Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by EdM (A) on June 26, 2002 at 07:19:27

In Reply to: WARNING: SPOILERS posted by Doug Schneider on June 25, 2002 at 20:01:03:

Yes the eyes thing was a bad one (and I'm actually in the security business).

The one I was refering to was at the end when Cruise tells the old man "You must kill me to make the precrime scenario come true...."

Not true at all, the whole premise of the movie was that they stopped people BEFORE they killed anyone. Presumably when he fired the gun the whole precrime unit would come swooping down to prevent it.

The FX effect I thought was brillant was when Cruise and his partner were struggling in the apartment building. This was when he was trying to get away. They were FLYING in a tiny room with several other people standing there and flames shooting out of the rocket pack.

THAT was a difficult scene. I doubt it was computer generated. It was too small a space to allow much camera leeway. I presume they must have built several sets without a different wall or ceiling on each set.

Anyway, it's sometimes the easiest looking things that are hardest to do- like a long continous camera move such as "Panic Room" where the shot enters a room and through a teapot handle. I've been told that scene took longer to film than any other.