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hyperhazard posted:That and the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka. Both had big-name celebrities and were dirt cheap to license because they were box office duds. I didn't know that about Willy Wonka, but it makes sense. And in that case it's probably one of the only ones that carries across nations, because here in Australia the 'classic' Christmas movies aren't really thought about at all, but Willy Wonka, absolutely.
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there wolf posted:I have, but let me rephrase it to slower, more rigid, and less stimulating then, because the point wasn't that all films pre-1975 are bad, they're just different and I can see why some people struggle to enjoy them if their exposure is primarily the last 10, 30, or even 50 years of film. Its like how Little Richard songs now seem like they're at moderate tempo because fast music now is speed metal and chipmunk-electronica. This is a good comparison because speed metal is coming up on 40 years old and a lot of it is borderline unlistenable because of old lovely production
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The whole problem with dismissing everything pre 1975 is that while there's a poo poo ton of terrible old films, there's also a poo poo ton of terrible new films and there are a lot of loving stone cold classics that came out pre 1975. Some one brought up godfather, just watch it and pretend you're bingeing one of a bazillion Sopranos knockoff shows on Netflix. It's loving shameful a NY Times reporter got fired for saying she got chills watching Joe Biden land on Air Force 1 but this fucker still has his job.
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Also a shame that a New York Times reporter is out here saying “well actually venture capitalists should buy and gut newspapers (that aren’t mine)” (The Chicago tribune, which he is referring to, is profitable and has $100 mil in the bank. They just have bad owners who didn’t want to spend it) https://twitter.com/benyt/status/1362118398898020352?s=21
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I mean, I still talk about how MTv changed movies. Frankly, usually for the better. There are a lot of scenes in old movies where it is just some dude driving looking *pensive*. Shows like Mad Men reference this by doing the same thing but it is like 30 seconds instead of 240 seconds. The Lord of the Rings movies really changed thins and started moving things in the opposite direction. Now with binging it is even worse. It used to be that you got 90 minutes out of 90 minutes of movie. Then along came MTv. All of a sudden you got 100, 120 minutes out of a 90 minute movie. Then you got 30 minutes out of a 90 minute movie. So they made movies 120 minutes long so so you something close to the 90 minutes you used to get but they were more concentrated and more insane. This is when movies were at their lean best. Then along came LoTR and Peter Jackson. All of a sudden movies could be 240 minutes. Stretch things out again. But also be music videos. Anyway, the VHS snapped and now TV shows are the movies and movies are the music videos. Golden age of TV, lots to be said for it. It means that movies are now, rightly, the kind of crap that your mother wouldn't let you buy at the grocery checkout. That's all well and good but what about the little people? It is a lot easier to make some 90 minute thing with your friends. Maybe it is bad, maybe there is something there? I always think about the weird X-files ripoff where it was about the Cosmonaut kid that came back from Mars in the 90s. Great idea! Possibly a great show! Sucks poo poo as amateur hour. But if they took the 6 hours of actual poo poo they released and condensed it into a solid 90 minute indy film? Well, that's something that could be really cool. But as a show? No.
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VinylonUnderground posted:I mean, I still talk about how MTv changed movies. Frankly, usually for the better. There are a lot of scenes in old movies where it is just some dude driving looking *pensive*. Shows like Mad Men reference this by doing the same thing but it is like 30 seconds instead of 240 seconds. The Lord of the Rings movies really changed thins and started moving things in the opposite direction. Now with binging it is even worse. What in god's holy name are you blathering about?
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VinylonUnderground posted:All of a sudden you got 100, 120 minutes out of a 90 minute movie. Then you got 30 minutes out of a 90 minute movie. So they made movies 120 minutes long so so you something close to the 90 minutes you used to get I have a masters in math and can't follow your numbers at all
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Necrothatcher posted:What in god's holy name are you blathering about? watching movies in the time cube
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Vulture capitalist is a misnomer, vultures only feed off the dead and dying, most of what they buy are companies making a profit, just not a high enough profit that ripping them to shreds makes more sense if you want a big paycheck this year as someone who buys and dismantles a company. Toys'R'Us was making like a billion dollars a year and actively hiring in most of their locations before they got stripped down for parts, same thing has been happening to newspapers since the mid 90s.
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VinylonUnderground posted:I mean, I still talk about how MTv changed movies. Frankly, usually for the better. There are a lot of scenes in old movies where it is just some dude driving looking *pensive*. Shows like Mad Men reference this by doing the same thing but it is like 30 seconds instead of 240 seconds. The Lord of the Rings movies really changed thins and started moving things in the opposite direction. Now with binging it is even worse. Source your quote please.
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Axe murderer capitalism just sounds tautological though.
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OwlFancier posted:Axe murderer capitalism just sounds tautological though. Capitalists almost never use axes.
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Learn from the masters: 
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lobsterminator posted:Learn from the masters: Troll 2’s an hour 35, learn from that, Wiseau. 
