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LtKenFrankenstein posted:drat, those are both really loving good. There's no wrong answer, but I'll say The Long Good Friday. Done and done! Thanks.
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I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but what the gently caress, maybe someone knows something I don't. I want to go see Rocky Horror this weekend because, y'know, Halloween. Is there any way to find out what the popular theaters are? Last year at the theater I went to (the Newtown Theater, literally the oldest movie theater in the world, perfect atmosphere) it was me, my brother, and one random girl in the audience. No goddamn fun yelling in an empty theater, we yelled like twice and then realized how lame it was and just sat there, it sucked.
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Are there subtitles in Berberian Sound Studio?
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Frackie Robinson posted:Are there subtitles in Berberian Sound Studio? Yes.
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CapnAndy posted:I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but what the gently caress, maybe someone knows something I don't. Maybe call the theaters and ask if they have many reservations already?
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Well, yes, I understand it's not useful to the work done in production and post-production phases, but screenwriters do use this when they're writing specs and when scripts are in development. They obviously don't indicate every cut in their script so when they do, and when they use terms like "smash cut", they're trying to emphasize the impact a transition should have on the audience (and to the reader of the script). Similarly, critics and people who write about film also use the term to indicate the different emotional impact of certain cuts (as scary ghost dog points out) because not all cuts have the same value and function to the audience. Personally, I feel stuff like 'smash cut' comes off as less professional in a screenplay. Like, when I read that, I just feel like the writer saw Thelma Schoonmaker use a cut particularly well but doesn't know editing, so it becomes the mystical smash cut. Directing from the page is in and of itself frowned upon, and it's slier and more professional to write in a way that evokes a certain camera or editing technique without outright calling for it (e.g., ending a scene with O.S. dialogue from the next scene instead of stating that the scene will end on a J-cut). Not to mention writing that way reads waaaaaayyyyyy smoother and the average spec reader just ignores technical calls because that's not what they're grading. In most cases, a simple CUT TO: should be just as effective as SMASH CUT. If the writer has to say "the cut here will be emotionally effective!" without the simple CUT TO: doing that job for them, chances are they're ending their scene wrong. This stuff isn't essential, and I don't think any producer cares about this level of detail. A good screenplay is a good screenplay, but like, I enjoy reading Harry Potter but I'll never not notice that J.K. Rowling's characters almost always 'say' things and rarely 'exclaim' or 'mutter' them.
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Friedpundit posted:Personally, I feel stuff like 'smash cut' comes off as less professional in a screenplay. Like, when I read that, I just feel like the writer saw Thelma Schoonmaker use a cut particularly well but doesn't know editing, so it becomes the mystical smash cut. Directing from the page is in and of itself frowned upon, and it's slier and more professional to write in a way that evokes a certain camera or editing technique without outright calling for it (e.g., ending a scene with O.S. dialogue from the next scene instead of stating that the scene will end on a J-cut). Not to mention writing that way reads waaaaaayyyyyy smoother and the average spec reader just ignores technical calls because that's not what they're grading. In most cases, a simple CUT TO: should be just as effective as SMASH CUT. If the writer has to say "the cut here will be emotionally effective!" without the simple CUT TO: doing that job for them, chances are they're ending their scene wrong. I can recall a specific instance in Goblet of Fire when Ron Weasley ejaculates loudly.
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scary ghost dog posted:I can recall a specific instance in Goblet of Fire when Ron Weasley ejaculates loudly. In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Watson ejaculates 11 times. Holmes mentions Watson's "Ejaculations of wonder" being invaluable. But I seriously doubt JK Rowling ever used the word ejaculate.
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Skwirl posted:In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Watson ejaculates 11 times. Holmes mentions Watson's "Ejaculations of wonder" being invaluable. I don't have the book handy so I can't scan the passage, but it's in Goblet of Fire, when Ron and Harry are sneaking around during the dance and they eavesdrop on Hagrid talking about being a half-giant to the French school headmistress. They duck behind a bush and Ron ejaculates loudly.
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"We’re not going to use magic?" Ron ejaculated loudly." -Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, pg 242 US hardcover edition.
