I loved the absolute balls out of Gravity (it's basically The Grey IN SPACE!), but it's the movie that I offer as final proof that 3D is bupkiss (or however you spell that); I watched it in 2D and I was completely immersed.
Hell, I read a book the other day; it didn't even have pictures! Immersed!
But anyway, also surprised you haven't seen the The Illusionist yet; makes me feel better for still not having seen A Cat in Paris or Chico & Rita. I ... actually kind of hated it, but it was more for message rubbing me the wrong way than a technical or story standpoint. EDIT: Whoops, noticed this is a repost of a really old post; you probably have seen The Illusionist.
As for Alpha & Omega, well, it's a lot like Free Birds that I just saw last night (and will give a full review on sooner rather than later ... probably?); terrible movies, both of them, but, as you pointed out, you take what you can get. Even some of the terrible aspects are what made it enjoyable, and not in a "campy, so-bad-it's-good" way, either. I mean, if you're a furry (or, hell, a human) your tastes means you're going to like certain terrible things that are objectively terrible. Pauline Kael liked The Exorcist II; Roger Ebert liked Cars 2. Que sera, sera.
But anyway, Free Birds was the better terrible movie.
I loved the absolute balls out of Gravity (it's basically The Grey IN SPACE!), but it's the movie that I offer as final proof that 3D is bupkiss (or however you spell that); I watched it in 2D and I was completely immersed.
Hell, I read a book the other day; it didn't even have pictures! Immersed!
But anyway, also surprised you haven't seen the The Illusionist yet; makes me feel better for still not having seen A Cat in Paris or Chico & Rita. I ... actually kind of hated it, but it was more for message rubbing me the wrong way than a technical or story standpoint. EDIT: Whoops, noticed this is a repost of a really old post; you probably have seen The Illusionist.
As for Alpha & Omega, well, it's a lot like Free Birds that I just saw last night (and will give a full review on sooner rather than later ... probably?); terrible movies, both of them, but, as you pointed out, you take what you can get. Even some of the terrible aspects are what made it enjoyable, and not in a "campy, so-bad-it's-good" way, either. I mean, if you're a furry (or, hell, a human) your tastes means you're going to like certain terrible things that are objectively terrible. Pauline Kael liked The Exorcist II; Roger Ebert liked Cars 2. Que sera, sera.
But anyway, Free Birds was the better terrible movie.