July 4 Weekend
This past weekend I got to see Superman ( a matinee still cost us 18 friggin dollars) at a brand new theatre in Wilson, NC. It was stadium seating with big comfortable seats and a DLP screen you could probably see from space. It was a great movie and I think Megan and Brett had a good time too.
What really caught my eye about this movie (about of a hero that transcends all cultures ) was the warm tone to the image. If you look at the picture above it sorta has a cartoonish element to it. To me thats an homage to where Superman really began. Other movies which have pulled this ‘era of origins’ (per se) off are Pirates, Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan. No doubt there are others but those are the ones I’m most familiar with.
In other news - Megan got an 1100 on the GRE. To do that you must have game. Now that I’ve mentioned this, she’s forced to blog about it. Go Megan!
July 6th, 2006 at 8:46 am
It’s because of how the movie was shot. I read an article in Wired Magazine a few weeks back (I got a free subscription somehow…) about the whole thing. They did some test shots using both Super 35 cameras/film (the de facto standard) as well as trying an antiquated 70mm format. After seeing the results, they were in love with the quality of the 70mm, but not even Superman had the budget. So they ended up being the first flim to try some new fully digital, high-definition cameras from Panavision called the Genesis. You can get the full scoop here if you’re interested. It’s a pretty good read - the director ven talks about how he had to fight urges to use CG in lots of places.