SceneItAll Tournament: Round 1, Heat 95

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

#3 - Casablanca. I'm not really into the old movies. They just seem so stilted and faked.

You've never seen Casablanca? You've got so much to look forward to having not seen all these great movies, I envy you.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

You've never seen Casablanca? You've got so much to look forward to having not seen all these great movies, I envy you.

I just can't do it. I look at the scenes in those movies and the actors are still projecting their voices like they're on stage, and I look behind them and I can practically see the working area behind the set, and it just kills the story. Plus, black and white doesn't work for me. I know very few people who live in black and white.

The funny thing is that I can go to a live play and I'll enjoy it just fine. I think it's because I know it's a play, so I shrug off the fact that it's on a stage and the actors are projecting and that sort of thing. But if it's a movie, I want to get lost in it and feel like it's really happening.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I just can't do it. I look at the scenes in those movies and the actors are still projecting their voices like they're on stage, and I look behind them and I can practically see the working area behind the set, and it just kills the story. Plus, black and white doesn't work for me. I know very few people who live in black and white.

The funny thing is that I can go to a live play and I'll enjoy it just fine. I think it's because I know it's a play, so I shrug off the fact that it's on a stage and the actors are projecting and that sort of thing. But if it's a movie, I want to get lost in it and feel like it's really happening.

Interesting. For me, a movie being in black and white has no impact on my enjoyment of it at all (and there are tons of good ones out there that carry that status). I guess I find it easier to suspend my disbelief.

[mikey23545]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Interesting. For me, a movie being in black and white has no impact on my enjoyment of it at all (and there are tons of good ones out there that carry that status). I guess I find it easier to suspend my disbelief.

This.

It's a shame how many people have become to feel that CGI is what defines the quality of a movie.