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1.) Unbreakable is his best. 2.) Signs is awesome. 3.) Apparently my memory is poo poo (inre Amazon owning IMDBtv) 4.) Why the hell don't we get IMDB Pro with our Prime sub? That's some BS.
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Human Tornada posted:The complaint about the aliens in Signs always seemed so stupid and nitpicky to me. Human beings go to dangerous or deadly places all the time in pursuit of something, or sometimes just for the hell of it. Even just standing outside on our own planet for too long burns our skin and gives us cancer. It's not real important to the plot either. It's more about how people deal with crisis and a loss of faith, with the alien invasion as a motivating force. I like to think that Signs is what's happening off screen in Independence Day. Now, The Happening is a bad picture. Made all the more disappointing by there being a great really creepy weird picture hiding under the bad acting and direction.
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May 16, 2022 13:56
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The Village in retrospect was pretty interesting. I remember hoping the twist was something really unique and not what I thought it was gonna be, but instead it was the most obvious twist. Still a banger of a soundtrack. Signs soundtrack is still one of the creepiest I've ever heard.
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May 16, 2022 14:11
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nonathlon posted:It's not real important to the plot either. It's more about how people deal with crisis and a loss of faith, with the alien invasion as a motivating force. I like to think that Signs is what's happening off screen in Independence Day. That's what I came away with after watching Signs. The alien invasion is more of a backdrop, it's about inter personal relationships and people working through problems and guilt. I may be reading way too much into it though 
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May 16, 2022 14:59
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I posed this in the other thread but the reveal in Old of pregnant Eliza Scanlon just strolling down the beach with Trent just struck me as hilarious and I'm glad I watched it just because of that. Movie was pretty bad though.
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May 16, 2022 15:12
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Tim Whatley posted:The Village in retrospect was pretty interesting. I remember hoping the twist was something really unique and not what I thought it was gonna be, but instead it was the most obvious twist. Still a banger of a soundtrack. Signs soundtrack is still one of the creepiest I've ever heard. I recently re-watched it and it does still hold up. Even if the twist is hokey - the rest is still just well crafted and acted to be really enjoyable. The Happening though... yeah I mean. Wow. So bad. Fun to watch though.
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May 16, 2022 15:32
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Old is a very terrible and stupid movie and i'm starting to suspect that The Visit and Split were ghost-directed or something edit: The Village is a horrible movie but it is deffo "so stupid it's fun". lord knows Adrien Brody was having a hoot
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May 16, 2022 15:56
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The only thing I remember from Old was that the rapper's name was Mid Sized Sedan.
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May 16, 2022 16:32
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I think Old was the first episode of Pitch Meeting I watched. I don't know how this guy hasn't gotten on my nerves yet because I still enjoy almost every episode of it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyXMyxkJQV4
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May 16, 2022 16:53
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The Cats pitch meeting is pure gold.
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May 16, 2022 18:05
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nonathlon posted:It's not real important to the plot either. It's more about how people deal with crisis and a loss of faith, with the alien invasion as a motivating force. I like to think that Signs is what's happening off screen in Independence Day. I think that's the problem though and what most people are poking at when they complain about the dumb aliens. The first half of the movie is a good spooky family drama thing that really nailed the feeling of overwhelming doom and then it just kind of turns into a Pureflix drama about faith and God and fate which sucks if you liked the first half .That's why you don't have people poking around much at The Happening. It's such a bad movie that nobody felt disappointed enough to care, but there's a few good bits of Signs that make you feel invested. Parakeet vs. Phone fucked around with this message at 19:16 on May 16, 2022 |
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May 16, 2022 19:13
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Shyamalan is clearly influenced by older styles of dramatic writing; if you watch an episode of The Twilight Zone what stands out isn't so much the *twists* as that very heightened, declarative style of writing, characters saying Big Things and taking strong stances on big topics. It's very much the style that was popular in the contemporary theatrical drama of the time, more naturalistic than classical writing but still very clearly *written*, with a strong authorial voice.
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May 16, 2022 19:18
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SLOSifl posted:I think Old was the first episode of Pitch Meeting I watched. I don't know how this guy hasn't gotten on my nerves yet because I still enjoy almost every episode of it... So I haven't watched this movie but did the bad scientists make the beach or just use a pre-existing magic beach? Not sure which one would be dumber...
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May 16, 2022 19:27
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ymgve posted:So I haven't watched this movie but did the bad scientists make the beach or just use a pre-existing magic beach? Not sure which one would be dumber...
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May 16, 2022 19:31
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ymgve posted:So I haven't watched this movie but did the bad scientists make the beach or just use a pre-existing magic beach? Not sure which one would be dumber... I think it’s a pre-existing beach the scientists are making people go to for reasons but I only saw it once and can’t remember. What I do remember is that the movie is pretty decent b-movie schlock garbage for 80% of its runtime and then for absolutely no reason gets another Shyamalan twist tacked on to the existing twist just so the movie can stop dead in its tracks and make an extremely hamfisted attempt at allegory. Like, there’s a very natural stopping point in the plot where it could have ended and been a pretty okay weird-premise horror thriller but it just… keeps going. Edit: Wait, I remembered; the scientists are making people go there because all these tourists have some medical condition and the resort snuck experimental drugs into their food so they can use the beach’s aging properties to test the long-term drug results for quicker research and approval. And that’s a cool premise! Shame about everything else though. Big Mean Jerk fucked around with this message at 20:14 on May 16, 2022 |
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May 16, 2022 20:11
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Old was pretty fun. Y’all boring. The movie explains it pretty clear that the beach is natural and the scientists are using it for their work because that’s what nature would want. That poo poo is loving fun! Also nasty bone breaking rapid healing! There’s no irony or snark with it and it’s so refreshing. Embrace being stupid.
