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Gotta say, I think this has real promise :pimp: . Doesn't hurt that I'm familiar with most of the locations they filmed in.
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That robbery scene looked like it was straight out of that Brad Pitt movie, Killing them Softly :lol:

Noomi with the Brooklyn accent! :wow: :pimp:

Will watch in theaters to support Jimmy one last time |I
 
I watched most of The Heat on Showtime last night. Pretty dumb movie overall, but had some funny moments almost all courtesy of Melissa McCarthy. IMO, she's definitely not a one-hit-wonder (Bridesmaids), but is legit funny. Hope she gets better products to star in than The Heat, however.
 
The first time she was on SNL ... that sexual harassment skit had me. :lol: Got a new respect for her after that.
 
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MrO, you're the one that hates Brit Marling, right? :lol:

I saw The East a few days ago. I really enjoyed Another Earth and Sound of My Voice. The East was no different. I'm really into what her and her two director friends have going on. By no means perfect films, but my kind of films. Creative, raw, controversial, a little weird/dreamy.

For those unfamiliar, Brit Marling came out of nowhere a few years ago. She was an econ student at Georgetown. Interned at Goldman Sachs. Got a job offer. But she met two directors at Georgetown, and turned down the job to go to Los Angeles with them. She was only getting cliche-blonde-in-horror-movie parts, so she started writing. She has helped write and produce, and starred in all three of the movies. Then she's gotten a few additional roles lately (Arbitrage and The Company You Keep).

One of the directors is the brother of Rostam from Vampire Weekend. He got his real start with these three movies, and will soon be directing a few episodes of a show on Fox that M. Night Shyamalan, Melissa Leo, Juliette Lewis, Shannyn Sossamon, Terrance Howard and Matt Dillon are part of.
 
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Kevin Cleveland said:
MrO, you're the one that hates Brit Marling, right? :lol:

I saw The East a few days ago. I really enjoyed Another Earth and Sound of My Voice. The East was no different. I'm really into what her and her two director friends have going on. By no means perfect films, but my kind of films. Creative, raw, controversial, a little weird/dreamy.

For those unfamiliar, Brit Marling came out of nowhere a few years ago. She was an econ student at Georgetown. Interned at Goldman Sachs. Got a job offer. But she met two directors at Georgetown, and she turned down the job to go to Los Angeles with them. She was only getting cliche-blonde-in-horror-movie parts, so she started writing. She has helped write and produce, and starred in all three of the movies. Then she's gotten a few additional roles lately (Arbitrage and The Company You Keep).

One of the directors is the brother of Rostam from Vampire Weekend. He got his real start with these three movies, and will soon be directing a few episodes of a show on Fox that M. Night Shyamalan, Melissa Leo, Juliette Lewis, Shannyn Sossamon, Terrance Howard and Matt Dillon are part of.
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I liked The East (which I saw first) better then Another Earth.

She's so talented though, and super under rated
 
Another Earth was really good if you disregard the whole another Earth part. :lol:

It got a little dicey with the sci-fi aspect. Still think I liked it best of the three, though.
 
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Kevin Cleveland said:
MrO, you're the one that hates Brit Marling, right? :lol:
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:smh: I don't know what it is, but it feels like she's the spiritual successor of Gwyneth Paltrow, with some Kirsten Dunst thrown in, because **** everybody.

No mention of Black Dynamite, Grandma's Boy, or Pineapple Express in the comedy discussion?
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I thought I covered Dynamite and Step Bros a while back. Plus, I think we were looking at 2010s comedies.
 
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anyone here watch classic movies?

i have a new intrigue with them even though i've barely seen any.

do you guys recommend starting really old, or maybe working your way backward.

also, is there anything different about watching classic movies? maybe different things to pay extra attention to.
 
I don`t think it really matters what order you go in. Most classic movies stand on their own, so you don't have to see one to appreciate another.

As far as differences with modern films, the classics I'm thinking of tend to be more plot and dialouge driven, since they couldn't rely on effects. So you have to pay more attention to the small details to really appreciate them.
 