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Almost a book question, but the film made me wonder as well: Ender's Game. Are we supposed to believe that the crews on the ship didn't even flinch at self-sacrificial moves? I get that we're talking about soldiers who are trained to obey orders, but you'd have to think that someone in a leadership position (especially on the ship with the Big rear end Gun Ship) would panic and break formation/orders. Hell, battles in some eras were all about that. I'll spoiler this analogy: I can tell a squad of Marines in SC2 to rush a highly fortified base, because they'll do it and shoot poo poo until they die. But I can't really do the same thing in Dawn of War because their morale will break and they'll scatter. Outside the drones explicitly described as such in the film, I think its reasonable that things would new closer to DoW than StarCraft.
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MisterBibs posted:Almost a book question, but the film made me wonder as well:
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Would Ender's Game be worth seeing if I've had what I assume to be a fairly significant plot element spoiled for me - namely that the "simulations" are anything but and Ender is actually commanding real forces that he's sacrificing. Curious how much my enjoyment of the story might be diminished by it.
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poptart_fairy posted:Would Ender's Game be worth seeing if I've had what I assume to be a fairly significant plot element spoiled for me - namely that the "simulations" are anything but and Ender is actually commanding real forces that he's sacrificing. Curious how much my enjoyment of the story might be diminished by it. While that's certainly a spoiler for the book, my understanding is that they reveal that early on in the movie. Hell the SA review mentioned it pretty quickly in the review, and I can't remember them ever spoiling a major twist before.
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poptart_fairy posted:Would Ender's Game be worth seeing if I've had what I assume to be a fairly significant plot element spoiled for me - namely that the "simulations" are anything but and Ender is actually commanding real forces that he's sacrificing. Curious how much my enjoyment of the story might be diminished by it. Even in the book, it's only a reveal to the sub-20 year old or a non-reader who isn't familiar with fiction conventions. I read it at 13 and was blown away by the twist, but most all of the people I've recommended it to as adults caught on; at some point, you're 20 pages away from the end of the book and say "Hey wait a minute, how the gently caress can this story be wrapped up with one chapter to go? Oh, wait a minute..." I haven't seen the movie but I assume the same would hold true as the movie nears the 90 minute mark. That said, I'd still recommend the book because it's a solid read and there's more to the story. It's as much about the psychology of the main character and the society in general as it is about the war. And it sets up the sequel, which is as different a book as it's possible for a sequel to be but also very good.
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Hey, does anyone know what transfer this 2007 DVD of Halloween uses? Is it the Dean Cundey approved transfer from the 1999 DVD or the one with the weird color timing issues from the 2003 25th Anniversary DVD? I think its the former but I wanna be sure.
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:Hey, does anyone know what transfer this 2007 DVD of Halloween uses? Is it the Dean Cundey approved transfer from the 1999 DVD or the one with the weird color timing issues from the 2003 25th Anniversary DVD? I think its the former but I wanna be sure. It's the '99 Cundey/THX transfer.
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Origami Dali posted:It's the '99 Cundey/THX transfer. Sweet, thanks! Without those otherworldly fall colors, what's the point?
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What is the real story of why Katie Holmes wasn't in The Dark Knight? The official reason is scheduling conflict, but considering her acting career there's no way in hell she's turning that movie down. I figure it's either her agent screwing up and asking for too much money or her being a bitch in the first movie or Tom Cruise meddling in her career for some dumb reason.
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Skwirl posted:While that's certainly a spoiler for the book, my understanding is that they reveal that early on in the movie. Hell the SA review mentioned it pretty quickly in the review, and I can't remember them ever spoiling a major twist before. No, the movie plays it the same as the book (and is a fairly close adaptation overall). I think people were just guessing based on the trailers but trailers are trailers.
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Schweinhund posted:What is the real story of why Katie Holmes wasn't in The Dark Knight? The official reason is scheduling conflict, but considering her acting career there's no way in hell she's turning that movie down. I figure it's either her agent screwing up and asking for too much money or her being a bitch in the first movie or Tom Cruise meddling in her career for some dumb reason. The rumour at the time was that she demanded a raise and was basically told to get hosed. I personally like Maggie Gyllenhall better as an actress, so it didn't bother me.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:The rumour at the time was that she demanded a raise and was basically told to get hosed. I personally like Maggie Gyllenhall better as an actress, so it didn't bother me. Wasn't that around the time of her marriage to Tom Cruise also? She also dropped her longtime manager at that point so I wouldn't be surprised if it was some combination of that and the scientology connections.
