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FreudianSlippers posted:Eh Scott is only 78. He's got at least a decade left. 2016 being the worst year will mean Ridley survives to push more terrible films on us.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Eh Scott is only 78. He's got at least a decade left. My wife and I were talking in the car today about how 2016 hasn't taken many (any?) great directors yet, and Scott was the first one that popped into my head. The next two were Woody Allen and Polanski, so hopefully one of them kicks the bucket instead.
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I don't think many will weep for Allen or Polanski considering most of their best work is from decades ago. There's three that are going to hurt a lot when they go, but I don't dare name them here. They're getting up there in years and pretty much don't seem interested in retiring.
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Spielberg popped into my head, he's gotta be in his late 60s or early 70s by now? Eastwood too, but I haven't seen any of his recent films. Edit: oh no, Scorsese and Carpenter are old too 
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Toebone posted:Spielberg popped into my head, he's gotta be in his late 60s or early 70s by now? Eastwood too, but I haven't seen any of his recent films. Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima are both great, Gran Torino has a certain low budget charm to it, it's like a late sequel to Heartbreak Ridge.
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Nov 29, 2016 04:50
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I'm gonna be super sad when Herzog kicks it. I like a lot of directors but he's pretty much the only one I can think of where I'd be legitimately upset about it.
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Nov 29, 2016 04:56
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I'm an optimist. All these great directors could live to be 115 or so and then [insert some futurist stuff here].
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Nov 29, 2016 06:05
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Egbert Souse posted:I don't think many will weep for Allen or Polanski considering most of their best work is from decades ago. Woody Allen and Roman Polanski are going to live forever because in addition to being brilliant directors they are terrible human beings. If one of them died I'd actually consider the curse of 2016 lifted.
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Skwirl posted:Woody Allen and Roman Polanski are going to live forever because in addition to being brilliant directors they are terrible human beings. If one of them died I'd actually consider the curse of 2016 lifted. Eh, their best films are from decades ago. Polanski at least has The Pianist, which is brilliant, but what was his last great film before that? Chinatown? I've been meaning to catch up on Woody Allen, but it seems like he hasn't really made anything great since the 90s. I thought Midnight in Paris was just alright and haven't seen Blue Jasmine yet.
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Nov 29, 2016 06:15
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Ridley Scott is a lot like Polanski in that he made a couple really good movies and a bunch of forgettable ones (ahead of George Lucas, behind Coppola).
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Nov 29, 2016 06:25
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Egbert Souse posted:Eh, their best films are from decades ago. Polanski at least has The Pianist, which is brilliant, but what was his last great film before that? Chinatown? Match Point is really, really good (though it's basically just a redux of half of Crimes and Misdemeanors), and I heard great things about Venus in Furs (to even it out).
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Ridley Scott is a lot like Polanski in that he made a couple really good movies and a bunch of forgettable ones (ahead of George Lucas, behind Coppola). Polanski has made more great films than Coppola and Lucas combined.
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Skwirl posted:Polanski has made more great films than Coppola and Lucas combined. Nothing as memorable though.
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Nov 29, 2016 06:43
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The only film of Polanski's I've seen that I'd consider great is The Pianist. Repulsion and The Fearless Vampire Killers left me cold. Chinatown is very good. I haven't seen Knife in the Water, The Tenant, or Tess yet, though.
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Looking at his filmography, I see he directed Pirates! starring Walter Matthau. That one was pretty good.
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Coppola's best movie is Legend and I won't hear otherwise.
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EL BROMANCE posted:2016 being the worst year will mean Ridley survives to push more terrible films on us. Robin Hood 2. wait. Robin Back 2 the Hood. (a Ridley Scott joint)
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Emma Morano, last person alive born in 1800s, turns 117 https://www.yahoo.com/news/emma-morano-last-person-alive-born-1800s-turns-235325870.html
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Zogo posted:Emma Morano, last person alive born in 1800s, turns 117 But what is her opinion of Polanski's films?
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Skwirl posted:Match Point is really, really good (though it's basically just a redux of half of Crimes and Misdemeanors), and I heard great things about Venus in Furs (to even it out). Match Point is dreadful. Don't believe him, people!
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Egbert Souse posted:Eh, their best films are from decades ago. Polanski at least has The Pianist, which is brilliant, but what was his last great film before that? Chinatown? I dug Carnage
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Coppola's best movie is Legend and I won't hear otherwise. Do you mean Scott? Coppola's best film is The Conversation
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FishBulb posted:Do you mean Scott? It's hard to pick with both Godfathers and Apocalypse Now in the mix, but The Conversation is in a class by itself.
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Dr. S.O. Feelgood posted:I'm gonna be super sad when Herzog kicks it. I like a lot of directors but he's pretty much the only one I can think of where I'd be legitimately upset about it. I'm fairly convinced Herzog can't die. The director I'm most concerned about is Scorsese. He's only like 75, but he's still making masterpieces. Cronenberg's getting up there too 
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Egbert Souse posted:I don't think many will weep for Allen or Polanski considering most of their best work is from decades ago. among uh other reasons therattle posted:Match Point is dreadful. Don't believe him, people! Nah Match Point is really good. Cassandra's Dream was the dreadful one from his "British Thriller" period.
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Nov 29, 2016 22:09
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Zemeckis is only 64
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Zemeckis is only 64 drat YOU 201- oh you're saying he's still alive. Gotcha.
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Maxwell Lord posted:drat YOU 201- oh you're saying he's still alive. Gotcha. Sadly, yes.
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Is the process of converting a movie to 3D in post an expensive one? Does it really increase profits enough to justify it?
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I'm gonna guess it's not that big a deal given that it's FX heavy movies where they can just design all the CG work in 3D from the get go.
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Leavemywife posted:Is the process of converting a movie to 3D in post an expensive one? Does it really increase profits enough to justify it?
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Best 3D movies? I liked Hugo and Avatar.
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bows1 posted:Best 3D movies? I liked Hugo and Avatar. Jackass 3D. If 3D wasn't created to watch slow-motion dildos getting launched over dioramas of cities then I don't know why it was created at all.
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bows1 posted:Best 3D movies? I liked Hugo and Avatar. Cave of Forgotten Dreams is the only 3D movie I've seen where I didn't wish I could stop watching it in 3D.
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LesterGroans posted:Jackass 3D. My go to too, it just adds so much to the horrifying experience. Gravity was super good too. And Dredd used it well.
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Forgot about Gravity. Good call
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Dr Strange was good in 3d and I've watched a bunch of other Marvel films in 3d and didn't think there was any point to it. Really wish I'd seen Jackass 3d in 3d.
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Comin' At Ya! is basically the greatest achievement the 3D format could ever hope to achieve.
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Apart from Doctor Strange there haven't been a lot of recent movies where I was thinking "Okay, this was made to be seen in the 3D format so I should seek that out." Last that comes to mind is Gravity. It seems like most fall into the category of "the filmmakers had 3D in mind but it looks just as good flat".
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I think I'm one of the few who enjoyed Force Awakens in 3D. The added depth in some of the scenes was really nice and they didn't make it too visually exhaustive.
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