TV's Frink said:
It's not a good sign if you are taking haljordan's side in an argument with TheBoost.
Where did I take haljordan's side, exactly?
TheBoost said:
You have seen the movie, right?
Did you buy your "HAN SHOT FIRST" t-shirt one size to small, because it's apparently restricting blood flow to your brain.
This weakens your reputation as an expert in this field somewhat.
I'm guessing from your thought processes and typing that you're in junior high, so I've been a fan for about two decades longer than you. Show some respect junior.
There are many valid reasons to dislike the prequels. It's just that yours are dumb.
What a delightful number of ad hominem personal attacks!
RedFive said:
Tree of Life
I just got back from the theater, and this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Amazing. It's in a (wider) limited release, but if you get the chance see it in theaters while it's still there.
I most definitely need to see this movie in the theater. I loved A Thin Red Line and (most of) The New World. I have yet to see Days of Heaven. I love slow, meditative films with gorgeous cinematography.
If you liked it, I'm certain I will!
Breath vapor isn't necessarily visible just because it's cold. You need a specific cocktail of conditions (temperature, humidity, air pressure) to condense breath vapor into water. If characters don't have visible breath in a scene, it could be for a few plausible reasons. Maybe Han and Leia were dehydrated?
Lucasfilm had every right to stop such a thing, which would've surely brought a lot of money into the bar. It sucks that it was canceled just 2 days before the event, but that's the fault of the organizers for not securing rights beforehand.
I don't think it's fair to claim "if Lucas can't profit, he won't allow it", on a website at least partially dedicated to fanedits and preservations of Star Wars films.
Barry Lyndon - 10/10
My third time through, showed it to my cousin who is new to Kubrick. He loved it.
I don't really buy the "Super HD Blu Ray on a nice HD super TV is a new kind of image" argument. Bluray, at its best, on a large, properly-calibrated LCD TV at 60 Hz (or better yet, a high quality HD projector), looks like watching a pristine 35mm print. Maybe if you're incredibly used to VHS and DVD, it might seem strange in a home environment, but - the plethora of bad transfers aside - high definition discs and files are only bringing the clarity of film to the home theater. Not a new image, just a new location.
We're lucky to have you, zombie84.
Threw out my back doing yardwork, so I've been working through some movies. Here they are in order of quality:
Paranormal Activity 2 - 3/10
Insidious - 6/10 (8/10 until the last 20 minutes)
The Adjustment Bureau - 7/10
The Borrower Arrietty - 8/10
SilverWook said:
If they do that, acting in front of green screen shouldn't be any more difficult than doing a stage play in which there's just a couple chairs and a black backdrop.
It is more difficult. A single act of a stage play can go on uninterrupted for more than an hour. This gives an actor a chance to lose himself or herself in a role. Films, on the other hand, have a lot of downtime where an actor must either remain in that emotional state off-camera or be able to return to that state on cue, after hours of sitting in a nice trailer, surrounded by crew, the noises of set construction, snacking, making calls, planning their appearances, etc.
Stage acting also allows significantly more rehearsal time than film acting, which also helps with finding the right tone and delivery for a performance.
That is why film actors have often said they like elaborate sets and location-shooting, because it helps bring the situation to life and maintain that illusion even between takes.
My heart goes out to you, adywan. I lost my father to cancer in 2004, and although the ache diminishes, the love and memories do not. I still have days where it feels like he just stepped out and should be back any moment. I know how much he meant to you, and no matter what you believe, it's true that he will always live on in the memories and stories your family will share for years and years to come.
Whereas I thought it worked great for Firefly considering they're the descendants of earthlings (meaning they actually have cows, horses, and the Old West in their history), and it made some sense that settlers on the border planets would be poor and forced into a subsistence lifestyle, having to raise their meat and get around without the benefit of vehicles. Plus there's the whole twist on the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. History repeating itself, and all that
xhonzi said:
Other than Han Solo?
I guess. The great thing about Han is that he may have acted the outlaw/gunslinger part, but nobody in 1977 was foolish enough to put him in a duster and chupalla. This guy's outfit is just too on-the-nose Old West.
Has the EU done the blatant space cowboy thing before? That outlaw-type looks like he belongs in Firefly.
