if you ever encountered someone from the 18th century who wanted to know what a movie was, you could do worse than to show them Orient Express if it was all you had on hand
@YaYa, going the other way, what would be the best movie to introduce someone from the 18th century to cinema?
Huh? HUH????
12 Angry Men.
It is a very simple movie with 12 guys in a single room the whole time but also a good story.
I feel anything more would just overwhelm and possibly hurt someone from the 18th century.
I actually didn't mind Fantastic Beasts, but I saw it months after release and really had no expectations for it. As something to watch on an airplane, I didn't hate it.
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Zxerolfor the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't doso i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered Userregular
I rather liked Beasts, at the very least the setting, but it was like two movies trying to be one, and it really suffered. You had one side of dark wizard intrigue, abuse, and demonic hellspawn kinda stuff, and then the adventures of a wacky dude trying to catch wacky animals by performing a wacky mating dance. Uh, okay.
Besides pushing Fogler's character into play, you can cut Scamander out entirely and won't lose much except the title making less sense.
if you ever encountered someone from the 18th century who wanted to know what a movie was, you could do worse than to show them Orient Express if it was all you had on hand
@YaYa, going the other way, what would be the best movie to introduce someone from the 18th century to cinema?
Huh? HUH????
Blade Runner 2049
Just hammer them with weird synth soundtrack that blasts the speakers off the walls, a vision of the horrific dystopian nightmare future that awaits, and the fact that it's a sequel to a different movie they have no context for.
Lean into the nightmare.
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if you ever encountered someone from the 18th century who wanted to know what a movie was, you could do worse than to show them Orient Express if it was all you had on hand
@YaYa, going the other way, what would be the best movie to introduce someone from the 18th century to cinema?
Huh? HUH????
12 Angry Men.
It is a very simple movie with 12 guys in a single room the whole time but also a good story.
I feel anything more would just overwhelm and possibly hurt someone from the 18th century.
This assumes that someone from the 18th century has a basic understanding of the American judicial process, which seems fairly unlikely.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I don't have a basic understanding of 12th or 16th century royal court behavior but I can still puzzle out Macbeth
It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I think "they're in charge of deciding that man's fate" is a conclusion someone from the enlightenment era could've teased out
if you ever encountered someone from the 18th century who wanted to know what a movie was, you could do worse than to show them Orient Express if it was all you had on hand
@YaYa, going the other way, what would be the best movie to introduce someone from the 18th century to cinema?
Huh? HUH????
12 Angry Men.
It is a very simple movie with 12 guys in a single room the whole time but also a good story.
I feel anything more would just overwhelm and possibly hurt someone from the 18th century.
This assumes that someone from the 18th century has a basic understanding of the American judicial process, which seems fairly unlikely.
I mean it will be more understandable than throwing giant CG dinosaurs at them with helicopters and car chases and such.
if you ever encountered someone from the 18th century who wanted to know what a movie was, you could do worse than to show them Orient Express if it was all you had on hand
YaYa, going the other way, what would be the best movie to introduce someone from the 18th century to cinema?
Huh? HUH????
12 Angry Men.
It is a very simple movie with 12 guys in a single room the whole time but also a good story.
I feel anything more would just overwhelm and possibly hurt someone from the 18th century.
You guys are looking at this the wrong way. If you want them to understand movies, have them watch Home Alone. Physical humor and laughing at the suffering of the unjust are universal.
if you ever encountered someone from the 18th century who wanted to know what a movie was, you could do worse than to show them Orient Express if it was all you had on hand
I think if you show them anything more stimulating than Dora the Explorer they'll straight up have a panic attack
Marty: The future, it's where you're going? Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
one of the things I really love about supernatural horror movies is extremely defined rules for how the monster works
Like, It Follows is so so good for this
Here is what it does
Here is how you stay ok
Don't fuck up
That looks to be in that vein, and the tension comes not from "when will it jump out of the bushes", but from "when will they fuck up the rules", which is much more interesting to me
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12 Angry Men.
It is a very simple movie with 12 guys in a single room the whole time but also a good story.
I feel anything more would just overwhelm and possibly hurt someone from the 18th century.
Besides pushing Fogler's character into play, you can cut Scamander out entirely and won't lose much except the title making less sense.
I just didn't care about the "fantastic beasts" part
But yes more early 20th century wizard shit in general please
Blade Runner 2049
Just hammer them with weird synth soundtrack that blasts the speakers off the walls, a vision of the horrific dystopian nightmare future that awaits, and the fact that it's a sequel to a different movie they have no context for.
Lean into the nightmare.
This assumes that someone from the 18th century has a basic understanding of the American judicial process, which seems fairly unlikely.
not only that but:
Then whoops no its a wife abuser and also he just lied and really hes just an evil murderer for no real reason, yaaaay
I mean it will be more understandable than throwing giant CG dinosaurs at them with helicopters and car chases and such.
My pick would probably be like, Seven Samurai
You guys are looking at this the wrong way. If you want them to understand movies, have them watch Home Alone. Physical humor and laughing at the suffering of the unjust are universal.
History of the World, Part 1.
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Honestly, Master and Commander wouldn't be the worst idea if you just wanted something sane and relatable.
"Hey, look at the fucking awful way we treat each other. Can you work on avoiding that, please?"
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
Just go for it.
Show that train coming at the camera but in 4K HDR
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They referenced that in Civ V.
I like that you call it the oliver platt version and not the chris O'Donnell version
Oh man this looks GREAT
one of the things I really love about supernatural horror movies is extremely defined rules for how the monster works
Like, It Follows is so so good for this
Here is what it does
Here is how you stay ok
Don't fuck up
That looks to be in that vein, and the tension comes not from "when will it jump out of the bushes", but from "when will they fuck up the rules", which is much more interesting to me
The way a movie is billed by the studio is rarely the way it is billed in my head
James Franco will now only be in things if he can be in them several times at once
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I just want to make it clear that I think of it the same way
except sometimes I call it the one with Oliver Platt and Michael Wincott