• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Maybe I’m in a minority, but I thought Titanic was a bunch of melodramatic crap when there were more interesting true stories that the movie could have been about.

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          I guess I’m one of those people who would rather watch a low-budget movie with a good story than a big-budget movie with a lot of spectacle but a bad story. But I do understand people going to see a movie just for the spectacle. I’ve done it before. I just usually regret it.

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            3 months ago

            I think it is a kind of spectacle that just doesn’t exist anymore. For example, going to a Marvel movie for the effects is sort of like watching a video game. When everything is pure CGI, it loses the appeal (for me).

            But Titanic was right at the cusp of that. There is CGI, but there’s also bigatures and miniature work and practical effects, etc etc etc. In many ways it is James Cameron at his peak.

            But totally agree that the plot is pretty corny and it could have been much better as a more historically-focused film which didn’t spend most of the time on a relatively generic love story.

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              The last movie I went to purely for the spectacle was Dunkirk and I was pleasantly surprised that it was an enjoyable film as well, so I guess sometimes it’s worth it even in more recent times.

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                Christopher Nolan is one of the few that can nail big spectacle as well as story telling.

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            3 months ago

            I guess I’m one of those people who would rather watch a low-budget movie with a good story than a big-budget movie with a lot of spectacle but a bad story.

            Might I make a suggestion?

            The Man From Earth

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              3 months ago

              Thank you, I have seen it and I really love it! I hear there is a sequel, which seems needless so I never watched it. But I’ve seen that one twice.

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                I watched the sequel. It wasn’t as special as the first one, had probably twice the sets as the first one. (:O) Worth a watch, I’d say.

                It was available for free for a while some years ago, iirc. Don’t know about now though.

                First one great, second one still good, although it’s been a while since I saw it.

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                  3 months ago

                  Good to hear it doesn’t suck, but eh. I don’t need to know any more of his story.

                  I’d like to see the movie done as a play.

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                    I’d like to see the movie done as a play.

                    Ooooh, I’ve never thought about that. Yes, that would be great. Who would you cast? I just started thinking of British actors and the first ones to pop into my mind, Ian McKellen — but he’s obviously too old to play John Oldman (but perhaps the skeptic Doctor?) — and Tom Hiddleston. On second thought, I don’t know if David Tennant could be good as well. He’s definitely played a young-ish looking ageless man before… He’s better in roles that require high energy, whereas Hiddleston has a sort of cool about him that might be fitting.

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        It’s reached Rocky Horror Picture Show in my household.

        It’s silly. You quote lines. You laugh at motives if you think about it.

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      3 months ago

      Minecraft just seems like the type of movie where lines like, “Were gonna rock our blocks off!” And that will be their peak writing.

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      A teaser is of course just a teaser and not the final product.

      It can still be redeemed. Look at Sonic.