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What are everyone’s plans for catching this? I'm popping into London this Thursday and catch a 10am or 12:45 showing. I've yet to pick up the score which is unusual for me not to get it upon release day, but will grab that on Thursday too since HMVs summer sale has begun and I'll be raiding the cheap CDs I am sure.

 

Daniel

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A friend of mine saw it yesterday and liked it a lot.

 

 

I wonder what the reviewer meant when he says "Foregoing the widescreen format"...

 

I would imagine it means Spielberg and Kamiski shot it flat with spherical lenses at 1.85:1. I'm thrilled to hear from Kaminski in a recent interview that they didn't do a digital intermediate for this.

 

Daniel

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For a $135 million special effects epic, it's striking how grungy and ordinary it looks. Foregoing the widescreen format, desaturating the colors and focusing on nondescript working-class neighborhoods, Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz KaminskiJanusz Kaminski employ a raw, inelegant visual style to disguise the film's extraordinary stylistic sophistication and make seamless the interlacing of real and computerized action.

 

 

I'm thrilled to hear this. One of my biggest pet peaves with CGI is how unrealistic it looks. Take all the new Starwars films for example. Everything looks too freakin clean and shiny because it is all CGI. I really hope WOTW gets it right because IMO not very many movies (if any) have.

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I'm thrilled to hear this. One of my biggest pet peaves with CGI is how unrealistic it looks.

 

A friend and I were discussing just this very evening that Spielberg seems to have some kind of secret handshake with ILM when it comes to getting the best out of its staff.

 

They always seem to go the extra mile for him, and Spielberg himself is smart in knowing how to use effects and what should be done practically and what should be done in post. Janusz Kaminski also seems to light for visual effects incredibly well adding to that small group of key crewmembers that help in making Spielberg films look so seamless.

 

Very few filmmakers today understand the choices available to them, and are so frequently incapable of distinguishing between a choice that’s right for the film, and one that is wrong. It’s true of many directors, cinematographers, effects supervisors and so on….People can say all they like about the films themselves, but the craft of Spielberg’s are damn near impeccable for the type of films he makes.

 

Daniel

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I have to admit I came away from the film this morning underwhelmed, neither loving nor hating it. I could do with seeing it again sometime. I like the fact it focuses more on the character's journey than mass destruction. and while I like the film's sense or urgency (Spielberg still knows how to stage a scene like no other) I'm am at odds over whether I am OK with it coming at the expense of deeper character moments as things feel a little cliched at times. The music, cinematography and production design is all great. I'm really torn. The first act is strong and the tripods are wonderfully intimidating.

 

 

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Daniel,

That seems to jive with what I read from a review from Peter A at HTT. He loved the first 45 minutes but said it went downhill from there. I'll catch it sometime soon I'm sure but I wasn't expecting much to be honest. The closer the release got the more cautious I was towards it. THe opposite was true of Batman Begins.

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My mini review:

 

Great fucking movie until you meet the Tim Robbins character, which is sad because Tim does a great job with the character the story just takes a huge nose dive from that point on.

 

Pros: Sound, Special effects, Tripod design(even if they stole it from HL2), Sound, First part of the movie, Sound, Dakota Fanning,

Tom Cruise getting swallowed by what looked to be a giant butt hole

, and finally Sound

 

Cons: The last half of the movie

 

I think the DVD of this movie will be the new SVS show off DVD if the DTS transfers home like I heard it tonight.

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