soderbergh's aesthetic has always seemed less eclectic, and a little too stuck on notions of "realism" as the motivation for different forms of camerawork (or perhpas more charitably, he tends to work within a range of period and contemporary styles that signify "realism"). i think he's a fascinating filmmaker but because he's so whip-smart in interviews he maybe gets more credit than he deserves for the sharpness of his style....
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 15 June 2013 03:52 (ten years ago) link
a problem is that by default digital cameras don't have as much latitude as 35mm, so if you aren't careful to balance the range of light intensity in a shot, you end up with either some parts of the frame incredibly blown out or parts that are really dim. that eastwood film on hoover tried to use this as a positive by making it a basic part of its almost-monochromatic "prestige" look, but i thought that film was incredibly ugly.
j. edgar was shot on film, and used the expensive silver retaining process that WB indulges clint with on all his movies. i agree it was really ugly
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 15 June 2013 04:20 (ten years ago) link
really? well then they intentionally went for that blown-out look that comes more naturally to digital. and yeah it really did look like shit, it seems like a not-uncommon look for prestigious historical pictures nowadays though?--although clint went over the top with it.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
it's like he decided to remove all the color from color film, but then also eliminated the full greyscale range, so it just ended up looking a 23rd generation print or something.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:22 (ten years ago) link
hmmmm I don't know anything about this stuff, really
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:51 (ten years ago) link
i don't either but i am interested in the discussion. also i agree that j.edgar is one of the ugliest films i've ever seen.
― Treeship, Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:52 (ten years ago) link
Fight Club seems like the first major Piss Filter movie I can recall, but it worked great there
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link
what about o brother where art thou?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:56 (ten years ago) link
could be, I saw that once on video and was just overwhelmed by the cement-truck humor (last film in the God I Hate the Coen Bros cycle)
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:59 (ten years ago) link
i tend to be a little autistic about style btw, some poor cinematography decisions or imprecise editing can almost ruin a decent film for me.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 15 June 2013 06:00 (ten years ago) link
e.g. the only reason l'argent isn't my favorite bresson film is b/c of two cuts in the 3rd act
much more basic things come first for me, such as DiCaprio is playing Hoover; OK, not entering theater.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 June 2013 06:02 (ten years ago) link
i must have missed that part of l'argent
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 15 June 2013 06:07 (ten years ago) link
i watched this again last year and was really distracted by all the digital color gradin (?) in it, the look of that film has not aged well imho
― ⚓ (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 15 June 2013 12:50 (ten years ago) link
Loved this. Far more subtle and naturalistic than I expected and the final scene is a peach. Reminded me a bit of the end of The Apartment.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 10:59 (nine years ago) link
I also loved how Mike has non-stop slick patter when he's presenting himself to the world, ie in the club and the meeting with the bank, and borderline incoherent when he's talking about emotions. I couldn't imagine what was in the script at those points because he was just fumbling from one half-sentence to another, and in the scene where he realises Olivia Munn has a fiance he's pretty much dumbstruck. It won me over on both the character and the theme of selling yourself.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 11:10 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwPR0q5es0A
Directed byGregory Jacobs
Produced byReid CarolinGregory JacobsChanning TatumNick Wechsler
Written byReid CarolinChanning Tatum
StarringChanning TatumMatt BomerJoe ManganielloKevin NashAdam RodriguezGabriel IglesiasAndie MacdowellAmber HeardJada Pinkett SmithJane McNeillMax WebsterElizabeth BanksDonald GloverMichael Strahan
CinematographySteven Soderbergh
Edited bySteven Soderbergh
― gr8080, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:44 (nine years ago) link
cast is lmao
― goole, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
goole this isn't quite fit for the MRA thread but i feel it shld be on your radar
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11395576/Men-are-now-objectified-more-than-women.html
― gr8080, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
"regular people" essentially took no notice of the arty touches in MM, so they'll show up for this.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
you can look but you still cannot touch
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
wait a sec Matthew McConaughey isn't in it? why bother making this then!?!?
http://redcarpetroxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/magicmikexxl_huge-five-things-you-need-to-know-about-magic-mike-the-sequel.jpg
― Eric H., Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
I can play this part any way you want!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Because he has an Oscar now, and wants $$$$$$.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
*searches cast list for Cody Horn & sighs in relievf*
― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
Pettyfer isn't in this either.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
Strange that I hadn't noticed.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 11 February 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link
They could've cast either of these chicks over Cody Horn and they would've been like Maria Falconetti in comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqrjN8peOiEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDXwOzG7fE
― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
lol what a h8r
― johnny crunch, Friday, 20 February 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az5qOjhsang
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Thursday, 25 June 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
So this is a Soderbergh movie without his name on it as director, right?
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 25 June 2015 14:19 (eight years ago) link
Yes, it's his Poltergeist.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 June 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
why would you assume that?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
Because it ends with rotting corpses erupting from the earth.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
bcz he's "formally" "retired" from feature directing, but is cinematographer and editor on this, when he doesn't even usually credit himself as editor on his own stuff, seems likely that he was at least somewhat more involved than the credits allow
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
nb the credited director is not Shock G from Digital Underground, but has been Soderbergh's AD for over two decades
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
nb the credited director is not Shock G from Digital Underground
welp the likelihood of me seeing this movie drops back to nil
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link
haha
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
soderbergh did shoot and edit many of his own features, he just did so under different names
bcz he's "formally" "retired" from feature directing, but is cinematographer and editor on this, when he doesn't even usually credit himself as editor on his own stuff, seems likely that he was at least somewhat more involved than the credits allow― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:24 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:24 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well, soderbergh himself sez he didn't direct it, i'd take him at his word until we get evidence to the contrary, no?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 25 June 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
he just did so under different names
hence me saying "credit himself"
I'm not saying he did ghost-direct it, just why people* might suspect that he did
(nb Spielberg didn't actually ghost Poltergeist and was only on set as producer a few days or occasionally iirc? for me knowing he shot & cut MM XXL made it more than enough of a Soderbergh film to want to see it after all, preferably in a cinema full of women)
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Thursday, 25 June 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
ignore asterisk
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Thursday, 25 June 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
there's a lot of evidence spielberg did in fact direct or co-direct most of poltergeist
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 25 June 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
enjoyed the hell out of XXL! Can't believe they lost McC and might've made a better movie.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 August 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
a little better than the first I'd say, Manganiello the MVP this time imo
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 10 August 2015 23:19 (eight years ago) link
XXL is definitely much better than the first, and the first was good
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 08:19 (eight years ago) link
Yep, June and July are fine. August is problematic.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:24 PM
no dog days in this one, really.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 11:48 (eight years ago) link
saw xxl a couple of weeks ago and it's a blast. it's hilariously stakes-free (the event they're road-trippin' towards isn't even a competition!) but the cast have really good chemistry and it's fun just to hang out with them for a couple of hours. joe mangianello's gas-station strip is all-time.
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 12:03 (eight years ago) link
rewatched the first one, forgot that the supporting strippers hardly do anything but dance (save for the Pettyfer-Bomer "I love YOU, man" drug scene, which wd have led to a pansexual quadrilateral in a pr0n).
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link