Australian and New Zealand Films

[ANDYBALLINA]

Originally Posted by avecha

Look at the news. Its the truth. I say it like it is.
I dont like nz films. Too low budget for me and i understand we are a small country and cant do much.
And Black sheep was just horrible. Absolutely horrible.

LOL, what BS. Can't do much huh. Weta is one the best special effects companies in the Film industry. And I'd hardly call Lord of the Rings low budget. Not to mention Bridge to Terabithia, Whale Rider and Narnia (which was shot in NZ), they are not low budget either.

NZ has made tons of great films and has huge industry heavyweights aswell. For a small Country I think NZ has done extremely well in the industry and I have heaps of much loved NZ films.

Bad Taste, Whale Rider, Once Were Warriors, Lord of the Rings, Heavenly Creatures, Goodbye Pork Pie, An Angel at my Table are excellent and there are more too.

Black Sheep was terrible, but you can say that by alot of US films too.

[riverbelow]

Man from snowy river I+II or gtfo. That's what I want on blu from australian movies!

The special edition remaster DVD was nice, but now we want a 4k digital master given a full treatment of run-amock bitrate and lossless 5.1 DTS-HD MA.

That would be effing epic.

[in2video2]

Originally Posted by riverbelow

Man from snowy river I+II or gtfo. That's what I want on blu from australian movies!

The special edition remaster DVD was nice, but now we want a 4k digital master given a full treatment of run-amock bitrate and lossless 5.1 DTS-HD MA.

That would be effing epic.

This movie would make one standout Blu-Ray for AV reference quality - the story, the beautiful Australian scenery takes your breath away - amazing Cinematography - and the soundtrack... the musical score and it's effective use in this movie is sheer poetry in motion on the big screen. The Man From Snowy River deserves the TLC that Fox has provided previously as in the restoration efforts of its major releases - this movie begs a 4K from 35mm negatives source and careful soundtrack care as well. In my mind The Man From Snowy River captures the character of Australia and Australians like no other

[avecha]

Originally Posted by ANDYBALLINA

LOL, what BS. Can't do much huh. Weta is one the best special effects companies in the Film industry. And I'd hardly call Lord of the Rings low budget. Not to mention Bridge to Terabithia, Whale Rider and Narnia (which was shot in NZ), they are not low budget either.

NZ has made tons of great films and has huge industry heavyweights aswell. For a small Country I think NZ has done extremely well in the industry and I have heaps of much loved NZ films.

Bad Taste, Whale Rider, Once Were Warriors, Lord of the Rings, Heavenly Creatures, Goodbye Pork Pie, An Angel at my Table are excellent and there are more too.

Black Sheep was terrible, but you can say that by alot of US films too.

Did new zealand provide the budget for those movies or some big hollywood movie studio? They were "shot" in new zealand but werent new zealand films.
Once were warriors, we get it your black and had a terrible life. Get over it. White people have terrible lives too.

[ANDYBALLINA]

Originally Posted by avecha

Did new zealand provide the budget for those movies or some big hollywood movie studio? They were "shot" in new zealand but werent new zealand films.
Once were warriors, we get it your black and had a terrible life. Get over it. White people have terrible lives too.

Geez, calm down. Just letting you know that I'm not Black, I'm European and have had a pretty good life, so don't assume things.

I really don't get your hate for NZ films. Who cares if they are not made on a big budget, it doesn't make them anyless of a film than a big Hollywood film. And while LOTR was funded by America companies, it was still directed by Peter Jackson and employed alot of NZ film crew, Actors and not to mention really put NZ on the map and did alot for the tourist dollar. And Weta is a NZ company.

[avecha]

Originally Posted by ANDYBALLINA

Geez, calm down. Just letting you know that I'm not Black, I'm European and have had a pretty good life, so don't assume things.

I really don't get your hate for NZ films. Who cares if they are not made on a big budget, it doesn't make them anyless of a film than a big Hollywood film. And while LOTR was funded by America companies, it was still directed by Peter Jackson and employed alot of NZ film crew, Actors and not to mention really put NZ on the map and did alot for the tourist dollar. And Weta is a NZ company.

Lol, i wasnt saying your black, just a statement about the movie. Like Boy.
I dont hate new zealand films. I just dont like them.
Im talking about new zealand films, kiwi accent, kiwi setting, kiwi budget, kiwi story. Personally i couldnt care for lotr. Each to their own though.