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Skybird · 04-10-10, 08:41 AM

Big VHS collector, some 240 cassettes, most of them carrying 2 films, self-recorded), in parts replaced with DVD.

I see a trend to technics- and eye-candy-heavy movie.making, due to the 3D hype. Avatar was visually different, but simply a lame story, and Battle of Titans 3D I do not even look at. I fear it will become worse in the next years, and this trend towards infantile anime-3D-movies is alienating me even more.

Waiting for Ridley Scott releasing "Robin Hood", and hoping he will finally, finally, start with shooting The Forever War. Last great film I saw was Gran Torino, I think.

Storytelling and character descpriton gets hijacked by all this technical childplay. But most often you do not get a good movie if you have no good story to tell, with believable characters in it. It's easier to forgive a simplistic technical realisation, than to forgive a simplistic story scheme, or shallow characters. Some of the best movies I know were realised with almost primitive technical means.

04-10-10, 08:41 AM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,707 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Big VHS collector, some 240 cassettes, most of them carrying 2 films, self-recorded), in parts replaced with DVD. I see a trend to technics- and eye-candy-heavy movie.making, due to the 3D hype. Avatar was visually different, but simply a lame story, and Battle of Titans 3D I do not even look at. I fear it will become worse in the next years, and this trend towards infantile anime-3D-movies is alienating me even more. Waiting for Ridley Scott releasing "Robin Hood", and hoping he will finally, finally, start with shooting The Forever War. Last great film I saw was Gran Torino, I think. Storytelling and character descpriton gets hijacked by all this technical childplay. But most often you do not get a good movie if you have no good story to tell, with believable characters in it. It's easier to forgive a simplistic technical realisation, than to forgive a simplistic story scheme, or shallow characters. Some of the best movies I know were realised with almost primitive technical means. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.