Posted by Insane Ian at dmdwal.diamondcomics.com on July 12, 2001 at 10:36:49:
In Reply to: Re: Spider-man Movie Teaser online (it sucks) posted by Film Loving Man on July 12, 2001 at 02:30:27:
Y'know, i felt the exact oppositte about the Spiderman teaser and the Final Fantasy movie...i thought the Spider-man teaser ruled, andthe FF movie wasn't that great.
The trailer, which gave just enough of a sampling of what's to come in the mvie was FANTASTIC, and i'm not just saying this b/c i'ma huge SPidey-fan (as well as a big Raimi fan)...the swinging effects, despite what WADE may think, looked awesome on the big screen, and actually, didn't look all that "CG" to me.
However, the FF movie was a bit of a let down. Most of the dialogue WAS unbearable, and, while impressive, there were moments of the flick where the CG was unwatchable. This was supposed to be (this was how they were hyping it at least) a flick that you wouldn't be able to tell was CGI. And as far as plot goes, i thought Titan AE was better...and Titan AE wasn't even THAT great.
: Saw the teaser on the big screen before Final Fantasy.
: It sucks. The whole bank robbery thing looks like a bad TV movie from the 70s. Spiderman himself looks not only like CG, but BAD CG. He looks plastic. In the scenes near the end when he's swinging around he looks stiff and fake like a plastic doll. And its the 21st century, lets try to stop including songs from The Matrix soundtrack in action trailers/teasers. Its just embarassing if you have to stoop to that.
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: Also, Final Fantasy was a lot better than I expected. I expected great visuals and unbearable dialog/plot. The non-visual aspects of the film were not GREAT, but they were decent. The ending might be easier to swallow if you're into Anime, not sure how well its going to fly with American audiences.
: Thought I must admit it was weird seeing Alec Baldwin's voice coming from Ben Affleck and Steve Buscemi's voice coming from a normal looking generic CG guy.
: Anyway...After seeing the CG in Final Fantasy, the Spiderman teaser seems even worse than it did previously...Embarassingly bad. Here's hoping the real effects shots for the movie look better than these, which I'm assuming were taken from the effects test demo reels.