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My favorite chick flick is Kill Bill.
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Criminal Minded posted:My favorite chick flick is Kill Bill.
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May 24, 2011 03:06
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What was so special about Prizzi's Honor that it was nominated for so many awards? I just caught it for the first time on HBO and thought that it was pretty average. The IMDB users agree with me, because it has a 6.8 rating, yet it was up for Best Picture at the 1986 Academy Awards. What am I missing?
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May 24, 2011 04:47
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Rusty Shackelford posted:What was so special about Prizzi's Honor that it was nominated for so many awards? I just caught it for the first time on HBO and thought that it was pretty average. The IMDB users agree with me, because it has a 6.8 rating, yet it was up for Best Picture at the 1986 Academy Awards. What am I missing? You're not missing anything, the Academy is stupid.
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May 24, 2011 05:49
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Rusty Shackelford posted:What was so special about Prizzi's Honor that it was nominated for so many awards? I just caught it for the first time on HBO and thought that it was pretty average. The IMDB users agree with me, because it has a 6.8 rating, yet it was up for Best Picture at the 1986 Academy Awards. What am I missing? Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, in a film directed by John Huston. Star power, plus a weak year for Hollywood films, is my guess.
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May 24, 2011 05:51
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Was Ridley Scott involved in the Gladiator 2 project at all (the one with Nick Cave's script) or was that conceptualized completely without him?
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May 25, 2011 02:44
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Rusty Shackelford posted:What was so special about Prizzi's Honor that it was nominated for so many awards? I just caught it for the first time on HBO and thought that it was pretty average. The IMDB users agree with me, because it has a 6.8 rating, yet it was up for Best Picture at the 1986 Academy Awards. What am I missing? Cocaine was cheap and popular in the 80s you see.
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May 25, 2011 21:13
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Does anyone know why Jim Carrey isn't doing much high-profile work? He's one of my favourite actors of all time given his performances in The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and even 23 and I Love You Phillip Morris I liked. But recently, it seems like he's reduced himself to mediocre kids' movies? Is there any reason he's not getting picked for big productions?
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May 25, 2011 23:33
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csidle posted:Does anyone know why Jim Carrey isn't doing much high-profile work? He's one of my favourite actors of all time given his performances in The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and even 23 and I Love You Phillip Morris I liked. But recently, it seems like he's reduced himself to mediocre kids' movies? Is there any reason he's not getting picked for big productions? Scripts like The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine are rare. Scripts like The Number 23 drat near grow on trees. Also, I don't know if this is the case with Jim, but it's the case with actors like Steve Martin or Tim Allen: often they'll sign a contract for an huge amount of money to do a set number of films for a given studio over a certain amount of years. The studio does this assuming that a few of the movies will do terribly, but one or two will do a lot of money, and they'll make a profit in the end.
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May 26, 2011 00:46
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codyclarke posted:Scripts like The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine are rare. Scripts like The Number 23 drat near grow on trees. Wasn't he spreading the bad word about vaccinations and autism with what's-her-name and "focusing on the family"? Jenny McCarthy? NGL fucked around with this message at 00:58 on May 26, 2011 |
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May 26, 2011 00:50
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NGL posted:Wasn't he spreading the bad word about vaccinations and autism with what's-her-name and "focusing on the family". He was married to her. They're divorced and he's stopped.
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May 26, 2011 00:58
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scary ghost dog posted:He was married to her. They're divorced and he's stopped. Cool. Now I can respect him more.
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May 26, 2011 01:00
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NGL posted:Wasn't he spreading the bad word about vaccinations and autism with what's-her-name and "focusing on the family"? Yes to both, but she was the real 'champion' of the cause.
