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Aug 29, 2022 04:12
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Ben-Hur is short for Bennifer-Hurbert
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Aug 29, 2022 04:50
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I wish someone would make movies like this again. The reason that nobody cares about sprawling epics anymore is because we know that the IT department did all of the work. Build some actual sets and have actual people do stuff in Rome. I'll watch it.
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Aug 29, 2022 05:18
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haljordan posted:Spartacus is also an incredible movie, I cannot deny this. I wonder how many other movies have been made just for spite?
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Aug 29, 2022 05:22
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It owns so much that they actually made (and crashed) all those insane vehicles in Fury Road.
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Aug 29, 2022 05:29
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haljordan posted:This also deserves its own thread because goddamn The first time I saw this dance sequence, it was rotoscoped in the segue into WWII in American Pop.  for an erotic dancer wearing pasties.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdF9wTO3bPQ SAY YOHO posted:Basil Rathbone was an master fencer and always played the villain, he was so good he made the other guy look better. See also Robin Hood as another fantastic sword fight.  I first saw The Adventures of Robin Hood a few years back on Turner Classic Movies and it made me a fan of Basil Rathbone.
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Aug 29, 2022 08:23
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haljordan posted:This also deserves its own thread because goddamn Impressive. I miss having a culture.
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Aug 29, 2022 10:13
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The Human Crouton posted:I wish someone would make movies like this again. The reason that nobody cares about sprawling epics anymore is because we know that the IT department did all of the work. Build some actual sets and have actual people do stuff in Rome. I'll watch it. People stopped caring somewhere around Cleopatra because it turns out "we got huge epic sets" was just another marketing gimmick that got old as fast as any other when the movies became about showing off the sets for four hours.
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Aug 29, 2022 10:28
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Fish of hemp posted:An age when Hollywood occasionally made films instead of content.
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Aug 29, 2022 10:58
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Huh I thought for years the story was that someone absolutely did die in the chariot race filing, god to know. Now if only the movie ended after the chariot climax. Instead there’s like 20 minutes about the trek to find Jesus and getting saved. It fits the tone of the movie sort of but it really drags.
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Aug 29, 2022 12:40
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Ben-Hur is easily one of my top favorite films, it's simply amazing. I got the same feeling from watching Lawrence of Arabia for the first time a few years back. Each battle scene is absolutely incredible when you take a step back and look at the scale of it all. https://youtu.be/lChJz2DSpsE
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Aug 29, 2022 20:00
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The chariot race slaps the poo poo out of Fury Road. Nothing even comes close.
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Aug 29, 2022 20:01
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they both stink compared to pod racing
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Aug 29, 2022 20:02
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Captain Beans posted:Huh I thought for years the story was that someone absolutely did die in the chariot race filing, god to know. Iirc someone died in the 1920s silent film race
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Aug 29, 2022 20:10
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Nefarious 2.0 posted:they both stink compared to pod racing Get a look at this moof-milker
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Aug 29, 2022 20:12
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What about some of Buster Keaton's genuine railroad stunts in The General? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LaApqL4QjH8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yCH-tUmMl7Q
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Aug 29, 2022 20:22
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Buster keaton was greatest stunt man to ever live probably
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Aug 29, 2022 20:33
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Mooey Cow posted:People stopped caring somewhere around Cleopatra because it turns out "we got huge epic sets" was just another marketing gimmick that got old as fast as any other when the movies became about showing off the sets for four hours. The production process for Cleopatra was completely insane as well. In today's dollars, the budget would have been $400 million. Elizabeth Taylor almost died of pneumonia during filming so the studio sent this really crass letter to Joan Collins that basically said "Hey you want the part if this dumb lady dies on us?" Hume Cronyn (Sosigenes) was originally signed to be on the movie for 10 weeks. He stayed with the production for 10 and a half months. The first director they hired got canned and when the next guy took over, the movie was already $7 million over budget and they only had 10 minutes of usable footage to show for it (none of which would actually end up in the movie). Captain Beans posted:Huh I thought for years the story was that someone absolutely did die in the chariot race filing, god to know. One stuntman came extremely close to dying quote:During the chariot race just before Ben-Hur's chariot jumps the wrecked chariot, stunt driver Joe Canutt can be seen dropping the reins and grabbing hold of the side of the his chariot (his father, stunt coordinator-2nd unit director Yakima Canutt, had instructed him to grip the underside of the chariot's railing. Joe ignored him, or forgot, and grasped the railing from the top, and was vaulted over the top of the chariot, which could have been fatal had his quick reflexes and strength not allowed him to haul himself back over the vehicle's yoke before he fell between the horses and chariot). haljordan fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Aug 29, 2022 |
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Aug 29, 2022 20:57
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Mooey Cow posted:The movie lied to me! I thought it happened for real and they were just there to film it!!! You're thinking of Braveheart.
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Aug 30, 2022 09:14
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We used to have biblical epics. Now everyone worships Iron Man, smh
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Aug 30, 2022 10:10
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Today they would have had the dude sit in a rickshaw with a green screen in the background and filled in everything in post.
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Aug 30, 2022 12:01
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Today they would have had the dude sit in a rickshaw with a green screen in the background and filled in everything in post. And shaky-cam.
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Aug 30, 2022 12:25
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OP i rented “Ben-Hur” per your recommendation and I haven’t seen a chariot race but there are loads of scenes of Judah and Arrius having sex and Judah blowing Simonides and stuff. When does the chariot race appear? Edit: nevermind OP I think this one’s on me, I think I got the wrong version of the film.
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Aug 30, 2022 13:19
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You got the porno parody Bent Hur
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Aug 30, 2022 13:21
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Today they would have had the dude sit in a rickshaw with a green screen in the background and filled in everything in post. It’s pretty bad these days - I saw something where in the new Mulan movie the horse she rides was loving cgi. No stunts or crazy poo poo, just riding in a line, had the actress on.a green rocking stump and just cgi the horse. Just get a horse
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Aug 30, 2022 13:42
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I remember watching the first Avengers movie and being so bored by the final battle because this massive alien shows up to destroy NYC and there appears to be a grand total of 20 civilians in the entire city, all of whom pretty much immediately disappear. Just zero tension or stakes whatsoever.
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Aug 30, 2022 14:02
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