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Aphrodite posted:It's a brand new movie, people. and is also opened from the outside thus some on else has to be there etc etc
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Is it wrong that I find it hilarious to be discussing subtlety in a movie that's basically Transformers/Ultra Man/Johnny Socko's Flying Robot fighting Godzilla and King Ghidorah? I'll cop to not having seen Pacific Rim yet (and I want to) but I'm not going into it expecting Kubrick levels of subtlety. Or any subtlety, really. Cause, you know, giant monsters vs. giant robots and poo poo.
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BiggerBoat posted:Is it wrong that I find it hilarious to be discussing subtlety in a movie that's basically Transformers/Ultra Man/Johnny Socko's Flying Robot fighting Godzilla and King Ghidorah? I'll cop to not having seen Pacific Rim yet (and I want to) but I'm not going into it expecting Kubrick levels of subtlety. When you're dealing with that kind of scale, anything less than a rocket punch is subtle.
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BiggerBoat posted:Is it wrong that I find it hilarious to be discussing subtlety in a movie that's basically Transformers/Ultra Man/Johnny Socko's Flying Robot fighting Godzilla and King Ghidorah? I'll cop to not having seen Pacific Rim yet (and I want to) but I'm not going into it expecting Kubrick levels of subtlety. Not necessarily subtle, but I'd say that it just has lots of little neat touches that add to the experience.
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BiggerBoat posted:Is it wrong that I find it hilarious to be discussing subtlety in a movie that's basically Transformers/Ultra Man/Johnny Socko's Flying Robot fighting Godzilla and King Ghidorah? I'll cop to not having seen Pacific Rim yet (and I want to) but I'm not going into it expecting Kubrick levels of subtlety. This is a Guillermo Del Toro movie, who is a pretty sharp guy and even his low brow movies tend to have clever touches.
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Speaking about Pacific Rim, I thought it was cute how after Gipsy Danger vents her coolant to freeze the tail of the second Hong Kong kaiju, we see a WARNING: COOLANT LOW signal flashing as she returns to base after the sword thing.
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In Django Unchained there's a nice bit of wardrobe regarding Old Man Carrucan's short scene. He's wearing yellow sunglasses. There's a murky anecdote that yellow tinted glasses were prescribed to people suffering syphilis in order for their eyes to cope with the extra sensitivity to light.
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I just noticed another one in Children of Men: Early in the film, Theo visits his cousin in this huge museum storing hundreds of great works of art, collected together because no-one knows what else to do. He sees Michelangelo's David, which has lost a foot, presumably in the chaos of whatever's going on outside of Britain. His cousin specifically points this out. Later in the movie, Theo kills this one crooked cop, Syd, by hitting him in the head with a cinderblock or something. Moments later he steps on something--he's barefoot--and swears. It's a bit of a long shot, but the movie's full of biblical allusions and that sort of thing.
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Professor Shark posted:I just finished watching Primer, and a lot of things that I overlooked from the beginning of the movie made much more sense towards the end/ after I thought about it for a bit. My favorite thing on the re-watch of Prime was how in-control and cocky Aaron was the whole time. A good example would be the conversation between Abe and Aaron at the bench. Aaron is wearing his headphones. Later we find out he is listening to version of himself that has recorded all the events of the day. So he always knows what is going to happen. Anyway, they have a short exchange like: Abe: March Madness? Aaron: It's Carolina and Michigan. Abe: Who's winning? Aaron: I don't even know. What? That totally slipped past me, just like it did Abe. But it's obvious Aaron was lying. It should be apparent the headphones are important. Apparent Aaron is lying. There are a thousand moments like this that should tell you Aaron has won before we even see the fight start.
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Krazyface posted:I just noticed another one in Children of Men: Early in the film, Theo visits his cousin in this huge museum storing hundreds of great works of art, collected together because no-one knows what else to do. He sees Michelangelo's David, which has lost a foot, presumably in the chaos of whatever's going on outside of Britain. His cousin specifically points this out. Later in the movie, Theo kills this one crooked cop, Syd, by hitting him in the head with a cinderblock or something. Moments later he steps on something--he's barefoot--and swears. What biblical tale is this a reference to?
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Frostwerks posted:What biblical tale is this a reference to? I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest David & Goliath.
