#3647238 - 09/20/12 12:49 AM
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King Kong 1933.
This old classic is important on so many levels. It pioneered SFX that were still used in movies like Robocop, Star Wars, and other adventure movies we all grew up with. It was one of if not the first to have a score made specifically for it. Where do you get music in the studio's music library for a 25 foot gorilla? Max Stiener was given the job of creating the soundtrack for King Kong. Hence it opened the way for future soundtracks amd composers which gave way to the illustrious careers of John Williams, Hans Zimmer, John Barry for example.
The adventure itself fueled the imagination of some of the directors we're familiar with today, Lucas, Spielberg, Jackson being the obvious mentions. Would there even be a Lord of the Rings trilogy had it not been for Jackson?
There's a certain artisty I respect in the movie. Stop motion animation is grueling work - though you wouldn't really think so. You need to know enough biology to render and animal realistically. You need to know how it's going to move so that when you animate it the motions look realistic. You need to plan and time out those movements so they aren't jerky, too fast or too slow. All under hot lights that have to stay on or you risk changes in exposure between shots. The infamous T-Rex/Kong battle alone took six weeks - working twelve or more hours a day to complete.
And I love it for the story. It's crusty and hoary with age, but I still find it enjoyable.
Pan's Labarynth. Love Del Toro's vision and mix of real life with fairy tale. He blends both magnificently.
Closet Land. Two great performances be Madaline Stowe and Alan Rickman. Some of the dialogue I found as riveting as the opening sequence to Inglorious Bastards. The moie only has these two characters and yet the hold the viewer's attention the whole way through.
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#3647281 - 09/20/12 02:09 AM
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Wow, Closet Land is a blast from the past. That was some human rights group sponsored movie about torture wasn't it?
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#3647285 - 09/20/12 02:20 AM
Re: What's your favorite movie?
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Frank Caliendo destroyed anything with Pacino in it for me. http://youtu.be/xYP3jhqUC3I at 1:55.
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#3647295 - 09/20/12 02:36 AM
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#3647317 - 09/20/12 03:29 AM
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A few favorites, I'm not a serious enough film fan to narrow it to one.
The Empire Strikes Back (1980 cut) Batman (1966) Rear Window (1954) Sherlock Jr. (1924)
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#3648307 - 09/21/12 03:31 PM
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Wow, Closet Land is a blast from the past. That was some human rights group sponsored movie about torture wasn't it? I'm not really sure. It could have been, RK. I was mostly impressed with the acting. Before Closetland, Alan Rickman was only known to me as Hans Gruber from Die Hard - a character/comic book style persona. So I never expected much from him. To see the incredible acting was engrossing and the inner, below the surface turmoil he displayed while doing the things he did to Stowe's character made me think of him in a brand new way. Really a great performance and that makes it one of my favorite movies.
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#3648310 - 09/21/12 03:34 PM
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Loved that movie so much, I named my '66 Bel Air after the movie. Did any one else name their car when they were teens? Good Choice.
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#3648317 - 09/21/12 03:44 PM
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No chance to narrow it to one or even three. So many great movies out there. I'll try with five but still not sure.
1.HEAT 2.LA Confidential 3.Scarface 4.Convoy 5.The Last of the Mohicans
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