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jabby posted:In Lego Movie when they are in the Wild West, WildStyle and Bad Cop (and everyone else) are clipped onto their horses like Lego figurines are supposed to be. Emmett on the other hand is just placed on top of the horse. Because he doesn't know how to ride one. My favorite part is that they took the time to superimpose thumb prints on all the Lego guys that you can only see when the light hits them the right way.
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Solice Kirsk posted:My favorite part is that they took the time to superimpose thumb prints on all the Lego guys that you can only see when the light hits them the right way. Shut up. As if I needed a reason to love it more.
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Solice Kirsk posted:My favorite part is that they took the time to superimpose thumb prints on all the Lego guys that you can only see when the light hits them the right way. In the Old West, when they are walking away from where they landed, you can still see "THE OLD WEST" in the background, but backwards. Cause it was really there.
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Also in the Lego Movie, when the train goes over the cliff and explodes (because everything explodes, the pigs explode into lego bacon.
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In definitely not intentional subtle moments from The Sopranos: In season 2 when Big Pussy returns from his absence and the guys suspect him of turning rat, he says he was at a spa in Puerto Rico. Puerto RICO. As in, RICO.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Yeah I know exactly what he's talking about and I'm 99% it was a Jacuzzi. However, that's still a really great insight into the framing/direction of that scene--it's also something I never consciously picked up on, but it definitely adds to the scene. Not just in an action-y way, but it's a good visual complement to the chaos/turmoil inside Sarah Connor. It also allows them to film Hamilton emotionlessly pouring automatic fire into an innocent man's home before kicking in the door with a pistol, much like the one thing she's trying to prevent. Nicely filmed scene.
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Wild T posted:It also allows them to film Hamilton emotionlessly pouring automatic fire into an innocent man's home before kicking in the door with a pistol, much like the one thing she's trying to prevent. Nicely filmed scene. Just bought this on Blu Ray for $5 at Target. Stoked to get home and watch it again!
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Solice Kirsk posted:My favorite part is that they took the time to superimpose thumb prints on all the Lego guys that you can only see when the light hits them the right way. That might just be because they minimized their use of CGI in the film so much that those are just the actual thumbprints made by people positioning the legos, which is still a wonderful effect
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Coolie Ghost posted:That might just be because they minimized their use of CGI in the film so much that those are just the actual thumbprints made by people positioning the legos, which is still a wonderful effect Uh what? It's almost entirely CGI except for the part with the kid and his dad http://entertainment.time.com/2014/...1e01d6355eb666a
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syscall girl posted:I had one of those guys and the plastic is really thin there, so yeah that was a nice touch. Hell, everything about that character was awesome. Charlie Day was perfect for that role. And yet they got Emmett's hair wrong in various shots by putting a seam down the middle of it, which Lego never has. Weird. Why would they make the model look worse than it really is?
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Gromit posted:And yet they got Emmett's hair wrong in various shots by putting a seam down the middle of it, which Lego never has. Weird. Why would they make the model look worse than it really is?  Edit: I hope this isn't huge, I'm posting from my phone. Grape Juice Vampire has a new favorite as of 04:39 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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How is lego formed?
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How minifig get pregnant?
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In the Tom Cruise War of the Worlds there's an early scene where Dakota Fanning's character gets a sliver. Tom wants to get it out for her, but she tells him her body will just push it out eventually. Seems like that's alluding to the aliens, and how the Earth will rid itself of them given time.
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Coolie Ghost posted:That might just be because they minimized their use of CGI in the film so much that those are just the actual thumbprints made by people positioning the legos, which is still a wonderful effect This in itself is a testament to how good the CGI was. Going into the movie blind I was honestly convinced it was stop-motion with actual legos as well and spent the whole movie being blown away as to how much time and effort it would take to actually make this movie practically. The cool part is that they could, but with CGI they pulled off an identical looking product in a fraction of the time. Seems like legos would be really easy to render, since most of them are flat solid colored blocks with a few hero (heh) figures with distinguishing fine detail like the thumbprints. That takes nothing away from the artists, however, who still managed to make the entire film within the constraints of 'lego logic.'
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Honestly, between stuff like paranorman that uses stop motion to achieve a computer-generated look and stuff like the lego movie that uses computer-generated effects to achieve a stop-motion look, it's hard to decide which is more impressive.
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In Collateral, towards the end in the last taxi scene, Vincent goes off on his existential nihilism spiel and it's a great scene and all. Once Max loses it and starts speeding, Vincent tells him to slow down, he doesn't, then he warns "red light!" and Max blows through it. Earlier in the film he used to the phrase "red light, Max!" to stop him from running away. I feel like it was intentional to show that Max finally shunned Vincent's control. Of course he deliberately crashes the cab right after this, which isn't as subtle.
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Grape Juice Vampire posted:
Is that a standard piece? Literally every hair piece I've looked at does not have a seam.
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That poo poo wouldn't go through QA for my childhood legos.
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Bloodcider posted:In Collateral, towards the end in the last taxi scene, Vincent goes off on his existential nihilism spiel and it's a great scene and all. Once Max loses it and starts speeding, Vincent tells him to slow down, he doesn't, then he warns "red light!" and Max blows through it. Earlier in the film he used to the phrase "red light, Max!" to stop him from running away. I feel like it was intentional to show that Max finally shunned Vincent's control. Of course he deliberately crashes the cab right after this, which isn't as subtle. My favourite Collateral thing is the bullet groupings in the final shootout. Every time Vincent shoots his gun he fires three shots which are all closely grouped at centre mass - its the efficient practice of a trained marksman. This lets him down during the final shoot out where his bullets are all blocked by the centre of the door.
