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Post by RhodoraO on Feb 17, 2017 5:42:12 GMT
Discussion, reviews, news, pics, etc.
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 4, 2017 13:40:54 GMT
Quotes from THR review at IMDb: - Despite an intriguing setup, during which director Rob Bowman ("The X-Files") creates an effective brooding menace, and muscular performances by Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey, the crucial action sequences are disappointingly choreographed, failing to generate the necessary crowd-stirring heat. - Thanks to some state-of-the-art, three-dimensional work overseen by visual effects supervisor Richard R. Hoover, the creatures sure look impressive, but their CGI-generated fireballs appear flatly phony by comparison. - And while McConaughey... and the righteous Bale act their hearts out in a bid to keep things grounded in some sort of reality, the scripting (credited to Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg) is neither clever nor campy enough to get away with some truly smirk-inducing dialogue.
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 11, 2017 15:36:43 GMT
Notice of Bale's expected appearance in a sci fi convention in LA, 2002:
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 12, 2017 9:25:45 GMT
Rob Bowman (the director) talking up the two leads with SciFi (now, SYFY): web.archive.org/web/20030314191119/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-06/21/13.00.filmRob Bowman, director of the upcoming SF dragon movie Reign of Fire, told SCI FI Wire that he was as impressed with the humanity of stars Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale as with the film's digital dragons. McConaughey portrays Van Zan, a brash American with brash ideas about ridding a British community of dragons; Bale plays Quinn, a local just trying to keep everyone alive. "It's perfect casting for the roles," Bowman said in an interview. "McConaughey is not Van Zan, and Christian is not Quinn, but they're actors who were very well suited for the roles."
The characters dwell in a world that has been decimated by newly awakened fire-breathing dragons. "Matthew originally loved the role of Van Zan, because it allowed him not to be a nice guy, not to be the guy in The Wedding Planner," Bowman said. "It let him bring out the more primal aspects of his acting, and he wanted to explore that. He wanted to create a character who'd found a mindset that enabled him to look in the mirror and say, 'The dragons are afraid of me.' It sounds unstable and insane, but at the point in the story where Van Zan comes in, the world is in trouble and someone's got to say, 'I can tame a lion with my bare hands.' Somebody has to do that, or we'll be extinct, and it's Van Zan who does that. So what you've got is Matthew playing Van Zan as primal and 'kill, kill, kill,' but the guy is also incredibly brave and careful and methodical. So far as Christian, he's a very internal actor, and Quinn holds a lot on the inside. He's got a lot of apprehension, fear and ghosts and is deeply affected by the fact that he's the one who unfortunately opened the door for the first dragon. Quinn doesn't want to engage [the dragons], he just wants to preserve life. He knows that engaging the dragons means there will be a body count, and there aren't enough bodies left to gamble like that.
"What we had to do was create two diametrically opposed philosophies that were both right," Bowman said. "It's like watching a good prosecutor and an equally good defense attorney standing in front of a jury. They both state their case, and they both make sense. The trick for us was to get the audience to go back and forth with Matthew and Christian, to get you to think, 'He's right,' and then, 'He's right.' In the end, they both had to be correct, so the engine that drives the movie is the debate between Matthew and Christian. You'll believe their arguments, and you'll also believe them physically, that they could overcome impossible circumstances." Reign of Fire opens July 12.
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 14, 2017 7:43:33 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 14, 2017 8:07:17 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 28, 2023 0:13:05 GMT
Recently I'm seeing a lot of throwback nostalgia for Reign of Fire, especially on Twitter.
Found an original analysis of the movie in terms of "broken family dynamics" of the modern era by an enthusiastic viewer:
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 6, 2023 1:09:06 GMT
www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/christian-bale-promises-to-make-a-reign-of-fire-sequel-just-for-us-1999816/So the interviewer for Dexerto discussed this movie's 20th anniversary with CB during The Pale Blue Eye promotion. An interesting conversation ensued, complete with CB sharing some fun details from that set and promising "just for you" a sequal to the movie. While discussing new film The Pale Blue Eye, Christian Bale was surprised to hear that Reign of Fire had turned 20, then joked that he’d go out to celebrate. In terms of memories of the shoot, Bale said: “I did enjoy making it – we got to be in Dublin. Unfortunately there was foot-and-mouth disease going on so we had to get sprayed down every time we arrived on set. But Wolf Kroeger the production designer built the most incredible sets and we did have a wonderful time making that.” We then asked if – off the back of all that successful dragon action in Game of Thrones – Bale could make Reign of Fire 2 happen. “Alright,” came the none-too-serious response from Bale. “Consider it done. Just for you.” Then when the interview was over, Bale doubled down, saying he’d make the sequel, but for Dexerto’s eyes only. So watch this space…
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