|
X-Ray Pecs posted:Tarantino's a great call, especially Pulp Fiction and double especially Jackie Brown. Ever since watching it, hearing that Delphonics makes me choke up a bit. I wasn't crazy about the Tupac music cue in Django Unchained, but the Rick Ross one was awesome.
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:12
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 12:06 |
|
|
I both love and hate how the soundtrack to Magnolia becomes diegetic.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:14
|
|
|
Yeah, that wide shot with "100 Black Coffins" playing Django is choice.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:14
|
|
|
DrVenkman posted:For much better examples watch GOODFELLAS, or BOOGIE NIGHTS. Failing that try most Tarantino or if you're a TV fan both MAD MEN and THE SOPRANOS used music really well.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:15
|
|
|
The music in suicide squad isn't just obvious, but also unfocused. There's two distinct groups the songs fall under, retro stuff and songs made for the movie (Purple Lamborghini, Standing In The Rain, etc), and they're used interchangeably, with no thematic distinction between when one or the other is used. Even within the retro stuff there's sort of a Vietnam War thing going on that fits thematically, but that's maybe half the retro songs in there, with the rest being very on the nose or, in the case of Without Me, completely useless.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:17
|
|
|
Suicide Squad is a 2+ hour trailer for a lovely movie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:28
|
|
|
Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:Suicide Squad is a 2+ hour trailer for a lovely movie. I'm still sticking with the theory that the makers of Mystery Men were capable of time travel and Suicide Squad was the movie they were parodying the whole time.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:30
|
|
|
DrVenkman posted:For another there's so many of them. The opening goes from song to song to song so quickly. Another bad example is GHOSTBUSTERS. The opening theme kicks in and then is awkwardly faded out 30 seconds later as though they thought they could get it under fair use or something. To be fair the original does this as well. The theme kicks in just as the librarian is freaking out, then after the title and logo appear and transition to a shot of Columbia, the theme fades back out again as it cuts to Venkman's office door. Maybe 15 seconds all told?
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:38
|
|
|
My favorite use of diegetic pop music is 100% Mulholland Drive. Film is fresh as hell
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 18:39
|
|
|
Tarantino is pretty blatant in how much he borrows from Scorcese when it comes to use of music (I saw Goodfellas WAY after Pulp Fiction and t was a "oh so that's where he got that from" moment) but he does it well and so many do it so terribly sorry more power to him Actually I was just thinking about the Bad To the Bone cue in T2 and for me that's like the most out of place off moment in the entire movie that feels like it was forced in by Arnie's publicist
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 19:42
|
|
|
They Shoot Zombies films on Youtube, entries 301-400. Children of the Corn (302) Let Me In (304): Hardcoded Hindi subs and an annoying watermark, but pretty good quality otherwise. Tales from the Crypt (306) Pumpkinhead (312): Hardcoded Croatian subs. The Monster Squad (314) Grindhouse (319): I don't know why this is listed separately from Planet Terror, but sure. Cure (320) La noche del terror ciego (322) God Told Me To (325) La casa dalle finestre che ridono (327) The City of the Dead (330): Requires age verification. Viy (331) Tourist Trap (332): Hardcoded Croatian subs. Dead of Night (334) Saam gaang yi (337) Night of the Comet (341) Blue Velvet (343): Requires age verification. The Man Who Laughs (351) Mil gritos tiene la noche (355) The Crazies (357) The Stepford Wives (361) Non si sevizia un paperino (365) Calvaire (367) American Mary (369): Requires age verification. Lo squartatore di New York (377): In English. Deliria (378) The Blood on Satan’s Claw (381): Hardcoded German subs. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (383): It's missing the opening credits but otherwise appears to be complete. Noroi (392) Quella villa accanto al cimitero (393): In English. The Cat and the Canary (396) The Spiral Staircase (397) Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (398) A few of those uploads have logos in the bottom right corner, which you can disable by turning off annotations. Samuel Clemens fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jan 11, 2017 |
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 19:42
|
|
|
Noroi near 400 is loving criminal and part of why I'm only going to fill in my gaps up through 300. There's just not enough high caliber horror to fill a 1000s list. That said, you're doing god's work.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 19:55
|
|
|
Tourist Trap has about 5 minutes of real good poo poo but the rest is a slog to get through.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 19:58
|
|
|
weekly font posted:Noroi near 400 is loving criminal and part of why I'm only going to fill in my gaps up through 300. There's just not enough high caliber horror to fill a 1000s list. That said, you're doing god's work. Noroi rules.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:01
|
|
|
Got my ticket for The Love Witch tonight. My last chance to see it in the theater. I'm not the type who absolutely must see every interesting movie in the theater, but this one looks so appealing on a visual level that I'd feel like I'm missing out if I didn't catch it.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:04
|
|
|
Man, I think American Ultra made me hate Max Landis a good bit less. The main protagonist is pretty obviously a wish-fulfillment self-insert character, but... he's an oddly self-critical one. He's basically a deeply depressed recluse who literally cares about nothing but weed, his girlfriend, and cartoons, and this is pretty bluntly portrayed as Not Good. If that's how Max Landis sees himself, he's got a shitload more self-awareness than I would have guessed, and some to spare.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:09
|
|
|
(also American Ultra is a surprisingly dope movie on the whole)
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:10
|
|
|
LORD OF BOOTY posted:(also American Ultra is a surprisingly dope movie on the whole) Ya I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. A Pineapple Express of Violence. Anonymous Robot posted:Noroi rules. It's in my top 5 horror list probably.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:12
|
|
|
I'm glad other people like American Ultra. I feel like no one else does haha.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:13
|
|
|
Uncle Boogeyman posted:They're almost all just very obvious and on-the-nose choices ("introducing an Australian criminal? Let's use Dirty Deeds by AC/DC!" etc.) That's what happens when you let a trailer company edit your film
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:24
|
|
|
I liked American Ultra quite a bit. I strongly disliked the coda, and Kristen Stewart was totally wasted and her character was pretty shittily written.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:26
|
|
|
as long as we're sharing takes on American Ultra, I liked Kristen Stewart and Topher Grace but thought it was a piece of poo poo otherwise.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:28
|
|
|
Snak posted:I liked American Ultra quite a bit. I strongly disliked the coda, and Kristen Stewart was totally wasted and her character was pretty shittily written. yeah Kristen Stewart did not get nearly enough to do
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:35
|
|
|
I mean, her whole character was basically "I am in love with the protagonist because that's the plot and central quality of my character".