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May 26, 2011 01:00
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csidle posted:Does anyone know why Jim Carrey isn't doing much high-profile work? He's one of my favourite actors of all time given his performances in The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and even 23 and I Love You Phillip Morris I liked. But recently, it seems like he's reduced himself to mediocre kids' movies? Is there any reason he's not getting picked for big productions? He's one of my favorite actors too. I think it's a combination of elements: -He didn't want to be known for Ace Venture type roles anymore. He often said he didn't want to be doing "this" at 50. That was back during the 90's when he was promoting Dumb & Dumber. His Steven Russell character is about as much of a 180 as possible. -He didn't do himself any favors with the studios and moviegoers with the anti-vaccine rants and marches. This was also when he gave bizarre interviews talking about how light shines through him and poo poo. -His last big box office hit was Bruce Almighty in 2003. He had a string of duds, with only Yes Man being his recent hit and that grossed half of what his movies used to. -He's very expensive. For Bruce Almighty he got $25 million up front. For Yes Man he got 36% of the profits. -Steve Carrell and Will Ferrell became more popular. -He became the Dallas Mavericks head coach.
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May 26, 2011 06:42
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Bozz posted:-He became the Dallas Mavericks head coach. He's gonna get us a ring, too, so don't hate.
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May 26, 2011 09:24
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His tweets are terrible. That's the real reason.
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May 27, 2011 20:07
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NeuroticErotica posted:He's gonna get us a ring, too, so don't hate. I'm a Lakers fan but of couse I'll be pulling for the Mavs too.  I've read some of Carrey's tweets and they have been pretty awful.
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May 27, 2011 22:21
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After his SNL appearance I'm more than willing to believe that he's been replaced by a creepy killer robot, because goddam is he way too convincing.
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May 27, 2011 22:31
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Farbtoner posted:After his SNL appearance I'm more than willing to believe that he's been replaced by a creepy killer robot, because goddam is he way too convincing. The non-Bill Hader guy is always amazing in those sketches. Serious robot skills.
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May 27, 2011 23:46
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I remember seeing a link in this forum to a blog that showed how movies borrow shots from older movies. I can't think of any specific example, however. Does anyone recall a website resembling what I'm describing? I tried Googling it but I'm not exactly sure what terms to search with.
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May 28, 2011 08:25
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E Minor posted:I remember seeing a link in this forum to a blog that showed how movies borrow shots from older movies. I can't think of any specific example, however. Does anyone recall a website resembling what I'm describing? I tried Googling it but I'm not exactly sure what terms to search with. http://shotcontext.blogspot.com/
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May 28, 2011 10:23
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cloudchamber posted:http://shotcontext.blogspot.com/ That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks a bunch!
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May 28, 2011 10:32
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cloudchamber posted:http://shotcontext.blogspot.com/
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May 28, 2011 10:35
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Quantify! posted:None of those shots look remotely like the others. Maybe we're playing a deeper game here, but I don't see the significance of 3 completely different shots of a bed in a forest. That's a trope that's been used a million times. We are indeed playing a deeper game here. The blog is not just ripoffs and homages. Coincidence is a big part. Edit: Also the subject of a shot is pretty much always more important than the shot itself.
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May 28, 2011 10:49
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Quantify! posted:None of those shots look remotely like the others. Maybe we're playing a deeper game here, but I don't see the significance of 3 completely different shots of a bed in a forest. That's a trope that's been used a million times.
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May 28, 2011 15:10
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Quantify! posted:None of those shots look remotely like the others. Maybe we're playing a deeper game here, but I don't see the significance of 3 completely different shots of a bed in a forest. That's a trope that's been used a million times. There are some interesting ones in there that I never knew about like:   and   But then you get comparisons like:   The hell? *edit* Okay I just read about the "influence" of the Hidden Fortress on Star Wars so I guess that makes sense but there are other ones in there. Secks fucked around with this message at 20:59 on May 28, 2011 |
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May 28, 2011 20:56
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I knew about the 'You're tearing me apart!" connection between Rebel Without a Cause and The Room that's listed on that site, but I know there's a movie that uses the "You say one thing, he says another, and then everyone changes back again" line. Does anyone remember what it is? Here's the quote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKExj1TyP3Q
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May 28, 2011 22:03
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scary ghost dog posted:We are indeed playing a deeper game here. The blog is not just ripoffs and homages. Coincidence is a big part. *shows image of 1942 western* *shows image of Han Solo firing blaster* Clearly George Lucas was strongly influenced by Gabby Hayes even if he didn't know it!
