Okay, The Heat is a quality buddy cop movie. LOVE.
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Steph L. - Jul 05, 2013 7:37:27 pm PDT #24840 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2013 7:39:22 pm PDT #24841 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Scarface, and that's a quality gangster movie.
le nubian - Jul 05, 2013 8:11:55 pm PDT #24842 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Watching "Midnight run" for the 10th time. We are watching MR because Beau got mad during Hot Coffee" and he said during the movie he wanted to go to the store, buy a gun, and shoot himself in the head. The movie he thought was a bit of a downer. I thought it was informative.
Anyway, I recommend HC, it is about political and corporate influence in the changing of tort laws in the US and how there are now limits on how much we can get in civil trials, how Karl Rove and friends have fucked with judge elections, and how some companies have forced arbitration.
§ ita § - Jul 06, 2013 5:12:36 am PDT #24843 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Heat is a quality buddy cop movie. LOVE.
Wasn't it though? I admit I was expecting it to be funnier--but it didn't need to be. I think it managed the humour without making you dislike the characters (they kept some strengths throughout), and the crime that they had to investigate was properly personal, and the personal arcs for both the buddies satisfying.
And I found it extremely easy to empathise with them both. And, shit, I haven't liked a Wayan in a long time. Small role, but fond.
Can we have more girl+girl buddy movies? A couple more girl+boy ones?
Burrell - Jul 06, 2013 6:20:30 pm PDT #24844 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I want to see The Heat, will have to find a way to make that happen.
§ ita § - Jul 08, 2013 4:37:47 am PDT #24845 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think this video [link] is very cool, but I can't put it in context (almost said perspective, there). How does that compare to other directors, and what percentage of his (money) shots does it account for?
Juliebird - Jul 08, 2013 4:52:06 am PDT #24846 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The pool of shots does seem limited and were repeated at least twice, if not three times, or were slightly different timestamps of the same scene.
But, yes, very cool (also, using Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna from Requiem for a Dream always makes everything %500 more awesome).
DavidS - Jul 08, 2013 4:52:35 am PDT #24847 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How does that compare to other directors, and what percentage of his (money) shots does it account for?
I think that shot composition is so strongly associated with Kubrick that to use it would be called "Kubrickian."
I bet the Coen brothers and Fincher have used that composition. Wes Anderson too. But probably with an element of self-consciousness that they were borrowing from Kubrick.
Juliebird - Jul 08, 2013 4:56:26 am PDT #24848 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I immediately thought of Moonrise Kingdom (which was the most recent WA film I've seen) and realized that Wes Anderson definitely uses that single perspective a lot, coupled with (I don't know the term) sideways tracking shots.
Tom Scola - Jul 08, 2013 5:05:12 am PDT #24849 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Here's an interview with Moonrise Kingdom's cinematographer: [link]