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May 16, 2022 20:40
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I actually kind of want to watch it after that video making it sound so insane.
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May 16, 2022 22:32
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I love that beginning slow pan shot in The Village over the gravestone that makes sure you see the date of death was in 18xx.. I don't know how Shyamalan could make a date of death on a gravestone conspicuous, but he did it.
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May 16, 2022 22:53
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SLOSifl posted:I think Old was the first episode of Pitch Meeting I watched. I don't know how this guy hasn't gotten on my nerves yet because I still enjoy almost every episode of it... oh god i had forgotten all about this guy, thank you!!! "okay, that almost sounds like something a human would say" slays me
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May 16, 2022 23:09
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CelticPredator posted:Embrace being stupid. i mean, i post on SA 
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May 16, 2022 23:10
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precision posted:oh god i had forgotten all about this guy, thank you!!! It really is one of my favorites of his simply because of the focus on the child being pregnant
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May 16, 2022 23:10
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remembered i have Apple+ so i started watching Foundation and it seems really dope!
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May 17, 2022 01:19
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Foundation looks good. Lee Pace is good. That's all I've got
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May 17, 2022 02:01
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It's a very dry show. Few pew-pew lasers.
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May 17, 2022 02:11
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precision posted:remembered i have Apple+ so i started watching Foundation and it seems really dope! it's trash, straight garbagio
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May 17, 2022 03:01
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Foundation starts off decently enough (and has some great visuals) but I gave up after 4-5 episodes. I wanted to like it but it has some deeply stupid writing and there’s enough other better shows around that I didn’t feel compelled to stay with it.
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May 17, 2022 03:24
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precision posted:remembered i have Apple+ so i started watching Foundation and it seems really dope! Please keep sharing your thoughts on this.
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May 17, 2022 03:37
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Foundation is loving awful but also kind of entertaining
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May 17, 2022 04:06
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BonoMan posted:3.) Apparently my memory is poo poo (inre Amazon owning IMDBtv) Nah, your memory isn't poo poo. Amazon really doesn't promote IMDbTV / Freevee for whatever reason, and I'd wager that a fairly sizable chunk of the streaming population doesn't even know it actually exists (which is remarkable, because there is a lot of really good stuff on there). Between that and Tubi, Hulu is the only service I actually pay for anymore, and now that NBC is yanking its next-day streaming from Hulu starting in September, I might drop that, too, or maybe go halfsies on it with my girlfriend.
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precision posted:remembered i have Apple+ so i started watching Foundation and it seems really dope! The stuff with Lee Pace was all great. The rest, not so much. I think the stuff with Lee Pace worked because it was the only storyline in the entire season that was coherent .
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May 17, 2022 04:11
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Man, M Night has another movie coming out next year and somehow managed to rope in Dave Bautista for the project
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May 17, 2022 04:26
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I liked the first episode of Foundation. After the second I knew I was done lol
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May 17, 2022 05:50
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CelticPredator posted:Old was pretty fun. Y’all boring. keep in mind that they think the happening is funny by accident. some people are beyond help
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May 17, 2022 05:53
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Timby posted:Nah, your memory isn't poo poo. Amazon really doesn't promote IMDbTV / Freevee for whatever reason, and I'd wager that a fairly sizable chunk of the streaming population doesn't even know it actually exists (which is remarkable, because there is a lot of really good stuff on there). Between that and Tubi, Hulu is the only service I actually pay for anymore, and now that NBC is yanking its next-day streaming from Hulu starting in September, I might drop that, too, or maybe go halfsies on it with my girlfriend. yeah there's a ton of good stuff. I've been watching The Prisoner
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THX1138 is on max. Somehow I’d never seen it. Fun to see all the strands of DNA that would become Star Wars But he had to Special Edition it, didn’t he?
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:THX1138 is on max. Somehow I’d never seen it. Fun to see all the strands of DNA that would become Star Wars People love to complain about Lucas changing movies, but THX is the one instance where I think it genuinely improved the film. It’s all relatively unobtrusive stuff and it helps elevate it beyond what it really is; a remade student film with a budget.
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May 17, 2022 08:20
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I really dislike the set extensions. I preferred the claustrophobic feeling of the original. Also the dwarf-monkey-mutant-whatever attack in the original was bad, sure. But that poo poo they replaced it with was worse.
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Kate was cool as hell! Good story, great characters, awesome action scenes. If you're looking for a good Jane Wick film, this is it.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:People love to complain about Lucas changing movies, but THX is the one instance where I think it genuinely improved the film. It’s all relatively unobtrusive stuff and it helps elevate it beyond what it really is; a remade student film with a budget. I'd agree with the background cgi, the nuclear rod and even the cars, but yeah the monkeys were bad. But that's also a bad idea to have them in the movie at all
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