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1) Pick a movie or television series
2) Rename it with synonyms
3) The first poster to guess it correctly posts another one
Example:
Poster A) Galactic Conflicts: Volume Four - A Fresh Optimism
Poster B) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope?
Poster A then confirms the answer and Poster B posts the next title. I'll start:
Huge Misfortunes In Small Beijing
Zarban wrote:Teague wrote:PUT ALL THREE IN ONE MOVIE OH MY GOD RIGHT?
The Hand That Hung the Stars
Okay, here it is. But I have to confess, the third act is a little wonky....
It's a more consistent third act than Sunshine.
I tried to watch THE WIRE and got like two episodes in and I was just exhausted already. Could be I wasn't prepared for the HBO "An hour MEANS an hour muthafuckas;" I was also trying to cram it because a producer wanted us to write something and told us that THE WIRE was a good style guide. Now that I've been keeping up with GAME OF THRONES, and I'm not trying to marathon it, maybe I'll be able to enjoy it better.
If you decide to give it a chance, I highly recommend giving it at least three or four episodes before you decide if you wanna continue with it or not. The show takes a little while to get fully in motion with all the characters and plots but once it does, you'll be hooked (hopefully). I do realize it's not everyone's cup of tea but I simply cannot praise it enough. Mostly because of the show's narrative but partly due to the fact it was made in my neck of the woods. I just find it cool as hell that I've driven by most of the locations featured in a television series. On top of that, most of the small roles and some of the major ones are played by people who live in the area. My buddy was actually in a college class with a dude from the first season.
Anyway, back to Super 8. I noticed a few easter eggs in the film. For instance, the gas station is called Kelvin's. Abram's last film featured the starship Kelvin. There's a store on the main street called "Locke's" and Abrams created a show featuring a character named Locke. Intentional or not, I always enjoy little winks like that at the audience.
But a "perfect movie" -- as we use the term -- isn't a measure of how enjoyable a film is. It's a measure of whether or not there's a solid payoff for every set-up (aka "keeping every promise it makes")
I thought of a television series that fit this criteria before I thought of a movie.
It pays off most set-ups to fucking perfection and the rest of them are solid at the least.
I loved the hell out of it. I thought the creature design could have been a little better but I was thoroughly impressed with just about everything else. Easily my favorite movie of the year thus far.
I thought about watching that before. You just gave me major incentive. Time to stock up on booze.
I remember seeing this in theaters as a kid for the sole fact that Kel was in it. What the fuck ever happened to him?
Wait, wait—I had to look this up—Star Tours is ONLY about Star Wars? I always assumed "Star Tours" was a tour of animatronic movie stars or something. My hand to god.
Is it supposed to rhyme with "Star Wars"? Like "fours" and "shores"? Because it does NOT rhyme in my Midwestern accent. "Tours" rhymes with "moors" and "lures".
I'm in the same boat as you. I thought Star Tours was one of those things where they take you around Los Angeles and show you homes of celebrities. I had no idea it was whatever the hell I just saw in the second video.
I didn't think it was abysmal. I didn't think it was great either. I thought it was average and decently entertaining. I pretty much agree with all the praise and criticisms that have been stated thus far in the thread, the characters were weakly developed but I felt everything worked just well enough to keep me entertained.
Also, I cannot wait to see Tony Stark interact with the people of Asgard. That shit should be hilarious.
The Thing retold in stop motion animation with GI Joes. You will watch this video and you will like it.
I disagree with viewpoints from time to time but I've never heard anything outright idiotic and uninformed. I honestly don't care if you universally hate the movie, praise to heaven or have a debate; just as long as you do it. DiF gives me something entertaining and informative to listen to while doing shit and that's all I want from it.
I'm tempted to say he should the entire third film as Keith Richards. Don't even acknowledge it's Trey, just act like it's Keith Richards.
That's why I thought Trey's shirt looked like an Islanders logo. Anybody else seeing it?
Also, all this talk of the kraken forced me to dig up the following image.
It was shot digital with an open shutter. It has the same effect as those "motion smoothing" televisions of making things look and feel like they were shot on a video camera (associated with being more "real" since people record their real lives with video) rather than film.
Excuse my obliviousness but that what you're talking about sounds similar to boosting up the FPS. Mann's latest flick, Public Enemies, has that odd non-cinematic appearance going for it. I think Collateral was shot at the standard 24 frames per second and I've never noticed the disconnect like I did with Public Enemies.
I remember liking COLLATERAL but I remember almost no specifics about the film itself. Only that it's one of the few cases I didn't mind the "video look," and the part of the chase sequence at the train station was cut in a really confusing way.
What do you mean by "video look"?
I disagree. I think the ending is brilliant. The whole movie establishes that Max is a man of routine and habit while Vincent stresses improvisation. In that final shootout the roles are reversed, Max improvises by shooting wildly while Vincent goes with his standard routine of triple tapping. Vincent falls victim to the very concept he derides over the course of the movie.
Further more, the ending also contains a bit of irony. During the first stop cab stop, Vincent tells Max that he was right about the time it took to get there, Max responds that he "got lucky with the lights". The lights during the train shootout flicker off and allow Max to get the upper hand.
The hip fire double tap he does on the muggers in that movie is specifically what I was referring to.
He actually triple taps one of them. It's the most badass thing ever.
I do like Collateral. It gets a bit formulaic at times, but i enjoy it. Tom's gun play is actually damn impressive.
I'm all for reality bending Matrix-style gun play but sometimes legit combat tactics can be just as exhilarating and entertaining.
Is your point that Disney's Beauty and the Beast was aimed at a mainstream adult audience?
I think it was aimed at a family audience, which only includes adults, it's not comprised entirely of them. I can't think of an animated film aimed at a mainstream adult audience that has been what we're roundly calling "successful."
Aside from Avatar.
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut?
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Collateral. The cinematography is outstanding and Cruise delivers such a badass performance that you'd think his name was Daniel Day Lewis.
I still feel like a dick for my god awful mic quality for The Craft recording. Every 25 minutes my fan in my computer would kick in like a terrible vacuum and annoy everyone.
I also missed the second anniversary show because I was out drinking and socializing until 7 am. I would say that makes me a poor fan but I did convince my companions to watch Black Dynamite. That's gotta count for something.
If you had held off until Spring Break, I probably could have made it. Should be awesome though.
*Cue post from someone about how none of it matters because the Oscars are irrelevant and the Academy is out of touch and also Nolan got snubbed for Best Director so fuck those guys*
That would be me. Alfred Hitchcock nor Stanley Kubrick ever won Best Director. That is all you need to know about the legitimacy and relevancy of the Academy Awards.
Hard Boiled has to be near the top. Quite a few bystanders get shot up in the teahouse and I'm pretty sure even more get slaughtered in the hospital scenes.
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