I'm not in the US so not sure if it was a well known toy at that time?

It's at the start when the boy wakes up and later runs out of the house.

It sings "So look with care for the for the shape of a square..."

The music is so catchy. Also side note I'm watching it for first time on 4K Blu Ray and it's never looked better!

American cinema used to be filled with movies with these two genres. Rio Bravo, Red River, Searchers, Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett and Bill the Kid, Chinatown, Big Sleep, Sunset Boulevard, Maltese Falcon, Unforgiven, Man who Shot Liberty Valance, In a Lonely Place. Seems like the last director to do noirs would be David Fincher with se7en and Zodiac but in the 2020s now feels like theres barely any westerns or noirs. Ok you got Power of the Dog but it seems like its just gone now very strange how two genres just seemingly dead

Hey there. So I have recently done a post in this subreddit asking about movies that were ruined by studio interference and meddling. And I got a comment saying that the opposite isn't talked about enough. It got me thinking what are some movies that were saved by studio interference/meddling. The best examples I found of studio interference making a movie better were: Predator (1987) The Studio insisted that the movie did not have enough gun fight scenes. As a result, McTiernan added the scene where the team looses it shoot their guns off into the jungle in every direction.

Apocalypse Now (1979) The studio insisted that Francis Ford Coppola, reduce the run time by an hour. So he edited out a number of scenes. If you have ever seen Redux you know how good of an idea it was.

The Warriors (1979): The studio made Walter Hill remove the comic book panels that he had originally put in the movie. The director’s cut reinstates the comic-book scenes that Hill wanted and they just don't work.

Alien (1979) The studio (producers Walter Hill and David Giler) added in the character of Ash, which original co-writer Dan O’Bannon felt was a completely unnecessary addition. If They Hadn’t Stepped In: We wouldn’t have had Ash, which means we potentially wouldn’t have had the whole Weyland-Yutari conspiracy plot.

So with these examples out of the way, does anyone have any other examples of movies being saved like this?

Maybe I am late, but this montage of a Czechoslovakian Sci-fi tv series popped up on my Youtube feed. I don't know anything about the context or storyline, but I thought the redditors of this group would like this video.

At least I know I do. The quality of the video is much better than I expected for some 1983 Czech footage.

The link for more is in the description at youtube. Have fun!

https://youtu.be/11OKN4QuQEM?si=GKcK3sVFp8Q6ADyf

Watched this movie half an hour ago and was utterly impressed. However as I read the analysis and started to put all things together I find a big problem with the movie - and this problem is called Bob Taylor.

I know his psyche was shattered to pieces and that to some extent explains his actions - from his visit to burying the mannequins and things like that. I can take it - he was just broken to the extent he couldn’t bring himself to tell the police everything - just like Alex.

But the problem is - how could a grown-ass man can live on his own and apparently work if he was basically on the same level of intelligence as Alex ? If he’s living on dole - he would have had to register and confirm his identity , and at that moment everything will be revealed. Can someone please explain it to me ?

Everyone who watched the movie can easily realize that the world, as stupid and flawed as it was, managed to stay afloat despite the avg IQ being so low. We see tiny glimpses of this in moments like the diagnosis machine, for instance, which is Lost Tech by the time the MC reawakens. That alongside the fact that the kind of changes that led to that world are both slow and very noticeable, led me to believe relatively early during the MC's sleep era, a bunch of very important, very smart people deliberately rebuilt the world in an attempt to accomodate what they considered inevitable.

If you think about it, it makes sense. This a rather humanist move because the other choice was to let stupidity run rampant until they reached a point in which prestablished infrastructure couldn't hold humanity out of Darwinism's hands any longer, effectively resetting the intelligence downscaling. However in doing so, they either condemned humanity to become progressively more stupid or slowed down the inevitable.

In the film it’s revealed that Jenna has been leaking ideas to Sparkle’s editor in chief, Trish. One of her notes to Jenna says:

“Jenna, Thanks for all your great ideas. This is the best yet. You'll make a great editor in chief at Sparkle.”

Lucy cashes in on this discovery by giving Jenna’s big idea for Poise’s makeover to Trish and she leaves Poise to become editor in chief at Sparkle.

Here’s why I’m confused: If Trish was already editor in chief, why would she want to hand over that position to someone else? Maybe it’s assumed she would then assume (or create for herself) some other, higher title at the magazine?

I know, I know…. Doesn’t matter in the whole scheme of the movie. I happen to be a magazine editor, so I noticed it. Just wondering if anyone else noticed this—or understood it. Or did I miss something?

Thanks!

I feel that today the film production techniques, CGI and physics involved are good enough to build a good live action movie where we can really pull it off. How come no studio or streaming service has ever looking into this IP and get a chance to reprise the franchise and toys even. What do you think?

To me (and a lot of others of course) Das Boot is in the top 3 of whatever list you can think of. I rewatch it maybe every 3-5 years or so and every time I am blown away about that this movie from 1981 not feels old one bit in the technical department.

Except the exceptional direction, execution and cast, What makes it remarkable is that is not just "another great war movie" where you at some point, directly or indirectly will be fed with morals, and the movie will make sure that by the end of it, you will know the good guys from the bad ones. I don´t say it is necessarily a bad thing but I think it is much more difficult to make a ww2 movie that will not in the slightest give a hint of the moral shortcomings of the germans (or the japanese).

This is I think the core to what makes Das Boot a unicorn. It balances a really touchy subject so masterfully that no one can blame it for being either too political and pretentious, but it´s not lame and totally avoiding on the other side either. It just feels very real and honest.

So what is your take on Das Boot?

