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Hat Thoughts posted:"a commentary on body image" or "The appearance and weight of the average American" is immaterial to my point which is that casting (skinny) Zach Galifanaikis and especially Isla Fisher kills the physical gag. It is significantly less funny than it could be because, for example in that changing room scene where you have Gal Gadot towering over her& then Isla Fisher makes a joke about how the most excitement she has is a terrible sex life (that her character doesn't realize is a joke[?]) none of it reads as funny as it could because Isla Fisher is still very good looking. This isn't something new or unexpected, I mean it's a big budget movie of course they're not going to actually cast someone normal looking, it's like every bad rom-com ever where you have the attractive "unattractive" girl/guy & then the conventionally attractive conceited girl/guy (who's all wrong for the protagonist, duhh). I think it's less "ugly girl vs hot girl" and more "working busy as poo poo mom and dad vs exotic playboy spy family who get to do fun poo poo." The joke you mention has nothing to do with looks but the freedom their relationships offer them (or doesn't because of kids) in regards to sex. Nothing to do with looks.
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BonoMan posted:I think it's less "ugly girl vs hot girl" and more "working busy as poo poo mom and dad vs exotic playboy spy family who get to do fun poo poo."
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Yep, was just about to post that. The joke is about being a parent and settled down, not being fat and ugly.
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Zzulu posted:Tom Cruise movies are great and he's a good and charismatic actor who brings a lot of energy to scenes I understand people making fun of Scientology, it is legitimately weird, but from everything I've read Tom Cruise is unfailingly polite to everyone. I think about when that comedian squirted him with a water gun at a premier, and instead of having him hauled out by security or engaging him physically he engages him in a conversation about how rude it was.
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Shillary posted:I understand people making fun of Scientology, it is legitimately weird, but from everything I've read Tom Cruise is unfailingly polite to everyone. I think about when that comedian squirted him with a water gun at a premier, and instead of having him hauled out by security or engaging him physically he engages him in a conversation about how rude it was. Adam Carolla has a story where Tom Cruise was invited to Jimmy Kimmel's annual Superbowl party. He arrived with his mum and a bunch of cupcakes for everyone. Tom Cruise basically is the nicest guy in all of Hollywood.
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Jun 23, 2016 21:53
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Vintersorg posted:Adam Carolla has a story where Tom Cruise was invited to Jimmy Kimmel's annual Superbowl party. Except for the slave thing
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morestuff posted:Except for the slave thing And the Scientology thing.
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Jun 23, 2016 21:55
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In case you guys don't know it, the version of Scientology that celebs get is completely different from what the rank-and-file get. If you've ever been pitched on Scientology, you know it starts out very nice. For celebs, that part basically never ends.
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Vintersorg posted:Slave? http://gawker.com/5757217/tom-cruises-favorite-toys-were-built-for-free-by-scientology-slaves
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:In case you guys don't know it, the version of Scientology that celebs get is completely different from what the rank-and-file get. If you've ever been pitched on Scientology, you know it starts out very nice. For celebs, that part basically never ends. While that may be true for most the fact is Cruise is like top 5 in the Scientology hierarchy and turns a blind eye to what he absolutely is aware of in regards to basically human rights abuses. That being said I've met him and he's great and I love his films. You can't excuse the Scientology thing though with oh it's a wacky religion all Hollywood people are weird or say all religions are bad or some sort of slavery. The things happening in Scientology are unique and completely unacceptable in 2016. /soapbox
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Do really think he's aware of that stuff though? I know a thing or two about wacky religions, and when you get that deep in it, you don't see any problems at all.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:In case you guys don't know it, the version of Scientology that celebs get is completely different from what the rank-and-file get. If you've ever been pitched on Scientology, you know it starts out very nice. For celebs, that part basically never ends. Leah Remini would disagree on that.
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John Travolta too. Apparently he wanted out years ago but they have so much poo poo on him they would completely ruin him. So now he just shuts up and puts on a happy face.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Do really think he's aware of that stuff though? I know a thing or two about wacky religions, and when you get that deep in it, you don't see any problems at all. Considering the coverage and exposure given to the many issues of Scientology I'd say, yes he is well aware.
