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I guess we can all agree that Chan-wook Park's Vengeance trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance) is not a good choice for the depressed audience - even when it's so obviously tongue-in-cheek like Lady Vengeance is as a whole.
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"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
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"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
Just a little thing I spotted:
The word "mindfuck" gets thrown around a lot in these parts - no surprise there, considering this is an Evangelion fan community - but this is the first time I've ever heard of a movie implanting false memories into its viewers. Apparently M. Night Shyamalan is in reality Mandrake the Magician.
The word "mindfuck" gets thrown around a lot in these parts - no surprise there, considering this is an Evangelion fan community - but this is the first time I've ever heard of a movie implanting false memories into its viewers. Apparently M. Night Shyamalan is in reality Mandrake the Magician.
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I had actually heard about the lost Thunderbird one but the M. Night Shyamalan instance. Must be Jung's collective unconscious bubbling up, or something to that affect.
But then again, there might have been issues with some of the reels sent out. I know there are projectionists who like to screw around with film reels for lulz, but that possibility seems a little far-fetched.
But then again, there might have been issues with some of the reels sent out. I know there are projectionists who like to screw around with film reels for lulz, but that possibility seems a little far-fetched.
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IMO, I think the only reason this is being seriously considered is because of how unexpectedly and ridiculously well Tim Burton's Alice in Underland did
and since Burton is likely more interested in either (re)making Frankenweenie or adapting Dark Shadows to film, Disney figured it could make lightning strike twice and it wants the closest thing, which in their mind is Sam Raimi as director and Robert Downey, Jr. as the main man (which is not 100% off-base but it is rather superficial and this sounds ridiculous since there's only been one decent-to-OK film about Oz that's been made since the original and there's nothing else to add)
and since Burton is likely more interested in either (re)making Frankenweenie or adapting Dark Shadows to film, Disney figured it could make lightning strike twice and it wants the closest thing, which in their mind is Sam Raimi as director and Robert Downey, Jr. as the main man (which is not 100% off-base but it is rather superficial and this sounds ridiculous since there's only been one decent-to-OK film about Oz that's been made since the original and there's nothing else to add)
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^This is exactly why this will suck. It just sounds like cheap attemped to cash in on movie that just came.
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Bumping this dinosaur because I couldn't find any other place that seemed appropriate to say this:
Looks like, from early reviews at Venice, Tran Anh Hung's adaptation of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood is getting lukewarm to negative responses. I know it's hard to live up to such a beautiful novel, and though I thought Tran would be a sure fire success as a director, I'm going to go out on a limb and bring out one glaring flaw I saw in pre-production:
Rinko Kikuchi should be playing Midori, not Naoko.
I guess I'll be seeing what the other flaws are when the film actually comes out here.
Looks like, from early reviews at Venice, Tran Anh Hung's adaptation of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood is getting lukewarm to negative responses. I know it's hard to live up to such a beautiful novel, and though I thought Tran would be a sure fire success as a director, I'm going to go out on a limb and bring out one glaring flaw I saw in pre-production:
Rinko Kikuchi should be playing Midori, not Naoko.
I guess I'll be seeing what the other flaws are when the film actually comes out here.
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^ Too bad DR. TRAN failed. Oh well, I'll watch the film in any case because it has Kikuchi.
"I'd really like to have as much money as you have, Oz" - robersora
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
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I'll see the film anyway because I'm a devoted Haruki Murakami fanboy. I'm not even that big of a Kikuchi fan but she would've been an such an obviously great choice to play Midori that it hurts me inside to think of what should have been.
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^ Have either of you seen Tran's Cyclo? Great movie, but it's the only one I've seen from him.
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BUMP since there is no other applicable thread to post this in and I have had a bad streak recently of locked threads that I started
anyway, so Katzenberg recently said some interesting things about the film industry and admitted that movies mostly suck now
it is ironic for him to say that as the current CEO of Dreamworks Animation and being so honest on that one point when most would hide behind the typical BS executives throw out there
I also found it interesting that he kind of acknowledged what a gimmick 3D is as basically a cover for charging higher prices and that the industry should move to 3D-sans-glasses as reasonably quickly as possible to avoid alienating the public
and it was funny to hear him rag on Ratatouille, I cannot help but think he is just mad that it competed all too well against Shrek the Third at the box office
anyway, so Katzenberg recently said some interesting things about the film industry and admitted that movies mostly suck now
it is ironic for him to say that as the current CEO of Dreamworks Animation and being so honest on that one point when most would hide behind the typical BS executives throw out there
I also found it interesting that he kind of acknowledged what a gimmick 3D is as basically a cover for charging higher prices and that the industry should move to 3D-sans-glasses as reasonably quickly as possible to avoid alienating the public
and it was funny to hear him rag on Ratatouille, I cannot help but think he is just mad that it competed all too well against Shrek the Third at the box office
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Ultimately, Hollywood sucks right now because there are no more artists. Films are instead made by focus groups and market research.
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Bomby von Bombsville wrote:Ultimately, Hollywood sucks right now because there are no more artists. Films are instead made by focus groups and market research.
Funny, I bet older generations thought this same basic thought. They thought it would crumble, and here we are, still cranking them out like it's no big dead.
Seriously though, there's artists out there, and like those grand and glorious times, where Hollywood keep making musicals and epic/grand in scale movies, the true geniuses were few and far between (but not hopeless; there were plenty of competent directors in those movies, and the same can be said for the blockbusters today). The only difference is that we can spot the actual geniuses in Hollywood and the usual big budgeted Hollywood movies quicker than ever now.
Originally in Hollywood isn't dead, it's just easier to consumer it now; that's it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kR0VLYxoiE&feature=player_embedded
> story by George Lucas
>> George Lucas began developing Red Tails around 1988
It sounds okay. Although, the screenplay isn't by George... so, y'know, make of it what you will when it comes out.
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WAIT!
what's this?! someone at Disney has a functioning BRAIN after all?
perhaps this is a harbinger of the demise of the unnecessary-remake-and-sequel fever in Hollywood
what's this?! someone at Disney has a functioning BRAIN after all?
perhaps this is a harbinger of the demise of the unnecessary-remake-and-sequel fever in Hollywood
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