11-05-2009, 01:21 AM
Ah 3D...
Most of the recent 3D films I have seen are still playing the "Here, have a coke." jokes or the monster/creature/alien/(fill in the blank) slobbers/sneezes/vomits or otherwise spews some liquid at you. It is all very amusing but to what end.
Beowulf quickly fell to this level and with the exception of the Dragon flight (which was impressive looking) the 3D effects added nothing to the story and in no way made it any more meaningful.
Ask yourself how 3D would make Casablanca, or 2001, or Les Enfants duParadis, or the Seven Samurai any better than they already are...
Without a story that is well told all of this is meaningless window dressing.
And speaking of stories...
The report on KCRW (the Public Radio Station in LA) this Monday was that Fox has already spent over $500,000,000.00 on Avatar. That's right, half a Billion. Now Fox has already started denying this number and it may well be exaggerated, but given the long production time and the cost of hardware & software development needed to animate this film there seems little doubt that Avatar will be one of the most expensive films of all time. If the film Final Fantasy The Spirits Within is any indicator then Avatar probably did cost several hundreds of millions of dollars. Final Fantasy cost $137 million to make and total Box Office gross was $85 million -- Avatar seems like a far more ambitious film than Final Fantasy.
Given Hollywood's penchant for creative accounting we may never know the truth, but then in Hollywood truth is a relative term. After all, King Kong was only 12" tall.
:wink:
Narukami
Most of the recent 3D films I have seen are still playing the "Here, have a coke." jokes or the monster/creature/alien/(fill in the blank) slobbers/sneezes/vomits or otherwise spews some liquid at you. It is all very amusing but to what end.
Beowulf quickly fell to this level and with the exception of the Dragon flight (which was impressive looking) the 3D effects added nothing to the story and in no way made it any more meaningful.
Ask yourself how 3D would make Casablanca, or 2001, or Les Enfants duParadis, or the Seven Samurai any better than they already are...
Without a story that is well told all of this is meaningless window dressing.
And speaking of stories...
The report on KCRW (the Public Radio Station in LA) this Monday was that Fox has already spent over $500,000,000.00 on Avatar. That's right, half a Billion. Now Fox has already started denying this number and it may well be exaggerated, but given the long production time and the cost of hardware & software development needed to animate this film there seems little doubt that Avatar will be one of the most expensive films of all time. If the film Final Fantasy The Spirits Within is any indicator then Avatar probably did cost several hundreds of millions of dollars. Final Fantasy cost $137 million to make and total Box Office gross was $85 million -- Avatar seems like a far more ambitious film than Final Fantasy.
Given Hollywood's penchant for creative accounting we may never know the truth, but then in Hollywood truth is a relative term. After all, King Kong was only 12" tall.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
