I didn't say period; I said nostalgia. Hugo overtly focused on the appreciation of silent films, and The Artist was a silent film. I feel like it's like a telling vs. showing thing. (I did like Hugo, but I wasn't madly in love with it.)
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Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2012 8:02:33 am PST #17478 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2012 8:18:17 am PST #17479 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would definitely file "trying to be period" in the way The Artist did it, as attempting to be a nostalgia piece. Also, perhaps succeeding, but not without having tried.
Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2012 8:32:14 am PST #17480 of 30000
hwæt
The only thing that threw me out of the film was towards the end when the music in the montage-y part sounded so familiar and I finally figured out it sounded like The Lord of the Rings.
I don't have a source, but I'm hearing second hand that it used Bernard Hermann's score from Vertigo for those scenes.
megan walker - Jan 09, 2012 9:58:45 am PST #17481 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't have a source, but I'm hearing second hand that it used Bernard Hermann's score from Vertigo for those scenes.
Yeah, I just saw that. Although I really want to listen to all three again because now I wonder if Howard Shore was ripping off Vertigo too.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2012 6:33:07 pm PST #17482 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LotR extended Blu Ray trilogy on sale for $49 at the Warner Brothers website. Unfortunately my money is committed elsewhere.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2012 10:25:57 am PST #17483 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, here is a Hunger Games remix of something I know jackshit about. It's a remarkably silly (not in the way that makes me feel gracious) video with obnoxiously auto-tuned vocals. The lyrics are a cutesy recitation of what happens in the first book, but...
I AM SO SAD. Jesus. Apparently the movie can stink and I'll be a mess.
Gris - Jan 10, 2012 10:44:01 am PST #17484 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Thanks for pointing out that LOTR thing, ita !. I caved.
I also need to cave on the Star Wars Complete Package Blu-Ray thingy. Even though I don't like the prequels very much (I was so disappointed with the first two I still haven't seen the third one, though most say it's the least awful), and dread the Special Edition changes, I need to own the movies in the prettiest format.
Kalshane - Jan 10, 2012 1:41:45 pm PST #17485 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Gris, you're aware the Blu-Ray versions have even more changes, right?
Tom Scola - Jan 10, 2012 3:48:30 pm PST #17486 of 30000
hwæt
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2012 3:55:15 pm PST #17487 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, I just tracked down some versions of Han shooting first, and it was actually exciting. God, man. Just because it's your story doesn't mean it's your story, Lucas.