[QuickTidal]

Yes, there are some deleted scenes, but none really inserted into the films past the two Columbus films (and those didn’t add much). Just find the 8 film set and watch. If any of the films needed a longer cut, it’s probably Azkaban for my money, otherwise the theatricals are all that exist.

[Traveller]

Any cut of Deathly Hallows which removes the scene where Voldemort actually gives Malfoy a hug would be an improvement!

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Traveller, on 04 March 2019 - 11:44 AM, said:

Any cut of Deathly Hallows which removes the scene where Voldemort actually gives Malfoy a hug would be an improvement!

Oh god yes. Not only is it plain weird, but it has to be one of the most awkward hugs in history!

[Tiste Simeon]

Any cut that removes the "We all pat the dog" scene when Hagrid returns at the end of the Chamber of Secrets would also improve it.

[Aptorian]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 04 March 2019 - 11:47 AM, said:

Traveller, on 04 March 2019 - 11:44 AM, said:

Any cut of Deathly Hallows which removes the scene where Voldemort actually gives Malfoy a hug would be an improvement!

Oh god yes. Not only is it plain weird, but it has to be one of the most awkward hugs in history!

That's what makes it so good.

[QuickTidal]

Watched WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOUR...and cried at the end like everyone said I would. Man, the world is a lesser place without that man. It's funny, I never realized how much he dealt with real issues and presented them to kids in an unflinching way when I watched his show as a child.

Also, I 'm halfway through Netflix's OUTLAW KING, and man...this is easily the best Netflix movie I've seen by a long margin. It's well shot, acted, scored, and plotted. Chris Pine does a greta job as lead (but then, he's always been a good lead actor), as do Tony Curran and Stephen Dillane...and Florence Pugh is pretty wonderful for a newer actress. Anyways, this would have been right up my alley anyways as I love historical epics, but yeah...SOLID stuff if you've not watched it yet.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 04 March 2019 - 01:45 PM

[Aptorian]

Anybody post this new Joker video yet?

https://youtu.be/71k-mCPT14g

I think the trailer is bad but I remain optimistic on the concept. If they frame it as as a falling down type of film, I think it could be amazing.

[QuickTidal]

Nobody asked for this movie, and I don't think anyone has any interest in seeing it.

[Aptorian]

I do.

[QuickTidal]

Alternative Goose, on 04 March 2019 - 07:15 PM, said:

I do.

Game. Set. Match.

[worry]

I also asked for this movie, but mostly as a prank.

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 04 March 2019 - 07:19 PM, said:

I also asked for this movie, but mostly as a prank.

I knew there had to be SOMEONE behind letting Todd Phillips make a "serious" movie.

I mean, if this was not a Joker origin movie, I might say "This looks decent"...but since the Joker is a character who functions off the fact that we don't know his back story...and after Heath Ledger OWNS the live action version (proven out by Jared Leto sucking at it)..it feels like this is a lot of nonsense.

[Traveller]

QuickTidal, on 04 March 2019 - 06:10 PM, said:

Nobody asked for this movie, and I don't think anyone has any interest in seeing it.

Just out of curiosity, when was it ever a thing that people 'asked for movies?'

Solo got the same 'nobody asked for it' criticism. I didn't ask for it, I didn't ask for Rogue One either but they're both damn good Star Wars movies.

It seems a weird thing to throw at any movie as a reason not to see it.

[QuickTidal]

Traveller, on 04 March 2019 - 07:25 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 04 March 2019 - 06:10 PM, said:

Nobody asked for this movie, and I don't think anyone has any interest in seeing it.

Just out of curiosity, when was it ever a thing that people 'asked for movies?'

Solo got the same 'nobody asked for it' criticism. I didn't ask for it, I didn't ask for Rogue One either but they're both damn good Star Wars movies.

It seems a weird thing to throw at any movie as a reason not to see it.

When I say that, it's more like me saying "This is not a movie that needed to be made for the franchise or the character, and as such is going to have to hunt for an audience"

It's not about people vocally asking for it (although that is LITERALLY what happened with DEADPOOL, if you're looking for examples)...but more like "Why are you making a Joker origin movie, when the whole point of his character is that he's "unexplained Chaos"?" It's why Ledger's TDK portrayal is so seminal...because the Joker lies about where he comes from and how he ended up here...becuase not only is that info unimportant to who he is at that moment in the Batman story...it's important to NOT see behind that curtain to keep him the villain he is. The force of nature.

