mrbellamy 6,289 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The one I always see is Hitch saying Spielberg “doesn’t see the proscenium”...thinking visually outside the frame and theatre traditions. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 That's the one, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I talked about this issue many times (more than 25 years) and finally someone from the factory itself admits it: Edward Norton: Theaters are killing cinema: http://www.darkhorizons.com/norton-theaters-not-netflix-are-killing-cinema/ Quote “A lot of filmmakers and cinematographers that I know that have really started to look into this say that more than 60% of American theaters are running their projector at almost half the luminosity that they’re required by contract to run it at. They are delivering crappy sound and a dim picture, and no one is calling them on it." Although, in my experience, sound was never a problem. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Sound is 50 per cent of the experience. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 For theme park movies maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,083 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 30 minutes ago, Thekthithm said: Sound is 50 per cent of the experience. Only if you can hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 On the subject of sound: Deafening cinema sound is ruining films, claims Hugh Grant I've noticed the increase in decibels over the years. Bay's first Transformers movie (and probably its sequels) were absolutely ridiculous how loud they were. I remember The Avengers movie was stupidly loud too. It actually hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,083 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Yeah, I don't see the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 23 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Yeah, I don't see the point. Of what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 The dynamic range is all fucked up to the point where you can't hear dialogue unless you crank it, but the rest of the sound elements are mixed so loudly you have to turn it down when anything happens. Up and down. Up and down. You used to be able to just listen at a consistent volume level. Fuck these modern sound mixes. Also, Hugh Grant is so cool. Not Mr. Big and Unlucky Bastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,083 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 10 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Of what? The LOUDNESS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Oh yeah, it's loud. Maybe loudness has to compensate for the lack of luminosity? Jurassic Shark and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I have the same complaint about the Millennium Falcon ride at Disneyland. The screen is really dim so you can't really see what the hell happening. I definitely experience that in cinemas on the rare occasions I go. It has that look of an LCD screen with the backlight off and shitty black levels. A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I just wear earplugs at the picture show now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I'm 26 and even I think films are too loud at the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,083 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Then your ears aren't fully developed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 When I went to the cinema in 2018 to see Ready Player One and Avengers: Infinity War, the sound was fine. But the next movies I saw were Avengers: Engdame and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and they were so fucking loud, the only thing I can think of that's louder is those pallet movers at the hardware shop. Thank god I wore my earplugs, because my hearing injury would never have tolerated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 They've definitely amped-up the sound effects, they're the only things they want you to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 The plot thickens. https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/coppola-backs-scorsese-row-over-marvel-films-173112180.html Quote "When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel pictures are not cinema, he's right because we expect to learn something from cinema, we expect to gain something, some enlightenment, some knowledge, some inspiration. "I don't know that anyone gets anything out of seeing the same movie over and over again," the 80-year-old filmmaker said. "Martin was kind when he said it's not cinema. He didn't say it's despicable, which I just say it is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(1996_film) What did people gain from this, Francis? The 'knowledge' they'd wasted their money on the price of admission? Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,222 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: What did people gain from this, Francis? Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(1996_film) What did people gain from this, Francis? The 'knowledge' they'd wasted their money on the price of admission? "Jack was a movie that everybody hated and I was constantly damned and ridiculed for. I must say I find Jack sweet and amusing. I don't dislike it as much as everyone, but that's obvious—I directed it. I know I should be ashamed of it but I'm not. I don't know why everybody hated it so much. I think it was because of the type of movie it was. It was considered that I had made Apocalypse Now and I'm like a Marty Scorsese type of director, and here I am making this dumb Disney film with Robin Williams. But I was always happy to do any type of film." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I dunno, I kinda liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Noting that I was a kid when I saw it, I liked Jack quite a bit. I'd question his 21st century output more. But regardless, people should like the movies they like; who cares what somebody else thinks? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,289 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 We can thank One From the Heart for Jack. He talked about it in this Q&A at 1:23:51, pretty funny: https://www.dga.org/Events/2011/05-may-2011/Francis-Ford-Coppola.aspx publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: Jack. Badum tish! I confess I've never seen it myself ... it looks like it indulges Williams' schmaltzy side a LOT. No thanks. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 hours ago, mrbellamy said: We can thank One From the Heart for Jack. He talked about it in this Q&A at 1:23:51, pretty funny: https://www.dga.org/Events/2011/05-may-2011/Francis-Ford-Coppola.aspx Not that 'The Rainmaker' was that much better. And, as 'One from the Heart' is on Amazon Prime right now, i say it's a rather, erm, idiosyncratic way of wasting 30 million, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Natalie Portman: "I think there's room for all types of cinema. There's not one way to make art. I think that Marvel films are so popular because they're really entertaining and people desire entertainment when they have their special time after work, after dealing with their hardships in real life." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Fuck her. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,083 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 You wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Another old fart doesn't like Marvel. Stop the presses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Natalie Portman: "I think there's room for all types of cinema. There's not one way to make art. I think that Marvel films are so popular because they're really entertaining and people desire entertainment when they have their special time after work, after dealing with their hardships in real life." Still fapping to her after 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I don't watch these movies and I already knew this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post A24 4,345 Posted October 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 10 hours ago, Dixon Hill said: Another old fart doesn't like Marvel. The young (with most of their career still ahead of them) don't dare to go against Disney because they own Hollywood. Fabulin, Unlucky Bastard, Jurassic Shark and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Dixon Hill said: Another old fart doesn't like Marvel. Stop the presses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 End of the day Portman was in Thor. Maybe we should all ask Miriam Margolyes what she thinks about it instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, Quintus said: End of the day Portman was in Thor. Maybe we should all ask Miriam Margolyes what she thinks about it instead. And she’s getting her own MCU film so of course she’s going to be praising the virtue of funny book movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Thekthithm said: Still fapping to her after 20 years. I think we'd all like her to grasp our hammers. As it were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 If she's worthy of Mjolnir... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quintus 5,399 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 24 minutes ago, Bilbo said: And she’s getting her own MCU film Oh god when will it stop. Bilbo, Not Mr. Big and Chen G. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 For me, it had stopped. I haven't seen Spiderman: Far From Home and I will not see any Phase 4 film. And I never will. Enough is enough already. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Sweeping Strings said: I think we'd all like her to grasp our hammers. As it were. I bet she'd give great helmet... Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Yeah, you'd be shooting sticky fluid in no time at all. But in a different way to Spider-Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Chen G. said: For me, it had stopped. I haven't seen Spiderman: Far From Home and I will not see any Phase 4 film. And I never will. Enough is enough already. Phase 4 is where I think things can kick off in new and exciting ways - and Far From Home was a good film to wrap up the Stark/Avengers material. It's time they got back to having fun without all the doom and gloom, apocalyptic nightmares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 he's right you know A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,083 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 What do other old guys think!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Everything must be a dichotomy. Us vs. them. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,222 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 No Loach-Marvel collaboration then. I had my hopes up for Hidden Avenger. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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