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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 8 2013, 7:43pm
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Reviews and Reactions part 10
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Now 76 Percent on RT
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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 8 2013, 7:48pm
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thanks for collecting all of it.
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Arannir
Valinor
Dec 8 2013, 8:02pm
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Good to have this while RT is rather underperforming with being up to date.
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 8 2013, 8:27pm
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He is on critic list of RT too
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Joe20
Lorien
Dec 8 2013, 8:31pm
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"The action doesn’t just look more real than it did in the first film, it feels it too. After last year’s cartoony, multi-level chase in Goblinland, you get the sense that the laws of physics have been reinstated in Middle-earth.
Now the violence comes with consequences. When a dwarf tumbles down a waterfall or gets singed by dragon fire, you don’t expect him to just shake his head and carry on his way."
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Arannir
Valinor
Dec 8 2013, 8:32pm
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Apparently, the sequence was made with a mixture of physical effects and digital trickery. I defy anyone to spot a single join.
The action doesn’t just look more real than it did in the first film, it feels it too.
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
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Arannir
Valinor
Dec 8 2013, 9:09pm
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He is really no fan :D - But those who share the CGI judgment will certainly agree in parts.
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Devin Faraci ‏@devincf 4m After HOBBIT 3 I'd like someone to challenge Peter Jackson to make a movie that doesn't have useless CGI. He needs to lose the computer. Devin Faraci ‏@devincf 3m There are these CGI bumblebees in HOBBIT 2 that are absolutely, inarguably pointless. They're indicative of a larger problem.
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
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Arannir
Valinor
Dec 8 2013, 9:11pm
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Tauriel really gets a LOT of praise from DIFFERENT corners.
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Nice. Go Lilly!
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
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MatthewJer18
Rohan
Dec 8 2013, 9:11pm
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Yet Devin loved Del Toro's Pacific Rim...
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So many shots of that movie are completely CGI that it's basically a live-action anime.
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Arannir
Valinor
Dec 8 2013, 9:19pm
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... they have totally different production designs and general looks. And the ME movies depend much more on believability (although I thought that the TOTAL lack of the feeling of reality in PR in several scenes ruined the overall interesting attempt by GDT).
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
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Ham_Sammy
Tol Eressea
Dec 8 2013, 9:20pm
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Honestly. Should there not be bumblebees at all then? That shows a lack of understanding of the basic material. Which I guess is fine and all. But if you are going to have the bees they almost certainly have to be CGI.
They may be extraneous to this guy but they are part of the story. I guess to each his own. I need to stop reading quotes though because I want to decide for myself.
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Thank you for your questions, now go sod off and do something useful - Martin Freeman Twitter chat 3/1/13
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Simon
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Dec 8 2013, 9:30pm
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Now let challenge him to do what Jackson does (big fantasy movies) without any and i mean any CGI through the whole process and let see if he is capable to have the same amount of raving review for the visual! I can accept negatives sides or critics but these types of comments are insolent borderline idiotics!
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Anduinel
The Shire
Dec 8 2013, 10:11pm
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A lot of the shots in Pacific Rim were completely CGI by necessity; the days of making monster-disaster movies by stuffing two guys into rubber suits are long gone. Plus many of the scenes that could have been done cheaper as CGI were actual sets, like the Jaeger cockpits, because Del Toro wanted them to have that extra realism.
By contrast, LOTR proved that, despite the success of Gollum, you don't need to replace every actor with a CGI makeover to get a decent effect, and in some cases, you get a better effect by spending half the day gluing your orc hero into his suit. (Though it's not that off-putting, I do think that Azog looks like a Saturday morning cartoon villain next to Lurtz.) So when Jackson opted to go full CGI for so many of the antagonists in the next trilogy, I can see where it might come across as self-indulgent.
Reserving judgement until I see DoS for myself, of course, but comparing the sheer scale and awe of the CGI in Pacific Rim vs some the cartoony, immersion-breaking uses in AUJ, I don't see any inconsistency in applauding Pacific Rim's CGI while side-eying some of Jackson's.
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shadowfaux
Bree
Dec 8 2013, 10:18pm
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thetimes.co.uk: 3/5 stars, by Kate Muir (paywalled article, so I couldn't read the whole thing):
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Arannir
Valinor
Dec 8 2013, 10:25pm
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Would be really interesting to read..
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...as she goes against most reviews so far. Besides 3D action she really seems to have an issue with the running time and pacing and gave it one star less than AUJ. I hope it will remain a frsh review...
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
(This post was edited by Arannir on Dec 8 2013, 10:26pm)
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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 8 2013, 10:29pm
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She gave Catching Fire 3/5 too
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And it still be fresh on RT
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Arannir
Valinor
Dec 8 2013, 10:31pm
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... but either her or the mods on RT can decide with a 3/5 rating to go both ways... AUJ has 3/5 ratings that were considered rotten.
“All good stories deserve embellishment."
Praise is subjective. And so is criticism.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at."
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Thanks very much.
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