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Originally Posted by Tino
two and a half stars from ebert.
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"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
Did Ebert really give Van Helsing 3 stars? Thats great, I love Ebert, so unpredictable. Some of you young guys have already made up your minds this is the greatest ever Star Trek film before you'd even seen it. A Star Trek movie directed by a Star Wars fan, I'm sure it'll be action packed, and the old series is back on tv again, it's all good. 
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Originally Posted by Brent M
This is the same guy that gave Van Helsing 3 stars. I respect Ebert, but some of his reviews can be very perplexing. Even though I haven't seen Star Trek yet I'm willing to bet every dollar I have(and even some of my vital organs) that it's a thousand times better than the steaming pile that was Van Helsing.
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Originally Posted by Steve Christou
Did Ebert really give Van Helsing 3 stars? Thats great, I love Ebert, so unpredictable. |
"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
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Originally Posted by Tino
two and a half stars from ebert.
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Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
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Originally Posted by PaulDA
However, on balance, it remains a positive review (just not an enthusiastic one). If anyone wants to know what it's like when he writes a clearly negative review, read his review of Wolverine.
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Originally Posted by Brent M
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Originally Posted by Stephen Orr
Two negative reviews have dropped RT to 96% with 54 total reviews. After reading the negative one, I really didn't understand their dislike for what's basically a crowd-pleasing, big budget, what-the-Star-Wars-prequels-should-have-been summer popcorn movie.
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Originally Posted by SilverWook
And seriously, without warp speed (or hyperspace) we wouldn't have most science fiction stories period!
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| Nero as a villain is a flat, predictable and forgettable character, and merely serves his purpose. Like a mixture of Dr. Soran, Khan and Shinzon. He basically is a prop piece. |
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Originally Posted by Kevin Hewell
The film wasn't really about Nero, though. It was about our favorite characters played by new actors and the character interactions between them.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Hewell
The film wasn't really about Nero, though. It was about our favorite characters played by new actors and the character interactions between them.
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Originally Posted by Oliver_A
And I am actually being very critical here, I REALLY wanted to hate that movie.
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Every man is my superior, in that I may learn from him.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Hewell
The film wasn't really about Nero, though. It was about our favorite characters played by new actors and the character interactions between them.
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Originally Posted by Oliver_A
I had a hard time enjoying that film, because I was in a constant state of motion sickness due to the shaky camera "work". The film does not stop. EVERY scene (even character moments!) has a shaky camera constantly hurling around the sets. In action scenes, it gives you a claustrophobic feeling, and very little time to process what is actually happening on the screen, and in my book, this is far from being a good action movie, where everything flows nicely.
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Originally Posted by Lou Sytsma
Sorry, I wish I could appreciate your input but that statement invalidates everything you posted sadly. Plus frankly, I don`t get that type of mindset.
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Originally Posted by Oliver_A
And I don't get what you are actually trying to say here. I am wrong, because of my initial dislike of the trailer?
This invalidates NOTHING about my post. The film had good acting, the plot wasn't quite original (which isn't uncommon among Star Trek films, even the good ones) and bad camera work. It's a lot better than NEMESIS, so in the end, I was actually pleasantly surprised. So what's the problem? Did YOU actually watch it, or are you just having a random poke at me? |
Every man is my superior, in that I may learn from him.
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Originally Posted by Lou Sytsma
You stated you wanted to hate the film. That sets up a hostile witness vibe for me.
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| Nothing personal intended. Merely relaying my impressions of your post. Much the same as you did with your thoughts on the trailer. |
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Originally Posted by Oliver_A
Die hard Trekkies WILL hate it.
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Originally Posted by Oliver_A
It's just a figure of speech. I just love when people just pick out single phrases and totally overread other things..
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Every man is my superior, in that I may learn from him.
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Originally Posted by Chris Will
Stay away from Transformers if you don't like that kinda of camera work. It has never bothered me though, guess I have a higher tolerance.
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Originally Posted by Lou Sytsma
Again apologies if you feel personally slighted.
A figure of speech can unfortunately mean different things to different people. IDIC |
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Originally Posted by Oliver_A
No problem. I think the problem comes also with the fact that English is not my native language, so I seem to lack certain sensibilities sometimes.
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Every man is my superior, in that I may learn from him.
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Originally Posted by Oliver A
I had a hard time enjoying that film, because I was in a constant state of motion sickness due to the shaky camera "work". The film does not stop. EVERY scene (even character moments!) has a shaky camera constantly hurling around the sets. In action scenes, it gives you a claustrophobic feeling, and very little time to process what is actually happening on the screen, and in my book, this is far from being a good action movie, where everything flows nicely. It reminds me of my first experiments with a VHS-C camcorder, where I constantly had to swing the camera around to ANYTHING IN CLOSE-UPS, which got me exactly the same kind of motion sickness when I was 12 years old, re-watching my work on TV. Seeing that same "technique" years later on a big screen, big bugdet movie, made by people who are being paid handsomely and should knew their work better, does not impress me to say the least. It almost completely ruined the film for me.
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
I too am unimpressed with this technique, and I am puzzled why TPTB believe this is required in a film.
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Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
