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Jan 6, 2012 17:43
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I mean not literally in reverse but the disc was one of those you-gotta-flip-it DVDs and I didn't know. So I watched the second half first, figuring it was just a really fast movie that didn't care to introduce characters or whatever and just dives into the action. I was pretty confused when it ended 45 minutes later.
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Jan 6, 2012 18:01
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I did that the first time I watched Godfather Part 2. I got about half an hour in before thinking that it was really weird that there were no title screens or credits whatsoever.
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Jan 6, 2012 18:13
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How the hell do you watch a film backwards?
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Jan 6, 2012 18:15
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My DVD player somehow ran the chapters in reverse order the first time I watched Memento. That was really confusing.
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Jan 6, 2012 18:18
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Woz My Neg rear end posted:My DVD player somehow ran the chapters in reverse order the first time I watched Memento. That was really confusing. You probably accidentally selected the special feature where it runs the movie in chronological order.
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Jan 6, 2012 18:19
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Schweinhund posted:Also movies before a certain year, like around 1920 are all public domain. If it weren't for the 1978 copyright extensions, it could be everything made before 1955. 
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Jan 6, 2012 18:24
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feedmyleg posted:You probably accidentally selected the special feature where it runs the movie in chronological order. I'm well aware that exists, it was a joke 
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Jan 6, 2012 18:25
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Shanty posted:Bring It On! For some reason I remember the other cheerleading team being full of Aryan Supermen and Superwomen.
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Jan 6, 2012 19:46
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twistedmentat posted:For some reason I remember the other cheerleading team being full of Aryan Supermen and Superwomen.  Excuse me? A few others where the other guys are pretty normal: Fat City, The Freshman, and I'm pretty sure The Black Stallion, too. Also, the whole conceit of the Undisputed series is based on humanizing the opponents, so you see them all as just more down-on-their-luck athletes. Oh, and Rocky 6! Which might be why it's the only good non-Creed Rocky.
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Jan 6, 2012 19:51
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Raging Bull, in which the main character beats the poo poo out of some up-and-coming boxer as viciously as he can just because his wife called him "pretty."
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Jan 6, 2012 19:59
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big business sloth posted:I mean not literally in reverse but the disc was one of those you-gotta-flip-it DVDs and I didn't know. So I watched the second half first, figuring it was just a really fast movie that didn't care to introduce characters or whatever and just dives into the action. I was pretty confused when it ended 45 minutes later. That dvd was so frustrating. The label was confusing so basically everytime I put it on, I would start with the "Rossi - Whore!" scene in the apartment lobby.
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Jan 6, 2012 20:23
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twistedmentat posted:For some reason I remember the other cheerleading team being full of Aryan Supermen and Superwomen. That's hilarious.
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Jan 6, 2012 21:26
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twistedmentat posted:For some reason I remember the other cheerleading team being full of Aryan Supermen and Superwomen. It's an easy mistake to make. Everyone assumes the Kirsten Dunst team is the team to root for, but if you view the narrative from the other side this statement makes sense.
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Jan 6, 2012 21:41
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Farbtoner posted:If it weren't for the 1978 copyright extensions, it could be everything made before 1955. That would suck since that's every 3-strip Technicolor feature. Almost all restorations have been pricey and paid for by the rights holders. Not to mention all nitrate films.
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Jan 7, 2012 01:06
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Are any Catherine Breillat movies good, or are they just tittyful?
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Jan 8, 2012 06:08
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penismightier posted:Are any Catherine Breillat movies good, or are they just tittyful? Fat Girl is pretty good, haven't seen any others.
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Jan 8, 2012 06:25
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penismightier posted:Are any Catherine Breillat movies good, or are they just tittyful? I watched The Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard over the last week, and enjoyed them both while sometimes feeling frustrated. They're brief and pretty enough that I'd recommend them. Bluebeard sticks closer to the fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty plays around with it more in fun ways.
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Jan 8, 2012 19:44
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penismightier posted:Are any Catherine Breillat movies good, or are they just tittyful? Fat Girl is really good.
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Jan 8, 2012 19:51
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What about Anatomy of Hell and Romance? Both sound interesting, but everything I've heard so far is ehh.
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Jan 8, 2012 19:54
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I guess i should watch more sports movies. The other day I was putting out sale dvds at work and I noticed that Bad Boys 2 has " A Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer production". Now I am pretty sure Don Simpson died in the mid 90s, so unless he's a zombie and still producing movies, is his name on it simply because he was involved in the production of the 1st?
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Jan 8, 2012 22:40
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FreakyZoid posted:I did that the first time I watched Godfather Part 2. I got about half an hour in before thinking that it was really weird that there were no title screens or credits whatsoever. When the DVD prompted me to turn on subtitles, I said no and ended up thinking the film was pretty brave to have long sections in Italian with no subtitles.
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Jan 8, 2012 23:18
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penismightier posted:Are any Catherine Breillat movies good, or are they just tittyful? I really, really like Sex is Comedy. It's a little bit of an ego trip but it's one of those films that really shows what goes into the making of a film.
