tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post7179409560423298542..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: The TrenchBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-11477460098614964672007-08-24T18:27:00.000-04:002007-08-24T18:27:00.000-04:00I found it interesting to read that Ang Lee's late...I found it interesting to read that Ang Lee's latest film "Lust, Caution" has earned an NC-17 rating. I guess that means it will be confined to the art houses.<BR/><BR/>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i5259606488c5ad20cc20a5480de02cdcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-2989524952133181532007-08-23T18:34:00.000-04:002007-08-23T18:34:00.000-04:0028 Weeks Later utilizes the shaky cam technique fa...28 Weeks Later utilizes the shaky cam technique far more skillfully, in that it doesn't rely solely on that style for the entire movie. For instance, <B>(SPOILER)</B> the opening siege wouldn't have been nearly as powerful had Carlyle's escape from the house to the boat been shot in the same style as the sequence inside the house was. That long crane shot was a brilliant piece of cinematic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-55137863229238696642007-08-23T09:10:00.000-04:002007-08-23T09:10:00.000-04:00Interesting essay about the "shaky cam." I have to...Interesting essay about the "shaky cam." I have to admit, I loved <I>The Bourne Ultimatum</I> in spite of the quick cutting and shaky cam. Maybe it's from years of watching <I>24</I> or something that I've gotten used to the idea of an action thriller being shot and edited like this.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, while I was watching the film I was swept up in the kneticism of Greengrass's technique, only James Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964207789326645793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-84461005991162108662007-08-23T09:07:00.000-04:002007-08-23T09:07:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.James Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964207789326645793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-79240773154247303922007-08-23T04:30:00.000-04:002007-08-23T04:30:00.000-04:00Pretty sure HD-DVD discs are capable of 1080p, but...Pretty sure HD-DVD discs are capable of 1080p, but not all HD-DVD players are. HD-DVD bothers me mainly because it's unambitious. "It's somewhat better than standard DVD right out of the box, we can market exciting 'interactive' features, people are familiar with 'DVD' in the title, and hey, the format's limited enough to come out with another iteration in five years." If nothing else, Blu-rayO'JohnLandishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560571840235787129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-18354115860271253512007-08-23T00:10:00.000-04:002007-08-23T00:10:00.000-04:00"Anyway, has anyone read David Bordwell's recent p..."Anyway, has anyone read David Bordwell's recent piece on the shaky cam in The Bourne Ultimatum? I think I agree with it, so while lots of critics seem enamored with Greengrass' shooting style (Walter included it seems), I hope it's just a fad."<BR/><BR/>Me too. I think the Bourne movies work *in spite* of the shaky cam, but certainly not because of it. If I had my way, the shaky-cam effect wouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-12895249226516238512007-08-22T22:10:00.000-04:002007-08-22T22:10:00.000-04:00Well--and Heroes, Star Trek and Battlestar Galacti...Well--and Heroes, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica (but I see your point.)Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586745705845953173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-77938571886257396992007-08-22T21:00:00.000-04:002007-08-22T21:00:00.000-04:00Hey, Mel (Sienna?)--yep, it's me. Feel free to dro...Hey, Mel (Sienna?)--yep, it's me. Feel free to drop me an e-mail sometime - billc@filmfreakcentral.net<BR/><BR/>As for this Paramount debacle: it's only for 18 months, Spielberg made it clear it won't affect his own films (he's a Blu-ray supporter, to my surprise), and in the end there's still like an 8:3 ratio in the # of studios that support Blu-ray over/parallel to HD-DVD. This is HD-DVD's Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-29880710582830989002007-08-22T15:09:00.000-04:002007-08-22T15:09:00.000-04:00All of this technical mumbo jumbo. I'll just stick...All of this technical mumbo jumbo. I'll just stick with DVD's like most non-AV heads until this all gets straightened out. I grew up watching VHS movies, so I can get by on the sub-standard quality of DVD's for awhile longer.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, has anyone read David Bordwell's recent piece on the shaky cam in The Bourne Ultimatum? I think I agree with it, so while lots of critics seem enamored withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-85484301909607943272007-08-22T13:40:00.000-04:002007-08-22T13:40:00.000-04:00I did not see Good Night&Good Luck, but at least t...I did not see Good Night&Good Luck, but at least the guys at highdefdigest couldn't see any difference between HD and BD. But actually, I don't care that much who will "win" this one. Even if BD has a slight edge over HD, it's negligible in my eyes. I'm in no "camp" at all and don't see how one could be in either one - I'm more in the "amused" camp. Don't blame HDDVD that you paid good money for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-49547271368292352112007-08-22T12:35:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:35:00.000-04:00Sony's camp were not making the same antitrust all...Sony's camp were not making the same antitrust allegations that Microsoft were making against Sony. The long and short of it is: Blu-Ray is winning for a reason. They even got a late start and still have the bump, whenever a multiplatform release of a major title comes out like 300 or The Departed it is always a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio of Blu-Ray sales to HD-DVD sales. Hell, The Departed's HD-DVD didn'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-78712597288537159262007-08-22T05:51:00.000-04:002007-08-22T05:51:00.000-04:00Calling Michael Bay to the rescue... at least he w...Calling Michael Bay to the rescue... at least he will have the proper military assistance...