1srelluc
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Everything about them was grand, no CGI, just exceptional acting, massive sets, casts of thousands, and painted backgrounds.
Even the music was epic.
Even the music was epic.
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It was said that at the time the Ben-Hur chariot race scene was the most expensive scene filmed up to that time (1959).Um, have you ever tried to sit down and watch a four hour movie?
I mean, I can be impressed with the technical aspects of the Ten Commandments, but it's kind of a boring movie to watch.
Um, have you ever tried to sit down and watch a four hour movie?
I mean, I can be impressed with the technical aspects of the Ten Commandments, but it's kind of a boring movie to watch.
And of course there was CinemaScope.Even the color pops in the old Epics.....None of the darkened crap you see today to hide the production flaws.
Sure you might see the occasional jet contrail but production values were so much greater then.
Thank you. It's been a while since I actually took the time to listen to epic music performed as it should be. Those selections certainly added to the movies they came from, but you can't truly appreciate a piece when it is relegated to background. These pieces deserve a full performance without the distraction of actors, or scenery, or all of those other interruptions. I've often said even a deaf person can recognize a great piece of music. Just look at the faces of those performing it. That alone tells you all you know for that particular determination.Even the color pops in the old Epics.....None of the darkened crap you see today to hide the production flaws.
Sure you might see the occasional jet contrail but production values were so much greater then.
It was said that at the time the Ben-Hur chariot race scene was the most expensive scene filmed up to that time (1959).
I really don't have any interest in the story at all. I mean, 12 years of Catholic School, I pretty much know how it's going to turn out.Try Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). It clocks in at 2:30 and I think it is a better telling of the story.
Thank you. It's been a while since I actually took the time to listen to epic music performed as it should be. Those selections certainly added to the movies they came from, but you can't truly appreciate a piece when it is relegated to background. These pieces deserve a full performance without the distraction of actors, or scenery, or all of those other interruptions. I've often said even a deaf person can recognize a great piece of music. Just look at the faces of those performing it. That alone tells you all you know for that particular determination.
CGI effects have indirectly been the downfall of a lot of blockbuster movies.
CGI effects made directors lazy because they no longer had to work with stunt crews, set builders, set designers, lighting and filtering experts, and so on because they can shoot in front of a green screen and do everything else later. They used it as a crutch for too long and became dependent on it. Even mediocre directors could be super stars if they had a big CGI budget.
Then more laziness followed. Like sound. No movie anymore has any memorable music. Used to every movie had some memorable music. Raiders of the lost ark, star wars, predator, aliens and hundreds of others had this really great music.
LOL.....So I guess Joe Biden has something else to forward to other than a book tour in '25.
It was said that at the time the Ben-Hur chariot race scene was the most expensive scene filmed up to that time (1959).
I remember that my grandmother had a coffee table book on the movie. They published them so people would go see the movie.The casting office in Rome for Ben Hur selected 50,000 people to appear in crowd scenes and minor roles. Can you image the cost of that today. Even if you disregard casting cost, just creating the scenes would cost more than most movies today. This is why you will not see another movie created like this. Any movie like this would rely heavily on CGI.
The second problem is epic movies such as this are not designed for home screens. Lastly it would be very difficult to develop the hype that surrounded these productions which was an essential part of their success. When it was declared that this is the greatest epic every create people believed it and it was probably true. People waited in long lines to get a ticket and for days every seat was sold in every showing.
The Wheel of Time series on Prime which claims to be an epic production cost more per episode than the entire Ben Hur movie. It has a cast of maybe a hundred, not thousands. It used CGI extensively and many indoor scenes were shot with very low lighting to reduce the cost of scenery.I thought the Ben-Hur performance was the most impressive....I've never seen the "sausage being made" for that one before till today.
I thought a Bridge Too Far was better movie than Ben Hur despite all the hype.I remember that my grandmother had a coffee table book on the movie. They published them so people would go see the movie.
The last one I saw do that was for A Bridge Too Far.