Posted on 12/20/2013 10:19:16 PM PST by mylife
Take Me In Your Lifeboat.
I caught it on TV (HD). Wasn’t expecting much and was stunned by some of the visuals. Really quite remarkable CGI — plus an engaging plot.
It must have been something on the big screen or IMAX!
I had never seen it before.
The beginning is a bit dull.
I don't see movies at the cinema much these days. I wait for them to hit Redbox and then I rent the blu-ray version. I have a decent set-up at home. I usually rent pretty much most of the big releases. Heck, last night my wife and I sat through "Elysium". Total left-wing pablum with a laughable script but, damn, the effects were pure eye-candy!
FWIW, "Man of Steel is the best film I've seen all year and I've never even been much of a Superman fan. Again, the digital effects were just phenomenal.
I am watching on XBMC for free.
I Never thought I would see CGI of this caliber.
I owe someone on a bet. LOL
Notice that the actor Irfan Khan is also obsessed with “Richard Parker” in the Amazing Spider-man. What’s up with that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SB8CdNIwoY
I have no idea.
I will say the scenes with Ifran Khan were boring.
It was Suraj Sharma that sold the movie.
I would agree...the first twenty minutes was hard to get into. By the end, I came to realize it was more of a story being told than a regular movie. We used to have a lot of these types in the 1930s and 1940s. It’s rare these days. I’d also put it into the philosophy category for future movie recommendations.
Ahh... I see... I'm still a PS3 guy. I can stream hi-def from Amazon Prime pretty good but on the PS3, blu-ray is still far superior. Then again, the PS3 is yesterday's technology.
FWIW, I visited the Samsung store at a mall in Bahrain a couple of weeks ago and saw the latest and greatest 85 inch "Ultra" HDTV. $40,000 but holy smokes! What a picture! I think I'm going to have to wait a few years though...
I threw it into religion.
I am all new to this HTPC stuff, but can see were this is the future of video entertainment.
HD streams flawlessly over My G-Box Midnight MX2
Gnight all.
Movies you have to follow closely from beginning to end, and if you pay attention, you'll be rewarded.
They used real animals for some of the boating scenes.. A tiger nearly drowned as a result.
Yeah, the kid was great.
Well it was pretty amazing cinematography.
My favorite type of film.
Character development.
And to you. I love movies. I know many here think Hollywood is the devil but I don't care. I love movies. And I love good special effects.
I think I'll crack another beer and go watch "Avatar" for the umpteenth time on my reasonably decent home theater.
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