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Timby posted:Yeah, I'm starting to understand why Brian Henson couldn't get funding for it for, like, 25 years.
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DC Murderverse posted:I mean if they’re just gonna make a goofy “lookit the puppets doin’ wacky violent adult poo poo” movie, why not just film Avenue Q? It’s all that plus a very nice message of “life could turn to poo poo at any moment and not everyone finds what they’re meant to do so suck it up”
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The MSJ posted:That World War 2 movie that was rumored to be part of the Cloverfield series but apparently not anymore.
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BioThermo posted:Looks like Jonah Hill wrote a toned-down version of Kids, starring B O Y.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Originally it was in the ballpark of Who Framed Roger Rabbit but with puppets instead of toons but then it got caught in development hell for years and years and its tone got changed to ... that. A stark and completely straight beautifully shot noir about puppets is hilarious in its own right. Where the film hosed up was thinking that it needed silly string cum. Timeless Appeal fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Jul 31, 2018 |
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I showed this to my wife asking her if she wanted to see the trailer for the movie that's going to win best picture. Holy poo poo.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Cancel all other films:
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The MSJ posted:Guess who's back? Back again. Mary's back. Tell a friend.
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The voodoo stuff at the beginning is just the chant and a lightening strike. It's not like you see Charles's soul transport itself into the doll. The first act or so of the film is definitely told in a way that's intended to make you question if it's Andy or Chucky doing the murders. You could imagine another film where the beginning is a red herring.
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Feb 14, 2019 00:51
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Or the most adorable scenario that Danny Trejo just made cute monkey sounds.
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I'm not totally sold with Johnson, I like most of his work, but he's definitely been inconsistent. But man it's bizarre how people are coming up with nonsense criticisms of his work being toothless. Like Looper is a movie I really didn't connect with, but it still shows off Johnson's skill at creating some pretty harrowing scenes that really pull from the desperation of his characters.
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LifeLynx posted:I remember Lupin vaguely from Adult Swim, IIRC it was one of the least anime-trope-filled animes. It's Miyazaki's first feature film and has some amazing action.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The best thing about this by far is that there's no way Tom Hooper gives a poo poo what fans think and there's no chance of changing any of this. I think Hopper made good choices, but with Les Mis people just didn't engage with those choices. But Cats sucks. So, I think this is weirdly probably going to be a worse movie than Les Mis but somehow gain Hooper more credit.
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Vegetable posted:Skip this overserious adaptation of a funny movie and watch the director's latest film, Parasite. It's the bee's knees. The show has different characters and Jennifer Connelly's character, in particular, has a very different vantage point from our PoV characters in the film. There's no reason to dismiss it.
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Retrowave Joe posted:IIRC the first Zombieland movie was roughly the first few episodes of the show they wanted to do in the first place.
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For reference, Brewer's also directing a Coming to America sequel due out next year. So, I guess he's spearheading a Murphy-issance.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Nightingale is supposed to be very loving raw and hard to watch. What I will preemptively say is two things. The violence is incredibly humane and intentionally in first person. Not in terms of the camera being in PoV, but there are actually violent moments we don't see that are tied to what scene's lead character is focused on or willing to look at. It's brutal, but the film was made with sexual violence counselors and a lot of input from the Aborigines. Secondly, it's not a horror movie and it's not a western and it's not a revenge film. There are horror movie tropes for sure and there's the obvious retort that the timeframe is in itself a horror movie which is fair... But it's really not trying to terrify with its violence or even the moments where it drips into almost ghost story like language. It is trying to get you to understand and empathize. Most of the movie is really about understanding its characters and understand a brutal moment in our world's history. It's a lot of characters just spending time with each other. It refuses to paint anyone as perfect paragons and even finds humanity in its villains. I think the ending is also really interesting and worth unpacking. It's a shame that people have been so reactionary to the violence and so quick to label it as a genre picture. It's the best movie of the year so far, and probably is going to be the best movie release all year. EDIT: Not trying to disparage genre films... it's just that it doesn't really do service to what this movie actually is. Timeless Appeal fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Aug 21, 2019 |
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married but discreet posted:How the gently caress is this not a spaghetti western.
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f#a# posted:I mean if you're not willing to give Vince Gilligan the benefit of the doubt, I don't know what to tell you. Better Call Saul is even better than Breaking Bad in the first place.
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Executive stands up at table, "Ladies and gentlemen... for our Christmas movie to launch Disney+ what if we remade The Santa Clause... but also Elf?!"
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Desperado Bones posted:Wait. It's okay!
