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I think the tone of the first 45 minutes work for those 45 minutes best. Even with the hard cut to screwball comedy, you still get some of that grandiose filmmaking we got from the first 45 minutes. Like the long tracking shot in the Daily Planet wh…
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I actually like the film better once it goes to Metropolis, but that might be because of my fondness for screwball comedy. “There’s only one ‘p’ in ‘rapist’.”
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Murdock wrote: » I've been enjoying Season 2 a lot thus far. I thought the crossover with Lower Decks was really fun. This generation's Trials and Tribblelations. Yeah I think it’s fun to see Trek make such big swings. When it comes to a cr…
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BARBIE surprisingly goes Matrix levels of deep, though obviously on a more satirical/cynical note.
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AstonLotus wrote: » there were consequences to that action in BVS. That was something I was really looking forward to with BvS. Sort of like how STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS was gonna address whether Kirk was promoted too fast, which was an endi…
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It would be ironic if its popularity catapults on streaming, which leads to a bigger box office hit for 2… but that’s what he should probably hope for if he really intends on making more beyond MI8 like he says he wants.
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Where are all those folks who claimed MI7 was going to run circles around NTTD at the box office because Cruise knew how to please audiences better than Eon? I never bought the hype that this would repeat TOP GUN: MAVERICK, but I didn’t expect it to…
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And he throws in that last line in the space pod before it crashes “it is forbidden for you to interfere with human history”. Doesn’t sound like a hint at time travel at first viewing, but then when you rewatch it and catch that line it makes sense.…
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Jor-El’s voice booming “IT IS FORBIDDEN” implying that what Superman is doing is not only wrong but might lead to disastrous consequences is something SUPERMAN II really should have followed up. Lester shot A LOT of new material for II, so it’s kind…
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I love STM, but I agree, it’s not flawless. And I’m surprised none of the filmmakers of II came up with an explanation for why Superman can’t turn back time in sequels, because there was a perfect opportunity there. So Superman turns back time, t…
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Earlier this year Gunn addressed the decline of superhero films at the box office by saying that audiences ultimately need a compelling story to get behind, and it can’t all just be dazzle and quips. Then he put his money where his mouth was with GU…
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j_w_pepper wrote: » Do they actually "submit" their work or are they just picked? I mean, I don't suppose any actor applies to the Academy to award him/her as best actor, and neither any director, so why should the composer of the score or of the…
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mtm wrote: » The 4K versions are superb though- a complete boxset may not be certain due to the two different studios involved of course. It’s possible they play nice. Four out of the first five MCU films were Paramont joints. So any box se…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » To be fair, those fans are just a very loud minority. In spite of how passionate Snyder fans are, they didn’t make up enough of the general movie going public to carry theses films at the box…
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Barry submitted “We Have All the Time in the World” and it still got snubbed. I’m guessing after that he just gave up submitting his Bond work and focused more on his non-Bond submissions. I guess you could say that worked out for him, as he went…
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You gave me an idea @Gerard Here’s the 2015 Best Song Winner and noms… Given how unpopular WOTW is among Bond circles, did the Academy really pick the best song of the five? For what it’s worth, a few days ago I just heard WOTW on a sto…
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To be fair, those fans are just a very loud minority. In spite of how passionate Snyder fans are, they didn’t make up enough of the general movie going public to carry theses films at the box office. I think many tend to forget just how mixed (MOS) …
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R1s1ngs0n wrote: » mtm wrote: » Thunderball more deserving of best picture than Sound of Music? Can't agree there: even actual fans of James Bond don't agree over TB's merits! :) Whereas Sound of Music is an all-time classic - I think the Osca…
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AstonLotus wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » It was weird how PR made such a big deal of how Singer was supposedly a big fan of the Donner film, because absolutely nothing about SUPERMAN RETURNS carried the spirit of either Donner or even Lest…
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Come to think of it, Bond hasn’t really been on a mission that confined him to one location since YOLT. After that, Bond would have a “primary” location (Bond in Switzerland, Las Vegas, etc), but would still be globetrotting for the first hour or so…
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I see the quote option right under my post. Hovering over the bolded “comments”
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LucknFate wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » To be fair, this film takes the first person perspectives of Oppenheimer and RDJ’s character. None of them were present during bombings in Japan, so it wouldn’t fit the narra…
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jetsetwilly wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Barbie has crossed $200 million dollars in the US in 5 days. Oppenheimer, a 3 hour, very dense and deeply intelligent drama (with an amazing script, stunning filmmaking on all levels, and an "A" list…
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Not every villain needs to be like Goldfinger, just like that every Bond song doesn’t need to be Shirley Bassey belting her voice out. Let Bond have some variety.
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To be fair, this film takes the first person perspectives of Oppenheimer and RDJ’s character. None of them were present during bombings in Japan, so it wouldn’t fit the narrative to cut away to places they weren’t present. The test bombing is all yo…
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Why are we comparing an adult drama with popcorn films? Might as well debate over whether THE GODFATHER PART II or THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN was the better film of 1974.
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I do think it’s interesting that for both Mendes films Bond wasn’t given anything too fancy or futuristic. Gadgets appeared to be more rudimentary and tacked on, like those added buttons on the Aston Martin steering wheel with the taped on labels. M…
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I dunno how anyone can manage to sleep with the soundtrack blaring as it is haha
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The only major box office decline with Marvel was ANT-MAN 3. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3, however, ended up having very strong legs and has $844m, which is only $19m below the second film. And that’s James Gunn’s farewell to Marvel, as he is moving…
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My favorite story is that a script nearly got locked (I think by Jeffrey Boam who did THE LAST CRUSADE), but then INDEPENDENCE DAY came out and Spielberg told Lucas “we are NOT doing an alien invasion story after this”. George Lucas’ solution? Chang…
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