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Halloween Jack posted:We tried to watch the new Ghostbusters, but Kate asked me to turn it off after about 10 minutes. I'd heard it was good, not great, and went in expecting to like it. But it was just obnoxious from the word go. "Oh God, my tenure review is coming up, I hope I get tenure so I don't have to be a dirty prole anymore! Do you like me, Authority Figure? Please say you like me. I'm so desperate for you to like me. I have the self-esteem of a goose about to be sucked into a jet engine." The characters aren’t just pathetic, the actors are trying so hard to get a laugh like it’s open mic night at the improv and you can smell the desperation
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WeaponX posted:The characters aren’t just pathetic, the actors are trying so hard to get a laugh like it’s open mic night at the improv and you can smell the desperation It was lack of editing. Like, it's probably fine to have the actors throwing out a hundred ideas and doing extended takes to see what works but you don't need to actually put all of it in the movie. Ghostbusters(2016) probably is my personal record for how soon I looked at the runtime expecting the movie to be almost over. It was like the 45 minute mark, the neverending improv has compressed time so it felt like twice that amount of time had gone by, and the movie is 2 hours long so I hadn't even reached the halfway point yet!
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Basebf555 posted:It was lack of editing. Like, it's probably fine to have the actors throwing out a hundred ideas and doing extended takes to see what works but you don't need to actually put all of it in the movie. Yeah they are all people who have been funny in other things to various degrees, it was a just an incredibly poorly constructed comedy.
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I don't hate Ghostbusters '16 but it definitely feels like they just let the cast adlib jokes all day and then just kept everything in. There's probably like a scripted movie and then an extra 30 minutes of standup.
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I dont like the style of humor in 16. I like the wry, laid back humor of the original, not...that. Which is a shame because I did appreciate it was just trying to be The Real Ghostbusters otherwise.
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WeaponX posted:Yeah they are all people who have been funny in other things to various degrees, it was a just an incredibly poorly constructed comedy. STAC Goat posted:I don't hate Ghostbusters '16 but it definitely feels like they just let the cast adlib jokes all day and then just kept everything in. There's probably like a scripted movie and then an extra 30 minutes of standup. Yeah I was excited because I liked the cast but it felt like we were seeing the 10th improv iteration of a bunch of the scenes. So yeah, of course by then someone like Melissa McCarthy is going to have heightened to the point of screaming and it forces everyone else to have to act confused and flummoxed by their scene partner. I think the cast was right but Paul “Apatow but worse” Feig was wrong and is probably always wrong. Also if you don’t want your horror/comedy to flop don’t have a budget of 150 million dollars or whatever.
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Only good thing about GB'16 is that Kate McKinnon's look is based on Egon from the cartoon, that was fairly clever.
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The improv would work better if any of the stars had an actual character in the script to play with. McCarthy and Wiig’s character were ???? Goofy academics? McKinnon’s character was weird scientist? Leslie Jones and Thor were the only one with characters that you could actually write jokes for but most of the scripted jokes were as bad as the improv so that wasn’t saving much.
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Apr 2, 2021 16:51
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Improv is off the devil. Stick to the script people.
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(Atroz/Atrocious)Kvlt! posted:I noticed that too when i watched it (well i didnt notice it, my film school attending brother pointed it out to me) and it drove me NUTS So many little technical things in that movie to get under my skin more than the 'horror'. Who knew a butthole could be so well lit. I did like the review I read that summed it up in a nutshell for me, in that it tries so hard to be extreme and disgusting that it swings back into absurdity and pretty much everything after 1/2 way through just had me laughing. Then I laughed at the review that tried to pull a Serbian Film to explain why this piece of nonsense that doesn't make a lick of sense at any point is actually a scathing critique of Mexico itself. Yeah, no.
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WeaponX posted:The improv would work better if any of the stars had an actual character in the script to play with. McCarthy and Wiig’s character were ???? Goofy academics? McKinnon’s character was weird scientist? Leslie Jones and Thor were the only one with characters that you could actually write jokes for but most of the scripted jokes were as bad as the improv so that wasn’t saving much. Leslie Jones was the only character in that movie who felt like a real person.
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Basebf555 posted:It was lack of editing. Like, it's probably fine to have the actors throwing out a hundred ideas and doing extended takes to see what works but you don't need to actually put all of it in the movie. I remember someone who was an extra in ghostbusters saying they shot like 8 hours of improv for a scene that ended up being 2 minutes in the movie.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Only good thing about GB'16 is that Kate McKinnon's look is based on Egon from the cartoon, that was fairly clever. huh, i didnt get that at all, but that redeems like 5% of that movie for me.
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The problem with GB'16 is kind of summed up by the fact that there's like 8 after credit scenes. Its clearly just a film that had a really hard time saying no to a scene or gag. Its like the opposite of a movie that has some deleted scenes the director loved or has an extended edition. GB16 just keeps way too much in and doesn't make even some of the easy cute like... maybe the wonton joke isn't worth like 5 callbacks.
