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Hollismason posted:I watched Road House on Amazon and while its perfectly fine Connor McGregor should not ever act in anything ever. Also there is no throat rip. I feel like if you are going to remake a movie that features a throat rip then you don't have one I am going to be disappointed.  : McGregor : MacGruber
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FreudianSlippers posted:The Movies literally one of my favourite games. I'd love for someone to give The Movies a nice once-over- there are a few things that are annoying about it both from a game perspective and a creative-toy perspective- so I'll keep an eye on this. There are a couple of other attempts at this, one called Moviehouse just got released not too long ago but I've heard not the best things about it, and there's Hollywood Animal which is theoretically going to happen. We shall see.
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A ranking of Bill Murray movies in The Guardian, while actually ranking it near the top, calls Lost In Translation 'Not a film that has stood the test of time'. Partly because the racia humour now seems not only mean-spirited and just not funny beyond Haha other cultures are different aren't they? But also just because the magic is gone and other later movies did the same tricks but better. Has the reputation of the film actually suffered or is it just the author's personal opinion? Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Mar 22, 2024 |
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Bright Bart posted:A ranking of Bill Murray movies in The Guardian, while actually ranking it near the top, calls Lost In Translation 'Not a film that has stood the test of time'. Well not being from central Poland I can't really comment on Raciąż or whether the movie would appeal to those in Raciąż.
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For me personally Lost in Translation would hit differently today because I am now well aware of what a grouchy rear end in a top hat Bill Murray is, so I'd just watch a movie about Bill Murray having a regular day wherever.
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Grendels Dad posted:For me personally Lost in Translation would hit differently today because I am now well aware of what a grouchy rear end in a top hat Bill Murray is, so I'd just watch a movie about Bill Murray having a regular day wherever. They say to never meet stars in person but with him you don't really have much choice. On the one hand he's apparently near impossible to find if you're looking for him. On the other he seems to prefer talking, having lunch, attending events, and even partying with strangers who get no heads up about it.
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Bright Bart posted:A ranking of Bill Murray movies in The Guardian, while actually ranking it near the top, calls Lost In Translation 'Not a film that has stood the test of time'. I hope so, I have been waiting for 20 years for people to realize how loving racist that movie is.
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Bright Bart posted:A ranking of Bill Murray movies in The Guardian, while actually ranking it near the top, calls Lost In Translation 'Not a film that has stood the test of time'. My Japanese relatives are mixed on the film. One hates it. But some others find it hilarious and love jokes about language and culture differences. Personally it's been a bit since I watched it, but some stuff is great like the partying out in Tokyo (good memories for me), or the depicted sense of isolation. I also enjoy all the commercial shooting where the translator super simplifies the directors comments to Murray.
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I could definitely see it being a film where a segment of those who gave it 8.5/10 and upwards on first viewing fell in love, while a chunk of people who rated it as highly loved the novelty, the clever writing, the familiar but exotic setting, the ability to see beloved actors in one film, and because it was the decidedly best film made to date by an up & coming director... but watching it again might find it a bit boring. Same with something like Avatar for slightly different reasons. I do wonder what a new audience who wasn't around for the theatrical release would make of it. Would it have much of an effect beyond 'I didn't know Bill Murray made serious films' (nobody has seen Broken Flowers) and 'Oooh, so that's where the trope of characters whispering to each other in a way they can make out but you the audience can't comes from. Was wondering who came up with that. checkplease posted:My Japanese relatives are mixed on the film. One hates it. But some others find it hilarious and love jokes about language and culture differences. I would pay to watch a well-done film where Japanese gangsters try to take out Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannsson for having stared in that film. Played completely straight. It's neither a goofball comedy, nor are the actors secretly super soldiers. They're on the run to various places in the world, oscillating between coming to terms with their fate and crying that they don't want to die. Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 14:56 on Mar 22, 2024 |
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Bright Bart posted:You have all these polls on news sites' culture and lifestyle sections where like 7% people of respondents admit to regularly having sex in the theatre when situation permits it e.g. an empty back row and loud film. I'm all for light kinks but you really should require informed consent before involving others. agreed. i just stand up before the movie and ask everyone "is it ok if we finger bang each other? does anyone mind? it's cool just raise your hand" and no one ever does Mister Speaker posted:On the other hand he kind of only knows how to make one movie: a hamfisted apartheid analogy. that's not a very good read on district 9 (it's not about apartheid per se, among other things it's about how apartheid never really ended it just shifted to focus on immigrants, plus some fully loving wild poo poo about white purity and miscegenation embodied by a guy getting a bug hand) but please, explain how demonic and zygote are apartheid analogies
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Everyone was just blinded to Lost in Translation's racism by it's vibey shoegaze soundtrack. you've got to understand this is back when we didn't think we would ever get another my bloody valentine album.
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I watched Lost in Translation for the first time a few months ago and yeah it’s not great.
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DeimosRising posted:agreed. i just stand up before the movie and ask everyone "is it ok if we finger bang each other? does anyone mind? it's cool just raise your hand" and no one ever does It's better to say "If it's NOT cool with you raise your hand"
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I'll never learn for myself where Lady Bird is good not not. There are clues that it might be. But with the chosen name for the film also being the chosen name of the antagonist I give up.
