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Non Compos Mentis posted:she should have the mechanical arm but have it swap sides every time the camera cuts away from her "I have a MECHANICAL ARM?!'
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dr_rat posted:Edit: for subtle movie moments, the importance of boots to Nox. Think someone did a youtube film essay about it? -Maybe Ellis when she was still doing them?- Just subtly showing character motivations and relationships and what not. Max just grabbing him that boot with the other stuff, is a great subtle way of showing how their relationships changed. Lindsay started making videos again, she just only releases them on Nebula these days (maybe her Patreon too but I don't subscribe to that)
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Kantesu posted:Lindsay started making videos again, she just only releases them on Nebula these days (maybe her Patreon too but I don't subscribe to that) Oh sweet! Subscribed to Nebula, but I keep on ending up watching the people on there on youtube anyway. Eh, as it's creator owned at least it's one streaming service I don't mind mindless handing over cash to.
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BiggerBoat posted:Chiming in just to concur that Fury Road kicks loving rear end. It didn't win Best Picture, but if there is ever a Most Awesome Movie award, it should get that. dr_rat posted:Oh sweet! Subscribed to Nebula, but I keep on ending up watching the people on there on youtube anyway. Eh, as it's creator owned at least it's one streaming service I don't mind mindless handing over cash to. I'll watch stuff on Nebula to skip adds, and then try and remember to leave the YT version playing muted in the background at some point. That gets them both views.
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Y'all should watch The Limits of Control for the mother of all "happens offscreen" scenes. Maybe Down by Law too.
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Mad Max is great because even the excessive nonsense actually makes sense.vWhy are the pregnant wives so important? They aren't just sex-slaves, they are some of the few people we see that aren't disfigured or diseased. Joe needs them to get a viable heir because his other sons came out 'wrong' with obvious physical and mental deficiencies. It was alllllllmost a waste not to Master-Blaster his little son onto his meathead son. How does one control an army of loud-rear end vehicles without radios? You can't shout orders to them. You can strap up a dude with a flaming guitar and a bunch of drummers and amps. Signal him and he signals the rest of the fleet. The flaming guitar guy is a vital element of military organization. Why do the cars have shoe-store-foot-measurers on the gas pedal? Because you can clamp them in place if you want to floor it while you stand on the hood chucking spears and screaming maniacally. The only real flaw to me in Fury Road is the day-for-night scenes. I always think it looks awful in this and Lord of the Rings and every other movie where night-time is just a blue tint.
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Where do they get all the fuel and ammunition for those fleets of cars? From Gas Town and The Bullet Farm, of course.
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I think Nux talks about Valhalla being where you McFeast for eternity. Ouch.
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SimonChris posted:Where do they get all the fuel and ammunition for those fleets of cars? From Gas Town and The Bullet Farm, of course. That material resources are front and centre isn't new for the franchise, but it's definitely a welcome theme. And of course lends itself to some great gimmicks Is also some great visual storytelling that while rationing food, ammo and fuel as precious resources is a major theme for the protagonists, the leaders of the alliance are all themed with conspicuous consumption; Immortan Joe who controls water and food throws lives away and 'distributes' water in the most wastefully theatric way possible, Gas Town's flagship rig is literally a mobile refinery and their leader is the People Eater literally dressed as a BDSM banker, and the Bullet Farm leader is covered in ammo belts and literally goes full auto on dual machine guns after being blinded. Probably the opposite of subtle moments, but still, it's fun.
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Mr. Grapes! posted:Mad Max is great because even the excessive nonsense actually makes sense. Why do they keep all the cars' steering wheels in a shrine where they pray to the V-8? Because it gives Joe an easy way to secure the vehicles if there's ever any kind of uprising.
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Cat Hatter posted:Why do they keep all the cars' steering wheels in a shrine where they pray to the V-8? Because it gives Joe an easy way to secure the vehicles if there's ever any kind of uprising. And there's War Rig's sophisticated startup code, even and especially in the post-apocalypse where a functioning vehicle is even more life or death than it is now, security is extremely important. I think I remember reading some design notes on the vehicles; Immortan Joe's war rig has a cab on top of a cab to demonstrate 'In a world where most people don't have one of anything, Joe has two of everything.'
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oldpainless posted:Goons apparently love movies where important events happen to important characters off screen but “somehow palpatine returned” sucks Well, it all depends on what you consider to be important. Someone coming back from the dead? Pretty important. Someone with a replacement arm that is never commented on or even drawn attention to? Probably not as important. It's not important enough to factor into the plot in any way, at the very least.
