Romão
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Oh, that's something to look forward to, then. Although in that clip the "epicness" of the music and the Keaton's sarcasm don't really mesh
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21 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:
Anyone ever played any of Dave (the other) Gilbert's adventures? I've been aware of his existence for a while via Twitter, but haven't yet tried any of his games myself. I went to the Reboot Develop conference two weeks ago where he was in the audience for a few talks and was endlessly praised by ex-Revolution's Tony Warriner (who did one talk himself and was in the audience for another one with Charles Cecil), so now I'm eager to try some of his games - but there are quite a few that sound very promising (both those developed and those just produced by him), so it's hard to decide where to start.
I bought the humble bundle pack that included most of the games he did fir Wadjet, but I've still yet to play them. Time has become a even more precious commodity since becoming a father. I should try them, as some seem to be quite short
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Since they're going all out for nostalgia bait, I can only assume they will use Elfman's Batman theme
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Did anyone else that was an early backer from Europe have to pay customs on this?
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3 hours ago, Nick1Ø66 said:
While I'm not a member of the Church of Noaln, I do have a huge amount of admiration for him, and he gets serious respect from me as one of a handful of working directors whose ambition extends beyond recycling the same stories over and over again as a hired hand for tired franchises. There aren't many directors that could get projects like Interstellar and Dunkirk greenlit these days, and I'm happy to have films like this, even if it's beginning to feel as Nolan's ego is overtaking his ambition in size.
I can overlook indulgences like the bloated, nonsensical Tenet, most great directors lose their way every once in a while. But I'd hate to see it become a trend with him. I'd like to see him try his hand at a simpler story, because it's easy to confuse complicated with clever. Tenet is the more the former than the latter.
Oppenheimer feels like it could go either way.
Agreed pretty much 100%. I was a total fan when he did The Prestige, The Dark Knight and Inception in a row, but he really hasn't won me over ever since. I found Tenet to be particularly unbearable.
But he still invariably deserves a visit to the cinema. And Oppenheimer looks very promising
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I do feel that the influence of Death and Transfiguration on the Love Theme from Superman is a bit overstated, as I've always felt that what gives the theme its personality it's not so much the opening ascending phrase, but rather, the somewhat unexpected descending phrase that follows it.
I may be grossly misusing musical terms in my description, but please bear with me, I'm total musical layman
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On 08/05/2023 at 4:15 PM, Naïve Old Fart said:
Great minds, eh?
Indeed
And both those things go a long way to make the movie, at the very least, watchable.
It is not a good movie, very far from it, but there are some glimpses, here and there, of what could've been
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1 hour ago, A Farewell to Kings said:
1: More than TDKR.
2: Sure, but you could say that about any interpretation in an attempt to give your opinion more weight.
3: Definitely.
I would agree with TDKR, that really conveys a Gotham with no distinguishing features at all.
I do agree that Gotham as seen Batman Begins is much more idiosyncratic than the one shown in TDK, but it does this at the expense of feeling, like I said, somewhat "stagey". The Gotham in TDK is much less unique, much more generic, but it does feel grander and more lifelike and it ends up helping the stakes of film feel more urgent
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Just now, Naïve Old Fart said:@Romão, what do you think of Anton Furst's Gotham?
Easily the best version of Gotham ever put on screen. The scope was a bit limited by the available technology, but the concept has never been surpassed. The concept art alone conveys such an incredible atmosphere. It's like an absolutely gorgeous ugliness:
But what I really loved was that abomination of a cathedral, vertical like a skyscraper, ugly and unpractical but still strangely alluring:
Gotham felt like a place where too many conflicting architectural mindsets coalesced into a weird, incoherent mess that still managed to remain totally unique. In this day and age, they should just take these concepts and fully realize them on screen with what modern technology allows
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5 minutes ago, A Farewell to Kings said:
At least it looks like Gotham and not like, just New York or whatever.
Does it though? It looked like part of Hong Kong in a soundstage and Chicago.
I wasn't a big fan of the movie, but last year's The Batman captured Gotham much, much better that Nolan ever did
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I really like Batman Begins up until Bruce becomes Batman. After that point, the movie loses momentum, it has some really bad expository dialogue, the whole city feels soundstagey to a fault and the climax drags and underwhelms.
