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The Machine posted:Yay! We can be e-friends now, fellow Dune-fan. My shame is I do not have a record player  .
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For a while I've been looking for a full list of MPAA registration numbers. Originally I had some cockamamie aspirations to see every movie and check them off one by one. Now I know that with time constraints this is theoretically impossible. I finally found a pretty good (although incomplete) list: http://members.chello.nl/~a.degreef/Filmnummers.html If a complete list exists I'd like to know.
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SubG posted:I think this is equivalently true if you remove `in Japan'. Especially if the emphasis is on the word `in'. I don't get it. Anyway, having lived there most of my adult life and in the States growing up, I don't think that's true at all. ZenMaster posted:Session 9 No, it's nothing that complicated. "Simon" even says at the end that he lives in the minds of victims and the abused, or something like that but more poetic. In other words, we all have the potential for a little "Simon" to come out.
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Jul 17, 2010 03:04
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Egomaniac posted:I don't get it. In July
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Egomaniac posted:I don't get it. Hmmm... ok, I guess that could be it, although I find it hard to believe that his wife accidentally spilled hot water on him and he BRUTALLY murdered her and his own baby. Are you sure? The insane asylum wasn't related to what happened? Mary? Simon? Nothing? He had his own Simon? I thought that Simon might have been a demon that took over weak and scared people, and Gordon happened to catch him during his time in the asylum while he was cleaning it up. Or Mary was Gordon somehow... ah, well.
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Jul 17, 2010 04:19
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ZenMaster posted:Hmmm... ok, I guess that could be it, although I find it hard to believe that his wife accidentally spilled hot water on him and he BRUTALLY murdered her and his own baby. Are you sure? The insane asylum wasn't related to what happened? Mary? Simon? Nothing? He had his own Simon? I thought that Simon might have been a demon that took over weak and scared people, and Gordon happened to catch him during his time in the asylum while he was cleaning it up. Or Mary was Gordon somehow... ah, well. I follow Egomaniac's view on it. It's possible though, that he started working at the asylum, then killed his wife at some undetermined point after. Also, one woman did in fact do all the voices on the tape. Some really impressive voice acting in that flick.
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Egomaniac posted:Anyway, having lived there most of my adult life and in the States growing up, I don't think that's true at all.
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:I follow Egomaniac's view on it. It's possible though, that he started working at the asylum, then killed his wife at some undetermined point after. Also, one woman did in fact do all the voices on the tape. Some really impressive voice acting in that flick. Thinking on it more and rewatching some of it I have come to believe Simon is a demon inhabiting those who allow him in. Why? He introduces himself to Gordon immediately during his first visit to the asylum. "Hello, Gordon...", and then keeps talking to him during the film. Simon is definitely Mary's demon, same voice and he even says that everyone he takes over "let's him do" the horrible things he does. This is a creature who has done this many times and does not plan to stop. The death of mary did not stop Simon, he is outside of her control. Mary had three personalities: Princess, Billy, and Simon. Princess did not know about Simon, but Billy knew about Simon. I don't think people with multiple personality disorder have the personalities interacting with each other or even know about them. Billy knew about Simon, and refused to wake him up. Sounds like a dormant malevolent spirit, I could be wrong. It inhabited the asylum and found Gordon, a very weak, stressed out man with a new baby and a failing business. He introduced himself and took his place in his mind, and got him to kill everyone. Man, we need a thread for this one. THAT WAS A WOMAN?!! Gah, Simon's voice.. I can't unhear it. 
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FitFortDanga posted:In July Full of country goodness and green pea-ness.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Oh, what luck! There's a French fry stuck in my beard!
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CoolZidane posted:Oh, what luck! There's a French fry stuck in my beard! Oh yes! They're even better when your dead!