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Titanic, Braveheart, Dances With Wolves, Casino, Schindler's List (which is Spielberg lmao), Wolf of Wall Street, Pulp Fiction, JFK, Malcolm X, Ghandi, Magnolia, The Green Mile, The Deer Hunter, The Right Stuff. That poo poo went nowhere. Epics never went out of style, only whatever genres they belonged to.
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I say this without trying to be ironic in the least, but 90 minutes is the absolute perfect length for a film.
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Skwirl posted:I say this without trying to be ironic in the least, but 90 minutes is the absolute perfect length for a film. A couple of years ago I went to a showing of the original Ghostbusters in a cinema. It's 1h 47m but still nice and compact. I left the cinema wanting more rather than being exhausted.
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Dewgy posted:Troll 2’s an hour 35, learn from that, Wiseau. Yeah but Troll 2 barely has any sex scenes.
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Skwirl posted:I say this without trying to be ironic in the least, but 90 minutes is the absolute perfect length for a film. The perfect length for a movie is anything from 90 minutes (Commando) to 92 minutes (Commando: Director's Cut)
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RoboCop is 102 minutes long and both manages to pack in surprisingly much in such a short time frame, and to move at such a rapid pace that it feels shorter (but not to its detriment).
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but when these films were released interludes were still a normal thing. You'd get a nice little 15 minute break in the middle to go pee and get more popcorn. These days 3hour films still come out but want you to sit through the whole thing with no break. Skwirl posted:I say this without trying to be ironic in the least, but 90 minutes is the absolute perfect length for a film. Id argue it really depends on how good the story and direction is. Ive watched 90 minute films that dragged and felt 4 hours, while epics like 'The good, the bad and the ugly' is 2 hours and 29 minutes but doesn't feel it at all, its so well paced. Mega Comrade has a new favorite as of 11:29 on Feb 18, 2021 |
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Okay, I was lying, Detour is the perfect film and it's 67 minutes, I was just giving everything else 23 minutes handicap.
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Whatever the run time of terminator 2 is, thats the perfect movie length
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:Whatever the run time of terminator 2 is, thats the perfect movie length It's over two hours. So is Aliens. Lil Swamp Booger Baby has a new favorite as of 12:56 on Feb 18, 2021 |
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For the mere price of a movie ticket you could be a kid in the 90s and get suckered into watching anal waste like Armageddon for two and a half hours that made you wish you were stuck at home watching Bridge on the River Kwai on TCM via your 14" CRT TV screen.
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Laughing my loving rear end off if you can’t handle a LotR EE marathon
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Laughing my loving rear end off if you can’t handle a LotR EE marathon Last time I marathoned the extended editions was when I got my wisdom teeth out. I put them all into the multidisc dvd player we had, leaned back in the recliner, popped a vicoden and hit "play all".
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Mega Comrade posted:Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but when these films were released interludes were still a normal thing. You'd get a nice little 15 minute break in the middle to go pee and get more popcorn. These days 3hour films still come out but want you to sit through the whole thing with no break. How did these not get brought back for movies like the LotR trilogy? The theater gets more popcorn/food/booze sales, everyone gets to move around and pee for a bit, it's a win/win afaict.
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This is the ideal run time, because after you are ready to quit watching movies for the day. 
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Elviscat posted:How did these not get brought back for movies like the LotR trilogy? The theater gets more popcorn/food/booze sales, everyone gets to move around and pee for a bit, it's a win/win afaict. They have them in countries that aren't the US. Theaters in Europe will crowbar an interval in so the audience can fit in a smoke break. Quite nice when you're busting for a piss in the middle of Endgame or whatever.
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VinylonUnderground posted:I mean, I still talk about how MTv changed movies. Frankly, usually for the better. There are a lot of scenes in old movies where it is just some dude driving looking *pensive*. Shows like Mad Men reference this by doing the same thing but it is like 30 seconds instead of 240 seconds. The Lord of the Rings movies really changed thins and started moving things in the opposite direction. Now with binging it is even worse. Scott Steiner goes to the movies.
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Necrothatcher posted:They have them in countries that aren't the US. Theaters in Europe will crowbar an interval in so the audience can fit in a smoke break. Quite nice when you're busting for a piss in the middle of Endgame or whatever. What part of Europe are you in?
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Silly Burrito posted:Scott Steiner goes to the movies. I’m getting a real “my sister doesn’t like getting weighed in the pool” energy from that post.
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Yeah, definitely not every theater in Europe. The one I used to visit only had them during their 50+ block on Tuesday afternoons.
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Biplane posted:What part of Europe are you in? Italy. e: and I've seen it in Bulgaria and Greece. Maybe it's just countries with a lot of smokers.
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Necrothatcher posted:Italy. Ah, okay. We don't have those in Norway. 
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Elviscat posted:How did these not get brought back for movies like the LotR trilogy? The theater gets more popcorn/food/booze sales, everyone gets to move around and pee for a bit, it's a win/win afaict. Because the people who make the movies don't see a dime of that and don't give a poo poo about the theaters beyond being box-office pay-pigs
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Reruns of poo poo like LotR and Star Wars is one of the times I’ve seen regular chain theatres do them.
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