Finished it this morning. Will post thoughts later.You not watched this yet ?
One question I have to everyone. Well last time it seemed like my claims on the form of Upstream Color spiked the difficulty bar too much, which makes me a little careful this time, but let's just go ahead. Anybody felt distracted by heavy use of close-up? This was something that many reviewers pointed out in a carefully positive note. Usually the good dialogue scene moves back and forth to grab the whole space and objects, catching certain details with effective close-ups from time to time. But lots of films just heavily rely on close-ups when they shoot and edit dialogue scenes, to a level that the sequence turns into a whole bunch of talking head.
Now, New World uses A LOT of close-ups, and it rarely moves back. Most of the shots in this film are big ones (extreme long/long shots) or small ones (close-up on actors' face), and there are very few mid-sized shots that give us the whole picture in certain sequences. It should be negative, but it doesn't. It induces slight headache combined with 150 minutes of running time, but I felt that somehow it worked without in-between sized shots. So, did you guys notice the high count of close-ups? If so, what do you feel about it?
What is it about most of the Korean films I watch and the acting? I've talked with Team about this before and I guess I just pick movies with pretty solid casts. New World was no different.
I wouldn't have really thought that New World was familiar if I didn't read it here. There are some similarities but not enough to make me feel that I watched it before.
I really enjoyed the photography in New World. The staging is awesome. How action is covered is how I would wish more action films would shoot, a stationary camera. The big bat and knife war scene was wonderful to look at. The cinematography helped make the scene epic all the way until the elevator door opened.
I left the film wanting more. Along the lines of rankandfile, I felt something was missing. It's almost as if the film could have been longer. I would liked to have seen more of a backstory but I think to really flesh that out it couldn't have been done in a single feature but there wouldn't be enough for another film. It's a conundrum.
I wanted to have more of a backstory because I would liked to have seen how the friendship of Lee and Jeong came to be and how that influenced Jeong's decision to keep the file of Lee hidden and protect him. The epilogue scene showing them buddying around was a nice touch and almost hints a a prequel. I wouldn't mind seeing one. The film just came out and it's received positive feedback. Maybe a prequel will eventually come?
It's about damn time!According to reviews, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah
already seen her naked. Did you not see those phone hack leaked photos ?It's about damn time!
Not enough.already seen her naked. Did you not see those phone hack leaked photos ?
-South Park
-Gravity Falls (now I was surprise that this was from Disney)
-Rick and Morty (Love the humor, very few cartoons like this these days)
Of ended cartoons:
-Futurama (Enjoyed it as long as it lasted)
-Ren and Stimpy (Now the first seasons was just crazy, and I very enjoyed it, still some times go back to watch)
already seen her naked. Did you not see those phone hack leaked photos ?