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Krazyface posted:I just noticed another one in Children of Men: Early in the film, Theo visits his cousin in this huge museum storing hundreds of great works of art, collected together because no-one knows what else to do. He sees Michelangelo's David, which has lost a foot, presumably in the chaos of whatever's going on outside of Britain. His cousin specifically points this out. Later in the movie, Theo kills this one crooked cop, Syd, by hitting him in the head with a cinderblock or something. Moments later he steps on something--he's barefoot--and swears. It's a car battery. Anyone who has ever lifted one knows how devastating that would have been. Nothing subtle about it; just a little detail from my favourite movie.
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I can't remember if this one's been posted as there's been a lot of Shutter Island posts in this thread, but in the scene where Teddy and Chuck are interviewing a female patient early in the movie, they ask her about the mysteriously absent Dr. Sheehan. The female patient describes him as "not too hard on the eyes", to which Chuck gives a little grin. Chuck is, of course, Dr. Sheehan playing his part in Teddy's role play, so naturally he'd smile at that remark. Nothing groundbreaking, but I thought that was kinda neat.
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OilSlick posted:I can't remember if this one's been posted as there's been a lot of Shutter Island posts in this thread, but in the scene where Teddy and Chuck are interviewing a female patient early in the movie, they ask her about the mysteriously absent Dr. Sheehan. The female patient describes him as "not too hard on the eyes", to which Chuck gives a little grin. Chuck is, of course, Dr. Sheehan playing his part in Teddy's role play, so naturally he'd smile at that remark. Shutter Island is one of those movies that really demands a rewatch after you've seen it the first time. I like movies like that, especially when I don't see the telegraphed twist coming.
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OilSlick posted:I can't remember if this one's been posted as there's been a lot of Shutter Island posts in this thread, but in the scene where Teddy and Chuck are interviewing a female patient early in the movie, they ask her about the mysteriously absent Dr. Sheehan. The female patient describes him as "not too hard on the eyes", to which Chuck gives a little grin. Chuck is, of course, Dr. Sheehan playing his part in Teddy's role play, so naturally he'd smile at that remark. She also nervously glances at him before answering the question, which he responds to with a knowing look.
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Re-watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit? last night, which of course has a number of things going on in the background when the toons are around, especially in the Maroon Studios lot at the beginning of the movie. When Valiant is in Maroon's office, getting the job to take the photos of Jessica & Acme, he looks out the window to see some workers moving a crate. They drop it, and a bunch of toon chairs pop out and start going crazy. One of the workers shouts "Grab the orchestra!" as the chairs start dodging all their efforts to grab them. Sure enough, the toons are playing instruments, but more like big band instruments. That's when the pun hit me. They're musical chairs.
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VanSandman posted:Shutter Island is one of those movies that really demands a rewatch after you've seen it the first time. I like movies like that, especially when I don't see the telegraphed twist coming. Agreed. Momento is like that too. I'd already read Shutter Island before I saw the film so I knew the twist but still wanted to re-watch it. The Sixth Sense falls into this category s well. It's a whole different experience re-watching them once you know the reveal and you can watch them with new eyes.
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alpha_destroy posted:My favorite thing on the re-watch of Prime was how in-control and cocky Aaron was the whole time. A good example would be the conversation between Abe and Aaron at the bench. Aaron is wearing his headphones. Later we find out he is listening to version of himself that has recorded all the events of the day. So he always knows what is going to happen. Anyway, they have a short exchange like: How did you interpret the ending? If I read it correctly, Aaron intended to fill the building-sized machine with air tanks and food, then travel back even further (?)
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VanSandman posted:Shutter Island is one of those movies that really demands a rewatch after you've seen it the first time. I like movies like that, especially when I don't see the telegraphed twist coming. Shutter Island is the most depressing case of confirmation bias known to man. It hid its twist so well that people didn't see it because they thought they had figured the twist out from the trailer 
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Krazyface posted:I just noticed another one in Children of Men: Early in the film, Theo visits his cousin in this huge museum storing hundreds of great works of art, collected together because no-one knows what else to do. He sees Michelangelo's David, which has lost a foot, presumably in the chaos of whatever's going on outside of Britain. His cousin specifically points this out. Later in the movie, Theo kills this one crooked cop, Syd, by hitting him in the head with a cinderblock or something. Moments later he steps on something--he's barefoot--and swears. I'd argue that the damage to David is more of an allusion to the Fisher King myth. A king is wounded, with this wound occurring in the foot or leg in some versions of the myth. This wound leads to his lands becoming infertile. This works well with the content of the film itself, especially due to the ending section of the credits alluding to Eliot's The Wasteland, which itself is heavily based off of the Fisher King myth. You could even say that Theo's cousin's art hoarding is a take on "These fragments I have shored against my ruins."