Zelig
Loved it, loved it, loved it. Such a funny and surprisingly poignant mockumentary that continually wowed me with its camera trickery. Why are films made since so bad at splicing actors into old footage and photographs? The techniques used in this film were downright eerie and so seamless that I got to wondering if future generations who don't know Woody Allen could be convinced this is a true story.
8 out of 10 balls.
skyjedi2005 said:
even JJ Abrams said it was basically a send up of his memories of watching Spielberg films back in the day.
I'm entirely sure there is a lot more to the movie than that. A stylistic approach inspired by 80s Spielberg does not mean that the movie is "basically a [Spielberg] send up". That's an oversimplification.
You haven't seen it yet, for one. (Why am I surprised that you've judged an entire film based on one trailer?) For another, generalfrevious said "based on" an old movie, which Super 8 is not.
My point stands: there are plenty of unique films being made. Not including the wealth of indie films out right now. It's more than a little untrue to say that no one can name a movie that is not based on a franchise, an old movie, or a comic book.
generalfrevious said:
If no one can remember the last film not based on a comic book, old movie, or franchise there are problems.
Huh?
Bridesmaids
The Tree of Life
Source Code
Insidious
the upcoming Super 8
Those are just off the top of my head.
JediMasterFisher said:
I just tried to download Adywan's Empire AVCHD and there are 3 parts missing.. :(
If you have the par files, you can recover the missing parts using a program like QuickPar.
skyjedi2005 said:
First Class may be well a great film in its own right but is it an X-men film ?
I'd reply to this nonsense, but skyjedi has me on ignore. So instead, I'll just point and laugh at it.
I think The Last Stand only did so well opening weekend because it was riding on the coattails of X2, which was a big success and generally considered to be the best film in the trilogy. People were chomping at the bit for the third installment because they were invested in the story and the characters.
Then Brett Ratner came along and f'd all that up to the point that afterward, I had friends saying they'd never see another superhero movie again. (None held to it, but the point is they were almost irrationally disgusted with X3). Cut to five years and 20 comic book films later, and I think a lot of casual fans of the genre are burned out, and prefer to wait to see what the general consensus on a film of this type is before they plunk down their money. Suffice to say that The Last Stand did 67% less business its second weekend. The Last Stand probably turned as many people off from seeing another X-Men film as X1 and X2 did the opposite.
In short: Ratner's turd did well at first because X2 was awesome. That is all.
xhonzi said:
asterisk8 said:
Gentlemen Broncos
A weird film that shares Napoleon Dynamite's fascination with rural America and the humorless oddballs that supposedly live there. I liked it in places, specifically the science fiction scenes with Sam Rockwell, who's one of my favorites. Mostly, it felt like a retread of the same uncomfortable humor from Napoleon Dynamite.
5/10 boules.
Gentlemen Brocos- Just the Sam Rockwell Bits- 10b/10b
The other bits- 3b/10b.
That's my opinion. If you agree come over here and blow on this friendship rock with me. Puwh, puwh, puwh.
LOL. The Rockwell scenes were awesome. I rewatched all of them yesterday, in fact. Not just for Sam's incredible ability to play serious and slapstick in the same breath, but also I love the cinematography and special effects in those scenes. Sam Rockwell playing a transsexual Edgar Winter-like "yeast lord" was pretty awesome too.
"I can smell a cache of yeast cakes forty mile off!"
Whisper of the Heart
As a Hayao Miyazaki fan, I felt obliged to watch this, since he directed a few fantasy scenes in this otherwise trite teen romance. I guess I thought it would comprise more than 90 seconds of screentime. I didn't hate it. There were a few good moments, some nice animation. I especially love the way Studio Ghibli animates the countryside.
Four out of a possible seven judgment balls.
Gentlemen Broncos
A weird film that shares Napoleon Dynamite's fascination with rural America and the humorless oddballs that supposedly live there. I liked it in places, specifically the science fiction scenes with Sam Rockwell, who's one of my favorites. Mostly, it felt like a retread of the same uncomfortable humor from Napoleon Dynamite.
5/10 boules.
Homemade braciole with spaghetti and garlic bread.