Changeling!!!!!!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I did not like the Mist in B&W. I LOVE the movie, but the B&W didnt work for me. It felt off because B&W is old school (which is awesome) but everything on screen was modern. Cell phones, modern cars and buildings and clothes etc...... looked weird in B&W.

Yea I see your point. It would seem to make more sense of putting a film in B&W that has that type of setting then a modern film. I still may give it a try but Im sure I will prefer color better though. Got Em!!

Originally Posted by surfdude12

good film, IMO it would have been better if it ended at the 90-100 min climax point

[Show spoiler] where she gets out of the institution

. beyond that, IMO the movie is just telling the audience what it can reasonably deduce, so it could have put the last 40-50 min in ending credits or just let the audience discuss/debate it my 2 cents

Really? I loved the aftermath and wanted to see what would happen to those corrupt pigs and the murderer. I think if it wouldve ended like u said there would have been to many "I wonder what happened to them" questions. Got Em!!

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Really? I loved the aftermath and wanted to see what would happen to those corrupt pigs and the murderer. I think if it wouldve ended like u said there would have been to many "I wonder what happened to them" questions. Got Em!!

fair enough. i could already see it happening, so being shown what i have already predicted is just never enjoyable to me personally. some will want to see it, despite predicting it. so i may be the minority here.

[amarster]

Originally Posted by recS-12

I was also very surprised at how much I liked this film. My fiance rented it and I just sat down to relax but it really pulled me in. I don't know what type of critical praise or lack of it received but I.M.O. Angelina Jolie's best performance to date. I don't really watch her stuff though. B.T.W. "The Changeling" with George C. Scott was EXCELLENT. Saw in junior high and scared the hell out of me. If you get a chance I think it's worth a view.

the changeling is outstanding....what is your name?.... Joseph

[masoud90]

I loved Changeling - BUT I do think it is about 15-20 minutes too long to be honest.

But although I LOVE Angelina Jolie, I do not think Kate Winslet should have NOT won the Oscar. Very good performance (although I prefer her performance in Revolutionary Road).

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

fair enough. i could already see it happening, so being shown what i have already predicted is just never enjoyable to me personally. some will want to see it, despite predicting it. so i may be the minority here.

True but its the look on their faces and the atmosphere of that I want to see. Like the scene when she went to the prison to see the murderer. Things like that is needed to be seen. But yea Im sure we all knew that the department was gonna get it but the reality of their faces and so fourth is priceless. Got Em!!

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Yea I hear that from some people but I cant do B&W. I much prefer color actually. But I can see what u mean for this peticular film as the setting is from 1928! Got Em!!

What do you mean you can't do Black and White???? Some of the greatest films of all-time are in black and white, and no thats not just my opinion. So you mean to tell me you've never seen a Jimmy Cagney movie, or Casablanca, or the original Rebel Without a Cause? It's like subtitles, after 5 minutes you don't even notice anymore, and just love the acting and characters and stories.

[Elvis]

I need to give this film another view. I thought it was good but when I watched it I was so tired I was kinda in and out....

[Chordata]

Never heard of it, so I checked out the plot on Wikipedia.

WHOA -- count me out!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

What do you mean you can't do Black and White???? Some of the greatest films of all-time are in black and white, and no thats not just my opinion. So you mean to tell me you've never seen a Jimmy Cagney movie, or Casablanca, or the original Rebel Without a Cause? It's like subtitles, after 5 minutes you don't even notice anymore, and just love the acting and characters and stories.

Sorry to disappoint but no I havnt seen those films and not to many films in B&W actually! Im sure they are great films but before my time so I am not used to B&W films. Got Em!!

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

The only way it could have been better (for me) is if it were shot in B&W.

I've gotta disagree here. I don't think it would have improved the movie at all if it were shot in black and white. The faded, muted color palette that was worked with I think is very effective.

As for the Mist, it is meant to be seen in color. Ebert made a great point about this by saying that unless a movie is shot in black and white, it should be seen in color. The reason for this is that shooting in black and white forces the director and cinematographer to consciously make certain choices based on it being shot in b and w. Shooting in color and then simply converting to black and white is completely uneffective. An example is when you take pictures on a camera in color but then change it to black and white on the computer--there's a reason it doesn't work well.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Sorry to disappoint but no I havnt seen those films and not to many films in B&W actually! Im sure they are great films but before my time so I am not used to B&W films. Got Em!!

Haha, they are before everyone's time born before 1950. I was born in 1985 and I LOVE them.