As far as entertainment goes, I wouldn't trade where we are today for the past, though. TV has become infinitely better. There are so many insanely awesome TV shows that are better than any movie.
This is on point.
There are very few shows from the 70's, 80's, 90's and some of the 00's that hold true.
Most are enjoyed for nostalgia, but the list of quality TV from those periods is slim indeed.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is just a typical gumshoe neo-noir film, but it stands out as a masterpiece the way it blends quality production, sets, costumes, tempo, nostalgia.
Some of the jokes are hilarious, and there is no way they'd make it into a PG film with Disney icons today. "Patty cake, patty cake, PATTY CAKE! PAAAATTTTY CAKE!!!!" C'mon. The way they made a kids movie that appealed to adults was rather novel in the late 80s, but has evolved into a finely-tuned standard practice corporate formula today.
Even the more subdued humour is absurdist and pretty funny, from the notion no toon could resist finishing "shave and a hair cut . . ." to the drink the drink scene between Roger and Valiant.
It's one of my favourite films, yet one I wouldn't want to watch too often.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is just a typical gumshoe neo-noir film, but it stands out as a masterpiece the way it blends quality production, sets, costumes, tempo, nostalgia.
Some of the jokes are hilarious, and there is no way they'd make it into a PG film with Disney icons today. "Patty cake, patty cake, PATTY CAKE! PAAAATTTTY CAKE!!!!" C'mon. The way they made a kids movie that appealed to adults was rather novel in the late 80s, but has evolved into a finely-tuned standard practice corporate formula today.
Even the more subdued humour is absurdist and pretty funny, from the notion no toon could resist finishing "shave and a hair cut . . ." to the drink the drink scene between Roger and Valiant.
It's one of my favourite films, yet one I wouldn't want to watch too often.
Judge Doom is still bloody terrifying.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is just a typical gumshoe neo-noir film, but it stands out as a masterpiece the way it blends quality production, sets, costumes, tempo, nostalgia.
Some of the jokes are hilarious, and there is no way they'd make it into a PG film with Disney icons today. "Patty cake, patty cake, PATTY CAKE! PAAAATTTTY CAKE!!!!" C'mon. The way they made a kids movie that appealed to adults was rather novel in the late 80s, but has evolved into a finely-tuned standard practice corporate formula today.
Even the more subdued humour is absurdist and pretty funny, from the notion no toon could resist finishing "shave and a hair cut . . ." to the drink the drink scene between Roger and Valiant.
It's one of my favourite films, yet one I wouldn't want to watch too often.
I’m not gonna lie Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Secret of Nyhm both terrified me as a child.
Only when I got older did I better appreciate how brilliant they both were. Permanent childhood mental scarring notwithstanding.
I've gone off on this rant before, the best film being done craps all over TV from a great height, it's not comparable.
Television gets no respect from me, TV shows were written to fill the space between commercials, and it still shows. Cliffhangers, meandering storylines, multiple writers coming and going, no cohesion, no overall plan or vision. Stories get pieced together after it's picked up for another season, etc.
Then there are the 60 hour total runtimes, bloated storylines. Who has time for that?
Yeah, yeah, some shows are not like that and actually really good. Sure, go ahead and watch those but don't try to pretend they're better than what the best of film has to offer.
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It's an interesting discussion, but where I feel TV has stepped up its game in the last 20-ish years is when the movie world stopped making that low-mid budget drama, TV filled that gap. That mixed with the longer format has produced some incredible shows.
Of course, like movies, it's produced some absolute trash too
We watched Watership Down after reading the book in elementary school. I remember the movie being horrifying. I think the animation was off putting.
I was pretty young when we went to a double feature of Lord of The Rings and Watership Down for a friends birthday party. Pretty terrifying afternoon and the worst party ever.Those were not meant for children.
Second worst Birthday Party movie, Chariots of Fire. Bunch of young kids expecting some sort of Gladiator type movie… fack you buddy, I’m taking back your present.
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I rewatched The Zone of Interest after several months.
Man, what a rough movie packaged in such an idyllic setting. It's actually sickening and such a well done movie.
i was surprised at the ending originally, which felt abrupt and not what i expected. But watching again, i got such a better sense of the filmography, sound, and the realism of the film.
Having such a "casual" take on the holocaust is so uncomforting and eerie.
The banality of the family’s life, the corporate nature of the genocide ‘business’, the unspoken horror of the grandmother….offset by the killer soundtrack. It’s one haunting movie.
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I’m not gonna lie Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Secret of Nyhm both terrified me as a child.
Only when I got older did I better appreciate how brilliant they both were. Permanent childhood mental scarring notwithstanding.
Add in the Neverending story. The Nothing and the Wolf protector creature was pretty scary, but the scene where Artax dies in the swamp absolutely scarred me.
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Add in the Neverending story. The Nothing and the Wolf protector creature was pretty scary, but the scene where Artax dies in the swamp absolutely scarred me.
It scarred us all. And I dont even like horses.
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Speaking of scarring young children, we have tried to do a weekly family movie night, and my wife and I are revisiting some old classics.
We watched Honey, I Shrunk The Kids the other night. My recollection of it was something that was pretty tame. Fun adventures of kids that were shrunk and had to get back home through their back yard.
Much to my surprise, there was a scene that both terrified and permanently scarred my son involving a scorpion killing an ant (a baby ant at that). He was sobbing, screaming "I don't like this, I don't like this!" The sick #### that I am, I was chuckling a little to myself while trying to seem concerned about him. I couldn't convince him of how unreal it was despite the ridiculous Harryhausen claymation.
Skip to 1:50 for the good stuff.
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Let's not forget the scene where Johnny 5 gets the #### kicked out of him by those guys with axes. It still bothers me and I haven't seen the movie in ~35 years.
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Let's not forget the scene where Johnny 5 gets the #### kicked out of him by those guys with axes. It still bothers me and I haven't seen the movie in ~35 years.
Oh god yeah! Oh man...that was brutal!
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Add in the Neverending story. The Nothing and the Wolf protector creature was pretty scary, but the scene where Artax dies in the swamp absolutely scarred me.
So.
Who here is 'all in' on a Zach Snyder dark and gritty Remake of The Neverending Story?
Atreyu is going to have a bad time and Fantasia is completely boned.
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