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I really don't need any specific questions answered but I just want a greater understanding of a few things. I've seen the movie Empire of the Sun a few times but hadn't in several years. I really loved the movie the first couple times I saw it but upon seeing it again tonight something about it just doesn't sit right with me. The movie starts outs simple enough showing Jamie living in Shanghai just prior to the war, living in a bubble of luxury ignorant to the growing situation happening outside his gated community. After everything goes to hell and Jamie is separated from his parents and forced to survive alone the movie takes a very captivating turn as he succumbs to greater desperation. Now, up to this point everything is absolutely clear and swell. But then enters the character Basie. From this point on things get a little weird. At first it seems that Basie cares about Jamie but then the next second he is, apparently, trying to sell him into slavery. Is the movie from then on out supposed to be a subtle look at Jamie, now Jim's, decent into phycological collapse? Jamie clings onto Basie desperately, even going as far as to bribe him so as to not be abandoned, but why? Is Basie now Jim's father figure and symbol of stability that he is desperate to hang on to him? And who the gently caress is Basie anyway? Is he supposed to be portrayed as a kind of pedophile or just a manipulative bastard? Before everyone gets to the camp when it looks like Basie is going to have to leave Jim behind, he starts sweet talking two new young kids, seemingly forgetting about Jim. He's then seen gently embracing the girl closely. Is there something devious going on here or am I just looking too much into it? Anyway, after Basie finally abandons Jamie, and then returns with his Mad Max posse at the end, I guess Jamie finally realizes he is a scumbag and allows Basie to leave without him. And am I barking up the right tree with what I feel the movie is trying to portray with Jamie's loss of innocence? My question is really this: Did Basie really at any point care about Jim or was he always a means to an end, whether it was to get extra food or prepare for his eventual escape?
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I just got done watching My Favorite Wife on TCM, and they played this hilariously misogynistic by today's standards MGM serial about different wives and how they annoy their husbands. Does anyone know the title of this?
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Detective No. 27 posted:I just got done watching My Favorite Wife on TCM, and they played this hilariously misogynistic by today's standards MGM serial about different wives and how they annoy their husbands. Does anyone know the title of this? Their site is actually ridiculously informative. This might be it. That's one of the reasons I really miss the channel - they go out of their way to really produce a full package.
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Jul 19, 2010 01:12
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Yes! This is it exactly. Thanks.
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This is going to be a bit stupid so don't yell at me. Ok so.. in Fight Club...when the hell is Nortons character talking out loud to Pitts character? I can take most of the movie up the part in the car before the crash. There, it seems like the two fellows in the back are looking at each other worryingly when Norton/Pitt are yelling at each other. My other question will have to be on hold until I can remember the drat movies name.
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ZenMaster posted:Thinking on it more and rewatching some of it I have come to believe Simon is a demon inhabiting those who allow him in. Why? He introduces himself to Gordon immediately during his first visit to the asylum. "Hello, Gordon...", and then keeps talking to him during the film. Simon is definitely Mary's demon, same voice and he even says that everyone he takes over "let's him do" the horrible things he does. This is a creature who has done this many times and does not plan to stop. The death of mary did not stop Simon, he is outside of her control. I am really not so sure about that. Mary's tapes seemed more like a parallel story. A way to explain Gordon's condition, while keeping the mystery and suspense. None of that would be there if they came out and said Gordon was crazy right away. I do not think the supernatural is necessary to explain the story, which is what makes Session 9 so great. Its a totally creepy ghost story situation, with no ghosts involved.
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Synnr posted:This is going to be a bit stupid so don't yell at me. Ok so.. in Fight Club...when the hell is Nortons character talking out loud to Pitts character? I can take most of the movie up the part in the car before the crash. There, it seems like the two fellows in the back are looking at each other worryingly when Norton/Pitt are yelling at each other.
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Akuma posted:I'm trying to but I really can't understand what question you're actually asking here, because you seem to answer yourself... I mean, several of the cuts back to show just norton doing stuff on his lonesome show no chatter, like the lye kiss. It seems like there is no exposure of all this to the outside world, but in the car it seems like the conversation is going on and the grunts in the back hear everything.
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Norton's character was at his most emotional state during that part, I don't think in that particular instance that his subconscious cared that others might be witnessing his self-conversation. Until that scene, we never really observe Norton and Pitt in any sort of engaging conversation with others present. When we do, it's him as Tyler, talking to himself as a bystander. It's also the last scene in which he's with Tyler before he finds him in a hotel room after trying to track him down all over the country and figures it all out. Philip J Fry fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Jul 19, 2010 |
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Philip J Fry posted:Norton's character was at his most emotional state during that part, I don't think in that particular instance that his subconscious cared that others might be witnessing his self-conversation. Until that scene, we never really observe Norton and Pitt in any sort of engaging conversation with others present. When we do, it's him as Tyler, talking to himself as a bystander. Ah, I suppose I got that but I didn't think it would slip. Thank you. Can I a question of special effects for a different film here, Or did I miss that thread somewhere?
