I'll be seeing this either monday or tuesday. This is one of the films I've been most excited about going to see, and it's really good reviews. Can't wait.
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277 2012-02-02 22:35:17
Re: Intermission 021 - On Commentaries (31 replies, posted in Episodes)
My favorite commentary is Kung Pow: Enter The Fist. It's at once completely insane and stupid, but also an utterly fascinating story of how the movie got made. The idea for the movie itself is rather crazy and it's quite a feat that they managed to pull it off as well as they did. Sadly, the movie itself is only marginally funny if you're into really stupid screwball comedy. It's got a charm to it, tho, and it's genuinely funny in spurts.
I don't honestly remember a lot of the commentaries I've listened to. I don't think I've listened to one in a couple years. I should probably go back through a few movies and check them out.
278 2012-02-02 22:20:10
Re: Music to roto to. (16 replies, posted in Off Topic)
I find that metal and chiptunes and other really energetic music keeps me going when I'm doing tedious stuff, but it's hard to find energetic music that isn't overly ... invasive?...
Lately it's been bands like Outrun the Sunlight and Porcupine Tree. Porcupine Tree is fucking amazing. I recommend their In Absentia album. They'll do some heavier riffs and then segue into the smoothest prog/rock you'll ever hear.
285 2012-01-28 18:02:04
Re: Release, Record: 11/9 (1,019 replies, posted in Episodes)
Looks like it's gonna be Who Framed Roger Rabbit
286 2012-01-27 17:41:17
Re: The First Annual DIF Oscars! (25 replies, posted in Off Topic)
I voted for a few of the topics, but not all of them, as I've not yet seen the artist, the descendents or dragon tattoo. Dragon tattoo is one that I have no excuse for. The others - and many of the movies nominated for stuff this year - didn't play near me because I live in redneckville alabama where the three (!) 16-or-more-screens (!) theaters here all played the exact same ten movies at any given time, most of them being either the latest crappy horror movie or the latest crappy action movie or the latest crappy comedy about people having sex and throwing up.
But they did play The Help - which is pretty damn good - and Dragon Tattoo. So, for instance, "Actress in a leading role"... all of those movies are playing right now, and only those two I mentioned have played here. If it's not out on DVD and it's listed on this chart somewhere, then odds are I haven't seen it due to it not playing here.
I really need to look into the logistics, costs and availability of funding for running my own theater. This is one of the most populated areas in Alabama, and the closest thing to an arthouse theater here is over two hours away.
288 2012-01-26 17:23:06
Re: Cool Trailers (449 replies, posted in Off Topic)
wait, they're making ads for ads now?
Was there a link button somewhere that said "Click here to see a sneak preview of the new Ferris Bueller Superbowl ad!" somewhere? 'Cause that would be an ad for an ad for an ad...
292 2012-01-24 13:11:27
Re: Oscar Noms 2012 (27 replies, posted in Off Topic)
Best Animated Film is gonna be interesting (not really).
Odds that Chico & Rita will win based on merit: 2:1
Odds that Chico & Rita will win based on the number of voters who saw it: 10,000:1
I haven't seen A Cat In Paris or Puss In Boots. Is Puss In Boots any good, or is it basically Shreck without Shreck? I still think it's laughable that they bother to nominate stuff like that for best animated film. That would be like nominating Home Alone for best picture. The US industry was doing pretty good up until a few years ago. Now it's back on it's downward spiral.
I haven't seen any of the foreign films this year, which kinda bothers me on a personal level.
294 2012-01-23 18:31:34
Re: David Cameron: Make more commercial films (11 replies, posted in Off Topic)
295 2012-01-23 16:31:05
Re: David Cameron: Make more commercial films (11 replies, posted in Off Topic)
I would be all for more movies of that caliber. If he means "make more coherent movies that have real plots and stuff and fewer films that are about plastic statues of jesus being covered in honey and carpenter ants and then set on fire... or stuff like "Trash Humpers", then yeah, I'd say do that. "Art film" is such a broad thing now. Here in the states, The King's Speech is considered by many to be more of an arthouse film because it's a period drama with a bit of comedy and nobody explodes or gets shot in the face. There's no ten minute sequence where plucky teens in sports cars evade an invading force of cyborg aliens.
