Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on March 16, 2004 at 18:09:39

In Reply to: Re:Are S. Effects killing todays movies? posted by patrickU on March 16, 2004 at 05:21:35:

I can't recall a case when the effects made a good movie bad. Usually the films they are used in are bad to begin with, so the effects don't really hurt them.

I mean - remove those dreaded garrish effects from the Gladiator - what's left would not be a good film by any stretch of imagination.

By the same token, no good director making a good film would use what we would normally call "effects" for effects sake. There might be subtle enhancements, embelishments here and there, but nothing that calls attention to itself.

Ridley Scott set the goal for himself to impress everyone with effects - and it became his downfall. In his interview about the film all he talked about was the effects... can you imagine Bergman talk about stuff like that?

As always, the taste and subtlety rule here as well.