It doesn't matter where you start with classics. Obviously watching chronologically you'll see the differences in how filmmaking evolved, but the quality and experience of the films won't be affected. I'd say to start with films from filmmakers you're interested in. I really dove into Kubricks stuff when I got interested in older movies.
 
Flyeed said:
do you guys recommend starting really old, or maybe working your way backward.
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Everyone's different, cuz classic ain't really a kind of movie. I mean you could go all the way back and start watching Charlie Chaplin movies like City Lights or Modern Times. Or Hitchcock movies like Rear Window or Vertigo. Starting from the beginning can uh...discourage you from watching more.

I'd recommend to just look up the AFI Top 100, and watch whichever ones you've heard of before. And following a director's career can be a good way to go through too. Like Watch all of Francis Ford Coppola or Scorsese or Hitchcock's films. There's no real right way and not all of it is in B&W. My personal fav b&w is The Third Man. I don't know what it is, but that movie stuck on me.

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Bout to check out Grand Budapest, fingers crossed.
 
#ThatMomentWhen I found out Chris Evans was Jake Wyler in Not Another Teen Movie

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Yeah, MrO's suggestion is good.

AFI, Oscar winners/nominees, going through classic directors best works, IMDB Top 250, etc.
 
So, just wondering out loud...

Who among us has film/television industry aspirations...? Writing, directing, acting...

I know that Johnny and illmatic write. What else do we have going on in here?
 
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I had daydreams of screenwriting.. put it off for a couple years. Finally sat down and started last summer.. just forced myself everyday and it started flowing. Helped that I was unemployed and had free time. Got through most of it.. then when I finally landed a full-time job, I put it on hold and didn't have as much time. Then I haven't touched it in months.

I've been meaning to pick it back up, but other things have come up so it's still on the back burner.

At this point it, I'm not expecting anything real to come out of it. It's mostly a hobby and to have a creative outlet. Plus I've found myself missing this kind of "work" once I got out of college. I never was in any creative writing classes or anything, but sitting down.. reading and "studying" screenplay books.. outlining and planning character arcs and scenes.. empty pages needing to be written.. it's a fun feeling that I've missed.

I really just want to finish the first one so I can say "I've done it... it's awful" then throw it away and start something else :lol:
 
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thanks for the responses

basically what I did before asking was find a list of imdb top 250 movies on netflix instant and add them all to my list. a lot of pre-70s stuff there.

i guess I should have asked more specifically if i should start with silent films, but I think I'm gunna start with 50s/60s flicks.
 
Flyeed said:
thanks for the responses

basically what I did before asking was find a list of imdb top 250 movies on netflix instant and add them all to my list. a lot of pre-70s stuff there.

i guess I should have asked more specifically if i should start with silent films, but I think I'm gunna start with 50s/60s flicks.
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The Graduate was just added back to Netflix Instant.. it's one of my all-time favorites. Just a brilliant movie.

Chinatown is also back on there too. Another classic and one of the greatest screenplays ever written.

And no, you don't have to start with silent movies. You could go chronologically, it would be kind of neat.. but I'd want to mix it up. Watch a Chaplin film (City Lights or Modern Times), then throw in Casablanca then jump to Dr. Strangelove then follow it up with North by Northwest Tons of variety with older, classic movies that you won't get tired.

On Instant right now that I'd recommend. Dr. Strangelove, Butch Cassidy, Roman Holiday, Charade, Manhattan, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, Double Indemnity, Harold and Maude (CLASSIC dark comedy), His Girl Friday, Seven year Itch, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, The Odd Couple
 
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Kevin Cleveland said:
So, just wondering out loud...

Who among us has film/television industry aspirations...? Writing, directing, acting...

I know that Johnny and illmatic write. What else do we have going on in here?
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When we started this thread I typed out one idea I had that was full of holes, but I was happy enough to have fleshed out what I was thinking. It was right after The Town, and we all were discussing modern "gangster/mob" type films which was my thought pattern.
 
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