Jorge wrote:One of my least-favorite movie tropes is: character arrives at a new (to the audience) location. He is greeted by an intimidating looking character who seems to regard him with contempt. They stare each other down and exchange a few insults and right when it looks like they're about to throw down, the other character instead says "HOW'VE YOU BEEN, YOU OLD SON OF A GUN!" and they hug, revealing that they're actually old friends.
Did it start with Lando and Han? They should knock it off. It's annoying!
there is a rick and morty episode that kinda toys with the same idea
Which one? I can’t remember. The heist crew one maybe?
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed April 10, 2024 11:28 pm
by BurtReynolds
What's the oldest example of a story in which AI is the villain? Dune?
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed April 10, 2024 11:32 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Wed April 10, 2024 11:33 pm
by BurtReynolds
tragabigzanda wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:What's the oldest example of a story in which AI is the villain? Dune?
The Greeks wrote about automatons
Things like that or Frankenstein or the golem story are definitely in the area, but I wouldn't say they are strictly AI. More like killer robots.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun April 14, 2024 7:29 pm
by BurtReynolds
In Predator 2, the alien is shown to see the world in infrared even without a mask, but his vision seems to be worse without the mask, suggesting that he actually just has poor eyesight and the mask includes glasses for his poor vision.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 6:50 am
by Jorge
Give me your answers
Mine:
- Mulholland Drive
- Fight Club
- Lady Bird
- Whiplash
- Asteroid City
- Rosemary's Baby
- Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
- Oppenheimer
- Raging Bull
- Eyes Wide Shut
- The Godfather
- Lost in Translation
- Arrival
- The Master
(I don't love all these movies but they are my favorites by their respective directors)
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 12:06 pm
by bart
Mulholland Drive
Zodiac
pass
pass
Rushmore
Chinatown
Jackie Brown
Following (haven't seen Oppenheimer though)
Goodfellas
Eyes Wide Shut
Godfather II
Lost in Translation (the only one I like)
pass
Honestly I might like Inherent Vice the most, which I never would have predicted after the first time I saw it
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 1:05 pm
by The Argonaut
Blue Velvet
Fight Club
Lady Bird
Whiplash
Darjeeling Limited
The Tenant
Jackie Brown
Memento
Taxi Driver
A Clockwork Orange
The Godfather
The Beguiled
Prisoners
Punch Drunk Love
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 3:12 pm
by BurtReynolds
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 3:39 pm
by Farmer John
Dune
Zodiac
Lady Bird
Babylon
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rosemay’s Baby
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Oppenheimer
After Hours
Dr. Strangelove
The Godfather
Lost in Translation
Arrival
There Will Be Blood
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 12:49 pm
by Peeps
Cinema peaked here and its been downhill since
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 2:08 am
by BurtReynolds
Apparently I've been really into movies about artists or struggles to make art or failing miserably to make art lately. Or seeing movies through that lens. I guess it's a pretty common story...
Whiplash
Pig
American Fiction
Mulholland Drive
Banshees of Inisherin
Tar
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 2:52 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
How is American Fiction? I see it's on streaming now and I want to go to there.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 3:01 am
by BurtReynolds
It's a nice beach area.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 3:07 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
wat
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 1:05 pm
by bart
Every time somebody mentions that stupid movie I think they’re talking about American Splendor and get excited for a second
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 2:04 pm
by VinylGuy
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:How is American Fiction? I see it's on streaming now and I want to go to there.
Liked it a lot
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 2:04 pm
by tommy
VinylGuy wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:How is American Fiction? I see it's on streaming now and I want to go to there.
Liked it a lot
Yeah,good movie. You'd like it, len
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 5:39 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
tommy wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:How is American Fiction? I see it's on streaming now and I want to go to there.
Liked it a lot
Yeah,good movie. You'd like it, len
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 5:40 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
bart wrote:Every time somebody mentions that stupid movie I think they’re talking about American Splendor and get excited for a second
That's because you're an idiot.
I haven't seen that one in years. Adored it back in the day. Giamatti is so good.
