damian 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Regarding the making of a film. $64mn for 16 minutes of footage. Sure, the film as a whole will probably turn a big profit. But jesus, what an indulgent world we seem to live in. "Even more spectacular is a furious 16-minute freeway chase featuring car-crushing agents, a gun fight atop a speeding truck and computer ghosts. It was filmed on a specially built road in a Californian naval base, and reputedly cost $US64 million and destroyed 110 vehicles." Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Matrix. And of course, the story line itself may not have been crafted at such lavish expense, making all that money spent an even greater waste. I don't know why these Hollywood movies don't begin to follow the Roman precedent. Instead of executing felons, they could sell them to the studios for snuffing in action sequences. It would surely appeal to the vanity of the criminals themselves, they might survive with just a maiming, and it would be a good way of making the execution public as a warning to others. (This is a little tangential to db's point I fear.) Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Oh but those big budget films are such good eye candy. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 At least it's better than spending money on real violence and destruction.... Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 However much they spend, car/chase scenes rarely look any better than the last, and get pretty tedious after a minute or two. An exception would have to be 'Ronan', or even 'the Italian job'. Edge of the seat stuff, and I swear they just stuck a few mini cameras around tarted up scrap cars each time... Link to post Share on other sites
DrEvil 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 I've seen a few minutes of that car chase in the Matrix and it does look awesome. Squidgy cars, loads of wierd things going on. Looks like fun. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by NoFakie: At least it's better than spending money on real violence and destruction.... What about using the money to build a road where it's needed, and then turning it over to the community afterwards... Lets face it though, 64 million dollars aint what it used to be... Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 The 64 million dollar question hey???....Yeeeaahh. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 It has got people talking about the film. If you consider all the publicity they'll get for nothing, it may be worth more than 64 million dollars of advertising. Hollywood films have so much product placement (sneaky advertising) now that I wouldn't be surprised if Chrysler had said "Just smash up 90 Fords and leave our car the winner. We'll give you 10 mill." Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 How about this... Hollywood films in Basra, builds new super highway from the port to the city, uses local Iraqis for labour... A years worth of CNN/ Fox news human interest stories right there... matrix turns around local economy... matrix saves young Iraqis extended family from starvation... Talking of which, it's interesting how a little Iraqi boy who had his family/two arms blown away by the AmBrits seems to have become some sort of heroic mascot for the alliances humanitarian efforts... (sorry, off topic...) Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by miteyak: How about this... Hollywood films in Basra, builds new super highway from the port to the city, uses local Iraqis for labour... They'd never do it cos they wouldn't want to risk cancer or future birth defects from all the depleted uranium that's now going to be hanging around there for the next few million years. oops, that's probably off topic also... Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 $64 million for 16 mintues is just crazy. But the bottom line is that movies (well, Hollywood movies) are made by a group of people to make money. They aren't made to to help out third world countries or anything else to help our fellow man. They want to make a nice profit for themselves. I enjoy all those pretty looking expensive scenes in movies, and the new Matrix movie seems to have that in spades. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 if anyone manages to find a real matrix 2 file on kazaa they should post the file size here for us all to see.... please!! Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 the whole movie?! Wouldn't you prefer to watch a movie like that in a nice comfortable theater with a huge screen, etc? Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Whatever - still really looking forward to seeing it. Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 There is so much waste of money everywhere and all the time. This just seems so excessive though. Link to post Share on other sites
BigSausage 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 When it open? Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 yes I would prefer to see the movie on the big screen but for the price difference of two ppl seeing the movie (and travelling to a theatre) I can watch it on my TV through my computer and drink a crate of beer. Unlike music I dont really care about movie quality - ill listen to music over and over but generally only watch a movie once or at most twice. (unless its a ski vid) Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Aquiring a decent 32 " wide screen TV, DVD and surround sound pretty much evens out all the quality issues home vs cinema. Throw in the price, comfort and convenience factors and you'll never hit the cinema again. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 out in singapore today. should be seeing it within the next week, because im completely jobless and finished with school Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Umm, well normally if it is some little movie I don't mind watching it on my computer...BUT THE MATRIX??? Are you kidding me? That has to be seen in the theater! And also, humans make money...it's not like a natural resource that is being depleted to make these movies. Link to post Share on other sites
white-void 0 Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Too right, a movie like The Matrix has to be seen on the big screen. Link to post Share on other sites
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