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kapalama posted:On this topic is the Benjamin Button any good? No, it's basically Forrest Gump but way more boring
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Colonel Whitey posted:No, it's basically Forrest Gump but way more boring This man knows what's up. There's an opening vignette about a guy who designs a clock that's pretty compelling. Unfortunately, it's better than the rest of the movie combined, which takes an interesting premise and does absolutely nothing of consequence with it. Well filmed (as you'd expect), but completely inert and fairly lifeless, with a framing story whose arbitrary nature is almost offensive in its use of Katrina.
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Sep 11, 2010 21:41
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Colonel Whitey posted:No, it's basically Forrest Gump but way more boring Thank you for saving a couple of hours of my life. That trailer made it seem like what you said. New question: have any of Dick Francis's books ever made it to screen?
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EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL 
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kapalama posted:On this topic is the Benjamin Button any good? Having been blown away by David Fincher's previous film (Zodiac), I had mixed feelings about it. It's certainly a great film, but I guess I expected something a little different from Fincher. For as long as it is, I felt certain chapters should have been lengthened while other should have been drastically shortened or excised entirely. There are also a few moment where it strays too close to Forrest Gump sap territory, despite being a much deeper and darker film. However, these hiccups don't stop it from being an interesting story with impressive art direction and many truly excellent moments. edit: beaten, though I do agree that the clock story was the best part of the movie. Rake Arms fucked around with this message at 21:46 on Sep 11, 2010 |
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Sep 11, 2010 21:43
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kapalama posted:Thank you for saving a couple of hours of my life. That trailer made it seem like what you said. Looks like Dead Cert and a couple of TV movies.
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Sep 11, 2010 21:45
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ClydeUmney posted:This man knows what's up. There's an opening vignette about a guy who designs a clock that's pretty compelling. Unfortunately, it's better than the rest of the movie combined, which takes an interesting premise and does absolutely nothing of consequence with it. Well filmed (as you'd expect), but completely inert and fairly lifeless, with a framing story whose arbitrary nature is almost offensive in its use of Katrina. I agree about Katrina, it seemed so pointless and shoehorned. I have to admit I loved the tug boat sequences. The opening and final montages are also very well done. It's not a great movie but it's worth seeing, the cinematography was great as well.
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Sep 11, 2010 21:48
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I also want to agree with Benjamin Button not begin a very good movie. I wanted to like it, I really did but in the end it just seems so pointless and the central premise of the plot barely effects anything. Plus it's one of those movies where if you think about it, entire plot points and sequences are utterly pointless. It really is like Forrest Gump, but instead of the main character being retarded, he's just boring.
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Sep 11, 2010 22:57
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The acting, cinematography, writing, effects, music, etc. are all excellent. I didn't have any issues with the story or performances. There's nothing bad about the movie or unlikable. It's the guest that shows up at a party, sits in a corner for two hours, then leaves without saying anything or anyone noticing he's arrived or left.
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Sep 11, 2010 23:22
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I guess you could say its biggest crime is the wasted potential of that cast with that director.
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Sep 11, 2010 23:27
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Though it should be said that the only reason he was able to make Zodiac was because he agreed to make Benjamin Button as well.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Though it should be said that the only reason he was able to make Zodiac was because he agreed to make Benjamin Button as well. If you need another opinion on the movie: it's very pretty to look at, but that's about it. The movie kind of lost me right around that awful "life all comes down to a series of coincidences" scene; that was some shockingly amateur stuff right there.
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Green Vulture posted:Can you explain this? I've never heard that before. I've read in some places that Fincher has always shown a sort of neutral, muted feeling about Button, but I've never heard that he was contractually obligated to make it. It wasn't so much that he was forced into doing, as it was a deal struck between him and the studio. They had the script and saw, rightly so, they needed more than the usual director-for-hire type to make it really interesting. They then made the deal that if Fincher did Button, with everything that entails (being able to attract starpower like Pitt forexample) they'd finance his expensive vision of Zodiac. Didn't Fincher hold a Q&A shortly after the release of Button where he refused to answer questions and basically said he didn't care about the movie, didn't find it had any underlying themes and generally acted like he would rather forget about the whole thing. Fincher is one of those directors that should just get 100 million every 2 years to make exactly what he likes. drat I love that mans work.
