A Sound Of Thunder. The Poll.

[enterthemadness]

Okay. Vote and say why you selected your choice.

I like the movie as it is, but it would have been better with the CGI completed. For those that don't know, the sets were flooded back in 2002. The production company (Franchise Pictures) went backrupt in 2003.

 

[black_dust]

No CGI out of the way the story was tired and old. Its 6 years to late in the making it say. Didnt know the cgi wasn`t finished either, thought it was ment to look like ****...

 

[KenK]

Can't vote without a poll, genuis!!

But I will comment on the film, as I have the dubious honor of having seen it. The luxury of Netflix has to be renting movies you have to know are bad going in, and not worry about whether or not you've wasted your money (you're paying your however much a month regardless), or whether or not you've wasted time, 'cause one, you can pause it and come back to it if you want, and two, there's always gonna be chunks of of your days where you did nothing, and you could be watching an unbearably s***ty movie!

But I digress; A Sound of Thunder was much like a sound of someone farting. And subsequently, there was a wretched stench that hung high in the air for what seemed like an eternity. Now, anyone familiar with the circumstances that plagued the film's production will know that they apparently lost funding for their effects and had to go to some no-name outfit that supplied them with CGI that makes the stuff on Sci-Fi Channel movies look Oscar-worthy. But beyond that, we've got wooden acting, horribly pacing, and Ben Kingsley in a really bad hairpiece!! And while no time-travel movie is perfect, I never bought into the idea of time waves systematically devolving everything. Or more appropriately, the animals evolved and humans devolved. It's all a muddled confusing mess of a film, and doesn't even work on a so good, it's bad level, because it takes itself so damn seriously. Easily one of the worst films I've EVER seen.

 

[enterthemadness]

No CGI out of the way the story was tired and old. Its 6 years to late in the making it say. Didnt know the cgi wasn`t finished either, thought it was ment to look like ****...

Well, when you look at the official budgets of 52 million and 80 million...and then watch the movie...it still doesn't add up. I imagine around 35-40 was actually used...but the rest went out the window when Franchise went under.

 

[black_dust]

The bigger question in this movie is....

Spoiler

If the whole movie was caused by that butterfly being stepped on..... how the hell did it live through the MASSIVE! ass volcanoe explotion 5 mins later? surely it would have died anyway with everything else around it.... seems like huge plot hole to me..

 

[KenK]

I imagine around 35-40 was actually used...but the rest went out the window when Franchise went under.

Shoot, the Underworld movies had better effects with less money!

 

[enterthemadness]

Can't vote without a poll, genuis!!

But I will comment on the film, as I have the dubious honor of having seen it. The luxury of Netflix has to be renting movies you have to know are bad going in, and not worry about whether or not you've wasted your money (you're paying your however much a month regardless), or whether or not you've wasted time, 'cause one, you can pause it and come back to it if you want, and two, there's always gonna be chunks of of your days where you did nothing, and you could be watching an unbearably s***ty movie!

But I digress; A Sound of Thunder was much like a sound of someone farting. And subsequently, there was a wretched stench that hung high in the air for what seemed like an eternity. Now, anyone familiar with the circumstances that plagued the film's production will know that they apparently lost funding for their effects and had to go to some no-name outfit that supplied them with CGI that makes the stuff on Sci-Fi Channel movies look Oscar-worthy. But beyond that, we've got wooden acting, horribly pacing, and Ben Kingsley in a really bad hairpiece!! And while no time-travel movie is perfect, I never bought into the idea of time waves systematically devolving everything. Or more appropriately, the animals evolved and humans devolved. It's all a muddled confusing mess of a film, and doesn't even work on a so good, it's bad level, because it takes itself so damn seriously. Easily one of the worst films I've EVER seen.

There is a poll, genius.

I do know that UFO, which does some of the Sci-Fi Channel movies CGI, worked on this movie. 2 brief scenes of this movie is in their demo reel at their site.

I'm one of the few that likes this movie. Ben Kingsley did a good job acting. He was the most fun to watch and seemed to have a good time. Ed Burns... appeared to go through the motions. And do you think that the score was a temp? It wasn't bad...but didn't sound like a real score.

On a related note, I plan on buying the Netherland 2-disc DVD of this movie . At least it has some extras on the dvd.

http://www.mediadis.com/video/detail.asp?id=146875

Behind the scenes.
Interviews.
Photo Gallery
The World of Dinosaurs, Liner notes, Film Clips.

 

[enterthemadness]

The bigger question in this movie is....

Spoiler

If the whole movie was caused by that butterfly being stepped on..... how the hell did it live through the MASSIVE! ass volcanoe explotion 5 mins later? surely it would have died anyway with everything else around it.... seems like huge plot hole to me..

Actually, that isn't what caused it. When they came back, they BROUGHT it back with them. If the thingy was turned on at the time, it wouldn't of matter.

 

[enterthemadness]

Shoot, the Underworld movies had better effects with less money!

Yes, but A Sound of Thunder was on a larger scale. A lot more stuff had to be CGI than in Underworld. If the budget was 52 million before the production problems (and not 80), it still would've not looked finished. It would look better, but this was a movie that needed a budget closer to 100 million.

 

[black_dust]

Actually, that isn't what caused it. When they came back, they BROUGHT it back with them. If the thingy was turned on at the time, it wouldn't of matter.

But im sure a line in the film was somthing like "All this caused by one butterfly" "Butterflys lay eggs blah blah blah" or somthing, could just be me tho

But bringing it back or not. what diffrence would that make its still dead as dead can be

 

[KenK]

But im sure a line in the film was somthing like "All this caused by one butterfly" "Butterflys lay eggs blah blah blah" or somthing, could just be me tho

But bringing it back or not. what diffrence would that make its still dead and dead can be

Yeah, what mattered was the fact that the butterfly needed to live.

 

[Darth Elektra]

I liked the film but it could have been better.

 

[TrailerCues]

Great concept but it was badly done

 

[Max J Power]

I never saw it.

 

[Fran]

I wanted to, but it disappeared off the radar after a while...