Detarchin, you're right. If someone were to make a good sad movie, that would be amazing.

I've been thinking on something like this lately. But I think that sometimes more than the story it's the concept what counts. For example, "Mr. Bad Frame": I personally don't think the script is outstanding, but the idea behind it it's great, and that's what makes it highly enjoyable. Also, it is important how you develope and show the story in your film. You may have the greatest idea of the world, the best script ever wrote, but if you don't know how to direct a movie, it's destined to live short. I'm not talking about technical aspects, I'm talking about how understandable the story is. That's another thing, you can have a bad idea, a mediocre script, but if you know how to build the mood and the pace, it will be acclaimed. Story counts a lot, but it's up to you to make it look great. An example is "Taco Trouble": the guys knew how to make that movie, what was needed to make it funny, and still animation (no offence) sucks, cinematography is nice, but not outstanding. I think there is something more important than story, and that's the director. You can't just say "the story is great, so the movie will be great", you must think and think again on what the viewer is going to see and remember from your movie.

About the so called "Golden Age", I think that it isn't dead. It is not over, there are just a lot more peoples that make bad quality films than before. But there are also more brickfilmers that make good movies. That's a consequence to the increased number of brickfilmers around the world, the expansion of the hobby.

P.S.: I'd love to see more dynamic duos, and I mean good ones. Even cliché can be funny sometimes, if you do it on purpose.

LegOpinion, why do we need a group of three great people to do a good drama? Brickfilmers need to keep trying and trying to achieve something good, any brickfilmer. Not only the great ones. And sure, three heads are better than one, but I think it's better to try do things by yourself before working on a team. It may help you and the group a lot.
I agree with the second point.

Why are you guys pretending that everyone wants to use boatloads of effects? Seriously, only a small percentage of brickfilmers use special effects/CGI.

You're right.

Search ''Lego'' on youtube, with the Upload Date option. You will see that every 4 or 5 minutes, there is a new brickfilm released.
We are in the Golden Age, guys!

/ Youtube / Cinematography Challenge

Why do you think that we are not in the Golden Age, and what is the golden age? You mean there had more better films before? I think not.
Maybe we're nostalgic for the old Brickfilms classics like ''Out Of Time''?

/ Youtube / Cinematography Challenge

What does this have to do with Forrest? I actually wish he would join Bricks in Motion so people could help him get out of his redundant scripts and produce good things. I don't understand how he is so terrible to you all, because story and his type of humor are the only things that kill his films, the animation is good, the sets could be better, sure. I think half the reason he isn't here now is that n00bs and money hungry people want to kick a person who isn't here to lash out back. If he would make more original characters and plots, he would probably be excellent.

Now, back on topic. This apparent "Golden Age" people keep mourning got me interested. I have noticed that these golden age films can be dissected and there are some things I'd like to point out. They were all shot in the late 1990s and early to mid 2000s. This is a time where people don't have fancy cameras, so they used the 4000, a camera with average quality. The thing is, people didn't have expensive or extensive equipment, so they didn't care about visuals, all the problems you guys have pointed out about these "bad" films people make now have to do with visuals being the priority. I think the reason this "Golden Age" died was because when some brickfilmer walked out of the store with his precious 9000, then shot a film with it, people felt embarrassed of their quality and began fiddling with their cameras and buying new ones. Thats when the age of visuals began. the "Age of Visuals" is now.

Sorry to go off topic again, but...

You just said the reason why most of us dislike him- his story and humor is what is bad, not the animation. This is what this thread is talking about: Everyone is putting quality of film over quality of script. You just said it yourself.
Sorry, back on topic...

Brickfilmer a decade ago, now looking to relive the glory days

The title of this thread reads: "What are we missing?". Not "What is Forrestfire101 missing?"or "How can we help Forrestfire101 improve?". Let's get this back on-topic, please.