Rate The Last Movie You Watched - April V3 - no tv shows - General

[QUOTE=Yogkog;44777800]I've said this a couple weeks ago but 80% of the songs are in the first quarter of the movie, you probably stopped watching when the last song for the next hour started.[/QUOTE] i just skipped all the songs, i watched it to the end

That's fucking retarded sorry you're dumb

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;44780390]That's fucking retarded sorry you're dumb[/QUOTE] i simply don't like songs in movies, whether it be disney or something else i generally dislike songs with lyrics in them anyway

[QUOTE=Giraffen93;44780410]i simply don't like songs in movies, whether it be disney or something else i generally dislike songs with lyrics in them anyway[/QUOTE]Then why the fuck are you watching a musical in the first place?

[QUOTE=Joz;44780773]Then why the fuck are you watching a musical in the first place?[/QUOTE] i dunno man, some guy on /v/ said it only had a couple of songs, i was oblivious i've never read anything or seen any videos from it before

cornetto trilogy? shaun is the best film, hot fuzz is the funniest comedy. world's end was mediocre all around. (average, underwhelming story, not many laughs) [editline]12th May 2014[/editline] i think edgar wright has been losing his directorial flair since scott pilgrim (which is horrifically bad)

[QUOTE=Rusty100;44780834]cornetto trilogy? shaun is the best film, hot fuzz is the funniest comedy. world's end was mediocre all around. (average, underwhelming story, not many laughs) [editline]12th May 2014[/editline] i think edgar wright has been losing his directorial flair since scott pilgrim (which is horrifically bad)[/QUOTE] I agree with world's end but I liked scott pilgrim.

[QUOTE=Rusty100;44780834]cornetto trilogy? shaun is the best film, hot fuzz is the funniest comedy. world's end was mediocre all around. (average, underwhelming story, not many laughs[/QUOTE] World's End felt forced, just like everything about it. It reminded me a bit the backstory of The Dark Knight Rises, which I guess turned out how it turned out because neither Nolan, nor Bale and rest of the gang felt as passionate about it as before. There's no secret that Nolan wanted to wait, but studio "forced" him to do it right after Inception (although at the beginning they wanted to do it right after TDK)

[QUOTE=Scot;44780861]I agree with world's end but I liked scott pilgrim.[/QUOTE] It's surprising how close he managed to get the film to the style and tone of the comics. The problem with that is that style works much, much better in comic form than it does in a film.

I hate Scott pilgrim as a film but I enjoy every gif of it I see on tumblr lol. Probably cos its execution as a film is quite poorly done and heavy handed.

[QUOTE=Giraffen93;44780356]i just skipped all the songs, i watched it to the end[/QUOTE] "watches musicals, doesn't like music"

i read the comics first, really didn't like the movie and michael cera's face made it even worse [QUOTE=AK'z;44780993]"watches musicals, doesn't like music"[/QUOTE] do i have to explain it again?

[QUOTE=Giraffen93;44781019] do i have to explain it again?[/QUOTE] [quote]i simply don't like songs in movies[/quote] "i feel like watching a musical"

[QUOTE=AK'z;44781042]"i feel like watching a musical"[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Giraffen93;44780802]i dunno man, some guy on /v/ said it only had a couple of songs, i was oblivious[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Giraffen93;44768607]I got bamboozled into watching it.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Giraffen93;44768311]because some dude on /v/ said there were only a couple of songs in it.[/QUOTE]

you don't like songs with lyrics in them? im baffled

[QUOTE=Giraffen93;44780410]i simply don't like songs in movies, whether it be disney or something else i generally dislike songs with lyrics in them anyway[/QUOTE] POTY [QUOTE=Rusty100;44780834]cornetto trilogy? shaun is the best film, hot fuzz is the funniest comedy. world's end was mediocre all around. (average, underwhelming story, not many laughs) [editline]12th May 2014[/editline] i think edgar wright has been losing his directorial flair since scott pilgrim (which is horrifically bad)[/QUOTE] world's end was leagues above scott pilgrim

