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Neo Rasa posted:Something amazing about that is how it was so brazen that there were people on mainstream TV news in the US in the 80s saying "this movie only exists to make Palestinians look bad it's awful," like THAT'S how bad it was. And the two dudes were super smug about the righteousness of Delta Force too. Delta Force is like some weird thing from another universe where GI Joe is too violent for adults, exactly as stupid as it was, and live action.
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Vanity Fair defends their account of the terrible audition process for Cambodian children in Angelina Jolie's new movie First They Killed My Father. For reference: quote:“To cast the children in the film, Jolie looked at orphanages, circuses, and slum schools, specifically seeking children who had experienced hardship. In order to find their lead, to play young Loung Ung, the casting directors set up a game, rather disturbing in its realism: they put money on the table and asked the child to think of something she needed the money for, and then to snatch it away. The director would pretend to catch the child, and the child would have to come up with a lie. ‘Srey Moch [the girl ultimately chosen for the part] was the only child that stared at the money for a very, very long time,’ Jolie says. ‘When she was forced to give it back, she became overwhelmed with emotion. All these different things came flooding back.’ Jolie then tears up. ‘When she was asked later what the money was for, she said her grandfather had died, and they didn’t have enough money for a nice funeral.’”
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Neo Rasa posted:It really shows how much cheaper and worse the effects folks were when they got a solid two years to do Turtles in Time but the turtles outfits were like noticeably awful compared to the Jim Henson suits in 1 and 2. Yeah, it's insane how great those suits are. I rewatched the first flick about a year ago and was surprised by how well it held up, effects wise. The second film is obviously of lesser quality, but it's bonkers how good Tokka and Rahzar look considering how little time Jim Henson Studios had to put them together. Neo Rasa posted:Something amazing about that is how it was so brazen that there were people on mainstream TV news in the US in the 80s saying "this movie only exists to make Palestinians look bad it's awful," like THAT'S how bad it was. And the two dudes were super smug about the righteousness of Delta Force too. Speaking of turnaround, one of the grossest things about Delta Force was that it was released less than a year after the events of the TWA Flight 847 hijacking occurred, which it almost entirely was based on. That would be like coming out with a movie about Chuck Norris infiltrating and blowing up a religious compound like seven months after the Waco siege ended. Tart Kitty fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Aug 4, 2017 |
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Also, I'm really disappointed they went with that angle for the Death Wish remake, unrelatedly. I think you could get something very good out of, essentially, flipping the script racially, and making the protagonist a black guy who fights dirty cops and Nazi gangs rather than a white guy who guns down minorities. I was really, really hoping for a Death Wish remake with Denzel Washington as Kersey, just as a wonderful bookend for his career. Guy Mann posted:Also that you can trace the modern pop-culture image of a terrorist as a threatening Muslim man to two Israeli dudes. There was this documentary called "Planet Of The Arab" about negative portrayals of Arabs in cinema. Half the clips in that documentary were from Golan-Globus films.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:What's the closest a sequel has been released after the previous film? I can only think of Breakin', released in May 1984, which was followed by Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, released in December 1984.
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The MSJ posted:Vanity Fair defends their account of the terrible audition process for Cambodian children in Angelina Jolie's new movie First They Killed My Father. Actors are complete morons.
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If a lack of male gaze directed at women was what defined feminist cinema, A Talking Cat?!? would be the paragon of that poo poo. It's not that the movie doesn't have any male gazey shots, it's just that they're all directed at lithe young dudes.
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Speaking of Muslim militants, do you ever feel that Bend It Like Beckham or Footloose could use a terrorist threat subplot? Because I'm a bit amused by this Malaysian movie synopsis:quote:Adele, a talented young dancer, lives to full her mother’s dream of becoming a renowned ballerina. Awarded a scholarship for a world-class Russian ballet school, she is on her way to great success, until a traumatic experience prompts her to make a life-changing decision that was already in the forefront of her mind. Adele takes the hijab, claiming she will become the best muslim ballerina. Her mother is heartbroken, her friends are confused and both the ballet scene and the muslim community reject her. Worse still, as word of her ambition spreads she faces serious threat from Jihadi fundamentalists.
