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Bless Samuel L. Jackson for not taking that role.quote:Samuel L. Jackson was initially offered the role played by LL Cool J. Jackson's management didn't like the idea of him playing a chef, so Director Renny Harlin created the role of Russell Franklin for him, Jackson stated about Harlin casting him as Franklin "He said, 'Now you're going to be the richest man in the world, and you're going to have the greatest scene in the movie, and it's going to be a shock to everyone!" Jackson recalled. "He sent it back, (and the part) was Russell Franklin, and I was like 'Yeah, this was great.' I've done a lot of different things in movies, or had a lot of things happen to me in the movies, but nothing like what happens to me in this one." If you don’t remember the movie a shark suddenly appears from a pool and drags him under water, right as he’s making an inspiring speech to the others. Also, quote:For one scene, Thomas Jane had to swim alongside a real live shark. He was only allowed to shoot this once he had completed all of his other scenes. “Let’s save this scene until you are expendable, okay?”
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Mierenneuker posted:Bless Samuel L. Jackson for not taking that role. Patrick Swayze had that rule in Point Break, once they found out he'd been skydiving without telling the others It was very prescient too \/ got any sevens fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Apr 1, 2019 |
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Apr 1, 2019 17:15
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LL Cool J, for me, gets a pass for every role after his absolutely best one in TOYS (1992). He might be my favourite part of that film, which is saying a lot, since it had Robin Williams, Ann Cusack, and Michael loving Gambon in it. TOYS was wonderful, woefully underrated, and should be seen by anyone who hasn't seen it yet.  The couch gag is the best.
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Apr 1, 2019 17:41
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Toys used to be my go-to "I'm sick at home and Mom asks me what movie I want put on" choice in elementary school. Robin Williams' character didn't interest me all that much; I wanted to hang out with Joan Cusack and LL Cool J. Heck, I still do
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Apr 1, 2019 18:46
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Adlai Stevenson posted:Toys used to be my go-to "I'm sick at home and Mom asks me what movie I want put on" choice in elementary school. Robin Williams' character didn't interest me all that much; I wanted to hang out with Joan Cusack and LL Cool J. Heck, I still do Hundred percent.
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Apr 1, 2019 19:36
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veni veni veni posted:Who loving cares if Joss Wheadon cheated on his wife? That’s between him and his wife. The way people latch on to the personal lives of strangers is gnarly. you don't get to act like you're a big feminist and then gently caress around behind your wife's back.
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got any sevens posted:Patrick Swayze had that rule in Point Break, once they found out he'd been skydiving without telling the others I didn't know Swayze did his own stunts in the sky diving part before I saw the movie, so it was a shock when they had some close ups of Keanu obviously done in a controlled studio environment and they cut to the actual sky diving and the camera man starts getting closer to Swayze's character it was a real shock when it was actually him.
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Apr 1, 2019 20:05
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:LL Cool J, for me, gets a pass for every role after his absolutely best one in TOYS (1992). He might be my favourite part of that film, which is saying a lot, since it had Robin Williams, Ann Cusack, and Michael loving Gambon in it. And it still holds up great. I love introducing people to that movie who have never seen it. Those rolling green hills man.
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Apr 1, 2019 20:27
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BonoMan posted:And it still holds up great. I love introducing people to that movie who have never seen it. Isn't that where they took the Windows XP default background picture?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Isn't that where they took the Windows XP default background picture? No, Palouse apparently
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Just watched Deliverance for the first time and there was a shot I was curious about. It's maybe 20-30 minutes into the movie, they're on the river in their canoes and they go under a bridge. The banjo kid is standing on the bridge and the shot starts on the upriver side of the bridge, looking up at the kid, goes under the bridge, swiveling as it goes so you are looking at the bridge from the downriver side. Easy enough. But then the shot elevates and you're looking down at the bridge. So the camera moves in essentially a J shape motion where the bridge is in the bowl of the J. Seems like a crane shot would be tricky to pull off on the river, but not sure how else it might have been done. Wish I could find a video of the scene but not having any luck.
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Apr 1, 2019 22:34
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Adlai Stevenson posted:Toys used to be my go-to "I'm sick at home and Mom asks me what movie I want put on" choice in elementary school. Robin Williams' character didn't interest me all that much; I wanted to hang out with Joan Cusack and LL Cool J. Heck, I still do Same.
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Apr 2, 2019 16:05
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I like them all sitting on the couch doing the VR rollercoaster. Nailed the full use of that technology, like, thirty fuckin' years ago. BonoMan posted:Those rolling green hills man.  Parachute posted:along these very lines is the counselor worth reading/watching? when it came out it looked like something that was hitting all the right notes for me but i heard it sucked serious rear end so i avoided it completely at the time. If you like Ridley Scott and like McCarthy, there's really no reason to not check it out. Personally I like it more than No Country... though I'm probably alone in that.
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Apr 2, 2019 22:52
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The Counselor kicks rear end, it is very much the TCM2 to No Country's Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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Apr 2, 2019 22:53
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The Counselor kicks rear end, it is very much the TCM2 to No Country's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Hahaha I'm stealing this.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The Counselor kicks rear end, it is very much the TCM2 to No Country's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This is one of the highest endorsement's you could have given it for me.
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Is there anywhere I can go to find out which theaters near me have what versions of Imax/ Dolby Cinema/ Samsung Hyper Laser Fuckery? For movies I'm willing to shell out $20+ for I want to at least see it in the loudest, most bighuge format available within 50 miles or so of Philadelphia.
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You can find all that stuff on Fandango.
