4.6 really????
Wow, i'm really susprised at the low rating.
I haven't seen it yet but 4.6?
Still a bit high if you ask me
This movie is at a level you would expect from a youtube channel, nothing in it looks professional or well made, and if i didnt know better i could swear its made by total amateur.,
Are you serious? At first i thought you were a troll but i checked your imdb ratings and i agree with most of your ratings. i'm scared that you might be right.
I really wanted to like this, i guess i'll lower my expectation, A LOT.
It happens
How are the special effects though??
I'm a huge fan of practical effects, with my favorite artist being Rob Bottin, and I wanted to like this film, I really did. But I think the score is pretty close to right for the film that Alec Gillis produced. I don't hate the film, at all, but it suffers from a poor script, poor (imo) casting, and a very constrained budget.
Look, nobody can expect a high degree of polish for a film with a budget as high as what many commercial films pay for craft services. But what hurts the film more than that are poor dialogue and too little character development. The small budget does raise its ugly head, though, because the director had to rely upon murky lighting or fast cuts to hide dodgy effects, making it nearly impossible to discern what was going on.
I love 1982 movie The Thing. I love practical effects. And I like--though I don't necessarily love--much of the work ADI has done over the years. Had they been given an extra million, had Alec been able to hire more competent actors (aside from the always great Lance), and had Alec been able to hire a proper screenwriter to add polish to his ideas I think the film could have been a real gem. It's a great example of what can be accomplished with practical effects on a tiny budget, but it's also an example of why many effects artists aren't terribly good film directors.
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In space, no one can hear you scream. On IMDB, we can hear you but we just don't give a crap.
The scope wasnt adjusted to the budget at all.
The thing was 15mln$m 30x what harbinger half mln $ must have been, but for some reason they go for a full cast and well known actor to add.
Movies like paranormal activity (budget of 15.000$) perfectly adjust the scope to what they can do, or lets say The Saw, a really great horror movie, almost whole time there are only 3 actors in one room. That and having adi behind it, a practical effect studio not exactly known for being cheap didnt help.
Also im not sure why exactly should anybody come in and fix Alec Gillis poor writing. Sorry but if you cant write dont do it, there are millions of scripts lying around in hollywood waiting for someone to dig them up, no reason to test your hubris on a project that cant afford rewrites.
I'm a huge fan of practical effects, with my favorite artist being Rob Bottin, and I wanted to like this film, I really did. But I think the score is pretty close to right for the film that Alec Gillis produced. I don't hate the film, at all, but it suffers from a poor script, poor (imo) casting, and a very constrained budget.
Look, nobody can expect a high degree of polish for a film with a budget as high as what many commercial films pay for craft services. But what hurts the film more than that are poor dialogue and too little character development. The small budget does raise its ugly head, though, because the director had to rely upon murky lighting or fast cuts to hide dodgy effects, making it nearly impossible to discern what was going on.
I love 1982 movie The Thing. I love practical effects. And I like--though I don't necessarily love--much of the work ADI has done over the years. Had they been given an extra million, had Alec been able to hire more competent actors (aside from the always great Lance), and had Alec been able to hire a proper screenwriter to add polish to his ideas I think the film could have been a real gem. It's a great example of what can be accomplished with practical effects on a tiny budget, but it's also an example of why many effects artists aren't terribly good film directors.
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