And while I liked SOLO (a lot actually)...it's the same thing...I think it does the character in the OT a disservice to show all the hitches of his youth...part of what makes Han who he is in the OT is not knowing that past because his REAL moment as a character, his stand up and cheer the hero moment...occurs as he changes his ways in the OT to become a better person than "smuggler Rogue out for cash". Anything before that, should not matter. But Disney have made it matter now.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 04 March 2019 - 07:38 PM

[Abyss]

'because fans demanded it' is about as accurate/reliable/true as 'critically acclaimed' which is to say it means one single, drunk, 14-old fan, or critic, on an anonymous blogthing, gave voice to that sentiment.

[Malankazooie]

I'll probably watch it when it comes to cable because Joaquin Phoenix can take the Joker (good or bad) to places not examined or tried before. So it could be good just as an exercise in seeing acting techniques employed in putting his 'stamp' on the character.

[Tiste Simeon]

QuickTidal, on 24 January 2019 - 06:54 PM, said:

Primateus, on 24 January 2019 - 06:36 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 24 January 2019 - 01:49 PM, said:

Watched that Fyre Festival doc on Netflix, and it was excellent. Really opens a decent look into the shady founder, and the people in that orbit who got swindled by him.

It's also a decent look at people with more money than brains (patrons who paid thousands for this insane pipe dream festival; AKA if it looks too good to be true, it probably is), and how the Bahamian locals got absolutely effed over by a bunch of rich (mostly white) white american assholes and were left hanging with nothing.

Even the people who come off as "I was telling them this was wrong and they didn't listen" still don't really do much to stop the founders. The exception being whoever ran that wikileaks type website that exposed the shenanigans.

I watched it today as well. I remember the ruckus around that festival, it was also interesting to see how the main guy behind it continued after it had broken down around them.

It was very excellent and highly recommendable. It just goes to show that people need to be on the lookout when being asked in something that sounds totally awesome.

Yeah, when he gets out on bail and tries to pull a new scam...I was like "What the fuck is wrong with this sociopath?!"

Got round to watching this. Wow. For quite a bit of it I was sort of ready to try and give them the benefit of the doubt just thinking that perhaps they'd all got in way too deep and Billy McFarland was not as evil you guys were making out. But then the final part of the show guy and I was like "yup this guy is the worst."

Was that always his intention do you think, or did he genuinely believe that he could recoup all his losses and make his lies into the truth, retrospectively?

[amphibian]

He is a confidence artist. The primary thing he cares about is separating people from their money with an endless series of promises that are fulfilled at his whim. He liked having that power and bored easily when he got a little of it. Furthermore, his whim changes and he drives people to do more and more extreme things to stay in his good graces. You're that over and over with "friends" giving him large amounts of money or being willing to engage in oral sex for a business deal.

The documentaries show that he really cares about being perceived well by the very famous and the very rich. Everyone else becomes a target of manipulation to get him to his immediate goals. He doesn't care about fixing his lies beyond the extent that he would need to be trusted by someone with money again.

As to why he does this, only he and probably his family members and probable therapist would have a really good idea.

He's an abusive person to essentially everyone. That's what matters more than the why of it.

This post has been edited by amphibian: 04 March 2019 - 11:59 PM

[Morgoth]

Traveller, on 04 March 2019 - 07:25 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 04 March 2019 - 06:10 PM, said:

Nobody asked for this movie, and I don't think anyone has any interest in seeing it.

Just out of curiosity, when was it ever a thing that people 'asked for movies?'

Solo got the same 'nobody asked for it' criticism. I didn't ask for it, I didn't ask for Rogue One either but they're both damn good Star Wars movies.

It seems a weird thing to throw at any movie as a reason not to see it.

Solo would have been a great star wars movie if it had not been about the origins of Han Solo.

[Morgoth]

amphibian, on 04 March 2019 - 11:50 PM, said:

He is a confidence artist. The primary thing he cares about is separating people from their money with an endless series of promises that are fulfilled at his whim. He liked having that power and bored easily when he got a little of it. Furthermore, his whim changes and he drives people to do more and more extreme things to stay in his good graces. You're that over and over with "friends" giving him large amounts of money or being willing to engage in oral sex for a business deal.

The documentaries show that he really cares about being perceived well by the very famous and the very rich. Everyone else becomes a target of manipulation to get him to his immediate goals. He doesn't care about fixing his lies beyond the extent that he would need to be trusted by someone with money again.

As to why he does this, only he and probably his family members and probable therapist would have a really good idea.

He's an abusive person to essentially everyone. That's what matters more than the why of it.

To me it all felt very much like a cult.

My main takeway from the documentary though, was the people being unable to distinguish between a great entrepreneur and a great salesman. It says a lot about the culture they live in that they fail to see the distinction.