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The MSJ posted:Shazam director David F Sanberg also directed the horror hit Lights Out (which is probably why Annabelle: Creation is getting way better reviews than the first movie). Even if this wasn't a sequel to a movie that owns this cast alone would get me in a seat. I'm excited.
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I didn't care much for Kingaman and neither do I the sequel. I dont get the love for Church scene but okay I guess. I'm interested in the Dredd TV show
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The MSJ posted:Shazam director David F Sanberg also directed the horror hit Lights Out (which is probably why Annabelle: Creation is getting way better reviews than the first movie). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8BpZVyoFo
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No, this is better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZkoNJ3DxE
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There's a lot to like in the Kingsman church fight but just about all of them are present in any John Wick fight, with the added bonus that John's action sequences don't constantly cut away to other characters watching on cameras and going "my God this is an action sequence" in order to paper over some serious pacing issues
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I just wonder if anyone who flips out over Kingsman has ever seen, like, prime-time Jackie Chan. He does everything Kingsmen is doing only without speed ramping or any other tricks. He also does waaaaay more dangerous stunts. That's not to say Kingsman's church scene is bad. It isn't. It's good. I like it. But there's way better melees out there.
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/\ /\ /\ Comparing anything to peak Jackie Chan (although a peak that lasts a couple of decades is stretching that word) is kind of unfair. Jenny Angel posted:There's a lot to like in the Kingsman church fight but just about all of them are present in any John Wick fight, with the added bonus that John's action sequences don't constantly cut away to other characters watching on cameras and going "my God this is an action sequence" in order to paper over some serious pacing issues nah, Wick's scenes have a much more deliberate, paced energy, they're nowhere near as frantic as the Church scene. They're not better or worse, they're just different, it's kind of a weird comparison.
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I think context makes a big difference too. John Wick spends the whole movie stylishly killing Russian goons. Kingsmen's church scene goes for shock of mostly harmless church folk turning into violent psychopaths.
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"Harmless" is not a word I would use to describe Westburo Baptist knock-offs.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:"Harmless" is not a word I would use to describe Westburo Baptist knock-offs. I figured I'd get flack for that. Dormant? They're not outright physically hurting anyone. Well, until they do.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:"Harmless" is not a word I would use to describe Westburo Baptist knock-offs. Especially considering how many guns and knives come out in that scene.
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That Kingsman trailer has some very comic-book rear end looking action scenes in there. Hopefully there are more cool shots like that in the movie.
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The church scene works for people not because it's well choreographed or smartly paced or whatever, it works because it's one of the best expressions in film of the sort of manic hate energy characteristic of a violent fantasy. It's basically pure catharsis for people who want to drive a dump truck over a Westboro protest or unload a machine gun into a room full of bank executives, which is why the lead up to that scene works so hard to establish that the church is full of horrible people.
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A clip from Death Note, featuring Ryuk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFzvJMmH9x0 Ryuk is played by a tall actor in costume, and then his face is overlayed with a CG one that was motion-captured from Willem Dafoe's actual face. The MSJ fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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The MSJ posted:A clip from Death Note, featuring Ryuk. Woulda saved a lot of money and looked just as scary if it was just Willem Dafoe sitting on another guy's shoulders, wearing a big trench coat
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I do like how he's filmed initially out of focus as if he really is ethereal or a dream or haze. Dafoe is a great choice and does very well.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I just wonder if anyone who flips out over Kingsman has ever seen, like, prime-time Jackie Chan. He does everything Kingsmen is doing only without speed ramping or any other tricks. He also does waaaaay more dangerous stunts. Can I not be impressed by different things for different reasons?
