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Sept 28, 2016 1:32:24 GMT -5
Post by bigdfromla on Sept 28, 2016 1:32:24 GMT -5
Did you know that Ray Parker Jr. plagiarized the song "I Want A New Drug", by Huey Lewis and the News when he wrote the song "Ghostbusters".
By the way, the Huey Lewis and the News version of the song "Heart and Soul" is awful. The earlier version of the song by the Bus Boys was so much better!!!
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Oct 4, 2016 14:42:46 GMT -5
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 4, 2016 14:42:46 GMT -5
They treat the NTSB as the antagonist -- because Screenwriting 101 says you can't make a movie without one, I guess. Birds weren't good enough, I also guess. But it's good otherwise. I just can't stand movies about real events that make stuff up just to fit a formula. What will Oliver Stone do with Snowden, I wonder? Or what did he already do? Well, you need obstacles, not necessarily antagonists. Even films you didn't think had obstacles or villains had them. Take, for example, The Sound of Music: First, Maria had conflicts with the abbey. Here's a line from the song "Maria": "How do you solve a problem like Maria..." So, they send her off to be a governess at the Von Trapps. Second, once at the Von Trapps, Maria encounters resistance from the Von Trapp kids. Remember the frog in her pockets, put there by the naughty kids? Third, Maria wins over the kids. But she has to contend with Captain Von Trapp. Fourth, Maria wins over Captain Von Trapp. But she has to fight off the most dangerous villain of them all -- another woman, in the form of the Baroness. Fifth, the Baroness has her way and makes Maria run off to the abbey again. But it's too late for the Baroness because Captain Von Trapp has fallen for Maria. Sixth, Maria and the Captain fall for each other and get married. End of story? Nope. Because... Seventh, the damn Nazis! Yes, that's right. The Nazis! The Von Trapps flee Austria and the clutches of the Nazis over the Swiss Alps and toward freedom! The real life Von Trapp story, of course, was nothing like this. Ditto Sully. If you expect the truth from The Sound of Music, you won't enjoy the film. Lesson to be learned: Don't rely on films that are marketed as "based on a true story" to tell you that true story. Treat the film and the real story as two separate things. azvb will agree with me.
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Oct 4, 2016 15:09:38 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 15:09:38 GMT -5
If Sully were a musical, I'd cut it some slack. But landing a plane on the Hudson -- spoiler alert! -- seems like an adequate obstacle. That's why I liked Gravity and The Martian. No villains.
Kubo was much better. Plus I liked Regina Spektor's version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Too bad they dragged to NTSB into that one, too.
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Oct 4, 2016 17:14:43 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Oct 4, 2016 17:14:43 GMT -5
Landing a plane on the Hudson -- spoiler alert! -- seems like an adequate obstacle. The entire flight lasted six minutes. And the first three minutes were routine. Short movie.
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Oct 4, 2016 21:09:04 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 21:09:04 GMT -5
We did get to watch it twice.
The answer to that problem should not be to manufacture an evil governmental agency.
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Oct 4, 2016 21:14:52 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Oct 4, 2016 21:14:52 GMT -5
We did get to watch it twice. The answer to that problem should not be to manufacture an evil governmental agency. Dick Cheney was involved in this movie?
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Oct 4, 2016 21:23:58 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 21:23:58 GMT -5
Close. Clint Eastwood.
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Oct 5, 2016 12:49:37 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Oct 5, 2016 12:49:37 GMT -5
They treat the NTSB as the antagonist -- because Screenwriting 101 says you can't make a movie without one, I guess. Birds weren't good enough, I also guess. But it's good otherwise. I just can't stand movies about real events that make stuff up just to fit a formula. What will Oliver Stone do with Snowden, I wonder? Or what did he already do? Well, you need obstacles, not necessarily antagonists. Even films you didn't think had obstacles or villains had them. Take, for example, The Sound of Music: First, Maria had conflicts with the abbey. Here's a line from the song "Maria": "How do you solve a problem like Maria..." So, they send her off to be a governess at the Von Trapps. Second, once at the Von Trapps, Maria encounters resistance from the Von Trapp kids. Remember the frog in her pockets, put there by the naughty kids? Third, Maria wins over the kids. But she has to contend with Captain Von Trapp. Fourth, Maria wins over Captain Von Trapp. But she has to fight off the most dangerous villain of them all -- another woman, in the form of the Baroness. Fifth, the Baroness has her way and makes Maria run off to the abbey again. But it's too late for the Baroness because Captain Von Trapp has fallen for Maria. Sixth, Maria and the Captain fall for each other and get married. End of story? Nope. Because... Seventh, the damn Nazis! Yes, that's right. The Nazis! The Von Trapps flee Austria and the clutches of the Nazis over the Swiss Alps and toward freedom! The real life Von Trapp story, of course, was nothing like this. Ditto Sully. If you expect the truth from The Sound of Music, you won't enjoy the film. Lesson to be learned: Don't rely on films that are marketed as "based on a true story" to tell you that true story. Treat the film and the real story as two separate things. azvb will agree with me. Yes, go for documentaries if you want the "whole" truth. But I'm pretty sure Maria and the Captain burst into song frequently in real life , BTW, seeing the stage play next week. No way can it compete with the movie, but it should be fun. Mr. azvb is thrilled - not.
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Oct 5, 2016 12:49:37 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2016 12:49:37 GMT -5
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Oct 5, 2016 17:01:10 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Oct 5, 2016 17:01:10 GMT -5
My eyes watered a bit while I was watching the trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One. Why is that?
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Oct 5, 2016 18:28:11 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Oct 5, 2016 18:28:11 GMT -5
My eyes watered a bit while I was watching the trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One. Why is that? Onions?
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Oct 5, 2016 18:55:14 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Oct 5, 2016 18:55:14 GMT -5
No.
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Oct 5, 2016 18:57:28 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Oct 5, 2016 18:57:28 GMT -5
OK, well that was my guess. Someone else's turn now.
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Oct 5, 2016 19:09:42 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Oct 5, 2016 19:09:42 GMT -5
It's nostalgia. It's Star Wars story -- left of center. A fleshed out backstory that I've been curious about. I'm very sentimental these days. I tear up for no good reason. The movie will suck of course. They always do.
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Oct 5, 2016 19:20:25 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Oct 5, 2016 19:20:25 GMT -5
Huh. Sentimental is not a word that comes to my mind when I think of you. Not that I think of you often, but, oh never mind.
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