Favorite Films

[Spark Of Spirit]

Five fabulous scenes.

What a difference a good director can make, huh?

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Yeah, I saw that video last week. It was the first one of their lists where I've actually seen every film that they talk about.

There are a ton of great scenes from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but I had never considered that one in particular until this video did a great job of explaining how well-constructed it is.

The scene that they chose from Inglorious Basterds is perfect. Not only is it my own personal favorite scene from this or any other Tarantino movie, but I actually already knew everything that they talked about since I had extensively analyzed this scene myself, back when I had access to my brother's DVD collection.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Speaking of which, I just saw this How to do Action Comedy short film on Jackie Chan. Boy, did they nail the problem with modern action movies here.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I've seen all of the videos from Every Frame a Painting as well. It looks like we have the same taste in YouTubers.

You should really check out his videos on Edgar Wright's style of comedy as well as Mamoru Hosoda's use of the tracking shot in Wolf Children. Those are both particular favorites of mine from that channel.

[Avaitor]

My favorite video of theirs is the Chuck Jones one!

[Spark Of Spirit]

There are some really good ones out there.

Like this comparison between the Jurassic Park book and movie. Explains why Gennaro was my favorite character in the book. Stuff like that is why I decided to start my FOR feature.

[Spark Of Spirit]

My favorite video of theirs is the Chuck Jones one!

Yeah, that one is great, and his Edgar Wright video do a lot in highlighting why comedy movies are so boring these days. There's just no craft at all.

[Avaitor]

Five fabulous scenes.

What a difference a good director can make, huh?

I was watching this again, and realized that the only film I don't own here is 127 Hours. I should probably correct that.

I'm not the biggest Danny Boyle fan, but he got a lot out of a little here.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Here's a timeline of the behind the scenes as of how we got the new reboot of Ghostbusters and the cinematic universe crap instead of a sequel or soft reboot with the old cast.

Basically, after Ramis died, Amy Pascal wrestled control away from Reitman and did what she wanted because she didn't like the original vision of the franchise. She eventually froze him out of it completely. Sony was also suffering due to all their big movies flopping outside of Bond (which they don't actually own) and Spider-Man (whose last film under-performed) so they needed something big to boost them up.

Doesn't look like that'll happen here. Especially with a director as mediocre as Feig.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I haven't seen any Paul Feig movies, myself, but it's worth pointing out that a lot of critics seem to love most of his output.

I still think that Ghostbusters will be a disaster, though.

[gunswordfist]

Well if I was going to watch the new Ghostbusters, I certainly won't be watching it legally now.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Well, Sony is hardly the most auteur-friendly studio.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

With the end of the Summer Movie Season, these are my top 5 movies of the year so far:

1. Hell or High Water
2. Deadpool
3. Kubo and the Two Strings
4. Captain America: Civil War
5. The Conjuring 2

Overall, this has been a step-up from last year, IMO, but still not nearly as good as 2014's output.

Also, keep in mind that I count The Boy and the Beast as a 2015 film, which is why it's not on my list for this year.

I can't wait to see what else this year brings that might end up on my list.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Right now I'm feeling:

1. Kubo and the Two Strings
2. Zootopia
3. Sing Street
4. Captain America: Civil War
5. Te3n

I've had a lot of good experiences at theaters this year. I think I've already seen more movies this year than I did last year, lol.

EDIT: Forgot Sing Street.

[Avaitor]

1. Zootopia
2. The Lobster
3. Deadpool
4. Captain America: Civil War
5. ...Jungle Book?

I am seeing Kubo and the Two Strings tomorrow, though!