sweet geek swag posted:There is exactly on battle like this in the Harry Potter books, and it only happens because Harry and Voldemort's wands use feathers from the same Phoenix. After Harry wins that duel Voldemort's wand stops working against Harry, and you have some scenes where that happens, but DBZ style beam clashes are just not a thing that commonly happens in the books and are in fact a result of the creators of the movies not having any better ideas of how to show magic on screen. Rowling wasn't very good at describing magical combat in any case, and most of her combat involves inexperienced children so it isn't a good sample to begin with. All magic should work like in Warhammer where even if they're just shooting blasts at each other it still makes stuff like blood starts seeping from cracks in the air or a bystander grows a second mouth that won't stop screaming.
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precision posted:i was flipping channels and saw about 5 minutes of Cry Macho See, also: Gran Torino
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runnypoops posted:Just finished the Righteous Gemstones it rules and is the best thing Hill/McBride have ever done When I first saw the show, part of me wanted it to be a bit more realistic. I wanted something that was a sharper skewer of the megachurch scene*, but there were things happening in the show that were just completely out of place. Like, the amount of cursing that the Gemstones do in public (especially around their father) ruined my immersion initially. But eventually I got accustomed to the elevated reality of the whole thing, and by the end of the first season I was hooked. Then the second season managed to top the first in virtually every way. *The 2021 Eyes of Tammy Faye movie eventually fulfilled that desire.
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infernal machines posted:See, also: Gran Torino Between Mule and Cry Macho, it seems like Eastwood is basically making movies that are rebuttals to his kids telling him that he's too old to keep driving. Whoever showed Scott Eastwood The Golden Road has a lot to answer for.
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Gripweed posted:All magic should work like in Warhammer where even if they're just shooting blasts at each other it still makes stuff like blood starts seeping from cracks in the air or a bystander grows a second mouth that won't stop screaming. Can confirm this would make Harry Potter way better.
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Warhammer magic would also have demons occasionally pop out and drag people to hell.
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I just went through The Righteous Gemstones last week and thought episode 8 was the finale. Looks like I got a whole new episode to watch! 
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If I'm being honest I don't actually think Scanners is a great movie, but I do like its version of (what are esssentially) wizard duels first is the iconic head explosion scene, not really a duel, while the second is the final battle which I think fits the bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI3NoBeNwfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDmKeFc6Ns&t=184s
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Quantum of Phallus posted:they were never and still have never been gay in the films, it’s JK Rowling retcon bullshit to appear woke. unless I’ve blanked it from my brain, there’s been absolutely zero explicit text in the films about it https://youtu.be/LKxpwlKRQ2U
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they wrote a big enough number finally https://twitter.com/THR/status/1498780385899077636?s=20&t=pZ4hloRXbjBqhMiUTrFn9g
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Missed the poirot chat but seems appropriate https://twitter.com/AerialShading/status/1498715293215903745
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Nigmaetcetera posted:When I was a kid I saw a movie that traumatized me where British soldiers forced African women and children down a cliff using Maxim guns. Anybody know what movie that might have been? I thought it might have been Zulu but the Wikipedia article on it didn’t mention this specific form of war crime. I’m asking this thread cause y’all are the movie smartest. From a few pages ago, but there is a scene much like this in Quigley Down Under. No maxim guns, I think, but the rest matches up.
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infernal machines posted:See, also: Gran Torino The Mule had a really bad scene where cops pull over a minority and isn't it hilarious that the man was scared he might get shot by these white cops
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:I haven't watched any post-9/11 Eastwood movies because my top 20 of all time has TGTB&TU at #2 and Unforgiven somewhere around #15, and I don't want them tarnished by his insane right wing bullshit. Please don't deny the existence of Apocalypto
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Cacator posted:Please don't deny the existence of Apocalypto
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AARD VARKMAN posted:they wrote a big enough number finally Did they pay the writers enough not to suck?
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Randarkman posted:If I'm being honest I don't actually think Scanners is a great movie what the gently caress
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What do you think is the better show and/or comedy: Righteous Gemstones or What We Do in the Shadows?
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precision posted:what I think the middle of it drags and there's too little interesting happening, but the movie does contain two of the greatest scenes in any movie ever. I wouldn't think this is controversial. Not great does not equal bad.
