“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
What version? The 1950's version is a horrible trainwreck and anyone who enjoys it should be shot for being cultural detritus.
The 1984 version is pretty good though.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
They changed it so it was about Communism being evil and it ends on a high.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
You know how the book ends with Wintson realizing he loves Big Brother, and that's like the ultimate downer? The movie ends with him thinking back to Julia and yelling 'I LOVE YOU!', implying that he won in the end and The (communist) Party can't crush the human spirit.
Of course there a subtle hints throughout the book that INGSOC collapses long after Winston's death, but still.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
You know how the book ends with Wintson realizing he loves Big Brother, and that's like the ultimate downer? The movie ends with him thinking back to Julia and yelling 'I LOVE YOU!', implying that he won in the end and The (communist) Party can't crush the human spirit.
That is the most fucking ridiculous thing I have heard in my life. It's worse than the ending of the cartoon of Animal Farm, or the updated ending to The Fly (the old one).
That is the most fucking ridiculous thing I have heard in my life. It's worse than the ending of the cartoon of Animal Farm
It's most likely that the government put pressure on the studios responsible for both of these productions to make them more 'Communism bad, we'll win in the end'. I read a long article about it last year after I'd finished reading 1984 and watched both versions.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
Saw Harry Potter and thought it was quite good. Absolutely loved the Tale of the Three Brothers sequence. Also, there was far less wandering around with nothing much happening than I expected.
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Spending as long as I do here, it's easy to forget that Oddworld has actual fans.
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: *waits for WoF's response*
“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
April and I took Abbey to see True Grit yesterday. It was excellent. It was a surprisingly straight forward western for being a Coen Bros. film, but it was so expertly crafted that it didn't need all the quirks that they usually put in. Some scenes need to be seen in a theatre to get their full effect.
I actually enjoyed Inception quite a bit, including the silly 'Dream Science'. I just felt the need to be the first person in the whole world ever to point out how it was pretty silly anyway.
Me and Jordan (attempted) to watch this Bollywood film called Golmaal 3. This isn't particularly noteworthy except for one specific scene, linked below.
Now, just for context let me give you the low down: The group of three are the Older guy sitting in front of the television's sons. The other two are the lady's. They just got married, but the two groups don't like each other because they keep ruining each other's get rich quick schemes. Watch at your own risk.
Understand there is nothing to 'get' here. It has nothing to do with anything and is never mentioned again. They're just having some kind of...contest.
The guy who wanders away to pick up the lamp is an ultimate badass, though.
I got Expendables for my dad for Christmas and we watched it yesterday. It was enjoyable, but it needed more Schwarzenegger and Willis.
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Just saw Rare Exports. It was fucking amazing, I really recommend it. It's not much like the brutal short films it's based on, but it truly is very good.
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Anyway, it's fantastic. Aronofsky is a genius, and Natalie Portman gave one of the best performances I have ever seen. By the end she is simultaneously beautiful, terrifying, vulnerable, and oppressive. I can't say enough about this movie. Go see it.
Has anyone seen the last series of 'Peep Show'? It's been brilliant, hasn't it? Apparently though (according to David Mitchell's twitter), there won't be another series until 2012.
