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Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by phkahler »

gwicke wrote: post #79
progfix wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FreeCAD needs a drastic UI/UX overhaul and then some serious funding to get at the same level of todays CAD software.

I agree the FreeCAD UX could use some improvements, but I think even more important would be improving reliability and feature coverage in the OpenCascade CAD geometry library it uses. Slightly more complex things like fillets, lofts, nurbs surfaces are very limited and unreliable today. Mixing any of these with booleans tends to create more trouble. Blender on the other hand is very solid in the modeling department,…

>> but I think even more important would be improving reliability and feature coverage in the OpenCascade CAD geometry library it uses

I've been wondering what portion of the FreeCAD "problems" people report are actually issues with OpenCascade. I don't have time to deal with any of it, just a question that pops into my head when I see complaints about FreeCAD. When I have time I spend it in Solvespace, which is decades behind commercial CAD but is so much more fun.

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by tooltower »

tomcam wrote: post #63
pen2l wrote: post #41

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I saw it in imax at the insistence of an acquaintance. While watching I kept thinking: "ok, so this is the results when you have a massive budget, access to lots of designers and top-of-the-line tools". I'm totally thunderstruck to learn it was all done in Blender pipeline. Bravo for making this possible.

Same. The movie was very fun and it was plainly obvious to me that they had a giant budget for crowds, visual effects, etc. Gobsmacked that this was an all-Blender operation.

I'm confused. What does budget have to do with using Blender? I thought a big movie budget is needed mainly for the labor and artistry, and comparatively little goes into software licensing. Is that not the case?

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by akritrime »

krama wrote: post #46

Who cares if they used Blender or Maya. As an Indian (and a South Indian at that), I must say I’m embarrassed at the level of attention this movie is getting for its over the top use of cringey special effects. There are so many other worthwhile Indian films to watch and enjoy.

Why? I am so tired of certain section of Indians online pretending that somehow all entertainment should be dictated as per their sensibilities of what's acceptable and what's not. What's wrong in having movies that are over the top? Everyone has different tastes. What's worthwhile for you maybe boring for someone else. I am not saying you have to start appreciating RRR if it's not something that you enjoy, but don't invalidate an experience that millions of people clearly enjoyed. I can appreciate a K Balachander, Gopalkrishnan, Satyajit Ray masterpiece while also hooting for Bheem in RRR. The greatest achievement of Indian cinema is how varied our repertoire is and there is something for everyone to enjoy. Celebrate it, don't be embarrassed about it.

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by dagmx »

unmole wrote: post #116
dagmx wrote: post #34

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It’s highly enjoyable though it is also very nationalist propaganda in parts, which foreigners won’t pick up on. For the most part it never becomes an issue because the brunt of the movie is fighting colonialism and therefore quite appropriate and incredibly good. The end credit scene is the only part that I’d consider problematic from a messaging standpoint as it takes a hard line on who they celebrate and isn’t sub…

Honestly, a lot of the criticism reads like a tin-foil fan theory. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And some of it makes me question the author's familiarity with the actual background. > he’s seen assuming a wardrobe that invokes his namesake Rama No, he assumes a wardrobe that invokes Alluri Sitaramaraju, the historical figure his character is based on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluri_Sitarama_Raju And this…

Bose was a socialist in the sense that nazis were nationalist socialists so I’m not sure what your point is there.

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by mikymoothrowa »

unmole wrote: post #120
mikymoothrowa wrote: post #117

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probably for “Kannad” instead of Kannada and if KGF 2 is any indication, they should stop making movies altogether

> probably for “Kannad” instead of Kannada Yup. It's inconsequential but I find it very grating. > and if KGF 2 is any indication, they should stop making movies altogether I absolutely hated KGF 1 and didn't bother with the sequel. I honestly don't understand why people compare it to RRR.

Reportedly the Bollywood movies are worse and they would rather watch KGF

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by dagmx »

mikymoothrowa wrote: post #111
JohnBooty wrote: post #83

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Thank you for posting that. I learned a lot! Like many (most?) Westerners, I obviously appreciated the anti-colonialism aspect, but had no idea about all of that other context. I am deeply appreciative.

I’m Indian and I didn’t see those either. There’s no scenario in which slate/vox would have written a ideologically uncoated positive review of this movie.

I’m Indian and I saw it when I watched the movie. Your comments show you have a right wing attitude to these things and I doubt you’d have therefore picked up on it since it affirms a particular world view.

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by unmole »

mikymoothrowa wrote: post #135
unmole wrote: post #120

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> probably for “Kannad” instead of Kannada Yup. It's inconsequential but I find it very grating. > and if KGF 2 is any indication, they should stop making movies altogether I absolutely hated KGF 1 and didn't bother with the sequel. I honestly don't understand why people compare it to RRR.

Reportedly the Bollywood movies are worse and they would rather watch KGF

That sounds entirely plausible.

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by dagmx »

mikymoothrowa wrote: post #109
dagmx wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s highly enjoyable though it is also very nationalist propaganda in parts, which foreigners won’t pick up on. For the most part it never becomes an issue because the brunt of the movie is fighting colonialism and therefore quite appropriate and incredibly good. The end credit scene is the only part that I’d consider problematic from a messaging standpoint as it takes a hard line on who they celebrate and isn’t sub…

Those articles reaffirm more the extreme political mentality of vox and slate than any political leanings of the director. That these websites practically thrive on conjuring up issues even where none exists should surprise no one.

How can you possibly seriously describe Vox as extreme? Perhaps they’re more liberally biased but “extreme”? There’s no world where that would be an accurate description

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by michaelt »

paisawalla wrote: post #57
unmole wrote: post #49

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> embarrassed Why are you embarassed?

Indian action films typically don't strive for believable action scenes, like American films do. Instead, they apply the effects and stunts excessively -- they go over the top in a major way. The embarrassment is for the comparably unsophisticated tastes, and I don't share the feeling but I can understand. It's like everyone discovering that your uncle is addicted to something cheap and insubstantial that only childr…

American action movies aren't striving for realism these days - their output is 98% superhero movies.

Action movies have always been unashamed about having an element of lowbrow populism. You can enjoy seeing bad guys get their asses kicked in The Matrix even if you've never heard of plato's cave - and there's nothing wrong with that.

Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

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Post by lwn »

pvsukale3 wrote: post #43

Unrelated: If you enjoyed RRR and it's over the top drama, action sequences you might also like following movies. 1) Bahubali 1 & 2 (same director) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62HrubdD6o 2) KGF chapter 1 and 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qah9sSIXJqk

I absolutely loved Baahubali and watched RRR last night for the first time. I'm planning to watch KFG tonight. I'd highly recommend Tumbbad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbbad too.
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