<BR/><BR/>Of course, Sony has never paid anyone anything to support Blue Ray - that would be, like, totally unfair. <BR/><BR/>I've seen HD DVD as well as Blue Ray on a Nec CRT Projector, and they both look terrific, at least when they were properly encoded (which, by the way, was a real problem with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-5973382670432471502007-08-22T03:57:00.000-04:002007-08-22T03:57:00.000-04:00Jared, I love ya (in the sense that I love everyon...Jared, I love ya (in the sense that I love everyone who chooses to participate in the vast and wonderful Film Freak Central community) but 1. HD DVD is perfectly capable of 1080p and 2. capacity aside HD DVD and Blu-ray look identical on the screen. (Trust me, I know--I have both and the Best Buy debt to prove it.) Oh, and Bay already took back his comments--apparently he saw 300 on HD DVD and Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586745705845953173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-49735928769486802992007-08-22T02:39:00.000-04:002007-08-22T02:39:00.000-04:00Argh, so Microsoft handed over a big briefcase ful...Argh, so Microsoft handed over a big briefcase full of money to Paramount to get them to be HD-DVD exclusive (even though they can't as the rights they have with certain filmmakers, notably Spielberg won't let them). I wish something would just kill HD-DVD and make it die and the cheap combo players can start coming out for people who invested in the software before it was obvious who the winner Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-76973086371687637932007-08-21T20:31:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:31:00.000-04:00Where ya been, Jack?Yeah, I get e-mail about that ...Where ya been, Jack?<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I get e-mail about that all the time. I guess it's an easy one to rationalize, though I did hear from a guy who says they explained it in some comic book and I'm a dumbass for not having read it.<BR/><BR/>Another one I get a lot is that the xenomorph attack coinciding with Ripley's awakening in <I>Aliens</I> is not a deus ex machina as I claimed, because Burke Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-8208865025627446342007-08-21T19:31:00.000-04:002007-08-21T19:31:00.000-04:00Bill,I was re-reading your as-usual-terrific revie...Bill,<BR/><BR/>I was re-reading your as-usual-terrific review of the Alien Legacy, when I came across this little tidbit which has escaped my attention until now:<BR/><BR/>-- DOES NOT COMPUTE<BR/>How did these aliens reproduce before humans came along? --<BR/><BR/>A little confused. The giant dead alien Dallas, Lambert and Kane come across in that derelect spacecraft proves that the facehugger Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-84320100407666634512007-08-19T20:27:00.000-04:002007-08-19T20:27:00.000-04:00Holy Shit!I guess there is a God.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AM4PPE?ie=UTF8&tag=themovblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000AM4PPE" REL="nofollow">Holy Shit!</A><BR/><BR/>I guess there is a God.Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-30710237725727879662007-08-18T11:46:00.000-04:002007-08-18T11:46:00.000-04:00Seattle Jeff said..."IN defense of people that str...Seattle Jeff said...<BR/>"IN defense of people that stretch things out on the TV, my TV repair guy advised me to not always watch things on my LCD in 4:3 because it will eventually result inthe pixels on the borders freezing."<BR/><BR/>If you run into a problem with pixel memory (what your tech was describing) find a full-height 16:9 DVD (not a 'scope movie) that contains an all-white frame (fadeJeffrey Allen Rydellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929035063658396648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-39991075543672834932007-08-18T05:15:00.000-04:002007-08-18T05:15:00.000-04:00I believe New York Times has opened up their archi...I believe New York Times has opened up their archives to the public.<BR/><BR/>I don't mind pimpage, as long as it's only a part of the comment, and not the whole body.<BR/><BR/>I second Episode I as best pod movie or, failing that, Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan. If that counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-77944159562069912762007-08-17T17:43:00.000-04:002007-08-17T17:43:00.000-04:00That's patently untrue. There'd be no 4:3 DVDs if ...That's patently untrue. There'd be no 4:3 DVDs if that were a legitimate risk. The only people who should be concerned are plasma owners (because of burn-in), and even then only if they were too dumb to turn the brightness and contrast down from where it was out of the box.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-9954045849192284032007-08-17T17:25:00.000-04:002007-08-17T17:25:00.000-04:00IN defense of people that stretch things out on th...IN defense of people that stretch things out on the TV, my TV repair guy advised me to not always watch things on my LCD in 4:3 because it will eventually result inthe pixels on the borders freezing. <BR/><BR/>That said, I took his advice. <BR/><BR/>Until I couldn't take it anymore.JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-43028854217052571762007-08-17T12:37:00.000-04:002007-08-17T12:37:00.000-04:00Get yer registration-free clickthrough raht cheyah...Get yer registration-free clickthrough raht cheyah:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12alle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow">Woody on Bergman</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12scor.html" REL="nofollow">Scorsese on Antonioni</A>Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-20703278361619040882007-08-17T11:23:00.000-04:002007-08-17T11:23:00.000-04:00They're both at the New York Times website; you'll...They're both at the New York Times website; you'll probably have to register before you can access them.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-84641908733044883462007-08-17T10:20:00.000-04:002007-08-17T10:20:00.000-04:00Where can I find the Scoresese and Allen pieces?Where can I find the Scoresese and Allen pieces?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-69824228215920153762007-08-17T01:40:00.000-04:002007-08-17T01:40:00.000-04:00Spider Baby is an amusing movie, but I was hardly ...Spider Baby is an amusing movie, but I was hardly blown away by it either.<BR/><BR/>The best pod movie is easily Kaufman's remake. The man may sometimes come across as a pretentious pseudo-sophisticate, but that movie really is a terrifying masterpiece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com