Cameron H.
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Musical Mondays Week 44 Easter Parade
Cameron H. replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?
Just to start off here, but am I the only one who thinks Peter Lawford's accent has always sounded fake? Also, what was the point of his character? You think he's going to provide some kind of conflict and then...nothing. Even at the end when he calls Nadine and tells her to "bring all the dogs" I was like, "Uh-oh, what do those two have planned?" But, no. He was just settling, I guess... -
I'm not sure if I'd be allowed to post the link here or not, but if you go to their Twitter page the link to the edited version is there. The password rhymes with "Yonkers."
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LANDO!!! I hope you've been well! I do agree with that criticism. It's not a deal breaker for me, but it would have made the movie a bit more complex.
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I like Snow White and I think it holds up pretty well, but I would probably replace it with Beauty and the Beast. I’m not sure about Toy Story...maybe Wall-E would be a better pick. Or Finding Nemo.
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Exactly. I don’t particularly like it, but it best fits the criteria.
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It’s all good And I agree. The rules are kind of dumb. I feel like I’ve been bringing up The Beatles a lot lately, but I think you would probably agree with me when I say that their best songs were their album tracks. I feel like that’s what’s going on with list. We’re seeing the “From Me to Yous” and not the “Hey Bulldogs.” For clarity’s sake, they probably should specify the type of film, but I think they just assume we know, you know? Like they’re going by Academy Rules where Best Picture doesn’t necessarily best of *all* pictures. Documentaries go over there in their own category...
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Cool. I’ll watch the unedited version then. Thanks!
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Question for people who have watched this movie already: is there any reason to watch the opera stuff. I don't mind watching the unedited version (I like opera), but is there anything to comment on in those sections or is it just like "he sings a song?"
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I've got a dumb nitpick. Is there a way to travel back to the Earwolf homepage? I can get to the forums from there, but I don't have seem to have a quick route back (e.g. clicking on "Earwolf.")
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I'm not talking about quality, though. Or even impact. I think that's where we're having the disconnect. If there was a list of the "greatest novels," then no, The Diary of Anne Frank doesn't belong there. As far as documentaries being "written," I conceded that in my first post. I'm in no way poo-pooing documentaries. I'm not saying that I think they're bad. I'm saying I don't know if they belong on this list - the AFI list. No one is asking you to like or agree with the AFI's rules, but they do have rules. If you want to include docs on your personal list, or if you think another organization should be set up to include them, that's totally fine. And if such a thing were to happen, I wouldn't argue with it at all. I'm just talking about the framework of what the AFI has set up. These are what there members consider the best narrative films - even if such a distinction is only implicit.
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To an extent, I agree. However, I think including documentaries would be like inducting Wayne Gretzky to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Yeah, I was originally going to suggest the first Avengers movie for the same reasons. The Dark Knight seems to be the superhero movie pretentious people don’t mind admitting that they like. Again, I wouldn’t necessarily agree with it, but I would understand it’s inclusion.
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That’s a big criticism I have of The Dark Knight. Outside of Ledger’s performance, I don’t really like it. I think Black Panther could be a contender, but it might be too early to say. Don’t AFI films have to win some awards first? We’d probably have to wait a year and see what happens.
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Yes, but In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel, not a biography like Hamilton by Ron Chernow. I included three “true” stories as examples from the AFI list in my post. And animation does light scenes and there is acting. I also never said it was just how they “are written an lit and staged." I said that was a part of it. It's about how those elements come together. As far as Duck Soup versus Citizen Kane, their subject matter an genre may be different, but they both fit a type of Platonic ideal of what a narrative film should be. I can show you a picture of a palm tree and an apple tree and you would still recognize them as being trees, you know what I mean?
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I think it's about the whole package, though. I think there's a difference between truth through fiction and truth through the documentation of actual events. Even when you have a biopic - whether it be Raging Bull, Schindler's List, or Yankee Doodle Dandy - it's a fictionalize version of true events. Someone wrote the words, created the structure, lighted the scenes, learned the dialogue, performed the stunts, etc. To me, it's not just about "This is a good movie," but the skills and craft of multiple people and how all those component parts come together. I'm not saying that documentaries can't be well-written, structured, or filmed, but it's also kind of apples and oranges. For example, if you were going looking at a list of the best books of the 20th Century, you're probably not going to include a biography - no matter how well-written. Of course you can always say, "The best NOVELS of the 20th Century" or "The Best Narrative Films," but I feel like that's just getting into semantics.
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It was the first one. I'm sure that's why Toy Story 1 is on there, too. I think they are meant to representative of the whole. Which isn't entirely fair, of course. By that rationale, there would only be one Western on the list. I think it's the same thinking that puts The Fellowship of the Ring and A New Hope on the list and not Return of the King and The Empire Strikes Back. As I brought up on the other thread, if an updated list were to include superhero movies (and they didn't automatically go with The Dark Knight), I'm guessing they would probably pick Iron Man 1 to represent the era of superheroes and shared universes, even if it isn't necessarily the "best" the genre has to offer.
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Snow White was on the original list. I’m not sure if documentaries should be included on the list.
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This might be controversial, but what about The Dark Knight? Personally, I'm not really a fan myself, but I wouldn't kick it out if it were to end up on the list. Based on cultural impact alone, I feel like the superhero genre should be represented on any updated list. And out of all of them, I think The Dark Knight might be the closest thing superhero movies have to a prestige film.
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HDTGM Classics Vol. 12 The Back-Up Plan (8/10 9PM EST)
Cameron H. replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?
That’s how I feel. Ive seen it once and felt it was kind of “meh.” -
HDTGM Classics Vol. 12 The Back-Up Plan (8/10 9PM EST)
Cameron H. replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?
No, but we can vote to kick you off the boards for suggesting it -
HDTGM Classics Vol. 12 The Back-Up Plan (8/10 9PM EST)
Cameron H. replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?
You’re voting for the one you want you want to watch. -
I think one of my favorite scene is Shawshank is toward the end of the movie when Red is searching for the rock in the fields. Twice in that scene a bird chirps, and when it does, Red looks around as if he's expecting someone to jump out at him or something. I know it's not a huge scene in the movie, but it's one of those things that sticks out for me. No matter how many times I've watched this movie, I get chills. It triggers something bordering on nostalgia. It feel like when I used to go up to my grandparents' cottage when I was a kid and hiking in the woods. It's that feeling of being totally alone that is both liberating and terrifying. Everything about Freeman's mannerisms in that seen feel so absolutely real.
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I really regret that I didn't name the choices on the poll "Get busy livin'" and "Get busy dyin.'"
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Unlike Amy, I didn't really have a problem with Andy knowing when the thunder was going to clap, but I did wonder how he managed to squeeze in that tiny hole. After it bursts, he pokes his head in and it just barely fits. What tool could he possibly have on him that could make that hole any wider?
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When you go into edit, right under where it asks you why you're editing your post, there should be a check mark you can click off. Trust me, I edit A LOT. Nobody needs to know how illiterate I am
