Music & Film

Re: Movies B&O would have made..............

RedGrant — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:34:11 GMT

Ummm.... I don't know..... I finally saw Gattaca about 5 years ago, after some hesitation ( there was premonition in my mind, Gattaca would be to too "cerebral", kinda like "Star Trek the Motion picture", btw I do like and enjoy a certain amount of cerebral aspects in the way shown in the Star Trek episode, "The Menagerie", but basically I like cerebral mixed with certain amount of eye candy, and there was not enough "candy" in Gattaca.)

More in tune with B&O would be, "Logan's run".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TS0DLbuBzs&feature=related

Re: Movies B&O would have made..............

Michael — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:25:17 GMT

2. Gattaca

Modern yet classic. Technology but human(too human for some products). Reaching for the stars while trying to figure out who they are ( Struer). The Danes tend to be very reserved and quiet( I mean this in a complementary way)... So are the characters in Gattaca.

Basically about technology and people and where they intersect. Not to mention beautiful aesthetics.

Re: Movies B&O would have made..............

lausvi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:29:25 GMT

RedGrant:

Ville Laustela:

The "2001: a space odyssey" is one of the greatest movies I have seen. Very, very long and slow,...

I agree, but I don't think it's as "long" as peope think. "2001" is one of those movies that should be watched on a big screen to really appreciate and "feel" the movie as a "poetry", instead of simply merely understood and "analyzed".

The slowliness is of course what people see in the movie if they don't bother to look deeper. A colleague of mine mentioned watching only the "ape-part" of the movie once and then getting bored and stopped. I just had to show the movie to him. We set up a video projector in our office and started to watch the movie from DVD (with high-quality Genelec active monitor speakers) and it was just fantastic! We both enjoyed it a lot and as you say, this film really gives it's best when watched in big screen.

Re: Movies B&O would have made..............

RedGrant — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:56:36 GMT

Ville Laustela:

The "2001: a space odyssey" is one of the greatest movies I have seen. Very, very long and slow,...

I agree, but I don't think it's as "long" as peope think. "2001" is one of those movies that should be watched on a big screen to really appreciate and "feel" the movie as a "poetry", instead of simply merely understood and "analyzed".

When I watched it first time, I watched it on 20" Toshiba SD, and I thought the movie was too long and a pretentious bore. I was 25y.

When I watched it second time, I though the movie was good, but needs better editing, especially the time travel sequence being too long. I was 35 and watched it again on 20" Toshiba.

When I watched it third time on movie theater on special showing, I was blown away. I thought the movie was not too long at all, and the time travel sequence was just about perfect. People should watch "2001" on a movie theater to really appreciate it.

Ville Laustela:

but still so very stylish. No computer graphics there, but the spacecrafts revolving in the space are just so magical and real. Class A example of what GOOD photographical effects can do!

Indeed, there's a sense of reality to it.

Re: Movies B&O would have made..............

lausvi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:40:57 GMT

The "2001: a space odyssey" is one of the greatest movies I have seen. Very, very long and slow, but still so very stylish. No computer graphics there, but the spacecrafts revolving in the space are just so magical and real. Class A example of what GOOD photographical effects can do!

I have watched this movie many times and still keep enjoying it! Sadly no B&O included...

Here is the opening theme, the best quality version I could find from Youtube (NOT that good but gives an idea how it looks). I have this on DVD and it's just amazing quality and it's just incredible.

This a must for any scifi-fan and I would love to demonstrate my Beolab Pentas with this opening theme!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XyS7uCtnq0&feature=related&fmt=18

EDIT: And there is another one; my favourite scene from the movie. Just SO beautiful and stylish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oHmVhviO8&annotation_id=annotation_798020&feature=iv&fmt=18

Movies B&O would have made..............

RedGrant — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:00:45 GMT

1. Space Oddysey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU4TQ1NTo50