{"title": "Domino 2005 is Tony-Scott-hem!", "timestamp": 1760987074.452692, "description": "[Tony Scott]() appeared to be trying to outgrow [Michael Bay]() in the 2000s. In 2001 he does *Spy Game* which is a kind of slightly bayhem-ish movie. Where Tony Scott is no longer trying to make pretty pictures, but is trying to go for ultimate intensity. His [Enemy of the State](/reviews/enemy_of_the_state_1998_is_very_relevant_for_today) before that, is still more of a classic Tony Scott. While making *Spy Game* his brother [Ridley Scott]() was making [Black Hawk Down](/reviews/black_hawk_down___2001___tries_hard_to_beat_saving_private_ryan) while Michael Bay was making [Pearl Harbor](/reviews/pearl_harbor_2001_made_me_cry_for_3_hours_straight). While *Pearl Harbor* has the Bay's explosions and stuff, the colors of the film still look relatively normal. Only his next film ( 2003 [Bay Boys II](/reviews/bad_boys_2_is_michael_bay_s_magnum_opus) ) go crazy with colors. *Spy Game*, while being more energetic in directing and editing department, than even *Enemy of the State* still looks like a normal movie, albeit it is a little desaturated. But *Black Hawk Down* ( probably in attempt of messing with [Spielberg]()'s *Saving Private Ryan* ) is super moody, with extreme contrast and intense colors. A thing that Michael Bay tries to replicate right away for *Bad Boys II* and then Tony Scott also replicated for [Man on Fire](/reviews/man_on_fire_2004_is_tony_scott_s_leon:_the_professional) in 2004. And then on *Domino* in 2005, Tony Scott goes even harder with the style. While Bay is doing roughly the same thing in his own way in [The Island](/reviews/the_island_2005_is_michael_bay_s_minority_report).", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. 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But to be frank, I think Tarantino is making a mistake. In my opinion ( which starts to be a sort of almost mainstream opinion\r\n\r\nI wonder what are the other directors with near identical style yet receiving radically different reception.\r\n\r\n> you can see that Scott in the early days was more precise and calculated\r\n\r\nMy early attempts at cinema resulted in borderline surrealism. Seems like I am not on track on becoming the next Tony Scott.\r\n\r\n> Michael Bay is combining the techniques of Tony with something like the Techniques of James Cameron. While Tony is going bad shit crazy.\r\n\r\nWithout context, this excerpt it hilarious.\r\n\r\n> For example, Tony would layer different takes ( or different times of the same take ) one over another, to show how the character feels tension. Michael Bay would achieve the same intensity by positioning the camera in just the right way\r\n\r\nThis technique was used by [Vytautas Katkus]() in his [The Visitor ](/reviews/the_visitor_is_a_comedic_longing_melancholy).\r\n\r\n> Bay had an influence on Scott. \r\n\r\nThe student teaches the teacher. \r\n\r\n> The film moves faster than Oppenherimer.\r\n\r\nYou could say Oppenheimer is radio **active**", "username": "Troler", "id": 0}]}, "languages": {}, "hashtags": ["Domino", "TonyScott", "MichaelBay", "movies", "film", "review", "cinemastodon"], "not_ai_proof": "", "tab": "reviews", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/domino_2005_is_tony-scott-hem_"}