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Saw The Running Man on Netflix last night and noticed the credits for the tv show playing on the screen in the broadcast room with Killian after they stagged killing off Richards with Captain Freedom says:quote:Thank You got a laugh out of that. Never noticed it before.
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tobu posted:My favourite Collateral thing is the bullet groupings in the final shootout. Every time Vincent shoots his gun he fires three shots which are all closely grouped at centre mass - its the efficient practice of a trained marksman. This lets him down during the final shoot out where his bullets are all blocked by the centre of the door. Meanwhile, Max, who always does things the same way, every time, finally improvises and just sprays bullets everywhere, and one of them hits Vincent. It's the payoff to the way Vincent is always talking about improvising and things like the (amazing) jazz club scene. Collateral is one of my favorite movies of all time. Something I noticed rewatching XMen:Days of Future Past- in the scene where Mystique impersonates an army colonel to bust out some mutants, her nametag reads "Sanders".
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I watched Zombieland the other day and noticed something I hadn't on previous viewings. Tallahassee is going nuts over the Sno-Balls in the Hostess truck, but then I saw: On the right there, are those Twinkies? There are three shots from that POV during that scene, but I'm not sure.
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So here's the definitive subtle moment to me. During Rashomon when the spirit medium gives her story and she talks about somebody pulling the dagger from the chest of the samurai you can see the Woodcutter nervously fidget in the background. It's such a small, brief moment that I had to see the film probably half a dozen times before I even caught it.
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mng posted:I watched Zombieland the other day and noticed something I hadn't on previous viewings. Tallahassee is going nuts over the Sno-Balls in the Hostess truck, but then I saw: Just lighting I think. The one closest to the door looks pink and round, and the bottom one is pink, so I don't think so.
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Was watching The Interview and in the scene where Rogen has to put the missile in his rear end, if you watch the thermal sat feed, he starts glowing pretty bright when he starts trying to "secure the package". Thought it was a neat subtle effect for a movie not known for it's subtlety.
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Shatter Map posted:In Saving Private Ryan , each of the privates in Captain Miller's squad foreshadows how they will meet their death. When the squad begin to move out in their search for Ryan Captain Miller is saying what he would say to his superior officers, including the line "I would lay down my own life for Private Ryan, and the lives of all of my men" and they all die obviously His shaking hand throughout the movie being suddenly cured when firing his pistol almost uselessly at the tank at the end was always my favourite bit. Do we really need to spoiler Saving Private Ryan??
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The drat movie spoils itself in the title.
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Tracula posted:So here's the definitive subtle moment to me. I'm going to have to check this out.
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tobu posted:My favourite Collateral thing is the bullet groupings in the final shootout. Every time Vincent shoots his gun he fires three shots which are all closely grouped at centre mass - its the efficient practice of a trained marksman. This lets him down during the final shoot out where his bullets are all blocked by the centre of the door. It's specifically called the 'Mozambique drill', and it involves 2 shots fired towards centre mass and one in the head. Apparently the speed in which Tom Cruise does it to both muggers in the alley really is impressive, although the IMFDB.org article claims he would have missed the second muggers' headshot and it's a bit of a conceit that the second mugger can't get his own pistol out of his pants in time.
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Hoopy Frood posted:it's a bit of a conceit that the second mugger can't get his own pistol out of his pants in time. That never bothered me, the guy's an average schmuck, not a super professional like Tom Cruise. I think it'd be more unrealistic if he just drew it perfectly, especially if it's in his pants and not a holster.
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Coffee And Pie posted:That never bothered me, the guy's an average schmuck, not a super professional like Tom Cruise. I think it'd be more unrealistic if he just drew it perfectly, especially if it's in his pants and not a holster. I had to rewatch it, but he does seem to take an awful long time to draw as his hand was already on the gun. But then element of surprise and panic etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiqwF_Y9S5Q
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mng posted:I had to rewatch it, but he does seem to take an awful long time to draw as his hand was already on the gun. But then element of surprise and panic etc. Hoopy Frood posted:It's specifically called the 'Mozambique drill', and it involves 2 shots fired towards centre mass and one in the head. Apparently the speed in which Tom Cruise does it to both muggers in the alley really is impressive, although the IMFDB.org article claims he would have missed the second muggers' headshot and it's a bit of a conceit that the second mugger can't get his own pistol out of his pants in time.
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Xander77 posted:It's less than two seconds between the moment Tom pushes the first guys hand aside and the moment he drops the second guy. No you're right, I think it's been changed.
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mng posted:I had to rewatch it, but he does seem to take an awful long time to draw as his hand was already on the gun. But then element of surprise and panic etc. I really like how the shots echo. Most movies just have the shot, and that's it. The echo really helps the scene in such a subtle way.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:I really like how the shots echo. Most movies just have the shot, and that's it. The echo really helps the scene in such a subtle way. That is Michael Mann, watch any of his movies and the gun battles are amazing for the sound/realism.
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JEEVES420 posted:That is Michael Mann, watch any of his movies and the gun battles are amazing for the sound/realism. This definitely applies to the recently released Blackhat, even though I wouldn't call it a great movie. It also features a guy with a pistol taking out several guys with automatic rifles simply because he isn't squeezing the trigger like a mad man.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:I really like how the shots echo. Most movies just have the shot, and that's it. The echo really helps the scene in such a subtle way. The echo of the gunfire in the shootout in Heat is amazing.
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Sand Monster posted:The echo of the gunfire in the shootout in Heat is amazing. The entire opening scene in Heat is possibly the most masterfully orchestrated action sequence I've ever seen. The first time i watched the movie i rewound and watched it at least five times. Also i just watched Thief.  My  girlfriend actually gave it five stars on Netflix. She is a huge fan of Drive and loved seeing where it came from, as well as an alternate take on the character. I loved it too, but somehow she's the one who is still gabbering about the movie.
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