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Apr 3, 2019 02:21
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I mean, sure it says if the film is in Imax, but it doesn't tell me if the screen is a piece of poo poo 29' tall screen rather than the 50'+ screen I am happy paying $20 to stare at.
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Apr 3, 2019 02:26
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Oh I see. That info is notoriously hard to find since IMAX seems to be conflating all their screen formats for marketing purposes. Hope this helps you out some, the biggest format is "1570" or 70mm/15 perf: http://www.lfexaminer.com/theaUSA.htm
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Apr 3, 2019 02:43
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Perfect! Just what I needed. Now to figure out if the theater near me with 1570 format and the Digital (tiny) format is using the bigger screen for the 3d showing...
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Apr 3, 2019 02:57
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Deadguy2322 posted:I never understood how giving every character in his crap dialog that sounded like a bitchy teenager was in any way depicting strong women. The guy was always a hack, and I’m glad his career is in tatters. The way he wrote was on the same level as bad fan fiction. You have a funny definition of "tatters". The guy has a new show ordered by HBO, a new Buffy show (potentially) in the works, and took over the reigns of Justice League, which isn't exactly small potatoes. I think a lot of people would hope their career was going that badly.
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Apr 3, 2019 03:16
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Didn't he dial back writing and directing after all the stress from the first Avenger's movie? Even after their fuckups with James Gunn, Disney would have backed up a dump truck full of money to get Wheadon to direct another Marvel movie. Providing nothing worse comes out about him, his career is just fine. He may be an rear end, but movie goers don't care that the unseen man who wrote and directed their favorite movies is a hypocrite.
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Apr 3, 2019 03:25
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I don't get how he was able to still have everyone thinking he was some woke feminist after Dollhouse.
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Sextro posted:Perfect! Just what I needed. Now to figure out if the theater near me with 1570 format and the Digital (tiny) format is using the bigger screen for the 3d showing... If they give you a diagram for assigned seating, you can probably figure out which session is in the bigger theater.
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Teenage Fansub posted:If they give you a diagram for assigned seating, you can probably figure out which session is in the bigger theater. Seatmap for both viewings is exactly the same...so. Huh.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Didn't he dial back writing and directing after all the stress from the first Avenger's movie? I doubt it, considering he did Avengers 2. Edit: I really want to read a good article, or even a book, that dives deep on the nitty-gritty of early Marvel Studios (running off Jon Favreau, Joss Whedon and Patty jenkins as directors, ridiculously low-balling actors) and their eventual PR victory. LesterGroans fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Apr 3, 2019 |
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LesterGroans posted:I doubt it, considering he did Avengers 2. That one nearly killed him. Apparently his first cut was 4 hours.
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Skwirl posted:That one nearly killed him. Apparently his first cut was 4 hours. Yeah, I remember him being really bitter about the final movie, almost immediately after it came out. Reminded me of Favreau, who seemed lined up to do The Avengers before he peaced out from the MCU creatively.
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LesterGroans posted:Yeah, I remember him being really bitter about the final movie, almost immediately after it came out. Reminded me of Favreau, who seemed lined up to do The Avengers before he peaced out from the MCU creatively. Now he just gets to mac on Marissa Tomei, not a bad career move if I do say so myself.
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Skwirl posted:Now he just gets to mac on Marissa Tomei, not a bad career move if I do say so myself. If Favreau and Pesci can, then whom amongst us?
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The Counselor kicks rear end, it is very much the TCM2 to No Country's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. hell yeah just finished this and i can't believe the chainsaw duel with cameron diaz and javier bardem (i havent watched it yet but im gonna now)
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Almost Blue posted:This is one of the highest endorsement's you could have given it for me. You're drat straight it is.
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I never got around to watching the Millennium movies, until this weekend where I watched the Fincher version of Dragon Tattoo with the wife. Would I be missing anything if I jumped into the Swedish adaptations of the other 2 films of that trilogy? I'm not sure I really need to see the same story again as I believe the US adaptation of the book is fairly accurate to the source matreial?
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Apr 3, 2019 17:31
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Mierenneuker posted:
Ken Kirzinger, who played Jason in Freddy vs Jason, tells a similar story. He was dead set on doing the "Jason on Fire through a cornfield" scene, and was flat out told no by the producers. While he was a stuntman, they told him they had hired him to be an actor on the film, so a stuntman ended up doing the burn scene. Then, on the last day of filming, they said, the other stuntmen are busy, so since you're a stuntman, we're just going to launch you from the back of this van.
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Apr 3, 2019 18:38
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EL BROMANCE posted:I never got around to watching the Millennium movies, until this weekend where I watched the Fincher version of Dragon Tattoo with the wife. Would I be missing anything if I jumped into the Swedish adaptations of the other 2 films of that trilogy? I'm not sure I really need to see the same story again as I believe the US adaptation of the book is fairly accurate to the source matreial? The Fincher movie made some pretty big changes, so it won’t be the smoothest adjustment.
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Ah that's a shame. Maybe I'll just put it off a while, then jump in from the beginning.
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Apr 3, 2019 20:50
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I have no idea what big changes you're crediting to Fincher's version except it's in English, there's the James Bondage opening sequence, and Orinoco Flow.
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Apr 3, 2019 21:14
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UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST posted:the James Bondage opening sequence That really is the best way to describe the opening sequence.
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Question about Us: At the end, when Red is talking to Adelaide while they're in the classroom, why do the shots of Red's face, the very close ones, with Adelaide in the background, look off? Red's face looks very off to me, and I can't explain why. It's like it's fake, or too rubbery, or something. Why is that? Is it just an issue of too close?
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