I was talking about the journal entry in my last reply. I didn't expect anybody to read it, nor take it so seriously. Keep in mind that it's my personal opinion. I have no problem if anybody disagrees with me, or discusses it. I left the comments on for replies. Infact I can admit that I could be wrong about it.
I have to also agree slightly. I also preordered this movie when it was first announced and I have to say I'm kind of disappointed by the final result. I can't say it was beyond horrible in anyway. I just found that it was nothing like I had expected.
The main thing I expected was at least a decent story. When the finished watching this for the first time, I didn't find much sense in it. I've watched it over twelve times now and I now understand the story, but I would have liked something that you could have picked up within the first viewing and then other minor details in the second. It's good to see that the team will have a script before they create the next movie (according to the DVD). On the other hand, it's good that they even had a script.
I'm also a hobbyist animator and the animation in the movie was a big let down. I agree that it got better during the end of the film, I still found it far from the "Pixar quality" that many people where saying. Some shots was very well done, others looked like they had been done in a day or two. I guess for animation, I'm expecting too much. I know that most of the team haven't done a project this large before.
The setting and art in the movie was completely stunning. During the time that this movie was being created, I had watched FF7:AC, The Incredibles, and many other CG movies, so I didn't expect to be very impressed with it. There wasn't many sets in the movie, but I was still quite impressed with the effort that was put in them. It's amazing that all this was created in Blender. It's going to be a long, long time till I'll create something that's even close to that quality. I don't think I could list a con I had with the art. It looked great for Blender and much better then I had ever expected. However, I do wish that there will be some green in the next movie. We all know that creating a forest or island is a much greater feat then creating machinery.
Overall it wasn't bad, but I'm sure with a bit more planning it could have been much better. I'm a big supporter of the Blender Foundation and I'll also buy the next movie as soon as I can.
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I was talking about the journal entry in my last reply. I didn't expect anybody to read it, nor take it so seriously. Keep in mind that it's my personal opinion. I have no problem if anybody disagrees with me, or discusses it. I left the comments on for replies. Infact I can admit that I could be wrong about it.
Well at least somebody read it. I didn't expect them to take it so harshly, but thanks for reading it.
I have to also agree slightly. I also preordered this movie when it was first announced and I have to say I'm kind of disappointed by the final result. I can't say it was beyond horrible in anyway. I just found that it was nothing like I had expected.
The main thing I expected was at least a decent story. When the finished watching this for the first time, I didn't find much sense in it. I've watched it over twelve times now and I now understand the story, but I would have liked something that you could have picked up within the first viewing and then other minor details in the second. It's good to see that the team will have a script before they create the next movie (according to the DVD). On the other hand, it's good that they even had a script.
I'm also a hobbyist animator and the animation in the movie was a big let down. I agree that it got better during the end of the film, I still found it far from the "Pixar quality" that many people where saying. Some shots was very well done, others looked like they had been done in a day or two. I guess for animation, I'm expecting too much. I know that most of the team haven't done a project this large before.
The setting and art in the movie was completely stunning. During the time that this movie was being created, I had watched FF7:AC, The Incredibles, and many other CG movies, so I didn't expect to be very impressed with it. There wasn't many sets in the movie, but I was still quite impressed with the effort that was put in them. It's amazing that all this was created in Blender. It's going to be a long, long time till I'll create something that's even close to that quality. I don't think I could list a con I had with the art. It looked great for Blender and much better then I had ever expected. However, I do wish that there will be some green in the next movie. We all know that creating a forest or island is a much greater feat then creating machinery.
Overall it wasn't bad, but I'm sure with a bit more planning it could have been much better. I'm a big supporter of the Blender Foundation and I'll also buy the next movie as soon as I can.