.. was pretty good. The kids loved it. I kept nodding off, after a long dayshift at work.
Anyway the animation was cool, especially the girl shrek. Some of the humans sometimes look a bit POSERy, like "CG human", but when they got the CARTOONY cg human look down it worked a treat. The script was cool, they tied in every fairytale cliche in a good way, and it is better and richer than the first film.
But there are a few things towards the end that feel tacked on scriptwise, and I still feel Dreamworks cant quite pull it off as well as PIXAR. The CG look they get doesnt quite pull you in enough, you're always thinking "Oh it's CG" instead of being immersed in the story, and you never forget it's a big name actor, so there's that making it hard to accept the characters 100%.
Great school holidays kids film, I can see why it's doing so well @ box office, but from 3D nerd standpoint comparing it to Nemo is like comparing Antz to Bugs Life. No contest.
Saw trailers for Shark Tale - REALLY the "Antz" to Pixars Nemo, but the kids will love it and Scorcese's scene with De Niro looked funny. Also THE INCREDIBLES which looks pretty bloody amazing in terms of character design, script, dialogue, performance - like everything that worked for me on Monsters Inc taken to the Nth degree, AND in the family lineup pose they look like the old Fantastic 4 - this one will really hit a chord with both generations, Saturday morning cartoon nostalgia here we come.
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
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Yeah we saw it a week or 2 ago, thought it was pretty good but have to disagree that it was better/richer than the first one. The first 30 minutes I was really worried they'd lunched it, as the jokes just fell flat. But once the Puss in Boots character comes in it really picks up.
Some of the CG was annoying in my eyes & taht was mainly owing to characters clothes & the way they didn't seem separate to a characters body. Shrek's vest for example.
That said some of the CG was amazing like when shrek was in the rain. the drops on his skin were just incredible.
I rant
no one should listen
that'd teach me
Yeah for sure you're right about the clothes. Does everyone pour superglue into their clothes before they put them on?
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