No one in their right minds should really wish for the overblown 20 minute cut - scene / codec sequences of Metal Gear Solid 2, but something that matches
it for cinematic excellence would have been great to witness in what is arguably one of the most sumptuous looking games ever made.
Despite a lot of pre-release buzz — including a new award
for cinematic excellence at the Rome Film Festival and the Hollywood Film Awards» animation prize — Guardians does not add to the upward creative trend.
Not exact matches
Though Pixar has never acknowledged as much publicly, its
cinematic philosophy (and business model) has shifted notably: Where the studio once aspired to
excellence with every single picture — Pixar president Ed Catmull wrote an entire book expressing this ideal, Creativity, Inc. — it now seems content to roll out a few profitable, hyper - merchandise - friendly sequels
for every genuinely original feature it unveils.
Overall, Valiant is
for the most part charming enough, while never approaching
cinematic excellence that the ambitious design (the country's first CGI film, a World War II setting, and a low budget) might have suggested and other studios (like Pixar) might have achieved with the same elements in place.
The Black Reel Awards is the major fundraiser
for the Foundation
for the Augmentation of African - Americans in Film (FAAAF) and annually spotlights Black
cinematic excellence in films and performances in theatrical, independent, television and world cinema films.
Cronenberg's carefully crafted characters could just as well be action heroes in the same summer movies that forfeit emotional depth
for bigger explosions, but perhaps the attention to detail is exactly what separates «A History of Violence» as a piece of
cinematic excellence.
Being based on a story by Philip K. Dick, who also penned the inspiration
for such sci - fi film classics as Blade Runner and Total Recall, I had some hopes that his intelligence would somehow be able to inspire more
cinematic excellence.