[QUOTE=Pops;44781776]world's end was leagues above scott pilgrim[/QUOTE] "no" the world's end was a shoddy attempt to take the same cornetto format and paste it into a sci-fi story. they (wright, pegg and frost) might really like sci-fi, but they're pretty shit at actually making it. they had some semi-interesting ideas about updating the invasion of the body snatchers concept but didn't go far enough with any of them and it just ended up being a massive mediocre mess. and for what was supposed to be a comedy film, having a laugh or two every ten minutes does not a good comedy make. hell, the avengers film was funnier than worlds end whereas scott pilgrim was pretty good and although it suffered from having to compress content that could've made at least two and half movies into one, it was still enjoyable, witty, and had a consistent semi-surreal style that was always entertaining. not to mention the soundtrack, which was flipping fantastic, and was used ridiculously well diegetically in the film

[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;44781742]you don't like songs with lyrics in them? im baffled[/QUOTE] does this dude even understand how dumb his sweeping generalisations are? How insanely close-minded. How the fuck can you not like songs with singing that is just insane, I find it near impossible to believe since there's just such a [I]massive[/I] variety in music. [editline]11th May 2014[/editline] Scott Pilgrim suffered not from being shortened but from being quirky in a bad way with a cringey glorification of nerdiness and a dumb as hell style I find straight up embarassing and cringey. There's good scenes in the film, I think the vegan scene was great and by far the best part of the film. But a lot of the jokes just do not work at all and sadly it uses a lot of the same kind of jokes over and over so it's just eugh

One of the biggest struggles in film is that you can't [I]really[/I] communicate what a character is thinking or feeling. In a book you can just say "he was sad", but having an actor say "I am sad" doesn't work; similarly, in literature thoughts can be spelled out just as easily as dialogue, but in a movie you have to verbalize or voice-over a character's thoughts. So you have to find other ways to communicate these important concepts. Of course, the most obvious one is acting - using expressions, motions, and line delivery to communicate the emotion. These concepts are also communicated with music - the soundtrack will change to sound triumphant, sad, hopeful... all very human emotions that mere music can evoke. Now, what musicals do is go one step beyond that in a more fantastical manner. They combine the emotion and feeling of the character with the bombastic power of the music, creating a break from reality as the singer shares their thoughts and feelings (and sometimes exposition). Think of it like a montage in a regular movie - songs with specialized lyrics provide more insight into onscreen action. "But that's not realistic! I never sing about my feelings! Does this take place in some alternate dimension where everyone learned the same choreography?" In case you haven't noticed, [I]movies[/I] are not realistic. As far back as 1902 with "A Trip To The Moon", movies have been taking impossible or unrealistic concepts and displaying them as if they were feasible. Most movies - action films, comedies, dramas, rom-coms - rely on some suspension of disbelief so that we can see our heroes overcome the odds to succeed.

[B]Muppets Most Wanted[/B] I been a Muppets fan since the 1970's, and this was another great Muppets movie. 10/10

My favorite movie is No Country For Old Men 'cause there's not a single bit o' music in the entire thing Why would you sully the great art of film with a shoddy fraudulent "art" like MUSIC

[QUOTE=Doctorhooves;44782511][B]Muppets Most Wanted[/B] I been a Muppets fan since the 1970's, and this was another great Muppets movie. 10/10[/QUOTE] Damn you're over 40 years old?

[I]Neighbors[/I] 8/10 Consistently funny, nary a joke fell flat. Mostly violent or crude humor, but it's like [I]Superbad[/I] where a dick joke is more than just a dick joke.

[QUOTE=Hoboiam;44782572]My favorite movie is No Country For Old Men 'cause there's not a single bit o' music in the entire thing Why would you sully the great art of film with a shoddy fraudulent "art" like MUSIC[/QUOTE] That sounds pretty cool, I've been wanting to see that movie. Not that I'm against music.

