Intracellular Overdrive
Saw Invasion with friends and colleagues last night at the Grove. of course they raised the house lights at the end and everyone stood up. I complained loudly "sit down, this is the best part!!" ah but who listens...too bad we couldn't see it at the Arclight.
Anyways, the science in the film was laughable of course. The animations in the middle of the film lacked style or purpose, reminiscent of Discovery Channel type stuff with even less content. Our stuff at the end was much more stylish even though it had no basis in science. The best part was the CDC's imaging technology which allowed the scientists to see the virus rendered in 3d with raytracing in real time. No one tell Drew Berry that they have this kind of capability, he'll be out of a job!
There was one review I completely agree with, not just because he praised my work but mostly because he praised my work. I like how he described it in lysergic terms...
The best thing about The Invasion is, sadly, the psychedelic montage under the closing credits. These groovy, DNA-inspired images remind one of a much more enjoyable sci-fi film, Fantastic Voyage.
film journal.com
Personally I felt the film would have been better if they let the director have his way. I understand now why he wanted Lennon's
"Imagine" over out animation, a nice bit 'o irony. Instead it ended abruptly with a very "Star Trek: Next Generation" conclusion. "Everyone's DNA has been altered, we'll just spray them with powder and everything is back to normal". I think they had studio execs as extras, dressed as government spooks and military personnel, rushing in to end the film as soon as possible before another dime was spent.
Other highlights from the film include Nicole Kidman's numerous nipply underwear scenes, Nicole Kidman pushing down a creepy Asian boy (got a laugh from the audience), Nicole Kidman giving Daniel Craig, arguably the sexiest man alive, the "just friends" speech (at least now I feel better about my high school dating experiences, if it can happen to him, I guess it can happen to anyone), and machine gun toting marines facing a horde of zombies and not shooting! How can you not blow their heads off! The Geneva conventions specifically state that its okay to shoot civilian zombies, even though these guys didn't eat flesh, there's enough of a gray area.
One news clip of Karl Rove would have been great, the man is a natural born pod person.
OK, enough editorializing, back to shameless self promotion....
Anyways, the science in the film was laughable of course. The animations in the middle of the film lacked style or purpose, reminiscent of Discovery Channel type stuff with even less content. Our stuff at the end was much more stylish even though it had no basis in science. The best part was the CDC's imaging technology which allowed the scientists to see the virus rendered in 3d with raytracing in real time. No one tell Drew Berry that they have this kind of capability, he'll be out of a job!
There was one review I completely agree with, not just because he praised my work but mostly because he praised my work. I like how he described it in lysergic terms...
The best thing about The Invasion is, sadly, the psychedelic montage under the closing credits. These groovy, DNA-inspired images remind one of a much more enjoyable sci-fi film, Fantastic Voyage.
film journal.com
Personally I felt the film would have been better if they let the director have his way. I understand now why he wanted Lennon's
"Imagine" over out animation, a nice bit 'o irony. Instead it ended abruptly with a very "Star Trek: Next Generation" conclusion. "Everyone's DNA has been altered, we'll just spray them with powder and everything is back to normal". I think they had studio execs as extras, dressed as government spooks and military personnel, rushing in to end the film as soon as possible before another dime was spent.
Other highlights from the film include Nicole Kidman's numerous nipply underwear scenes, Nicole Kidman pushing down a creepy Asian boy (got a laugh from the audience), Nicole Kidman giving Daniel Craig, arguably the sexiest man alive, the "just friends" speech (at least now I feel better about my high school dating experiences, if it can happen to him, I guess it can happen to anyone), and machine gun toting marines facing a horde of zombies and not shooting! How can you not blow their heads off! The Geneva conventions specifically state that its okay to shoot civilian zombies, even though these guys didn't eat flesh, there's enough of a gray area.
One news clip of Karl Rove would have been great, the man is a natural born pod person.
OK, enough editorializing, back to shameless self promotion....
posted by Eric at 11:43 AM
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