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\nGreg has a not-to-be-missed post, with relevant clips, about Howard Hughes’ Hell’s Angels<\/i><\/a> with some of the most incredible action sequences in film – even more incredible when you realize how much of it was actually happening. The first clip is stunning – with the aerial shots of the depot, and the almost-beautiful explosions happening on the ground (reminiscent of some of those helicopter shots in Apocalypse Now<\/i>, with the earth literally igniting down below). Hell’s Angels<\/i> has some pretty atrocious acting, but that’s not the reason to see it. The reason to see it is those masterful action sequences (the dogfight sequence? Just un-freakin’-believable).<\/p>\n It is mind-boggling and humbling to see what they were able to accomplish, with a mix of live-action and the use of miniatures – to create a seamless and gripping whole – that also, flat out, just LOOKS phenomenal. There’s a moment in the first clip, of the munitions depot attack, when a truck drives toward the camera and the ground explodes beneath it, sending the truck flying into the air, the dirt and debris catapulting towards the camera. I am imagining audiences back then flipping out about shots such as this one, but it is also a great reminder of its effectiveness, because I, myself, used to the rather cold and, at times, unimaginative overuse of CGI in this modern day and age, flip out over a sequence that, you know, looks freakin’ REAL. Check that OUT, man.<\/p>\n Go read Greg’s post!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greg has a not-to-be-missed post, with relevant clips, about Howard Hughes’ Hell’s Angels with some of the most incredible action sequences in film – even more incredible when you realize how much of it was actually happening. The first clip … Continue reading