Michael Mann Thriller Starring Hemsworth

[Octoberist]

Mann is pushing the boundaries of digital video blur.

 

[titansupes]

Yeah, Heat, The Insider, Ali and to... to a certain extent Collateral all look incredible, but mainly the first three. (The others you mention I either haven't seen or haven't seen for a long time).

 

[TheVileOne]

This is hemsworths "swordfish"

Like jackman I can not see him as a computer hacker.

Swordfish is a great comparison.

 

[TheVileOne]

They kind of explain it in that he says while in prison he had to exercise his body as well as his mind. Tang said he looked different in the pics her brother showed him, so he apparantly was kinda scrawny before. And I do think they kinda made her fall for his ass way too quick.

Would've made perfect sense if they knew each other before considering she was the sister of his best friend and roommate.

Also that scene where he explains all that was poorly written staged and directed. You could barely understand what Hemsworth was saying. It sounded like he was forced into the military but I couldn't be sure.

 

[rashad]

Michael Mann/Chris Hemsworth hacker thriller Blackhat opened in eighth place with a terrible $1.4 million. That's in line with Hemsworth brother Liam's Paranoia ($1.3 million), and is below past Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend bomb The Last Stand ($2 million). Blackhat could wind up with less than $4 million over the three-day weekend, which would be one of the worst debuts ever for a movie playing in at least 2,500 locations.

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4002&p=.htm

Good lord!! Thank god for the MCU Hems.

 

[TheVileOne]

Studio knew this was going to bomb. That's why it got shoved to January.

 

[terry78]

Hemsworth alone can't open a movie. The subject matter has to be there. If he does something like a Doc Savage or a He-Man, that **** is already in place.

 

[TheVileOne]

He is never going to do He-Man.

 

[Black Narcissus]

I proudly own Vice and this was a letdown.

Mann has definitely lost a step or two. Thor is bloody awful and the last sequence of the film is good, but it doesn't make up for the rest of the film. This is a mess and not a fun one at that.

5/10

 

[terry78]

He is never going to do He-Man.

Yeah, I was throwing it out there.

 

[Raiden]

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4002&p=.htm

Good lord!! Thank god for the MCU Hems.

This is terrible. Good thing Hemsworth has AOU and ITHOTS lined up.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Mann has some gorgeous looking films, but this wasn't one of them. ALI with Will Smith is probably one of the most visually striking films I've seen.

This film is out of focus more than it is in focus lol. It's a visual mess. Collateral, Ali, Miami Vice, Heat, and Last of the Mohicans are all beautiful looking films, so I don't know what you guys are watching...

Public Enemies did look like **** though

I'd suggest watching more films.

Studio knew this was going to bomb. That's why it got shoved to January.

There is bombing, and there is what this did.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Mann is pushing the boundaries of digital video blur.

 

[Hurm...]

I'd suggest watching more films. :yay

LOL. I've seen plenty of films. It's my opinion. Mann, at his best, presents some really raw, naturalistic compositions that are just a big **** you to glossy, romanticised films. I like that.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'd suggest watching more films.


There is bombing, and there is what this did.

Yep. Everyone predicted a bomb but bombing as bad as it did puts it in a special category.

 

[StarLord]

The Hemsworth Curse!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

LOL. I've seen plenty of films. It's my opinion. Mann, at his best, presents some really raw, naturalistic compositions that are just a big **** you to glossy, romanticised films. I like that.

The only thing raw is the deal he got on his camera equipment.

Yep. Everyone predicted a bomb but bombing as bad as it did puts it in a special category.

 

[JJmelo]

I literally fell asleep. The brutality was so random at the end that it seemed like a completely different film. Up until that point it felt like everyone was just as sleepy as i was. such a mess of a film...

 

[Asr]

I always disagree with the notion that particular characters HAVE to have a certain "look." Why can't someone look like Hemsworth and still be a hacker exactly? Do all hacker's have to be scrawny socially-awkward nerds with thick glasses for example? That sounds like stereotyping. I'm not saying that Hemsworth works in this role (I haven't seen the movie yet), but his looks wouldn't decide whether he's believable in the role or not, to me at least.

I didn't mean that a hacker has to have a certain look. I'll just put it this way: Some people happen to look (intellectually) smart. Other people don't. Hemsworth is one of the latter. That's why I can't buy him doing anything that involves computers.

 

[TheVileOne]

To me Hemsworth's look wasn't the problem. It was the fact that he looked the way he did and couldn't pull of believably that he was a master blackhat hacker. Yes, I am sure there are some smart hackers that could get prison fit or whatever. But Hemsworth didn't pull it off that I was buying into that he was this hacker that was just as good in a fight as he is on a keyboard.

Lest we forget all the complaining about Denise Richards playing a nuclear scientist.

 

[bullets]

I always disagree with the notion that particular characters HAVE to have a certain "look." Why can't someone look like Hemsworth and still be a hacker exactly? Do all hacker's have to be scrawny socially-awkward nerds with thick glasses for example? That sounds like stereotyping. I'm not saying that Hemsworth works in this role (I haven't seen the movie yet), but his looks wouldn't decide whether he's believable in the role or not, to me at least.

I'm willing to look past stereotypes for Chris Hemsworth. I'm sure there are some hackers out there smart enough to eat right and do some type of physical activity.

 

[Black Narcissus]

To me Hemsworth's look wasn't the problem. It was the fact that he looked the way he did and couldn't pull of believably that he was a master blackhat hacker. Yes, I am sure there are some smart hackers that could get prison fit or whatever. But Hemsworth didn't pull it off that I was buying into that he was this hacker that was just as good in a fight as he is on a keyboard.

Lest we forget all the complaining about Denise Richards playing a nuclear scientist.

Christmas comes twice a year.


Taken 3 has better acting and story than this. Oh lawd.

 

[Black Narcissus]

I'm willing to look past stereotypes for Chris Hemsworth. I'm sure there are some hackers out there smart enough to eat right and do some type of physical activity.

Yeah, but those dudes were probably discovered while making their way to a hacker hangout and are now full time models. They also marry women who look like Elsa Pataky.

 

[dark_b]

is someone here an expert in cameras that are used in hollywood? i would like to know what is Mann doing that his films look like this. please anexplanation. is he trying to use only the street lighting and because of that the digital cameras can not handle it?

http://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/November2014/GoneGirl/page1.php
i was reading American Cinematographer where they talk about cameras used on Gone Girl. i didnt know how far they have come. they can record 16,5 bit HDR images. its insane how much information they can record. on top of that they can use 4k or 6k resolution now. on Gone Girl they also a lot of times filmed in very dark environments and the cameras could handle everything.everything

 

[nite-owl]

This is what I thought of when I heard Hemsworth was playing a computer hacker.