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Mr. Grapes! posted:Mad Max is great because even the excessive nonsense actually makes sense. And part of why there is just so much to the world maybe because Miller was working on it for a massively long time. I mean why it was pulled off so well was care and talent, but yeah, it was a project that was worked on a lot. Also, just want to put a shout out to Margaret Sixel, the editor. God drat is it not a most brilliantly edited movie.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:And there's War Rig's sophisticated startup code, even and especially in the post-apocalypse where a functioning vehicle is even more life or death than it is now, security is extremely important. Joe's car also has two engines that each visibly have two turbochargers. I think it's specifically two Cadillacs, just to make it even more ostentatious.
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Oct 13, 2023 12:59
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“Somehow Palpatine returned” is special because of the additional context with all the behind the scenes drama that led to them going back to that well. The movie does of course explain the somehow before the end, but… who cares it’s funnier.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:and the Bullet Farm leader is covered in ammo belts and literally goes full auto on dual machine guns after being blinded. Probably the opposite of subtle moments, but still, it's fun. Multiple ones. Each time it cuts back to him he is firing bigger weapons visually, but iirc there is no break in the audio of him firing, so his guns are just magically getting bigger between cuts. It's great.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:
That's a direct quote from Miller, I believe in the making of clip I linked upthread.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Y'all should watch The Limits of Control for the mother of all "happens offscreen" scenes. Maybe Down by Law too. Saw both of those as a double feature with a Q&A afterwards and it's been over a decade but if I recall Jarmusch said he likes to skip over the climatic event because he finds it funny to build to something and never show it.
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Limits of Control is an incredibly funny movie. It has one punchline, but it spends the whole movie building towards it.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Saw both of those as a double feature with a Q&A afterwards and it's been over a decade but if I recall Jarmusch said he likes to skip over the climatic event because he finds it funny to build to something and never show it. The Dead Don’t Die was absolutely stuffed with amusing postmodern filmmaking choices like this
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Every time people talk about George Miller being a genius director, there's an annoying place in the back of my mind that goes "The Happy Feet guy??"
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Oct 13, 2023 17:29
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That’s Academy Award winning Happy Feet.
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Aphrodite posted:That’s Academy Award winning Happy Feet. yea well the academy awarded both Titanic and Dances with Wolves so that's not really indicative of much is it?
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There's a weird anti-zoo message shoved in the middle, but overall it's a solid movie.
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CainFortea posted:yea well the academy awarded both Titanic and Dances with Wolves so that's not really indicative of much is it? So I take it you aren't one of the people arguing for the Oscars to focus more on popular movies that Joe Moviegoer actually watch then.
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Cat Hatter posted:So I take it you aren't one of the people arguing for the Oscars to focus more on popular movies that Joe Moviegoer actually watch then. I'm saying they already are focusing on popular movies and popular does not mean good. To be clear before the next post, I am not arguing that popular means not good either.
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has been toying with the idea of a "Most Popular" Oscar for a couple years. We'll see if they follow through with that threat.
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Maybe then we'll get a Best Picture winner that's actually the Best Picture again
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Gaius Marius posted:Maybe then we'll get a Best Picture winner that's actually the Best Picture again I liked Everything Everywhere All At Once. 
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Pretty sure people will just keep ignoring the oscars.
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dr_rat posted:Pretty sure people will just keep ignoring the oscars. Ignoring the Oscars for some Enjoying the Oscars for others! Perfectly balanced as all things should be
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Fury Road totally tells you how the arm was lost. Remember the Big Rig's door? The one with the skeletal arm painted on it? Maybe you missed it, whenever the rig is just cruising the mechanical arm is hanging out the window. Obviously a habit left over from the lost arm.
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habituallyred posted:Fury Road totally tells you how the arm was lost. Remember the Big Rig's door? The one with the skeletal arm painted on it? Maybe you missed it, whenever the rig is just cruising the mechanical arm is hanging out the window. Obviously a habit left over from the lost arm. It's actually a simpsons reference. Director just thought it crass to have the whole conversation..."how'd you lose the arm?'' Well, let's just say, when your
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Fall Dog posted:There's a few neat little moments and set pieces and it positioned itself as an unofficial prequel to Fury Road. What I like about the game is that it's literally no way of telling if it's a sequel or a prequel.
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Alhazred posted:What I like about the game is that it's literally no way of telling if it's a sequel or a prequel. It shows up cheap on Steam sales, $5 last I saw it. I got more than 100 hours out of it, it's such a beautifully bleak and violent experience. Hand to hand combat is exceptional, great control and fantastic finishing moves. And when driving you get a harpoon gun to yank parts off cars! Or parts off people. Highly recommended.
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mllaneza posted:It shows up cheap on Steam sales, $5 last I saw it. I got more than 100 hours out of it, it's such a beautifully bleak and violent experience. It certainly is one of the bleakest games I've played:   
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Only marred by the voice actor never being told how to pronounce Dinky Di.
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Oh good we're still still talking about mad Maxscary ghost dog posted:The Dead Don’t Die was absolutely stuffed with amusing postmodern filmmaking choices like this More Jarmusch posting please
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