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Saturday, November 18, 2006

Insultingly Stupid, perhaps, but Refreshingly Honest

On the DVD of The Island, in the featurette, one of the special effects guys just told us how they were going to replace the expensive physical jet-bike with CG... because

That way we don't have to worry about safety, or physics, interfering with the action.

Can't say he doesn't admit it.

2 comments:

Barry Leiba12:51 PM, November 19, 2006
Did you actually like the movie?

I found the premise to be interesting, and was hopeful... but then when the main characters figured out the real situation within a half hour and the film degenerated into a loud chase-fest, with hummers and guns and great dialogue like, "Go-go-go!" and "Move-move-move!", I decided it was pretty stupid.
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The Ridger, FCD6:55 PM, November 19, 2006
Well, for what it was, it wasn't bad. The premise was intriguing - even important - and it's too bad they turned it into a summer action flick. Still, to be honest, any film with Ewan McGregor or Scarlett Johansson, let alone both of them, would have to be really bad for me not to like it.
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