Are we making movies here or cartoons?
Overuse of Computer Generated Images(CGI) sucks!
I had a friend of mine drag me to Gone In Sixty Seconds.
The scene at the end of the movie where the car flies through the air looked ridiculous.
The original movie had better stunts.
I knew right then it had gone to far.
The only reason I watch Bond movies is the stunts, okay the Bond girls too.
Look at earlier Bond films;
Live And Let Die, the boat chase scene.
A boat is jumped over 110 feet, a world record at the time.
The Man With The Golden Gun, the corkscrew jump.
A car does a ramp to ramp jump while corkscrewing in the air.
For Your Eyes Only, ski chase.
A motorcycle chases a skier down a bobsled course.
The connection is stuntmen had to do this!
In Die Another Day what you get is a CGI sled skating along cracking CGI ice, towards a CGI cliff, how tense. WOW! I can't wait till the video game comes out!
These modern "film-makers" are cutting corners.
Rather than pay a stuntman and crew, it's easier to pay someone to move a mouse around.
I can't imagine what Lawrence Of Arabia, or the chariot race scene in Ben Hur would look like if they were made now.
Oh, wait a minute!
It would look like Gladiator!
Watch out Russell! that CGI tiger is going to get you!
I'm through.
Overuse of Computer Generated Images(CGI) sucks!
I had a friend of mine drag me to Gone In Sixty Seconds.
The scene at the end of the movie where the car flies through the air looked ridiculous.
The original movie had better stunts.
I knew right then it had gone to far.
The only reason I watch Bond movies is the stunts, okay the Bond girls too.
Look at earlier Bond films;
Live And Let Die, the boat chase scene.
A boat is jumped over 110 feet, a world record at the time.
The Man With The Golden Gun, the corkscrew jump.
A car does a ramp to ramp jump while corkscrewing in the air.
For Your Eyes Only, ski chase.
A motorcycle chases a skier down a bobsled course.
The connection is stuntmen had to do this!
In Die Another Day what you get is a CGI sled skating along cracking CGI ice, towards a CGI cliff, how tense. WOW! I can't wait till the video game comes out!
These modern "film-makers" are cutting corners.
Rather than pay a stuntman and crew, it's easier to pay someone to move a mouse around.
I can't imagine what Lawrence Of Arabia, or the chariot race scene in Ben Hur would look like if they were made now.
Oh, wait a minute!
It would look like Gladiator!
Watch out Russell! that CGI tiger is going to get you!
I'm through.
Last edited by Loner; 03-30-04 at 01:27 AM.