Films Thread

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I love Roger Ebert.

[T R U]

The Basterds were hardly in it and, ultimately, their plot was meaningless because Shoshana burnt the place down anyway.

 

He should have went with his original idea for the title "Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France"

[Brian]

I loved "Inglorious Basterds". Loved the ending, the dialogue was great, the guy playing the Jew Hunter should get nominated, and that first scene was dynamic.

 

I like that there wasn't one main character, just a bunch of really important ones.

[Buehrle>Wood]

Megan Fox is the new Catwoman.

[Brian]

Megan Fox is the new Catwoman.

 

So Catwoman is now a dirty skank?

 

 

[knightni]

So Catwoman is now a dirty skank?

Redundant.

 

"Curse of The Toe-Thumbs" is the first movie subtitle.

[Buehrle>Wood]

This is for Nolan's Batman by the way. Not a new series.

[FlaSoxxJim]

This is for Nolan's Batman by the way. Not a new series.

 

Has Warner Bros. officially announced that Nolan is coming back for the third instalment?

[ThunderBolt]

I just got back from seeing District 9. It has quite registered fully yey, but I know I really liked it. It was like… Children of Men combined with Alien, Cloverfield, and Flight of the Conchords. I know that’s bizarre, but It was brilliant.

Edited August 26, 2009 by Thunderbolt

[Leonard Zelig]

So Catwoman is now a dirty skank?

What makes her a skank?

Edited August 26, 2009 by Leonard Zelig

[Milkman delivers]

I just watched two movies from Netflix that I'd never seen. They were Glengarry Glen Ross and Awakenings.

 

Couple that with the Sox loss (which I luckily didn't watch a second of) and I am fairly depressed.

[LosMediasBlancas]

I just watched two movies from Netflix that I'd never seen. They were Glengarry Glen Ross and Awakenings.

 

Couple that with the Sox loss (which I luckily didn't watch a second of) and I am fairly depressed.

 

Glengarry Glen Ross is a man's movie. Every bit of dialouge is fantastic. Every actor is outstanding. Among my favs of all time.

 

The scene in Awakenings were DeNiro wakes up and sees his mother is one of the few times I've cried at a movie theater. I've only watched the film once and I will never forget the effect that scene had on me.

[T R U]

Glengarry Glen Ross

 

lmao isnt that the movie that Justin Long has that hilarious porno title for in Zack and Miri

[Kyyle23]

Has Warner Bros. officially announced that Nolan is coming back for the third instalment?

 

Not that I have seen. We all know he will, but he hasnt announced it yet

[BigSqwert]

Glengarry Glen Ross is a man's movie. Every bit of dialouge is fantastic. Every actor is outstanding. Among my favs of all time.

Same here. And luckily I'm a closer. I really enjoy my coffee.

[Steve9347]

I'm going out on a limb and saying "Inglorious Basterds" is Quentin Tarantino's best film. It avoided the cliches and annoyances of his past flicks (don't get me wrong, I enjoy most, such as RD, PF, KB, etc).

 

I think Basterds will go down as his best film, and will stand the test of time for obvious reasons. The dramatic elements were actually quite believable in this one, and the cinematography was top-notch. I can see this film being studied for years.

 

What an impressive, enjoyable film.

[Kyyle23]

Epic Fails in the Star Wars Universe

 

 

I'll come right out and say it: Star Wars has a badly-designed universe; so poorly-designed, in fact, that one can say that a significant goal of all those Star Wars novels is to rationalize and mitigate the bad design choices of the movies. Need examples? Here's ten.

 

R2-D2

Sure, he's cute, but the flaws in his design are obvious the first time he approaches anything but the shallowest of stairs. Also: He has jets, a periscope, a taser and oil canisters to make enforcer droids fall about in slapsticky fashion -- and no voice synthesizer. Imagine that design conversation: "Yes, we can afford slapstick oil and tasers, but we'll never get a 30-cent voice chip past accounting. That's just madness."

 

C-3PO

Can't fully extend his arms; has a bunch of exposed wiring in his abs; walks and runs as if he has the droid equivalent of arthritis. And you say, well, he was put together by an eight-year-old. Yes, but a trip to the nearest Radio Shack would fix that. Also, I'm still waiting to hear the rationale for making a protocol droid a shrieking coward, aside from George Lucas rummaging through a box of offensive stereotypes (which he'd later return to while building Jar-Jar Binks) and picking out the "mincing gay man" module.

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Lightsabers

Yes, I know, I want one too. But I tell you what: I want one with a hand guard. Otherwise every lightsaber battle would consist of sabers clashing and then their owners sliding as quickly as possible down the shaft to lop off their opponent's fingers. You say: Lightsabers can slice through anything but another lightsaber, so what are you going to make a hand guard out of? I say: Dude, if you have the technology to make a lightsaber, you have the technology to make a light hand guard.

