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LORD OF BUTT posted:It's not as giant of a leap as you're making it sound, and even if it was just one script, that's basically an entire year of pre-production completely wasted because he didn't like said script, which is still Not Good. Is it particularly rare for producers to veto scripts?
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computer parts posted:Is it particularly rare for producers to veto scripts? I don't know and I'm probably not the person to ask, but I'm willing to go with Frank Darabont's take on the situation (y'know, since he's the guy it happened to), which implies that it's pretty out of the ordinary, at least in those specific circumstances.
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Jan 25, 2016 07:15
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I don't think we can blame Lucas for that unless someone produces said script and it is somehow amazing.
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Jan 25, 2016 07:23
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broken clock opsec posted:Most directors don't make an Attack of the Clones Yeah, most directors are awful.
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Jan 25, 2016 07:29
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Attack of the Clones is one of the worst movies.
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I kind of hope Shia takes his performance art shtick to it's logical conclusion and ends up doing something so unforgivable or incapacitating that he can't possibly be in a new Indy movie.
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CelticPredator posted:Attack of the Clones is one of the worst movies. It's not even the worst Star Wars film.
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I still enjoy the Prequel even through I think they are bad, but 2/3 of Attack of the Clone is just so bad, mostly due to Anakin and Padma love segments. That said, it doesn't have Jefferson Starship singing about the Diamonds in the Sky, so yeah it not the worst Star Wars movie.
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Snowman_McK posted:People know it entirely as a reference, though. It's all second hand. The way plenty of people instantly recognize the scene cribbed from "From Here to Eternity" without having seen the movie. Including plenty of people who did the send ups. Rosebud is more often a reference to another reference. When the Simpsons did it, the one nerd in the room nodded knowingly, then explained the joke to everyone else. Again, purely anecdotal, but in a film class, the teacher was pointing out all the references in the Simpsons (the many to the Godfather, Citizen Kane, 2001, Modern Times and so on) and the class found it revelatory. They could recognise that they were references, but they were not aware what they were referencing. I'm wondering what might be the widest recognised secondhand film reference. Possibly "I think I hear banjos" or "Squeal like a pig!" from Deliverance?
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Tars Tarkas posted:Anyone see The Boy and was it as hilarious as the trailer? They've been showing commercials for that goddamned piece of poo poo like every commercial break this week on the CW and they're voiced over by some kid reciting the shittiest poem I've ever heard. Like half of it doesn't even rhyme.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I'm wondering what might be the widest recognised secondhand film reference. Possibly "I think I hear banjos" or "Squeal like a pig!" from Deliverance? Are you feeling lucky?
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I'm wondering what might be the widest recognised secondhand film reference. Possibly "I think I hear banjos" or "Squeal like a pig!" from Deliverance?
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Jan 25, 2016 09:30
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How meta can we go with this? Because Jack Nicholson's Here's Johnny is incredibly famous but the reference itself might elude people.
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Jan 25, 2016 10:36
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Casimir Radon posted:Play it I feel like I hear the "of all the gin joints..." line parodied or just used verbatim in TV/film constantly, definitely more than "play it again Sam". That and "are you taking to me?", which I most recently saw in Antman.
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I'm shocked -- SHOCKED -- to find the cultural impact discussion continuing on in this establishment! No, not really...
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Judge Ito Boxing posted:I'm shocked -- SHOCKED -- to find the cultural impact discussion continuing on in this establishment! Clearly that means that cultural impact has a lot of cultural impact.
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As much as the cartoon that follows it is amazing, the worst theatrically released Star Wars movie will always be Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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Neo Rasa posted:As much as the cartoon that follows it is amazing, the worst theatrically released Star Wars movie will always be Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Even worse than the Ewok movies? They got a theatrical release in Europe. Judge Ito Boxing posted:I'm shocked -- SHOCKED -- to find the cultural impact discussion continuing on in this establishment! This thread is closed until further notice! Your winnings sir ... Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Jan 25, 2016 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Even worse than the Ewok movies? They got a theatrical release in Europe. *insert huge wet fart of a post about the artistry and craftsmanship of Ewok costumes compared to the lifeless drudgery of computer generated graphics* Alternately, Ewok Adventure or whatever is so bad I forgot it existed. :O The CG is REALLY rough in that movie though. The "everything bad on earth is Lucas' fault only" explanation I've heard is that he saw some early work on the show and was impressed that it was going great and was so impressed that he wanted the pilot to be a theatrical release and the team was like "okay that's great" and then he was like "no no no I want a theatrical release of this in four months" but who knows. I know the first season of the show is rough in general til the last third but even it is like Empire Strikes Back compared to that movie.
