Japan
Hiroshi Sasagawa
USA/ Japan
USA
disney jungle book 1967
Belgium
Asterix the gaul 1967
Croatia
Professor balthazar 1967
the masque of the red death
Canada
Eva Szasz
Comic Zoom
Ryan Larkin
Walking 1969
Review of La Jetee
Director Chris Marker
Narrator Jean Negroni
feb 16 1962
The movie was a series of Black and white images narrated over the top of. It followed the story of a man who was exposed to a series of test by some scientists to see if the subject could create a world inside his own head. The movie was hard to follow as the pace was slow and there were sections that just focused on the sound of a heart beat or drum that extended for what seemed like 30 seconds. This took me out of the story and by the time I realized the narrator was talking again I was completely lost on what he was talking about because i had already started thinking about other things. I think the story could have been told in a much faster and effective way.
is now an influence on most time traveling movies
influenced by vertigo
things that scared me
Outlast Video game.
a first person game rendered in incredible realistic detail that plays on the fears of being chased and being found. themes of the game include rape, religion, mutilation and madness.
The Green room
this movie has an incredible atmosphere that keeps you in constant anxiety as to what is happening and what will happen. it is set backstage in a skin head bar/concert where a young band just walked in on an extremely upsetting murder. they are not aloud to leave and the unpredictable nature of the drunk and racist skin heads adds to the danger and suspense.
things that made me sad
Saddest Movies
The Invention of lying mothers death scene
Green Mile
story of the connection had and severed between a man and his dog.
dramatic retelling of the tragic titanic disaster in the form of a short lived love story.
Things that blew my mind
Lucy is a story that plays with the idea of humans unlocking the ability to gain full potential of their brains.
Stuck In The Sound - Let's Go
Animation that effectively incorporates fluid flat 2d animation style with photos to create a thought provoking narrative about goals and life priorities
things that had inspiration
a story of humans fight to stay alive and keep battling an almost hopeless battle against an alien army.
is the story of an old man that loved his wife and wanted to forfil a childhood dream he shared with her before he runs out of life to do it.
review for Satiemania by Zdenko Gasparovich
13 minutes of sketchbook images sometimes animated.
it starts off with walk cycles that characterized different types of people at different ages genders and occupations. this was kind of enjoyable because the animation was done smoothly and in varying traditional styles. the animation has a focus on sexuality by the end which results in some pretty grotesque imagery that challenges the viewer into their preconceived notions of love, sex and women.
Watership Down
directors
Martin Rosen, John Hubley
made November 1978
adapted from
Richard adams
Watership Down novel
1972
Ratings in the current day tend to be very high in the 80% range
The main problem i have with the film is that i had no concept of who the characters were. there were many times when something happened to a character and i had no idea whether is was a good or a bad thing because i didn't know.
The film is not suitable in my view for children under the age of 7.
has there been a sequal worse than the original.
yes, Ghostbusters
has there been a sequal better than the original
yes, spiderman
Release date: July 1, 2004 (New Zealand)
Box office: 783.8 million USD
there was a stronger bad guy character and spiderman has had some time with his powers. an unfiltered spiderman experience
Animations
heavy Metal used roto scoping
rock and rule
the king and the mocking bird
frederic back
is there a reboot that is worse than the original, yes
Robocop strayed from its mature origins and went in an action heavy direction that lost alot of the appeal of the original.
is there one that is better?
king kong? i dont know
is there one you would like rebooted?
no
pink floyd the wall
Initial release: July 14, 1982 (France)
Gerald Scarfe animation director
I enjoyed how it deviated from the normal story telling conventions seen in modern block buster movies. with multiple animation and visual styles that gave further insight into the mind of the protagonist and the people of the time.
Robocop
Initial release: July 17, 1987 (USA)
Budget: 13 million USD
Box office: 53.4 million USD
two films he directed
Known For
main themes in Robocop are
the power of humanity and corruption, Resurrection
how does this film hold up to todays films?
the film has definitely aged over time an example of this aging is with the stopmotion bipedal robot that was shot in a stopmotion style. the outcome of this style was a bit jarring to me perhaps because i am used to the more seamless visual effects of current films. in its time it may have been less obvious.
would you recommend?
it was an average movie i would recommend it for nostalgic who want a film that embodies the 90's.
the movie relies heavily on its use of gore and shock violence. stripping those elements away it becomes pretty tame with its story. we are never really introduced to the robocops prior family so the stakes for him are pretty light.
