Posted on 05/23/2013 7:25:14 AM PDT by C19fan
“the zombie problem”...
funny... sounds like a tree blight or something.
I remember when Heaven’s Gate came out and it was destroyed by the reviewers. Lots of stories about how the director Michael Cimino was totally out of control. One story was about Cimino insisted he had to use authentic pre-ball bearing roller skates for the scene you mentioned.
Oblivion
Interesting review above. I remember Medved was neutral on the movie overall but said visually it was groundbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful.
From ridiculous story line viewpoint, Battlefield Earth was epic!
My favorite part was 1000 year old Harriers being flight ready.
I watched Oblivion online and fast forwarded through at least 2/3 of it. Lackluster at best.
Maybe you would like Clueless, which is based on Jane Austen’s Emma. Probably the funniest Austin movie ever.
I watched Oblivion online and fast forwarded through at least 2/3 of it. Lackluster at best.
It sounds like it is good in a Bladerunner sort of way. I like REAL science fiction because it is not just about Sci-fi technology. It is about ideas and worldviews and getting people to think about things outside the box. That kind of Sci-Fi rarely makes it to the big screen. It sounds like there may be a lot of that in this movie.
It sounds like how much you enjoy this movie has a lot to do with what you expect it to be.
Maybe you would like Clueless, which is based on Jane Austen’s Emma. Probably the funniest Austin movie ever.
I need to tell my wife (a huge Austen fan) about its roots.
No wonder it was such a good story.
LOL! I didn’t mean it quite like that! ;)
Jane Austen could have wrote this but they took her name off of it for release;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzB1-NIVtA
Full movie here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFJ6eCF29c
I watched Oblivion online...
I’ve noticed that movies that got all their accolades for being an audio-visual extravaganza are always a dissapointment if you see them in low rez and/or low-fi. Could that have been part of it for you?
Ever seen 2001 A Space Odyssey on a 17” black and white TV? I have. ick.
Dennis Hopper was great.
And supposedly the coke was free flowing on the set. Wonder if that’s where a lot of the budget went.... up people’s noses.
I liked it too but then, I like anything that's post apocalyptic no matter how bad it is.....
By the way, did you ever see "The Road"? Now that was one weird movie.......
I enjoyed about 10 minutes of Showgirls
I don't get it either.
I suppose that's the way they're supposed to look. I assume it's one of the unexpected consequences of video games, which have evolved quite rapidly into a giant industry, creating its own separate genre. The last zombie moved I watched was probably in the 50s, and it was not a mob-creating event.
Same thing goes for vampires and werewolves, and comic book characters.
The societal results of all of it is a subject in itself, and is seen in the development of the phenomenon, from it's beginnings (Hackers, Steven levy, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984) to its effect on social adult development, The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein, Penguin Group, 2008.)
Like rap and other ephemeral irrelevancies, this one seems to be constantly promoted in all forms for the benefit of the huge profits attendant.
I have not read the book and I am just curious as to how the movie could have been improved upon?
IMHO the reason people are fascinated by zombies is for two reasons:
1) One can imagine defending oneself against slow moving hoards of attackers - you don’t have to have superhero strength to do that. You can be an everyday Joe.
2) You actually get to imagine having an excuse to kill another “person’ guilt-free.
I don’t think it can. The book is really interesting, but it’s done as oral histories and lacks a single narrative thread. Clearly (from the trailers) they already broke away from that for the movie. But it could still be a good movie, and some of the interesting parts of the book (how the response was organized, the argument of actually abandoning large parts of the country/ world, how desk job American had to adjust to a new world where their skills didn’t matter) could still be in it and would be fun.
3) U.S.society (the most recent generation) is now blessed with a population that consists in large part of perpetual adolescents physically and emotionally.
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