Film Crit Hulk did a very great article on Annihilation that I highly recommend reading if you've seen the film (warning though, it has talk of mental illness and suicide)
Continuing from the last thread, for you to consider a movie a "heist film" does the heist have to be carried out by the protagonist or can it be any film involving a heist?
Do you consider Die Hard a heist film? Snatch? The first RDJ Sherlock Holmes film? The Great Muppet Caper? Hackers?
I only ask because it seems the main character of the Hurricane Heist is trying to stop the theft, not partake in it.
Also I'm a little disappointed they aren't stealing the hurricane.
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What if the hurricane is trying to steal the money
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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I think Sherlock Holmes had a lot of the typical heist film trappings. The incomplete POV, the flashbacks explaining the withheld details, etc. But I wouldn't call something a heist film unless the protagonists are the ones heisting.
So, pressing question: Reservoir Dogs a heist film?
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
What if the hurricane is trying to steal the money
On the run from the heat in his old Atlantic neighborhood, a down on his luck tropical storm needs one last score to make it big in Miami...The Hurricane Heist
Just remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence.
Folks, would watching Annihilation drunk add to or detract from the experience?
Detract, in all likelihood.
I saw it tonight and enjoyed it. Pretty good, original sci-fi with a nice amount of horror to it, and some great visuals. And just enough in the way of important details that I want to see it again to confirm or deny certain possibilities.
Just wanna reiterate Game Night might be my favorite theatrical comedy I've seen since Popstar
It's a pitch perfect style parody of David Fincher (and The Game in particular of course), as well as showing some clear Edgar Wright influence
It's really very, very good and I cannot overstate how much Jesse Plemons damn near runs away with the entire movie, plus it's always nice to see Lamorne Morris
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Jesse Plemons damn near runs away with everything he's in.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Sadboy and sadgirl covers suck ass. I demand amped up covers instead. Give me a thrash version of I'm A Believer, please.
Smashmouth already got your back on that one
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Something that bugs me a tiny bit about Logan Lucky
Having Hilary Swank show up in the bar at the end makes it feel less like the end of a movie and more like the first season finale of a TV show that’s trying to set up season 2.
And yes I realize the film version of this is called a sequel, but this film was good by itself and doesn’t need a sequel.
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I'm trying to work my way through the Oscar nominations for best picture. My local theater basically has them running on one screen so it's a bit of a hassle trying to see what I missed.
I do have to say that I'm kind of amazed that "I, Tonya" wasn't nominated. It really beats out everything for me so far. Without thinking of the list, I think I only have "The Shape of Water" and "3 Billboards" left.
Something that bugs me a tiny bit about Logan Lucky
Having Hilary Swank show up in the bar at the end makes it feel less like the end of a movie and more like the first season finale of a TV show that’s trying to set up season 2.
And yes I realize the film version of this is called a sequel, but this film was good by itself and doesn’t need a sequel.
I can see that, but it works as a kind of open ended thing.
The master stroke being not the heist itself but the lying low was fantastic in any case.
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Even its taglines are ripoffs of better stories
Ready Player One
40 Stories of Sheer Adventure!
I think it'd be pretty hilarious if each one of Ready Player One's taglines was cribbed from a different movie.
In which ways would it be hilarious for a movie with no original ideas to sell tickets with unoriginal ideas
Already done, get with the program, man. Keep this joke train rollin'.
"The dream is real"
"Boot Up or Shut Up!"
"Get ready for the ride of your life."
ooh
"In the future video game battles will be a matter of life or death."
"In his wildest dreams, Alex never suspected that tonight he would become... the Last Starfighter."
Whatever, just use it as-is.
they've been using the song in trailers, too, I'm pretty sure
That's a move that takes some brass balls.
And poor taste.
Do you consider Die Hard a heist film? Snatch? The first RDJ Sherlock Holmes film? The Great Muppet Caper? Hackers?
I only ask because it seems the main character of the Hurricane Heist is trying to stop the theft, not partake in it.
Also I'm a little disappointed they aren't stealing the hurricane.
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So, pressing question: Reservoir Dogs a heist film?
On the run from the heat in his old Atlantic neighborhood, a down on his luck tropical storm needs one last score to make it big in Miami...The Hurricane Heist
all modern movies are just cobbled together from out-takes of older films
you reference Willy Wonka you better fucking earn it
these douchebags haven't earned it
my jimmies, they are rustled
Like Anchorman 1.5?
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure there's evidence to the contrary.
bullshit
i have photos
pay me twenty thousand dollars and they'll never be released
Damnit. You've thought of everything.
do it, you coward
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Detract, in all likelihood.
I saw it tonight and enjoyed it. Pretty good, original sci-fi with a nice amount of horror to it, and some great visuals. And just enough in the way of important details that I want to see it again to confirm or deny certain possibilities.
It's a pitch perfect style parody of David Fincher (and The Game in particular of course), as well as showing some clear Edgar Wright influence
It's really very, very good and I cannot overstate how much Jesse Plemons damn near runs away with the entire movie, plus it's always nice to see Lamorne Morris
Yeah, the latest trailer uses the song.
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Couldn't they just stick to Mad World, or some sadboy cover of a famous pop song?
Smashmouth already got your back on that one
And yes I realize the film version of this is called a sequel, but this film was good by itself and doesn’t need a sequel.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I do have to say that I'm kind of amazed that "I, Tonya" wasn't nominated. It really beats out everything for me so far. Without thinking of the list, I think I only have "The Shape of Water" and "3 Billboards" left.
This could be pretty good (pic is link)
The graphic novel aint bad, but it looks like Mads Mikkelsen is the lead
And Mads Mikkelsen as a John Wick-esque veteran assassin? Hell the fuck yes
The master stroke being not the heist itself but the lying low was fantastic in any case.