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Re: Enter to Win a Rare Vinyl ‘Rampart’ Poster and a Script Signed By Woody Harrelson | Film School Rejects

Chippah Bombs — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:53:10 -0000

beverly hills cops 3

Re: Enter to Win a Rare Vinyl ‘Rampart’ Poster and a Script Signed By Woody Harrelson | Film School Rejects

Brian Manis — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:48 -0000

die hard is my fav cop movie!

Re: How Including One Scene in ‘The Avengers’ Trailer Hurt the Impact of the Movie | Film School Rejects

gebrown3226 — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:51:40 -0000

I think the "lull moment" is what made the scene for Wash's death. "Yay! We survived a crash landing! That's amazing!" Whoops, dead. It wouldn't have had the same impact if he'd just died in the crash. Wash died a good death.
And I'm pretty sure I saw Coulson die on screen. Fury announced it to the others off-screen, but I remember seeing him fade out as he was talking to Fury. Which, again, I think influenced how it was received. We got to see a whole range of emotion: Thor screaming in anger (or sorrow), Fury sadly watching his friend die, and then the other Avengers getting the message cold over the wire. I think it kind of mirrored the reactions I heard from the crowd - surprise and shock, sadness, then a kind of numbness.

Re: How Including One Scene in ‘The Avengers’ Trailer Hurt the Impact of the Movie | Film School Rejects

gebrown3226 — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:40:25 -0000

Or were it not for the fact that anybody who reads these websites already knew that "Iron Man 3" was in the works.

Re: ‘Avengers’ Box Office Blow Out: Why It Means Everything and Mostly Nothing | Film School Rejects

Will Middlebrook — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:38:07 -0000

Utterly pointless and incorrect article. This movie was never meant to "revolutionize" the film industry in the way that you say it was. Never. What it is, is a great popcorn flick that successfully merged multiple franchises into 1 huge film. That in itself is historic. In the future, 1 superhero won't be enough and we will likely be seeing more studios trying to make their own multi-franchise for years to come. BTW, Spider-Man is basically the template for the modern superhero movie (things changed somewhat with the Dark Knight) and Harry Potter ushered in an era (for better or worse) of fantastical movies aimed at a teen audience: Chronicles of Narnia, Twilight, etc are all based on the HP model. You are bashing these movies for something their makers never intended them to be and then missing how influential they actually were for what they actually are.

Re: Enter to Win a Rare Vinyl ‘Rampart’ Poster and a Script Signed By Woody Harrelson | Film School Rejects

jeanne conner — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:44:06 -0000

Righteous Kill is my fave.....

Re: This Week In DVD: John Malkovich and Albert Nobbs Join Forces Against a Pack Of Bloodthirsty Alaskan Wolves!

Jonathan Fulton — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:55:14 -0000

I thought there wasn't nearly enough gore in Descendants as there should have been.
If you're going to make a zombie movie with George Clooney, you'd think you could spare some cash for a severed arm here and there.

Re: Enter to Win a Rare Vinyl ‘Rampart’ Poster and a Script Signed By Woody Harrelson | Film School Rejects

asukanen — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:21:17 -0000

Kindergarten Cop...yeah, yeah I'm a teacher so that's what popped into my mind :)

Re: ‘Avengers’ Box Office Blow Out: Why It Means Everything and Mostly Nothing | Film School Rejects

Alistahr Wells — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:24:36 -0000

kind of a pointless article... nothing new here

Re: Movie News After Dark: Everyone is Still Obsessing on ‘The Avengers’ and Tim Burton Sucks | Film School Rejects

bbmcrae — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:29:17 -0000

I'll give him ED WOOD, PEE WEE, and BEETLEJUICE. And everything else is a hot mess.

Re: How Hollywood Comedies Make Assholes Redeemable | Film School Rejects

aerynrox — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:19:07 -0000

I have always heard that Cary Grant almost turned down Charade because he thought his character was too old to be Audrey Hepburn's love interest. They say that's why the script has her her character pursuing him so aggressively. He refused to have his character chase her all over Paris like a dirty old man.
Must say, though, I am SO glad the pairing went on as planned. That is one damned sexy and romantic film.

