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WONDERFUL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIKE TO WATCH 80 MINUTES...

posted 9 years ago by califor123
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...OF WHINING.

THANK GOODNESS I WATCHED THIS FOR FREE. THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT THIS REVEALS OR HOPES TO, COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED OVER A FIVE MINUTE CUP OF COFFEE, IN MY OPINION.

I KEPT THINKING AS HE WAS BUILDING VERMEER'S ROOM, A SCENE SHOWING HIM LIFTING A BEAM..., "OK I GOT THE SHOT, LET'S BRING IN THE CARPENTERS."

I'LL GIVE HIM PROPS FOR PAINTING THIS PICTURE, IF HE ACTUALLY DID...BUT IT AIN'T NO VERMEER. IT'S JUST WAY TOO HARSH IN MY OPINION.

THEN, AT THE END, WHEN HE SEES HIS WORK, HE BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS. AS IF HE JUST HAD SAVED A HUMAN BEING FROM JUMPING OFF A ROOF, OR SAVED A PLATOON FROM BEING ANNIHILATED. MY GOD, I'D NEVER HAVE ALLOWED THAT IN A VIDEO. JUST A TOUCH OF VANITY, HUH?

THE GUY'S OBVIOUSLY A SUCCESS AT HIS REGULAR WORK, BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS WHOLE THING WAS JUST A VANITY PIECE.

HE'S NO CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

IN THE END, I FELT HIS WAS A COPY OF A VERMEER DONE BY AN INVENTOR.

AND DAVID HOCKNEY PRAISING THE PAINTING AT THE END...WITH LIGHTS ALL AROUND, AND CAMERAS SET UP, ETC. WHAT WAS HE GOING TO SAY, "IT'S GARBAGE!" I DON'T THINK SO.

I WATCHED IT TWICE TO SEE IF I MISSED SOMETHING. I WAS AS BORED AS TIM SEEMED TO BE.

[–] xenophile2002 9 years ago

a) Get your damned caps lock key fixed.

b) If you couldn't be arsed to shed a tear over a successfully completed project after over a thousand days of work then I'm glad I don't know you.

c) Get your damned caps lock key fixed.

I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler.
- Jon Stewart

[–] uvl 9 years ago

@xenophile2002, couldn't have said it better myself, except that I would have used a palette full of vile curse words toward the OP and his clueless post.

[–] xenophile2002 9 years ago

👍

[–] BorisKarpov 8 years ago

i like that you chose to express your opinion with all caps, it was easier to read. and of course, you are right about everything you said, he is not a painter, hes not even an inventor, well not a good one, what did he actually invent? anyone actually rememeber? i think i saw him on rollerskates with a fan on his strapped to his back, OMG what a genius, bigger than leonardo da vinci. and then in the bathtub he gets his eureka moment!!!! a MIRROR!!!!!!!!!
Now he can copy a Vermeer without having any knowledge about painting. Because he uses a mirror. (Hidden message: mirrors can paint old masters paintings).
The crying at the end, only proves he is either a narcissist, or had just realized he wasted all his money and peoples time.

[–] riander 8 years ago

For one he is the founder of the company that developed the 3D software that was used to create and movies such as Jurassic Park, Titanic, Avatar, Iron Man etc. Even if he didn't know so much about painting, he probably have a better theoretical knowledge about optics and how light interacts and bounces of materials than most painters and artists could dream of.

The documentary would not have been considered for an Oscar that year (didn't win though) if it was as bad as you make it seem. I thought it was one of the better documentaries I have seen, especially compared to other art related documentaries where they make stupid claims such as that the artist had a superhuman understanding of light and paint.