Unlikely ideas for a box-set -

OANST · #31 11-02-2009, 06:16 AM

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Well obviously you're a stupid asshole.

That was never being disputed.

Strike Witch · #32 11-03-2009, 11:56 PM

Or you could just read the original comic which not only features all the gore but cuts all the crap out as well.

Plus, reading "oouuh" is quicker then listening to an voice saying "oouuh".

slig# 5719 · #33 11-04-2009, 02:03 AM

Passion of the christ, bruce almighty.

Toy Story, child's play.

AlexFili · #34 11-05-2009, 10:08 AM

Donnie Darko & The Pokemon Movie

MeechMunchie · #35 11-05-2009, 12:18 PM

The ending of Donny Darko was crap. He killed his past self, essentially stopping the events of the film from ever happening, rendering the entire plot irrelevant. They may as well have said 'Then he woke up and it was all a dream'.

Grieva · #36 11-05-2009, 12:45 PM

Jurassic Park and Gosford Park, they both feature dinosaurs

just kidding Maggie

Fuzzle Guy · #37 11-05-2009, 01:08 PM

Toy Story and Chuckie.

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Star Wars and Star Trek

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Godfather I and Godfather III

They're both shit.

OANST · #38 11-06-2009, 07:40 AM

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The ending of Donny Darko was crap. He killed his past self, essentially stopping the events of the film from ever happening, rendering the entire plot irrelevant. They may as well have said 'Then he woke up and it was all a dream'.

I think you may have misunderstood what was happening there. Of course, that is completely not your fault. That film's plot was fucking incomprehensible. The Director's Cut explains more, but it is nowhere near as good.

It's one of the few films that I've seen that made the major events intentionally vague and indecipherable that I could say that I liked by the end. It's not the great achievement in cinema that some make it out to be. Neither is it the giant turd that others say it is. The characters and dialogue were of a quality that made the plot mostly irrelevant, and I can still enjoy it on that level.

MeechMunchie · #39 11-06-2009, 08:58 AM

Most of it is good, I like films that challenge my perception of reality, as well as ones that drop loads of little clues that all link together at the end. You say the ending is different to how I understood it. Could you clear that up for me? I saw it as this: Donny's girlfriend gets hit by a car, he thinks he'd rather die to save her than live with her death, and she was only in the path of the car because she had come with him, so he takes the time ship/aircraft engine and smashes it into his bedroom, killing both his past and future self. We see his girfriend before she was his girlfriend, and some kid asks if she knew Donny. She says no. She has been saved. Can you point out the errors in that?

Wings of Fire · #40 11-06-2009, 09:05 AM

Yeah, if he crashed into his bedroom then he'd only have killed the future him, as the past him was sleepwalking at the golf course.

Also, your explanation doesn't allow for Frank.

EDIT: It's far more philosophical and abstract than that, but I couldn't really say without watching it again.

AlexFili · #41 11-06-2009, 09:16 AM

The Usual Suspects and Meet the Parents

OANST · #42 11-06-2009, 09:26 AM

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Most of it is good, I like films that challenge my perception of reality, as well as ones that drop loads of little clues that all link together at the end. You say the ending is different to how I understood it. Could you clear that up for me? I saw it as this: Donny's girlfriend gets hit by a car, he thinks he'd rather die to save her than live with her death, and she was only in the path of the car because she had come with him, so he takes the time ship/aircraft engine and smashes it into his bedroom, killing both his past and future self. We see his girfriend before she was his girlfriend, and some kid asks if she knew Donny. She says no. She has been saved. Can you point out the errors in that?

It's not so much that there are errors in that. Like WoF said, it's a bit more abstract, though. The engine was the source of all the problems. It was displaced from it's own time, and if events were not set in motion the way they were, the universe would have torn itself apart.

It sounds really cheesy when you talk about the actual plot. That's why I have to stress that the plot is secondary to the way that the people interact with each other.

MeechMunchie · #43 11-06-2009, 09:46 AM

I just looked up the director's idea on WP. Wings sent me some theories too.

Hobo · #44 11-06-2009, 11:34 AM

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They're both shit.

You are a fucking moron. The Godfather is a genius piece of film making.

Sekto Springs · #45 11-06-2009, 12:06 PM

Truth. The Godfather is a slice of cinematic genius.
The problem is it's so liked these days that the angsty lot take it upon themselves to hate it whether or not they've seen it.

OANST · #46 11-06-2009, 12:09 PM

Now, part 3 is a different story. That movie was a fucking stinker.

Wings of Fire · #47 11-06-2009, 12:12 PM

Also, it's such a foundation of modern narrative that people seeing it today believe that they've seen it a million times.

I'm reminded of OANST's reaction when I called Resevoir Dogs clichéd.

Fuzzle Guy · #48 11-07-2009, 02:47 AM

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Truth. The Godfather is a slice of cinematic genius.
The problem is it's so liked these days that the angsty lot take it upon themselves to hate it whether or not they've seen it.

The Godfather is the most overrated film I've ever seen in my life.

I love the second. I think the second is an amazing piece of cinema, but the first is crap. Especially the scene where Michael does the guys in in the restaurant, I can't think of anything more poorly made, and I don't care whether it was made in 1972 or 2009, it looks atrocious. It's only redeeming feature is Marlon Brando's performance.

I much prefer the Shawshank Redemption as a piece of cinematic brilliance.

shaman · #49 11-07-2009, 03:10 AM

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I much prefer the Shawshank Redemption as a piece of cinematic brilliance.

This, i never managed to see "The shawshank redemption" all the way through.

AlexFili · #50 11-07-2009, 03:33 AM

Shawshank Redemption is amazing. Same can be said for Green Mile.

Godfather Pt 1 is pretty good, it was very violent at the time of it's release. The scene where that guy got beaten up on the street looks quite fake by today's standards though.

Part 2 was better, but confusing because of the constant timeskips and flashbacks.

I recently watched The Island last night. Good film in my opinion, although it was overly similar to Equilibrium/The Matrix.

Mac Sirloin · #51 11-07-2009, 05:47 AM

Whoops. Wrong Topic.

Transformers: The movie (the 80's one) and Citizen Kane.

Yeah, I kinda half-assed that.