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ive experienced this effect with the movie titanic
never seen it, know the entire plot through memes/parody
Titanic is actually worth a watch though. Whereas for Minecraft, I found even the teaser to be a challenge.
Maybe I'm in a minority, but I thought Titanic was a bunch of melodramatic crap when there were more interesting true stories that the movie could have been about.
That's fair. But it's worth watching even just for the effects and set work.
I guess I'm one of those people who would rather watch a low-budget movie with a good story than a big-budget movie with a lot of spectacle but a bad story. But I do understand people going to see a movie just for the spectacle. I've done it before. I just usually regret it.
I think it is a kind of spectacle that just doesn't exist anymore. For example, going to a Marvel movie for the effects is sort of like watching a video game. When everything is pure CGI, it loses the appeal (for me).
But Titanic was right at the cusp of that. There is CGI, but there's also bigatures and miniature work and practical effects, etc etc etc. In many ways it is James Cameron at his peak.
But totally agree that the plot is pretty corny and it could have been much better as a more historically-focused film which didn't spend most of the time on a relatively generic love story.
The last movie I went to purely for the spectacle was Dunkirk and I was pleasantly surprised that it was an enjoyable film as well, so I guess sometimes it's worth it even in more recent times.
Christopher Nolan is one of the few that can nail big spectacle as well as story telling.
Might I make a suggestion?
The Man From Earth
Thank you, I have seen it and I really love it! I hear there is a sequel, which seems needless so I never watched it. But I've seen that one twice.
I watched the sequel. It wasn't as special as the first one, had probably twice the sets as the first one. (:O) Worth a watch, I'd say.
It was available for free for a while some years ago, iirc. Don't know about now though.
First one great, second one still good, although it's been a while since I saw it.
Good to hear it doesn't suck, but eh. I don't need to know any more of his story.
I'd like to see the movie done as a play.
Ooooh, I've never thought about that. Yes, that would be great. Who would you cast? I just started thinking of British actors and the first ones to pop into my mind, Ian McKellen — but he's obviously too old to play John Oldman (but perhaps the skeptic Doctor?) — and Tom Hiddleston. On second thought, I don't know if David Tennant could be good as well. He's definitely played a young-ish looking ageless man before... He's better in roles that require high energy, whereas Hiddleston has a sort of cool about him that might be fitting.
I wouldn't care about big names unless it was remade as a movie. Honestly, I'd be happy to see it done by the local repertory theater company. Unless the play was filmed while it was on Broadway or at the Old Vic or whatever, I probably wouldn't see it with someone like Tom Hiddleston. I think David Tennant might be just about the right though. John was played by David Lee Smith, who was 44 at the time. Tennant is 53, but looks younger. Basically the guy needs to look old enough to be an established professor but young enough to still be attractive to grad students.
Incidentally, it was written by Jerome Bixby, who also wrote four TOS Star Trek episodes, including the famous mirror universe episode. That was the initial draw to me. That and John Billingsley from Star Trek: Enterprise. What can I say, I'm a sucker for Trekkie bait.
True enough.
I just haven't any local theaters that could be capable of doing that so I'm imagining like a play in London. Something like this
Yeah I saw the other credits of the writer to see if there's any other works I haven't seen. I was sad to see his passed in the late 90's.
Oh yeah Billingsley is great. Although I only started properly watching ST several years after having seen The Man From Earth.
Me too.
It has that annoying James Cammron thing where the working class gets blamed for the actions of the rich.
It's reached Rocky Horror Picture Show in my household.
It's silly. You quote lines. You laugh at motives if you think about it.
I just watched the trailer. Jesus Christ that looks awful.
Minecraft just seems like the type of movie where lines like, "Were gonna rock our blocks off!" And that will be their peak writing.
A teaser is of course just a teaser and not the final product.
It can still be redeemed. Look at Sonic.
Sonic just needed a new CGI model to fix.
Minecraft would have to change, well, everything.
Still better than Borderlands where they would have had to change the entire cast.
Yeah, I don't have an issue with the actors (aside from Jack Black and Jason Momoa's hair).
They could salvage it by having Chris Pratt.
/s
Surprised he's not in it. Maybe he was unavailable.
its almost a principal at this point.
admittedly, no semblance of logic at play... I spose ill get to it someday
Titanic is fantastic. You watch the movie completely ready for the ship to crash. But at some point, your brain stops and you're more invested in the characters. Then boom, motherfucking iceberg.
True Lies, another James Cameron movie, does that twist too. Where you watch it for one thing, then surprise, you're now invested in another thing.
True lies is awesome.
Do it doucement.
Titanic was a good movie though mostly.
Wtf are they gonna do with blocks?
The Lego movie?
I'm not saying minecraft is gonna be a good movie but people also talked shit about Lego until it came out.
Gotta admit the Lego movie really surprised me with how good it was.
It was definitely a fun watch. The emoji movie on the other hand 😬
Me with the entire Star Wars franchise, Harry Potter and The Lord of the rings
They're all corporate cash grabs now. Watch what you enjoy and don't let anyone tell you you're missing out on them.
No you don't. You only know about flying and French girls. You don't know anything else about the rest of the movie.