Bummer since it really doesn't deserve that title.

by **achilles** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:00 pm

Gods and Generals. I learned from this movie that the Civil War was fought mainly with half hour long speeches that can mostly be boiled down to "I love God", "I love you", "I love listening to the sound of my own voice". Oh, and beards. It was also fought with Alan Moore style beards. Lots of them.

I think there might have been a few muskets and rifles and cannons in there too, just for effect. Maybe ever a battle or two. Did I mention that Stonewall Jackson really loved God. And beards. And both he and his wife made me intensely nervous. They'd be kicked out of the most hardcore Evangelical Church for being too zealous.

The movie ended at Chancellorville, with a mention of Gettysburg a couple of months later. Evidently there are two other movies that I bother with seeing unless I have a day to kill and an intense desire to kill myself. But I suspect they introduce new characters, like this "General Grant" and this other "General Sherman" I've heard about. They also seem to like beards, based on what I've heard of them, but not quite as much as say the characters of Stonewall Jackson or J.E.B. Stuart...