Sentences with phrase «epic effects films»

I've had a great history working with Producer Josh McLaglen who has worked on epic effects films from Titanic to Avatar and effects producer, Ron Ames was integral in bringing us together and organizing all of the visual effects on the film.

Not exact matches

Whether it's the latest superhero reboot, science fiction thriller or historical epic drama, the effects - driven juggernaut that powers the modern film industry seems to continually overlook subaquatic cinema.

While the previous films in the series have been just that — parts of a sequence designed to get us here, each with their own beginning and end — the first and second parts of Deathly Hallows are two halves of the same film, and to approach them as separate entities means missing just what director David Yates, writer Steve Kloves, and a host of storytellers and performers have done: They've made a five - hour fantasy epic that balances effects - driven battles with some very real character moments, and one that isn't afraid to have its heroes pay a high price for their convictions.

Transformers is an entertaining film with epic action, breathtaking visual effects and some humor as well, but sadly the film suffers from bad performances and a cheesy story.

Terrible plot, lackluster effects, a trainwreck sense of direction, and an absolute lack of an epic scope that the first two delivered on so well makes Superman IV: The Quest for Peace not only the worst Superman film, but one of the worst comic book movies in general

Even if it may feel a bit overlong, this fantastic sequel is perhaps even more thrilling than the first film, this time investing more in the action and first - rate special effects with a bigger budget to create something epic - and it is always awesome to see Schwarzenegger as the big hero.

It's the little things that are absurd, and that reduce the film from awe - inspiring disaster epic to silly special - effects showcase.

The film feels close to the recent Spider - Man and X-Men installments, not merely because of common origins (as one of many noteworthy Marvel lines introduced by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby during the medium's Silver Age), but also because of its grand sense of adventure, diverse roster of powerful mutants, and epic stage of effects - enabling spectacle.

Today, we have two new Underworld: Blood Wars trailers for your viewing pleasure, which show off the films epic special effects and intense action scenes.

• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five, Dec. 17: The third film in Peter Jackson's epic, special - effects - packed trilogy.

«Building an Epic Battle» (5:48) looks at the creation of one of the film's obligatory effects - and - stunts - heavy combat sequences.

Even without its extensive butterfly effect on film culture en masse, Kurosawa's landmark film is an epic to behold, especially on 35 mm in Seattle's Cinerama Theater (now one of the most advanced, hi - tech theaters in the world.)

Experience the nonstop action, incredible fight sequences and stunning visual effects of 2 epic films in The Scorpion King Action - Pack.

Whereas Allen's films were primarily epic tales of human valor in the face of certain calamity, the new crop of disaster films are meant merely as a showcase of mind - blowing, earth - shattering special effects first, while the little stories of personal peril are merely filler to tie together the prolonged scenes of mass destruction.

Featuring Academy Award ® - winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking that has been hailed as «a triumph of special effects artistry» (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun - Times), this epic film is sheer movie - making magic that was 65 million years in the making.

Made on the wonderful jungle sets of King Kong while that epic's special effects were being finished, this is one of the great action - horror films and has provided a template for many «rich sicko» melodramas — the entire «torture porn» subgenre springs from the obsessions of its villain, Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks).

Never is the irritable insurance pitchman more chafed than when his prehistoric brethren are stereotyped as mere musclebound cretins with brainpans the size of M&M s. And although the characters in the big - budget, special - effects - laden prehistoric epic «10,000 B.C.» don't exactly fall into that whole «Captain Caveman» mold — they stand upright, they speak English, they wear stylish dreadlocks — movie - goers, Neanderthal or not, likely will find the film's primitive plotting every bit as insulting.

Viewing the film in 3D, there are some great epic scale shots for the effect but I wasn't very blown away with it anyway.

Not just some longer version with deleted scenes cut back in, the Extended Editions were painstakingly reedited for home video by Peter Jackson with new special effects, a reworked score by Howard Shore to match the new rhythms of the narrative and some lovely scenes that were cut for time in the theatrical version of the film but add depth to the characters and the scope of the epic.

Working from a script by John Ridley (Red Tails, U Turn), who adapts Northup's own incredible memoir published in 1853, McQueen creates a powerful effect by not making the film «epic» or by proclaiming itself an «pretentiously important issues movie», but by keeping the emphasis on the characters and their individual stories much more so than as a film meant to cover the topic of slavery as a whole.

The formulaic film is basically another special effects - driven adventure featuring an epic showdown between righteous and rogue wizards.

Wield Mjolnir to hear some epic sound effects — all inspired by the new film, «Thor: Ragnarok»!

Like the Mass Effect series, the anime film will «tell the tale of an epic science fiction adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life and mysterious, uncharted planets»