Known Movie ???

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Re: Known Movie ???

by Tina Tempest » Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:23 pm

Yeah, "Wasted opportunity" best sums up this piece of crap. The special effects are great but the story sucks. It presents a lot of really good ideas then flushes them down the toilet. It is also really political when it doesn't have to be. I'm all for saving the environment, but the guilt directed at the viewer for simply being a normal-sized, general consumer, is applied with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Not worth your time.

Re: Known Movie ???

by Hand-Holder » Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:30 am

FreakyDude wrote:
Wed Aug 18, 2021 11:35 pm
This movie is called Downsizing.
What a shame, I was already imagining corrupt giant folks entering the compound, etc, etc...

Re: Known Movie ???

by FreakyDude » Wed Aug 18, 2021 11:35 pm

This movie is called Downsizing.

This movie was discussed a lot in the size community. It was in development hell for years before it actually got made. At one point, the married couple was going to be Paul Giamatti and Reese Witherspoon.

Don't waste your time on it. When someone is downsized, they're taken to a tiny community, where they might as well be normal size. It's a shame. The movie could have had a unique visual style if the sets looked giant.

Here is a clip with tiny Maribeth Monroe. The focus is more on Jason Sudeikis though. This is the only SW scene worth watching in the movie, and it's not much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjgojvXKgqY

Here is the only scene with tiny Laura Dern. She doesn't show up again. You have to use your imagination, since the tiny house she's in looks like a normal house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Whp6F_lv4

Re: Known Movie ???

by scidram » Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:45 pm

Movie is 4 years old, and it's such a wasted opportunity.

There are a few good scenes in the beginning, and it really could have had good thematic elements, but it goes completely off its track by the end, and the usually reliable Matt Damon is just kinda meh.

Known Movie ???

by Hand-Holder » Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:17 pm

This movie has very well known actors, still I never heard about it...

Am I the last person on Earth to discover this movie ???

https://youtu.be/k-UXqwDBmVY

Well, after checking it it does not seam to offer many SW scenes, despite being all about Shrinking...

But it surely can be used as an Introduction Plot for great stories...

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