There's lots of scenes in movies where I feel the experience would have been vastly improved without an orchestra blaring.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;44782490]One of the biggest struggles in film is that you can't [I]really[/I] communicate what a character is thinking or feeling. In a book you can just say "he was sad", but having an actor say "I am sad" doesn't work; similarly, in literature thoughts can be spelled out just as easily as dialogue, but in a movie you have to verbalize or voice-over a character's thoughts. So you have to find other ways to communicate these important concepts. Of course, the most obvious one is acting - using expressions, motions, and line delivery to communicate the emotion. These concepts are also communicated with music - the soundtrack will change to sound triumphant, sad, hopeful... all very human emotions that mere music can evoke. Now, what musicals do is go one step beyond that in a more fantastical manner. They combine the emotion and feeling of the character with the bombastic power of the music, creating a break from reality as the singer shares their thoughts and feelings (and sometimes exposition). Think of it like a montage in a regular movie - songs with specialized lyrics provide more insight into onscreen action. "But that's not realistic! I never sing about my feelings! Does this take place in some alternate dimension where everyone learned the same choreography?" In case you haven't noticed, [I]movies[/I] are not realistic. As far back as 1902 with "A Trip To The Moon", movies have been taking impossible or unrealistic concepts and displaying them as if they were feasible. Most movies - action films, comedies, dramas, rom-coms - rely on some suspension of disbelief so that we can see our heroes overcome the odds to succeed.[/QUOTE] You make two really good points here. (although I'd argue that if you're an author who can't express your character's emotions or intentions without spelling it out in the.. whatever it's called to write stuff that isn't dialogue/from the perspective of a person.. Idk, metawriting or some shit, you're probably a bad author (Blood Meridian not once tells of the emotions of the characters in the book yet we know what's going on and what everyone's tihnking because Cormac McCarthy crafts such a brilliant and depth-filled image for us)- just as how as a director/writer, if you can't communicate plot or character without blatant exposition you're for the most part a bad writer or filmmaker ) Cinema works on many levels and to make a great film you generally have to make all of them work well not just individually, but together. For instance, as a rebuttal to Hoboiam's (clearly sarcastic, but still legitimate) point, No Country For Old Men does everything well. It has beautiful visuals, an incredibly well crafted, deep screenplay, excellent acting, standout direction, and [I]an excellent use of music[/I]. The film has no music, but it [I]chose[/I] to not have music. Its soundtrack is the Texas countryside, or the city night. Its lack of music is just as compelling as the build up and release of the hook in Pirates of the Caribbean's soundtrack. It deliberately subverts the use of generic music formula so that in fact the lack of music sets the scene, not the use of music. Really genius imo. And to realism, agreed 100%. Films are never real. Even documentaries are never real. To paraphrase Brian DePalma, [I]"cinema lies 24 times a second"[/I] (but also Godard said cinema is truth 24 times a second, but knowing him I think he means it in a different way). But it's an interesting one. I'll be an asshole and quote myself from yesterday- [QUOTE] With the world, It's all about creating a story, character and delivery that is believable inside the universe created by the film. Frozen is believable and the songs work because in the Frozen universe, it's a musical and we know it. We understand it and despite being realistic, we accept it as an established element to the film (notice how it's the singing, not the magic powers, that took you out of believing properly)[/QUOTE] So yes, in our world, singing randomly like they do in Frozen is unrealistic and immersion shattering (think of the deliberate and subversive use of a musical number in Magnolia, a film that has at least 150 minutes of zero singing leading up to it) but Frozen makes a point of creating a world where it's normal for that to happen. Think of, say, Mulholland Dr. Without further analysis and looking at thematic meaning, for instance, it makes no fucking sense whatsoever. You have to piece everything together and work it out, and that's part of the experience. You learn quickly that this film could go anywhere and do anything. You learn to expect the unexpected. In an average film, if they threw in a random scene of two criminals robbing a place and killing people, none of whom we've seen before, none of whom we see again, we'd be confused and annoyed at how it showed us this scene for absolutely no apparent reason. Or if our two main characters suddenly became lovers and had as gratuitous a sex scene as it does, we'd call exploitation or shlock. Or if we lose a main character in a little blue box we'd be lost and confused. But David Lynch is David Lynch and he makes it work in a way where, yes, we question everything, but we're never taken out of the film. You're never like "wait a minute... That's not right!" because Lynch creates a world where anything can happen. That's why a good musical works as a good film and why songs don't ruin the experience.

[QUOTE=Scot;44782580]Damn you're over 40 years old?[/QUOTE] this guy just gets odder and odder the more we learn about him :v:

[QUOTE=Scot;44782580]Damn you're over 40 years old?[/QUOTE] I hope he doesn't post in the crossdressing thread

well i can honestly say im not that surprised

[QUOTE=Scot;44782580]Damn you're over 40 years old?[/QUOTE] he probably meant that he's always been a fan of the older muppets stuff [editline]11th May 2014[/editline] as in "i've always liked the 1970s muppets" [editline]11th May 2014[/editline] considering he said "I been" i'm assuming his english isn't all that great