Noctis Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I didn't say there wasn't a better way it could have been shot, I just don't think it was really detracting like a lot of people seem to be making it out to be.They fucking pussied the fuck out with Glimmer. There was a part where they literally showed her for half a second. Come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Gary Ross is not a visual stylist. He's good with actors, but he doesn't have that extra oomph to take it to the next level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 They fucking pussied the fuck out with Glimmer. There was a part where they literally showed her for half a second. Come on.Well you can blame PG13 not shaky camera for that. Remember cuts did have to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Meh, he could still have a David Yates experience with Catching Fire.OoTP, visually, was average, but HBP was gorgeous.I hope for the same with Catching Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Yeah, HBP was gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Still can't believe a March release will be #3, if not #2, all-time ow after tomorrow. That's just hard to fathom. And I admit, as a huge Batman and TDK fan, I'd be annoyed if TDKR wasn't coming out later this year to put Batman back on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Meh, he could still have a David Yates experience with Catching Fire.OoTP, visually, was average, but HBP was gorgeous.I hope for the same with Catching Fire.Me too. Personally I think CF provides more of an opportunity for that anyways since the arena is more visually appealing. Edited March 25, 2012 by MovieMan89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggestgeekever Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Spoilers for the second book Given nearly all the tributes are adults, I think they can probably get away with a fair bit more gore in Catching Fire. Which hopefully would mean less shakey cam Edited March 25, 2012 by Biggestgeekever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertron Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 All the Potter films kill THG visually, but THG has this something to it, something that I just can't put my finger on, that makes it special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Meh, he could still have a David Yates experience with Catching Fire.OoTP, visually, was average, but HBP was gorgeous.I hope for the same with Catching Fire.I loved Delbonnel's use of a Rembrandt-esque palette; gave the film a certain dreaminess, as well as a sense of foreboding (more due to how he played with the lighting) Edited March 25, 2012 by spizzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) David Yates still doesn't have much visual style. But let's not get into another Potter rehash. With THG, I felt that Ross repeatedly missed the opportunity to make certain moments special. (To be fair, I liked what he did with the Katniss/Peeta flaming reveal and the POV shot of Rue's last moment). Edited March 25, 2012 by Telemachos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 And I admit, as a huge Batman and TDK fan, I'd be annoyed if TDKR wasn't coming out later this year to put Batman back on top.Same.Now I'm more interested in TDKR vs Catching Fire's opening, but it sounds like Catching Fire may release middle of the week instead of on a weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I loved Delbonnel's use of a Rembrandt-esque palette; gave the film a certain dreaminess, as well as a sense of foreboding (more due to how he played with the lighting)+1000I can just imagine Delbonnel doing Catching Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 They fucking pussied the fuck out with Glimmer. There was a part where they literally showed her for half a second. Come on. It's because Katniss was hallucinating. It wouldn't have made sense otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 HBP was way too dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 You all sound like a bunch of negative nancys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 HBP was way too dark.How? Maybe you had a bad television. But it wasn't too dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 All the Potter films kill THG visually, but THG has this something to it, something that I just can't put my finger on, that makes it special.Thank you, that is my sentiment exactly. While I love Potter and I can't deny that visually and maybe even cohesively most of the films may be stronger than THG, I've never been too fond of repeat viewings of the Potter films and all except DH2 have always left me a little wanting. THG on the other hand left me totally satisfied and I'm literally chomping at the bits to see it again. There was just something about it that really worked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Because, by and large, THG does a better job developing the key characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 So, if the current 50M figure sticks19.7M Midnights48.5M Friday50.0M Saturday (+3.0%)39.0M Sunday (-22%)157.2M OWNow, I've given this Spidey 3's Sunday drop. It could be even stronger, as a 50M Friday would indicate that this thing still had a shitload of demand despite burning off 66M from the previous day and a half. I think sub 15% is possible, but unlikely, however, anything above 15% is pretty much in play.Those who will argue that this will have a typical March drop of 25-35%, I ask why should it? It didn't see a typical March Saturday increase (only +3%), so why should it start behaving like a typical March film all of a sudden? Just looking at other large non-sequel, non summer openers, such as SM1 and Alice, both rose >20% without midnights on Saturday, and then fell around 30%. This rose only 3%, so the drop should be softened a bit, something we saw occur with SM3, which also rose about 3% on Saturday without midnights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
