[kj] Quick Poll - best film of 07

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

I know what you mean about the overuse of color filtering and CGI 
effects. The Underworld series of movies (about Vampires vs. Werewolves) 
uses the blue light filter about as much as The Matrix used the green 
lens filter, unusual at the time, way played out now. Even "Children of 
Men," which I like a lot (Michael Caine as aging British hippie), 
overuses a harsh gray light filter to make it look like it's "in the 
future." The scif-fi genre has become so associated with the overuse of 
these blue tints that a kind of blue or gray or green tint is almost 
expected from any movie in that category. It's become tiresome.

-Oliver


GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>

> Haven't seen many good films lately. BUt I have to comment on this: I 

> HATE the way so many movies of the last 3 years or so have 

> that computerized-looking colored tint (i.e. Saw II) --it looks 

> awfully fake.

> "28 Weeks Later" had a great plot (better than the 1st one), good 

> direction, etc., but was terrible visually due to the fake coloring 

> and CGI camera effects, such as sped up images and fake-looking 

> jiggling cameras (and that hand-held camera style of filming is so 

> played out already).

> Also saw "Fido", which may be the 1st ever family zombie 

> movie--clearly played homage to George Romero, but w/ a cute plot and 

> lots of satire.