PostNouveau posted:

Barbie people bitching about Oscars is the dumbest poo poo. No performance in that movie was particularly challenging or interesting; it's a joke any of the actors got noms at all.

Jose Oquendo posted:

A surprising snub is Oppenheimer for special effects. They did some awesome in-camera poo poo.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

they spray painted a glass sphere and shook some chocolate powder in front of it

Raskolnikov38 posted:

they spray painted a glass sphere and shook some chocolate powder in front of it

Arc Hammer posted:

Oppenheimer ceded that category so that Godzilla could take it, imo.

Oppenzilla is the better double feature.

PostNouveau posted:

That's a million times more artistry and thought than just handing it off to an airplane hanger full of underpaid VX workers.

dr_rat posted:

And would of been better in real life as well. What I'm saying is Manhattan Project should of directly just tried to make Godzilla's rather than nuclear weapons. Why be one step removed from greatness?

Also would of made the Cold war a lot more interesting.

James Morrow, Shambling Towards Hiroshima posted:

The top secret Knickerbocker Project is putting the finishing touches on the ultimate biological weapon: a breed of gigantic, fire-breathing, mutant iguanas engineered to stomp and burn cities on the Japanese mainland. The Navy calls upon Thorley to don a rubber suit and become the merciless Gorgantis and to star in a live drama that simulates the destruction of a miniature Japanese metropolis. If the demonstration succeeds, the Japanese will surrender, and many thousands of lives will be spared; if it fails, the horrible mutant lizards will be unleashed. One thing is certain: Syms Thorley must now give the most terrifyingly convincing performance of his life.

PostNouveau posted:

https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/1750203321640431700

Might give this a watch just to feel some nostalgia for that 2000s run, but I doubt it'll be a return to the glory days

First of May posted:

If the only Oscar Barbie gets is for the male co-star, that's going to be pretty funny.

kalel posted:

I won't, me and my politics have evolved far beyond the tepid moderate whinging that the daily show always was and won't be allowed to unshackle from

Monkey Fracas posted:

Did a better picture of what happened with that The Thing prequel scrapping all of its physical FX for digital ever come out? Was it literally "durrrrr I'm a C-Suite guy and audiences won't accept non-digital effects; everyone's doing it!" or was it actually a cost thing or something like that

kalel posted:

I won't, me and my politics have evolved far beyond the tepid moderate whinging that the daily show always was and won't be allowed to unshackle from

Monkey Fracas posted:

Did a better picture of what happened with that The Thing prequel scrapping all of its physical FX for digital ever come out? Was it literally "durrrrr I'm a C-Suite guy and audiences won't accept non-digital effects; everyone's doing it!" or was it actually a cost thing or something like that

AARD VARKMAN posted:

hasn't McGregor been accused of sexual assault several times even before they would have started filming this? I doubt they bothered editing him out at all

Space Kablooey posted:

i skipped the previous post and i thought you were talking about Ian McGregor

LanceHunter posted:

I mean, they also did that as well. Oppenheimer was filled to the brim with CG, but they did a few shots without it and crowed about those until the cows came home.

The whole "no cg" thing is marketing bullshit pretty much every time a major studio movie says it. Canadian Colin made this point with another big 2023 auteur movie:

https://x.com/Sgtzima/status/1745986662935449760?s=20

dr_rat posted:

would of

should of

kalel posted:

LanceHunter posted:

The Alamo Drafthouse is almost entirely devoid of the little annoyances you get at other theaters. For example, they don't play ads the whole time from when the auditorium opens until the movie starts (instead they have little customer-made pre-shows playing various things that are specifically relevant to whatever movie you're going to see).

Their no talking/texting policy is famously strict, but the real secret sauce that makes the movie-going experience at the drafthouse better than any other theater chain: They don't let in unsupervised minors. It doesn't matter if the movie is rated G, no one under 18 is gonna get in unless they are accompanied by a parent or guardian. That means if you are seeing a movie at a drafthouse, you are guaranteed to not have a group of high schoolers in the theater. And since groups of high schoolers tend to account for 90% of all annoying bullshit behavior by patrons at movie theaters, you just don't get that at the drafthouse.

That said, the drafthouse is clearing hedging their bets like crazy this year. They always did repertory showings of classic and/or important movies, but typically those were pretty limited or were part of some special program. Now they're building a lot more repertory showings into their main schedule. They realize that there's going to be a major content drought because of last year's strikes, so they're doing something called Alamo Time Capsule to try and convince folks to keep going there even when there are no worthwhile new releases (because hey, wouldn't it be cool to finally see The Talented Mr. Ripley on the big screen!)

dr_rat posted:

And would of been better in real life as well. What I'm saying is Manhattan Project should of directly just tried to make Godzilla's rather than nuclear weapons. Why be one step removed from greatness?

Also would of made the Cold war a lot more interesting.

Light Gun Man posted:

i think the recent/current American Godzilla movies state that nukes were first developed as an attempt to fight Godzilla. Kind of a weird take but I guess a fun idea.

Light Gun Man posted:

i think the recent/current American Godzilla movies state that nukes were first developed as an attempt to fight Godzilla. Kind of a weird take but I guess a fun idea.

trilobite terror posted:

lol america will take every opportunity it can to whitewash Hiroshima/Nagasaki

like literally the entire core metaphor behind why Godzilla even exists as a property is the bombing of Japan

priznat posted:

Don't the nukes charge him up tho or did they just find out after in a whoopsie

lobsterminator posted:

Has Tim Burton ever been confronted about how bad and ugly his films have been since the 90s? Does he still think he's making quality work?

lobsterminator posted:

Those are acceptable American spellings.

kalel posted:

Vakal posted:

Sort of. I think the reasoning was that while the practical models looked good, they only worked from one specific angle and the whole set had to be custom built to accommodate them. So if they wanted more scenes then they had to make unique models and sets for each shot, all of which takes a lot of time and planning and gets expensive fast.

By comparison the CGI didn't look as good, but allowed for much more flexibility while filming and overall was just faster to do, and in the end time = money.

Vakal posted:

Sort of. I think the reasoning was that while the practical models looked good, they only worked from one specific angle and the whole set had to be custom built to accommodate them. So if they wanted more scenes then they had to make unique models and sets for each shot, all of which takes a lot of time and planning and gets expensive fast.

By comparison the CGI didn't look as good, but allowed for much more flexibility while filming and overall was just faster to do, and in the end time = money.

kalel posted:

I won't, me and my politics have evolved far beyond the tepid moderate whinging that the daily show always was and won't be allowed to unshackle from