Details from a preview of a few clips from Terminator: Salvation. [link]
Has some spoilers since the two scenes shown at the preview are described, obviously. There's nothing in there I wouldn't expect to see in trailers, but my tolerance for spoilers is pretty high.
My favorite bit:
Credibility and realness was important to McG who insisted that the actors get to interact with actual robots instead of a tennis ball on a stick. This resulted in a couple injuries for Bale from punching the metal robots, but they'd have it no other way.
I watched
The Fall
last night. It was visually stunning and I liked Lee Pace and the little girl (adorable). It screamed pretentious pretty much in all of the story parts (some of which didn't work for me), but I'll forgive pretentious if it's OMGGorgeous. It's no
Pan's Labyrinth,
but overall I enjoyed it. That little Brothers Quay-esque bit after Alexandria
falls off the cabinet
was pretty sweet looking. Overall it kind of felt like a string of really cool music videos (which I believe is what Tarsem is known for). I found it rather thin story-wise.
for some reason, I liked it better than PL - if you can believe it.
Well, PL was violent, dark, and grim. In contrast, TF was playful, lush, and ultimately hopeful. So I can see one appealing over the other. Personally I was much more drawn into the story in PL and I like those high stakes, dark kind of stories. Both films were just amazing to look at from a purely visual perspective.
I had to stop it in the VCR after 40 minutes because Alexandria was inspiring levels of annoyance I hadn't experienced since Short Round.
yeah, PL was a bit too dark for me. if it hadn't dealt with kids, I think I would have taken it all a bit better.
although I have to admit, I wasn't quite sure The Fall was going to be that hopeful. It seemed pretty grim there for awhile.
Alexandria was inspiring levels of annoyance I hadn't experienced since Short Round.
Really, Matt? I thought she was fantastic and adorable.
