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Unsurprisingly, The Speed Racer Film Looks Garish And Terrifying
pwntuspilate:
With all the hate in this thread for this movie I thought I'd offer my 2 cents as someone who really enjoyed the film.
First, I thought all the racing scenes were fantastic. All the infighting and car acrobatics between the racers was really cool. I also thought the method of panning though all the different people watching the race was a great way of keeping the excitement going. They showed enough of the race so you could actually see what was going on, but still managed to create tension and excitement. I also loved the use of color in the movie. It made it seem more like a cartoon without sacrificing special effects. I'm surprised how much the effects have been criticized...in a day and age where computers can generate pretty much any image I thought it was refreshing to see someone do something "unique" instead of struggling for "better". I also thought the acting was pretty good for a movie was this type...I was totally caught up in the scenes that moved the emotional storyline forward. I don't understand how anyone can dislike Christina Ricci in this film...she is completely adorable, not to mention she looks like an anime character.
My only complaints of this movie are that at times the dialogue is cheesy and the story is kind of predictable...but these things didn't bother me as much as they would in other movies because I was caught up in what I listed above and since its a kids movie.
loam:
bwahaha. this was funny to read. I had the mispleasure of having to work on racer, and yeah I just shouldn't have gone to see it. I do that with a lot of movies I work on actually. Somebody seriously needs to smack the hollywood executives around until they stop making horrible horrible awful movies that shouldn't be made. Sigh. And I'm currently helping finish up Mummy 3 then back to development on effects for G.I. Joe. See what I mean? Bleh. I need to find a different career.
est:
But loam, think of all the joy you are bringing to people with no taste and/or standards. Surely that is reward enough for a job well done?
pilsner:
They say that every time a new Saw movie or Adam Sandler movie comes out, crime rates drop all over the States. Seriously. Like I'm not making this up. I'd even link you to article if I wasn't so incredibly lazy. People who make shitty movies are saving lives.
loam:
hahaahh
Whoever said that I had any desire to save lives? There's too many people, not too few ;)
Really the delima is that I'm a visual effects artist and I work at one of the biggest post houses in the world (Digital Domain, the other big ones are ILM, Imageworks, Rhythm & Hues, and WETA). If a movie has the budget to hire us, it's pretty much a given that I'm not going to like it. I just generally dislike big profit-driven films, and ironically I hate effects heavy movies. Sure I know it's what I do, but I wish we got to spend more time working on a few key things that really support a story rather than throwing CGI crap everywhere because we're trying to one-up the last big CGI blockbuster. I think the only film I've worked on at a big studio was Flags of our Fathers. I may go back to a smaller place next to work on more independant productions. We shall see.
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