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lllllllllllllllllll posted:When documentaries are shown that include very old footage it looks sped up. I think the original explanation was that there were too few frames and it was not possible to show it with the original speed or the original projectors do not exist any more or something. But with today's technique this should not be an issue any more, right? Why is stuff from the 20's etc. still shown too fast? Depending on how old the footage is, it may have been filmed with a hand-crank camera, so it wouldn't be at a perfect rate that can be easily extrapolated to 24p.
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| # ¿ Oct 3, 2011 00:01 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 20:49 |
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Armyman25 posted:Does anyone else think that Carlito's Way is a better movie if you skip the first 5 minutes? Maybe - But I think the flick is so engaging, and sucks you into its story so well that by the time you reach the end you've almost forgotten about that first scene anyway. That chase sequence is exasperating, and leaves you no time to think about anything that came before. You're completely in the moment - or at least I am. There's an argument to be made that showing you how it all ends right from the get-go takes some of the sting out of the ending. That it makes it easier to take when it actually happens because you've already prepared yourself mentally for it - You don't feel betrayed. But to an extent I feel like knowing how it's gonna turn out actually makes it feel more tragic, because then even when things are looking bright, they carry the weight of that knowledge of how things will end.
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| # ¿ Dec 5, 2011 07:00 |
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twistedmentat posted:What is the name of the Aliens documentary? Its about 2 hours long, gets really detailed in every aspect of the 4 films, talks about things like the other versions of Alien 3, has Giger saying that the Alien in Resurrection looks like a "turd". On the anthology set? Each one has a separate documentary. They're called: The Beast Within: The Making of Alien Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens Wreckage and Rage: The Making of Alien 3 One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
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| # ¿ Dec 15, 2011 17:30 |
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I saw a production of West Side Story last night and enjoyed it, but was surprised by how much more explicit the play was than the movie. There was a lot more liberal use of racial slurs and the assault on Anita left less to be inferred. I'm curious, was the original production toned down when they adapted it to a film, or have I seen a more modernized production? Hibernator fucked around with this message at Jan 18, 2012 around 17:52 |
| # ¿ Jan 18, 2012 17:48 |
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If I recall correctly, there were a lot people who mistook Simon Pegg's zombie cameo in Land of the Dead as being Bub. He doesn't look exactly like him, but there is a slight resemblance. Sidenote: There is some very clear Bub-influence on Pegg's zombie impression in Shaun of the Dead. People seem pretty split on Land of the Dead, but I think it's great, and well worth checking out. You can skip Diary and Survival, though.
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| # ¿ Mar 6, 2012 06:59 |
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I heard somewhere that there was a deleted subplot in Heat where Pacino's character was a drug-user. Any truth to that or is it just hearsay? Anyway, because of that, every time I see Pacino going crazy I imagine that his character is secretly a cocaine addict.
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| # ¿ Sep 5, 2012 03:15 |
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I believe he spent a lot of that time writing Inglorious Basterds, which grew so huge and ungainly that he started working on Kill Bill to clear his head.
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| # ¿ Dec 18, 2012 06:52 |
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The Cable Guy fits the bill.
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| # ¿ Jan 27, 2013 08:06 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 20:49 |
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I think you're misinterpreting the purpose of the Bad Relationship montage. That scene is not to show that Charlie is justified in how he acts during Truth or Dare. That scene is itself the consequence for the mistake he made earlier. After the Sadie Hawkins dance Charlie was clearly not interested in making out with Mary Elisabeth, because he's only really interested in Sam. But he didn't voice any of this and instead went along with it, giving her the wrong impression. Then when she upped the ante by declaring him her boyfriend, he still said nothing. Rather than experience a moment's discomfort and tell her right then that he wasn't interested, he kept quiet and effectively led her on, setting her up for larger heartbreak. During the montage, his mother tells him that he should break up with Mary Elisabeth because the relationship clearly isn't right. He ignores this and still keeps quiet. He says nothing until he reaches his breaking point during the Truth or Dare scene, where he insults and humiliates Mary Elisabeth in front of all of their friends. Even if she was a lovely girlfriend, she didn't deserve that. And as a consequence, Charlie's friends cut him off. He loses his support structure, and his mental problems get worse. Things get worse, but he never says anything to his parents or his brother or sister about it. Everything comes to a head in the cafeteria when he blacks out during the fight. Charlie's main problem in the film is that he ignores his issues. Whenever he starts seeing things he tries to just shut it off. He doesn't talk to people about his problems. At the end of the film he has taken the first steps towards fixing that. Keep in mind that while all of Charlie's friends are seniors, he is only a freshman. At the end of the film, he is still only at the beginning of his arc.
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| # ¿ Feb 19, 2013 18:37 |
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