The Motion Picture Arts Thread

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Post by Crunchums » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:23 pm

i don't think it's overthinking if while watching the movie i'm constantly puzzled about how the world of the movie works / having my immersion broken by lazy writing
overthinking is more like over-analyzing it after watching it

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Post by Khaos » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:43 pm

its a good movie you should watch it!

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Post by Crunchums » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:52 pm

i believe you; i have heard other people say good things about it also
but from googling it seems like i would have to pay $20 to stream it?
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Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Post by Doug » Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:24 am


Arti, I think you'll like this video, this guy explains (some of the reasons) why Into the Spider-Verse is so good
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Post by Luna » Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:58 am

it's always weird when you know more than the video, like at the end when the person says that it was great that sony and marvel invested in this brilliant step forward for the art form, and oh my gosh the courage that must have taken. except into the spider-verse only exists because sony completely tanked their animation department, the emoji movie; the cancelled movies by the likes of faust and genndy, which would have been fantastic; phil and chris themself refused the actual fucking keys to sony's entire animation studio earlier because it was such a miserable and awful place to work at; and fuck the fucking seth rogen food movie disaster

so after all of that the animation department was able to just do whatever without upper management fucking with them because there was no expectation that anything they do be good, or probably profitable. when they movie did succeed they immediately green lit a spider-man noir movie missing the entire point of everything

also phil lord and chris miller were involved creatively but this is like saying tim burton was responsible for the nightmare before christmas which continues to be unfortunate

having said all of that though it seems weirdly uh like i'm approaching it from an uncharitable angle, let's say. let's imagine the reality is somewhere in between

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Post by Luna » Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:02 am

also having mentioned genndy he very interestingly tried to bring traditional 2d animation styles, squashes and stretches and in betweens that don't exist in cg movies, to cg movies with his failed popeye pilot, which likely wouldnt have been that successful a movie anyway. he then got sidelined into doing those hotel transylvania movies with adam sandler's crew. maybe that had interesting stuff in it animation wise. i can't imagine anyone noticed though

but then the spider-verse being what it is and how successful it was is just really great because now you can get that stuff in more things. good. great

and yeah forehead lines are important. a lot of invisible things are important. like the guy is telling you that the lines exist and then after there stops being an arrow pointing to them you dont even notice them anymore, but compare those expressions to inside out like the video did. night and day.

edit - it's a good thing you odn't notice it, though, or you'd start to notice how like every single video game you play has no lines on anyone's face and how terrible that looks

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Post by Luna » Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:04 am

it must be so rough to be an artist. having to explain to people why something imperceptible is so totally fucking important and how you cant fuck with it and the person in charge just being like, nah i think a big tree there would be better

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Post by Luna » Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:30 am

look here you

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Post by Ashenai » Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:32 am

big trees look good. i approve of the big tree videogame project

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Post by haplo » Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:59 am

is this like the reverse silent hill where instead of removing important fog, they just fogged up everything out of spite?

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Post by Doug » Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:20 pm

Rylinks wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:28 am Image
This is secretly like the Is Water Wet question
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Post by Rylinks » Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:26 pm

Luna wrote:look here you
i can’t there’s not trees placed to direct my attention toward it

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Post by Luna » Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:23 pm

Rylinks wrote: i can’t there’s not trees placed to direct my attention toward it
gonna add some css to this site that covers everything in trees

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Post by Rylinks » Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:58 pm

Luna wrote:
Rylinks wrote: i can’t there’s not trees placed to direct my attention toward it
🌲🌳gonna add some css to this site that covers everything in trees🌲🌳

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Luna wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:58 am the fucking seth rogen food movie disaster
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Post by Khaos » Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:17 pm

whats the other one?

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Post by Doug » Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:41 pm

I think the worst "real money was spent" movie that I've ever seen was Showgirls
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Post by Crunchums » Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:24 pm

Khaos wrote:whats the other one?
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Post by Dantes » Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:07 pm

Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:41 pm I think the worst "real money was spent" movie that I've ever seen was Showgirls
You mean the third wave feminist masterpiece?
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Post by Doug » Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:29 pm

Dantes wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:07 pm
Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:41 pm I think the worst "real money was spent" movie that I've ever seen was Showgirls
You mean the third wave feminist masterpiece?
That's a new take to me
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Post by Dantes » Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:15 pm

Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:29 pm
Dantes wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:07 pm
Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:41 pm I think the worst "real money was spent" movie that I've ever seen was Showgirls
You mean the third wave feminist masterpiece?
That's a new take to me
Maybe not third wave feminism, but you can find articles claiming masterwork status.
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Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Post by Doug » Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:12 pm

Dantes wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:15 pm
Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:29 pm
Dantes wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:07 pm
Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:41 pm I think the worst "real money was spent" movie that I've ever seen was Showgirls
You mean the third wave feminist masterpiece?
That's a new take to me
Maybe not third wave feminism, but you can find articles claiming masterwork status.
But 1992's kinky Basic Instinct was a step too far: The erotic thriller scandalized and infuriated audiences to the tune of a $400-million worldwide gross.
People loved that movie!

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Post by Doug » Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:14 pm

Yeah I dunno

It didn't seem like satire at the time
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Post by Dantes » Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:22 pm

Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:14 pm Yeah I dunno

It didn't seem like satire at the time
I don't know. I mean, how do you watch movies like Robocop or Starship Troopers, which were both ridiculously heavy handed satires, without at least giving consideration to the idea that Showgirls was as well?

That being said, I wouldn't call it a masterpiece under any interpretation.
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Post by Doug » Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:56 pm

Dantes wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:22 pm
Doug wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:14 pm Yeah I dunno

It didn't seem like satire at the time
I don't know. I mean, how do you watch movies like Robocop or Starship Troopers, which were both ridiculously heavy handed satires, without at least giving consideration to the idea that Showgirls was as well?
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Unfortunately I don't believe I'd be willing to watch Showgirls again to test the theory
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Post by Doug » Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:54 pm

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