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Trump posted:It wasn't so much that he was forced into doing, as it was a deal struck between him and the studio. They had the script and saw, rightly so, they needed more than the usual director-for-hire type to make it really interesting. They then made the deal that if Fincher did Button, with everything that entails (being able to attract starpower like Pitt forexample) they'd finance his expensive vision of Zodiac. Yeah, apart from Alien 3(not really his fault) and Benjamin Button, I've loved every single film he's done, and I can't wait for Social Network. This brings up a good question. What exactly are studio's looking for in a director? Would they rather have some brilliant but hard to work with, or just a flashy yes-man? For example, what made Sony pick Mark Webb for the new Spiderman? 500 Days of Summer was pretty good, but I didn't leave the theatre thinking " drat I want to see a Mark Webb superhero movie." Did they just pick him because he's relatively inexpierenced and didn't want someone like Raimi who would fight back and do his own thing for the most part?
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Sep 12, 2010 06:22
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Because his last name is "Webb."
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Though it should be said that the only reason he was able to make Zodiac was because he agreed to make Benjamin Button as well. Then watching Benjamin Button was well worth it. \/\/\/\/\/poo poo, I hope that means Andrew Dominik can direct a badass Marvel flick. How great would it look? LesterGroans fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Sep 12, 2010 |
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Sep 12, 2010 07:15
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You might also ask why'd they get Jon Favreau to do Iron Man? Wait, I'm sensing a pattern. To direct a Marvel superhero movie, you must have previously directed a film with Zooey Deschanel. Yes, all the puzzle pieces are coming together.
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So every time there is a "The making of Jaws" or Jaws trivia they always bring up how Spielberg shot the underwater boat wreck scene in his pool, because he wanted to make it scarier. What I want to know is, is there another version out there without the disembodied head of Ben Gardner?
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Sep 12, 2010 07:40
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Ben Button is cool to watch because it uses CGI pretty drat well.
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I watched Blue Velvet recently. I was at the part where Isabella Rossellini's character shows up naked at Jeffrey's house, and she screams something like "I love you, love me!", and Laura Dern's face goes all weird in reaction. I remembered that that scene was shown in another movie, where a couple goes on a date to see it, and that's the scene it shows. However, I can't remember which movie it was, can anyone help?
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knows a black guy posted:I watched Blue Velvet recently. I was at the part where Isabella Rossellini's character shows up naked at Jeffrey's house, and she screams something like "I love you, love me!", and Laura Dern's face goes all weird in reaction. I remembered that that scene was shown in another movie, where a couple goes on a date to see it, and that's the scene it shows. However, I can't remember which movie it was, can anyone help? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/movieconnections
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FitFortDanga posted:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/movieconnections Thanks, it must have been The Squid And The Whale.
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kapalama posted:On this topic is the Benjamin Button any good? No. Skip it.
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Gyver posted:So every time there is a "The making of Jaws" or Jaws trivia they always bring up how Spielberg shot the underwater boat wreck scene in his pool, because he wanted to make it scarier. What I want to know is, is there another version out there without the disembodied head of Ben Gardner? I believe the original scene just has Hooper investigating Ben's boat. It was only shown to test audiences, and it was during one of those screenings that Spielberg realised he could get a big jump scare in there. In short, the original scene has never been shown anywhere other than a few test screenings of the film back in the 70's.
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I'm watching 2001 on IFC, and how did they shoot the space stewardess walking up to the cockpit? It's an interesting shot, and the only way I can think of it is to have a rotating sets. Also, I never noticed the food trays are drinkboxes before. Ew, pea flavored drinkbox. Also, me and my assistant manager were talking today about Kickass and she was saying how surprised she was at Hitgirls language. This made us wonder if they can really have kids say gently caress and poo poo and other swears in films, or do they have them say something else and it gets dubbed over afterward.
