Not bad; far from what I had expected. I had actually thought it was just going to be an amateur mesh of three movies; Get Smart, Kung Fu Panda, and WALL-E, but that was due to me not having to read the posts properly, which was because I was not really interested in the video in the first place (I’ve been skipping this thread for a while). It is nothing personal (even if you were one of the people who referred to me as ‘Dragon’ instead of ‘Flare’ that which I hinted as my actual name in my introductory post ![:-\]( "Bemused")
), it is just that
- it has too long a name,
- the terns, ‘Music Video’ meshed up with 'sum-up of the greatest movies of ‘08’ - doesn’t sound good, and
- ‘sum up’ would had sounded better than ‘original,’ but okay, since it is done in a music video format, granted.
If you want people to read something, you have to get them interested in reading it, especially the seemingly unreasonable jerks like me because we are the kind of viewers that gets the Tomato rating down to a good 96% for WALL-E… though I was not involved in that rating, BTW. Don’t come and hunt me down with your torches and forks. ![:P]( "Razz")
But yeah, impressing all is actually more important than impressing the people you hope to impress.
However, compared to your past videos which I browsed through, it was not too bad. I just did not really like the font used in the original vid; it looked kinda unprofessional. For a ‘blockbuster’ mesh up, I was hoping to see something that had seemed to be done by Jerry Bruckheimer, but maybe your improved video would be better, so, alright.
I like how you include scenes of the not well-known blockbuster hits but nonetheless great movies that deserve their credits. If I am going to put together a sum-up of '08’s greatest blockbuster hits (and I’m not using ‘greatest’ because I like them, but great because they are worthy of big-screen viewing), I would probably be a little biased and not reference those films in it. Hence, an aspect quite remarkable, I would say.
Speed Racer? Okay, maybe your music video was just a composition of ‘shows people were dying to see,’ but Speed Racer is definitely not one of the better films of '08. Not only in my opinion, but also in the opinions of many credited movie critics. It was a rather mediocre adaptation that is better off left in the anime. So, when I saw scenes from that film in your vid, a mixture of disgust and disappointment was in my gut… Not sure which one is it, but I am sorry to inform you of that. 36% on the Rotten Tomatoes rating; go check it out.
Also, I couldn’t be biased towards this, because I had never watched the anime and was, thus, never interested in both the animated series and the live action movie adaptation.
Here should be the part where you realize how tough I am when it comes to being a critic. I take my job very seriously. ![:)]( "Smile")
Another complain I have. Maybe it is just my taste, but the song… Seriously, dude, for a blockbuster mesh-up, you could had picked a better tune. I mean, what is with the '80s Jazzy kind of song? It just felt out of place. We are talking about a music video showing the greatest movies of 2008, man! Go to YouTube and do a search on Immediate Music; they have great scores for trailers, and maybe even music videos, too, if you are lucky.
I like the manner you sync the lyrics with the scenes, though. Although it was not mind-blowing, it was nonetheless a good piece of music that might suit your purpose. Again, might be just personal taste, but if I was to choose, you could had used a song like Linkin Park’s "What I’ve Done." ![;)]( "Wink")
It at least had a little more kick to it, though insufficient for striking the hearts of action blockbuster lovers (yeah, I know; turns out that all ‘blockbuster movies’ nowadays have something to do with the ‘action’ genre).
I lol’d when I saw a scene from Mama Mia. This is becoming less of a honorary for good movies.
lol Okay, I can’t watch any longer from 2:48. God, this just doesn’t suit me. However, the point I am going to make next is positively, undeniably my personal taste - it has nothing to do with the quality of your video - The Joker. You just kind of cheesi-fied him, which is, I could pretty say, the nightmare of all fans of The Joker from the DC comic book; not those who haven’t really got to know what The Joker is like in the pages, though.
I mean, with the clapping, twirling, and his erm, I don’t know what to call it, ‘zip-zapping,’ is it? ![:lol:]( "Laughing")
You know, the part where he made those noises…
But, anyway, I think your video editing skills are definitely, doubtlessly over the top excellent. I mean, it was fantastic how you paid such close attention to the minor details, but it was ironic how you paid little attention to the minor audience, as in the few who might not enjoy the video as much as those comedy lovers.
You know how it goes down: There are CGI lovers, action lovers, sci-fi lovers, and then there are those who would most definitely enjoy your video, the comedy lovers, as mentioned. Me, being more of a CGI/action lover, I actually prefer more of the ‘holy crap, that’s freaking awesome’ music, and the ‘OMG, that didn’t just happen’ CGI graphics, like those used in Micheal’s summer blockbuster hit Transformers.
Man, if only that was made in 2008; I could use that for my summer blockbuster mesh-up… ![:-\]( "Bemused")
Anyway, don’t take this too personally; I just don’t enjoy videos with a tad of decrease in the pace. It was a bit jazzy and cool, kinda like my favorite Autobot, Jazz (who Micheal so cruelly got Mega-I-look-like-an-arachnid-tron to tear into halves), so, putting my biasness and personal taste aside, I rate this half of the video (in which the other half I just couldn’t bear to watch… unfortunately) 8.2/10.
I deducted some points because it was a strange mesh-up, putting blockbuster hits with a music score bearing retrospect, but you know how we humans are - we could never really take in anything that is weird and bizarre when we first encounter it, that is why I am still one of the skeptics who does not believe that WALL-E (which is another weird mesh-up of sci-fi and musical, light-hearted romance) is one of the most awesome movies of 2008.
But, yeah, go to the commentary for that; you will find a very important point at the part where the passengers of AXIOM were sliding to the side due to the tilting of the ship.
Aside from all that, the great choreography, organization, and the synchronization of the clips really made your video shine. However, because all your videos already have those aspects, you need to do better if you ever want to impress this tough critic. Go action sometime, will ya? ![:P]( "Razz")
Comedy’s great, but just once in a while, driveintheater; I want to keep my adrenaline pumping. ![;)]( "Wink")
Oh, and yes, you read it correctly just now when I talked about Transformers made in 2008; I [i:2ozy4xfj]am[/i:2ozy4xfj] going to put up a sum-up of the greatest movies of '08. It was an inspiration given to me when I saw this thread, so I guess I have you to thank for that. I have a bit of experience in video editing, but because of my interest in awesome, over-the-top trailers and movies of action blockbuster elements, you could expect this to be pretty hard-hitting.
Sorry to advertise, but, just so you could check it out in the future as well. ![;)]( "Wink")
Till then, sorry for my stringency,
[b:2ozy4xfj]- Flare, Not Dragon ![;)]( "Wink")
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But since you commented on the trailer, I’ll respond to it anyway.
