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Spend more on snacks than what it cost to get in, cause you're at the [Movies]

Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
edited August 2014 in Social Entropy++
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These are 3 examples of some of the finest works cinema has to offer

There are also other movies

You can talk about those too, I guess

But mostly we should be talking about Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Lucy

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  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    I haven't seen any of the films you mention. Me: the worst at movies??


    Also, this

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    So I randomly caught a scene from Hostel last night.

    Yeah.

    Not sure why folks watch that nonsense.

  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    Oh my god

    So Grave Encounters was a dumb fun horror movie about a ghost hunters type show that finds real bad stuff in an asylum.

    Anyway, I just found out there was a sequel, and in googling I find the entire thing on Youtube. With an annotation on it that says "In no way do I hold any rights to this film... it is purely for you the viewers enjoyment... so.. enjoy...."

    and then in the comments they put
    Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    If for any reason My uploads "disappear" it is because Google/youtube has broken the law

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    The Godfather is a great movie. But I would have to say that I like Casino more.

  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    Heh. Good joke, OP.

    Anywho. Grave Encounters was really fun. The sequel is hot garbage.

  • knitdanknitdan Registered User regular
    I just watched The Godfather I and II again this weekend.

    The scene in II where Vito is tracking Fanucci through the street fair is the best thing.

    I prefer Once Upon A Time In America, but I'll admit it's not as good a film as the Godfather.

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  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    Watching " Seeking a friend for the end of the world" on Netflix and it occurred to me, this is far from the first Romantic Comedy + Apocalypse movie I've seen lately, how is this a genre ?

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Watching " Seeking a friend for the end of the world" on Netflix and it occurred to me, this is far from the first Romantic Comedy + Apocalypse movie I've seen lately, how is this a genre ?

    Two of the most pivotal human experiences are love and death. The apocalypse brings them together without forcing the viewer to watch old people have sex.

    And the OP does not feature The Raid 2 and is therefore invalid as a judgement of cinematic quality.

  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    It's just when any movie, let alone romantic comedies, end with wiping out all of earth's existance. it's weird. Trying to remember the name of the last one I saw it was like, 2 couples fighting at a dinner party, and in the background there's hints on the news that they are oblivious to, then at end, yep armageddon everyone is dead.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    It's just when any movie, let alone romantic comedies, end with wiping out all of earth's existance. it's weird. Trying to remember the name of the last one I saw it was like, 2 couples fighting at a dinner party, and in the background there's hints on the news that they are oblivious to, then at end, yep armageddon everyone is dead.

    Was it this?

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Disaster

    Incidentally, pretty decent movie

  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    It's just when any movie, let alone romantic comedies, end with wiping out all of earth's existance. it's weird. Trying to remember the name of the last one I saw it was like, 2 couples fighting at a dinner party, and in the background there's hints on the news that they are oblivious to, then at end, yep armageddon everyone is dead.

    Was it this?

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Disaster

    Incidentally, pretty decent movie

    That was the previous one I had seen, current one was "seeking a friend for the end of the world" and I've seen another one that does this recently too.

    Steam! Battlenet:Wisemantobes#1508
  • DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    Lucy is fun, but extremely silly. The plot is exceptionally light, and it's almost all spectacle.

    There is, of course, nothing wrong with that, but I wouldn't put it in the same category as Citizen Kane or The Godfather. Or was that the joke?

    Funny that Scarlett Johansson was in both Lucy and Under the Skin in the same year. For similar concepts, you couldn't have two more different movies.

  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Was Seeking a Friend any good? It does have a cast I like.

  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Was Seeking a Friend any good? It does have a cast I like.

    Ya it was decent ( I missed a chunk of the middle twice, once to a phone call and then again to the door after I rewound, I will watch again if that's anything to say. Nothing super amazing, but a decent timekiller nonetheless.)

    I was just mostly weirded out by it being the 3rd movie that is a romantic comedy that ends with everyone on earth dying I've seen recently

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    So I just watched Divergent. That movie sure was milquetoast. Also I COULD NOT get over how it had the kids from the fault in our stars in it.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Artreus wrote: »
    Oh my god

    So Grave Encounters was a dumb fun horror movie about a ghost hunters type show that finds real bad stuff in an asylum.

    Anyway, I just found out there was a sequel, and in googling I find the entire thing on Youtube. With an annotation on it that says "In no way do I hold any rights to this film... it is purely for you the viewers enjoyment... so.. enjoy...."

    and then in the comments they put
    Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    If for any reason My uploads "disappear" it is because Google/youtube has broken the law

    Pretty sure that disclaimer - even when correctly applied, which it isn't here - is the Youtube equivalent of "You can't get pregnant if you do it standing up".