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twistedmentat posted:Also, me and my assistant manager were talking today about Kickass and she was saying how surprised she was at Hitgirls language. This made us wonder if they can really have kids say gently caress and poo poo and other swears in films, or do they have them say something else and it gets dubbed over afterward. There's no law against children swearing. As long as the parents are okay with it, you can have a child say whatever you want.
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twistedmentat posted:I'm watching 2001 on IFC, and how did they shoot the space stewardess walking up to the cockpit? It's an interesting shot, and the only way I can think of it is to have a rotating sets. There were rotating sets. Someone post that pic
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The Lucas posted:There were rotating sets. Someone post that pic Cool. I'd love to see it The scene where Floyd and team go into the pit with the Monolith has always creeped me out. The creepy as chanting combined with the body language of the actors really gives and unnerving vibe off the whole thing. axleblaze posted:There's no law against children swearing. As long as the parents are okay with it, you can have a child say whatever you want. Crazy. What about nudity, not the kids, but seeing it. I remember once hearing that people in the US were freaked out by the Tin Drum because a child was exposed to nudity a bunch of times during the course of the film. Though it turned out that the cast was little people.
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twistedmentat posted:Also, me and my assistant manager were talking today about Kickass and she was saying how surprised she was at Hitgirls language. This made us wonder if they can really have kids say gently caress and poo poo and other swears in films, or do they have them say something else and it gets dubbed over afterward. I would have been more shocked by Hit-Girl's language if not for the fact that I hear real 12 year olds talk like that all the time.
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twistedmentat posted:Cool. I'd love to see it There arn't a lot of pics of the sets online but there is this one. 
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That's actually the circular living/working area of the Discovery One. I've never come across any photos of the rotating set for the bit with the stewardess but it not hard to imagine; a length of hallway on rollers that turns upside down. Kind of like those spinning barrels in funhouses.
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It's a rotating camera for that scene. That and lots of other effects from 2001 are explained here (ugly site, but nicely informative).
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twistedmentat posted:
David Bennent was actually 11 or 12 at the time. He is not a little person, although he is sort of small and weird-looking. I think nudity is generally under the same rules (parents need to approve) although I know in Europe, they are more permissive than here (I recall Bertolucci's 1900 has two little boys touching each other's erections, which would definitely not fly this side of the ocean). Thora Birch was 16 in her nude scene in American Beauty; her parents were on-set while they shot it (they were also pornstars that met on the set of Deep Throat, but that's neither here nor there). I figure it works the same way if the kid isn't naked.
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Lovemaking, by Stan Brakhage is creepy. It's made up of gay sex, naked children, and dogs mating. The aristocrats.
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Egbert Souse posted:Lovemaking, by Stan Brakhage is creepy. It's made up of gay sex, naked children, and dogs mating. The aristocrats. My review was: "Formula for arthouse porn: 12% straight sex, 21% gay sex, 30% dogs loving and 37% naked children with lots of close-ups of their genitalia. I don't know whether to feel bored, insulted, or disgusted. I do feel like I should call the cops. The "Sexual Meditation" series is leagues better than this."
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I'm trying to remember the title of something, it's either a book and/or a movie about a couple that goes to a vacation house every year/few years, even after they have married other people and had their own children.
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That's how Scenes From A Marriage ends.
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twistedmentat posted:
The Exorcist will blow your mind
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Kerck Pnameless posted:I'm trying to remember the title of something, it's either a book and/or a movie about a couple that goes to a vacation house every year/few years, even after they have married other people and had their own children. Same Time, Next Year?
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I saw The American a week or so ago and enjoyed it. However, I see that a lot of people don't like it, calling it the "worst movie ever", boring, etc. I figure most people who don't like it were looking for George Clooney as Jason Bourne. What do you guys think of the movie? I don't see a thread on it. SynthesizerKaiser fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Sep 15, 2010 |
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SynthesizerKaiser posted:I saw The American a week or so ago and enjoyed it. However, I see that a lot of people don't like it, calling it the "worst movie ever", boring, etc. I figure most people who don't like it were looking for George Clooney as Jason Bourne. I made a choice not to see it based on the previews making it look like a by-the-numbers cliched spy movie. Is this assessment wrong?
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