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:They've constantly been making attempts to re-monetize their back catalogue of beloved animated films and they've been trying to perfect their formula of creating live action remakes since at least the mid 90s, it's bizarre that they're still so bad at promoting them. When home video became a thing, that's when the concept of the Disney Vault came around and they began relying on making their video releases into a big deal. Now they're dealing with the over-abundance of media and the reaction is to basically just remake the movies because if it's new then it can stand out. The weird thing is that when you look at the big-deal-video release era of capitalizing on past properties, they showed so much more patience. Snow White wasn't released until 1994, and they had pretty good marketing around it, that made it feel like something special.. Like I don't necessarily mind The Beauty and the Beast remake... but the first film was an Oscar Nominated movie. A remake should be a big loving deal. When you're doing a remake like Aladdin that has some of the best songs in any original film musical, those musical numbers can't be boring. They really just ran through these films at an insane pace when they probably could have taken their time and made some movies that feel worthy of their predecessors.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I thought the reason why nobody commented is that it's a really bad trailer, even if it's just a teaser.
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Electronico6 posted:The script is out there on the internet for anyone who wants to read, and it is indeed Crayon Scorsese. Also you just won't believe who the bad guy is!!!!! it's women.
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Wow with those Joker spoilers. morestuff posted:I'm already tired of Gary Oldman's performance after a two-minute trailer but I'll show up for a Soderbergh/Burns thing
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I think the irony is that despite the indie veneer, in terms of actual substance, the Nolan films are probably going to still come off as more thoughtful and nuanced. I think the most telling thing about the film is that the 1981 setting is probably meant to align with the Hinkley shooting... but like, I can't imagine that actually meaning anything besides superficial parallels.
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LifeLynx posted:It's weird that "Young adult horror stories from the 90's rebooted as a movie where the stories are real and trying to kill kids" is a movie genre now. Goosebumps (which was actually entertaining), Scary Stories (which sucked except for the monster designs), and now Are You Afraid of the Dark, which looks like it's aimed toward the same age group as the show but not the adults who have the nostalgia for it. Which might be for the best. Too bad Dr. Vink died this year.
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There is a Tales from the Hood 3 in the works.
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Ego-bot posted:That did nothing for me but if it helps propel Dewey Crow onto the big screen, I'll take it.
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The trailer starts with Kat McKinnon's character just straight up saying that part of working at Fox News is demonizing minorities. Like maybe the film will suck, but the trailer literally tells you right off the bat that everyone there is ethically compromised.
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scary ghost dog posted:i seee that this subject has been covered......but i still feel that i have to point out that bales line at the end is clearly intended to be ironic and the movie spends a lot of time showing you that he cares about nothing but power.
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scary ghost dog posted:there werent any at all in 2018
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I feel like people are confusing premise and motifs with plot. Ratatouille, Cars, A Bugs Life, Toy Story, and Wall-E all have very different plots.
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Alhazred posted:There's a lot of Pixar movies where the plot is that someone have to make a journey and meet a quirky companion. Meeting a quirky companion isn't a plot. A lot of Pixar movies involve pairs/buddies (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, etc) and a lot of Pixar movies involve the inner-lives of things that don't have inner lives (Toys, ants, cars, robots). But the story of a father learning to move on from an intense trauma, the story of someone who is successful choosing to give up ease and success in the name of what's right, an outsider being accepted for his talents in a field where he is seen as undesirable, a young boy reclaiming his family's heritage, a father learning that his family provides him a whole new type of strength if he's willing to let himself feel vulnerable, a city slicker superstar learning to appreciate the simple things in lives, a robot rediscovering humanity, and a remake of The Seven Samurai are all really different plots even if there are superficial similarities between them.
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Boxman posted:That arrangement is super weird and melodramatic for the opening number, but I assume it won’t stick around. I’m also sort of disappointed they’re going with a framing story (presumably) to “explain” all the singing and dancing. Just lean into it, musicals, you’re not going to lose your audience.
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Hakkesshu posted:gently caress that tired poo poo and check this out
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I really do love the audacity of having the "You ever die the hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" because obviously it sounds like this pretty meaningless line alluding to Harvey Dent's fate. But it ya know, reveals the whole ending and thesis of the film, and is more about Batman than it is Harvey.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:. When did he stop caring.
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Vintersorg posted:Scream looks alright and it's updated for now. Who knows - could be as good as H'18. Kevin McCallister is a wealthy and wildly successful businessman now in his mid-40s, but has become estranged from his family, especially after the death of his father. He's also divorced and a bit of an aloof dad. He takes his kid to visit his mom in their big house so they can have a family Christmas with his own kid, but he gets called for a business meeting and tries to fly back to New York City and then back to Chicago in time for Christmas Eve. Of course while his kid is alone with grandma, a big blizzard hits. Some thieves take advantage and try to rob the house. The blizzard makes calling 911 impossible, and the rolls are reversed as you get Catherine O'Hara planting trips to outsmart some hapless thieves with the help of her spunky grandchild. Kevin cries when he visits Duncan's Toy Store and calls Buzz for a heart to heart. The end sequence mirrors the ending of Home Alone almost exactly just swapping Macaulay Culkin and Catherine O'Hara's positions. Then it turns out that Buzz called the whole family and they all show up. The point is just give me a movie where Catherine O'Hara has to outsmart a bunch of hapless bandits. Timeless Appeal fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Oct 13, 2021 |
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