Make more movies like "King's Speech" or "Harry Brown" or "Brassed Off" and people - even people in the US - will watch it. If he means he wants you to make 2012 or Stargate, then tell him to shove off.
If that's what you guys consider to be commercial, then what's considered "arthouse"? I'm legitimately curious about this. Not that I think Harry Brown is particularly arthouse, but it's gotten to the point now where you would go to what is traditionally an arthouse theater to see something like a Harry Brown or a Brassed Off. I personally find it pretty depressing. What's playing in the arthouse theaters there right now?
296 2012-01-23 15:23:08
Re: Intermission 019 - Piracy and Fair Use (74 replies, posted in Episodes)
Wow. If you scroll through some of the tech/news sites out there you'll notice that since Megaupload went down, several other sites have suddenly blocked US users or limited their services to remove sharing functionality.
The comments on every one of those stories is 95% in favor of piracy and these websites. It doesn't surprise me at all, but I find it kinda funny that these kids today are just so god damn adamant that taking whatever they want for free should be their right and privilege as internet users, and anyone who tries to stop them is clearly wrong.
It's like the entire internet is made up of spoiled 10 year old kids.
297 2012-01-22 19:25:58
Re: New swedish sci-fi series ÄKTA MÄNNISKOR (REAL HUMANS) (5 replies, posted in Off Topic)
looks more like AI to me than Surrogates.
I think Dorkman was trying to say that if it's pretty good, then it's not like Surrogates.
I don't think Surrogates was particularly bad, tho. It was the result of taking an interesting idea and then doing the most by-the-numbers generic sort of movie you could with it.
298 2012-01-22 19:17:47
Re: The Shining (47 replies, posted in Episodes)
That website is fascinating. I've often thought about make a website that would read way too far into movies like this, but this guy's definitely better at it than I'd ever be. You just know all of this was due to the sweater. Some dude saw the sweater and was all "OMG! He's trying to tell us something!" and just reverse engineered the rest from there.
I'll have to look through the rest of that site. I love that there are people out there who are so dedicated to this sort of crazy shit.
300 2012-01-22 18:18:20
Re: Star Wars- Jar Jar (10 replies, posted in Off Topic)
I don't think Jar-Jar's luck has as much to do with luck as it does Lucas' writing whatever he feels like writing. The Queen keeps guns in the little drink holder in her throne. It was sure lucky they remembered to put guns in there, considering that it doesn't seem like they would ever need anything like that. In reality, they just needed guns to pop up from somewhere in that scene, so that's where Lucas put them. Something like that you can get away with if you take the time to set it up before hand. Have the queen about to pull the guns when she first gets captured and have captain McOne-Eye give her a subtle head shake, as if to say "bitch, don't pull those fucking guns outta that throne!" Then when you get to the later scene, she pulls the guns and the audience goes "OH YEAH!! THEY WERE THERE BEFORE!" and there's a sense of realization and satisfaction to that, even if it's still really stupid to have those guns there. It doesn't feel as stupid and contrived anymore if you set it up really early like that.
But, honestly, Jar-Jar is probably the most well-written character in the first movie. He's got a clear arc, from bumbling idiot outcast to bumbling idiot military leader. He's got personality. it's an annoying personality, but it's a personality. I kinda feel sorry for him. He just gets used a lot in the movie. The Jedi meet up with him and he's all "I don't wanna go home, guys, they'll fucking kill me" and the jedi badger him into going so he takes them. Then the Jedi come this close to just leaving him there. He has to beg them to help him. What assholes. Then they leave and they treat him like shit up until they get back to Naboo, and then they're like "OK, we need you to distract the robots, so you and the other gungans go on this suicide mission to get wiped out and if we can pull off this thousand-to-one shot over here then maybe you won't die."
Honestly, tho, the thing in that movie that bothers me the most is the bomb in the kid's head. There's a fucking bomb in his head. When did they take that out of there? There's no "extracting the bomb from the kid's head" scene, and they don't bring it up after they leave the planet, so... Is it still there? Did they take it out on the way to Corescant or however it's spelled? You think they woulda at least stuck a shot in there where someone says "while we're flying to this other planet, we'll have time to take the bomb out of your head", or get to the planet and tell some doctor there to remove it.
Cause it's a bomb, and it's in his head.
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