SuckaMC

Ha ha. That type of shot wasn't created by Jackson. The movie was mediocre, cool, but you don't have to make up problems on top of it

Terminal

Yeah you're right, I have to make stuff up to hate this movie.

RocShemp

And yet that's exacty what you did.

Terminal

If you say so.

RocShemp

You said that they ripped off Peter Jackson with the ever-widening shots. Peter Jackson didn't start that and therefor no one ripped him off.

Terminal

He POPULARIZED it. Therefore Anderson ripped it off. Anderson doesn't have an original bone in his body. I stick by my claim.

SuckaMC

But he used a similar shot at the end of the first Resident Evil, to reveal Alice in an apocalyptic city. That was 2002. Lord of the Rings was 2001. It stands to reason that their productions overlapped. Hmmmm

RocShemp

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SuckaMC

Thinking about it, every Resident Evil movie end with that reveal shot: 1: reveal of devastated city, 2: Reveal of umbrella satellite in space, 3: reveal of Alice clones, 4: reveal of incoming umbrella ships, 5: reveal of war torn DC.

Seems like a series tradition to me.

fumanstan

Seems weird to credit Jackson with popularizing that camera pullback reveal. I'd have to think its been around for ages, right?

RocShemp

Anderson also followed the tradition with the ending shot of The Three Musketeers.

He also sort of did the same in Event Horizon but that was more of a slow pull back and fade out.

It has been around forever. Off the top of my head I can think of the ending to The Empire Strikes Back and I'm certain it was old hat by the time that movie came along.

Supermallet

This is one of the worst films of the year. It's also the worst Resident Evil movie, and that's saying something.

Why So Blu?

Anderson's films are guilty pleasures. They're bad, but directed really well. I guess we all have that one bad director whose films we actually enjoy, but for all the wrong reasons. My favorite Anderson films are, in order from favorite to least favorite:

Event Horizon
Death Race
Three Musketeers
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Mortal Kombat
Resident Evil: Retribution
Alien Vs. Predator
Soldier
Resident Evil


I've never seen Shopping, so can't rate that one.

Osiris3657

This doesn't make sense. Please explain how a movie can be well directed but bad.

Why So Blu?

They have shitty stories, but are technically competent films.

islandclaws

I still don't know how he pulled off Event Horizon.

Why So Blu?

Event Horizon actually has a great story, but the studio meddling was what made it bomb. I wish the deleted footage could be reinserted.

Supermallet

I do normally enjoy Anderson's work. He has no sense of story or character but he can usually make a fun movie. This movie couldn't even muster up fun.

Osiris3657

A director oversees all aspects of the film, whether it be the acting, editing, story, cinematography, etc. Anderson has been around long enough to where you can't lay the blame on strict instructions by a studio or producer...the shitty quality of his films (whatever aspects of it) is on him.

Everyone loves to point to Event Horizon and say "hey look, he's got skill!" My ass. I do like Event Horizon, but Anderson's career had just begun when he made that film and I'm sure he didn't have as much creative freedom then as he does now (meaning other people were responsible for EH being a decent movie).

Why So Blu?

I said that his films suck story-wise, but that they're adequately directed. It's like you're saying that even though the story sucks, his films, based on technical specs, must also suck. Wrong. Ask Michael Bay. He does the same thing but on a much larger scale. Bay's films I can't get into, though. Probably because Michael Bay is a big time douche in real life...and his films are actually badly directed.

Supermallet

Anderson writes most of his scripts, so he's also to blame for story, dialogue, and character in this case.

Osiris3657

You're still not making any sense. And you also didn't comprehend what I said either.

This is your logic: the cinematography, action, editing, special effects, sound mixing are good, so his films are well directed....what?

The director's MAIN job, how he's judged on a movie, is to tell a good story and get good performances out of his actors. Anderson is NOT good at this. Why again is he a good director? Because he has a big budget and a decent Cinematographer or Sound editor or Visual Effects team?

I think what you've been trying to say is that he has a respectable supporting crew (although I think many would disagree with that assessment as well).

Why So Blu?

He knows how to compose a shot. He's not a good writer.

That's what I'm saying. Bay can't do either.

superdeluxe

Saw this on Starz as well. 90 minute movie but a 15 minute recap at the start of the movie? It felt like one chapter in a book. loved watching milla doing her thing, and the asian girl was pretty cool.

But meh.

dex14

Exactly...these movies just feel like extra long TV episodes now.