Wicked– A massive success thus far and it’s getting lots of Oscar buzz, so I guess I’ll have to give it a shot. I always try to go into a movie assuming the best, but I suspect this is a movie that isn’t really for me (a three hour musical that’s only half a movie?
While many are pointing the finger at streaming or overuse of reboots and sequels, Nathan has some thoughts on the real culprit behind the box office’s failings. This week, he takes a look at the current movie landscape, why it looks so bad at the present moment, and why it may ...
Few films have achieved the mix of popularity and philosophization of 1999’s “The Matrix.” The movie imagines a world in which the simulation hypothesis is true – i.e. there are people living in a simulated / virtual world that is so convincing that they are unable to tell that they...
We're back to where we started, with the Disney live-action adaption of 'Beauty and the Beast', featuring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the eponymous characters. Disney has jumped on the CGI bandwagon but bad, and this movie was derided for the overuse ...
We're back to where we started, with the Disney live-action adaption of 'Beauty and the Beast', featuring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the eponymous characters. Disney has jumped on the CGI bandwagon but bad, and this movie was derided for the overuse of obvious...
Most of Pierce Brosnan’s Bond films received mixed reviews (although the majority of the criticism was aimed at the clichéd storytelling and overuse of CGI, not Brosnan’s performance), but his debut in the role – 1995’s GoldenEye –was universally praised....
Over the past three decades, we’ve seen a renaissance in both traditional and CGI animation. While we’ve gotten some incredible animated films, there have also been some total duds. Hey, they can’t all beToy Story. The best animated movies can be enjoyed by adults and kids alike. The...
Over the past three decades, we’ve seen a renaissance in both traditional and CGI animation. While we’ve gotten some incredible animated films, there have also been some total duds. Hey, they can’t all beToy Story. The best animated movies can be enjoyed by adults and kids alike. The...
I think these two examples constitute good and, indeed, invisible uses of CG. Critically, they’re alsolimited. Computers were used to augment reality, not fabricate it whole cloth. To my mind, this is all those lamenting an overuse of digital effects are asking for — a little restraint....
for its overuse of fairytale tropes, many agreed that it was still far better than the following year’sHappily N’Ever After. In his review forThe Boston Globe, film critic Tyler Burr even likenedHoodwinked!toCitizen Kanein comparison toHappily N’Ever After. Ouch. But it is really that ...