OT: Let's talk about movies and TV - Part XXII

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I'm surprised to hear that Ozy, what didn't you like?

Everything except maybe the cinematography and acting.

I just really really really didnt like the story. Unappealling. It just didnt do it for me.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Which one has Gianna Michaels in it ? Or is that pirana 3D ? Because thats the one I'm going for.

I bet you watch porn for the storylines

 

[Mrb1p]

I bet you watch porn for the storylines

Its literally the only thing I care about.

 

[Tabarouette]

I bet you watch porn for the storylines

don't we all

 

[ArtPeur]

Do porn critics actually watch a whole movie?

 

[Adriatic]

Leo so beautiful he even makes Brad Pitt look unsightly.

 

[Runner77]

It's actually the opposite. There's a reason it sits at #1 on imdb's all time list. Those are user ratings.

I know plenty of people who call it a masterpiece, no matter the generational gaps.

It's tough to call anything a masterpiece but Shawshank has to be in the conversation.

 

[Runner77]

Do porn critics actually watch a whole movie?

Depends if the cinema's seating features apertures.

 

[Runner77]

I may be demonstrating my ignorance here but if I recall my basic history, the Americans weren’t really combatants in WW1. As most Hollywood movies tend to tell American stories, I’d guess for the general North American audience, the stories may not have the same appeal as WW2 which I believe the Americans were also late to the fray.

I’m not disagreeing with your points at all, but think the reason we don’t see more WW1 movies is Hollywood needs a story that makes money to put it bluntly.

If no Americans are involved in their heroism fantasies, it probably didn't happen and is not worth a screenplay.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

don't we all

Post-credit scenes

 

[ottawa]

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014): ★★★

Such an overrated film. Average at best.

 

[Kimota]

Everything except maybe the cinematography and acting.

I just really really really didnt like the story. Unappealling. It just didnt do it for me.

I personally just appreciate a story spanned to such a big chunk of a lifetime like that. That is why I loved Once Upon a Time in America too. Having a director who slowly tell the story of an individual and really take his time with the character or characters. I feel like this is how most stories put on film should be like. Tell me a story. Visconti's The Leopard was like this too. Just epic, beautiful, great acting and you are given time to seeing characters develop. And TWBB is the only one Paul Thomas Anderson movie that I love because of this, it is my favorite style of movies, it is Cinema in its purest form.

 

[mitchmagic]

You can like something without trying to criticize something.

Saying you like something is criticism.

 

[mitchmagic]

How would you all rank his 8 movies? I think my list would go like this

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Kill Bill
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Django Unchained
6. Jackie Brown
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Death Proof

The top 3 are definitely in my top 15 of all time, maybe even top 10. And too early to say but with the cast that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I can't imagine that not landing in the top 5.

Reservoir Dogs is one of the worst films of all time.

 

[le_sean]

Reservoir Dogs is one of the worst films of all time.

Terrible take

 

[Kriss E]

Reservoir Dogs is one of the worst films of all time.

Quite the sensationalist aren't ya..

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I personally just appreciate a story spanned to such a big chunk of a lifetime like that. That is why I loved Once Upon a Time in America too. Having a director who slowly tell the story of an individual and really take his time with the character or characters. I feel like this is how most stories put on film should be like. Tell me a story. Visconti's The Leopard was like this too. Just epic, beautiful, great acting and you are given time to seeing characters develop. And TWBB is the only one Paul Thomas Anderson movie that I love because of this, it is my favorite style of movies, it is Cinema in its purest form.

No matter the form, I found the story between the characters, the dialogue, unappealling. It has nothing to do with any snob ideas about cinematography. The book itself is ŹZZZZZZzzzzz. I'd rather read Schindler's List *shudder*.

Cinema in its purest form is storytelling. Not all stories are great and universal, no matter HOW they are told. You need to like a story to appreciate the rest, otherwise it's a painful exercise.

You liked the story, I didn't.

 

[mitchmagic]

Leo so beautiful he even makes Brad Pitt look unsightly.

You realize this is photoshopped right?

 

[peate]

When watching a movie, do you sit through the closing credits or leave at The End?

 

[Deebs]

When watching a movie, do you sit through the closing credits or leave at The End?

Absolutely no reason for me to watch the credits unless I know there are extra scenes.

 

[Tabarouette]

When watching a movie, do you sit through the closing credits or leave at The End?

what psychopath would watch the credit if there is no post-credit scene

 

[peate]

Absolutely no reason for me to watch the credits unless I know there are extra scenes.

what psychopath would watch the credit if there is no post-credit scene

But how do you know if there are extra scenes or not if you don't sit through the credits first?

 

[Tabarouette]

But how do you know if there are extra scenes or not if you don't sit through the credits first?

if everyone stays put and whispers about post-credit i'm staying (or if it's a marvel movie)

otherwise i'll take my chances and watch it on some shady video website later

 

[Ozmodiar]

Leo so beautiful he even makes Brad Pitt look unsightly.

Resident HFBoards photoshoppers must be licking their chops at the potential here.

who's it going to be? Bergevin / Julien ? Max / Desharnais ? Armia / Kotkaniemi ? Weber / Mete ?

 

[groovejuice]

Do porn critics actually watch a whole movie?

There'd be too much chafing.