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The scene makes much more sense in the book for Fight Club as the Narrator isn't talking to Tyler but instead to a random member of Project Mayhem who has become so indoctrinated that he can hold conversations for Tyler.
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How much does make-up conceal lines on the face and general signs of ageing and old skin? I guess this question is more about male actors because I hear make-up for females is a lot more intricate and time consuming. A little bit related is an interesting fact I heard that may not be true, but apparently, the ladies make-up on Star Trek The Next Generation took longer than the forehead make-up that all of the aliens required. e: Gonna expand this question. If the answer to my question is what I think it is, are there many films out there that don't flatter the cast and give them the minimal make-up required to stop them looking like pasty faced vampires under the studio lights but don't attempt to "put Vaseline on the lens"? spe fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Jul 20, 2010 |
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For films where they don't go to great efforts to make people pretty Sigourney Weaver in Be Kind Rewind looks pretty haggard. They either gave her the make up treatment or fixed it in post for Avatar, because she looked like her actual age (60ish) in Be Kind Rewind. Youtube apparently has no video of her bit. It's like 5 minutes tops. She's the head lawyer that hit the video shop with the C&D.
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spe posted:How much does make-up conceal lines on the face and general signs of ageing and old skin? I'd say Before Sunset does a decent job of this, going so far as to basically directly compare how they look now, 9+ years later, to their appearance in Before Sunrise -- unflattering by comparison, though both leads are attractive by any standards.
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Dyscrasia posted:I am really not so sure about that. Mary's tapes seemed more like a parallel story. A way to explain Gordon's condition, while keeping the mystery and suspense. None of that would be there if they came out and said Gordon was crazy right away. I do not think the supernatural is necessary to explain the story, which is what makes Session 9 so great. Its a totally creepy ghost story situation, with no ghosts involved. I like this, too.  Man, if it makes me think this much, it's a darn good movie.
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Does netflix instant always put on the theatrical version of a movie? Or do they sometimes put the unrated/director's cut on or both? I wanted to know because I was going to watch Live Free or Die Hard and I'd heard there were multiple versions. Then I checked again and realized that it wasn't even on instant. But now I'm curious about other movies.
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George Clooney allegedly never wears makeup for his movies. Also Emma Thompson didn't wear any makeup in Stranger than Fiction because she was playing a shut-in. Those are still just specific actors though, not whole casts.
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Aphrodite posted:George Clooney allegedly never wears makeup for his movies. Calling huge bullshit
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Calling huge bullshit Yeah, I thought people looked funny on film if they aren't wearing make up.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Calling huge bullshit Maybe he's just that beautiful. I don't believe it either.
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I heard it in the Up in the Air commentary. I think it's the director who says it. I Googled it just now and there's a lot of results, but they're all just repostings of the same interview he did for the movie.
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Doesn't George Clooney have fake tattoos in From Dusk Till Dawn? Doesn't this count as make-up?
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Maybe it's a joke about how good looking he is?
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FishBulb posted:Maybe it's a joke about how good looking he is? The Up in the Air director at least is quite serious when he says it. My guess is he only uses basic make-up and doesn't use anything to conceal his age, and he's just overselling it a bit.
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Yeah it's pretty unlikely Ivan Reitman's kid would be able to tell a joke in a serious manner or joke around on a commentary track.
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Really, that strikes means just a little bit of ego. He should be wearing whatever makeup the director tells him to wear. But he's a solid enough actor that it's forgivable.
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Zogo posted:Does netflix instant always put on the theatrical version of a movie? Or do they sometimes put the unrated/director's cut on or both? I know that Fired Up is the unrated cut. So it's definitely not always the theatrical version. But I don't know if it's mentioned which version any particular movie is. Except Blade Runner, they tell you which is which for that one.
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Zogo posted:Does netflix instant always put on the theatrical version of a movie? Or do they sometimes put the unrated/director's cut on or both? Sex Drive is the crazy "random naked people for no reason every 5 minutes" Unrated Version with no god drat warning until the director tells you in a clip 10 seconds before the movie starts.
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This is a really dumb question but... I was watching a show yesterday and one of the guys did this whole thing about being blown away by the cheerios he was eating. Asking if they were honey nut or something cause they were so good. Is this a quote from a movie? Its driving me crazy cause I'm sure I've heard it before.
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