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DeimosRising posted:please, explain how demonic and zygote are apartheid analogies Chill. I suppose I was misremembering and it's not as directly apartheid-focused as I thought; as Blood Boils pointed out earlier it's more about refugee crises in general. I should have said "a hamfisted allegory to inequality," in a much more general sense that's pretty much what he does. They're all fun though, I was surprised and impressed with how well it held up 15 years later, especially as SMG points out on how low a budget it was produced. Whether or not it deserves a sequel... IDK, I'm the type who'd like to see ends like that wrapped up and see Wikus reunited with Tania after that mild tear-jerker of an ending, but it looks like all the 'news' about it is clickbait and it stands well enough on its own anyway that a sequel might cheapen things. I just want more alien tech. Another thing Blomkamp does really well that appeals to the popcorn action flick lover, is larger-than-life villains. I was initially going to watch Elysium, because Copley's portrayal of the mercenary Kruger sells that whole movie for me. He's like something out of a comic book. Similarly, Koobus in D9 has a few ECU shots where he's cackling maniacally about how much he loves murdering aliens. I think the portrayal of the Nigerian gangs is more than a bit cringe in retrospect but the gang leader, too, is certainly a larger-than-life character whose arc moves the film in interesting directions. And of course the funniest one is Jackman in Chappie, who I suspect might be a caricature of how left-leaning South Africans see all Australian expats. Copley is a fantastic actor for (allegedly?) someone who had no experience. He reminds me so much of a friend of mine, in how he can play quiet and reserved and also go full manic "gently caress YOU" very convincingly. Anything else with him worth watching? I enjoyed Hardcore Henry a lot and even the A-Team remake was pretty fun, for a dumb movie.
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TadBradley posted:Hello Movie Goons, There's some niche threads (CG, Editing/PostProd) but no real industry thread. Are you looking for a specific area or just film industry in general?
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I haven't seen lost in translation in probably 20 years but how is it racist?
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Mister Speaker posted:Chill. i was kind of being genuine, it would be really wild if you actually saw parallels in those movies Uncle Boogeyman posted:even as a hater of Elysium and Chappie, i was blown away by how bad Demonic was yeah, i like elysium and chappie and several of the oats shorts, but demonic was a real miss for me. i wonder how gran turismo is
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Gran Turismo is one of the most adequate movies I’ve seen.
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Okay but have you considered it's based on a true story? It's really important to the movie that you know that.
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lol didn't they take the story of the accident he caused that killed someone and reframe it as an early obstacle he had to overcome instead of it actually being fairly recent and entirely his fault?
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BonoMan posted:There's some niche threads (CG, Editing/PostProd) but no real industry thread. Are you looking for a specific area or just film industry in general? I guess more in general. I was reading r/filmindustryLA and getting annoyed at the redditor dumbasses therein, and it occurred to me I never really sought out the same kind of stuff here. Facebook groups are beset by boomer Facebook drama, subreddits are 60% "I'm about to graduate, should I move to LA?" and "how do I become a director? I'm too shy to network." And both are full of doomers and shills who can't stop plugging Open.AI products that are coming for our jobs. FreudianSlippers posted:Occasionally it would also be people making jokes about grips and talking about craft services Basically this. Movie set shitposting, but goonier. I wanted to talk about Grips eating crayons.
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TadBradley posted:I guess more in general. I was reading r/filmindustryLA and getting annoyed at the redditor dumbasses therein, and it occurred to me I never really sought out the same kind of stuff here. Facebook groups are beset by boomer Facebook drama, subreddits are 60% "I'm about to graduate, should I move to LA?" and "how do I become a director? I'm too shy to network." And both are full of doomers and shills who can't stop plugging Open.AI products that are coming for our jobs. Make a thread and I'll sticky it for while and see if it's productive
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Cloud Atlas is good. Like, very good. wtf
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Read the book if you haven't. I enjoyed the movie but the book is worth reading.
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I might do that then re-watch. Also I can't believe that anyone who had actually seen the entire film would be upset about the race-mixing makeup effects, which I think is still maybe the most famous thing about it.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Read the book if you haven't. I enjoyed the movie but the book is worth reading. Yeah same, I liked the movie just fine for its ambition but the book is pretty exceptional. I haven't read everything by David Mitchell but I love the way all his books intersect.
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Toxic Mental posted:I might do that then re-watch. Also I can't believe that anyone who had actually seen the entire film would be upset about the race-mixing makeup effects, which I think is still maybe the most famous thing about it. Some of them do look very strange.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Read the book if you haven't. I enjoyed the movie but the book is worth reading. I found the opening/closing story unreadable but the rest of it was 5/5 brilliance
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Gripweed posted:Some of them do look very strange. I mean quality of the makeup effects aside, of course. Some of them were pretty weird looking. Conceptually speaking, there's no way that anyone who had actually seen the film in its entirety and was being objective would ever be upset.
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Yeah I like Cloud atlas movie and book, but the movie is definitely making some big choices that i can understand not working for everyone. I do love the soundtrack also and could hear it as I read the book.
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They're both fine, not great but at least pretty interesting. I like the book better than the movie, but not much more. The book was pretty good but the author definitely thought it was smarter than it really is. In that sense it's perfectly suited for the Wachowskis.
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Hollismason posted:Doesn't Cloud Atlas feature white people in Asian makeup And vice versa
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Toxic Mental posted:Cloud Atlas is good. Like, very good. wtf It's tremendous.
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