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twistedmentat posted:Yea, the Josh Brolin thing is weird. He was in Goonies, then he shows up again in Planet Terror, then BAM, No Country for Old Men. Speaking of Josh Brolin I was looking through IMDB to see if I could find any other movies he may have been in that I overlooked, and I came across Nightwatch starring Ewan McGregor, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, and Patricia Arquette. It sounds interesting enough, and I'm thinking of renting it tonight. Any thoughts on the film?
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VorpalBunny posted:That drives me nuts! A friend recently bought a big HDTV, but doesn't have HD service. All of his shows were 4:3 stretched to 16:9, and he didn't seem to care. Why buy the HDTV, then?! (besides for the occasional Blu-Ray disc) My parents bought an HDTV so they could have something to hang over the fireplace in the living room. They also don't have an HD cable box ($5 more/month) and watch everything stretched-out. They have a valid point claiming they don't care, because I don't think either of them have sat down and watched an HD program ever. I should just start referring to my father as "strike 2" from now on.
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bad movie knight posted:Armageddon is still a pretty piss-poor example of the action blockbuster. I know I'm beating a dead horse, but what about a Criterion version of Minority Report? That's a sterling example of the action blockbuster. That definitely seems way more appropriate than Armageddon.
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In Extract, was Willie just another one of Mila Kuniz's cons or what? For some reason it's really bugging me, kind of like how they poorly wrapped up her story as well.
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Bad Santa knight. This + a morphing Billy Bob Thornton -> Steven Seagal avatar would be awesome!
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Rake Arms posted:That happens in Crank 1 and 2, and if they make a third one, I hope to God it happens again. Crank 3D: Everyone Dies Happy
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Blompkin posted:I know it was a little while ago, but I just wanted to point out that the following films are also in the Criterion collection: Bad Boys 2 wants a word with you.
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Vakal posted:I was watching the old Stephen King movie, Sleepwalkers, which contains a lot of scene with domestic house cats. The same way you train them to do stuff like this
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Sep 13, 2011 17:21
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csidle posted:When you're watching tv shows on DVD it's a bit annoying to have the intro song at the start of every episode. Sopranos is great because it has a chapter break right after the song so it's really easy to skip. But The Wire. gently caress. The Wire has a long-rear end intro and you always have to fast forward through it and you end up missing a little bit and have to go back and ar akdslgjlbsnsass I know that some shows (Fringe) have an option on the DVD's to turn off the weekly story recap, which is really nice if you're marathoning the show.
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Sep 22, 2011 20:55
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Steve Yun posted:Never heard of this guy before, but that was INSANE. The last bit where he appears to slide between the horses, under the stagecoach, then catching the back of it and hopping on was incredible.
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Nov 29, 2011 00:05
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FitFortDanga posted:Haven't you seen enough of her already? What are you hoping for, spleen? Daddy wants pancreas.
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Dec 19, 2011 18:27
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Here's a fun question: who's the worse actor, Modine or D'Onofrio? After watching too much L&O: Criminal Intent in the past year, I'd have to say without a doubt D'Onofrio. There's just something about his speaking patterns and mannerisms that really bug me, but I've never been able to put my finger on it.
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Psht, what kind of 4th of July party is black-tie, anyway? This thread is fully of awesome interpretations and analysis, and makes me really want so sit down and watch The Shining again all the way through. If I were more analytical and had more time, I would try to tackle a "Let's Watch..." of this film.
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If you'd like to see a more reserved (and recent) Pacino performance, I definitely suggest checking out that HBO movie "You Don't Know Jack" (the Kevorkian biopic) that came out a couple years ago.
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kuddles posted:If you haven't already, watch the documentary Cameraman (currently on Netflix streaming) for an example of how directors usually have a certain vague notion of what they want, but a cinematographer's understanding of light, colour and framing can really help shape it. Of course, it also helps continue blur the lines between the two roles as well. Thanks for this recommendation, I've been looking for a documentary like this for a while.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Malcolm in the Middle is the show that introduced the term to the TV-going public in the US. I even remember it being cited as the reason it quickly became a critical hit. Good call, I didn't even think about this one.
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Mechafunkzilla posted:I personally really don't like surround sound. The visuals are coming from one general direction, and I want the sound to as well. I love my soundbar, which isn't as nice as other options, but for $80 it really makes everything sound infinitely better.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The crew for The Mist was the regular crew that shot The Shield, it totally looks like The Shield in a lot of places. Now I want to see the Strike Team rob the Mist Money Train.
