The Creator

Originally posted by Robtard
R2D2 = Robot
Data = Android
Seven of Nine = Cyborg

YOU.DONT.EVEN.SCIFI!

GTFO my thread.

^^^ hysterical

Looks ok, I'm not a big fan of John David Washington, though. Can't hold a candle to his dad imo.

^^^Didnt know they were related.

Originally posted by Khazra Reborn
Looks ok, I'm not a big fan of John David Washington, though. Can't hold a candle to his dad imo.

He's not on the same level as his dad, but he has a few decent roles under his belt.

Originally posted by Robtard
He's not on the same level as his dad, but he has a few decent roles under his belt.

I need to watch Tenet a second time, to see what I missed the first go, maybe it will improve some.

Originally posted by Robtard
I need to watch Tenet a second time, to see what I missed the first go, maybe it will improve some.

So this wasn't as good as I'd hoped. It suffered from the same issue as Rogue One, at least for me, in that I just didn't care much about most of the characters. One of the unexpected highlights is that Madeleine Yuna Voyles really is excellent despite being so young and this being her first role.
Unfortunately visuals just can't hold a film up on its own.

Good lord, I was coming in to say almost the exact same thing. I didn't care much about anyone except the kid. Pacing also suffered with dull parts.

Still worth the watch, imo, as the effects are top tier. But a let down as I had high hopes.

I disagree with Rogue One though, I really enjoyed that.

I still hope it does well so more studios will take risks on original IPs and a lot of usually skeptical critics as well as more mainstream ones all seem to be enjoying it but it just didn't hit the mark for me at least in the first 2 acts. It improved a lot in the third act tbf.

I did like the clear dig at China with the

Spoiler:
kneeling Buddhist monks

Going to watch it at leas one more time at home when it's released. Maybe the story will improve some, doubt it though.

Originally posted by Robtard
I did like the clear dig at China with the

Spoiler:
kneeling Buddhist monks

being shot scene.

I watched this. Found it pretty boring.

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
So this wasn't as good as I'd hoped. It suffered from the same issue as Rogue One, at least for me, in that I just didn't care much about most of the characters. One of the unexpected highlights is that Madeleine Yuna Voyles really is excellent despite being so young and this being her first role.
Unfortunately visuals just can't hold a film up on its own.

I basically agree with this. Great visuals and I'm astonished that the budget was only, what... $80 million? (I think that's what I heard, anyway). It looks a helluva lot more expense than that. But I didn't really care for the story at all. The "go to heaven" crap was just cringy to me.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I watched this. Found it pretty boring.

I basically agree with this. Great visuals and I'm astonished that the budget was only, what... $80 million? (I think that's what I heard, anyway). It looks a helluva lot more expense than that. But I didn't really care for the story at all. The "go to heaven" crap was just cringy to me.

I'm guessing Edwards keeps the budget tight by sticking to the storyboarding and knowing way in advance how every scene should look. Angles, lighting etc.

One of the reasons the MCU budgets keep spiralling out of control is because directors keep going back to the CGI houses with more and more changes in post production.

I think I read that he makes it like an indie production, with minimal crew on set, too.

And what the fuck was with the 2.76:1 aspect ratio?

There's no need for that, especially when you know the film is going to live on with 16:9 TVs.

Aspect ratio, at least at the cinema, is something that's never really bothered me regardless of what they use.

There was something I watched maybe 4 or 5 years ago where they kept wildly changing the ratio during the film and I expected remember thinking it was a bit distracting. Couldn't have bothered me too much cos I can't remember what it was.

Yeah, at the theater it doesn't matter, but it looked terrible on my TV, which is where I watched it.

I put on one of the Transformers movies (I think maybe the 3rd one?) for my son and it was rapidly changing ratios in obnoxious fashion, so I know what you mean.