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The Back to the Future series is one of my favorite trilogies...I never noticed this small thing until just now, when taking a little quiz thing about BTTF II on Buzzfeed: Not the Doc Brown part, obviously.
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The 2015 paper is also fun
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DrBouvenstein posted:The Back to the Future series is one of my favorite trilogies...I never noticed this small thing until just now, when taking a little quiz thing about BTTF II on Buzzfeed: I never realized BttF takes place in the same canon as Watchmen.
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NienNunb posted:I never realized BttF takes place in the same canon as Watchmen. Only the Biff-verse.
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This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper... "Hello? Anybody home? Think McFly, THINK!"
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NienNunb posted:I never realized BttF takes place in the same canon as Watchmen. Memento and Dark Knight are in the same cannon: the doctor from the Memento flash backs moves up from treating everyday people to having his own practice catering to the upper class of Gotham.
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Professor Shark posted:How did you interpret the ending? If I read it correctly, Aaron intended to fill the building-sized machine with air tanks and food, then travel back even further (?) "It won't go back far enough."
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Goofus Giraffe posted:I'd argue that the damage to David is more of an allusion to the Fisher King myth. A king is wounded, with this wound occurring in the foot or leg in some versions of the myth. This wound leads to his lands becoming infertile. This works well with the content of the film itself, especially due to the ending section of the credits alluding to Eliot's The Wasteland, which itself is heavily based off of the Fisher King myth. You could even say that Theo's cousin's art hoarding is a take on "These fragments I have shored against my ruins." It's also an allusion to Nebuchadnezzar's Dream - the idealised society is fundamentally fragile and will eventually crumble because it's built on poor foundations, etc. The verse contains another fun link to the theme of the film - Daniel 2:41-43 posted:And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another
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All the talk about Primer... I was unimpressed by the movie and caught the twist way too early but I might have to watch it again. I did, however, watch Disney's Hercules over the weekend and there's a point where he's posing for a painting wearing a lion head crown and he throws it on the ground. The lion's head is Scar's from "The Lion King". Made me chuckle.
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Jay 2K Winger posted:Re-watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit? last night, which of course has a number of things going on in the background when the toons are around, especially in the Maroon Studios lot at the beginning of the movie. When Valiant is in Maroon's office, getting the job to take the photos of Jessica & Acme, he looks out the window to see some workers moving a crate. They drop it, and a bunch of toon chairs pop out and start going crazy. One of the workers shouts "Grab the orchestra!" as the chairs start dodging all their efforts to grab them. Sure enough, the toons are playing instruments, but more like big band instruments. That's when the pun hit me. I re-watched this the other day and realized toons represent a racial minority. Then I looked that up on the internet and sure enough someone has written a whole essay on racial subtext in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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CyberLord XP posted:I re-watched this the other day and realized toons represent a racial minority. Then I looked that up on the internet and sure enough someone has written a whole essay on racial subtext in Who Framed Roger Rabbit This is some surface level poo poo.
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scary ghost dog posted:This is some surface level poo poo. And yet, the film is far more subtle than the book. The book mentions how humanoid toons like Jessica can pass off as human. Even changing the way they speak to seem more human. Oh yeah, and the nonhumanoid toons are refereed to as Barnyards. Yup.
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The movie has humanoid toons passing as human by changing the way they speak as well.
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scary ghost dog posted:The movie has humanoid toons passing as human by changing the way they speak as well. "Remember ME, Eddie?! When I KILLED your brother, I talked... JUST. LIKE. THIIIIIS!"
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Isn't Who Framed Roger Rabbit basically a half-cartoon remake of Chinatown, anyway?
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Pretty much, but with 46% less incest.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Between WFRR? and Rango, more cartoons needs to lift their plots from Roman Polanski movies. I for one am really looking forwards to Princess Meridia's baby.
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bunnyofdoom posted:I for one am really looking forwards to Princess Meridia's baby. So is Polanski.
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