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CzarChasm posted:I seem to recall a rumor from the first Scream movie that the cast wasn't let in on who the killer actually was until the last scenes (sequentially) were shot. What are the chances of there being any truth to this? I remember this was the case with the Scream 2, for sure. I saw an interview with Jerry O'Connell (or maybe Timothy Olyphant) on a behind the scenes documentary about the series on a cable channel a few years ago and he discussed how they would only be able to see the scripts shortly before filming each scene, and would destroy them after shooting.
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jet sanchEz posted:I was thinking about the American version of Funny Games just today, did anyone see it in theatres? I would imagine there would have been a lot of walk-outs at that one point in the film if the viewers were not familiar with Haneke. I saw it in the theater and I remember were seeing my fiance's ex + his new girlfriend, and an old couple walking out immediately upon the Naked City track kicking in, so they missed most of the "walk-out moments".
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Feb 21, 2013 22:43
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Dissapointed Owl posted:That's Dimmu Borgir.  But really, he's Mortiis.
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The Cameo posted:They removed the orange hue that's over everything - now it has that natural look, but of course the orange hue's supposed to be there, because otherwise the "hottest day in Bed-Stuy" feeling just disappears and a whole lot of people seem to be complaining about what looks like a 74 degree day. Does this apply to the Criterion version?
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Mescal posted:I loved David Lynch's acting in Twin Peaks and Louie. Are there any movies where he has a role? Or TV shows? I checked IMDB, but I don't know if it's exhaustive, and I don't care about a voice cameo on Family Guy. You remind me today of a small Mexican chi-wow-wow.
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2 has such a fantastic ending in the Good Guy factory, and I love the gruesome effects they used (especially with the hand part).
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Sirocco posted:So this may seem a bit strange, but I'm looking for examples of things that have happened specifically during the production of a film that have lowered interest in it or given it bad publicity (as in bad publicity that really is bad). It doesn't really fit, but my mind keeps wandering back to The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.
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Cage posted:You mean the technique that KFC has been using for their commercials lately? Those commercials just make it seem like there have been 50 takes and they Frankenstein some of them together. There are like 3 cuts in the span of 3 words. gently caress whatever that technique is. Not to mention its one of those like weird fake blog to no one kind of setups, too. Those commercials are putrid.
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Hat Thoughts posted:I am so glad I followed this line of questioning It definitely made my morning.
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Wake in Fright & Long Weekend were both great and really Aussie.
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I thought this was the horror thread, hah. My point still stands
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He's the same reason The Plague are awesome in Hobo With a Shotgun - blank slate mysterious/masked bounty hunters who have awesome armor and batman gadgets. The details that you do find out about the Plague are loving hilarious, though.
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Does the car chase in To Live and Die in LA have any kind of mythos attached to it? If not, it should because it's a primo chase.
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Everblight posted:Are you saying audiences had never seen a chase sequence before? Because ignoring the entirety of the 50s and westerns/stagecoach robberies, there is a chase sequence in the old testament. I'm pretty sure he meant in terms of a contemporary/urban setting, and based on your examples his point kind of stands.
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What's the technique called when there are two different locations are shown at the same time but you don't know which character is at which location until the payoff? I'm thinking of stuff like from The Dark Knight Rachel's death scene and the house raid in Silence of the Lambs.
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I always thought it was just kind of cool shorthand for the movie that stuck as vernacular.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:No Country For Old Men loving spot-on. I don't think I've re-watched this movie this year.
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^^^This!Snak posted:This is actually the first movie that I thought of when I started seriously considering the question myself. I would have liked that movie except for the goofy as gently caress Lord of the Rings style rock monsters. Not necessarily the concept of them as characters in the story, but what they looked like with goofy cartoon faces and everything. If they had been more like people in hosed up makeup I think it would have worked a lot better for me. Blood Meridian would be right up your alley, man.
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Life's too short to run from a book.
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I finally caught Source Code a little earlier this year and noticed that Duncan Jones again used the song "The One and Only" by Chesney Hawkes just like in his previous film MOON (hopefully he puts it in Warcraft somehow). Do any other directors have songs like this that they use in every (or almost every) film?
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It would really take a lot for me to hate or even dislike a Tarantino movie. He just loves film so much and it oozes through his work, not to mention he has yet to make a bad movie, IMO, and I can't really say that about any other director who has been making movies as long as him.
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He's seriously a national treasure.
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