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My fourth of July festivities consisted of eating a poo poo ton of breakfast food and apple pie at country kitchen, and then watching Independence Day on bluray. I generally think that Rolland Emmerich makes trash movies and has horrible taste in stories, but ID4 is a near-perfect movie.
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Is the painting of Vigo the Carpathian ever seen framed in Ghostbusters 2?
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Jul 7, 2016 04:05
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I thought his painting was a gallery wrap?
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Jul 7, 2016 04:29
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:there's something seriously wrong with people that don't like Will Smith, idgaf if he's a scientologist I think it's totally understandable that Will Smith is very protective of his brand considering he's one of like 3 black leading men in Hollywood with international appeal. You don't get there by accident and have to be highly intentional about the roles you take on.
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Jul 7, 2016 08:55
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What are some classic, classy b+w examples of films that Hail Caesar's Laurence Lorenz would have been making?
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Jul 7, 2016 13:22
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I recently watched Zodiac and probably missed a detail at some point but why did Mike Mageau appear in 1991 to identify Arthur Leigh Allen as Zodiac 22 years after the murder? It seemed humorously and absurdly anachronistic.
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Jul 7, 2016 21:20
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1 800 J JAMES posted:What are some classic, classy b+w examples of films that Hail Caesar's Laurence Lorenz would have been making? well that was based in 1951 and I'm not sure about that era, but from the 30s, Trouble in Paradise
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I Am Legend may not be amazing or very true to the book but it's great to see Will Smith being serious without descending into full Oscar bait mode. Especially considering that most of the movie is just him and his dog on screen and he's carrying the entire movie with his performance.Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:there's something seriously wrong with people that don't like Will Smith, idgaf if he's a scientologist I know some people who don't like him because he's "obnoxious" which is dogwhistley as gently caress.
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Jul 8, 2016 01:48
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Zogo posted:I recently watched Zodiac and probably missed a detail at some point but why did Mike Mageau appear in 1991 to identify Arthur Leigh Allen as Zodiac 22 years after the murder? It seemed humorously and absurdly anachronistic. Especially since we now know Te[d Cruz was the Zodiac Killer. Edit: loving word filter
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Jul 8, 2016 01:50
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Do they also say Welcome to Earf?
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Jul 8, 2016 01:50
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Zogo posted:I recently watched Zodiac and probably missed a detail at some point but why did Mike Mageau appear in 1991 to identify Arthur Leigh Allen as Zodiac 22 years after the murder? It seemed humorously and absurdly anachronistic. Presumably because that's what happened in real life. Its presence in the movie helps to communicate the unresolvability and proliferating confusion of the case.
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Jul 8, 2016 02:33
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Skwirl posted:Especially since we now know Te[d Cruz was the Zodiac Killer. Reigniting the Promise of America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFN4Bb7wcog Jack Gladney posted:Presumably because that's what happened in real life. Its presence in the movie helps to communicate the unresolvability and proliferating confusion of the case. Someone must've really dropped the ball.
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Jul 8, 2016 05:08
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Zogo posted:I recently watched Zodiac and probably missed a detail at some point but why did Mike Mageau appear in 1991 to identify Arthur Leigh Allen as Zodiac 22 years after the murder? It seemed humorously and absurdly anachronistic. The police had been investigating that case for decades, and I believe there was a bit of a resurgence in the investigation in the early 90s. Also I seem to recall that Mageau basically fled the country after he was recovered from the attack and effectively went into hiding, so that may have been the first time that they found him and were able to show him the photographs.
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Jul 8, 2016 15:38
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Sand Monster posted:The police had been investigating that case for decades, and I believe there was a bit of a resurgence in the investigation in the early 90s. Also I seem to recall that Mageau basically fled the country after he was recovered from the attack and effectively went into hiding, so that may have been the first time that they found him and were able to show him the photographs. That makes more sense. Having a prime witness go into hiding is a major blunder. I know it's fairly common for criminals to flee the state/country after committing a crime until things blow over.
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Jul 8, 2016 22:06
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Zogo posted:That makes more sense. Having a prime witness go into hiding is a major blunder. Apparently Mageau fled his hospital bed and ended up becoming a homeless drifter with addiction problems, presumably a consequence to the trauma, hence the cops having trouble tracking him down again by the time they actually had a suspect in mind. Pretty sad for someone who ostensibly was lucky to survive.
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Jul 8, 2016 22:25
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What if the real zodiac killer was society ?
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Jul 9, 2016 04:16
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It was all actually a conspiracy by the newspapers to lend more gravitas to horoscopes.
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Schweinhund posted:well that was based in 1951 and I'm not sure about that era, but from the 30s, Trouble in Paradise Saw it tonight, was great thank you! Still on the lookout for movies about poshos in evening attire destroying each others' reputations with snark. Guess I want Noel Coward or Oscar Wilde?
