Originally posted by Sandman_SBM:
Cyrano, ya know what pissed me off most about Contact? Zemeckis playing computer tricks to put Bill Clinton in the movie. It added nothing to the movie other than proving that he had some fine computers and a big budget.
Hmmm I don't know if that's the case Sandman, Zemeckis did the same with Forrest Gump, and I don't think he did it to show off... I think that real images in the movie add to the feeling of it being real (or that it could actually happen), and that is capital in a movie like Contact (or Forrest Gump).
He also hired Alan Silvestri to do the Soundtrack, so I think it's more a director's footprint than a mere technical showoff... that's my pov, at least.
I know I loved it... excellent performances by Jodie Foster, James Woods (man u gotta love his part in the movie), or Tom Skerrit... but since it was a Sci-fi movie, no oscars for it. Pity.
Now if someone dared to take some Arthur C. Clarke novels to the big screen... Songs from Distant Earth anyone?
Daniel, aka Cyrano