What was the last movie you've seen?
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^Smart man.
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Luke wrote:CARS 2 is their mediocre-est.
I disagree that Cars/Cars2 are mediocre. I think they are Pixar's WORST movies. I'm sorry I just don't see the whole cars-as-people thing. Animals? Sure. Toys? Robots? Cooking rat? Floating Balloon house? You bet. But talking cars... just... fell flat with me. I never saw Cars 2. I had ZERO interest in it. I saw Cars 1 on DVD and I'm glad I didn't spend money at the theater. Plus anything with "GitRDun" guy automatically disqualifies you of any points from me.
I wasn't huge on Brave either. The first 20 minutes or so felt like a typical Pixar movie, but after that it literally turned into another Disney movie, Brother Bear. Plus, I have to say that I really hate bears. I know and fully understand that my distaste of the ursine kind has nothing to do whether a movie is good or bad. But I really hate bears. They're ugly, lumber like idiots, and are worthless. (opinion). So that kinda had an effect on me. Brave couldn't have used Lions? I dunno. Either way, Brave was probably one of the lower-tier Pixar movies for me. It just can't compare with the action/comedy in The Incredibles (my favorite) or the powerful emotion in Up, or the furnace scene in Toy Story 3. That was some powerful shit.Luke wrote: I think the idea of a BRAVE prequel could provide a better story with a better lead. The lead in BRAVE is a jerk.
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indecks wrote: the furnace scene in Toy Story 3. That was some powerful shit.
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Indecks. He hates him some bears.
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Luke wrote:Indecks. He hates him some bears.
lol i know it's such an unreasonable opinion, but I really do. I really, really do.
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indecks wrote:
lol i know it's such an unreasonable opinion, but I really do. I really, really do.
I hate jellyfish. They don't make any sense whatsoever and I hate them. They eat without a mouth or stomach, float around looking like brainless metroids, and I think their only purpose is to hurt things for no reason. I'd like them a bit if you could create a tasty dish out of 'em, but no.
Fuck Jellyfish.
On topic...
Hey guys, GOON is available on Netflix. Retrosports and Yancakes should definitely give it a watch, and I'd also like to hear everyone's opinions on it.
IRON MAN 3, yes. CAPTAIN AMERICA 2, yes. THOR 2, er. A SHIELD stand alone, pretty please. No need for an ANT MAN movie, or stand alone HAWKEYE or BLACK WIDOW (although she was completely believable and beautiful in Marvel's The Avengers) movies, just put together a film that explains the extras and introduce a new villain.
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I was hoping it had something to do with the Goon comic book...Luke wrote: Hey guys, GOON is available on Netflix.
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Have you seen this test footage for it? David Fincher and Eric Powell say they need at least 50 million to produce it.Forlorn Drifter wrote: I was hoping it had something to do with the Goon comic book...
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The Sid Saga
TCM gave me another surprise last week by showing something I didn’t expect. They labeled it as The Sid Saga, but it was actually a little bit more than that.
The Sid Saga is the personal story of Sid Laverents, an amateur filmmaker who didn’t pick up the hobby until he was 50 years old. He started out by filming everything from his travels, to garden snails, and then experimented with manipulating the sound and picture with in-camera editing techniques.
The Sid Saga is a four-part story about his life, his own self-made documentary. He started the project in 1985 and didn’t finish it until 2003 when he was 95 years old.
The man worked til the end
TCM only showed the first 3 parts of The Sid Saga. It starts with his birth in 1908 and chronicles the events of his life up until 1986, covering everything from the Great Depression, his life on the road as a vaudeville act, two World Wars, the marriage to his third wife, and how he got into film.
All three parts contained a combination of drawings, animation, and photography…
Snazzy costume, Sid.
All done and pieced together by Sid himself, using pre-digital editing techniques.