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The MSJ posted:Vanity Fair defends their account of the terrible audition process for Cambodian children in Angelina Jolie's new movie First They Killed My Father. So.. like did they gift the money back to the girl after she started crying?
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Angelina Jolie says it was an improv exercise of a scene from the movie and that the kids knew it was a scene exercise before any scenario began.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:51
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You guys remember 12 Feet Deep? I just saw a commercial for it, and it is premiering under the title Trapped Sisters on the loving Lifetime Network. My props to Lifetime to spreading their wings a bit. Between this and letting James Franco do whatever the gently caress he wants for a couple movies, clearly the people at the top of Lifetime have gained a sense of humor.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Angelina Jolie says it was an improv exercise of a scene from the movie and that the kids knew it was a scene exercise before any scenario began. She probably should have told the writer that when she first related the story. The Vanity Fair defense prints a transcript of the actual conversation and the writer didn't leave out any salient details.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:What's the closest a sequel has been released after the previous film? I can only think of Breakin', released in May 1984, which was followed by Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, released in December 1984. FIVE Battles Without Honor or Humanity movies were released 1973-1974
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DC Murderverse posted:You guys remember 12 Feet Deep? In the comments for that trailer link someone has spoiled the entire film. Don't mouse over this if you have a burning desire to not have it spoiled: quote:I saw this movie illegally and basically the premise is that one of the two sisters (We'll call her Beep) throws the other sister's wedding ring (we'll call her Bop) into the pool because she believes it's not a stable marriage. Bop finds her wedding ring stuck in the filter screen at the bottom of the deep end when the pool is about to close, Beep helps Bop out to retrieve the ring with no success, the pool inspector person doesn't see them at the bottom of the pool and closes the cover which is made out of strong glass. Beep and Bop are now stuck underneath this pool cover for 3 days without food, water, or sleep. We find out that Bop is diabetic and doesn't have her insulin with her meaning she'll pass out in a coma and drown. The night janitor (We'll call her Bloop) appears to do poo poo and stuff only to find Bop's phone ringing. Bloop who has a criminal record blackmails Beep and Bop to give Bop's identity to her or they won't let her out. Bop gives her the info and pleads for Bloop to let them out. Beep becomes a bit mentally unstable and tricks Bloop to put her ear to a tiny hole they're communicating through. Once Bloop's ear is aligned with the hole Beep stabs her with a shard of the glass that broke off. Bloop gets angry and turns on the chlorine bacterial disinfectant which fills up the tank and makes it hard to breathe then they die and Bloop is free with her name as Beep.
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I thought Tobin Bell was the night janitor? Or did that person call Tobin Bell a her?
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Angelina Jolie says it was an improv exercise of a scene from the movie and that the kids knew it was a scene exercise before any scenario began. I got that gist from the original VF article and it was still very ghoulish to me. The internet game of telephone probably exaggerated it on the way when it went viral into "Angelina Jolie psychologically tortured orphans!" The mental image of a detached rich Hollywood actor looking high and low for destitute Cambodian children to do it to doesn't help.
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SulphagneSocialist posted:The mental image of a detached rich Hollywood actor looking high and low for destitute Cambodian children to do it to doesn't help. But enough about Angelina Jolie's philosophy on adopting children.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:In the comments for that trailer link someone has spoiled the entire film. I'm all for more bad endings in 2017, but that is a really bad bad ending.
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Femur posted:So.. like did they gift the money back to the girl after she started crying? lol if you think the rich view third-world children as human beings and not PR props
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Detective No. 27 posted:I watched Sucker Punch last year and don't remember any panty shots. Or even high rise thongs. Panty shots is a metonym for "fetish outfits" in this case. it's more about how Emily Browning slicing people up with a katana while wearing a schoolgirl outfit makes people feel uncomfortable because she looks like she's 12 and therefore like an anime character. That's what the specific objection is, anyway.
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Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but the new Dark Tower movie is getting savaged pretty badly right now.
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I keep forgetting thats an actual film movie and not a DTV or series premier.
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Barudak posted:I keep forgetting thats an actual film movie and not a DTV or series premier. It kind of is since this is supposed to be the lead-in to a new TV series.
