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Forum: General Movie Discussion 14 hours ago
Replies: 18
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By skizzerflake
Yep. I recall similar expressions of horror when...

Yep. I recall similar expressions of horror when movies started being digitized.....tuning Art into a bunch of ones and zeros. The horror.

Like a lot of things, we will see. Digital restoration...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By skizzerflake
Uhhhh. I was there. I actually saw it that way....

Uhhhh. I was there. I actually saw it that way. As a kid, I was highly impressed since an overture made it seem important.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 2 days ago
Replies: 35
Civil War (Alex Garland)
Posted By skizzerflake
Ain't much America left after this one.

Ain't much America left after this one.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 2 days ago
Replies: 35
Civil War (Alex Garland)
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Civil War (Alex Garland)

Honestly, I thought it really sucked. No back story, no rationale, no relatable characters, just a pointless civil war and two hours of relentless carnage with contemporary weapons of high...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 81,498
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

- :popcorn::popcorn:

Yeah, that's minus two popcorns for Civil War.

It would have been a minus four if it had not been so well produced and had such good FX, but yeah, what's the point. The US...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: The Importance of Soundtrack

I'll bring up this one. Not many movies have overtures anymore. This one is from that heavyweight biblical epic of the late '50's, Ben Hur. Assuming that you went to the drive-in to see the biggest...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By skizzerflake
Of course....the theme is part of the story. ...

Of course....the theme is part of the story. That's exactly what I'm getting at. It doesn't have to be the sad clown, but it narrates, non-verbally, the pleasant day on the beach until the shark...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By skizzerflake
I would argue that they're ALL about that, unless...

I would argue that they're ALL about that, unless it's a sterile documentary or a plumbing lesson. A great film score is one that does it even though you are not listening actively. Pagliacci is...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By skizzerflake
Exactly. The music tells you how to feel,...

Exactly. The music tells you how to feel, whether you're actively listening or not. You don't want a subtitle that says, "feel happy now", but that's what the music does. Otherwise, a movie is...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 55
The Importance of Soundtrack
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: The Importance of Soundtrack

Movie music puts movies over somewhat into opera territory. Like opera, a movie could be recitation of lines of dialog or it can be a rousing emotional experience. The music is the emotional...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 81,498
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

In the mood for a foreign language movie, this one qualifies, is Italian with subtitles, La Chimera. I'd actually like to see it again since I was not sure...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 3
All Hail, Helmut Doork!
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: All Hail, Helmut Doork!

Yikes. I've heard that this movie had some sort of limbo-land existence, but between the content and being unfinished, it would probably just stay "lost". I'd like to be able to stream it, so I...
Forum: Games and Tabs 4 days ago
Replies: 2,489
Like or dislike?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Like or dislike?

Dislike

Honeydip donuts.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 8
'We Continue to Learn and Evolve': AMC Addresses the Dune 2 Bucket
Posted By skizzerflake
The problem with chastity belts is that you alert...

The problem with chastity belts is that you alert the belted person to what they're missing, kinda like how the puritans were obsessed with sin.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 5 days ago
Replies: 7
The Beach Boys (2024)
Posted By skizzerflake
Hopefully, they will keep it light and musical. ...

Hopefully, they will keep it light and musical. I prefer the illusion of the Beach Boys to the reality.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 74
The Zone of Interest (2023)
Posted By skizzerflake
Yeah....all that. I grew up around some old...

Yeah....all that. I grew up around some old folks who were actually there, though Berga and not Auschwitz. Nobody wanted to talk about it, especially to the kids, but we figured it out anyway and...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 6 days ago
Replies: 7
The Beach Boys (2024)
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: The Beach Boys (2024)

I might have to see that one. Given the subsequent revelations about how much of a completely fabricated fiction that family/band was, living some sort of fantasized Southern California summer...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 8
'We Continue to Learn and Evolve': AMC Addresses the Dune 2 Bucket
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: 'We Continue to Learn and Evolve': AMC Addresses the Dune 2 Bucket

Really??? Really???? And, yeah, everything on the planet that longer than it is wide is another "reference" to something adult. My next "really???" would be to look at what the DUNE thing really...
Replies: 24
Earthquake in NY area!
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Earthquake in NY area!

Some years back, I was working in a tall building in downtown Baltimore, sitting at my desk, doing something and, all of a sudden, I feel dizzy. Within seconds, I realize that the rolling glass...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 24
Oppenheimer is neither Nolan's best or worst film
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Oppenheimer is neither Nolan's best or worst film

It has to be a great movie, since I need to buy a hat, but they're so darn expensive.
...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 40
Oppenheimer is Nolan's worst film
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Oppenheimer is Nolan's worst film

Love it....hate it.....Sick of Nolan.....Nolan's the greatest ever. My guess is that the worst thing a movie can be is middle-whelming, un-noticed and bland and forgettable.

Oppenheimer is none...
Replies: 30
The Great (Hollywood) Depression
Posted By skizzerflake
OK by me as long as the First Omen is followed by...

OK by me as long as the First Omen is followed by more.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 40
Oppenheimer is Nolan's worst film
Posted By skizzerflake
Nolan's take is not too far from a lot of...

Nolan's take is not too far from a lot of documentary shots of Oppie himself. Just point to Google images for Oppenheimer and see the strong resemblance between movie frames and contemporary photos...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 20
Best Movie Website
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Best Movie Website

https://www.allmovie.com is good, has lots of content including reviews but especially incredibly annoying ads that follow you around like gnats on a hot summer day.
Replies: 30
The Great (Hollywood) Depression
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: The Great (Hollywood) Depression

Metadata, predictive statistics, woke agenda, etc are just the thing of the moment, contrasted with a loud producer in the 1940's proclaiming, "I have a hit on my hands". Some predictions work, some...

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