Seeing what he put together was really fascinating to watch. It was kind of refreshing to watch something so well pieced together without the use of any CGI. It didn’t occur to me until later that I’d just sat through an hour and a half of one man’s life story. This is how you wished all your grandparents could have relayed to you their life story, instead of, you know, reverting to, “You have no idea how easy you have it….” And then regaling you about how they had to trudge to school through 5 feet of snow… uphill…. both ways.
TCM also showed one of Sid’s short films, Multiple SIDosis. This film was added to the National Film Registry in 2000, when Sid was 92 and was only the second amateur film to be added to the registry. In it Sid plays Felix Arndt's "Nola" on multiple instruments, including an ocarina (game reference!)
The ocarina is in the yellow frames. Sorry it's such a pain to see.
Some of you have probably seen similar things up on Youtube, but Sid’s got the upper hand here. He filmed his version in 1970.
If you like documentaries or amateur film than The Sid Saga is a must view, if only so that you can see what one person can pull off with film by themselves.
I would highly suggest, however, that everyone watch Multiple SIDosis. It’s a short film, about 9 minutes, but highly entertaining, especially if you enjoy music. It’s also readily available on Youtube, even if the quality is a little less than ideal.
TCM gave me another surprise last week by showing something I didn’t expect. They labeled it as The Sid Saga, but it was actually a little bit more than that.
The Sid Saga is the personal story of Sid Laverents, an amateur filmmaker who didn’t pick up the hobby until he was 50 years old. He started out by filming everything from his travels, to garden snails, and then experimented with manipulating the sound and picture with in-camera editing techniques.
The Sid Saga is a four-part story about his life, his own self-made documentary. He started the project in 1985 and didn’t finish it until 2003 when he was 95 years old.
The man worked til the end
TCM only showed the first 3 parts of The Sid Saga. It starts with his birth in 1908 and chronicles the events of his life up until 1986, covering everything from the Great Depression, his life on the road as a vaudeville act, two World Wars, the marriage to his third wife, and how he got into film.
All three parts contained a combination of drawings, animation, and photography…
Snazzy costume, Sid.
All done and pieced together by Sid himself, using pre-digital editing techniques.
Seeing what he put together was really fascinating to watch. It was kind of refreshing to watch something so well pieced together without the use of any CGI. It didn’t occur to me until later that I’d just sat through an hour and a half of one man’s life story. This is how you wished all your grandparents could have relayed to you their life story, instead of, you know, reverting to, “You have no idea how easy you have it….” And then regaling you about how they had to trudge to school through 5 feet of snow… uphill…. both ways.
TCM also showed one of Sid’s short films, Multiple SIDosis. This film was added to the National Film Registry in 2000, when Sid was 92 and was only the second amateur film to be added to the registry. In it Sid plays Felix Arndt's "Nola" on multiple instruments, including an ocarina (game reference!)
The ocarina is in the yellow frames. Sorry it's such a pain to see.
Some of you have probably seen similar things up on Youtube, but Sid’s got the upper hand here. He filmed his version in 1970.
If you like documentaries or amateur film than The Sid Saga is a must view, if only so that you can see what one person can pull off with film by themselves.
I would highly suggest, however, that everyone watch Multiple SIDosis. It’s a short film, about 9 minutes, but highly entertaining, especially if you enjoy music. It’s also readily available on Youtube, even if the quality is a little less than ideal.
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I didn't watch Cars until last year and as much as I didn't like it, I have to admit that it wasn't too bad....It just wasn't my thing.dsheinem wrote:I can't bring myself to watch the Cars films and actively ignore them when my son has them on TV.Luke wrote:dsheinem wrote:Brave (2012) – I haven’t yet seen a Pixar movie that I consider to be “bad” – even Monsters, Inc. and A Bug’s Life are more in the “mediocre” camp for me. This film feels like it is slightly better than those, but not up to snuff with the best of the studio’s films.
CARS 2 is their mediocre-est.
I think the idea of a BRAVE prequel could provide a better story with a better lead. The lead in BRAVE is a jerk.
But Cars 2 I just viewed as a shameless cash-in to sell more Cars merchandise, so I'm not going anywhere near that thing.