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Title: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 31, 2007, 01:33:33 AM
Very old-fashioned film, with some outstanding aerial battle cinematography, and the CGI work looks very natural.  I didn't hate James Franco in it.  Looks OMG2 on Blu Ray, especially this fuck awesome dogfight around a Zeppelin.
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: rodi on December 31, 2007, 04:35:44 AM
Wait a second, what?
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Eric P on December 31, 2007, 09:16:54 AM
like it's good for a tech demo, you mean?
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Gay Boy on December 31, 2007, 09:40:24 AM
James Franco is a fucking fantastic actor but this was meh all around including Franco's acting.
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 31, 2007, 11:47:53 AM
It's not meh, it's good.  It's structured like a 1940s movie filmed with today's tech.  James Franco plays the same smirky fuck in every movie, but it suited the character in this one.   And yeah, it's a great tech demo - it was digitally shot, so the PQ is pristine.

It's an old-fashioned movie that isn't laced with hipster irony or borderline scumbags as protagonists, so I don't really expect anyone under thirty to like it.  Nevermind.
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Eric P on December 31, 2007, 12:04:43 PM
well i like old movies (for fuck's sake i have an issue of Golden Age of Hollywood in my bag right now, which has a "kids get off my lawn" article about the 70s) but i had heard that this was just not a good film all around.
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 31, 2007, 12:10:28 PM
I wasn't expecting much either from what I had read, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. 
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 31, 2007, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: Gay Boy on December 31, 2007, 09:40:24 AM
James Franco is a fucking fantastic actor but this was meh all around including Franco's acting.

 ::)
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: Gay Boy on December 31, 2007, 03:01:19 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 31, 2007, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: Gay Boy on December 31, 2007, 09:40:24 AM
James Franco is a fucking fantastic actor but this was meh all around including Franco's acting.

 ::)
He is godly in Freaks & Geeks. He made the show awesome.
Title: Re: Flyboys is a nice little overlooked movie
Post by: TVC15 on December 31, 2007, 05:59:11 PM
Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on December 31, 2007, 11:47:53 AM
It's not meh, it's good.  It's structured like a 1940s movie filmed with today's tech.  James Franco plays the same smirky fuck in every movie, but it suited the character in this one.   And yeah, it's a great tech demo - it was digitally shot, so the PQ is pristine.

It's an old-fashioned movie that isn't laced with hipster irony or borderline scumbags as protagonists, so I don't really expect anyone under thirty to like it.  Nevermind.

I'll give it a shot.  WWI!  Yay!  And I see Jean Reno in the cast listing.