I enjoyed it. Yes, it was a monster movie, but it was very immersive and exciting (after the opening party scenes), and it thankfully lacked these tired, stereotypical scenes:
- projectiles/ships arriving from space (except... yeah, I know) - guys in glasses and clean pressed lab coats with white boards - roomsful of army mucketymucks looking at giant maps and arguing - bombastic orchestral score - dashing square-jawed muscle-men who perform unlikely physical feats and save the day
Some people think you NEED this stuff to make a good monster movie. Yes, I got a bit woozy at first. I bet that's why they left the datestamp on so long at the beginning, to give you a visual anchor til you got used to the motion. I was impressed with the way they incorporated the effects -- I'm sure it was a lot harder than most people think. Kudos to Abrams, Reeves, Goddard and crew.
Another advantage to RAM-like storage is the camera can effectively be ALWAYS recording -- press the "RECORD" button and it "remembers" the last minute it shot, wipes the rest and goes on from there. Handy for on-the-spot news shooters.
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I enjoyed it. Yes, it was a monster movie, but it was very immersive and exciting (after the opening party scenes), and it thankfully lacked these tired, stereotypical scenes:
- projectiles/ships arriving from space (except... yeah, I know)
- guys in glasses and clean pressed lab coats with white boards
- roomsful of army mucketymucks looking at giant maps and arguing
- bombastic orchestral score
- dashing square-jawed muscle-men who perform unlikely physical feats and save the day
Some people think you NEED this stuff to make a good monster movie. Yes, I got a bit woozy at first. I bet that's why they left the datestamp on so long at the beginning, to give you a visual anchor til you got used to the motion. I was impressed with the way they incorporated the effects -- I'm sure it was a lot harder than most people think. Kudos to Abrams, Reeves, Goddard and crew.
Another advantage to RAM-like storage is the camera can effectively be ALWAYS recording -- press the "RECORD" button and it "remembers" the last minute it shot, wipes the rest and goes on from there. Handy for on-the-spot news shooters.