Started by ikarop, Aug 01, 2012, 04:01:38 PM
Quote from: tmjhur on Aug 04, 2012, 01:49:14 PMStop being so up your own arses. The audience is smarter than you think. Stop treating us like bufoons.
Quote from: BANE on Aug 04, 2012, 07:22:38 PMf**k off with this plot hole nonsense. Jesus. You don't know what the term means.
Quote from: tmjhur on Aug 05, 2012, 12:49:10 PMI think I would have enjoyed Prometheus a lot more had the music/editing and pacing been more focused and atmospheric. I feel like those aspects of the production let it down and opened the gateway to all the other criticisms. For myself anyway.
Quote from: DaddyYautja on Aug 05, 2012, 12:10:33 PMQuote from: BANE on Aug 04, 2012, 07:22:38 PMf**k off with this plot hole nonsense. Jesus. You don't know what the term means.You might want to remind yourself of the definition, there are a good amount of plot holes in this movie.
Quote from: Darth Vile on Aug 05, 2012, 03:57:16 PMQuote from: tmjhur on Aug 05, 2012, 12:49:10 PMI think I would have enjoyed Prometheus a lot more had the music/editing and pacing been more focused and atmospheric. I feel like those aspects of the production let it down and opened the gateway to all the other criticisms. For myself anyway.It really depends on what your definition of atmospheric is. It terms of style, Prometheus is closer to Gladiator than it is to Alien or Bladerunner. I don't think Scott was going for something particularly atmospheric... but rather grande/epic.
Quote from: tmjhur on Aug 05, 2012, 04:53:23 PMQuote from: Darth Vile on Aug 05, 2012, 03:57:16 PMQuote from: tmjhur on Aug 05, 2012, 12:49:10 PMI think I would have enjoyed Prometheus a lot more had the music/editing and pacing been more focused and atmospheric. I feel like those aspects of the production let it down and opened the gateway to all the other criticisms. For myself anyway.It really depends on what your definition of atmospheric is. It terms of style, Prometheus is closer to Gladiator than it is to Alien or Bladerunner. I don't think Scott was going for something particularly atmospheric... but rather grande/epic.Well I think the film fails in that respect. It's grandiose, and simply put, the music doesn't marry the visuals in a lot of cases. There is no substance at the core. Nothing sucks you in. There is no focus, just lots of things going on but with no flow and gelling between them all.Alien and Blade Runner have simple stories but the atmosphere, the marriage between the sound and visuals sucks you in.
Quote from: BANE on Aug 05, 2012, 06:56:30 PMI have to admit, in a few instances the music really took away from the eeriness of the scene. That epic music played in parts that were supposed to be creepy, taking a whole lot of any feelings of danger or fear from the scene.
Quote from: SiL on Aug 05, 2012, 10:27:57 PMMaybe this time they could make a movie that's actually as smart as it thinks it is. Or at least, stop acting like asking "Where did we come from? Aliens?" is some kind of deep, profound question. It isn't.
Quote from: tmjhur on Aug 04, 2012, 01:49:14 PMGod it's not bloody hard.Use more appropriate music and sound design that doesn't constantly try and force the audience into feeling "oh booooyyyy this is EPIC Duuuuude". Either make an atmospheric horror movie or make a hard science fiction movie. The two obviously don't seem to mesh and just cause each other to fizzle out. Have more focused plotting. Having groups of characters all over the place that you have to keep cutting to and from just disintegrates the forward momentum of the plotting. If you are going to try and do this, watch Magnolia, notice how that movie uses music to weave a flowing tapestry that handles a several story lines simultaneously. Scrub up the creature CGI.Don't have so many plot holes, and don't make me pay 9 euro only to get 50% of a story. If you are going to give the audience a half assed story then make sure that you make up for it by having the movie dripping in mood and atmosphere. Stop being so up your own arses. The audience is smarter than you think. Stop treating us like bufoons. Use your millions of dollars to make something highly artistic and forward reaching that cuts to the core of human feelings.