QuoteHowever, with Prometheus, I did not explain myself completely about the genre which is my fault.Total Recall, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Fast Five, The Wolverine, Ender's Game, Cloud Atlas all had around the same budget or less, all effects heavy sci fi films.
I meant low budget in the context of big special effects science-fiction or adventure films.
Quote from: SiL on Dec 13, 2020, 06:18:13 AM
$28 million in the early 80s isn't low budget and $125 million in 2009 wasn't low budget either. $125 million still isn't low budget - $80m is about the cutoff for "mid budget" movies.
Quote from: SM on Dec 09, 2020, 09:28:37 PMQuote from: bb-15 on Dec 09, 2020, 01:26:27 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Dec 06, 2020, 11:52:20 PM
Ridley Scott has that super power. His prequels are not cheap, but they look even more expensive, especially Prometheus. Even the Raised by Wolves episode he directed looked Top Tier.
Agreed. Ridley and Cameron with science fiction have the brilliant talent to make the visuals and the camerawork look great down to the smallest detail.
Add to that they are great in their casting.
Ridley is very good with pace in building a mystery.
Cameron is great with pace in building an action sequence.
And it's not about money, Blade Runner and The Terminator were cheap films.
And as you said; Prometheus, Raised by Wolves episode one (l'd add Covenant) were all low budget and looked very good.
On all those levels PWS Anderson isn't close to being that good (except for Event Horizon). AvP was still fun though.
By what measure were Blade Runner and Prometheus cheap or low budget?
Quote from: bb-15 on Dec 09, 2020, 01:26:27 PMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Dec 06, 2020, 11:52:20 PM
Ridley Scott has that super power. His prequels are not cheap, but they look even more expensive, especially Prometheus. Even the Raised by Wolves episode he directed looked Top Tier.
Agreed. Ridley and Cameron with science fiction have the brilliant talent to make the visuals and the camerawork look great down to the smallest detail.
Add to that they are great in their casting.
Ridley is very good with pace in building a mystery.
Cameron is great with pace in building an action sequence.
And it's not about money, Blade Runner and The Terminator were cheap films.
And as you said; Prometheus, Raised by Wolves episode one (l'd add Covenant) were all low budget and looked very good.
On all those levels PWS Anderson isn't close to being that good (except for Event Horizon). AvP was still fun though.
Quote from: Rudiger on Dec 09, 2020, 02:58:11 PM
(1) Alien, (2) Aliens, (3) Alien DC / Aliens DC (alternating).
The rest I can easily do without.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Dec 06, 2020, 11:52:20 PM
Ridley Scott has that super power. His prequels are not cheap, but they look even more expensive, especially Prometheus. Even the Raised by Wolves episode he directed looked Top Tier.
Quote from: Kradan on Dec 08, 2020, 02:00:41 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 07, 2020, 02:21:28 PM
This all makes me think of James Cameron, where it's been said multiple times that he can do practically everyone's job better than they can.. cameraman, lighting, cinematography, storyboards, concept art, editing... that with his constant meddling/assistance, he makes almost everyone better around him. Pissed off, yes, but also better. Cameron can wear so many hats it frustrates him sometimes he had to rely on other people. But that's of course a rare breed!
And that's why I love the man
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 07, 2020, 02:21:28 PM
This all makes me think of James Cameron, where it's been said multiple times that he can do practically everyone's job better than they can.. cameraman, lighting, cinematography, storyboards, concept art, editing... that with his constant meddling/assistance, he makes almost everyone better around him. Pissed off, yes, but also better. Cameron can wear so many hats it frustrates him sometimes he had to rely on other people. But that's of course a rare breed!
Quote from: seattle24 on Dec 08, 2020, 08:32:47 AMQuote from: SM on Dec 08, 2020, 12:59:48 AM
There was potential in the Connors/ Verheiden/ Miller 'death' scenes - but the editing was choppy and I think they overdid the quivery lip thing.
And the Alien sound effects are bad. But they started chucking the 'less is more' approach out of the window long before AvP.