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Recent Viewing Part IV

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  1. But it may also sound GOJILAAAAAAAHHHHH!biggrin
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2014
    GOJIRA!!!!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  3. Quite.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2014
    The explanation is much simpler: in the film Godzilla Millenium (sic) from 1999 there's a scene where the main antagonist, for no real good reason, defiantly cries out at the top of his lung GOJIRAAAAAA! (Here's the awfully dubbed English version; sadly I could find no link to the Japanese version)

    Ever since then GOJIRAAAAAA has become somewhat of a rallying cry amongs Godzillaniacs, and has since passed into (more or less) geek-public subconsciousness.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2014 edited
    Steven wrote
    Good to hear. I'm seeing it tomorrow. GOJIRA!


    What did you think? I liked that it didn't splurge all its action within the first ten minutes. When Godzilla finally did rock up it was bloody awesome. Lots of nods to Spielberg which were all handled fantastically. [spoiler]Jurassic Park helicopter and mine, Close Encounters references with the gas masks and submarine in the jungle, the burning nuke train coming across the bridge, the seagull slamming into the bus window etc.[/spoiler] None of the human characters particularly did much other than look on in awe or run away but I didn't dislike any of them.

    Desplat's score was excellent. I hadn't heard it before and after hearing the main title it was excellent just to sit back and know I was in for a treat. I enjoyed that both Waikiki and San Fransisco, both places of my last holiday, were suitably trashed.

    Very enjoyable.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2014
    Didn't see it in the end... slant But yours and other people's comments are making me want to see it even more.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2014 edited
    I'm gonna go a week on Monday.
    Don't spoil it for me! dizzy

    ...cause I have no idea what to expect from a film about a hundred feet radioactive monster dino-mutant who stomps through mainland USA. wink
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2014 edited
    Martijn wrote
    I'm gonna go a week on Monday.
    Don't spoil it for me! dizzy

    ...cause I have no idea what to expect from a film about a hundred feet radioactive monster dino-mutant who stomps through mainland USA. wink


    Ha! Then you'd be surprised by the lengthy philosophical discussion between Godzilla and Juliette Binoche set in a sunset-lit meadow with Terrence Malick-like fluttering straws in the wind.
    I am extremely serious.
  9. I would totally want someone to do a Godzilla film with Malick-like voiceovers.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2014 edited
    There's a few here I'd actually like to see...

    http://thechive.com/2014/05/18/movies-p … -photos/#.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  11. Just looking at the music choices for some of these...John Corigliano for The Big Lebowski? Bernard Herrmann for The Dark Knight Rises and 28 Days Later?? James Horner for Captain America??? shocked shocked

    ...Leonard Rosenman for Iron Man 3. Ruined it. IRONMAAAAAAANNN!! biggrin
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2014
    Edmund Meinerts wrote
    ...Leonard Rosenman for Iron Man 3. Ruined it. IRONMAAAAAAANNN!! biggrin


    lol
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014 edited
    RED TAILS ( 2010 )

    Based on the true exploits of the African American Tuskegee US airforce pilots in Italy during WW II, aside from some very good aerial combat sequences* there isn't much to recommend and I couldn't help thinking that George Lucas had a hand in the utterly trite, clichéd dialogue, these pilots deserved far better than this patronising bullshit!

    File under Pearl Harbor ( 2001 )

    *THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN ( 1969 ) remains the benchmark for great aerial sequences. The real thing beats CGI everytime.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014
    Off to see GODZILLA this evening.

    Is it worthwhile in 3D or is just "normal" viewing fine?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014
    Timmer wrote
    Off to see GODZILLA this evening.

    Is it worthwhile in 3D or is just "normal" viewing fine?


    I recommend 3D. It's unobtrusive and adds to the experience because there are loads of beautiful, static shots of the action.
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014
    Unlike most movies, the camera shots are held for more than half a second during the action. You can always tell what's going on, so for once 3D isn't a concern.
  17. I don't like 3D, so I'd say no 3D, but that makes my opinion somewhat worthless in this case. tongue
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014
    Thanks guys! beer

    We've decided no 3D is the way.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  19. I'm no fan of 3D either. But I am not even a fan of surround sound. Good old hifi stereo is what I prefer. And symphonic, thematic scores. I'm such a conservative dude ... slant wink
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014 edited
    Timmer wrote
    Thanks guys! beer

    We've decided no 3D is the way.


    OK. It's a good film nonetheless.

    Not the biggest fan of having 3D glasses outside of my own regular glasses, but when it's done well (like in this case), it's a great experience that quickly masks that slight discomfort.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014
    Mono.

    Black and white.

    As small a screen as possible.

    And STOP THE MACHINES, they are taking away the work of the people.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014
    biggrin
    I am extremely serious.
  23. My dislike of 3D has nothing to do with any conservatism and everything to do with the fact that I don't want to spend extra money on something that dims the screen and usually gives me a headache.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2014
  25. And I hate the way you have to wear those stupid glasses...no, wait. Never mind!
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2014 edited
    Edmund Meinerts wrote
    My dislike of 3D has nothing to do with any conservatism and everything to do with the fact that I don't want to spend extra money on something that dims the screen and usually gives me a headache.


    I've never had a problem with 3D giving me a headache, but I agree its cost is what puts me off. It doesn't add enough to the film to warrant spending that much more on a ticket. Plus, I've never seen a film in 3D that I didn't enjoy as much in 2D, Prometheus and Avatar included.

    Now, if you had a choice between what sort of score you want to hear, I might be more willing to pay the extra dinero. If we could choose between having a 'functional score' that sits in the background that serves no other purpose than to paste sonic wallpaper over images, as desired by Hollywood producers, and scores that actually aim to elevate the film by taking the audience on a journey through effective musical narrative, then I know what I'd pay more money for.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2014
    For the record, I dig 3D as a concept. Anything that can delve you further into the audiovisual universe is great (providing it's done well and not being gimmicky). My only qualm is the discomfort of double glasses.

    Also, I dig it because I'm hip and modern and cool. tongue
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2014
    Yes, that's why I dig it too.

    I think its problem has been in money-grabbing studios "converting" things into 3D that weren't intended that way just so they can add a bit to the ticket price, which has led to people being ideologically opposed to it because they (rightly) feel they've been conned out of money. When it's done well, by a filmmaker who knows what he or she is doing (Avatar, Hugo, Life of Pi, Gravity) I think it can really add to the cinematic experience.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2014
    I'm not opposed to 3D in films, I think it's a neat tool. But unlike, say, CG, I think its use is somewhat more limited... at least for now. Seeing Avatar in 3D was not quite the same profound experience as seeing that big tree-chomping dinosaur we first see in Jurassic Park (clearly I'm no palaeontologist). In terms of modern filmmaking techniques, I'm struggling to think of a situation where 3D can add to a film as much as effective CG can?
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2014
    Avatar was for me just as Jurassic Park was in terms of pushing the boundary of what that sort of film can do visually, and considering I was much older and therefore harder to impress that was some feat.
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