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I decided to watch the 2017 reboot this evening and have to say it should have never been rebooted or made. The 1990 release of this move had far better acting, pacing and story structure.
Flatliners 2017 is all about CGI and over enhanced sound design. Slowmo of shattered glass has been so overdone. Problem with this digital age making movies and finishing movies digitally is a reliance on intense CGI and less on performance and character development.
30mins into it I tuned out and changed the channel. I decided to reload my copy of the 1990 version and stuck with it from beginning to end.
30mins into it I tuned out and changed the channel. I decided to reload my copy of the 1990 version and stuck with it from beginning to end.
Funny and yes the film's poster would suggest a higher production valued piece if this were shot on motion picture film. Looks to be a video cam production. It's just a video for TV in public production. If Anything Goes were made on celluloid it would gather a higher rating. Keep in mind others with the same name of this title. Funny and amusing with good acting. I like to see more of the same production company mainly in shorts. Not bad for a 100K budget. Film costs would be more but well worth it. I think most would agree given some past 39 releases this year shot of Kodak motion picture film. More Canadian filmmakers should consider.
Love the history behind this story and well written with accurate narration and primary source material. But still bothers me to see the old film footage from the 1930s and 1940s being cropped to fit into the program's 16x9 aspect ratio. I understand that the recent day interviews are recorded in HD 16x9 video but the cutaways to the B&W archival stock should keep their original 1:33:1 aspect ratio. Cropping old film footage only results in distortion and loss of great film quality. These 16mm and 35mm news reels were not cinemascope back then so why make them look like that today? Why not just colorize them altogether if the producers like to resort to quasi HD looking cropped image? I like HD wide aspect 1080p digital video don't get me wrong however also appreciate seeing the original film stock in its native 4x3 form if it was shot that way. Tired of seeing SD material trying to be passed off to look HD. It just don't work and looks bad and not respectful to the filmmaker who recorded the images many years ago with this documentary or any other for that matter.