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dreezy posted:out of purely economic curiosity, are goons going to the cinema with friends/family/fuckbuddies or shamefully alone? not intended to shame the loners despite the previous use of the word “shamefully, it just slipped in there Although I did somehow convince my dad to go see John Wick 4 with me last year. He liked it, but he hadn't seen any of the previous John Wick movies so I told him he would probably be lost and indeed he was haha
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I have no qualms at all about going to a movie (or concert or whatever) solo. I'm not going to miss out on something just because I don't know anyone who is interested and available. Sure, it's nice to make it a date night or go with my film-going buddy so we can do a nice debrief after, but I also enjoy getting my favorite table, having a drink and some snacks, and just lounging in the best seat in the house. Plus there's so many options that I like going to things on a whim if I hear about them last-minute. Multiplexes are OK for like a late run or maybe some early showing on a weekday, but I despise dealing with the big crowds.
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Gripweed posted:Apparently it's not just a filter, they actually hosed with contrast and stuff in specific shots to make it look nice in black and white. Yeah I find this kind of thing gimmicky unless they intended it to be black and white to begin with, in which case just shoot it in black and white. It was particularly egregious with Mad Max and losing all the saturated desert colours.
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I think the last time I tried to go with other people to the movies was Avatar, and even then my then date had ditched me earlier but I went alone anyway. After that I just didn't bother inviting other people to watch movies and it's so much simpler. I don't go often enough to be a bother anyway.
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Last time I regularly went to the movies was maybe 20 years ago. I did sneak out of a work meeting once to see Fury Road in the theatre, which I was pretty meh on afterwords, but nothing since. Price too high, food too bad, floors too sticky, too many of that one person in the back who has a laugh that makes the rest of the theatre audibly go WTF.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Fury Road in the theatre, which I was pretty meh on afterwords  Fury Road is one of the best action movies of the past decade, wtf
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Last time I regularly went to the movies was maybe 20 years ago. I did sneak out of a work meeting once to see Fury Road in the theatre badass Bloody Hedgehog posted:which I was pretty meh on afterwords gently caress YOU
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iirc i skipped uni for fury roadBloody Hedgehog posted:Last time I regularly went to the movies was maybe 20 years ago. I did sneak out of a work meeting once to see Fury Road in the theatre, which I was pretty meh on afterwords, but nothing since. did you get your head checked in the meantime
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I love fury road but I don’t understand why a black and white version is a thing. The colours are amazing in that movie. Whatever I’ll just watch the colourful one!!
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Logan had a black and white version too. It’s just a gimmick.
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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1750958757662621967?t=eTNEJTN1mruYTUWC_VTQZg&s=19 For a gimmick this B&W looks really drat good and invokes the original film.
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Jan 26, 2024 21:29
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What makes a scenario where black and white would actually be superior? It's just less visual information.
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I liked watching the mist in black and white, kinda makes it feel like an outer limits episode
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Arc Hammer posted:https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1750958757662621967?t=eTNEJTN1mruYTUWC_VTQZg&s=19 when godzilla belched his beam it looked kinda bad imo. the cut to the people in the boat looked pretty cool though
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Precious few things I actually wanna see in the theater these days but when I do it's almost always with SO
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counterfeitsaint posted:What makes a scenario where black and white would actually be superior? It's just less visual information. Schindler’s list
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counterfeitsaint posted:What makes a scenario where black and white would actually be superior? It's just less visual information. Those executions in the Punisher game from the early 2000s
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counterfeitsaint posted:What makes a scenario where black and white would actually be superior? It's just less visual information.
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counterfeitsaint posted:It's just less visual information. I feel like the film school answer pretty much is that. I.e. it's basically hyperfocusing on light and shadow to achieve some desired artistic effect. Presumably this would influence almost everything about making the movie, and not be something where you slap a filter on at the end as a gimmick to get on more screens
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It’s fun looking at stuff like the Addams Family set where the whole living room is pink, because all that mattered was how grey it looked on the film and the shadows everything casts. It’s also why Universal’s Frankenstein keeps getting portrayed as being green now, because Karlofs makeup was green to make him the shade of grey they wanted for the monster’s skin
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Stuff that was being filmed just after the introduction of color and people learning to use it vs. BW film would be interesting to examine Star Trek TOS uses this like garish-rear end background lighting and I always wondered if it was a "hey audience we have color now check this poo poo out"
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Jan 26, 2024 21:58
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counterfeitsaint posted:What makes a scenario where black and white would actually be superior? It's just less visual information. What makes a scenario would it be superior to see a film that is edited instead of one that shows a 24-hour live feed of everything that happens to every single character throughout the whole story? It's just less information! (I mean, I get what you are trying to say. But arguing against B&W film because it is "less visual information" is the kind of beep-boop reddit-brained thing that completely misses the point of film as an artistic medium.)
