In the end, this isn't a film that will be winning any awards, but on a purely entertaining level, this is
a fantastic piece of film that the end of this summer needed.
Not exact matches
It feels as if there are at least a couple
of scenes missing, including some big set
pieces that might have opened up the
film's world beyond Planet Zero, the
Fantastic Four, their dad (or at least Johnny and Sue's dad) and Doom.
Extras include a six - minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate opening and closing title sequences — with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the
film's PG - 13 rating; a
fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary)
of the virtuoso ejection set
piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the other producer John Davis and executive producer Wyck Godfrey.
However, with a
film like this where even though each
of these set
pieces start out with these songs they always expand into these elongated tap dance sequences which I'm sure are
fantastic for dance
films, but something about them just feel repetitive.
While it will draw comparisons with last year's superb Captain
Fantastic, which while the better
film, serves as more
of a companion
piece than clone.
Adding to the charm
of this
fantastic piece of emotional and comedic entertainment is Waititi's stylized filmmaking, which recalls the calculated yet start - to - finish energy
of any Edgar Wright
film.
Fantastic acting, gorgeous period costumes, nicely photographed, and realistically presented, Capote emerges from modest character
piece into one
of 2005's finest, wittiest, and most fascinating
films.
Other than his one success, The Sixth Sense, which even I admit was a
fantastic piece of cinema, his
films have been far - fetched and so focused on a twist ending that the end results are normally a look
of confusion.
Sure, most
of the
piece is lamenting the
film's failure, but before wrapping up, Hood touches on his father's experience vying for a seat in a prestigious philharmonic and how his steadfastness got him past a major disappointment and onto a
fantastic opportunity.
A
fantastic symphony
of decay (Decay + Fantasia = Decasia), simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely sad,
pieced together from snippets
of old
films on the verge
of oblivion.
It is one
of the strongest collections in the world, and the Stella
pieces are
fantastic, enabling a series
of 10 documentary
films to be made.