What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Janszoon** · 11-07-2018, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

What it needed was a much better script and a special effects team that doesn't think everything supernatural should of course always be bathed in super-saturated primary colored light.

In many ways, I didn't think it was any better or worse than your average super hero movie, really. It was more the specific ways in which it sucked more than other recent blockbusters. But it was also well made in some ways. I appreciated how it was light hearted all the way through.

And it had plenty of men.

I thought the look of it was in keeping with the original. The problem with it was that it was not very funny or particularly memorable.

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-07-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I thought the look of it was in keeping with the original. The problem with it was that it was not very funny or particularly memorable.

I mean it depends what we're talking about. Certain specific object or ghost designs were a lot like something that could have been in the original.

But most of all what I couldn't stop noticing was the general level of color saturation everywhere. Possibly the most colorful movie I've seen in several years. The original doesn't look like that at all. It's way more natural looking.

But yeah, the original is a great movie. This one is not. I just didn't find it completely horrible like it's reputation suggests. More like somewhat alright overall if you just expect it to be a dumb popcorn flick.

**Frownland** · 11-07-2018, 11:14 AM

Maybe you just need to adjust the color settings on your monitor.

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-07-2018, 11:19 AM

I'm the only one who ever talks about color filtering and tinting in movies so I guess no one else notices and/or cares.

**Frownland** · 11-07-2018, 11:44 AM

You're certainly the only one faulting films for it.

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-07-2018, 11:46 AM

It's not like it's the most important thing. But it's not irrelevant either, since it's part of how a film looks and films are visual. Like the mixing of an album.

In the case of Ghostbusters, the color scheme was both a plus and a minus. Often looked crap with the special effects, but kinda interesting with some of the scenery.

The Batlord · 11-07-2018, 12:32 PM

I'll always miss the scuzzy claustrophobic fuzziness of old horror movies. Halloween wouldn't be as stressful made today.

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-07-2018, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 66Sexy

I'll always miss the scuzzy claustrophobic fuzziness of old horror movies. Halloween wouldn't be as stressful made today.

That reminds me of this Hbomberguy video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbZMqS-fW-8

"Bad" image quality definitely has it's place, just like murky production on an album can be great in the right context.

windsock · 11-07-2018, 04:01 PM

~~Dude111~~ · 11-08-2018, 08:41 AM

I last watched THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) on VHS

11-07-2018, 11:14 AM	#22243 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Maybe you just need to adjust the color settings on your monitor. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-07-2018, 11:44 AM	#22245 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	You're certainly the only one faulting films for it. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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11-07-2018, 11:19 AM	#22244 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I'm the only one who ever talks about color filtering and tinting in movies so I guess no one else notices and/or cares.

11-07-2018, 11:46 AM	#22246 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	It's not like it's the most important thing. But it's not irrelevant either, since it's part of how a film looks and films are visual. Like the mixing of an album. In the case of Ghostbusters, the color scheme was both a plus and a minus. Often looked crap with the special effects, but kinda interesting with some of the scenery.

11-08-2018, 08:41 AM	#22250 (permalink)
~~Dude111~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 758	I last watched THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) on VHS