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Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 4 minutes ago
Replies: 2
Let It Be - The Beatles
Posted By crumbsroom
Get Back is definitely the superior document, but...

Get Back is definitely the superior document, but I don't know about it making Let it Be unnecessary. I think of it as a bit of a Rashomon situation regarding the final years of the band.


Hoggs...
Forum: Movie Questions 9 hours ago
Replies: 6
Answered: Song from dangerous minds
Posted By crumbsroom
Does all AI stan for Michelle Pfeiffer, or just...

Does all AI stan for Michelle Pfeiffer, or just you?
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11 hours ago
Replies: 45
Gene Hackman, 94, being hounded by tabloid
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Gene Hackman, 94, being hounded by tabloid

Haircuts? Pffffft


Fitness? Barffff


Showering every day? Of course. What do you think I am, a monster?
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 14 hours ago
Replies: 35
Civil War (Alex Garland)
Posted By crumbsroom
I think the reality of what is causing the kind...

I think the reality of what is causing the kind of political divisions in America that are the genesis for a movie like this, is that a very loud and ignorant and grotesque minority (from both sides)...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 14 hours ago
Replies: 13
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By crumbsroom
After what happened with the Star Wars...

After what happened with the Star Wars improvements, I have no faith in these people keeping the films, in their original state, in circulation.


Absolutely zero faith.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago
Replies: 13
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By crumbsroom
They are talking about adding pixels and...

They are talking about adding pixels and correcting what they consider flaws. The result could easily be the same, no matter what they want to call it
Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago
Replies: 13
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By crumbsroom
Also this shit where the guy talks about how...

Also this shit where the guy talks about how sometimes a shot might not be perfect, because of a technical glitch, and AI can repair that.....**** off with that. Some Dingus with a labcoat on who...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago
Replies: 13
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By crumbsroom
Anything that might lead to image smoothing films...

Anything that might lead to image smoothing films would be a grotesque use of the technology.


Yes, image smoothing looks like garbage. No, there is no debate about this.


But if we are...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 18 hours ago
Replies: 402
Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By crumbsroom
I've had Budokan forever, and it's alright, but...

I've had Budokan forever, and it's alright, but it didn't ignite a fire to check out their other stuff. I generally don't love melodic guitar pop, as I find a lot of that music makes a real quick...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 20 hours ago
Replies: 402
Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By crumbsroom
Just in case you want to skip straight to the...

Just in case you want to skip straight to the final chapter of my biography Crumbsroom: A Life in the Arts


SPOILER ALERT


I have good taste in everything
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 402
Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By crumbsroom
Ive recently learned I have wasted half of my...

Ive recently learned I have wasted half of my life not obsessively listening to Cheap Trick
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Replies: 45
Gene Hackman, 94, being hounded by tabloid
Posted By crumbsroom
Changing your pants every day is for chumps.

Changing your pants every day is for chumps.
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 258
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By crumbsroom
Ceremonie is probably my favorite. But his first...

Ceremonie is probably my favorite. But his first ten movies or so are a particularly amazing run.
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 258
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!

The Butcher!

Chabrol!

Everyone should watch every movie he ever made!

!
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,590
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Body Heat and Nightcrawler are both movies that are very good, but don't need to be in my particularly canon.



Sometimes it's an elusive thing trying to figure out why some movies speak so...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By crumbsroom
One of the greatest scores ever for enhancing the...

One of the greatest scores ever for enhancing the internal emotions of a film is Einhorns Voices of Light, for The Passion of Joan of Arc. Few pieces of music so perfectly line up with a movies...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By crumbsroom
It also should be noted that even in more obvious...

It also should be noted that even in more obvious cases of using music to communicate specific things to the audience (let's use the example of Jaws, since it has already been mentioned), that...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By crumbsroom
Yes, that is one element of it. And it also...

Yes, that is one element of it. And it also evokes the films landscapes, and the feeling of myth, and it can feel vaguely threatening.


It's a nest of emotional and thematic cues. It's not simply...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By crumbsroom
Exactly Using music as an ironic...

Exactly


Using music as an ironic counterpoint is just one of many and obvious ways music isnt used to make audiences feel a specific way.


And even when it is used as an emotional cue, it is...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 258
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By crumbsroom
They're all good. Even the couple I...

They're all good.


Even the couple I haven't seen, I'm sure.
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 258
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!

What are the other two Visconte films have you seen?


He's one of those well known directors, who is still somehow way overlooked.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 3 days ago
Replies: 45
Gene Hackman, 94, being hounded by tabloid
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Gene Hackman, 94, being hounded by tabloid

So trying to (incorrectly) draw attention to the fact he's been wearing the same clothes for weeks isn't a smear?

Why are they talking about how maybe he's been wearing the same clothes for weeks...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 13
Kevin Feige promises Deadpool will design popcorn bucket for his movie
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Kevin Feige promises Deadpool will design popcorn bucket for his m

I'm already imagining a perfect future where people will be unburdened from having to even see the movie, and immediately go straight to sitting in a dark and empty room while shoving popcorn from...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 7,507
A scary thing happened on the way to the Movie Forums - Horrorcrammers
Posted By crumbsroom
The bad reputation this has with a lot of horror...

The bad reputation this has with a lot of horror fans is baffling to me. It's easily one of the superior zombie films.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 5 days ago
Replies: 45
Gene Hackman, 94, being hounded by tabloid
Posted By crumbsroom
They are making a story out of him looking old...

They are making a story out of him looking old and sick. It's ****ing gross. But I guess if our standards for society are already at zero, I suppose it might not seem like a big deal.

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