Soo I've been blasted with all these extreme hate reviews for this movie which made me want to see why there's so much hate.

I watched it. And it's a movie. Wouldn't have paid 320 mil for it but I don't think 90 percent of movies deserve that budget. It's just a typical netflix for everyone movie.

I just don't understand the hate towards it.

Is it just some right wing trend to hate on Hollywood or am I missing something?

I want to try getting more into movies, but it feels like I've been having to force myself to watch a movie every time I feel like doing so. I've also been having problems with audio and visual quality, it feels like all films are designed with the sole idea of it being experienced in a theater. That's a bit of an issue when I don't exactly have one of those sitting in my house and it's not like movies from the 70s are being shown at my local theater anyways.

There's also the fact that I've yet to find anything that really does it for me. I feel like I just don't get it. For example, I watched Alien recently and I felt it was only fine, then I look at reviews and see people praising how tense and terrifying it is when I felt none of that. Maybe I'm just too used to video games? Maybe the entire medium just isn't for me, as insane as that statement sounds? Should I bother continuing trying to get into movies?

RIP Val Kilmer. This is one of my favorite commentary tracks. Makes me think how perfect he would have been in today’s podcast world.

I sadly had to miss out on Transformers One in Theaters due to admission exams. The Blu-ray volume levels seem to be quiet by 3 dB, but sometimes the voices/music/sound effects become too loud (Since the film wasn't a Box-Office hit, I believe that they didn't give money and time to the Sound Team to make an official Home Mix.) What are your experiences? How Loud was this film?? Can you point out some parts where it became too loud (if it did)?

For more details... It felt like +2.9 dB reference is the way to go rather than 3. Like the part where Alpha Trion says 'All are One'. Or when D-16 says 'Is it getting bigger?'; when Jazz says 'There's not enough of us, we need an army. Sentinel's entry music and many times he speaks... and many more musical moments; all these felt a bit too loud at +3 dB, but fine at +2.9 dB. But if u guys can confirm to have experienced these in the Dolby Theater then well, I guess +3 dB is the real mix.

I'm truly not looking for groundbreaking acting or the highest ratings and reviews. I'm looking for movies that are just so entertaining and magical that you emerse yourself. When I saw these, I fully forgot reality for a solid two hours because the costumes, music, camera work, color grading– everything was magical. PLEASE suggest any similar fantasy movies (the sad part is I think I've seen all the good ones 😭)

1. La Bete et la Belle (Beauty and The Beast french version).
2. The Secrets of Moonacre.
3. The Nutcracker and The Four Realms.
4. Cinderella 2015.
5. Ever After: A Cinderella Tale.
6. The Golden Compass.
7. Mirror Mirror.
8. Narnia

Sometimes their is scene in a movie that is so well made that even surpasses the quality of entire movie.

An example recently mention was:

Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End

Where the Endeavor gets completely shredded by cannonballs with Beckett slowly walking down the steps.

Another one i think about is, Sunshine, when they are racing against the sun.

Incredibles, where their plane is attacked. I believe their was a lot of rewrites to make this scene, even removing the original pilot.

The iron giant, Superman

Sometimes it's the score from a scene that enhances it, like in

The good , the bad and the ugly

Maybe it was just an actor and s(he) made the scene amazing. The fifth Element, Chris Tucker, playing Rudy

Its got to be scenes and better if they are not as well known. Pacific Rim, where the smow if falling and the little girl was running was amazing on imax.

V for vendetta doesn't count because every scene in the entire movie is good.

I don't have anything against him, it just feels like he's very typecast and he plays the same character in every movie. It's all about the "characterized" version of his voice, and that's where the comedy comes from. It's not that he does a bad job, it's just getting old.

I feel like I never get to see him actually flex his acting chops because he's doing the same schtick every single time he's in something.

Whenever I go on Twitter, YouTube, basically any social media that isn’t Reddit, people always say “Hollywood doesn’t make original films anymore”. I think this is so ridiculous because number 1, have these people not heard of A24? They are an entire industry DEDICATED to making nothing but original cinema. Number 2, there are many original films that aren’t sequels, remakes, or superhero films, but THESE SAME PEOPLE don’t go to see those films. They will ignore people like PTA and let all of his original great movies bomb. These people will completely ignore “One Battle After Another” and many other original films and just bitch about “no original ideas” it gets real old.

Hi, I just finished rewatching Enemy at the gates and was wondering. Is there a movie that has the same action sequence wherein the protagonist and antagonist try to outplay one another by being stealthy and much more cunning than one another.

Im thinking of watching sniper but nof sure if the plot is almost the same.

The scene with James Coburn as a doctor, he is performing a medical operation, there are maybe a hundred or more people staged above in a theatre style seating observing while he is speaking seemingly non-sensical procedures explaining what he is doing as if they are students. During the scene the camera pans the onlookers above several times, catching their expressions. The camera pulls in tight on one observer a couple of times, the woman is bedecked in heavy looking jewelry around her neck, who is that woman? Because she doesn’t have a speaking part, she is an extra so I didn’t see her listed in the credits. I believe I know who it is, she starred it two different TV series as a main character around this same time. I really don’t want to reveal her name so I don’t influence guesses. If it is who I think it is her initials are “S P”. Perhaps I am all wrong in my guess. The movie is two hours long with some provocative scenes, the main actress is beautiful and hot in her mini dress so I hope there will be replies here.

List any classic or rare Old Detective movies that are worth watching , especially any British detective movies (other than Sherlock Holmes), Especially “Gumshoe” type movies - Looking for movies like “ The Maltese Falcon”, “The Big Sleep” , and other classics or films that are more rare or unheard of that are definitely worth watching