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Posted 24 April 2012 - 03:22 PM

I thought you were talking about Torvill, from Torvill and Dean?


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Posted 24 April 2012 - 03:23 PM


Wow! Cremers making a reference to Smallville? And I thought I'd seen it all!


Smallville, Clark Kent's hometown, not the TV series. Sigh, why would "Thorville" be a reference to the TV series?!


When did I mention the TV series?? You're the one who brought it up, dude!

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 05:32 PM

Then why are you so surprised with me mentioning Smallville? I don't get it.
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 07:10 PM

Because I didn't think that Superman was among your "references". But apparently, I've been wrong about you. Many times over. I thought I knew you, but you remain a mystery.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 07:12 PM

Alex loves Superman The Movie.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 07:18 PM

Yeah. So I've heard.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 07:36 PM

Cabin In The Woods ... That's Whedon, right? I've heard good things about it ... must rent it one of these days.

Mainly Goddard.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 05:48 AM

Alex loves Superman The Movie.


Who doesn't? I mean, is there another comic book movie where the superhero is as charismatic as Christopher Reeve? Although truth be told, I prefer the part of the movie where he doesn't appear in (psst, the Smallville act).


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Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:48 AM

In some ways that's my favourite part. I just love its rustic authenticity and warmth, and that absolutely gorgeous sweeping crane shot which goes up, up and away to JW's stirring music. The whole Kent homestead segment has a dreamy Americana quality, like an era of simpler times.


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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:29 AM

The Cabin In The Woods

Whedon and Goddard answer the biggest mystery of the universe. Why do all horror movies suck? Great satire, and David Julyan's score is as genre defying as the script. Melody in a horror film? :o

In 50 years Herrmann will be forgotten.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:37 AM

It's Superman - The Movie.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 12:42 PM

The Cabin In The Woods

Whedon and Goddard answer the biggest mystery of the universe. Why do all horror movies suck? Great satire, and David Julyan's score is as genre defying as the script. Melody in a horror film? :o


I know, I was amazed at how good the music was - far from the typical *bang*-*smash* style of horror scores.

And we're having to wait a whole week more for Varese to release the score. Why is it so hard to release them simultaneously?

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 12:44 PM

Marvel's The Avengers

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 02:22 PM

That bad, huh? I will be seeing it tonight.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 02:29 PM

Your kid, Alex?

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 02:32 PM

Indeed, I got no choice.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 02:40 PM

I thought it was more entertaining than all the other Marvel films combined. Not in a filmmaking sense, but purely as a adolescent rollercoaster ride. Big, silly, corny and not even trying to disguise that. Hope it isn't too much for you to bear, Alex.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 02:46 PM

The trailer tell me everything about the films plot.
Some danger is threatening the planet. Sam Jackson assembles a team to counter the threat. This team does not get along. But slowly they learn to set aside their differences for a common goal.

In the end the team will destroy the threat....

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 02:48 PM

The trailer tell me everything about the films plot.
Some danger is threatening the planet. Sam Jackson assembles a team to counter the threat. This team does not get along. But slowly they learn to set aside their differences for a common goal.

In the end the team will destroy the threat....


You don't even need to see the trailer to know that!

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 03:27 PM

The trailer tell me everything about the films plot.
Some danger is threatening the planet. Sam Jackson assembles a team to counter the threat. This team does not get along. But slowly they learn to set aside their differences for a common goal.

In the end the team will destroy the threat....

Spoiler tags, please!

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 03:29 PM

Right, I'm staying off JWFan I've seen it.

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 03:35 PM

About to watch Titanic 3D!

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 03:36 PM

Is that the price you have to pay to stay in a relationship?

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 05:06 PM

How do you mean?

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 05:08 PM

Watching Titanic in 3D would be quite a sacrifice to me.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 05:12 PM

You know what's worse than watching Titanic in 3D? Watching Titanic: The Legend Goes On in 3D.

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 07:12 PM

This version would be good...

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:01 PM

Thor. My reception: Lukewarm

I mean, I liked how they tried to ground the cheesy fantasy aspect in Sci-Fi,
and in the end, created an interesting showdown with an interesting villain.
But all the scenes on earth didn't deliver. Hemsworth was miscast.

Honorable Mention to Angela Morley.