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Debbie Does Dagon posted:
 Sunday Chill Stream  All times are in EST, and may not reflect reality. 0900 Palindromes 1050 Superman III 1305 Godzilla Vs. Hedorah 1440 The Lathe of Heaven 1630 The White Ribbon 1910 Ready or Not 2055 The Carrier 2240 Triangle 0030 Spookies Content Warnings Palindromes Contains strong language, moderate sex and mature themes. Superman III Contains mild violence and language Godzilla Vs. Hedorah mild threat, violence, language The Lathe of Heaven It's fine The White Ribbon Contains child abuse references Ready Or Not (2019) strong bloody violence, gory images The Carrier Check out the MotM thread! Triangle (2009) Contains strong violence, horror and language Spookies (1986) strong violence, threat Debbie Does Dagon fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Apr 2, 2021 |
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EL BROMANCE posted:(Atroz/Atrocious) Yeah this sums up my thoughts on it too. Its not interesting or compelling or scary or even fun-gross. Its just kinda trying too hard.
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And for another post about a movie that isn't horror but is relevant to this thread: Robot Jox is loving awesome.
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Halloween Jack posted:And for another post about a movie that isn't horror but is relevant to this thread: is that the one where Hugh Jackman is a robot fighter?
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thats real steel, robot jox is from the 80s
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Robot Jox is directed by Stuart Gordon. So that's all you really need to know.
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Debbie Does Dagon posted:Godzilla Vs. Hedorah (1998) Which movie is this? The only Godzilla Vs. Hedorah I know is from 1971. But those movies tend to have at least two different titles, so I'm not sure.
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Spatulater bro! posted:Which movie is this? The only Godzilla Vs. Hedorah I know is from 1971. But those movies tend to have at least two different titles, so I'm not sure. Good catch! I'm showing the 1971 version, I think I grabbed the wrong ratings info from the BBFC
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The best part of GB 16 is that they do that forced 3D by having the monsters break the "bars" of widescreen. Otherwise its unremarkable really. More movies should do that.
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Hollismason posted:The best part of GB 16 is that they do that forced 3D by having the monsters break the "bars" of widescreen. Otherwise its unremarkable really. More movies should do that. That one was so bad its shameful. How do you have a Godzilla movie where hes only in it for 5 minutes. And this is coming from someone who liked King of the Monsters a lot.
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Hollismason posted:The best part of GB 16 is that they do that forced 3D by having the monsters break the "bars" of widescreen. Otherwise its unremarkable really. More movies should do that. I saw that with the aforementioned Ghostbusters 2016 in IMAX. Not sure if that affect made it to the home version, but I thought it was neat.
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i really like that effect bc i cant watch 3D movies so its a nice way for me to experience "3D" without a headache
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Spatulater bro! posted:Which movie is this? The only Godzilla Vs. Hedorah I know is from 1971. But those movies tend to have at least two different titles, so I'm not sure. Also according to my 7 year old it’s the scariest movie ever made
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Debbie Does Dagon posted:Good catch! I'm showing the 1971 version, I think I grabbed the wrong ratings info from the BBFC Cool. I just watched this one a few days ago. It's... not very good. But it's notable for being one of the strangest entries. It tries to maintain the standard Godzilla trappings while also being hip and psychedelic. That alone makes it worth watching.
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Kvlt! posted:That one was so bad its shameful. How do you have a Godzilla movie where hes only in it for 5 minutes. Are you talking about Godzilla vs Hedorah? IIRC Godzilla is on screen more in that movie than most, if not all, of the other Showa era Godzilla films. Movie kicks rear end btw, easily one of my favorite Godzilla films.
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Yeah Godzilla has tons of screen time in v Hedorah. Unfortunately it's about the worst iteration of him I've seen so far.
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I've never seen it, I'm excited to catch it, it was suggested by the ever-wonderful Peacoffee. Most of the films I show now are audience suggestions, so if anyone would like anything played feel free to drop in and make a suggestion 
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Even the worst Godzilla film* is gonna be a fun time. *Toho only, of course.
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Hedorah is pretty great. Easily the weirdest monster Godzilla has ever fought, and he murders bystanders in a surprisingly graphic way. It’s got a theme song, a dance club sequence, a dad who gets melted. All the stuff you need in a godzilla movie
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DeimosRising posted:a dad who gets melted. Now I'm interested!
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The only things I liked in the GB movie was Leslie Jones and her "Nope" scene, and Chris Hemsworth being a complete himbo. That was probably, barring dance scenes, his easiest paycheck ever. Probably the funnest as well.
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CRAYON posted:Are you talking about Godzilla vs Hedorah? IIRC Godzilla is on screen more in that movie than most, if not all, of the other Showa era Godzilla films. No im talkimg about the Godzilla with Bryan Cranston
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i thought GB '16 was absolutely fine and enjoyed watching it, and really can't imagine not finding it at worst inoffensive fluff. But it's also not good enough to really get worked up about so every time I see it trashed it's like, "Sorry buddy."
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Kvlt! posted:No im talkimg about the Godzilla with Bryan Cranston I think what happened is someone mentioned GB 2016 while others were separately taking about Godzilla and you mixed them up.
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