The [Movie] Was Perfected In 1974

Bogart

Hello, handsome!

https://youtu.be/WED9UNIdZbI

Abby Normal.

https://youtu.be/C9Pw0xX4DXI

Puttin’ On the Ritz.

https://youtu.be/SmvuRJzads4

The prosecution rests, your honour.

Styrofoam Sammich

Not possible, as Transformers didnt come out until 2007

Echo

I love ad-libbed stuff in movies.

The shifting hump on Igor's back was an ad-libbed gag. Marty Feldman had been surreptitiously shifting the hump back and forth for several days when cast members finally noticed. It was then added to the script.

RMS Oceanic

Echo wrote: »

I love ad-libbed stuff in movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEB-OoUrNuk

CptHamilton

To go back to the previous thread: the bear was absolutely the best part of Annihilation (despite some dodgy effects). Having hated the movie I thought, "Okay, maybe it was just a bad adaptation. I mean, the bear was neat so maybe the book has more stuff like that."

I listened to the audiobook. It is a spectacularly awful novel and made me enjoy Annihilation the movie more in retrospect because it was at least better than the book. And, unsurprisingly, the bear is not in the book.

Styrofoam Sammich

CptHamilton wrote: »

I listened to the audiobook. It is a spectacularly awful novel.

CptHamilton

Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »

CptHamilton wrote: »

I listened to the audiobook. It is a spectacularly awful novel.

I can't think of a single positive thing to say about the book.

It read like it was written by a person who was not familiar with human behavior, had never listened to two people talk to one another, and did not have access to a source of research material as comprehensive as a 1985 printing of the World Book Encyclopedia.

jimb213

CptHamilton wrote: »

To go back to the previous thread: the bear was absolutely the best part of Annihilation (despite some dodgy effects). Having hated the movie I thought, "Okay, maybe it was just a bad adaptation. I mean, the bear was neat so maybe the book has more stuff like that."

I listened to the audiobook. It is a spectacularly awful novel and made me enjoy Annihilation the movie more in retrospect because it was at least better than the book. And, unsurprisingly, the bear is not in the book.

Wow, I had completely the opposite reaction to both the movie and the book, which I read after seeing the movie.

Loved the movie, loved the book.

And I thought the bear scene was terrifying. The sounds it made... really unsettling.

CptHamilton

jimb213 wrote: »

CptHamilton wrote: »

To go back to the previous thread: the bear was absolutely the best part of Annihilation (despite some dodgy effects). Having hated the movie I thought, "Okay, maybe it was just a bad adaptation. I mean, the bear was neat so maybe the book has more stuff like that."

I listened to the audiobook. It is a spectacularly awful novel and made me enjoy Annihilation the movie more in retrospect because it was at least better than the book. And, unsurprisingly, the bear is not in the book.

Wow, I had completely the opposite reaction to both the movie and the book, which I read after seeing the movie.

Loved the movie, loved the book.

And I thought the bear scene was terrifying. The sounds it made... really unsettling.

I dunno if I just don't engage with books and movies like other people do or what. I mean, the book is quite popular and enough people thought it was good that they made a movie out of it. A friend of mine saw the movie and thought it was the best horror he'd seen in years. I just don't get it.

Styrofoam Sammich

Its a perfect hybrid of existential horror and body horror.

nexuscrawler

Thing to keep in mind with that book is the narrator is not quite all there

So It Goes

I think reading the book first is better

The writing is really good, I think, and the story somewhat original and weird in a good way.

The movie was fine, expecting it to be the same as the book is a fallacy - you can't film the feeling you get from the book, better to move in a slightly different direction, which they did and I liked.

DarkPrimus

Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »

Not possible, as Transformers didnt come out until 2007

Transformers the Movie came out in 1986.

shryke

Random Thought:

My wife is watching The Holiday again. A perfectly bland and forgettable but inoffensive rom-com from 2006. Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet switch houses over the christmas holidays, emotional shit ensues, they find self-improvement and love, blah blah blah.

Anyway, in what I would consider a strange choice they cast Jack Black as the neighbour/love interest. I mean, the other side has Jude Law, a much more traditional choice, but the other male lead is Jack Black. And someone must have told him to tone it down like 10 notches cause he's got a bit of the Jack Black character he does going on, but really really subdued.

