svelteciderWhat is your cinema hot take?
username_1I like special effects in very cheap or very old movies: it gives me that “wow, how did they manage to do that in 1925?” feeling. I like that feeling. Modern quality effects I just ignore. Some very detailed explosion in the space? Ok, something exploded. I noted that plot point.
TheTechnician27I can still find modern special effects interesting enough if I find them aesthetically interesting – as though a lot of thought clearly went into them. I understand there were minimal hurdles to translating that vision to film, but it’s the vision itself I appreciate.
I also definitely get the same feeling you do watching older films and especially stage plays, where the constraints of the medium make it even more impressive.
Same. I still appreciate modern effects tho but those old movies really impress me.
Have you seen The Johnstown Flood? That one kinda blew my mind
As much as I have issues with 2001 space odyssey, it is a technical marvel for its time.
How do you feel about something like Fury Road, where they make a point of including practical effects?
Were there any effects? I thought they just filmed some documentary in Texas or something…
Precisely.
Part of the awe of watching movies (The so-called movie magic) is that at the same time as you’re in awe of the film, there’s a part of you in awe of how much collaborative work it took to create that stunt/effect/miniature, etc…
There’s no magic anymore when one can just do the same thing in Blender at home if they had enough time to learn.
‘Man With a Movie Camera’ is great for this.
