Sad year for film
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- Ramanisky20
hey pr2 ... I dont mean to sound like a dick ... but I'd like to see you put a movie like Benjamin Buttons together ...
its all about a well told story and I have seen 3 of the above mentioned films and the stories to all 3 I thought were really good
- u really think that Button was a "well told story"?pr2
- ummm YEAH!!!!Ramanisky2
- It was not a good story.kgvs72
- magnificent_ruin0
I haven't seen any of them, and I'll probably only like about two of them, but I'm tempted to disagree with you anyway
- harlequino0
like Ramansky, don'tmean to sound like a dick, but...
I realize you fancy yourself quite the DP and fuck chicks from kraft services in the ass and all that, but let's be honest. If Fincher, Boyle, Howard, or Van Sant called you to work on any of the flicks you're trashing, you'd be on your knees mouth open waitin for the saucy contract, and hypin the flick at oscar time.
:)- hahahahahahaha +7347point34
- +10Ramanisky2
- of course i would, that's the dumbest suggestion ever for u to think that i wouldn'tpr2
- ouch!robotron3k
- hahahahah, slutroundabout
- skt0
if only fincher didn't care. i might have gotten some of my 400 or so comps for online reach pieces past him. believe me, he had control over absolutely every minute detail relating to with that film.
but i guess, you're talking about it from a film makers persepctive.
- moamoa0
Impact is a good typeface, and I am talking about it from a designers perspective.
- a bold assertion, boldly takenmagnificent_ruin
- but every now and then I make a mistakemoamoa
- kezza_20
I dunno, Slum Dog was great, Nixon was better on the stage, but the films pretty decent.
I thought Waltz with Bashir was the best film this year, and In Bruges was good too, but they are all in there somewhere
- uberdesigner0
I've been seeing movies on cable that I thought were made in 08 but turned out to be 07. I'm that out of touch.
- Ramanisky20
I thought Rock-n-Rolla was incredibly entertaining but sadly no Oscar nods.. :(
- BWAHHAHAHAHHAHah..ha...
he he...ahem. You're joking right?Wolfboy
- BWAHHAHAHAHHAHah..ha...
- Gucci0
How about best line... can we give that award away?
'cause in Button, there's a part at the beginning when the blind dude says "I hope you enjoy my cock".I nearly pissed myself. The movie was pretty much ruined for me after that.
- jfletcher0
I guess Slumdog was supposed to be good... it just looks boring to me.
- Have you seen it? Not boring at all .. I thought.Ramanisky2
- Jaline0
I hope anyone saying "they all suck" (not you specifically, sputnik) has actually watched the films.
- Horp0
"I get what you are saying ... but I feel like you are being waaaaaaaay to picky"
I think its the perogative of someone who works in the field to be picky. Its about standards. It doesn't mean it should impinge on a layman's opinions, but really, a professional who is not picky might as well quit.
- That said though, I haven't even read the thread much less watched any of the films you are probably discussing.Horp
- Milan0
are there any movies you liked in the last 20 years?
- quamb0
sounds like another disgruntled bitter filmmaker to me.
maybe a sub-par year for a-list films, though none on that list "sucked"
also, you can read up on why Fincher did what he did - he wasn't any less passionate.
- linearch0
i just relaunched an independent film review site. there are some movies which could save your 2008 notion on the subject......there were actually amazing films made last year....just they had no distribution...watch "momma's man" or "ballast" they were two of my faves......i think you can get them both on netflix. check out more reviews here:
- erikjonsson0
the dark night was crap
- ukit0
slumdog was good. i thought.
- pr2-2
When you shoot shit, you read your script 2-3 times then do some pre-pro. Maybe build sets, visit some locations to come up with lighting schemes etc. Since i often work with crappy directors (not always, but it just happens that quite often it's the case) on the day of the shoot they show you the scene and based on that you give them the best 5-6 angles to "cover" the scene of, say, 2 people talking in a room. This is TV filmmaking. In TV, the scene is not about something beyond and under the surface, the TV is shallow and the scene is about nothing else but what comes out of people's mouths, thus for the purpose of the edit you need to get enough footage to cover that shit. Films with soul on the other hand (or directors who grew beyond the TV coverage) don't need the coverage because the director knows that he only needs this shot and that one to fully be happy with the scene...
Watch the Button again and you will see the most orthodox camera angles and editing as if the director didn't believe in his skills (which he's proven that he has) or the material thus he shot lots of unnecessary coverage "for safety."
- I get what you are saying ... but I feel like you are being waaaaaaaay to pickyRamanisky2
- or maybe this film wasn't about pushing the visual envelope so much as it was about telling a story7point34
- or maybe fincher has a bit more of an ability to explain why he did what he did than your assumptions7point34
- pr2-2
quamb, don't be naive, no one starts a project thinking i'm not feeling it, or i'm not inspired, or i'm not understanding the material. You always come in with 110% of energy but at some point you have to step back and face the reality and be "oh, fuck me, i screwed up." That shit doesn't happen way into production, or even post-production. ...Or ever as is the case with the recent Star Wars films.
- I'm not being naive... And yes, I've been in the same situation before. Though just don't see it with Button.quamb
- pr2-3
Ramanisky2, almost every production i shoot (and i shoot looooots of low budget shit) has the same camera coverage as the Button. I can tell you that the director wasn't inspired making this film at all. He's got some cred as he did "Fight Club" and "Seven" but with the project it was run of the mill shit for him and he just didn't care. There is nothing inspirational in it at all (i'm talking from filmmakers perspective, so yours might be a bit different).
- I'm pretty sure he spent countless sleepless nights putting this movie togetherRamanisky2
- I didn't see any flaws with the look of the movie .. as far as the story .. you either liked it or you didn'tRamanisky2
- you are bit of an arrogant mediocre twat eh?tank02