 

Blasters

A tactical nightmare: They're incredibly loud, especially for firing what are essentially light beams. The fire ordnance is so slow it can be dodged, and it comes out as a streak of light that reveals your position to your enemies. Let's not even go near the idea of light beams being slow enough to dodge; that's just something you have let go of, or risk insanity.

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Landspeeders and other flying vehicles

Here's the thing: In the Star Wars universe, there are no seatbelts. And maybe if you're flying your hoity-toity vehicle on Coruscant, you have, like, a force field that keeps you flying out of your seat. But Luke's X-34 speeder on Tatooine? The Yugo of speeders, man. One hard stop, and out you go.

 

Stormtrooper Uniforms

They stand out like a sore thumb in every environment but snow, the helmets restrict view ("I can't see a thing in this helmet!" -- Luke Skywalker), and the armor is penetrable by single shots from blasters. Add it all up and you have to wonder why stormtroopers don't just walk around naked, save for blinders and flip-flops.

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Death Star

An unshielded exhaust port leading directly to the central reactor? Really? And when you rebuild it, your solution to this problem is four paths into the central core so large that you can literally fly a spaceship through them? Brilliant. Note to the Emperor: Someone on your Death Star design staff is in the pay of Rebel forces. Oh, right, you can't get the memo because someone threw you down a huge exposed shaft in your Death Star throne room.

 

Bad design in Star Wars is not just limited to stuff; evolution here seems wacky, too. Three choice bits:

 

Sarlaac

A monstrous yet immobile creature who lives in an exposed pit in the middle of a lifeless desert, waiting for large animals to apparently feel suicidal and trek out to throw themselves in? Yeah, not so much. Not every Sarlaac can count on an intergalactic mob boss to feed it tidbits.

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That Asteroid Worm Thing in Empire Strikes Back

So, large space worm lives in asteroid, disguises itself as a cave and waits for unwary spaceships to fly by so it can eat them? Makes the Sarlaac look like a marvel of natural selection, it does.

 

Midi-Chlorians

Oh, man, don't get me started. Except to say this: If in fact a high concentration of midi-chlorians is the difference between being a common schmoe and being a dude who can Force Choke his enemies, the black market in midi-chlorian injections must be amazing.

 

Star Trek fans, don't get smug: I'm going after it next.

[Milkman delivers]

Glengarry Glen Ross is a man's movie. Every bit of dialouge is fantastic. Every actor is outstanding. Among my favs of all time.

 

The scene in Awakenings were DeNiro wakes up and sees his mother is one of the few times I've cried at a movie theater. I've only watched the film once and I will never forget the effect that scene had on me.

 

No doubt, but those three things left me feeling pretty low.

[Brian]

I'm going out on a limb and saying "Inglorious Basterds" is Quentin Tarantino's best film. It avoided the cliches and annoyances of his past flicks (don't get me wrong, I enjoy most, such as RD, PF, KB, etc).

 

I think Basterds will go down as his best film, and will stand the test of time for obvious reasons. The dramatic elements were actually quite believable in this one, and the cinematography was top-notch. I can see this film being studied for years.

 

What an impressive, enjoyable film.

 

From the very first shot, the cinematography stood out to me as well. The entire background of Germany and France looked wonderful as well. From the country to the cities.

 

I still love Pulp Fiction but Basterds could be a close 2n to me.

[StrangeSox]

Was I missing something with the close-ups of the dollop of creme, or does Tarantino just like weird shots sometimes?

[Steve9347]

Was I missing something with the close-ups of the dollop of creme, or does Tarantino just like weird shots sometimes?

He just likes weird shots sometimes... at least in that instance... I think. Some film student will come up with a reasoning, though.

[RibbieRubarb]

Megan Fox is the new Catwoman.

 

No she isnt. Stupid tabloid rumor that fluff tv shows pick-up. Nolan hasn't even written the next Batman film yet. Also, he has proven he likes great actors to be in his films. Not names.

[RibbieRubarb]

He just likes weird shots sometimes... at least in that instance... I think. Some film student will come up with a reasoning, though.

 

It was to enhance her paranoia during that scene that he knew her and was going to kill her. He kept referencing cream or milk which made her think of the dairy farm from the beginning and that he knew and was playing a cruel joke. Which he wasn't.

[Steve9347]

It was to enhance her paranoia during that scene that he knew her and was going to kill her. He kept referencing cream or milk which made her think of the dairy farm from the beginning and that he knew and was playing a cruel joke. Which he wasn't.

Or a genius like you will come in and shed light on it and make me appreciate that scene even more.

[StrangeSox]

It was to enhance her paranoia during that scene that he knew her and was going to kill her. He kept referencing cream or milk which made her think of the dairy farm from the beginning and that he knew and was playing a cruel joke. Which he wasn't.

 

I got that without the need for the extreme close-up, though. It was sort of "lord-privy-seal" if that's why he did it.