   Tomb Raider::Cradle of Life
  (Hopefully this is NOT a repost)Well, just saw the movie yesterday, and I thought it was pretty good--not as good as say, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (but then, not much is), but still worth watching for the FXs alone.Oh, and this is yet another movie that breaks from the current fad of "bullet time," as most of the gun fights and explosions happen in real time.Anybody else seen it yet? 
  I hope it does well. I''m depending on Jan De Bont to earn me some cash for the FFL. ;  not yet, but thank god it doesn''t have "bullet time". That just gets old. ;  Well, the first one sucked so badly that I doubt I''m going to see the sequel.   -----Jonas Kyratzes - progressive game design & developmentPress ALT + F4 to see the special admin page. ;  i always misread that title as "cradle of filth" ;  I''m still wondering why bullet time is considered revolutionary. Mind you it''s very very cool (a bit overdone as previously stated), but don''t people realize that it''s just slow motion? Perhaps really really slow motion, but still. Ahh well, it''ll die off.Thanks for the update on the movie, DakeDesu. I''d like to see similar posts. This is such a kick ass community.A review of my own: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I absolutely loved the premiss of this movie. Take the legends of the 19th century and put them together in a similarly creative motiff. That was revolutionary. It was a pretty good movie (captain nemo was such a badass) and it was visually stunning. The previews don''t do the Nautilus justice (I thought it looked fake at first). My only problem with this movie was with the dialogue. Most of the time it was very well done. However every now and then there was a line that I could describe only as Absolutely, gut-wrenchingly, horribly cheesey! Some rivaling even the most horrible line I''ve ever heard in a movie coming straight out of the shamefully hollywoodized Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (the first was so beautifully well done, what the hell were they thinking with the second. It was still a really good movie, but it had so many generation X sellout points that I was very disappointed). That line of course was "Looks like meat''s back on the menu boys!" Spoken by the (rather handsome compared to that line) leader of the urukai.Anyway, thanks for the review.[/rant]   When you find yourself in the company of a halfling and an ill-tempered Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon...;quote:Original post by necromancer_df  i always misread that title as "cradle of filth"   **Spoiler**That is suprisingly accurate as what they are searching for in this movie is Pandora''s Box.   "You''re right, Bush has no place in a thread about masturbation." -- griffenjamGot Immortality? [edited by - Timestamp_Zero on January 1, 1970 00:00:00 AM];  I saw it yesterday and enjoyed it. It was pretty much a typical action flick, nothing spectacular. At first I was wondering if it was going to be stupid because of the scene with the shark, but it was about average for an action flick. ;quote:Original post by Wolfmanyoda  not yet, but thank god it doesn''t have "bullet time". That just gets old.   Bullet time is revolutionary. Though the only movie that took bullet time further was Reloaded. Still, Charlie''s angles 2 did well with it, even though it didn''t take it further.Damn you foreingers who get all these movies before me! Hell, The Pirates of The Carriben is not in cinemas yet ;quote:Original post by CyberSlag5k   I'm still wondering why bullet time is considered revolutionary. Mind you it's very very cool (a bit overdone as previously stated), but don't people realize that it's just slow motion? Perhaps really really slow motion, but still. Ahh well, it'll die off.Correction - bullet time isn't just slow motion. Bullet time is created via aligning hundreds of cameras around in the desired arc in a green room and capturing the actors in the green room and adding a set digitally. Also it isn't always slow motion. Time may be sped up, slowed down, run time in opposite ways.Watch the bullet time doco on the Matrix DVD for more info.ClickyClickyClickyClickyClicky [edited by - Cypher Ae on July 24, 2003 7:40:20 PM]