Comments on: Watch: First Trailer For Michael Mann’s Hacker Heist Thriller ‘Blackhat’ Starring Chris Hemsworth

By: jh

jh — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:13 +0000

Given how amazing digital can look these days, why does Michael Mann insist on shooting with a camera that makes his films look like reality TV? As with Public Enemies it makes what must be an incredibly expensive film look cheap – worse, amateur. Does he really think it looks better? Does anyone?

By: Glass

Glass — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

@JH he wants it to feel "real", but in the end it takes you out of the story. Like that part in Collateral when Jamie Foxx steals that bystander\’s cell phone and points a gun at him when the guy comes after him. It\’s memorable but it becomes TOO objective in that moment, like the movie just turned into a WorldStar viral clip all of a sudden.

By: mms

mms — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

Or, via youtube:

By: mms

mms — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

Why the hell would providing a link to the trailer via youtube be "spammy"?!

By: dxst

dxst — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

@JH, ye i dig the aesthetic

By: James

James — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

Blackhat was shot on the Alexa, which is the most film-like digital camera there is. The look of his films has more to do with the way they\’re lit (or not lit) and the choice of shutter angle rather than the camera as a whole.

By: dxst

dxst — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

this looks great, miami vice is underrated; that scene in the speedboat is on another level

By: KM

KM — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

Unfortunately I have to agree with you JH. The entire time I was watching the trailer, I kept thinking, "What\’s with his insistence with using digital equipment from the early 2000s? It was barely excusable when he was making public enemies, but in 2014??

This trailer looked like a dress rehearsal to a movie, to my eyes it looked worse than a episode of big brother. I really miss the Michael Mann of the 1990s. I wept a little bit after seeing that.

By: BUURT

BUURT — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

I think this looks gorgeous

By: bob

bob — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

i love michael mann!! this looks horrible!!!!

By: josh

josh — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

thor as a hacker? don\’t buy it, mate. i\’ll watch this one for mann\’s direction, but grains of salt tossed every which way.

By: USB

USB — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

Michael Mann or not, this looks incredibly corny. This is some USA Network shit, only more production value. I fear the worst with those shots of computer circuitry all lighting up and the camera travels through them. Like it\’s the mid-90s and someone in a pantsuit will expound on the "information superhighway" for us.

By: Mass

Mass — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

Oh brother, enough of this sh**

*Makes Government look like good guys, makes hacker look like bad guy*

By: tristan eldritch

tristan eldritch — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

Mann is interested in how digital looks as opposed to film, as opposed to how digital can be made to look like film. Anyone who thinks this cinematography looks bad doesn\’t know ass from elbow.

By: @Gopi_Sait

@Gopi_Sait — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

It\’s the aesthetic of shooting HD – has nothing to do with what\’s better. Film vs HD debate still continues.

By: Jg

Jg — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

He shot with Arri Alexas in Arriraw, so it ain\’t the cameras.

By: Marco

Marco — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

To JH. Michael Mann uses digital not because it looks like 35mm but for its unique grain, blur, texture. He\’s experimenting it since Ali. He\’s a visionary director. One of the few remaining. The way he shoots the night it\’s a trademark right now: less cinematic, more real, full of neon, colors, lights. There\’s no more black skies in the nights of Michael Mann because there\’s no more black skies in our big cities. These are my two cents…

By: Prince of Darkness, The

Prince of Darkness, The — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:25:12 +0000

JH, spot on. What\’s wrong with Mann? This is now verging on the tragic. The films are beginning to look like crap.