Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, Bottle Rocket, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Darjeeling Limited, Life Aquatic
Not a bad movie there, but his magnum opus is undoubtedly Tenenbaums.
The worse example of that is Oldboy. Just watch that scene where Dae-su fights his way through all those thugs. One of them throws a weak ass punch then voluntarily slips onto his back.
Williams' music for the SE ending of ROTJ is great, but I still love Yub Nub. It may not be as epic or sweeping, but I think it serves its purpose. The music at 2:10, as Luke turns away from the Force ghosts, is maybe my single favorite moment in the entire OT. It has such a sweet melancholy that seems to encapsulate my entire childhood in just a few notes of music. Such a signature moment for me.
Hamill sums it up pretty well here:
Did anybody post this video yet? It's a nice satire and commentary on how gaming has changed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZtBCpo0eU
Also this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yIxUOWrtw
Jonno said:
RRS-1980 said:
Jonno said:
Whoosh...
Please do elaborate.
Georgec's comment was clearly ironic and made for humorous effect - you might have taken it a tad too seriously.
Anyway, this is very strange thread considering the OP's thesis is "I haven't seen the original version - should it be remade?" More watching, less posting would seem the best approach...
But I was serious. Lebeouf or nothing!
;)
Shia Lebeouf has given up blockbuster films, so I'd say the window on a SW reboot has passed.
DuracellEnergizer said:
^^That and the Bronson, Missouri part are the only good things about that stupid episode.
I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah.
Nobody will ever top what Lebeouf did with the Sam Witwicky character. It's the Transformers equivalent of Ledger's Joker.
I prefer Hardware Wars.
This is Sylvester Stallone's mother. She is 90 years old.
TV's Frink said:
My biggest issue is the controls required nowadays. Last year I played a little Halo and Left 4 Dead (my first exposure to either of these) with xhonzi, and the thing I kept coming back to was how complicated the controls were. I was constantly getting killed because I couldn't remember which button did what. Maybe it was just because I needed more exposure to it, but it seems like console game controllers have gotten more and more complicated.
Funny thing is, I used to play PC games a lot, and obviously they got very complicated....but the keyboard seems like a much more reasonable controller to do more than just run, jump, and shoot.
He's made some nice strides since the walkie talkies in 2002.
This is also a good interview from last year: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49897
Quint: I can’t wait, man. I love that the last DVD release actually had the original mono soundtrack on it as well. I wasn’t a fan of the remixed 5.1 sound… the splashing sounded canned…Steven Spielberg: Oh, I know. I totally understand that. (In the future) there’s going to be no more digital enhancements or digital additions to anything based on any film I direct. I’m not going to do any corrections digitally to even wires that show.
If 1941 comes on Blu-Ray I’m not going to go back and take the wires out because the Blu-Ray will bring the wires out that are guiding the airplane down Hollywood Blvd. At this point right now I think letting movies exist in the era, with all the flaws and all of the flourishes, is a wonderful way to mark time and mark history.
Quint: I’m in total agreement with you. I wish you could talk George (Lucas) into doing the same thing!Steven Spielberg: Well, I can’t!
Quint: (laughs) Yeah, I don’t think anybody can!Steven Spielberg: George goes his own way and I respect him for it, but my new philosophy on this is to let sleeping dogs lie.
Quint: That’s great news for film lovers.Steven Spielberg: When people ask me which E.T. they should look at, I always tell them to look at the original 1982 E.T. If you notice, when we did put out E.T. we put out two E.T.s. We put out the digitally enhanced version with the additional scenes and for no extra money, in the same package, we put out the original ‘82 version. I always tell people to go back to the ’82 version.
Quint: Having the option is the big deal for me. Using the Star Wars example, I don’t think there’d be an outcry if we could watch a nice transfer of the original versions. We’d be like, “George can do what he wants and I’ll watch it… but you know maybe the fans would like the option of watching the movie they fell in love with, too.”Steven Spielberg: Yeah. And I think the other good thing is that they understand when they see a movie and they suddenly see something that obviously could have been done much better today and could have been corrected in the DVD/Blu-Ray transfer, they really appreciate seeing the strings attached.
If somebody put out George Pal’s War of the Worlds and took the strings off the machines I’d be very upset. When that machine crashes in downtown Hollywood, and you see the strings going from taut to slack, that’s the thing that allows me to both understand this movie is scaring the hell out of me and at the same time this movie is a creation of the human race.
That little taut-to-slack moment of those wires on that wingtip makes the original George Pal War of the Worlds work for me. It embraces my fears and it also alleviates them in the same breath.
And that is exactly how I have always felt about the SW changes. When I watch a movie I'm just as interested in marveling at the accomplishments in context of when the film was made. I love the matte boxes in SW. It feels like PEOPLE made the movie. Now the films are more machine than man. Twisted and evil.
She's too old to begin her training!
She's 16, Frink...
Warbler said:
georgec said:
I wish these guys would stop smoking.
hmm, where is that from? is that from a movie??
It's an indie title. You've probably never heard of it. ;)
I'm not a smoker, but afew times in my life I've had cigars with friends. By had, I mean not inhaling and just trying to gather smoke in my mouth before blowing it out like I'm all cool. The last time, I accidentally inhaled a couple of times. An hour or two later I was vomiting, and the rest of the night I literally could not sit up or else I felt incredibly nauseous.
I won't touch a cigar ever again.
I wish these guys would stop smoking.
Looks like a railed, linear shooter.