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Well heavens no. That would require an actual talent for composing a shot, something he will never have. Orson Welles and Michael Curtiz for example knew how to compose a shot in new and inventive ways. Using light to emote powerful images and feelings from off the screen. As a result, Citizen Kane and Casablanca are two of the most beautiful films we will ever see, the latter I find to be the prettiest ever filmed, and that helps Charles Kane and Rick Blaine to become two of the most compelling characters in film. Michael takes a film and ruins the composition with explosions and gunfire, leaving room for only one dimensional characters and no emotions or characterization through visual means. Being a good director of action means nothing if I don't care about what is happening on-screen. That is his fatal flaw, because I will never care about anything he "directs", and I use that term loosely.
That is what I'm thinking. With Argo and The Master coming up, I'd rather spend money on those.
Especially with how expensive it nowadays to go to the cinema! :-O
You really sound like @TouchMyButtons :-?
;)
As much as I wasn't crazy about the camera work or action, the film wasn't THAT bad.
@DRESSED_TO_KILL, no need to call it 'retarded,' that's a little too far and it's a poor choice of a word.
More than likely, but I suppose it depends on your locale. The local theaters around my area are still playing it, but it's likely to be out relatively soon.
They're still showing it where I live.
I don't recall any dirt bikes in the rooftop chase scene in 'Taken 2,' just some bad CGI explosions.
:-\"
I quite liked the ending we got. It was badass when he revealed that he'd taken the bullets.
I haven't seen it for a while but I don't remember anything at all being wrong with the CGI.
I can only speak for myself, and I think the alternate ending makes it just a bit better, adds a bit more of the ruthless side of Bryan that we saw in the first Taken. It's at the expense of the obligatory "race against time final stretch" climax like Taken 1. The actual "ending" ending remains the same, just the circumstances were originally different from the part where Bry goes back for Lenore, a longer car chase, longer embassy scene, longer footchase.
For those who don't care about waiting to watch it themselves:
Yeah this location is getting overused....
That's how I felt during "The Expendables", and it was dark and hard to see most of the time in addition. Hopefully #2 is better in that regard. More of it seems to take place in daylight, so that's an improvement already.
Haven't seen 'The Expendables' in quite some time, so I can't agree/disagree with you there, but @agent006 is right: shaky cam isn't ALWAYS bad - whatever you consider the Bond vs. Slate fight in QoS was perfection for me - but this one-punch-per-five-camera-angle-cuts deal is driving me insane and keeps me incredibly confused.
Yeah, at least in QoS the frantic editing matched the brutal nature and rough ballet of the scrap up.