«Obviously the governor called us, his staff, and briefed us on his version of a three - way deal, which was a number of things that did
n't effect the budget, that, you know, didn't help us get there, and things that neither house wanted.»
Derivative of better horror movies, especially «Poltergeist,» this poky retread seems to save up all its (small)
effects budget for one random unexplained blowout of weirdness at the end.
I could have done without the explosions and violence, but then, I guess the director of the movie had to spend that gazillion dollar special
effects budget somehow.
Comic book artists aren't bound by
visual effects budgets, so they're allowed to give us priceless imaginations on paper: new worlds on every page, mystifying beings, dazzling spacecraft, spellbinding powers, and megaton fights.
«It's a massive undertaking with a big heart and huge
special effects budget, so we were elated to finally land the title,» noted Marchetti.
DId they run the special
effects budget out?
I can't even begin to imagine just how big
the effects budget was for this film.
It's a lazy way of minimising
the effects budget and it looks laughable.
Like the recent Star Wars episodes, when
the effects budget balloons it seems boys get far too busy with their toys, and forget to keep the lowly word processor company.
It looks like
the effects budget has been spent mostly on the human torch because the rest of the movie was disappointingly uneven.
After taking the form of Professor Barash to save on the special
effects budget and try to further cash in on the fruit of a legendary actor's loins, the Djinn proceeds to torture and kill Diana's friends, an attempt to get her to make her three wishes — a task that, once complete, will give the Djinn the power to rule the universe.
«So he's into low - budget slasher flicks... with really, really big special -
effects budgets,» Ollie (Chris Dinh) glibly says to Blair (Katie Savoy) moments before their sickening realization that they are trapped inside a serial killer's dungeon fitted with Temple of Doom - style moving walls.
But no, there are fugitives to capture, and warp drives to repair, and Klingons to stare down, and special
effects budgets to be spent.
The special -
effects budget was upped too.
And once again, it looks like the special
effects budget was paltry.
These heroes have illusionary powers that are easy to believe with the movie magic that a studio film's visual
effects budget can easily supply.
It's certainly not better than the first movie, but it does boast a larger special
effects budget, renegade RoboCop prototypes committing suicide, and more blissful MS - DOS command prompt references.
Sure the story's essentially the same and the special
effects budget has obviously been spent, but the tone here is also a more menacing one than Robert Wise's 1951 film, which points to a certain intelligence to which we're not typically accustomed in these kinds of projects.
Higher level X-Men characters, of course, and maybe slightly more than a «moderate visual
effects budget.»
The BBC brought it back 11 years ago after a long hiatus, and with a decent special
effects budget and quality leading actors, it has been thriving ever since.
If I am understanding what I have heard about LLC's you have a choice which will
effect your budget.