Why don't movies look like *movies* anymore?

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• jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Remember when the complaint was “Why is everything so dark?”

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well, maybe not making everything with any set amount of lighting is better…

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• UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Did anyone try watching Gemini Man in 60fps?

  That takes some getting used to. It’s hard to describe, it’s like watching someone’s home video. It doesn’t feel cinematic at all.

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  • Lag@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I really enjoyed the smoothness of Gemini Man especially with action scenes which are like half the movie. I think it’s possible to make 60fps cinematic by using focus better to better imitate our eyes.

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  • Lootboblin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Films and tv series should always be in 24fps. Anything above is just odd and like you said makes them feel like home videos. Back in the day I remember when I was looking for a new tv and the salesman tried to sell me a 100hz tv because the movies will totally look better in it. I told him that he doesnt know what his selling and left the store.

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  • Artyom@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t think anyone watched Gemini Man.

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• Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have a completely different view on this.

  I HATE when we take a “camera perspective” instead of an “eye perspective”. I don’t like exaggerated contrast, because that’s what cameras do, not what eyes do. For the same reason, I can’t stand lens-flares and I’m really not a fan of focus-shifts unless they’re natural. It’s especially bad when first-person videogames do it, and then add film-grain on top.

  I don’t want to see someone work a camera, I want to see the scene. That doesn’t mean I like grey, because the world has a TON of colour, but it also doesn’t mean I like the unrealistically high contrasts.

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  • kandykarter@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    See, while I think this a valid perspective, I am *baffled *by the need people have to see movies look realistic. You live in realism every day. I want to movies to look interesting, otherworldly, and beautiful. I want every frame to look like a painting. Realism’s fucking boring.

    Every time I watch In The Mood For Love, I’m bummed that *all *movies don’t look like that, you know?

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  • MacAnus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Interesting! To each their own I guess, I enjoy most of these things when used in intelligently. Kind of like what an artist’s style in a painting adds to the scene.

    I had a different experience with avatar 2, saw it in 3d and apparently variable framerate and my eyes were getting lost everytime the framerate changed by a noticeable amount.

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• Simmy@lemmygrad.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is a ‘we’ll fix it in post’ kind of mentality. Little thought given in set production lighting. Overuse if filters also a problem. Still good art being made, just rarer. Cutting production costs and overworked staff, does this for profits.

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