The Motion Picture Arts Thread

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Post by Dantes » Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:51 am

haplo wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 2:15 am proof: me, I didn't understand why it was black and white for that scene until you explained it
Seriously, you need to watch Casablanca. Make certain you get a copy of the 70th Anniversary restoration. WB spent about 10 Million restoring the film and upconverting it for Blu-Ray. The picture is fantastic and of course it's Casablanca.

It is easily one of my favorite movies.
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Post by pterrus » Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:05 pm

Doug wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 2:11 am I'm going to do a cutaway into Casablanca. Instead of Sam it'll be Yosemite Sam
Have there been unironic whitewashing complaints? I hope there have been unironic whitewashing complaints.

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pterrus wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:05 pm
Doug wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 2:11 am I'm going to do a cutaway into Casablanca. Instead of Sam it'll be Yosemite Sam
Have there been unironic whitewashing complaints? I hope there have been unironic whitewashing complaints.
I didn't even think of that
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Post by pterrus » Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:14 pm

Yosemite Sam can't do anything right lately.

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Post by Doug » Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:22 pm

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Post by Doug » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:26 pm

I'm reading that the streaming-while-debuting model for Black Widow has wrecked its box office

Which is too bad, because it's a really good movie
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Post by haplo » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:34 pm

on the other hand, theatres are terrible

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Post by Doug » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:35 pm

I love our local theater! Now that tickets are back under $10, that is

And when I'm in Orlando, man do I love the Aloma Cinema Grill
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Post by haplo » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:36 pm

well the main problem is other people that go there, not the place itself
I think the last movie I saw that was better in a theater than at home was snakes on a plane

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Post by Dantes » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:36 pm

Doug wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:26 pm I'm reading that the streaming-while-debuting model for Black Widow has wrecked its box office

Which is too bad, because it's a really good movie
Disney apparently made $60 million opening weekend from streaming.
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Post by Faceless » Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:10 pm

Iron Man 2 is better than I remembered and I think it's underrated. Justin Hammer is just so fucking good.

though i've probably been watching too many Jonathan Ferguson videos because I got irritated when I called the famously bolt action MASS shotgun a "pump action" before visibly pulling the bolt
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Post by Doug » Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:42 pm

I think Iron Man 2 is the worst MCU film HOWEVER I do agree that Justin Hammer is great, and I may have said this before but if you pretend that Iron Man 2 is a Justin Hammer film when you watch it, it makes it a much better movie
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Post by Dantes » Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:51 am

There’s a rumor that he’s going to be back for Armor Wars.
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Post by Doug » Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:53 am

omg I hope so
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Post by Faceless » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:32 pm

The Avengers is just, good. It's like a perfect execution at being a superhero team up movie. There are more cool moments in it than I'd remembered, but mostly my impression on rewatch is that it just nails what it was setting out to do.
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Post by Doug » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:55 pm

Yeah it balances the characters perfectly, I think
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Post by seathesee » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:59 pm

whats the verb for a bolt action gun? you pump it, right? you pull then you push. thats a pump.

apropos of nothing btw
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Post by Doug » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:12 pm

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Post by Doug » Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:28 pm

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Post by Dantes » Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:38 pm

Doug wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:28 pm Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/s ... NewsSearch
That seems pretty open and shut. It's going to get settled out of court.
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Post by Ashenai » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:12 am

Doug wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:12 pmCycling
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Post by Doug » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:40 pm

Dantes wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:38 pm
Doug wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:28 pm Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/s ... NewsSearch
That seems pretty open and shut. It's going to get settled out of court.
I assume you're right
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Post by Dantes » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:08 pm

Doug wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:40 pm
Dantes wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:38 pm
Doug wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:28 pm Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/s ... NewsSearch
That seems pretty open and shut. It's going to get settled out of court.
I assume you're right
That is generally a very safe assumption.
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Post by Doug » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:16 pm

Dantes wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:08 pm
Doug wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:40 pm
Dantes wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:38 pm

That seems pretty open and shut. It's going to get settled out of court.
I assume you're right
That is generally a very safe assumption.
As opposed to the Xtreme assumption
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Post by Shiny Days » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:07 pm

Doug wrote:
As opposed to the Xtreme assumption
somehow the lawsuit spirals out of control. scarlet is made the head of disney. she starts appearing in videos showing off disneyland and specials they're airing on television and disney plus. she's wearing suits similar to walt. she's slowly transforming into walt

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Post by Shiny Days » Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:44 pm

regardless of whether or not the suicide squad, by james gunn, is good or not, it is explained, by showing no less, not telling, what they eat, which is great.

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Post by Doug » Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:20 pm

It was pretty good, there were funny parts

But it didn't even have the depth of Guardians of the Galaxy, which already is not exactly the most profound movie in the world

Still it it funny and not terrible

Also, a hard rated R, rather surprising at times
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Post by Doug » Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:43 pm

Whoa, Black Widow is already available for digital purchase

I had assumed that the release date for that would match the DVD release date, but I guess times have changed
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Post by Khaos » Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:45 pm

what is a dvd

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Post by Doug » Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:52 pm

Exactly
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