@derp said in Good or New Movies Review:
Re: exposition in Bright -- be careful here. We are a group of nerds that already know what sorts of complicated social histories we can expect to see from the various races, how they interact, what place they would hold in society, etc.
Your average non-gamer Tolkien-illiterate 'what the hell is DnD/Warcraft' viewer will not.
You believe there was too much exposition perhaps because you are pretty much saturated in it. Me, I had to spend a good twenty minutes explaining to David why they didn't expand upon it more, since it was run of the mill nerd mythology.
I think what @Miss-Demeanor, @Arkandel, and I are getting as is the way they did their exposition. It was so painfully awkward. It was all through poorly written dialogue.
You know what would have been better? A few vignettes in the world itself. Let us live through some of the characters. Have some of the cops (maybe Jakoby and Ward, maybe some of the others) out on the beat seeing "the life." The start of Jakoby and Ward's beat did a bit of this and that gave more of the world (setting) than anything else in the movie. It certainly did for the elves.
Maybe start the movie, rather than with the flashback and 'Ward at home' with a flashback to the historical war (even if that'd be a bit too Night Watch, few enough people have seen that I imagine) and then a few clips here and there 'over the years.'
There's plenty of ways they could have done the exposition that wouldn't have been nearly as poorly written.
@derp said in Good or New Movies Review:
You believe there was too much exposition perhaps because you are pretty much saturated in it. Me, I had to spend a good twenty minutes explaining to David why they didn't expand upon it more, since it was run of the mill nerd mythology.
I always question the need for exposition. I've played too many games and seen too many movies that didn't engage in any substantial exposition because it wasn't important.
I mean, fuck midichlorians, right?
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
@ganymede said in Good or New Movies Review:
I mean, fuck midichlorians, right?
Thusly, the force was born, and then again ...
Jealous of its sibling, it was always a struggle for balance?
@miss-demeanor I think the hypocrisy of 'not wanting to go back and re-do Independence Day' finally caught up with him doing Bad Boyz 3.5
For anyone who likes horror, westerns, or Jack Ketchum novels (it's not based on one of his novels but it plays out like one) I highly recommend the movie Bone Tomahawk. It's available for streaming over Amazon with their Prime service. The movie synopsis reads: When a group of cannibal savages kidnaps settlers from the small town of Bright Hope, an unlikely team of gunslingers, led by Sheriff Hunt, sets out to bring them home. It's got a pretty decent cast too with Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, and Matthew Fox in starring roles.
@zombiegenesis I second this. Its a great movie.
@ganymede said in Good or New Movies Review:
I mean, fuck midichlorians, right?
I have never heard this term in my life, and I will Force Choke anyone who says otherwise.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Pod racing Jar Jar Binks.
@thenomain said in Good or New Movies Review:
I have never heard this term in my life, and I will Force Choke anyone who says otherwise.
We finally watched Baby Driver. HOLY SHIT. The soundtrack, the cueing to the soundtrack, the stunt driving. All of that was boss.
We finally watched the new Mummy. I wasn't floored but I was pleased with it.
@bobotron said in Good or New Movies Review:
We finally watched Baby Driver. HOLY SHIT. The soundtrack, the cueing to the soundtrack, the stunt driving. All of that was boss.
I'm glad to hear this! I thought it looked pretty good, but I know I'm in that weird niche of geeks who also likes cars.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@auspice The movie is very well done. And its not the kind of movie that seems like it would set up for a sequel but I would not mind seeing one if the director maintains his quality vision that the first one has.
@zombiegenesis said in Good or New Movies Review:
For anyone who likes horror, westerns, or Jack Ketchum novels (it's not based on one of his novels but it plays out like one) I highly recommend the movie Bone Tomahawk. It's available for streaming over Amazon with their Prime service. The movie synopsis reads: When a group of cannibal savages kidnaps settlers from the small town of Bright Hope, an unlikely team of gunslingers, led by Sheriff Hunt, sets out to bring them home. It's got a pretty decent cast too with Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, and Matthew Fox in starring roles.
I think you kinda gotta put a... gore warning?
That movie turns the dial to 11, then decides it isn't content being a spinal tap meme and rips the dial to 20.
Bone Tomahawk is not for the faint of heart.
Sorry, I thought saying it played out like a Jack Ketchum novel sufficed. It does get pretty gruesome. I won't say to 20, it's not quite on the level of Saw I don't think, but it's in the same general area.
Netflix confirms Bright sequel.
ETA: Original screenwriter Max Landis will not return. (which means my dialogue issues may be resolved, thank god.)
I saw Hunt for the Wilderpeople. It was damned amazing.
@auspice said in Good or New Movies Review:
Netflix confirms Bright sequel.
ETA: Original screenwriter Max Landis will not return. (which means my dialogue issues may be resolved, thank god.)
The dialogue was Ayer, who is returning. Max Landis's script in its original form is pretty different then the Bright we got.
@firansurvivor said in Good or New Movies Review:
@auspice said in Good or New Movies Review:
Netflix confirms Bright sequel.
ETA: Original screenwriter Max Landis will not return. (which means my dialogue issues may be resolved, thank god.)
The dialogue was Ayer, who is returning. Max Landis's script in its original form is pretty different then the Bright we got.
Damnit. 
@auspice said in Good or New Movies Review:
@firansurvivor said in Good or New Movies Review:
@auspice said in Good or New Movies Review:
Netflix confirms Bright sequel.
ETA: Original screenwriter Max Landis will not return. (which means my dialogue issues may be resolved, thank god.)
The dialogue was Ayer, who is returning. Max Landis's script in its original form is pretty different then the Bright we got.
Damnit.
I mean if they pump some fucking life into Will Smith I think he can get the bad dialogue through.
He was the weakest part of the film for me except for a few moments where he wasn't phoning it in.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7h1yix9tlg1w6l/BRIGHT_1.pdf?dl=0
There is Landis's script. I actually like it a little more. Darker tone. Haven't read it completely tho.