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May 28, 2011 22:48
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codyclarke posted:I knew about the 'You're tearing me apart!" connection between Rebel Without a Cause and The Room that's listed on that site, but I know there's a movie that uses the "You say one thing, he says another, and then everyone changes back again" line. Does anyone remember what it is? Here's the quote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKExj1TyP3Q Fantastic Mr Fox uses that exact line.
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May 29, 2011 02:14
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cloudchamber posted:Fantastic Mr Fox uses that exact line. There we go! Thank you! I love when movies steal lines from other ones.
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May 29, 2011 02:20
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Quantify! posted:This is some logic. So if a movie shows a guy firing a gun, it's a subtle echo of every film that's ever had a guy fire a gun? Ah, what a brilliant coincidence... perhaps there is a Jungian collective subconscious that causes film directors to draw upon the same images of men firing guns... or perhaps there's only so many ways to fire a gun and they all look pretty much the same... NO! It must be the hidden language of the cinema. You picked the worst worst worst examples for your boring argument.
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May 29, 2011 03:14
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Secks posted:There are some interesting ones in there that I never knew about like:
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May 29, 2011 04:04
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Quantify! posted:This is some logic. So if a movie shows a guy firing a gun, it's a subtle echo of every film that's ever had a guy fire a gun? Ah, what a brilliant coincidence... perhaps there is a Jungian collective subconscious that causes film directors to draw upon the same images of men firing guns... or perhaps there's only so many ways to fire a gun and they all look pretty much the same... NO! It must be the hidden language of the cinema. OK, I just read through the entire thing and if you can't appreciate the humor in stuff like this:  I don't know what to say. They're not in-depth essays, it's just goofy picture comparisons that are sometimes insightful but usually entertaining.
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May 29, 2011 04:07
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Quantify! posted:This is some logic. So if a movie shows a guy firing a gun, it's a subtle echo of every film that's ever had a guy fire a gun? Ah, what a brilliant coincidence... perhaps there is a Jungian collective subconscious that causes film directors to draw upon the same images of men firing guns... or perhaps there's only so many ways to fire a gun and they all look pretty much the same... NO! It must be the hidden language of the cinema. You use the word pretentious to describe comedies you don't like, don't you?
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May 29, 2011 05:12
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csidle posted:Does anyone know why Jim Carrey isn't doing much high-profile work? He's one of my favourite actors of all time given his performances in The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and even 23 and I Love You Phillip Morris I liked. But recently, it seems like he's reduced himself to mediocre kids' movies? Is there any reason he's not getting picked for big productions? That and from what I understand he's turned down a decent number of high profile roles (including a role in that Three Stooges abomination they're doing with D-list actors now).
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May 29, 2011 09:34
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Skwirl posted:You use the word pretentious to describe comedies you don't like, don't you? There's merit towards films deliberately/unknowningly borrowing shots from older ones, but nearly all of the ones on that blog are retarded.
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May 29, 2011 12:30
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Szmitten posted:There's merit towards films deliberately/unknowningly borrowing shots from older ones, but nearly all of the ones on that blog are retarded. Look at the third word in the title of the blog 
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May 29, 2011 12:47
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I think the blog is a fascinating read. I don't get why people have to be all dickish and aggressive towards a blog of movie stills. There's some interesting connections in the visual language, chill out holmes.
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May 29, 2011 13:17
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Skwirl posted:You use the word pretentious to describe comedies you don't like, don't you?
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The Machine posted:I think the blog is a fascinating read. I don't get why people have to be all dickish and aggressive towards a blog of movie stills. There's some interesting connections in the visual language, chill out holmes. True, but on the internet it's a free pass for people to anonymously be dickish and aggressive towards everything. It's a cool and valuable site even if the comparisons don't always mesh.
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