• Post-Apocalyptic Movies
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[QUOTE=MiX-A;25070282]Two short films: [B]Connected[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7xIaYYS7I[/media] [B]When it Will Be Silent (כשיהיה דומם)[/B] [url]http://vimeo.com/10958541[/url][/QUOTE] Both were excellent.
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;25081779]You have no class. The book was a masterpiece. The movie was excellent as well. You just don't understand its purpose.[/QUOTE] Oh look a movie elitist who thinks his opinion is more valid than other people's despite having no grounds for thinking so. I like my stories and movies to [B]make sense[/B], and that makes me classless? Sure the movie had some good cinematography, and a good cast, but that's all it had. The atmosphere of the film wasn't particularly immersive or believable, which is really it's shortcoming. I have not read the book, but if it's anything like the movie I feel It'd be equally disappointing. When the movie ended, I just said "what the fuck was that?" I basically spent 2 hours watching some people starve, cry, and get sick. Sure, you can sit there and try to "analyze" all the scenes for deeper meanings but in the end its just some hack who's trying to tug at your tear ducts. The background story made no sense, it was an excuse to make a pointlessly depressing movie. Show me the inspiration and creativity that created this [I]riveting[/I] background for this "masterpiece." It's really not that hard to make your viewers feel like shit while watching your movie, and at the end of the day that's all the movie accomplishes. Film a bunch of horrible things in a dreary landscape, desaturate 50% and bam, you've got "The Road." On top of that, people lap the stuff up like it's some revolutionary godsend, [U]it's not[/U]. It was cheesy, cliche, lacking in background depth, and quite formulaic in the color palette department. The entire thing felt like an extended cutscene that took it itself way too seriously for what it was.
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;25081779]You have no class. The book was a masterpiece. The movie was excellent as well. You just don't understand its purpose.[/QUOTE] You know, I thought Toy Story 3 was a masterpiece. Roger Ebert didn't think so. It's called an opinion. Like this: [QUOTE=hypno-toad;25085554]Oh look a movie elitist who thinks his opinion is more valid than other people's despite having no grounds for thinking so. I like my stories and movies to [B]make sense[/B], and that makes me classless? Sure the movie had some good cinematography, and a good cast, but that's all it had. The atmosphere of the film wasn't particularly immersive or believable, which is really it's shortcoming. I have not read the book, but if it's anything like the movie I feel It'd be equally disappointing. When the movie ended, I just said "what the fuck was that?" I basically spent 2 hours watching some people starve, cry, and get sick. Sure, you can sit there and try to "analyze" all the scenes for deeper meanings but in the end its just some hack who's trying to tug at your tear ducts. The background story made no sense, it was an excuse to make a pointlessly depressing movie. Show me the inspiration and creativity that created this [I]riveting[/I] background for this "masterpiece." It's really not that hard to make your viewers feel like shit while watching your movie, and at the end of the day that's all the movie accomplishes. Film a bunch of horrible things in a dreary landscape, desaturate 50% and bam, you've got "The Road." On top of that, people lap the stuff up like it's some revolutionary godsend, [U]it's not[/U]. It was cheesy, cliche, lacking in background depth, and quite formulaic in the color palette department. The entire thing felt like an extended cutscene that took it itself way too seriously for what it was.[/QUOTE] There is no class in film, derp. Also, try elaborating as to why the book is a masterpiece and why someone has no class because they didn't like it? I thought The Hurt Locker was absolute garbage and what started as a great premise turned into a get you worried for no reason anti-war film, which manages to win Best Picture.
The Road was pretty boring. It was somewhat worth seeing once but I don't think I'll ever watch it again.
Read the book, it's much more entertaining.
We need a fallout movie
I thought Stalker(the movie) had a nice post-apocalypse feel to it. T'was pretty long though. The Road was good(and sad), Mad Max had it's moments.
[QUOTE=gtaftw;25092204]We need a fallout movie[/QUOTE] this thread is what made fallout.
[QUOTE=Zambies!;25056792]Threads. Fuck, even bring up that movie makes me shiver[/QUOTE] Christ yeah, I had horrible dreams about it for weeks. Horribly realistic. And I don't understand everyone's 'wtf' attitudes to A Boy And His Dog. What's not to like? What's so strange? It's a great movie, the true daddy of post apocalyptic movies. I've read a lot of Harlan Ellison's work and the story doesn't rate among his best. A rare case of the movie > the book. [editline]08:32PM[/editline] [QUOTE=hypno-toad;25081162]I gotta admit, that movie was pretty dumb to me. The pretense didn't make much sense, and it had no real story. The movie was basically just a full 2 hours of watching a dad and his child in horrible squalor. If I'm going to have to watch horrible squalor, then there needs to be a story and there needs to be a solid pretense. [I]"Oh, random unnamed cataclysm! now watch this desaturated, arbitrarily-life-devoid wasteland become this family's torment!"[/I][/QUOTE] I loved the book, it's one of those books that doesn't really work as a movie. Its impact comes from its form and its interface - the sparse language and horrific, unflinching, short & sharp description is what keeps you interested. The movie was just dull, with terribly implemented music. Book of Eli, however, was fantastic.
I can't believe how many people actually liked Book of Eli. I thought it was bible thumper horse shit.
[QUOTE=gtaftw;25092204]We need a fallout movie[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.dryvetymeonlyne.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/SixStringSamurai.jpg[/IMG] closest thing to a Fallout movie.
[QUOTE=gtaftw;25092204]We need a fallout movie[/QUOTE] 1981 [IMG]http://www.thoughts.gr/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/roadwarrior1.jpg[/IMG] 2008 [IMG]http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/newspics/2008_04/Fallout3A.jpg[/IMG]
Children of men was rewlly good. Especially in regards to filming techniques and scene composition. The story was awesome too.
Holy shit i loved The Road.
I just watched The Carriers, excellent movie.
[QUOTE=Nachoman17;24988140]Actually I'm watching Mad Max II right now :v:[/QUOTE] Just watched it again last night. I love the music that plays during the chase scenes. Badass movie, made me wanna install and play Fallout 3 all over again. When are we gonna get the Mad Max game damnit! Fuck yeah, listen to that shit: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L83lX4SOhO0[/media]
The Road is fucking awesome, so many depressing scenes though. Well, an all around depressing movie pretty much. The book of Eli was great too.
[QUOTE=GodKing;25101399]When are we gonna get the Mad Max game damnit![/QUOTE] [url]http://www.ugo.com/games/mad-max-game-may-be-under-development-by-just-cause-developer[/url]
[QUOTE=UnidentifiedFlyingTard;25101483][url]http://www.ugo.com/games/mad-max-game-may-be-under-development-by-just-cause-developer[/url][/QUOTE] 2012. Damn. Well it's suiting year for that genre, heh.
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