Top 5 Most Underappreciated Advancements in Movie Making since 1950
1. Choreographed fight scenes
2. Character acting
3. Sound effects
4. Realistic looking sets
5. Cameras that allow you to shoot really cool shots
I think the color tv should be somewhere on that list.
I'm sorry, I thought I said "movie making", not "movie showing". Oh wait, I did.
Yeah, I don't think they were making color movies before anybody could watch them in color, but I might be wrong.
Well I didn't want to spoil the surprise for you, but here I go: Do you know what won best picture last year? The Artist. And it's in black and white. You know what movies don't win Best Picture these days? Ones with bad fight choreography, bad acting, bad sound effects, bad sets, and/or bad directing. But hey, feel free to make your own very, very specific top 5 list.
I didn't see The Artist, but I have trouble believing a silent movie had good sound effects. Meanwhile, the actual best movie of 2011, Drive, was shot in full color and had incredible sound, and it wasn't even nominated. Sometimes I just want to punch those academy wonks right in their smug faces.
I didn't say it had good sound effects, I said it didn't have bad ones.
Now, imagine Drive in black and white. Still very good. Imagine it with terrible fighting sequences where it was obvious they weren't hitting each other. Very bad.
Let's talk about another thing: The title of my top 5 list has the phrase "most underappreciated" in it. I think the transition from black and white to color was appreciated by plenty of people. Oh, and one more thing. The title of my top 5 list also has "since 1950" in it. Color movies were being made in the 1939. Better luck next time, Nuts Kicked.
