Man I am jealous of CGI filmmakers.
They can put the cameras anywhere, under crank and over crank at will.
This movie is so beautifully shot and excuted. Every joke is nailed and every single fight sequence is so effortlessly captured and lit.
It’s not fair. Those of bound by physics and the realities of shooting can only hope to mimick what these guys are truly capable of.
I remember when Toy Story came out lo these many years ago. I saw it twice that day. Good story and pioneering.
But I’ve listened to many of those guys talk about it, and basicly they were just praying to keep their render farms together long enough to crank out the full film.
Moore’s law has given them the tools to have greater and greater control of their imagery until now we’ve reached this point at where they’ve greatly exceeded what we can do with a camera, a talented crew and hundreds of millions of dollars.
Even a movie like the Incredible Hulk, which was decent, is merely a hybrid between pure CGI and a live action film.
Sorry to be so random and ranty, but I just got back from a summer blockbuster bender at the Arclight and had to share.
But seriously, go see Kung Fu Panda.
4 Comments
June 23, 2008 at 6:25 am
Great review, Kent. My kid brother Dave was on the animation team at Dreamworks for this film (he did a bunch of the ‘fight on the bridge’ scene). I’m really proud of his work, too. Totally awesome. They got it going on over there.
June 23, 2008 at 8:00 am
Will your killer tomatoes be CGI or live action?
June 23, 2008 at 8:05 am
Tomatoes will be Live Action, with mostly practical tomatoes and some CGI I’m sure.
June 24, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Yes Sir. That was great. I liked the philosophy of the Turtle: “Past is history, future is mystery, present is a gift, that’s why we call it present…”