Sentences with phrase «special effects films»

I don't normally go in for big laden special effects films of this kind but it's hard to resist when they're this much fun.

It's a curious choice for someone whose been associated with special effects films the majority of his career.

Although the director is Douglas Trumbull, a special effects expert who has only directed two features as of date (the other being Brainstorm) the film isn't a special effects film as such and is surprisingly good, albeit slightly melancholy.

Here, in arguably the best screening room in the world for special effect films, we watched the film along with the new bonus features exclusive to the Blu - ray release.

I am reminded of those people who insisted that Neil Armstrong did not actually walk on the moon in 1969, but it was all smoke and mirrors done with special effects filming, Hollywood style.

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They're one of a team of vendors, a number of special effects companies, working together under a visual effects supervisor on the film.

In fact, The Information said that the clip was created by film studio special effects rather than being the result of internally developed optical breakthroughs.

The Son of God thingy has all sorts of modern special effects in the promo, suprising they didn't film in 3D, jesus rising from the tomb right into the theatre.

As he began his film career, the director grew obsessed with telling the Noah story from that perspective — and employing the power of modern special effects to portray Earth's first apocalypse.

In fact, the details are so vivid, that if a film director tried to portray Genesis 2 in a movie, it would require massive visual and special effects.

Noah seems to work as a film because of a plot that is paced to move along, convincing special effects, and quality performances from name brand actors like Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins.

The ThermoSkin ® vacuum packaging system uses a special film that fits the contours of the product like a second skin, therefore creating an attractive 3D effect that will enhance the product's appearance at retail.

You can even download the Props in a Box Movie Maker App so you can film a movie of your kids performances with the ability to do different titles, music and special effects.

A film which deserves multiple viewings, one of the aspects which stands out is the mad combination of seriously expensive and impressive special effects with a message so radical it's a surprise Hollywood allowed the film to be produced in the first place.

«I want to share this award with all the artists that live downstairs» Alfonso Cuarón accepts the best director BAFTA award for the film Gravity by thanking the team that created the film's groundbreaking special effects

If the server decides that there are objects with geographic coordinates that fall within the camera's field of view, it superimposes these objects on the picture from the phone camera, in a fashion similar to the way the director of a science fiction movie might use special effects to add a spacecraft to a filmed scene.

THE FIRST film to make full use of the computerised special effects generated on Quantel's Domino system will open in Britain on 6 January.

Filmed for $ 5 million in just 33 days, Moon is not an eye - popping, special - effects bonanza.

He achieves special effects using film emulsions and light filters.

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The special effects are decent, but not remarkable, and the seeds are very clearly planted for an entire Wolverine franchise of films to come.

The film apparently tries to make up for these shortcomings with a spectacle of special effects, such as Voldemort's spell bombardment on a magically shielded Hogwarts and the assault of «death eaters,» giants, and spiders on the school.

Mostly it's a film to watch and go agog at the timeless special effects and fight scenes, and even for a chuckle once in a while.

Here Whedon and Goddard look like they're abandoning their convictions for what their film should be, and pandering to modern blockbuster viewers and their incessant craving for elaborate action sequences and expensive special effects.

Although Levy does a great job integrating the special effects into the story in an unobtrusive and even seamless way, he remains unable to lend a film a discernible personality beyond what exists in the script, and at best «Real Steel» feels like a convincing argument that he's eminently capable of handling generic mainstream blockbusters.

Forster finds a nice way of visualizing this last quirk by showing Harold surrounded by shifting diagrams and mathematical equations, but in one of the film's many missteps, these visual effects show up only sporadically throughout the rest of the story, as if the filmmakers couldn't decide to either fully utilize them or get rid of them after paying the special effects studio a lot of money to create something so nifty - looking.

For someone with my background, the film is effectively paced with a good balance of exposition, character development, and special effects - enhanced action.

I've never been a fan, as a rule of horror movies, however, the trailer drew me to this one and i'm glad it did, the awful acting we usually get in horror movies wasn't there this time round, in fact, the whole cast were excellent, the special effects were really very good and the humorous, intelligent dialogue (another thing you don't usually get in horrors) was brilliant, loved the film, Chris Hemsworth, although with less to do in this than he does in Thor, was great in it too.

In the documentary, director Robert Zemeckis explains that the movie is really «three elaborate films in one»» a period live - action movie, an animated movie, and a special - effects extravaganza required to blend the two.

Given that this film is over 50 years old, I can forgive many aspects of it (such as dialogue, special effects, visual effects, etc) that would cause many people to regard this as a complete turkey in the vein of Edward D. Wood, Jr..

The film is cast well, but is mired by somewhat dull writing and cheesy special effects at some parts during the movie.

Critic Consensus: Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of other films directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Based on a novel by Raymond F. Jones, This Island Earth is one of those rare 1950s speculative films that holds up as well today as it did when first released, despite the comparative quaintness of the special effects and high - tech paraphernalia.

Still, if one can shrug off the story flaws, the film's undeniable gloss and special effects proficiency are what help keep it bobbing and weaving, allowing it to intermittently connect.

Not only are the special effects immaculate (and often quite beautiful), but they exist in a way that feels completely real within the world of the film.

Critics Consensus: Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of other films directed by Paul Verhoeven.

This along with the poorly managed special effects and CG work really cause an artificial distraction throughout most of the film's second and third acts.

Shakespeare's «The Tempest» is transformed in this landmark science - fiction film with groundbreaking special effects.

The special effects are well done, however considering that this is a film by Paul Verhoevem, it lacks in delivering what you'd expect from the man that brought classic films such as Robocop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers to the screen.

Robert Eggers gives us an incredible writing and directing debut with virtually no jump scares and proves that the best horror films rely on psychology over loud noises and too many special effects.

The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects.

There is also a nicely eerie special effect whenever the demon possesses someone in order to pose the film's titular question: their eyes darken and their mouth twitches ghoulishly upwards at the corners, like the face on the cover of an Aphex Twin album — or «a messed - up Snapchat filter,» as the group's coolest head Olivia (Lucy Hale) accurately describes it.

Garland, well supported by the imaginative production design Mark Digby and the work of five special effects companies, has directed a worthy film of adventure, horror and existential reflection.

Released in theatres on August 24,1966, «Fantastic Voyage» was not only a film of authentic wonder but a science fiction masterpiece with amazing special effects... the team enters the body of a man where they see first hand the oceans of life within the human body that contains the «corpuscles», «the heart», «the lungs» and other features of the human body through which the crew move through are exquisitely designed in great detail with artistic quality.

Special effects are in abundance, but none of them are very well - produced, much like the film on the whole.

Cara Delevigne's performance isn't great by itself; she is visually striking, but doesn't have the deep - rooted charisma needed to wade through the special effects which grow as the film rolls on.

Another extra gathers conceptual artwork for the film's special effects, while Douglas Trumbull and Christiane Kubrick explain how they were accomplished.

The distinction between actors and special effects shrinks ever further in the video game - turned - horror film «Silent Hill: Revelation 3D,» which reduces its human players to plastic action figures in tired genre settings.