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Doubtful Guest posted:No, but I left Clerks 2 with a bad taste in my mouth. You never go rear end to mouth!
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# ? Aug 25, 2014 11:57 |
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martinlutherbling posted:2. I'd still argue that it's pretty subtle. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid came out like 30 years before Mallrats, and I'd argue that most of the 14-20 year old target audience of Mallrats hadn't/still haven't seen Butch and Sundance I didn't know about it!
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# ? Aug 25, 2014 13:22 |
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mind the walrus posted:Hey I know it's garbage but it was garbage I could relate to and once I got a blowjob while watching it so Did you fart?
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# ? Aug 25, 2014 14:30 |
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mind the walrus posted:Hey I know it's garbage but it was garbage I could relate to and once I got a blowjob while watching it so I once got a blowjob while watching Reservoir Dogs. Yes, it was during that scene. Yes, it was as great as you can imagine.
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# ? Aug 25, 2014 16:08 |
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Watched the Big Lebowski last night and noticed a couple. First, when the Dude's car gets stolen, he makes a point of mentioning the Creedence tapes that were in the car. It becomes kind of a running joke whenever the stolen car is mentioned. When he finally gets the car back and he's driving away from impound, that's what he's listening to. Nothing crazy but it's a nice detail. The second one might be a reach, but I thought it was pretty funny if intentional. When the Dude meets Jackie Treehorn, Treehorn starts talking about porn in the digital age. The dude says. "Yeah, well, I still jerk off manually" and Treehorn replies by kinda rolling his eyes and saying something like "Yeah, I bet you do". In the next scene at the Malibu PD, Dude tells the chief that Jackie Treehorn "treats objects like people". It could just be because the Dude is still drugged up, or he could be talking about Treehorn's masturbation habits. Probably a stretch, but then again it's the Coens.
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# ? Aug 25, 2014 21:18 |
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martinlutherbling posted:Watched the Big Lebowski last night and noticed a couple. I just realized that name of the album by Autobahn (the nihilist's band, and a parody of Kraftwerk) is called Nagelbett, which translates into nail bed.
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# ? Aug 26, 2014 00:45 |
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Coffee And Pie posted:I just realized that name of the album by Autobahn (the nihilist's band, and a parody of Kraftwerk) is called Nagelbett, which translates into nail bed. The second time you see Jackie Treehorn's thugs, they have switched clothes with each other.
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# ? Aug 26, 2014 07:44 |
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martinlutherbling posted:Watched the Big Lebowski last night and noticed a couple. The Big Lebowski is full of little things. It took me a while to catch all the points where The Dude repeats something he heard in the background (e.g. "This aggression will not stand, man!).
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# ? Aug 27, 2014 14:34 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:The Big Lebowski is full of little things. It took me a while to catch all the points where The Dude repeats something he heard in the background (e.g. "This aggression will not stand, man!). When he says something that isn't repeated, it's really lame. "Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man."
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# ? Aug 27, 2014 15:00 |
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He also has a pipe shaped like a bowling ball, and uses his hair clip as a roach clip.
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# ? Aug 27, 2014 15:42 |
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Coffee And Pie posted:He also has a pipe shaped like a bowling ball, and uses his hair clip as a roach clip. Bowling pin. Unless he has both. When he's talking to the cops at his house one of them picks it up and starts looking it over, but no one says anything. I did notice all the repetition after reading the thread, my favorite being "We'll cut your dick off kid!"
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# ? Aug 27, 2014 22:19 |
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Yeah I gotta watch this movie again, especially since it's apparently inspired by Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe of all things.