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raditts posted:They've been showing commercials for that goddamned piece of poo poo like every commercial break this week on the CW and they're voiced over by some kid reciting the shittiest poem I've ever heard. Like half of it doesn't even rhyme. our local cinema chain was paid to do this as promotion of the The Boy and i'm not convinced it makes me want to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeO6U4wTy3I
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probably should hve done https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8gjkA4rEfM
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The Saddest Rhino posted:our local cinema chain was paid to do this as promotion of the The Boy and i'm not convinced it makes me want to watch it THIS MAY HAPPEN TO YOURSELF AFTER WATCHING THE MOVIE ok, sure
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broken clock opsec posted:Most directors don't make an Attack of the Clones Most great directors make terrible movies as they get older, the difference is that you don't see huge Internet communities and 10 hour long video series dedicated to constructing the narrative that, say, Coppola was always terrible and The Godfather was only good because of other people.
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Sleeveless posted:Most great directors make terrible movies as they get older, the difference is that you don't see huge Internet communities and 10 hour long video series dedicated to constructing the narrative that, say, Coppola was always terrible and The Godfather was only good because of other people. One of the other people who helped make The Godfather great: George Lucas
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TRIGGER WARNING: Prometheus Most directors don't make nothing but non-stop incredible movies, but we go in expecting a lot when they directed one of our favorite movies. Like I loved Prometheus but LMAO at anyone that actually expected it to surpass or even be as good or as important as Alien.
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Sleeveless posted:Most great directors make terrible movies as they get older, the difference is that you don't see huge Internet communities and 10 hour long video series dedicated to constructing the narrative that, say, Coppola was always terrible and The Godfather was only good because of other people. You might, if he followed up Godfather 3 with three more Godfather 3's.
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I'm still shocked at how the director of Tremors went on to make nothing but bad movies afterwards. Tremors is so good, how can he go from that to Pluto Nash and an Usher movie?
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raditts posted:You might, if he followed up Godfather 3 with three more Godfather 3's. He did.
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piratepilates posted:I'm still shocked at how the director of Tremors went on to make nothing but bad movies afterwards. Tremors is so good, how can he go from that to Pluto Nash and an Usher movie? Tremors does kinda feel like a weird sort of lightning-in-a-bottle instant cult movie.
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piratepilates posted:I'm still shocked at how the director of Tremors went on to make nothing but bad movies afterwards. Tremors is so good, how can he go from that to Pluto Nash and an Usher movie? Joe Dante is another director that made some good movies, then it was all downhill from there.
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raditts posted:You might, if he followed up Godfather 3 with three more Godfather 3's. The option is there, Paramount reached a settlement with Mario Puzo's estate in 2012 and can make more Godfather movies if they want. http://deadline.com/2012/12/paramount-puzo-estate-settle-godfather-suit-393387/
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raditts posted:You might, if he followed up Godfather 3 with three more Godfather 3's. He did, with at least 5 more Godfather 3's. FFG directed Captain EO, for gently caress's sake. Good wine though.
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piratepilates posted:I'm still shocked at how the director of Tremors went on to make nothing but bad movies afterwards. Tremors is so good, how can he go from that to Pluto Nash and an Usher movie? Tremors really shouldn't work. It's the most cliched, broad, one-liner-ridden script in the world. But goddamn does it work. So... maybe it was an accident?
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feedmyleg posted:Tremors really shouldn't work. It's the most cliched, broad, one-liner-ridden script in the world. But goddamn does it work. He didn't write it though, and aside from the style of the dialogue I don't think it's a bad screenplay (going only off of watching the movie). I feel like the acting and directing really make the movie great, so how did that directing talent disappear? Was there some kind of Secret History of Star Wars thing going on?
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:He did, with at least 5 more Godfather 3's. FFG directed Captain EO, for gently caress's sake. Good wine though. I thought Captain EO was the result of Coppola having to take on any project that would earn him some money after the disastrous failure of One From the Heart nearly bankrupted him. His post-Godfather 3 output is generally solid. Well, Rainmaker and Dracula are, anyway.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:He did, with at least 5 more Godfather 3's. FFG directed Captain EO, for gently caress's sake. Good wine though. The first movie he did after Godfather 3 was Dracula, which I unironically think is a great film, because of rather than despite its intense cheese.
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Dracula is loving awesome.
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Chairman Capone posted:The first movie he did after Godfather 3 was Dracula, which I unironically think is a great film, because of rather than despite its intense cheese. Dracula notwithstanding.
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Chairman Capone posted:The first movie he did after Godfather 3 was Dracula, which I unironically think is a great film, because of rather than despite its intense cheese. i like it more than Apocalypse Now.
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The problem isn't Dracula, it's all the films you haven't even heard of, like Twixt. Also Jack, which you probably have heard of. I don't think he can be blamed for Supernova, that was already a mess before they hired him to turn it into slightly less of a mess.
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