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:37
|
|
|
weekly font posted:Noroi near 400 is loving criminal and part of why I'm only going to fill in my gaps up through 300. There's just not enough high caliber horror to fill a 1000s list. The overall quality has dropped a bit over the course of the list, but there are still a lot of great films in this batch. Dracula: Prince of Darkness is top-tier Hammer, Don't Torture a Duckling is a solid giallo, and Blue Velvet and Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse are just great in general. I'm actually kind of curious to see what the last 100 entries look like.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:45
|
|
|
Slugworth posted:Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums. Yeah, I was about to say the use of Elliot Smith's Needle In The Hay in Richie's suicide attempt scene is just amazing, and the cue when Margot goes to meet him from the bus - These Days by Nico - beautiful use of slo-mo too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=949DcEoeSec There are some sublime music choices in that film. What makes good licensed music? One factor is when the song captures something of the emotion of the scene but without being too direct or on the nail, in which case it becomes too obvious or unsubtle. I also love the use of Benjamin Britten works in Moonrise Kingdom.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 20:51
|
|
|
I just remembered Tarantino used Cat People (to great effect imo) in Inglorious Basterds. I also really really liked Can's Vitamin C leading in to the title splash, after a cold open, in Inherent Vice (also a great soundtrack).
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:00
|
|
|
Uncle Boogeyman posted:as long as we're sharing takes on American Ultra, I liked Kristen Stewart and Topher Grace but thought it was a piece of poo poo otherwise. My take exactly, I was just about offended by how flagrantly they wasted Walton Goggins.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:01
|
|
|
Uncle Boogeyman posted:Goodfellas is probably the best example for great song curation in film. For a movie in its entirety, I would probably agree, but the gold standard of a single song being used in a movie for me is Frank Patterson's "Danny Boy" in Miller's Crossing.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:02
|
|
|
Gorman Thomas posted:I also really really liked Can's Vitamin C leading in to the title splash, after a cold open, in Inherent Vice (also a great soundtrack). Yeah, that whole soundtrack is aces. Neil Young's Harvest over the nostalgic mid-film flashback and Any Day Now by Chuck Jackson over the end credits are also great. Timby posted:For a movie in its entirety, I would probably agree, but the gold standard of a single song being used in a movie for me is Frank Patterson's "Danny Boy" in Miller's Crossing. Very good pick from one of my all-time favorite movies.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:02
|
|
|
therattle posted:What makes good licensed music? One factor is when the song captures something of the emotion of the scene but without being too direct or on the nail, in which case it becomes too obvious or unsubtle. There's also just the way it's actually used in the film. The moment of silence before These Days starts is 50% of why it's so effective, the rest is riding the wave of emotion off the first notes of the song that hit you like water. It's a great aesthetic choice of song that's slipped in using really brilliant editing and cinematography, and that matches the mood of the movie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:05
|
|
|
A couple years ago, Disney theatrically released a documentary about apes called Born to the Wild. I only saw the trailer, but I was actually pissed they didn't use the song. Come on, Disney!
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:15
|
|
|
I Before E posted:My take exactly, I was just about offended by how flagrantly they wasted Walton Goggins. I dunno, I thought he played a pretty good heavy. The last scene with him was the dumbest thing ever, though.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:17
|
|
|
By the way, thanks Samuel Clemens for the great list of movies available on YouTube, you're doing Satan's work! 
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:19
|
|
|
I thought it was a somewhat effective reveal that Goggins's character was mentally handicapped. Just conceptually, it drove home the idea that the government was the bad guys, and everyone else was a victim. Which is part of why the ending of "getting to be an agent" was so stupid and counter to the rest of the movie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:22
|
|
|
Appreciate all the music discussion, thanks everyone!
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:23
|
|
|
Snak posted:I thought it was a somewhat effective reveal that Goggins's character was mentally handicapped. Just conceptually, it drove home the idea that the government was the bad guys, and everyone else was a victim. Which is part of why the ending of "getting to be an agent" was so stupid and counter to the rest of the movie. I don't think it's so much that getting to be an agent is a good thing. It's more that he can finally leave the town for the first time in his life. Which is kind of a hosed up "happy ending" for a character, to be honest.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:26
|
|
|
Random heads up but Amazon streaming is doing a promotion for a 99 cent rental and there's an assload of eligible stuff. Promo code is just MOVIE99. Snagged Lost Highway so that I can finally say I've seen all of Lynch's stuff.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 21:56
|
|
|
LORD OF BOOTY posted:I dunno, I thought he played a pretty good heavy. The last scene with him was the dumbest thing ever, though. They had Walton Goggins, who is one of the most effective actors around in terms of projecting menace through dialogue, and had most of his screentime taken up with what is maybe the least threatening villainous laugh in film history.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 22:37
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 12:06 |
|
|
LORD OF BOOTY posted:(also American Ultra is a surprisingly dope movie on the whole) It's way prettier than it has any right to be. Plus K-Stew  In terms of surprisingly good action/comedies, it's 2015's Premium Rush.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2017 22:38
|
|
