Kind of doesn't matter... but on the battery front... personally, when I'm not using the camera, when I'm done taping something, I instantly turn it off... and don't most cameras have an auto-off after a couple minutes? The battery wouldn't have to LAST seven hours, persay...
Susan http://vlog.kitykity.com --- In [email protected], Sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "it never pays to over analyze a movie like this" > but i'll offer up a counter perspective. > > why did the the characters go into > > an electronics store and not consider grabbing a couple extra tapes > > and batteries? > > > > the electronics store scene came from one characters sole focus to get his > phone working so he could try to communicate with another character. > this relationship drove the story/path. the character had zero interest in > getting equipped to document the devastation they were smothered in. > the character who was filming everything was originally only supposed to > film a going away party. > as the events unfolded, this character did realize the importance of the > footage but i am sure he also was not interested in getting more equipment > that would allow him to document more than he could with what he had (within > story, some unknown SSD camera) and would happily be rescued over further > gallivanting around a city under attack by a monster. > > how they went 7 hours without having to change a battery. > > > > not sure when the film is supposedly taking place. was their a year > mentioned? > but a 7 hour batter is not too absurd. > > personally, i could ask alot of questions and potential inaccuracies... but > screw that. > i thought it was fantastic. > > their will undoubtedly be sequels and this was just an introduction to the > monster. > more details and plot would be added in future. > > > On Jan 27, 2008 12:03 PM, David S Kessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i can't help thinking about these things. I know it's just supposed > > to be entertaining and it never pays to over analyze a movie like this > > but in this case wasn't the whole movie just a gimmick anyway? wasn't > > the whole thing just about how clever the filmmakers thought they were > > being? so if they were so clever, why did the the characters go into > > an electronics store and not consider grabbing a couple extra tapes > > and batteries? that's all they would have had to do to keep me from > > thinking about how this footage looks edited and how they went 7 hours > > without having to change a battery. > > > > but forget all of that. if they were so clever, how did they think > > they could get away with making a movie that supplants a plot for a > > gimmick. that's never a good idea! > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
