Movie Talk

[torgosPizza]

Use this board for talking about anything movie related, whether it's MST3K movies or even movies that have been riffed.

Keep in mind if you're going to suggest a movie do it here: Suggest-A-Trax http://www.rifftrax.com/smf/index.php?board=19.0

Or if you're talking about a movie and its RiffTrax commentary, do that here: Individual RiffTrax Discussion http://www.rifftrax.com/smf/index.php?board=20.0

Enjoy and let me know if anything should be changed.

[SecretAgentSuperDragon]

So...What kinds of music do people like?   

Oh, I really enjoy action/adventures



 

[Soguru]

Thinking about it, the biggest weakness of The Lord of the Rings trilogy is all the dialogue and exposition. I understand it's a huge, huge story adapted from something like a 1000 pages worth of books, but wouldn't it be more time-efficient to tell the story through other means other than dialogue or monologues? Peter Jackson is talented for certain, but I'm not sure if he's talented enough to do that. If there is another Lord of the rings trilogy ever made, that's probably the only possible thing that can be improved upon. If only Stanley Kubrick were still alive and had the constitution to make three huge movies...

[Johnny Unusual]

Whew boy.  Let's be thankful for small favours.  Like this not being a thing.

http://oneperfectshotdb.com/2016/02/must-read-this-gremlins-reboot-would-have-been-insane/

Oddly, there's misspelling both in the pitch (distruction) and in the introduction to the pitch (Firday).  Come on, people.  At least use spell check.

Anyway, it's a pretty lame and dull pitch.  Mostly I'm sharing because I'm always interested in "What ifs" in pop culture.

[Darth Geek]

Whew boy.  Let's be thankful for small favours.  Like this not being a thing.

http://oneperfectshotdb.com/2016/02/must-read-this-gremlins-reboot-would-have-been-insane/

Oddly, there's misspelling both in the pitch (distruction) and in the introduction to the pitch (Firday).  Come on, people.  At least use spell check.

Anyway, it's a pretty lame and dull pitch.  Mostly I'm sharing because I'm always interested in "What ifs" in pop culture.

Eh, doesn't seem so bad. I like the escalation from the previous movies where it's difficult to find the Mogwai, and the plane crash escalates the consequences. If anything, I think making it still be about a small town is too much like the first one. I'd rather them overrunning a city. That was the threat in the second.

[Johnny Unusual]

If you are interested in seeing how a film might be translated into another language, taking into account wordplay and cultural references that wouldn't travel, you might want to read this.

https://legendsoflocalization.com/ghostbusters-in-japanese/

[Russoguru]

I've talked about before about how I'm not THAT into horror films and yet... I have seen a big transformation in myself when it comes to my feelings about that genre over the past couple years. I actually kind of like horror now, generally speaking. As long as things don't get ridiculously gory, I'm game. I'm looking forward to Midsommar, It Chapter 2, and finally seeing Us.

Not sure what I can attribute this change in heart to. After all, horror movies(again, generally speaking) don't scare me that much.

[stansimpson]

I've talked about before about how I'm not THAT into horror films and yet... I have seen a big transformation in myself when it comes to my feelings about that genre over the past couple years. I actually kind of like horror now, generally speaking. As long as things don't get ridiculously gory, I'm game. I'm looking forward to Midsommar, It Chapter 2, and finally seeing Us.

Not sure what I can attribute this change in heart to. After all, horror movies(again, generally speaking) don't scare me that much.

Wow. Sounds look I'm on a similar path. I've seen Us and am looking forward to Midsommar and IT 2. And two of my favorite movies I've seen within the past year are the original Suspiria and Possession (1981). I don't care for gore or schlock, so if the horror movies I see can keep it to really moody and atmospheric psychological thriller territory, I'm usually pretty satisfied.

[Johnny Unusual]

I feel it is rare to for me to be scared watching a horror movie but I still like the genre a lot.  If you ever need recommendations, I got a lot.

[stansimpson]

I feel it is rare to for me to be scared watching a horror movie but I still like the genre a lot.  If you ever need recommendations, I got a lot.

Suspiria is the only Argento film I've seen. What do you recommend as a follow-up to it from him? Would you go with the sequel or is there something better of his that I should see?

[Johnny Unusual]

Well, I haven't seen a lot but I hear his latter day works are... not good.  Try some of his giallo films.  The giallo is the precursor to the modern slasher but with some more difference: they tend to be detective whodunit stories but with more blood and horror.  As I said, I don't scare from a lot of these movies but the guy knows what scares me here: realizing you are not alone.  I've only seen a couple but I like Deep Red a lot.  It's not as over the top stylish and one of the deaths is sort of darkly funny (I don't know if intentionally) but shit, that seen with the doll freaked me out when I first saw it.

I have yet to see Inferno, but it is generally considered to be, while not as good as Suspiria, a good movie.  I haven't seen Mother of Tears, the last in the trilogy, but it was mostly received poorly.

[losingmydignity]

Well, I haven't seen a lot but I hear his latter day works are... not good.  Try some of his giallo films.  The giallo is the precursor to the modern slasher but with some more difference: they tend to be detective whodunit stories but with more blood and horror.  As I said, I don't scare from a lot of these movies but the guy knows what scares me here: realizing you are not alone.  I've only seen a couple but I like Deep Red a lot.  It's not as over the top stylish and one of the deaths is sort of darkly funny (I don't know if intentionally) but shit, that seen with the doll freaked me out when I first saw it.

I have yet to see Inferno, but it is generally considered to be, while not as good as Suspiria, a good movie.  I haven't seen Mother of Tears, the last in the trilogy, but it was mostly received poorly.

I've never cared much for Argento. He's good with set pieces, the murders, but the rest of his movies lack imagination. I'd much rather watch one of Fulci's twisted films. He's a sloppier director but they're a lot of fun. House by the Cemetery is a good one to start with.

[Russoguru]

Can someone please explain to me the appeal of the Fast and the Furious movies? Because as far as I can tell, they all just feel like the game goddamn thing every time: Muscle cars and bland human beings as generic archetypes with a few hot women thrown in for good measure. It's just the same movie every goddamn time, with characters who have little to no personality. I'm not saying they're bad actors, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel and even The Rock are certainly capable of good acting, it's just that these movies seem to have them stuck in roles where they have little to no reason for emotional connections, character development or offering something otherwise compelling.

I just feel like all these movies exist only for superficial appeal. I mean yeah I don't expect these movies to have astounding scripts, but after all these movies, there's just nothing there that I find interesting because when you're in a universe where you're so blatantly violating the laws of physics, I just feel like falling asleep all over again. Where else is there left to go? Space? I mean why the hell not? If we're going to just blatantly violate the laws of physics in every movie, let's have Jason Statham go go the goddamn moon and have a fistfit(with no helmets on of course, we wouldn't want people to think the moon doesn't have an atmosphere).

[ScottotD]

Amazing action/stunt/CIG craziness, from the 6th one onwards I think they're incredibly fun

[Edward J Grug III]

I also don't get it at all. Absolute snooze IMO. My wife finds them entertaining though.