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Jul 9, 2016 23:06
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Does anyone have any examples or stories of actors getting defensive about a bad performance or terrible movie they were in? Or directors admitting they made a terrible movie? I know for directors there's people like Kevin Smith and M. NIght Shamylan who dug themselves in defending some of their movies, and there's a ton of actors who completely panned some of the stuff they've been in.
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Jul 12, 2016 04:41
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There's the classic Michael Caine quote: "No, I haven't seen Jaws: the Revenge. But I have seen the house it built, and it's beautiful." (Or something like that)
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Jul 12, 2016 04:48
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For awhile George Clooney would just hand 10 bucks to anyone who saw Batman and Robin in theaters, as a refund for their ticket.
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Jul 12, 2016 04:57
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghS98BKy29Q
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Jul 12, 2016 05:04
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Skwirl posted:For awhile George Clooney would just hand 10 bucks to anyone who saw Batman and Robin in theaters, as a refund for their ticket. As hard as they tried (the forum fanboys made 'em do it) even Rifftrax couldn't make that abomination watchable.
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Jul 12, 2016 05:17
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So bad it went from bad to bad and then more bad but then someone tried to spin it as not bad and it was still bad.
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Jul 12, 2016 05:18
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Batman and Robin isn't unwatchable, it's terrible but it isn't boring.
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Jul 12, 2016 05:59
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Skwirl posted:Batman and Robin isn't unwatchable, it's terrible but it isn't boring. It does have Alicia Sliverstone and old Alfred I guess. But it's mostly poo poo.
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wtf you losers batman and robin is awesome1 800 J JAMES posted:Saw it tonight, was great thank you! Noel Coward is definitely the major runner here. but also check out PG Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. Most upper-class comedies from the first half of the 20th century will fit this rather neatly.
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1 800 J JAMES posted:Still on the lookout for movies about poshos in evening attire destroying each others' reputations with snark. Guess I want Noel Coward or Oscar Wilde? They may not be exactly what you're seeking, but The Thin Man series has lots of drunken socialite sarcasm. And there's also Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.
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Jul 12, 2016 06:09
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Ego-bot posted:Does anyone have any examples or stories of actors getting defensive about a bad performance or terrible movie they were in? Or directors admitting they made a terrible movie? Marion Cotillard hated working on The Last Flight, and detailed it in a roundtable a couple years ago. She didn't name it explicitly but it was pretty clear she was talking about it. Transcript here. Matthew Goode gave Leap Year a kicking.
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Ego-bot posted:Does anyone have any examples or stories of actors getting defensive about a bad performance or terrible movie they were in? Or directors admitting they made a terrible movie? Bruce Willis had that weird interview where he defended Hudson Hawk claiming that none of the idiot critics got his brand of subtle Jersey humor.
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Will Smith recently talked about how marketers can't trick audiences into seeing a poo poo film anymore without word getting out immediately that the film is bad, using Wild Wild West as an example of how they used to be able to get away with it http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-lions-will-smith-says-904893
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Jul 12, 2016 13:52
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Maybe the influence is less direct and strong, and they rely instead on brand recognition and fans fervor to spread the word.
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Jul 12, 2016 13:57
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Also on international markets with less robust self-defense against garbage.
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Jul 12, 2016 16:46
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1 800 J JAMES posted:Saw it tonight, was great thank you! The clothing isn't as nice as you're looking for but Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is the epitome of dialogue as bloodsport.
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Ego-bot posted:Does anyone have any examples or stories of actors getting defensive about a bad performance or terrible movie they were in? Or directors admitting they made a terrible movie? Ben Affleck and Ryan Reynolds were slamming Daredevil and Green Lantern the day they came out, basically. Spielberg threw Lucas under the bus on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Tony Kaye disowned American History X after getting kicked out of the editing room. Bay literally called Revenge of the Fallen "crap."
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Nicolas Cage did Dying of the Light not too long ago and it was clear the movie wasn't going to be good but he had a clause in his contract that he couldn't badmouth the film. So he and Anton Yelchin, who also starred in it, started taking pictures of themselves wearing shirts with the terms of the non-disparagement clause written on it. The director, Paul Schraeder, admits that it was a bad movie but that was mostly because he got shut out of everything post filming.
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Jul 13, 2016 12:40
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syscall girl posted:So bad it went from bad to bad and then more bad but then someone tried to spin it as not bad and it was still bad.
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Jul 13, 2016 15:30
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The only tolerable performance in B&R is Arnie and that's because he just goes for it. Everybody else is either totally miscast or too aware that they're in a bad movie.
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Jul 13, 2016 15:36
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Which one had the guy yelling "It's Batman! eeeehhhhh!" in that weird wimpy voice after Batman crashes through a window? I think it was Forever, but it's the best thing about the Schumacher ones bar none.
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You're right about Forever, but his best line is actually this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBEz-wfq8Ew
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