Live Action Movie: Akira

[darkshadow]

Just stop
Taken was shot on a bunch of locations which as you said is "expensive", it also had a bunch action setpieces like explosions which are also classified as "special effects"; if you meant "visual effects" then no, but a real explosion is always more expensive than a CG one, so I'm not exactly sure what you were trying to say there.
Also yes Liam neeson; he's a bigger star than any of the 4 in Akira combined.

But ok if you want more effects or whatever
Jumper - 85 million

Did you just already put Akira on the same level as transformers? Do you even realise how performance capture intensive the CG in transformers is? Just Optimus' transformation is probably more intense than anything tetsuo would be throwing around with his mutant arm shit....in the final few scenes of the movie.

Whatever you want to say about stewart, don't make it seem like she commands an astronomically high salary; here non indie:
Snow White - 70 million.

And no the NZ comment is still retarded, because again, and please read this time, the listed movies are to provide an indication of what 90 million can get you.
Akira won't need high tech rotating corridors, constant giant robots and explosions that fill the screen, special motion capture to power tall blue aliens, a completely artifical world called the grid or a guy in blue/red tights swinging around a big city.

It will need a red motorcycle, some nice scenery and a guy that gets better with his powers.
Akira has maybe 3 scenes that would be really CG intensive, and they would all be at the end; Tetsuo rampaging which leads into him getting shot with the orbital laser, the fucked up arm scene and the implosion thing at the end.

[Shadow Skill]

Well... James Cameron put all his money in to Avatar did he not? Something like 250 Million USD? It paid off. He came up with a new way to do special effects. The only big name actor(s) I guess would be Sigourney Weaver, and Giovanni Ribisi or w.e, At the time.

You want a movie that's freaking awesome, you need to spend the $ to make it.

Mind, you Avatar is an unfair comparison cause I don't think another movie will make over $1 Billion cause no production company wants to spent the $ to make $.

[Animeniax]

Just stop
Taken was shot on a bunch of locations which as you said is "expensive", it also had a bunch action setpieces like explosions which are also classified as "special effects"; if you meant "visual effects" then no, but a real explosion is always more expensive than a CG one, so I'm not exactly sure what you were trying to say there.
Also yes Liam neeson; he's a bigger star than any of the 4 in Akira combined.

But ok if you want more effects or whatever
Jumper - 85 million

Did you just already put Akira on the same level as transformers? Do you even realise how performance capture intensive the CG in transformers is? Just Optimus' transformation is probably more intense than anything tetsuo would be throwing around with his mutant arm shit....in the final few scenes of the movie.

Whatever you want to say about stewart, don't make it seem like she commands an astronomically high salary; here non indie:
Snow White - 70 million.

And no the NZ comment is still retarded, because again, and please read this time, the listed movies are to provide an indication of what 90 million can get you.
Akira won't need high tech rotating corridors, constant giant robots and explosions that fill the screen, special motion capture to power tall blue aliens, a completely artifical world called the grid or a guy in blue/red tights swinging around a big city.

It will need a red motorcycle, some nice scenery and a guy that gets better with his powers.
Akira has maybe 3 scenes that would be really CG intensive, and they would all be at the end; Tetsuo rampaging which leads into him getting shot with the orbital laser, the fucked up arm scene and the implosion thing at the end.

Can't stop until the truth is heard.

My point about a movie like Taken is that similar to Akira it will need to be filmed in an expensive city scape involving shutting down traffic, crowd control, etc. and where the American dollar won't go as far. A movie like LotR being filmed in a backwater country like NZ means significantly less money needs to be spent on that aspect of the movie, leaving more money for actors and special effects. Besides the exchange rate, costs for extras and stage hands will be less as well. If Akira is filmed in NY (which will be a necessity because of the landmarks), it will require a good portion of the budget.

I think you need to watch Akira again to refresh your memory. Pretty much half the movie is Tetsuo learning to use his powers, his hospital stay with the other experimental subjects, the destruction of the city, the raising of Akira's storage sphere, Tetsuo's metamorphosis, the nuclear explosion and the entire ending of the movie will require extensive CGI and special effects work.