And you know what? Jack Black as like a normal person is charming as fuck. Really works. They should give him a shot at it more often.

/end of random thought

CptHamilton

shryke wrote: »

Random Thought:

My wife is watching The Holiday again. A perfectly bland and forgettable but inoffensive rom-com from 2006. Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet switch houses over the christmas holidays, emotional shit ensues, they find self-improvement and love, blah blah blah.

Anyway, in what I would consider a strange choice they cast Jack Black as the neighbour/love interest. I mean, the other side has Jude Law, a much more traditional choice, but the other male lead is Jack Black. And someone must have told him to tone it down like 10 notches cause he's got a bit of the Jack Black character he does going on, but really really subdued.

And you know what? Jack Black as like a normal person is charming as fuck. Really works. They should give him a shot at it more often.

/end of random thought

That and Four Christmases are two of my favorite rom-coms. It also stars a rather odd selection for an otherwise-normal rom-com in the person of Vince Vaughn, whom I hate in almost everything else I've ever seen him in but he really tones down his Vince Vaughn-ness for it.

The other one is Date Night so I guess maybe I just like rom-coms starring comedians as the male lead...

Monsieur T

Finally caught Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. I could not take all this sick and kidnapped dino stuff. They should just put a camera in one of those giant hamster balls and let it roll around the park for 2 hours.

N1tSt4lker

shryke wrote: »

Random Thought:

My wife is watching The Holiday again. A perfectly bland and forgettable but inoffensive rom-com from 2006. Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet switch houses over the christmas holidays, emotional shit ensues, they find self-improvement and love, blah blah blah.

Anyway, in what I would consider a strange choice they cast Jack Black as the neighbour/love interest. I mean, the other side has Jude Law, a much more traditional choice, but the other male lead is Jack Black. And someone must have told him to tone it down like 10 notches cause he's got a bit of the Jack Black character he does going on, but really really subdued.

And you know what? Jack Black as like a normal person is charming as fuck. Really works. They should give him a shot at it more often.

/end of random thought

Jack Black is delightful in The Holiday. Just 100% delightful.

Harry Dresden

The character of the Joker was developed by director-screenwriter Christopher Nolan, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, and Heath Ledger. Ledger would improvise on set and some of the Joker's most iconic, scary, and funny moments were a result of Ledger's improvisation. One example of this is when the Joker, locked in a cell, sarcastically (and menacingly) claps for Gordon's promotion. The clapping was not originally scripted, but Nolan liked it so much that he kept it in the final cut of the film. Additionally, when the Joker exits the hospital and detonates a bomb behind him, the explosion was supposed to go off the first time. However, when the explosion was accidentally delayed, Ledger decided to stay in character and continue the shot. He mumbled to himself and played around with the remote until the explosion went off. What was originally a technical error became one of the funniest moments of the film.

So It Goes

this reminds me I should watch the Dressmaker

wandering

The Dark Knight is probably the only Nolan movie I’d consider a personal favorite and Heath Ledger is the main reason why

Fencingsax

shryke wrote: »

Random Thought:

My wife is watching The Holiday again. A perfectly bland and forgettable but inoffensive rom-com from 2006. Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet switch houses over the christmas holidays, emotional shit ensues, they find self-improvement and love, blah blah blah.

Anyway, in what I would consider a strange choice they cast Jack Black as the neighbour/love interest. I mean, the other side has Jude Law, a much more traditional choice, but the other male lead is Jack Black. And someone must have told him to tone it down like 10 notches cause he's got a bit of the Jack Black character he does going on, but really really subdued.

And you know what? Jack Black as like a normal person is charming as fuck. Really works. They should give him a shot at it more often.

/end of random thought

Jack Black is good in Bernie

So It Goes

Maybe Jack Black is just... good

jungleroomx

Dark Knight, The Prestige, and Inception are all awesome to me.

I know the BWAAAAA got old, but Inception did it first and it was kind of cool how it came about in slowing down music.

Bogart

Nolan's filmography reads:

Memento
Insomnia
Batman Begins
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Inception
The Dark Knight Rises
Interstellar
Dunkirk

I haven't seen Dark Knight Rises or Interstellar (I know, I know, get off my dick) but all of the others are excellent. I wish he'd make more but I guess he's choosy and thus manages to avoid making mediocre or bad movies.

