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[FILM] School Generation
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New Hollywood or post-classical Hollywood, sometimes referred to as the "American New Wave", refers to the time from roughly the late-1960s (Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate) to the early 1980s (Heaven's Gate, One from the Heart) when a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in America, influencing the types of films produced, their production and marketing, and impacted the way major studios approached filmmaking.
The films they made were part of the studio system, and these individuals were not "independent filmmakers", but they introduced subject matter and styles that set them apart from the studio traditions. New Hollywood has also been defined as a broader filmmaking movement influenced by this period, which has been called the “Hollywood renaissance”.
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“On the other side of the screen, it all looks so easy.”
-- Tron (1982)
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Yay?
Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
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and this one
Also I like the original posters
Tron
New Tron
Star Wars
RoboCop
Star Trek: First Contact
And of course, the Big Lebowski
Alamo also has the best "Don't talk during the movie" warnings ever
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Compared to the original, with a lovely purple-ish Dracula:
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GODDAMNIT, NOW I HATE IT. THANKS THANATOS! YOU RUINER OF THINGS!
God yes ElJeffe.
Also, saw Mission Impossible on TV last night. The first one. Not a bad film really, but nothing special either. The plot is a hell of alot less convoluted on the second watch though. It's subtler then most in the scene where Tom Cruise figures it out though and generally doesn't hold your hand, so I can see why some people might have found it confusing.
Ruined!!!
I can't believe the RT disparity between this film and the much better Sherlock Holmes 2.
I feel like Sherlock Holmes is one of those franchises in which critics are contractually obligated to sniff down their noses at it as they polish their monocles. The book series are classic, so omg how dare someone just make a silly, fun franchise out of them!
Of course they're film critics, so I doubt most of them have actually read the Sherlock Holmes books, but that only makes their indignation all the stronger.
What's weirder, I'm reading the positive RT reviews for MI4 and a lot of them seem negative. Lately I've come to cast a hairy eyeball at the way RT hands out it scores.
But still, I agree that many of the negative reviews I've read about SH2 are completely inappropriate wrt their objective of just reviewing the goddamned movie.
Same here, I really like Tyler Stout's work (which are a number of the ones you posted above). I have these hanging up by him in my theater for now:
Captain America
Total Recall
And then this Star Wars by Tom Whalen, who also does a bunch of stuff for Mondo as well:
And here's a non-film one for Game of Thrones just because I thought it was interesting:
Which film is better if you take into account that you have to read the entirety of the foreign one and thus lose a big chunk of the quality of acting?
Which is better if you can get past that aspect of it?
I would probably have seen the original by now if I hadn't heard Fincher was doing a remake, but the idea of being able to watch the film rather than read it is appealing.
I'm always down for a great Irish kind of tune like that, but my google-fu is fail tonight.
I'm not sure, I can't answer that because I haven't seen either version or read the books.
But I did read an interesting review that said that Fincher's work is so strong in this one that it actually makes the source material seem as a poor choice for him to spend his time on.
The narrative weakness of Larssen's books has been somewhat of a recurrent theme in many of the reviews I've read.
Basically, yeah. They're not terribly good books, but Fincher managed to do the best possible job with them... I think he needs to get away from the whole "serial killer" thing, though. His proposed 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea adaptation has me interested for that reason.
Yeah, Fincher's definitely right in the middle of Hollywood's major obsession with the grimdark. I mean, there's definitely a place for that, but it doesn't seem like anyone is trying to make warm, engaging tentpole movies anymore the way they used to back in the late-70s/early-80s. Even a horror movie like Jaws featured upbeat performances and a warm palette; nowadays it seems like telling stories about serial killers and perverts is the only way to grab the attention of the community.
I'm glad to hear you really liked Holmes 2. After just glancing at RT and reading one review it sounded just mediocre and I was going to wait for video (I did like the first one). But you really liking it is enough to change my mind, I'll probably try and see it & Dragon Tattoo next weekend.
Also, I'd pay to watch "Sherlock Holmes and the Dragon Tattoo"
there's a second half to it for the original tron
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There are some complaints leveled at the Holmes movie that I can understand despite not agreeing with them. For one, the focus on detective work is much thinner than before, and the action is ramped up even more than what we got in the first film. Also, Noomi Rapace's character doesn't serve much of a purpose other than plot motivation even though she's in the film for much of its running time.
On the otherhand, I greatly enjoyed the repartee between Downey, Law, and Stephen Fry, as their chemistry is amazing, and Jared Harris (son of the late Dumbledore) is cunning and fantastic Moriarty. And despite the action being more prominent than in the first film, it plays more realistically and in-camera here, and the plot almost always justifies its occurrence (if not always its length). It's not a perfect film, but it's a fun film and a film that takes its fun without cynicism or pandering.
Even many of the reviewers I follow and respect have championed MI4 while poo-pooing Holmes 2, but reading their reviews it seems like two different standards are being used. Holmes, on one hand, is derided for avoiding much of the Doyle canon and being so focused on the dynamic between Holmes and Watson, while MI4 has people singing its praises for being a weightless trifle of an action movie starring a charismatic lead.
It's like they're saying since they expected Holmes to be great and it somehow fell short, then it's crap; and since MI4 only has to be modestly awful to top its previous volumes, its mere competence wins top prize.
Regardless, stylish stuff, with its high-contrast, tinted imagery and staccato cuts of future events spliced into long stretches of silent misery. Recommend checking it out, though I wouldn't necessarily call it "entertaining". Mads Mikkelsen, aka Le Chifre, sure has an interesting face, especially when he appears to be wearing a scrotum for an eyepatch.
Wow.
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The end to the swedish one is better and I liked the lead actress better in the Swedish one but Fincher did a lot of things better as a whole as well
Oh, and the film begins with probably the stupidest and most pointless explanation of the Schroedinger's Cat experiment that I have heard, so it started on the wrong foot with me. And in the end Jude Law writes a book called "The Repossession Mambo" and I was thinking what a stupid name for a book that was and then found out it's the name of the book the movie was based on. So yeah.
Basically: don't see it.
Anybody who has seen Wrath of God would make the analogy, yeah. I have no idea if Refn ever commented on Hercog being an influence though.
If you can find it, watch the first Pusher too. It's very decent.
Interest: lowered