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# ? Aug 27, 2014 23:59 |
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Professor Shark posted:Yeah I gotta watch this movie again, especially since it's apparently inspired by Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe of all things. The “Where’s the money, Lebowsky?” scene is the most Marlowesque thing ever committed to film.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 00:06 |
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While we're on this tip, I haven't seen the movie in a while so I can't remember how noticeable this is, but when Walter pulls a gun on the other bowler the Dude warns him that "they're calling the cops". Right after there's a scene where they go to the parking lot and see the dude's car missing, and if you look in the background two cop cars pull up with their lights on while they're talking.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 01:19 |
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Professor Shark posted:Yeah I gotta watch this movie again, especially since it's apparently inspired by Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe of all things. It's a private eye movie where the main character never had any intention of being a PI but gets shoved into that position anyway and he never quite cottons on. He's going through all the regular PI schtick like having millionaire pal up to him and bad guys threaten him and bombshell dames proposition him and he has no loving idea what's happening, even when an actual private eye mistakes him for another private eye and tries to pump him for leads.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 03:05 |
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He did have the trick with the notepad though, that was pretty slick, even if it didn't get him anywhere.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 03:10 |
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C-Euro posted:While we're on this tip, I haven't seen the movie in a while so I can't remember how noticeable this is, but when Walter pulls a gun on the other bowler the Dude warns him that "they're calling the cops". Right after there's a scene where they go to the parking lot and see the dude's car missing, and if you look in the background two cop cars pull up with their lights on while they're talking. That part's hilarious. It took me until my second or third viewing.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 05:17 |
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made of bees posted:He did have the trick with the notepad though, that was pretty slick, even if it didn't get him anywhere. I love that part because I think it's the only moment in the entire film where he is proactive and the end result is uncovering a doodle of a doodle.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:It's a private eye movie where the main character never had any intention of being a PI but gets shoved into that position anyway and he never quite cottons on. He's going through all the regular PI schtick like having millionaire pal up to him and bad guys threaten him and bombshell dames proposition him and he has no loving idea what's happening, even when an actual private eye mistakes him for another private eye and tries to pump him for leads. This Big Lebowski is pure brilliance. "Doesn't like The Big Lebowski" should be grounds for divorce in all fifty states and Puerto Rico.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 09:23 |
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Jerusalem posted:I love that part because I think it's the only moment in the entire film where he is proactive and the end result is uncovering a doodle of a dickbutt
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 14:31 |
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Not exactly movie related, but still Lebowski related, the Beyoncé song Partition has a part where this is said in French:quote:Est-ce que tu aimes le sexe? quote:Do you like sex?
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 14:32 |
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Well I take back anything negative I've ever said about Beyonce.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 14:52 |
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Girlfriend and I watched Shutter Island last night. I knew there were hints to the twist throughout the movie, but didn't realize how many--Shutter Island is PACKED with subtle clues. One that I really liked was When they're first in "Rachel's" room, Mark Ruffalo points out that both pairs of shoes are still there. When he holds them up at Leo you can see that they're obviously men's shoes, but Leo is looking the other way. He only holds them up for a second, the point is to feed Leo the clue and keep things moving but either he doesn't want Leo to actually realize that they're men's shoes or Leo intentionally doesn't want to look at them. Such a good movie with a million little details like that. I really like this thread because it's got me watching stuff much more closely for little details.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 15:59 |
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I might be making something out of nothing, but I watched Locke the other night, and in the opening scene you can see Locke's license plate begins with something like AD10, which looks like, "A dio" i.e., "Addio," which in Italian has an air of finality that "Adios" and "Adieu" do not. It's something you would say to someone if you were leaving them for the last time. Which is what happens later on when he's fired and his marriage dissolves over the phone.
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# ? Aug 28, 2014 16:51 |
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In Twister, a movie that's completely bloodless and avoids showing any violence from the subjects' widespread death and destruction, there's a very brief montage as the heroes race to seek revenge on the tornado that mildly inconvenienced Aunt Meg in the tragic climax. We're shown the makeshift whirlybird adjustments to the tornado tracking system ball-sensors being fashioned from aluminum cans in the back of van while en route to intercept the tornado. In the 4 or 5 shots of only a few seconds in length a faceless character's hands becoming increasingly bandaged and bloody, presumably due to the fervent handling of cut aluminum in the speeding van. The final shot of this montage shows a bunch of the augmented tracking sensors being dumped into a large pile by hands that are severely cut and bandaged, absolutely seeping with blood.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 01:46 |
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That's not subtle...that's what happens when you cut up aluminum cans in the back of a moving vehicle. Also, bloodless? It's not particularly bloody, but I wouldn't say a movie that has a guy getting impaled while his car flies off into a tornado "bloodless". Dumb as poo poo, sure.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 06:47 |
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martinlutherbling posted:Girlfriend and I watched Shutter Island last night. I knew there were hints to the twist throughout the movie, but didn't realize how many--Shutter Island is PACKED with subtle clues. One that I really liked was When they're first in "Rachel's" room, Mark Ruffalo points out that both pairs of shoes are still there. When he holds them up at Leo you can see that they're obviously men's shoes, but Leo is looking the other way. He only holds them up for a second, the point is to feed Leo the clue and keep things moving but either he doesn't want Leo to actually realize that they're men's shoes or Leo intentionally doesn't want to look at them. One of the other things is that Ruffalo is deliberately flat. I assumed it was an off day for Ruffalo, but his final scenes, once the twist have been revealed, are more naturalistic. Then I realised that of course he's flat. He's a Doctor that's been asked to 'act' as a Detective.. I know it's often considered lesser Scorcesse, but it's such a fun movie.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 08:12 |
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martinlutherbling posted:2. I'd still argue that it's pretty subtle. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid came out like 30 years before Mallrats, and I'd argue that most of the 14-20 year old target audience of Mallrats hadn't/still haven't seen Butch and Sundance Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is currently preserved with the National Film Registry and is #163 on IMDB's list of the greatest movies of all time.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 08:22 |
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Rabbit Hill posted:I might be making something out of nothing, but I watched Locke the other night, and in the opening scene you can see Locke's license plate begins with something like AD10, which looks like, "A dio" i.e., "Addio," which in Italian has an air of finality that "Adios" and "Adieu" do not. It's something you would say to someone if you were leaving them for the last time. Which is what happens later on when he's fired and his marriage dissolves over the phone. My favorite subtle thing in Locke is that Gareth is in Locke's phone book under the name "Bastard".
