Posted on 01/25/2005 5:53:22 AM PST by Borges
Ouch! What a mental picture that gives -- back brace city! Thank goodness they collectively ignored him.
I am saying all you need now a days is great Computer Programmers in Animation and Cinematography to be a Great Filmmakers
Shrek
Spiderman
Fish Tales
In fact you don't even need to be human beings anymore to make movies honored by the Academy
Actually if you see stuff like 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape', Dicaprio really is a very talented actor. He was very good in The Aviator btw.
I didn't like him in the Titanic and I could never sit and watch a 2 hr and 45 minute movie
De Caprio does not have the right look to play Hughes in my opinion it would be like having Ben Affleck playing Frank Sinatra.
It is very hard for current actors to play some of the heavy hitters of the past they just don't have the knowledge, charisma, character and appeal.
Can you think of anyone that could play John Wayne?
That's what I thought but he did the job. John Wayne couldn't play John Wayne.
RE: "In fact you don't even need to be human beings anymore to make movies honored by the Academy"
I see what you are saying, but we're not there yet, missy. A careful review of this years nominees will show that those movies only got nominated in minor categories, showcasing either the craft involved in making the film (Spider-Man 2) or categories specifically designed to keep these kinds of films from getting higher recognition (such as the Best Animated film categories). Best Picture and Director, etc. are still the domain of very human movies.
None of the movies that were nominated this year contained much in the way of computer animation. Jamie Foxx actually played the piano. Hillary Swank actually boxed (and trained several months to get in shape for the role).
If you are talking about "The Incredibles," "Shark Tail" or "Shrek 2" those have their own category.
If you are talking about films such as "Spider-Man 2" then you seem to forget that film has always has special effects of one sort or another, whether a stuntman falls off a building in a western, or Charlie Chaplin getting caught in giant gears in "Modern Times." Special effects are just another tool.
That's like telling painters they were cheating, or not really painting when they switched from oils to acrylics.
RE: "I didn't like him in the Titanic and I could never sit and watch a 2 hr and 45 minute movie"
And you didn't watch one then either...Titanic was 3 hrs. and 15 minutes(hee he). Seriously though, many wonderful, epic movies made in the last decade alone more than justified their very long length by giving their situations/characters more room to grow and breathe between the setup and the payoff. Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Magnolia, and the Lord of the Rings movies were well worth the time one devoted to them.
Yes there are still a few Great Directors, but for the most part Hollywood has lost there steam and substance in what they put on the screen, I remember watching the first Rocky Movies with Stallone they were great! The Audience was rootin and tootin like they were at a Real Fight or Jaws even that movie had great impact they were not high digital animation they were good ol movies with some raw talent.
Animation will proably grow even bigger than what it is now.
After Spielberg, Eastwood,Scorcese, Gibson stop making movies then Animation will be the norm.
Filmakers are great" So where are all the great movies?
Yeah, Eastwood, Scorsese (the all-time master), Spielberg, and Gibson all have their places in my heart, but they are hardly the last living links between Hollywood and self-destruction.
I think that Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Alexander Payne, and the like can more than put their stamp on filmmaking for generations to come.
In the last 5 years I can throw out names like Ghost World, Adaptation, O Brother Where Art Thou, the Man who Wasn't There, 25th Hour, Waking Life, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...
RE: "In the last 5 years I can throw out names like Ghost World, Adaptation, O Brother Where Art Thou, the Man who Wasn't There, 25th Hour, Waking Life, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind..."
I agree with all of these picks (except for Waking Life) and would toss The Royal Tennenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Being John Malkovich, Mystic River, the Sixth Sense, Traffic, and three Jennifer Conelly films into the mix: A Beautiful Mind (great old-style entertainment, glossy though it may be), Requiem for a Dream (raw and uncompromising, with her best performance to date) and the House of Sand and Fog (dad-gum if this lady can't pick 'em).
Aha another Waking Life hater! I found that movie entrancing! The DVD has text titles that point out books that were influencing each speaker. I've heard that stuff in Grad school so many times it was great to hear it in a movie.
Those Movies I can say I never heard of.
I like Movies with an inspiring message you don't find films like that
This movie about a drunk how interesting.
RE: "I like Movies with an inspiring message you don't find films like that"
Inspiring message? Some recent examples please (and please God don't mention the Passion again; I'm sick and tired of hearing that movie dragged out as the be all and end all of filmmamking by some FReepers).
RE: "This movie about a drunk how interesting"
What movie? What drunk? Are you being sarcastic?
You "lost the plot" somewhere on that statement.
Sorry Sideways.
So what inspiring movies are currently out there?
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