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Marathon wrote: »
    The Godfather is a great movie. But I would have to say that I like Casino more.

    I saw Godfather once in a college english class, for some reason, years ago. It didn't really do anything for me.

    Casino is great, though.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    Every few years I watch the Godfather trilogy again, well sometimes I don't bother with 3 even though it's not that bad, anyway they are damn, damn good entertainment.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    I prefer Godfather and a New Hope to Godfather II and Empire Strikes Back.

    I acknowledge that the later entries contain the high points of their respective series, and they're both good movies, but the first entries feel like they're more consistently good. Does that make sense?

  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    I also prefer Godfather I think

  • Crimson KingCrimson King Registered User regular
    Watching " Seeking a friend for the end of the world" on Netflix and it occurred to me, this is far from the first Romantic Comedy + Apocalypse movie I've seen lately, how is this a genre ?

    this was a shitty movie

    why didn't steve and keira stay in the friendly's and get high with britta

    was it not hipster enough? i believe that was the reason

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    One Year Later: Elysium from The Dissolve

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    So I just watched Divergent. That movie sure was milquetoast. Also I COULD NOT get over how it had the kids from the fault in our stars in it.

    I read Anti's livetweets.

    That sounded like a weird-ass movie.

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
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    dang

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »

    Does he like... really hate being in good movies?

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  • GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    AtomicTofu wrote: »

    Does he like... really hate being in good movies?

    There's a lot of evidence that points that way.

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  • Theodore FlooseveltTheodore Floosevelt proud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelo dorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered User regular
    if YA movies are going to insist on splitting the final book in half it would be great if they could just come up with another name of either of the halves of the book, part 1 and part 2 is so creatively lazy

    I don't think it's all that risky for brand recognition to eschew or invent a subtitle when you're at the end of a film series that, by now, has its own massive audience basically independent of the books' quality or initial draw

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    if YA movies are going to insist on splitting the final book in half it would be great if they could just come up with another name of either of the halves of the book, part 1 and part 2 is so creatively lazy

    I don't think it's all that risky for brand recognition to eschew or invent a subtitle when you're at the end of a film series that, by now, has its own massive audience basically independent of the books' quality or initial draw

    Jackson managed to come up with three subtitles for The Hobbit, and that was only supposed to be 2 movies.

  • Theodore FlooseveltTheodore Floosevelt proud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelo dorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered User regular
    see317 wrote: »
    if YA movies are going to insist on splitting the final book in half it would be great if they could just come up with another name of either of the halves of the book, part 1 and part 2 is so creatively lazy

    I don't think it's all that risky for brand recognition to eschew or invent a subtitle when you're at the end of a film series that, by now, has its own massive audience basically independent of the books' quality or initial draw

    Jackson managed to come up with three subtitles for The Hobbit, and that was only supposed to be 2 movies.

    four, even! hobbit team is brimming over with subtitles, they can't even use em all

    Hunger Games should snatch up "there and back again"

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    see317 wrote: »
    if YA movies are going to insist on splitting the final book in half it would be great if they could just come up with another name of either of the halves of the book, part 1 and part 2 is so creatively lazy

    I don't think it's all that risky for brand recognition to eschew or invent a subtitle when you're at the end of a film series that, by now, has its own massive audience basically independent of the books' quality or initial draw

    Jackson managed to come up with three subtitles for The Hobbit, and that was only supposed to be 2 movies.

    and then they changed the best one

    If you were going to call a Hobbit movie ANYTHING besides "The Hobbit" it should be "There and Back Again"

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  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    But how would I know there's going to a battle with FIVE armies? That shit's gonna be so dopeeeee

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »

    "I'm sorry, I don't work with supremely talented directors."

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    How is it possible that someone that's worked in Hollywood for as long as Perry does not know who David Fincher is?

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Maximum wrote: »
    How is it possible that someone that's worked in Hollywood for as long as Perry does not know who David Fincher is?

    He probably only pays attention to his own work because he literally doesn't have to do anything else

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  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    His movies are insanely successful...I think I read somewhere he's one of the highest paid people in Hollywood?

  • knitdanknitdan Registered User regular
    Is this like when Bill Murray did Garfield because he thought Joel Cohen was Joel Coen?

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  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    No, Perry says his agent didn't tell him who Fincher was or that Gone Girl was actually a really popular book.

  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    There's a sequel to The Act of Killing coming next summer
    Here’s what we know about The Look Of Silence right now: It explores the same genocide as The Act Of Killing, but from the point of view of the victims’ families

    Hoooo boy

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