Movie & TV Chat: A entertainment discussion thread ~ Live, Love, Enjoy movies! What did ya'll think of Joker?

[SvennoJ]

Hugo 6/10

I watched it again today, didn't grow on me. I love the idea and the homage to the origin of the movies, yet it also represents everything I hate about heavily processed digital masters. The picture is very soft with such a heavy yellow and blue filter that shadow detail turns into a blue haze. It makes the old stock footage look much better in comparison. Btw why did they feel the need to not include the actual original first film. It looks like it, but it's not the same.

I like the parts where they explore the past, how the early movies were made, the first special effects. I hate every part Borat is in. The movie generally progresses at a glacial pace, the extra bits about the other people in the station just manage to slow it down instead of keep it interesting. It's a bad combination of Cinema paradiso and Home alone forced humor.

I don't know why this got so many awards, but I haven't seen it in 3D. Maybe the 3D clockwork and constant volumetric smoke effects make you forget about the terribly paced story.