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hope and vaseline posted:Wasn't that around the time of her marriage to Tom Cruise also? She also dropped her longtime manager at that point so I wouldn't be surprised if it was some combination of that and the scientology connections. I think Batman Begins came out as the same time as the start of the relationship and on talk shows all she talked about was that not the movie, so they were pissed at her.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I personally like Maggie Gyllenhall better as an actress, so it didn't bother me. This a thousand times. I kind of doubt that anyone working on the movie was upset with the change. I could not take Katie Holmes seriously in Begins at all, and probably she would have made the whole "love triangle" aspect of Dark Knight completely laughable to me. I mean, this isn't really her fault but I would have just spent the whole movie referring to Batman and Harvey Dent as Pacey and Dawson.
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Gonna watch The Raid and I almost-always watch foreign movies with subtitles, but never action or fast paced like how this looks. So subbed or dubbed?
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As far as I remember they don't talk much during the fights, just the lead up/aftermath. I watched it with subs just fine but then again I'm deaf so I'm kinda used to it.
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rizuhbull posted:Gonna watch The Raid and I almost-always watch foreign movies with subtitles, but never action or fast paced like how this looks. So subbed or dubbed? Subs will be fine. Really, once you stat watching a few action flicks with subs you learn to read and watch the action at the same time.
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rizuhbull posted:Gonna watch The Raid and I almost-always watch foreign movies with subtitles, but never action or fast paced like how this looks. So subbed or dubbed? You could watch it in its native language without subtitles. The dialogue is totally unnecessary in the movie.
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scary ghost dog posted:You could watch it in its native language without subtitles. The dialogue is totally unnecessary in the movie. In general I agree with you but I think it helps to know why the tech lieutenant decides to help out the cop.
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What piece is playing on the soundtrack during this awesome scene in Herzog's Nosferatu?
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space chandeliers posted:What piece is playing on the soundtrack during this awesome scene in Herzog's Nosferatu? It's the prelude from Wagner's Das Rheingold.
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Daveski posted:It's the prelude from Wagner's Das Rheingold. Also used to very good effect in The New World.
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:Also used to very good effect in The New World. And one of the Don Hertzfeldt shorts, but I forget which.
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In Django Unchained, why does the one Brittle brother have what appears to be bible pages stuck to his shirt? Was that a thing they did back in the day?
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I just watched Drive and Only God Forgives and loved them. How does Refn's other work compare in terms of tone/mood?
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Yaws posted:I just watched Drive and Only God Forgives and loved them. How does Refn's other work compare in terms of tone/mood? I've enjoyed all of his movies that I've seen. If you liked Only God Forgives more, I'd go for Valhalla Rising, which is slower and more meditative. If you liked Drive more, I'd go for the Pusher trilogy, which is more gritty and naturalistic. Bronson kinda falls somewhere between the two styles, with a heaping helping of dark comedy. All are worth watching.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:In Django Unchained, why does the one Brittle brother have what appears to be bible pages stuck to his shirt? Was that a thing they did back in the day? they were over his heart, right? I think they were using as a target.
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Your Gay Uncle posted:they were over his heart, right? I think they were using as a target. He had a couple pages...one was definitely over his heart, and he gets shot in that spot by Django.
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Last night in the UK, Beverly Hills Cop 3 and Jaws 3(D) were both on TV. It struck me that both were the 3rd in a trilogy* where the gimmick was to move the action to an amusement park. I struggled to think of one more film to complete a (not very good) triple bill. Any suggestions? Criteria: 1. Must be the 3rd and final film in a series. 2. Must be set in an amusement park of some description (preferably with a chaos-in-paradise plot). 3. Previous films must not have been set in an amusement park (so Jurassic Park is out). * I conveniently forgot that Jaws: The Revenge existed until writing this post which ruins 1 right away. This opens the doors to Final Destination 3 and Child's Play 3 (kinda, for the final showdown). Still interested to hear if there are any more out there as I find it to be a fun we're-out-of-ideas trope.
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