Re: ‘Avengers’ Box Office Blow Out: Why It Means Everything and Mostly Nothing | Film School Rejects

Jadotch — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:10:13 -0000

It can be done. But very very carefully. To movie goers, Batman has always lived in a different universe than Superman. It is remembered that way. It will be difficult to break that image. Batmen is more based in reality, and people expect some realism. Especially now that Nolan is at the helm, it would be hard to watch Batman share the screen with Supes. Nolans Batman will be burned in our collective memory for a while.

It can be done, it will just be hard to do it right.

Re: ‘Avengers’ Box Office Blow Out: Why It Means Everything and Mostly Nothing | Film School Rejects

Jadotch — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:10 -0000

P.S. Avengers did revolutionize film. We will now start seeing "universes" being made instead of a single line of films.

Imagine if Star Wars did this leading up to a New Hope. Darth Vader 1 & 2. A Han Solo movie. An Obi Wan Kenobi, maybe even a Chewbacca movie.

It allows character build ups inside each individual character's movie, then you can throw them together for a climax. It has been done in other mediums for a while, it is a first for the movie industry.

Re: ‘Avengers’ Box Office Blow Out: Why It Means Everything and Mostly Nothing | Film School Rejects

Jadotch — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:53:03 -0000

For me the box office numbers mean Joss Whedon now has more pull in Hollywood. Because as much as we like to kid ourselves, movie making is a business.

(And it is a not so secert fantasy of mine that he will eventually make Serenity 2.)

Re: How Hollywood Comedies Make Assholes Redeemable | Film School Rejects

Landon_Palmer — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:03 -0000

Ah...that definitely helps explain the difference in the Wilder type.

Re: How Hollywood Comedies Make Assholes Redeemable | Film School Rejects

Kevin 'Bynk' Bingham — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:13:16 -0000

Actually, Gene Wilder cast himself in Young Frankenstein, not Mel Brooks. Wilder wrote it then asked Brooks to direct it.

Re: Darren Bousman Explains How Sitting on a Shelf Made ‘Mother’s Day’ Go From 2,000 Screens to 3 | Film School Rejects

RobHunter — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:28:28 -0000

"3 years was the amount of time it took me to become disillusioned with the filmmaking process." Only took me 90 minutes of his movie for me to reach the same conclusion.

Re: Movie News After Dark: Everyone is Still Obsessing on ‘The Avengers’ and Tim Burton Sucks | Film School Rejects

[A] — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:50:12 -0000

haha sorry! it's the same with me, that's the last one of his movies I *really* like

Re: ‘Avengers’ Box Office Blow Out: Why It Means Everything and Mostly Nothing | Film School Rejects

Daily P.O.P. — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:49:29 -0000

Funny and I mostly agree, but I'd like to hear why you are so sure that a Justice League of America movie will fail.

Re: Screenwriter Jon Spaihts Reveals and Creates More Shadows With ‘Prometheus’ | Film School Rejects

youdamneddirtyape — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:44:56 -0000

Why does that photo make it look like he only has three fingers? Must be hell typing...

Re: Movie News After Dark: Everyone is Still Obsessing on ‘The Avengers’ and Tim Burton Sucks | Film School Rejects

Nathan Adams — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:17:32 -0000

How dare you suggest he sully the only movie of his I still like!

Re: Los Angeles Area Rejects! Win Two Tickets to ‘Entrance’ at the Downtown Independent This Friday | Film School Rejects

Matty — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:45:10 -0000

New Beverly!

Re: 17 Things We Learned From the ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Commentary | Film School Rejects

Alex R. Graham — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:02:36 -0000

I'm probably biased as a Burtonite, but I do tend to find his commentaries interesting and occasionally funny. I haven't listerned to the Batman ones in a while, but I recall finding the Batman Returns commentary funny. Also he says "you know" a lot

Re: Which Vintage Television Show Would You Bring Back as a Movie? | Film School Rejects

nik — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:01:38 -0000

I would love to see an "are you afraid of the dark" remake geared towards its original fanbase. Make it super spooky and ghastly. Could be awesome.

Re: Los Angeles Area Rejects! Win Two Tickets to ‘Entrance’ at the Downtown Independent This Friday | Film School Rejects

nik — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:58:18 -0000

Ive been to the downtown independent 2-3 times. What a treat!

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