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After rewatching The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, I’m frustrated that we’ve never gotten a sequel.
After rewatching the film, on Netflix UK, I was reminded how great the film was, in not only the performance capture that still holds up, but the overall storyline, music and the actors’ performances given this was how they filmed the movie. It really feels as though Paramount could have gotten a good series of adventure films from the Tintin stories and it’s a real shame that neither Spielberg nor Jackson’s schedule have allowed them to fully concentrate on a sequel, even though Jackson has always said he’d like to make another one.It’s also a good change of roles for Daniel Craig, being in a villainous role which he excels at, as Sakharine/Red Rackham, and I think shows how he should take on more antagonistic roles after James Bond. It was also pleasant to see an antagonist who isn’t just an idiot who was easily defeated in an animated film, Tintin and Haddock actually had to out wit him to succeed.Then you have some great action set pieces, such as the Unicorn ship flashback and the chase scene through Bagghar.Like I said, it’s shame we’ve never got a sequel yet and although it appears to be stuck in development hell, unless either Spielberg or Jackson outright say a sequel will never be made I still have some small hope that we’ll eventually get one. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2EAkCNb
My Cake theory, in the laws of diminishing returns in the Pirates of the Carribbean films and other similar franchises
I was watching Jenny Nicholson talking about the pirates movies getting worse and it struck a chord with some of the things that I think about how franchises get worse and it reminded me of my theory that I came up with a while ago that I call the cake theory.In essence the filmmakers are like a bakery making cakes and for some reason they land on one that is especially popular - it might be that they just made it really well, it might be the spirit of the time, it might be that there is a festival in town but for whatever reason it goes absolutely crazy on sales. So when they come to making a second one, they ask everyone what they really liked about the cake. So they hear that people love the chocolate chips, the icing, and the base. So they think, "ok, well if the previous cake was popular think how popular the next cake will be if we make it entirely of a three times as thick base, with three inches of icing and giant chocolate chips".This is what the following movies are. They are big thick slabs of references pointing at the things you liked before and telling you to enjoy it. And it's just overwhelming but in comparison to the previous cake that was a very good cake but also perfectly balanced between the sweet bits and the filler, this is just a sickly, unrealistic mess."But if we make it in the same volume again, then it'll just be the same cake/movie again!"Exactly - we don't want to come to your bakery and have the same thing again. We'd just eat the original cake again.Instead, we come to your bakery because you make interesting cakes. So make a new one, even if it is in the same series, with the same care and attention with the previous but something new - and if you want to reuse elements from the previous, do, but use in moderation and make it work with the overall recipe. We won't be upset that we don't have it in there if the product is good. When I come to your bakery I'm saying "I liked that cake. What else you got?" via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3fhGwl5