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Monkey Fracas posted:Stuff that was being filmed just after the introduction of color and people learning to use it vs. BW film would be interesting to examine Lost In Space is a great example of this. The first season was in B&W and then went to color in season 2. It used loving wild colors everywhere just because of that . Same for Batman. It being in color was a huge selling point and a reason why it also had loud and weird color choices everywhere.
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I feel like to understand the mindset of how black and white is beautiful it's helpful to read eg david lynch talking about it. I mean that's the sort of wavelength this topic operates on. But then he says in that interview he thinks "2023 is the end of a transition that has been going on for a long time, and it seems that we are quickly reaching a very happy moment for the world", so maybe he's not a person to rely on after all quote:One of the most beautiful things about your shorts is that they reconnect with black and white. No Mods No Masters fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jan 26, 2024 |
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Monkey Fracas posted:Stuff that was being filmed just after the introduction of color and people learning to use it vs. BW film would be interesting to examine Part of it was “HEY LOOK COLOR” but part of it was “we can use the same set for 5 different rooms this episode by just replacing the gels in the lights pointed at the white walls,” it was pretty brilliant. Star Trek also was shot in a way where it still looked good and clear in black and white, which was important considering that color TV still was new. Edit: also I’m 100% convinced that Rob Zombie wanted to make his Munsters in black and white and only after everything was built did someone from the studio say “no, it has to be color” Gutcruncher fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Jan 26, 2024 |
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I don't know how much of it was done to show off "hey, we are in color now!" and how much was done because broadcast TV back then absolutely topped-out at 480p resolution and most viewers were more likely seeing the equivalent of 360p (along with plenty of static and interference). It definitely wasn't because people didn't know how to shoot things in color yet. People had been shooting films in color all over Hollywood for well over a decade before the first color broadcast, and almost all films were in color by the time network shows were starting to shoot in it.
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counterfeitsaint posted:What makes a scenario where black and white would actually be superior? It's just less visual information. Directors of action and monster movies get to feel intellectual and important. Look out for Eternals 2 to be rereleased in black and white.
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I can’t even imagine how loving sickening the black and white justice league would look. Even the color one is just a muddy splotch
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I'm not arguing against B&W, just trying to understand why it would be chosen over color, a lot of the explanations make a lot of sense. As for Star Trek's use of color, I remember hearing once the TV manufacturers were pushing for really bright, garish colors that would stand out in a store front window to encourage more people to buy color tvs.
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PostNouveau posted:Usually with people, but I might go see Poor Things alone because it looks like it might be a perv movie. make sure to get the poor things popcorn bucket  
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TIP posted:make sure to get the poor things popcorn bucket lol
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Rageaholic posted:
It just didn't do it for me. I attribute this to two things. One, it felt a bit too style over substance for me. For post apocalypse wasteland, these "junker" hot rods felt a bit too planned out and polished. The armor a little too styled and refined. In earlier films, everything felt far more thrown together at the last minute and barely works. Most likely due to those films smaller nature and budget, but it worked in their favor. I just felt Mad Max "going big" as a franchise didn't do it any favors. The much larger issue though, I've just lost all interest in the action genre as a whole. Loved it as a kid, but now I find 99% of the genre insipid and boring.
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The genre probably is 99% insipid and boring but I feel like in the rare case where an action movie actually executes simply and well it tends to be one of my favorite movies of that year. Fury road, top gun maverick, godzilla minus one, being basically the holy trinity of that
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Kingo Ligma posted:Directors of action and monster movies get to feel intellectual and important. Look out for Eternals 2 to be rereleased in black and white. 
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No Mods No Masters posted:I feel like to understand the mindset of how black and white is beautiful it's helpful to read eg david lynch talking about it. I mean that's the sort of wavelength this topic operates on. Lynch isn't a huge fan of film in general now though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Dyl1V_Hvg
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billymumphrey posted:Lynch isn't a huge fan of film in general now though... That interview is from 2006, the one I posted is from april last year, so I think he evolved on it. I can understand a 78 year old man containing some nostalgia driven internal contradictions on the subject
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I think filming in black and white takes a different "eye" to make it look good. Like the scene has to be more visually interesting or have greater contrast to stand out in black and white. So making a movie in color (or just photography in general) then turning it black and white is boring. I always heard the 60s TV shows like Star Trek used garish colors so that it was easier to see on black and white TV sets. Kind of like the Musters, set being pink or whatever.
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Kingo Ligma posted:Directors of action and monster movies get to feel intellectual and important. Look out for Eternals 2 to be rereleased in black and white. man they haven't even followed up on the Black Knight tease from the end of Eternals 1. What the gently caress are they doing?
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Movies for Sluts for Garbage starting at 8:00 eastern on the discord 1. My Science Project  high schoolers find secret military time travel ufo's or something 2. Wild Beasts  what if roar, but cheap and italian! 3. America 3000  post-nuclear holocaust america is ruled by a tribe of warrior ladies who keep men enslaved
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One of my favorite activities watching America 3000 is to try and count how many of the tiny baby crossbows ever appear on screen at once.
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