Atomika

I grew up where Bernie was filmed

They made it look much more charming than it is

They didn’t make it look all that charming

dlinfiniti

do i see venom or first man tomorrow

Bogart

dlinfiniti wrote: »

do i see venom or first man tomorrow

First Man.

*narrators voice* Bogart had not seen either.

knitdan

First Man is a Venom prequel so watch that first

Tarantio

I haven't seen Insomnia or Dunkirk, but I enjoyed all of the rest of Nolan's movies except Dark Knight Rises.

The plot is a mess, villain's plan makes no sense, political undertones are sketchy and probably already dated.

That's pretty much all on the writing, though. I blame David S. Goyer.

jungleroomx

Insomnia is great.

Dunkirk was difficult to finish, but really good.

Johnny Chopsocky

dlinfiniti wrote: »

do i see venom or first man tomorrow

If the coin lands on its side, see Bad Times At The El Royale?

Harry Dresden

Now I want to see First Man, with Venom as the lead.

Kipling217

Saw Robocop 1987. It really holds up. the Satire is still funny, the pathos is still engaging and the action is still fun to watch. The action isn't... good by current standards, but its good 80s action which means it so over the top that it loops around into being good again. No fucking shaky cam for this shit.

Added fun is watching the Zeerust of the supposedly advanced technology of the near future: CRT screens and landline phones aplenty, while not a single laptop or desktop PC. As for Cell phones, forget it! Even the media break segments lack the ticker at the bottom. (Zeerust is a imagined future superseded by the actual future developments).

Peter Weller is a good actor and manages to act with half his face covered and a forced robotic voice.

Not seen Robocop 2014 and not going to. I would advise skipping the entire rest of the Franchise as well, the original movie is the only one with an interesting story and the less said about the G rated tv series the better.

Jazz

Robocop 2014 actually does some interesting things with its premise and is comfortably the second best Robocop movie. It's not up there with the classic original (what is?) but it's about ten times better than it has any right to be.

kaid

Jazz wrote: »

Robocop 2014 actually does some interesting things with its premise and is comfortably the second best Robocop movie. It's not up there with the classic original (what is?) but it's about ten times better than it has any right to be.

Its story for the 2014 one is pretty on the nose for the current move towards drones/automated war fighting capability so it is more commentary on that then what the original was but it is really solid. Interestingly enough the speed/agility seen in the remake was more what the original script was asking for. It was not until they had the suit that weller realized there simply was no way to move quickly or fluidly with the costume. He talked to a famous mime to figure out a way to make the best use of what he could do with the suit so he wound up with the very exaggerated robotic movements that worked so well in the original.

shryke

Jazz wrote: »

Robocop 2014 actually does some interesting things with its premise and is comfortably the second best Robocop movie. It's not up there with the classic original (what is?) but it's about ten times better than it has any right to be.

It has some interesting ideas and at least one really fantastic scene but it doesn't go anywhere with the ideas it sets up and the end is boring, uninteresting and cliched. It's one of those movies where they either ran out of budget or ideas or both half-way through and just sorta wrapped it up and called it a day.

Phillishere

CptHamilton wrote: »

Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »

CptHamilton wrote: »

I listened to the audiobook. It is a spectacularly awful novel.

I can't think of a single positive thing to say about the book.

It read like it was written by a person who was not familiar with human behavior, had never listened to two people talk to one another, and did not have access to a source of research material as comprehensive as a 1985 printing of the World Book Encyclopedia.

I don't entirely disagree, but I ended up reading more by Vandermeer and realized that he was definitely doing a thing with Annihilation. His other novels have genuinely warm and human characters.

Astaereth

Bogart wrote: »

Nolan's filmography reads:

Memento
Insomnia
Batman Begins
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Inception
The Dark Knight Rises
Interstellar
Dunkirk

I haven't seen Dark Knight Rises or Interstellar (I know, I know, get off my dick) but all of the others are excellent. I wish he'd make more but I guess he's choosy and thus manages to avoid making mediocre or bad movies.

You’ve forgotten his first movie, Following, which is also excellent.

Doodmann

Has anyone in here seen The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha?

nexuscrawler

Interstellar is not good

shryke

nexuscrawler wrote: »

Interstellar is not good

Interstellar is quite good but not as good as I'd hoped. Some really powerful stuff in there.