c.g._eads
08-28-2007, 02:37 AM
Was revisiting this movie because I got a free HD-DVD. I was wondering why this movie's *look* looks so cheesy. I mean everything from the costumes to the sets to the lighting to the look of the film all look so.... sci-fi TV movie'ish. Like the big budget version of a production with no money, if that makes any sense.
The obvious answer is "because they were terrible filmmakers". But this was one of Universal's big realeases that year. Don't they have people in place to make sure every single thing in the movie doesn't look incredibly cheesy? Didn't they hire some of the best in the business at what they do?
The lighting alone looks so amateurish. With the neon blues and neon reds and the badly staged silouetting of characters. It was just awful. Contrast this to movies that look so amazing like The Matrix and Constantine (bad film but absoultely stunningly shot) and Batman Begins. Ultimately, I would like to make sci-fi movies and I'd like to know what these guys did wrong so I can avoid their mistakes.
The obvious answer is "because they were terrible filmmakers". But this was one of Universal's big realeases that year. Don't they have people in place to make sure every single thing in the movie doesn't look incredibly cheesy? Didn't they hire some of the best in the business at what they do?
The lighting alone looks so amateurish. With the neon blues and neon reds and the badly staged silouetting of characters. It was just awful. Contrast this to movies that look so amazing like The Matrix and Constantine (bad film but absoultely stunningly shot) and Batman Begins. Ultimately, I would like to make sci-fi movies and I'd like to know what these guys did wrong so I can avoid their mistakes.