Sentences with phrase «special effects budgets»

Yes, yes, you have a lovely special effects budget now, but blergh.

DId they run the special effects budget out?

And once again, it looks like the special effects budget was paltry.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

Apparently, they're hoping the next installment of Transformers will be a little less dependent on big budget special effects and have more story and characterization.

The budget, special effects and scope of the Charlton Heston Bible story were unprecedented, even in an era known for its epics.

«Or if after 90 days the legislature fails to adopt their own plan, the reductions to the general fund and state special revenue fund appropriations and related disbursements identified in the division of the budget plan will go into effect automatically.»

Hochul won her upset special election victory messaging about the dire effects Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's controversial budget would have on Medicare.

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Big - budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer / director James Cameron turned what should have been a by - the - numbers sci - fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven - time Oscar nominee.

An awful lot of the budget — that not reserved for special effects — must have gone to Pitt, as the supporting cast is seriously low - wattage, only a few name players in bit parts.

(They also needed extra time and double the budget to perfect the myriad digitally mastered 3 - D special effects that magically unfold before your eyes in Part 2 like an exploding theme park.)

Given the movie budget, the special effects look surprisingly ordinary, with the Colosseum especially appearing almost cartoonish.

Despite a reported budget of something like $ 80 million, all the special effects look ridiculously fake.

«The Towering Inferno» laid the foundation for good disaster movies to come, both in being huge budget and cast wise, and with great special effects that accompany a story that makes you glad you're not one of the people you're watching on the screen.

Cinematically, Van Winkle made his mark in glossy, big - budget Hollywood genre films, often laden with heavy special effects.

The pilot establishes an eerie claustrophobic dread, and well - budgeted special effects add intensity.

But what continues to surprise and impress me (beyond the exciting action, the fantastic costumes, and the impressive special effects) is that unlike other big budget blockbusters and fantasy series, The Hunger Games movies, so far, always manage to make me cry.

Special effects are proportional to the budget.

Formulaic films are released every week, but it's rare that one has a $ 100 million budget, big stars whose roles are embarrassing to watch and unusual special effects that only serve to mask a predictable plot and cliche - ridden scenes.

Even with all the stars and special effects and astronomical budgets, he manages to stick some signature shots in.

The Bye Bye Man had a relatively modest budget, and it shows in the special effects, which tend to be more funny than scary.

The film has a certain visual allure in its gaudy colours and low - budget special - effects.

Once again, Garland offers a provocative and reflective take on the apocalypse, with better - than - blockbuster special effects realized on a relatively low budget.

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.

This felt like an old - school, big budget sci - fi film with massive special effects, great visuals and a concept that made you think in Director Joseph Kosinski's love letter to 80s and 90s science fiction trendsetters.

SPC says Allen doesn't disclose his budgets, but like nearly all of his films, it's devoid of special effects and «Blue Jasmine» is almost surely in the same $ 17 million range as «Midnight in Paris.»

The budget doesn't seem able to match the increasing magnitude of the action scenes, so that by the end the special effects are truly awful.

The best thing you can say about it is that it isn't out - and - out toxic, and it does have cute animals, with special effects that are fairly impressive (at a reported $ 175 million budget, it better look damned good).

The special effects, courtesy of Weta Digital, are beautiful and the emotional core of the story is never lost as a consequence of the big budget sequences, only heightened.

«In the year of the big - budget sequel, The Coen Brothers, Clooney and Christie proved a well - written, expertly directed and amazingly acted movie is just as important to filmgoers as special effects and loud explosions,» said Tim Gordon, president of WAFCA.

Granted, for a low budget film like this, the HD clarity sometimes exposes more imperfections in the special effects at times.

Unfortunately, in these days of overinflated budgets and computer - generated special effects, subtlety is a lost art.

District 9 had a budget 5 million * less * than comedy The Hangover, which wasn't exactly a special effects rollercoaster.

«John Carter» was made on a rumoured budget of over $ 250 million and you can see the money exploding on screen with the amount of special effects.

No one is there, maybe, in «The Pact,» a tightly controlled low - budget chiller whose occasional moments of unexpected special effects are set up beautifully by long periods of suspense.

The film boasts big - budget special effects and an A-list cast, but it's Johnson's charm and charisma that make this movie worth watching.

His exorbitant fee did come at a heavy price for the film, as his salary cut into the budget for sets, costumes and special effects, and it does occasionally show.

Given the extreme low budget (the film was shot on a shoestring in Budapest), the special effects look pretty credible, with Petty wisely deciding to spend most of the time with the creatures in the background or swathed in shadow, understanding that Sentinel is a picture of ideas — an unusually faithful recreation of Hitchcock's film possessed of a similar, mordant sense of humour, if an understandable surfeit of corresponding depth.

Though much of the action remains confined to the inner sanctum of Franco's home, the biblical implications of the film dictate that they must eventually be taken out of their comfort zone, and thanks to their reasonably sized budget, they have enough to clout to develop some eye - popping special effects, and although it intends to satirise the current trend for apoca - blockbusters, it does its level best to match them in terms of scale.

Well, possibly the fact that the budget can't possibly live up to the concepts set up in Roger Zelazny's original novel, which results in some rather dodgy special effects.

The special effects are serviceable for a smaller budget Summer film.

Here we have an enormous budget put to great use as the special effects used are seamless and fine - tuned to perfection.

MS: Even though the film was modestly budgeted it is well crafted, especially the special effects.

The only weaknesses I found in the original film were the low - budget special effects, and the shaky camera work.

While no information was divulged on the budget size for this rom sci - fi (which sounds like a nerdy cautionary tale for the tinder age a la I Origins), we're fairly certain that if Doremus has had time to insert any sci - fi special effects, it could land an acquisitions friendly slot.

Everyone's favourite characters, much of the surreal narration (delivered with perfect dryness by Stephen Fry), and the original's distinctive theme music, are all present and accounted for — and in an age where CGI has become the slick new medium for special visual effects, an inordinate amount of physical modelling and creature puppetry have been used to give the film a refreshingly organic retro look, as though the crew from the original TV series had been lured back to their old tools by a much bigger budget.