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On the topic of Scientology, yeah, I would definitely suggest that everybody try to watch that HBO documentary about it. The "Celebrities don't see the full awfulness of the church" thing isn't quite the case. Just ask Paul Haggis and some of his pals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgd38EZIR0
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Gonz posted:On the topic of Scientology, yeah, I would definitely suggest that everybody try to watch that HBO documentary about it. The "Celebrities don't see the full awfulness of the church" thing isn't quite the case. Well, there are "celebrities" and there is Tom Cruise. In other news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-P3f_wDXvs Mechanic Resurrection trailer. Watching this I just don't understand why it was made. It completely loses the whole angle that made the first movie kind of unique (Statham showing Ben Foster the ropes) and is just another Statham face puncher.
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Jun 23, 2016 23:03
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Starring Jason Statham as......Jason Statham.
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Oh I'm totally in for this. Loved the first one and found it fairly humorous with how Reacher is in it.
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tom cruise is like michael jackson in that they both are/were terrible people but really good at producing entertaining media.
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The prequel to Ouija by the director of Oculus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJIcZGEjjwo
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They need to stop using the song Mad World in trailer . This looks intersting but this song is terrible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAqiO_Z9Vs American Pastoral
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I think most people would assume the original is a cover at this point
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Hollismason posted:They need to stop using the song Mad World in trailer . This looks intersting but this song is terrible. Agreed. Twee/overwrought covers of 80s standards is beyond insipid at his point.
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Automatic Slim posted:Agreed. Twee/overwrought covers of 80s standards is beyond insipid at his point. yeah, its really going nowhere, going nowhere
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Automatic Slim posted:Agreed. Twee/overwrought covers of 80s standards is beyond insipid at his point. That's a cover of a 2000 song > 
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They filmed American Pastoral? I hope they include the story about the kid who tried to make his crush a fur coat by killing guinea pigs and drying them out over the boiler.
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Hat Thoughts posted:That's a cover of a 2000 song > Indeed. https://youtu.be/SFsHSHE-iJQ
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Ya all the covers are in the style of the Gary Jules version, its like Tainted Love or That's What Friends Are For or Girls Just Wanna Have Fun etc at this point.
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Timby posted:It's not surprising that as he's matured and gotten older, his innate ... weirdness has faded away and he's now having to fake it because it doesn't come naturally anymore. So he's basically the Marilyn Manson of directors, without the anti-religious edge? I wouldn't say he's gotten bad at telling the same story, but he's certainly been guilty of adding his own "faux goth" style to every drat movie he makes. Plus having Depp and Carter in every-loving-thing gets pretty old too - nothing against them but Burton needs to step out of his little wanna-be dark and brooding Hot Topic plastic coffin and expand his range.
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The poster thread and the trailer thread are talking about cues. I wonder if we should have a music in film thread. I feel like some goons notice music in film way more than I do. Like some people will have movies ruined for them based on the score. I don't even notice usually.
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Since I know how goons love their Beksinski, here's a teaser for the movie about the tumultuous life of Zdzislaw Beksinski (the painter) and Tomasz Beksinski (his son and all around renaissance man), both now tragically dead, which the movie tells about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJtMpZFVQ2w I can provide some translation if needed, but basically in the beginning Zdzislaw says to Tomasz off screen: "Nobody ever told you that life in a family is a fairy tale. As much as people can love each other in a family, they can also hate each other."
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kiimo posted:The poster thread and the trailer thread are talking about cues. I wonder if we should have a music in film thread. A good score will elevate the poo poo out of a film but I'm with you, I don't really notice most scores unless they are really bad, and at that point the movie is probably just as bad so it's hard to ruin.
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kiimo posted:The poster thread and the trailer thread are talking about cues. I wonder if we should have a music in film thread. btw, is there a good resources for finding out if a particular song has been used in a film, and if so, what film?
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Spatula City posted:btw, is there a good resources for finding out if a particular song has been used in a film, and if so, what film? http://www.tunefind.com/ It's not good for anything non-recent tho
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Spatula City posted:btw, is there a good resources for finding out if a particular song has been used in a film, and if so, what film? There are definitely a couple places where the music guys at vendors and studios find that stuff out. However, I have never asked them. I should probably do that some time and would if I was at my last job. I haven't met the guy at Fox yet.
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kiimo posted:The poster thread and the trailer thread are talking about cues. I wonder if we should have a music in film thread. I would like such a thread.
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Spatula City posted:btw, is there a good resources for finding out if a particular song has been used in a film, and if so, what film? You can possibly contact whoever owns the rights and ask, but they probably won't tell you if you're just a random dude.
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Spatula City posted:btw, is there a good resources for finding out if a particular song has been used in a film, and if so, what film? YouTube is good for it. Probably the only time a comment section is worth a drat is during any scene of a movie where a song is playing and or trailer music.
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