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I recently watched Vanilla ice's "Cool as ice" and was pleasently suprised by the camera work and general vibe the film had going on. Far from being a slapped together star vehicle , it is plain to see that effort and talent went into the creation of this film. This juxtaposition between incredibley competent camerawork and staging and vanilla ice's "b-kool" attitude is an enjoyable one. This film almost sort of works at times as a samurai ronin type film transplanted into the 90s with hyper colour motorcycles I wonder why that is...  oh.... so enjoy some kool moments from the movie that I scrubbed        I havn't got inline linking to gifs sorted yet so you may need to click through i'm sorry, but I implore you to see some of these This guy is strangely well characterised as a slobby sadistic mob goon https://gfycat.com/sandyfoolhardyicelandgull https://i.imgur.com/8cl178e.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/Mm85vpf.mp4 The lighting and relative long shot nature of this (there is a significantly more before and after this clip) and the motorcycle mount is actually kinda cool(?) https://i.imgur.com/X9k4W3S.mp4 https://imgur.com/Af6vRx7 Ice's friends are goofy enough to be entertaining and their sequences are surreal enough to break up the pace https://i.imgur.com/8jdGY74.mp4 This is a scene where a sister realises here brother isnt where he should be, she comes home and the NES is on but he isnt there, the slow nature of it , the environmental story telling and how the moment of realisation is dont with the drop of some papers is really good ( and in a movie with vanilla ice) https://i.imgur.com/uzXx7St.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/roSLZHb.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/jsjTi1l.mp4 I included this one because of how it sets the scene and afte the inital set up creates negative space that is then filled with diagetic light to both secondarily establish that a. the child is here b.the dude is a wanker and shines light in a childs face https://i.imgur.com/fztJtf1.mp4 so, films that have one good element or suprised you inspite of themselves thread here I guess?
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To the extreme, he rocks a mic like a vandal. Lights up a stage and waxes a chump like a candle.
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Feb 2, 2020 22:47
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A friend based his entire personality around The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and this movie. I can still quote it by heart because he was always reeling off lines. "Drop that zero... and get with the hero."
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Feb 2, 2020 23:51
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I think it's really funny that is opening music video is the Spielberg look and Kaminski photographed Schindler's list after this and has been a Spielberg regular ever since. But why? Why would Spielberg hire a relative unknown after a poorly written cash grab star vehicle? Or did Steven really enjoy the fresh rhymes of Vanilla Ice so much that he watched Cool as Ice and saw the talent where it was?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcjVjqTARKA
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Feb 3, 2020 21:54
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I thought this was just going to be some stupid shitpost, but based on those gifs I've got to agree that visually it's rad as hell.  What a weird career arc Kaminski went on lol. Fish of hemp posted:I think it's really funny that is opening music video is the Spielberg look and Kaminski photographed Schindler's list after this and has been a Spielberg regular ever since. His previous credits were... *looks it up* ... The Terror Within II, The Rain Killer, and Grim Prairie Tales, which all look like garbage grade horror movies. So that doesn't help solve the mystery at all!
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Feb 3, 2020 22:40
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sean10mm posted:. This just makes me want to watch those movies
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Feb 4, 2020 11:11
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Grim Prairie is a lotta fun, dunno about the others
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Fish of hemp posted:But why? Why would Spielberg hire a relative unknown after a poorly written cash grab star vehicle? Or did Steven really enjoy the fresh rhymes of Vanilla Ice so much that he watched Cool as Ice and saw the talent where it was? I've wondered about this myself, especially because a while back I noticed that the two films Spielberg did right before hooking up with Kamiski were both shot by Dean Cundey. Cundey is an outstanding cinematographer with a serious resume and one of the two films he shot for Spielberg was Jurassic Park so what's the problem? Why not stick with Cundey? Maybe Spielberg was just sick of having to work with cinematographers who were already established and were in high demand so scheduling became an aggravation. Kaminski was a guy he could take under his wing and never have to worry about him not being available for the next Spielberg production.
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Feb 4, 2020 19:34
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piratepilates posted:To the extreme, he rocks a mic like a vandal. Lights up a stage and waxes a chump like a candle. I like that song
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Feb 4, 2020 20:08
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sponges posted:I like that song It's more enjoyable if you think about it as a rap parody rather than a real rap song. And the only reason I've seen this movie is because of Rifftrax.
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Feb 5, 2020 01:20
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Mister Kingdom posted:It's more enjoyable if you think about it as a rap parody rather than a real rap song. I found it enjoyable if you view Vanilla ice as an idiot bhudda and asking deep questions like "why *isn't* she into me now" "What does it mean to be bad?"
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sean10mm posted:I thought this was just going to be some stupid shitpost, but based on those gifs I've got to agree that visually it's rad as hell. Grim Prairie Tales is alright
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Feb 11, 2020 13:31
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OP I really liked the shots for the insane house construction scene as well. The weird as hell brief sequence of making a truly disgusting sandwich also has excellent framing for what is a really, really really dumb scene in concept
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Kamiński is not some rando, and never was. He graduated from the Łódź film school, which is kinda a big deal if you’re into artsy cinematography and rapist pedofile movie directors. The man needed money as a poor emigre, but I doubt this film had any bearing on Spielberg’s decision, considering his pedigree.
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Mokotow posted:Kamiński is not some rando, and never was. He graduated from the Łódź film school, which is kinda a big deal if you’re into artsy cinematography and rapist pedofile movie directors. The man needed money as a poor emigre, but I doubt this film had any bearing on Spielberg’s decision, considering his pedigree. Compared to Cundey he was though. I feel like there must've been some sort of scheduling conflict with Cundey that opened the door for Kaminski and then he and Spielberg must've just hit it off.
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Feb 11, 2020 20:14
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I joke that it's basically a vampire movie
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Feb 12, 2020 10:55
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Contains the line "I'm going next door to sling a shlong." A+
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Fish of hemp posted:I think it's really funny that is opening music video is the Spielberg look and Kaminski photographed Schindler's list after this and has been a Spielberg regular ever since. you're probably not super far off, but i feel like it's less that Spielberg was a huge Vanilla Ice fan or anything, and more that if you're a big industry guy you just kind of end up seeing everything that makes it to wide release or gets buzz in limited
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Feb 17, 2020 03:57
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My girlfriend rented this for Valentine's because of this thread. It should've ended with Kat punching Nick in the face and re-breaking his nose.
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Feb 17, 2020 04:13
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Saint Freak posted:My girlfriend rented this for Valentine's because of this thread. Yup yup! The ending song is hilarious in context of the movie though
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Feb 17, 2020 05:48
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Jestery posted:This just makes me want to watch those movies Grim Prairie Tales is legit, a horror western anthology where the framing story is eccentric bounty hunter James Earl Jones and cynical city slicker Brad Dourif exchanging tales around a campfire.
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Feb 17, 2020 06:40
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There are a couple nice plot points in the movie too Like , ice's musical ability now what saves the day with identifying the location of the kidnappers (via a veiled sexual reference) And that ice spends ages teaching Kat how to ride a motorcycle lets them bring the goon home on the bonnet of the car
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Basebf555 posted:Compared to Cundey he was though. I feel like there must've been some sort of scheduling conflict with Cundey that opened the door for Kaminski and then he and Spielberg must've just hit it off. Spielberg also has, more or less since JURASSIC PARK, worked with the same crew of people which is why he shoots relatively fast and typically is why he tends to shoot stuff back to back.
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