tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post4442676554511064200..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Rope swingEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-87802485623329538402011-01-25T09:58:28.539+00:002011-01-25T09:58:28.539+00:00Haha, exactly.
The way children are treated!Haha, exactly. <br /><br />The way children are treated!Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-79139354015103001052011-01-25T08:05:10.242+00:002011-01-25T08:05:10.242+00:00"Even at two or three I would stand in the pl...<i>"Even at two or three I would stand in the playpen, looking very seriously out at the world through the bars, trying to figure everything out."</i><br /><br />"Why am I in this cage? Did I commit a crime? Am I morally culpable if I don't <i>remember</i> the crime? Or if I didn't <i>know</i> it was a crime? On what basis was my unknown action <i>made</i> a crime, and by whom? How did <i>they</i> get the authority to say what is, and is not, a crime? And don't I get to make one phone call?"Michael Burtonhttp://brainrow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-82707155643915940532011-01-23T20:55:32.336+00:002011-01-23T20:55:32.336+00:00That's what special effects are supposed to be...That's what special effects are supposed to be like - used in mostly unnoticed ways to add something to the movie, not be its focus and reason for existing.<br /><br />I hope you've finished it by now. Kind of a bummer of an ending, huh? Just shows how good it was, that you actually care about these characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-38502753440328827422011-01-23T14:58:57.503+00:002011-01-23T14:58:57.503+00:00Oh cool.
And also it is not a Major CGI movie. I...Oh cool. <br /><br />And also it is not a Major CGI movie. It is not Van Helsing. It all looks real and down to earth, and most of it pretty much is.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-86050791676032270132011-01-23T14:34:32.110+00:002011-01-23T14:34:32.110+00:00I agree about the quality of film and actors. Rega...I agree about the quality of film and actors. Regarding special effects: the <i>making of</i> explains that the the plain gray squirrels actually are CGI, too. (The film was shot in New Zealand, where they don't have these critters ... They had to flip some overhead views of traffic, as well.)<br />I especially like the occasional "minor" CGI (like the bubbles when Jesse listens to Leslie's homework about scuba diving)Andreas Weberhttp://www.zauber-allenthalben.de/noreply@blogger.com