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Lister posted:What do you think is the better show and/or comedy: Righteous Gemstones or What We Do in the Shadows? I’m not a mcbride fan and a huge clements/waititi/NZ comedy in general fan so I’m hopelessly biased on that one!
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Lister posted:What do you think is the better show and/or comedy: Righteous Gemstones or What We Do in the Shadows? One is about a bunch of bloodsuckers and the other has matt berry
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Randarkman posted:I think the middle of it drags and there's too little interesting happening, but the movie does contain two of the greatest scenes in any movie ever. I wouldn't think this is controversial. Not great does not equal bad. thank you for clarifying that you at least think it is good. i was starting to hyperventilate
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Lister posted:What do you think is the better show and/or comedy: Righteous Gemstones or What We Do in the Shadows? Definitely What We Do in the Shadows. I didn't like the last two episodes of Gemstones. Pacing/editing got all funky, like they had too much show and had to wrap it up. Also, Eric Andre... just not good enough of an actor to pull that poo poo off. Toilet baby was loving putrid, too. I gagged.
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Gran Torino was like the ultimate in grumpy old man going “ugh, millennials” movie and I can’t help but love it It’s like Clint Eastwood reached into my very soul
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I watched scanners. No complaints.
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Gutcruncher posted:Gran Torino was like the ultimate in grumpy old man going “ugh, millennials” movie and I can’t help but love it saw Grab Torino in the theater with my Dad. it's the only way to see it. we also sat there and listened to the whole song at the end I liked it
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scanners has the misfortune of starring the most lifeless lead actor in existence. put literally anyone else in that role and it's enjoyability gets a huge bump
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I will agree that As much as i love Eric Andre he doesn’t have the acting chops for that character. Toilet baby ruled and was a great character moment for Baby Billy. Can any one speak on Vice Principals? Need my Mcbride fix and already seen Eastbound and Down.
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runnypoops posted:I will agree that As much as i love Eric Andre he doesn’t have the acting chops for that character. Toilet baby ruled and was a great character moment for Baby Billy. Can any one speak on Vice Principals? Need my Mcbride fix and already seen Eastbound and Down. I watched one episode of Vice Principals and bailed, but I also didn’t make it 10mins into Eastbound and Down, so I may just not be into Danny McBride. I checked both out after season 1 of Gemstones ended. Something about season 1 just pushed all my buttons, but I’m not so into anything else. 
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runnypoops posted:I will agree that As much as i love Eric Andre he doesn’t have the acting chops for that character. Toilet baby ruled and was a great character moment for Baby Billy. Can any one speak on Vice Principals? Need my Mcbride fix and already seen Eastbound and Down. I loved Vice Principals, a lot. It really goes places too if you keep with it.
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the vice principals LSD episode lmao
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runnypoops posted:I will agree that As much as i love Eric Andre he doesn’t have the acting chops for that character. Toilet baby ruled and was a great character moment for Baby Billy. Can any one speak on Vice Principals? Need my Mcbride fix and already seen Eastbound and Down. The Foot Fist Way (Hulu), Vice Principals (HBO), and The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (Netflix).
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am I late to the party marveling at The Batman being 3 loving hours long?
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How else could they properly tell his origin story?
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TheSwizzler posted:am I late to the party marveling at The Batman being 3 loving hours long? 2 hours 45 minutes of the Waynes being murdered in an alleyway, 15 minutes of Bazooka Joe riddles
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TheSwizzler posted:am I late to the party marveling at The Batman being 3 loving hours long? Spider-Man no way home and infinity war were nearly two and a half hrs long each. end game was three. Snyder cut was loving four. yeah you're drat late buddy
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poisonpill posted:Three hours of pearls falling in slow motion
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I'm trying to think of over-two-hour-runtime films that feel less. off the top of my head, matrix 1 was 2:15, pirates of the Caribbean 1 was 2:20, dunc was 2:35, all of them use their time so efficiently and are so engaging the time just flies by. the first two in particular feel like 90 minute movies in my memory comic book films have no respect for a good edit. they mimic their audience: bloated, ugly, indulgent to a fault, no respect for good film making
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