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ScaryProfessional711 t1_jeh26px wrote
Reply to What are some weird movie age ratings, like films that don’t deserve this very mature age rating or something like that? by My_cat_is_sus
Jaws is rated PG and has nudity in it lol
acacia_the_wise t1_jeh24s0 wrote
The Lost World is a mediocre film that completely unravels in its third act.
I absolutely adore the book, which actually takes some time to portray the dinosaurs as animals just doing their thing as opposed to being blood-thirsty monsters like in the movie, so that definitely weighs heavily on my opinion.
Pontiff1979 t1_jeh23fp wrote
Reply to What are some r/movies tropes? by HotSwordfish23
Why are movies so dark these days?! Like I literally can't see what's going on!!!!
outbound_flight t1_jeh20sx wrote
The Lost World always felt off to me, even when I was a kid. I think realistically, it was Universal/Spielberg trying to pump the gas and capitalize on the success on the previous one. They famously started production on the film before the book it was based on was even published—a book that they kinda had to convince Crichton to write.
As a result, I think there's a clumsiness about it. Thematically, it kinda retreads notions about pushing science too far and the exploitation of nature, and mostly pushes safari-type imagery as the major change. Plus the ending, which seemed like Spielberg wanting to do King Kong but with a dinosaur.
It doesn't really try to say anything new, characters keep doing silly things to drive the action (Harding scolds the other characters for using water on a fire since it'll attract predators, then brings a baby T-rex back to the camp, and leaves bloody rags hanging in the open... both of which get people killed), and the third act does feel really disconnected. Like you said, a lot of the characters disappear and it doesn't even bother to really explain how the ship's entire crew died without any real damage being shown, and somehow it was still able to arrive at the dock it was destined for somehow... I dunno. The story was a justification to brute force a lot of big set pieces, which is ultimately fine because they're Spielberg set pieces. JP3, at the very least, kinda overtly telegraphed that it was mostly there to deliver on crazy dinosaur action, which worked for me quite a bit.
asshat123 t1_jeh1w9k wrote
Reply to comment by Alive_Ice7937 in The LOTR The Return of the King is a great film but the confrontation with the Ghost Army has always puzzled me. by verc1ngetor1x
I also think that mouth of Sauron sequence is sort of weird for Aragorn's character. He just lops the guy's head off and says "He was probably lying, let's do this suicide mission anyways."
I feel like it could've worked, but it would've taken more than that sequence to make Aragorn's actions seem reasonable at that point
FoxOntheRun99 t1_jeh1vku wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
When everything clicks into place.....all that training and blood, sweat and tears finally comes together and the hero makes that one last play, move, fight pay off. Cue triumphant music.
Edm_vanhalen1981 t1_jeh1v6d wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
The Rocky, Karate Kid trope.
Geek, loser, wimp, intellectually challenged becomes a champ and gets the girl in the end. I watch every single move on this trope. Can't get enough of it.
EvilioMTE t1_jeh1rjl wrote
Reply to comment by leroi7 in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival by MarvelsGrantMan136
Did Silence?
riegspsych325 t1_jeh1ov1 wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
I love a good backup/cavalry arrival. Whether it be a “Hey you guys”, a blaring horn from Rohan, or even a shitty spaceship sneaking up on Vader, I am a sucker for it. Hell, I’ll even take a bunch of sonar-following bats storming a mental institution.
Shit, I might have to watch these soon
MHath t1_jeh1jen wrote
I started doing this in the mid-90s as a kid. I might not have tickets from most of the movies over the past few years, but up until the late 2010s, I probably have every ticket stub.
boysetsfire1988 t1_jeh1iv3 wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
>For me, it’s a good one-take shot.
Certainly cool when well executed, but i wouldn't call it a trope.
Kimjongnacca t1_jeh19u9 wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
An athlete finding that last bit of energy/courage/ability to win.
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Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
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Alive_Ice7937 t1_jeh14pe wrote
Reply to comment by Asha_Brea in Why do so few American movies let foreign language speaking characters speak their own language? Why does everything have to be in English... by _wyfern_
It's weird because the lips don't match the dialogue in the original audio anyway.
ddwcommish t1_jeh101u wrote
As narratively disconnected as the San Diego sequence was, that was what I wanted out of Dominion that it failed to execute. The idea of these dinosaurs out in the world instead of on an island was always the endgame of this franchise, and yet Lost World somehow gives us more (and better) chaos amongst civilians than anything the World movies could. So in hindsight I like the Rex in San Diego sequence so much more since it delivered on that potential
Asha_Brea t1_jeh0ov7 wrote
Reply to comment by jubilant-barter in Why do so few American movies let foreign language speaking characters speak their own language? Why does everything have to be in English... by _wyfern_
I search for subtitled screenings rather than dubs, so I haven't experienced that.
benopo2006 t1_jeh0lqa wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
Michael Bay’s slow motion explosions and crashes
liverpoolinho OP t1_jeh0jv3 wrote
Reply to comment by jessebona in Get out - Grandma scene by liverpoolinho
I didn’t even think of that!!!!! Thank you wow that’s so twisted
MootRevolution t1_jeh0f45 wrote
The life aquatic, a Wes Anderson movie.
UYScutiPuffJr t1_jeh0f32 wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
Unrealistic sword fights. I know there has been a push toward a little more realism but give me a swashbuckling sword fight any day. Notable examples are The Mask of Zorro and The Princess Bride
bluebirdgm t1_jeh0b9f wrote
I did for a while (starting with Episode I in May 1999) and had a little scrapbook even, but stopped doing so around (checks pictures of ticket scrapbook) July 2004. Electronic ticketing kinda made it pointless after a point, though I’m sure I got and discarded other printed tickets after 2004.
bronet t1_jeh0a1q wrote
Reply to comment by three_shoes in What are some r/movies tropes? by HotSwordfish23
People never get that for it to be a snub, it had to be better than at least one of the nominees. So you have to have watched at least one to even start making that claim. And if we're talking snubbed for the win, you have to have watched every movie nominated in that category
RealTykers t1_jeh01p6 wrote
Reply to comment by Gabagool1987 in Hollywood’s Covid Protocols Get Expiration Date; Vaccine Mandate Will End by LordHyperBreath
Whoops you criticized a democrat politician. That only gets you downvotes around here.
splader t1_jeh010k wrote
Reply to What movie trope are you a sucker for? by Blastspark01
Training montages
DLRsFrontSeats t1_jeh277l wrote
Reply to The Lost World: Jurassic Park; a great film dampened by it's third act? by SomeMockodile
The T. rex pair on the cliffside and the long grass scene are up there with the best of JP93
But yeah, San Diego is really out of place. Plus the fact that the raptor/baby rex attack on the ship got cut but the reason for the crash didn't change is still one of the most jarring things in a major film I can remember lol