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Began watching it but it looks too artificial...

posted 4 years ago by enriquesingh (1771)
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The equipment used to shoot this movie makes it look too artificial and video-like.

The costumes look too obvious that they were made by a costume designer,
I did not believe they were 'worn clothes'.

The beginning with the musical montage... a very dated technique.

I will restart the movie and give it a chance with a more patient mindset, but found these issues distracting... and I was looking forward to this movie, very positive towards it because of Sorkin's name.

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

I found it absorbing for most of its length, despite Sorkin’s rather leaden direction and tendency to overwrite - one exchange in particular, near the beginning, made me cringe. There is some good acting - Yahya Abdul-Mateen and Mark Rylance do well, and Frank Langella is entertaining despite a cliched role. But the final scene is probably the worst thing I have seen in recent cinema.

Worth a look, but left something of a bad taste in my mouth for various reasons, but chiefly for the closing moments.

[–] Owlwise (1493) 4 years ago

Langella wasn't acting a cliched role, he was merely acting as the real judge acted. No wonder all the convictions were easily & rightfully overturned on appeal.

[–] Towelie_Towel (1701) 3 years ago

But that scene where everybody in the courtroom celebrate and he is banging the hammer was embarassing.

[–] Owlwise (1493) 3 years ago

It actually happened, though.

[–] HarryShoulder (279) 3 years ago

Honestly for a Sorkin movie, this one actually had dialogue that didn’t have his overly quick banter and know it all characters.

[–] Satan2016 (23351) 4 years ago

HD video looks natural, 48/60 fps more so than 24/30 fps. Film looks unnatural. Only stupid hipsters think otherwise!

[–] diagoro (483) 3 years ago

Any chance the video settings on your display need to be fine tuned? Recent tvs have a specific video clarity setting that makes everything look very "daytime tv/soap opera". It never occurred to me, and I'm pretty aware of video settings like that.

[–] enriquesingh (1771) 3 years ago

I was watching it on my macbook.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5958) 2 years ago

Why do people insist on watching programs designed for the big screen on tiny things like macbooks, tables and even smartphones? Crazy.

[–] enriquesingh (1771) 2 years ago

I think you are on to something... perhaps Netflix should only release its original content in theaters and should block if from being streamed in any device... a similar strategy worked wonders for Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5958) 2 years ago

Are you deliberately misreading? A large monitor or very large home screen is fine.

[–] enriquesingh (1771) 2 years ago

I would ask the same to you, I clearly said *SIMILAR*, as in limiting the way people can access the content, not the size of the screen, since you are against watching it on any smaller device.

I also remember attempting to watch the same movie on my TV and it has the same artificial look... never finished it.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5958) 2 years ago

You talked about theaters vs. streaming. I replied that streaming on large screens was okay. Where is your misunderstanding?

[–] enriquesingh (1771) 2 years ago

So because YOU say I should watch on a TV... I HAVE to watch everything on a TV? Go F yourself!

What do your replies have have to do with my original question about the movie looking pristine/artificial/clean?

Even though David Lynch says otherwise, I feel the same exact experience on any device-screen, it's the same shit.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5958) 2 years ago

I opined that watching something intended for the big screen on a tiny device doesn't make sense. Who made you the topic police?

As to the main topic, using anything in ways not intended is bound to have bad consequences and so there is no right to complain about it. Why can't you understand that?

[–] samoanjoes (50963) 3 years ago

I know what you mean about the costumes. The Black Panthers almost looked like caricatures.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

With their scary hats.

[–] samoanjoes (50963) 3 years ago

And the costumes looked amateurish.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

I liked the toga costumes tho'.

[–] Forky (1739) 3 years ago

TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!

[–] HarryShoulder (279) 3 years ago

You mean like the outfits they actually wore?

[–] samoanjoes (50963) 3 years ago

In the film, yes. They looked like they were actors placed into the movie, rather than actors who were actual characters in the movie.

[–] HarryShoulder (279) 3 years ago

Well that’s how the black panthers actually dressed so idk what to tell ya.

[–] samoanjoes (50963) 3 years ago

The costumes looked too clean like they've never been worn.

[–] HarryShoulder (279) 3 years ago

That’s fair

[–] Thunder26 (335) 3 years ago

I get it. I also didn't like the tone of the movie which was comical. It was a serious matter portrayed as a satire. I don't think it deserved to be nominated for Oscars. Judas and the Black Messiah was by far better.

[–] dt123 (689) 3 years ago

You can find the case’s proceedings online I’m sure, plus there are books about it. You can also find photos and films made at the time on who wore what. The actual proceedings were even crazier.