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 08:53 |
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Sagebrush posted:Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is currently preserved with the National Film Registry It's right up there with Meshes of the Afternoon, David Holzman’s Diary, Fatty’s Tintype Tangle and all those other Registry films that kids know and love!
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 10:25 |
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And the IMDb Top 250 is flooded with teen fare like Citizen Kane, Judgment at Nuremberg and Wild Strawberries.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 23:15 |
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Re-watching The Big Lebowski, the only "subtle" thing I noticed was that Donny missed his strike while bowling then rubbed his arm, with arm/ shoulder pain being an early warning sign of a heart attack.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 23:40 |
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DrVenkman posted:One of the other things is that Ruffalo is deliberately flat. I assumed it was an off day for Ruffalo, but his final scenes, once the twist have been revealed, are more naturalistic. Then I realised that of course he's flat. He's a Doctor that's been asked to 'act' as a Detective.. I know it's often considered lesser Scorcesse, but it's such a fun movie. EDIT: Hey, HBO and Scorsese are making a Shutter Island series! That could be awesome. Squidster has a new favorite as of 00:59 on Sep 1, 2014 |
# ? Aug 31, 2014 23:59 |
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Squidster posted:Shutter Island is full of deliberate continuity errors, and a constant haze of cigarette smoke or fog blocking Dicaprio. The glass of water scene is probably the most glaring and unsettling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7vVujL5slg Holy poo poo I have never noticed that despite having watched the movie many times. That's creepy.
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# ? Sep 1, 2014 00:18 |
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I like how people even think its a possibility that its a non-intentional continuity error. Do they believe that somehow everybody, including the actress, completely failed to notice that the actress didn't actually have a glass of water in her hand?
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# ? Sep 1, 2014 01:44 |
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Not to rewind back to Watchmen chat too much but during the opening credits, while Neil Armstrong is on the moon, you can hear him say "Good Luck Mr. Gorsky"
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# ? Sep 1, 2014 04:44 |
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I like how people even think its a possibility that its a non-intentional continuity error. Do they believe that somehow everybody, including the actress, completely failed to notice that the actress didn't actually have a glass of water in her hand?
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# ? Sep 1, 2014 04:58 |
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Ravenfood posted:There's a scene in Firefly where Wash just pretends to fly the ship because, for some reason, (possibly shot composition) they couldn't have him actually holding the joystick. So he just mimes it. Obviously, not the same as with a glass, but it is something audiences could just be trained to miss. I believe it's that he's pretending to play with off-screen controls, because the camera placement required removing them or something.
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# ? Sep 1, 2014 05:08 |
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I like how people even think its a possibility that its a non-intentional continuity error. Do they believe that somehow everybody, including the actress, completely failed to notice that the actress didn't actually have a glass of water in her hand? Assuming it wasn't meant to be unsettling/weird, it could just be because they know you won't notice. Stuff like that happens in movies all the time because of the way movies are made (in chunks shot weeks or even months apart).
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# ? Sep 1, 2014 05:33 |
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I was watching A Million Ways to Die in the West and when the guy is speaking in Indian, he clearly says "Mila Kunis" when the subtitles say "fine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7yb9v0s0jo Not sure how subtle it is but I bet quite a few people missed it.
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