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That actually looks pretty good. Dafoe is a hell of an actor and he's killing it as Ryuk and I appreciate the changes they've made to both Ryuk and Light so this adaptation brings something new to the table instead of being a straight copy from the manga/anime/film
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Calaveron posted:Woulda saved a lot of money and looked just as scary if it was just Willem Dafoe sitting on another guy's shoulders, wearing a big trench coat I'm a dumb motherfucker who wrote this before watching the video for the sake of making a tremendously lovely white noise post as is my wont to do but WOW Ryuk looks and sounds genuinely good and the off focus effect looks super cool Hopefully it's not a thing where they used up all their fx budget in this one scene
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Babysitter Super Sleuth posted:The church scene works for people not because it's well choreographed or smartly paced or whatever, it works because it's one of the best expressions in film of the sort of manic hate energy characteristic of a violent fantasy. It's basically pure catharsis for people who want to drive a dump truck over a Westboro protest or unload a machine gun into a room full of bank executives, which is why the lead up to that scene works so hard to establish that the church is full of horrible people. But it also shows that power fantasy as horrifying. I mean, half the time, Harry is slaughtering armed people who are attacking him, but it kicks off with him shooting an unarmed woman and then an old man in the head, and near the climax he just smashes another unarmed woman in the neck with an axe. There's a reason the song is 'Freebird,' a great song that goes on a little too long.
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Death Note looks interesting, and I like that they're willing to change stuff and do a different spin on it. Light was a supervillain from day one in the anime, and it looks like they're going for a more gradual descent into insanity which plays better for this.
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Death Note looks really interesting. Netflix is making some interesting looking films. Just saw a trailer for Bright today, and that film basically looks like "Shadowrun: The movie"
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The tiniest bit of Punisher at the end of this teaser: https://twitter.com/LukeCage/status/888070781627899904 Mordiceius posted:Just saw a trailer for Bright today, and that film basically looks like "Shadowrun: The movie" With no cyberware and from the perspective of the cops. Still, David Ayer! Sir Kodiak fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Sir Kodiak posted:With no cyberware and from the perspective of the cops. Still, David Ayer! Yeah, not quite to Shadowrun, but still something kind of interesting maybe? Shame about Will Smith though.
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Just saw Valerian. The theater was almost empty - maybe a dozen or so total besides me, and I think at least four of them walked out about the 2/3 mark. My views (keeping in mind I have not read the comics): The pros:
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Ultimately, while I did really love a lot of the visuals in the movie, I can't really recommend it.
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I still don't really care for the orc prosthetics in Bright but Edgerton looks like he's doing a good job acting through them.
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Wake me up when someone does an MF Doom flick.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I just wonder if anyone who flips out over Kingsman has ever seen, like, prime-time Jackie Chan. He does everything Kingsmen is doing only without speed ramping or any other tricks. He also does waaaaay more dangerous stunts. I felt the same way when people went nuts about The Matrix fight scenes when that came out.
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This is a great idea. Most of the time, the only thing getting in the way of a good movie Dr Doom is the fact he has to share it with the Fantastic Four. Speaking of Hawley, Said Taghamoui from Wonder Woman is going to play another incarnation of The Shadow King in Legion season 2.
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Schwarzwald posted:Wake me up when someone does an MF Doom flick. Mother loving Doom flick?
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I once thought Clive Owen would make a good Dr. Doom. Now...I don't know.
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UmOk posted:Mother loving Doom flick? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgWBMa5v930
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Mordiceius posted:New Kingsman trailer looks pretty alright. Oh gently caress yeah.
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Davros1 posted:I felt the same way when people went nuts about The Matrix fight scenes when that came out. You do know the action choreographer on The Matrix was Yuen Woo Ping, director of Drunken Master and Snake In Eagle's Shadow (among a pile of other all time greats), right?
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Chairman Capone posted:Valerian While the villain part sounds like liberal pandering, which was probably inevitable, I'm glad the movie seems to upset people who wring their hands over "likable characters". BravestOfTheLamps fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Maybe I'm just a sour puss, but I never thought the Valerian movie looked good. Plus, I've seen fuckall for marketing on it.
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