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Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:10 PM

But all the scenes on earth didn't deliver.


I partly agree.

Hemsworth was miscast.


I disagree.

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 07:00 AM

I thought it was more entertaining than all the other Marvel films combined. Not in a filmmaking sense, but purely as a adolescent rollercoaster ride. Big, silly, corny and not even trying to disguise that. Hope it isn't too much for you to bear, Alex.


Some minor spoilers ahead!

Sorry, I misinterpretted your post. The only thing your post said was "Marvel's The Avengers" which I translated into, "It's Marvel, fellas, not Whedon". Why would it be too much for me to bear? It's a fun film. Best time I had with a Marvel film since Marvel took over complete artistic control of their movies. I do think that The Avengers got a lot weaker the moment they invaded Earth. I wasn't involved in the war, the big climax of the film. I felt like I was looking at an endles series of crashes and explosions. But everything up to this point is very much recommended if you want a fun time at the movies. You could tell that the audience loved it. Will I be buying this movie on Blu-ray? Do I want to see it again? No, not really.

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BTW, Mark Ruffalo gave us a very good Bruce Banner. Unlike with Edward Norton, you actually believe he's a doctor/professor who can turn into a green monster.


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Posted 28 April 2012 - 07:04 AM

This version would be good...

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:15 AM

The Cabin In The Woods

Whedon and Goddard answer the biggest mystery of the universe. Why do all horror movies suck? Great satire, and David Julyan's score is as genre defying as the script. Melody in a horror film? :o


I know you're prone to fits of hyperbole but all horror movies suck? Really?
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 01:42 PM

Who wouldn't pay good money to be ice-berged, shot at and spit on at the movies?


I've been spit on at sports games and so I have scratched that off my bucket list.

@Wojo: stop being facetious.

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 07:21 PM


The Cabin In The Woods

Whedon and Goddard answer the biggest mystery of the universe. Why do all horror movies suck? Great satire, and David Julyan's score is as genre defying as the script. Melody in a horror film? :o


I know you're prone to fits of hyperbole but all horror movies suck? Really?

Pretty much any horror movie from the 90s and 00s, yep. It's a wasted genre in contemporary cinema. When done right, it's as good as anything else.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 07:50 PM

Saw The Avengers, it was good. Preferred Thor, though. The themes of the former were completely impersonal; there wasn't much at all in the way of ethos, no developmemt or arc; it was all very cartoony and narratively brief. Still, it was a heck of a challenge to make such an ensemble work at all and it does work very well in that throwaway blockbuster sort of way. Disappointingly, there was no Whedon to be seen - methinks The Avengers is to Whedon as Spartacus is to Kubrick.

Anyway, my biggest disappointment with an otherwise decent time at the cinema is that Hopkins didn't turn up at the end with his awesome booming voice, but you can't have it all I suppose.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 07:54 PM

Almost every comment I read is about how people love the Whedon humor in The Avengers. I also recognized him in some of the action/fight scenes (think of Scarlett Johansson as some kind of River character and you'll know what I mean).
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 07:58 PM

Nah, they're bullshitting. The comedy is the branded variety you find in every marvel superhero movie from Spiderman to Ironman. It's the harmless fun norm. This is how it works: crazy special effects and pyrotechnics all over the place, people fighting in the most impossible way shot by a camera which is impossibly close to the action, REALLY loud crashes and bangs then HALT...silence for split-second... cue one-liner or slapstick punch line. Rinse/repeat. Good family friendly fun.

I must say though I was in tears when the Hulk got hold of the baddie, if you know what I mean ;). Absolutely hilarious!

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:05 PM

I can't believe anyone got scared in Cabin in the Woods, as a horror film it's very tame.

But overall it's very entertaining as an apocalytic tale.

Thor is such an unlikable "hero", personally I find him to be a bore.


It's not a movie but that doesn't stop most here, but I watched the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera. It's a superior production.

Up next Nazi's at the Center of the Earth, I just had to watch something with this title. I'm sure it will be officially "wonderful".
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:20 PM

Today I wanted to sit down comfortably and see The Vikings and Aguirre der Zorn Gottes back to back in the morning but my plan went nowhere. I'm annoyed. Don't you just hate when you really fancy seeing a film right at the moment and you can't?

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:23 PM

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