Coraline
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Saw it at midnight last night. First off, WOW the art in that film was absurd. It was definitely the most visually inspring thing I've seen in a long time. The story was really good too. The characters and their acting? Fantastic. Gigantic old lady b00bs with pasties over nipples? I could have skipped that...
I saw it in 3d. It's the first movie I've seen with this new fancy 3d that came out a few years back. On the one side, the 3d DEFINITELY adds a layer of visual awesome. On the other, I feel like I have to concentrate through the whole movie, and I got a bit of eyestrain. I'm kind of on the fence about whether this 3d revolution is a good thing. As a guy that already wears glasses, wearing another pair on top of them isn't particularly fun.
Really though, as artists, you guys need to see this. It's one of those movies where you're just staring in awe at the mastery of a medium.
I saw it in 3d. It's the first movie I've seen with this new fancy 3d that came out a few years back. On the one side, the 3d DEFINITELY adds a layer of visual awesome. On the other, I feel like I have to concentrate through the whole movie, and I got a bit of eyestrain. I'm kind of on the fence about whether this 3d revolution is a good thing. As a guy that already wears glasses, wearing another pair on top of them isn't particularly fun.
Really though, as artists, you guys need to see this. It's one of those movies where you're just staring in awe at the mastery of a medium.
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But I do like the art direction on most of the characters, I think they look great, and emote very well. And if the music is the only thing that bugs me about the movie, I'll be VERY happy with it.
Yea, mine weren't red and blue. The lenses looked like normal sunglass lenses. Both looked the same.
with the 3D, how much depth do they project? the last time I saw a 3D film was at Disney world (i think) with polarised glasses and they made everything look like it was right in front of your face. It was fun until the novelty wore off, then it got tired real fast.
That is what me and the wife do anyways, and we have no kids yet...Movies are too expensive now a days...IMO. But there is this janke theater up the road that has matinee movies for 2.50 and night time shows at 4.50 on the new movies...
http://www.cinemark.com/theater_showtimes.asp?theater_id=35
I just watched the trailer, looks really cool...
Super stoked to go see it as in was made here locally, and a gaggle of friends all worked on it.
see it after 10pm if possible, there weren't any little kids where i saw it. tons of scene kids however, which are annoying but mostly in the ocular sense.
i quite liked coraline, towards the end it started feeling like a bad videogame for ps2 though.
I did appreciate the midwestern accents though :P
But the visuals really were amazing
The 3D part really enhanced the movie I felt, even though I still feel a bit like it's gimmicky.
Either way, anything done with stop motion is worth seeing due to sheer insanity of the technique! I suggest any artist to definately go see it
I thought the exact same thing! There was a particular part right before the climax/third act where I could practically imagine a little note popping up in the corner saying "New Objective!"
Niel Gaiman is definately one of the most imaginative minds of our time.
Lets hope Joel Schumacher dosen't ever get ahold of the Sandman movie rights (I was at a book signing for American Gods, when he told us the Joel Schumacher inspired plot, and it wasn't pretty).
http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/02/06/joel-schumacher-eyes-neil-gaimans-the-sandman/
Anyways, Looking forward to Coraline. Very fun little book.