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beldar wrote:

The Passion of the Christ?

Silly me, i meant The Last Temptation of Christ. I always mix those 2 up.

Didn't Star Trek V: The Final Frontier waste money on a rock monster idea? I'll always kinda feel bad for Shatner on that one. I haven't read my Cinefex for that one in a long time but apparently there was a writer's strike, so when production eventually began no A-list vfx shops where available, so some company in New Jersey did it. They bought a ton of new equipment and had to reinvent the wheel, like the white Enterprise was tricky to shoot against a blue screen, etc. Stuff ILM had mastered.

They say Michael Cimino (i'm a big Year of the Dragon fan) ignored his $3m budget on Heaven's Gate and blew through another $40m+, which was a lot in 1979. There's no way that wasn't going to end in tears. Some studio exec said yes to all that, or didn't say no, but Cimino got the blame.

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One of the few DIF movies i know nothing about and don't plan to see any time soon but it was an entertaining conversation. If it's as bad as all that, the filmmakers should be kind of flattered that such a thoughtful fan commentary exists - even if it ends up being negative. There used to be a religion thread here and i can't remember if this was ever discussed, but i wonder what Dorkman's favorite movie dealing with religion is. The Passion of the Christ? (What a well-made movie that is.) The Life of Brian? THX-1138? ("Buy, and be happy.")

I thought it was interesting when American Gods was mentioned (in response to someone in the chat) because in my mind that book is The Sting, or Die Hard and has nothing to do with religion. Odin you trickster!

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I've never seen it, who get's naked? 7 of the top 8 starring credits are guys. It's not Patrick Stewart, is it? *shiver*

This'll look awesome on my newton.

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The next time you ask him "so what do you think?" and he whips out his calculator, make sure you give him a whack and say "stop that!" smile

For me, Ramis' "i'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought" line is one of the funniest things in the movie.

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Time to get medieval on AI's ass.

/likes the ending

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I'd say 3D was obviously a fad, the way it came and went in the '50s and '80s, if it wasn't for 3D TVs. If sales take off, 3D might be hear to stay.

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Fornicatin' Flappers was really good though.

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Invid wrote:

It's OK, I still respect you the same as before...

Damn, you testy.

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Is there any actual connection to the real canceled apollo 18? That's a pretty small budget. As long as it's better than that old stinker Moontrap.

Hey! Capricorn One wasn't that bad (well, when i was 14.) Elliot Gould, James Brolin, Sam Waterston did a great job. OJ Simpson dies in the desert. A great 4 aircraft chase. It looked like Peter Hyams was going to be a great director.

It's interesting how the action is split between Gould (doing All The President's Men-type snooping) and Brolin (doing the hero stuff). Kind of like a transition period from The Long Goodbye to Die Hard.

edit: Oh. It just dawned on me that Invid meant respect-wise. Never mind.

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In the OT they're space nazis.

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Speaking of tone poems, has anyone seen Daft Punk's Electroma? Think of the first few minutes of 2001: ASO staring 2 robots from THX-1138 with not a word of dialogue. That's the whole movie, all 70min of it.

There's a 'face melting' scene that goes on a little too long but other than that it was beautifully shot and really good.

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Trey wrote:

Except there's no correlation between the two categories: editors nominate editors, whereas all Academy voters nominate Best Picture, regardless of whether they know jack about editing or not.   ...

But it's definitely not because somebody in the back room is "deciding" it, tho.

I understand that part. I'm just saying that for whatever reason, the lists of noms often don't represent the best work. It's nothing new of course, awards are always like that.

No 'best picture' nom for The Dark Knght?
Fahrenheit 9/11 gets the palme d'or?

Terrible.

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31yrs struck me as being a really long time. It just seems like you get a 'best editing' nom automatically thrown in with 'best picture', and that bugs me a little. It devalues the prestige of the award.

The next year On Golden Pond got an editing nom. Why? That movie occasionally cuts from one scene to another, that's about it.

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Totally random: wiki says Ordinary People "...is the last Best Picture winner without a Film Editing nomination..."

'Best editing' is even more a popularity contest than 'best picture.'

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DorkmanScott wrote:

Pft. You'll be back.

You made me smile. You've got a rapier wit on you dude.

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That screenshot's from a movie i've seen i just can't remember right now. From the look of John Dykstra and the other movies mentioned i'll say 1984.

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Thanks for the link, that was interesting. Do you know when that doco was made?

http://i54.tinypic.com/k9hsuo.jpg

This rings a bell but i can't remember, does anyone know what movie this is from? Just curious.

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I think it's more a type of movie that wins.

Annie Hall winning over Star Wars
Ordinary People over Raging Bull
Gandhi over ET
Dances With Wolves over Goodfellas

The obviously made in Hollywood movie wins over something gritty, or made with more technical skill. I hope that stops happening - just give the award to the best-made movie, not the one most people went to see. But as Trey mentioned that's not how it works. There's a scene in The Player that spells out the elements needed to get a typical movie green-lit. "Mainly happy endings."

I was surprised Hurt Locker won over Avatar last year, but maybe it was because of patriotism and wanting to support the troops.

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So there's 7 clips and each is 20min long, right? I'm just curious: how big is the crowd, and how many are civilians? Is it free admission? Is there a podcast of the Q&A?

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Zarban wrote:

Was Inception really that well directed?

I think he did a great job. The "exchanging looks" ending, for example, was original and effective. Isn't it possible to have a well-directed confusing movie?

Brian Finifter wrote:

The director's ultimate responsibility is to the story. And Inception's story is more convoluted mess than layered profound genius.

In an auteur sense i guess you're right but the categories should stand more on their own. His actual directing work shouldn't be snubbed because of the great but too confusing story.

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I've never seen it but i'll say Death Race 2000 until i can think of something better.

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Invid wrote:

Make sure you have some sugar tits to munch on while watching smile

http://i56.tinypic.com/24fy3qg.jpg

I'm the little one saying "what's sugar tits?"

Heh, i had no idea what you were talking about. smile

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We already talked about Kirstin in the other thread. Wait a minute *googles* OMG! That can't be right. *goes to wiki* I...

We'll talk again after i watch it (kinda having second thoughts though.)