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Jan 9, 2012 16:15
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 What the hell is "H" in this poster, I thought it might be Harold and Maude but, now that I have thought about it, I don't think it is.
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Jan 9, 2012 18:16
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I don't know, but Z (Zulu) came out in 1964 and M (The Road Warrior) came out in 1981, so it looks like anything goes there.
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Jan 9, 2012 18:19
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penismightier posted:M (The Road Warrior) came out in 1981, so it looks like anything goes there. Why is M the second film and not the first which came out in 1979? Z is probably the sequel to Zulu, 1979's Zulu Dawn Peaceful Anarchy fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Jan 9, 2012 |
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Jan 9, 2012 18:25
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penismightier posted:I don't know, but Z (Zulu) came out in 1964 and M (The Road Warrior) came out in 1981, so it looks like anything goes there. It might be Zulu Dawn [in reference to Z not H, sorry I have no idea] which came out in the late seventies.
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Jan 9, 2012 18:26
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:Why is M the second film and not the first which came out in 1979? I guess Mad Max 1 doesn't really have any iconic shots? He drat sure didn't look a thing like that in the first movie.
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Jan 9, 2012 18:26
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I kind of like the poster because "S" isn't Star Wars and "G" isn't Godfather, that is all.
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Jan 9, 2012 18:33
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jet sanchEz posted:I kind of like the poster because "S" isn't Star Wars and "G" isn't Godfather, that is all. It has Blacula and Ilsa, so despite its other problems it kinda owns.
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Jan 9, 2012 18:34
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I've seen it mentioned in a few places that Anna Faris' role in Lost In Translation was supposed to be loosely based on Cameron Diaz. Was there a template for Bill Murray's role?
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Jan 9, 2012 18:41
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jet sanchEz posted:
Herbie Rides Again 
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Jan 9, 2012 18:50
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I've seen it mentioned in a few places that Anna Faris' role in Lost In Translation was supposed to be loosely based on Cameron Diaz. Was there a template for Bill Murray's role? You mean Scarlett Johansson?
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Jan 9, 2012 19:47
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Orunitier posted:You mean Scarlett Johansson? The ditzy blonde actress in the hotel is Anna Faris. The photographer's wife is Scarlett J.
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Jan 9, 2012 19:58
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Mouser.. posted:Herbie Rides Again Thanks, it was really bugging me as I knew I had seen it before but, as it turns out, it has been 35 years since I last saw Herbie Rides Again. Scarlett's husband in the film is supposed to be Spike Jonze and, yes, the bubbly woman protrayed by Diaz is supposed to be Anna Faris. I suppose it is common knowledge in CD but Jonze and Coppola were married and I guess that during the filming of Being John Malkovich, Coppola met Faris and was less than impressed.
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Jan 9, 2012 21:53
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jet sanchEz posted:Thanks, it was really bugging me as I knew I had seen it before but, as it turns out, it has been 35 years since I last saw Herbie Rides Again. Quoting before you can edit and get Faris and Diaz the right way round here.
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Jan 9, 2012 22:06
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Hahah, whoops. Since we are talking a little bit about Spike Jonze, there was a great article that I read a few years ago that talked about the very low output that some of the young, new, and trendy directors were responsible for. The article talked about Jonze, Fincher, Tarintino and a couple of others who make great films but only do a film every few years. Of course, the article looked back in comparison at other great directors who had very high output when they were the young, new, and trendy directors in Hollywood---Speilberg, Scorcese, Copolla, De Palma, and a few others. For me, the really interesting part was how the article went into details about the shared working relationships that these guys were able to enjoy back in the '80s and '90s which made their jobs as directors that much easier. That ability to call Akira Kurosawa up on the phone and ask him how he might shoot a thing doesn't exist in Hollywood today EXCEPT that then the article talked to Iñárritu, Cuarón, and del Toro and how they do share that type of relationship. It was a great article, but I just don't recall where I found it, does it ring a bell for anyone? ,
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Jan 9, 2012 23:48
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penismightier posted:It has Blacula and Ilsa, so despite its other problems it kinda owns. I saw that and was wondering why the Night Porter was I, and it was Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS after all. I finally was able to see Fargo from start to finish, and besides being able to realize how great the police work that Francis McDormand does in the movie, I am still confused on what Macey's character was in trouble with. He sold some trucks that didn't exist and tried to fudge the serial numbers in a fax?
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Jan 10, 2012 05:44
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What are U, V X and Y? I suppose X might be Foxy Brown but that seems like cheating. It seems the guy did some for the 60s, 80s, and 90s as well.
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Jan 10, 2012 06:05
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twistedmentat posted:I saw that and was wondering why the Night Porter was I, and it was Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS after all. He's quick to give the kidnappers a car off the lot, so I always assumed it was another situation like that. He gave away some cars off the lot and tried to bluff his way out of it. I could be totally wrong here, though. Peaceful Anarchy posted:What are U, V X and Y? I suppose X might be Foxy Brown but that seems like cheating. U is Up In Smoke.
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