Anyone agree the Digital Camera Killed this movie?
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Antoine_Bugleboy — 15 years ago(December 26, 2010 10:01 PM)
"Old style is cliched style. "<<
That is so played. You Mann ass-kissing fanboys need to come up with a better line of horsezhit.
There are many ways this could have looked natural and better on 35mm. The only way Mann shoots anymore is to make it look like a SyFy TV movie. That is hack, THAT is cliche.
The goal was "hyper realism". Fine, whatever. The result was a major distraction that took you out of the movie and made you hyper conscious you were watching a movie, and an ugly movie at that. -
msaiu78 — 9 years ago(April 06, 2016 10:14 PM)
There are many ways this could have looked natural and better on 35mm. The only way Mann shoots anymore is to make it look like a SyFy TV movie. That is hack, THAT is cliche.
The goal was "hyper realism". Fine, whatever. The result was a major distraction that took you out of the movie and made you hyper conscious you were watching a movie, and an ugly movie at that.
Perfectly said.
I wanted to see cinema, as in 'cinema-tography', but instead I got camcorder made-for-TV crapola. -
Blitzerg — 15 years ago(October 13, 2010 01:05 PM)
i saw this movie in theaters and i loved it. not a 10 but its pretty damn good i thought. i actually didnt even notice the camera while i was watching it and i havnt seen it since so i dunno.
last film viewed The Social Network 10/10 -
mbullvaster — 15 years ago(October 30, 2010 02:28 PM)
Using a less than state of the art camera is nothing but a cheap gimick that mann tried to use to attract people to his movie. What he should have thought out was it was a Depp movie featuring Bale he didn't need to pull some artsy facade as an attraction. The script was brilliant, the acting superb. When it's all said and done when I go a movie I want to just enjoy the movie, not constantly try and filter through a directors BAD camera work to catch some of the actors brilliance.
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MrXAnderson — 15 years ago(November 05, 2010 12:44 PM)
I thought it looked good, very immersive choice than the usual celluloid period piece.
I'm sure it fits a certain crowd, however try to appreciate what Michael Mann's doing for immersing the audience. Especially since his rumored Medieval movie will most likely be shot in High Definition.