Upcoming DVD releases: Indy & Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, October 20, 2008 21:28
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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the cinematography wasn't as rich and luscious as the previous entries,
Y'know I've noted that since Spielberg used Janusz Kaminski his films have taken on a more 'washed' out look in terms of his hues. Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, Indy 4... all seems lacking in vibrancy. Could just be what he is into nowadays, but it is a pity.
Glad you enjoyed it Chrisiall.
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I was amazed, watching the making-of stuff on the 2nd disk, that a LOT of what I thought was CGI was actually done live action. But the image was filtered so friggin much, that even what was real ends up looking CG. Odd.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Quote:I think too much digital color correcting & image adjustment actually hurts the look of filmed entertainment. It's like, gimme flicks with no budget again, dude!
Originally posted by Storymark:
the image was filtered so friggin much, that even what was real ends up looking CG. Odd.
Chrisisall
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I agree. And I was totally blown away by what they built for the movie!!! There was actually very little blue/green screen used compared to most movies. It seems they used it only when they absolutly had to. But the temples and sets and booby traps that were all built to function was amazing! I also thought it was interesting that Indy 4 was shot on film rather than going digital...especially with Lucas involved.
I liked the movie the first time around, but watching the extras gave me a whole new appreciation for it. Well done!
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My first viewing is what I call my 'look see' viewing- I withhold emotional involvement in case of suckage, my next viewing will surely be much more positive about the flick.
Concerning lack O' CGI, I did appreciate the practical stuff immensely, but that fridge...not only a dubious survival tac, but the only really bad CGI.
Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
but that fridge...not only a dubious survival tac, but the only really bad CGI.
I would add the ground hogs, and Shia's army of monkees.
I really would like to see an un-filtered cut of that jeep chase in the jungle. In the raw shots they showed, it looked a lot like the truck chase from Raiders (my favorite film EVER, by the by).
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Quote:Comic relief gets a partial bad CGI pass from me...but only partial, mind you.
Originally posted by Storymark:
I would add the ground hogs, and Shia's army of monkees.
Hey, did the end of the movie remind anyone else just a little of Mummy Returns?
Heh heh Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Hey, did the end of the movie remind anyone else just a little of Mummy Returns?
Yeah, that was one on my big initial beefs with the movie. They had to go an rip-off the ending of The Mummy (trecherous sidekick undone by stealing from the treasure room) and The Mummy Returns (pyramid sucked into vortex).
I found it either extremely lazy, or (and this is a long shot) extremely meta, for ripping off a rip off of their own movies.
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Originally posted by Storymark:
I found it either extremely lazy, or (and this is a long shot) extremely meta, for ripping off a rip off of their own movies.
Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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but that fridge...not only a dubious survival tac, but the only really bad CGI.
Ha,ha I've heard so many freinds mention the fridge survival. Thing is though it's INDY. He's suppose to be indomitable. It's no good having him at a safe distance and then surviving a nuclear explosion. It just wouldn't be anything special. He has to be at ground zero. That's the character. It's a one in a million shot and that one in a million is Indy.
The only CGI that I didn't like were the ants, not because they looked bad or anything but no matter what you do with creatures that small they look like moving carpet.
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