my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Community   » Film Handlers' Movie Reviews   » Waking Life

Author Topic: Waking Life Joe Beres Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 606 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-18-2001 11:50 AM                     If the title means nothing to you, this is a recent Richard Linklater film. You've probably heard about it at some point. it was shot on digital video and then animated. It is an interesting film. The animation is quite fascinating. (If you remember some mtv promos a few years ago in which live action footage of people talking was animated, you know the look of this film. It was done using the same technique and by some of the same people.) The script leaves a lot to be desired though. The first half of the film is quite painful. Long, boring, pretentious monolog is followed by long, boring, pretentious monolog. If it wasn't for the animation, I would have left about a half hour into the film, and that is something I've only done on two other occasions. However, the second half of the film gets pretty interesting and much less pretentious. The music by the Tosca Tango orchestra is fantastic. (I went and bought the soundtrack after seeing the movie) all in all, it is worth a look, but brace yourself for the first few reels.  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.