Movies, Movies
Jul. 13th, 2003 04:42 pmI've seen quite a few movies lately. Last week, as I noted, was Terminator 3.
Earlier this week was Pirates of the Carribbean. A very fun film, probably because I really didn't have any expectations of it being anything more than an entertaining film. I was very pleasantly surprised by some of the duelling scenes, and the soundtrack was great. The compositing and editing was pretty well done and there were no major discrepancies. I was most impressed with the 'moonlight' scenes, which I won't spoil; they were really very well done and seamless. It was a fluffy movie, but it was entertaining fluff. I like it and highly recommend a matinee performance.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, unfortunately, cannot be said the same of. Some of this was that I was expecting it to be more than what it was: a movie adaptation of a comic. The pacing for action was great, there were very few slow moments once the movie started going. THe pacing for
Earlier this week was Pirates of the Carribbean. A very fun film, probably because I really didn't have any expectations of it being anything more than an entertaining film. I was very pleasantly surprised by some of the duelling scenes, and the soundtrack was great. The compositing and editing was pretty well done and there were no major discrepancies. I was most impressed with the 'moonlight' scenes, which I won't spoil; they were really very well done and seamless. It was a fluffy movie, but it was entertaining fluff. I like it and highly recommend a matinee performance.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, unfortunately, cannot be said the same of. Some of this was that I was expecting it to be more than what it was: a movie adaptation of a comic. The pacing for action was great, there were very few slow moments once the movie started going. THe pacing for