My appreciation for it really dropped throughout the years. It is always a bit a chore to sit through its second half. And even in the first half, all the flashbacks with Thomas Wayne are very lackluster. The murder of the Waynes was handled in the most pedestrian, run of the mill way possible
I find TDK to be the superior work in every conceivable aspect
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2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:
It also has striking cinematography, courtesy of Stephen Goldblatt, and an astounding score by Elliot Goldenthal.
Indeed. Like I wrote a few posts above yours:
14 hours ago, Romão said:It does have two things going for it that no Marvel movie ever matched ever since:
The cinematography and the score.
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This has probably been asked and noticed before, but I've just wached the movie for the first time, and if Linus takes Sabrina to Martha's Vineyard Island, why is the track called Nantucket Visit? They're completely different islands
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On 06/05/2023 at 10:22 PM, filmmusic said:
Batman was great, Batman Returns was a masterpiece, but this... here we've started going down the drain..
Two kitschy villains I can't stand, in a trashy film (ok, Batman and Robin is trashier) with a great score.
It does have two things going for it that no Marvel movie ever matched ever since:
The cinematography and the score.
And from the dramatic glimpses one gets in this movie, I still believe Val Kilmer could've been the best Batman/Bruce Wayne ever
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Casting Nicholson as the Joker was a surprising choice? It seems like one of the most obvious and no-brainer casting choices there is.
And by this time he had already done One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Witches of Eastwick (this one with the same producer as Batman), which makes the casting even more obvious.
Casting Ledger was left-field. Not Nicholson
I would even venture to say one of the main reasons Burton got away with casting Keaton was that Nicholson on his own already guaranteed the necessary star power. He even got first billing over the actor playing the title character
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Looks quite grand.
Also, Villeneuve seems to be shooting the desert scenes in more varied lighting conditions. It doesn't look as "milky" and hazy as some of the shots from the first movie
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2 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:
But still then for Vader you should count in him slaughtering jedi younglings and other jedi in episode 3.
If not, then, ok, then maybe Vader only killed that rebel guy that he hold at his throat and broke his neck. And maybe the guy survived even that. Then basically He killed noone in the original trilogy.
Apology accepted, Captain Needa
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1 hour ago, Tallguy said:
Lawrence of Arabia would be first. And I'd make my kids go see it too.
I've had the great fortune of seeing Lawrence of Arabia in the Cinema. It was the best 3D cinema experience I have ever had. And it wasn't even in 3D
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28 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:
Let's hope that he does more with it than Sting did.
If anything, I think Sting did too much 😁
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I agree. I particularly miss the additional scenes that fleshed out the character of Dr. Yueh a lot more
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and from other interview
Are there any deleted scenes you wish were in the movie and should we look forward to any particular deleted scenes in the home entertainment release?
I never put deleted scenes in Blu-rays. Why? Because when it’s out of the movie it’s because it’s dead. And if it’s not in the movie, there’s a specific reason why.
What you see on the screen right now is the director’s cut.
Were there scenes that were painful to cut? Of course, there’s a lot of scenes. There are some moments with Stilgar [Javier Bardem] in the deep desert, that I had to remove.
There’s a moment where Gurney Halleck [Josh Brolin], is playing a song, which was very sad. That was one of my favourite moments that I had to remove because I decided myself that it didn’t fit in that first part. But that’s part of the journey of editing a movie, you are killing your darlings!
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11 minutes ago, Jay said:
Has he spoken about this in interviews, or are you just going by the precedent that he's never done one before?
Had Peter Jackson released any alternate cuts before Fellowship?
I will try to find a quote, but he stated it quite outright when asked about asked about an extended cut for Dune.
edit: found it:
After Jason Momoa Calls For A Dune Director’s Cut, Denis Villeneuve Has Responded
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3 minutes ago, Jay said:
I'm also kind of hoping an extended cut is released before the second film. Wasn't it revealed that a lot of book scenes were filmed, then didn't make the theatrical edit?
Me too, and yes, a lot was cut, but I'm not holding my breath, Villeneuve seems to be type of filmmaker that is absolutely committed to theatrical cuts,
3 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:I doubt that any mo. cap. could better the astonishing slow motion shot of Alicia Rosanne Witt holding the crysknife.
That movie has many stunning shots, but that one is definitely one of the best. The look of relish of a child's face after killing someone...
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Same goes for Hannibal. One of my favourite scores by Zimmer and company. I even like the narration