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Barudak posted:I keep forgetting thats an actual film movie and not a DTV or series premier. Same. Bummer.
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but the new Dark Tower movie is getting savaged pretty badly right now. I've never read the Dark Tower books, but centering it around a (probably) precocious kid instead of Idris Elba seems like a mistake. Who keeps asking for child protagonists unless it's like, a YA story (in which case they would still hire 30 year olds to play 17 year olds).
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I read through the first Dark Tower book in January and was underwhelmed.
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GrandpaPants posted:I've never read the Dark Tower books, but centering it around a (probably) precocious kid instead of Idris Elba seems like a mistake. Who keeps asking for child protagonists unless it's like, a YA story (in which case they would still hire 30 year olds to play 17 year olds). If you dont like child protagonists I think youll enjoy the movie, assuming its like the book.
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GrandpaPants posted:I've never read the Dark Tower books, but centering it around a (probably) precocious kid instead of Idris Elba seems like a mistake. Who keeps asking for child protagonists unless it's like, a YA story (in which case they would still hire 30 year olds to play 17 year olds). I haven't seen the movie but the kid is a major character in the novels.
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:It kind of is since this is supposed to be the lead-in to a new TV series. Pretty sure they scrapped that plan.
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Phylodox posted:Pretty sure they scrapped that plan. Nope, they just announced they had hired a showrunner for the series.
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muscles like this! posted:I haven't seen the movie but the kid is a major character in the novels. They shouldve gotten Oy instead of Jake for the first movie sidekick (or Eddie, really), get that John Wick goodwill. Does the movie have the balls to follow the first book's ending? letting jake fall off the bridge or w/e? Been a decade since I read it
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got any sevens posted:Does the movie have the balls to follow the first book's ending? letting jake fall off the bridge or w/e? Been a decade since I read it I'm not going to see the film because it looks like poo poo, But in the book the man in black taunts Roland as Jake is hanging from the railroad bridge in a tunnel. Basically "you can save him or get me", and Roland chooses to let Jake fall to his death so he can continue to chase the Man in Black. I doubt the film is going to do that for various reasons.
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IUG posted:I'm not going to see the film because it looks like poo poo, But in the book the man in black taunts Roland as Jake is hanging from the railroad bridge in a tunnel. Basically "you can save him or get me", and Roland chooses to let Jake fall to his death so he can continue to chase the Man in Black. I doubt the film is going to do that for various reasons. One of those reasons being he already did it in the books and Man In Black is still alive so this time Roland is probably going to do things differently.
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but the new Dark Tower movie is getting savaged pretty badly right now. A goon said their problem with it was something like "all the cinematic elements are RIGHT THERE, and they seem to purposefully change things that would be good on-screen". I kind of agree with that reading. Subverted tropes are good and stuff, but the book is metafiction and a pretty straightforward and condensed story that they seem to muck up.
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GrandpaPants posted:I've never read the Dark Tower books, but centering it around a (probably) precocious kid instead of Idris Elba seems like a mistake. Who keeps asking for child protagonists unless it's like, a YA story (in which case they would still hire 30 year olds to play 17 year olds). They made it into a YA story. got any sevens posted:Does the movie have the balls to follow the first book's ending? letting jake fall off the bridge or w/e? Been a decade since I read it No. It's also not an adaption of The Gunslinger, it's an awkward hybrid of events from all of the books and it has a pretty final ending.
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Eh it's no great loss... the books are alright. The world is pretty cool and the first volume is excellent but most of the series is annoying and bad.
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To me the greater loss is that Idris Elba and Matt McConnaughhey were in a bad movie. I like those guys & I want them to do well.
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Powaqoatse posted:Eh it's no great loss... the books are alright. The world is pretty cool and the first volume is excellent but most of the series is annoying and bad. I'm totally OK with them diverging like crazy from the books, because yeah they've got a ton of problems, but they diverged in the most boring ways possible.
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Powaqoatse posted:To me the greater loss is that Idris Elba and Matt McConnaughhey were in a bad movie. I like those guys & I want them to do well. Yeah I'm happy they're getting paid, but I really wish it was for movies I want to see.
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