oscarheyman
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Heh, that reminds of "Rumble in the Bronx" where Vancouver was supposed to be "New York (Bronx)".
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Man, I pity you guys.....the idea of losing my suspension of disbelief in a film, because the background city wasn't perfectly portraying the one in the movie, is a mortifying concept to me.
I dont think I could keep watching movies if I was that easily pulled out.....that's bordering on just thinking about how the actors are pretending the whole time, and never buying into them being the characters they portray.
I dont think I could keep watching movies if I was that easily pulled out.....that's bordering on just thinking about how the actors are pretending the whole time, and never buying into them being the characters they portray.
LeafOfFaith
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Saw Banshees of Inisherin (I may never learn that name and aways need to look it up).
I had zero interest from the first sight of the trailer, still didn't care when it was getting all the awards attention, but last week just couldn't find one thing to watch, so I put it on.
And wow, what a great film. I love these simple stories with complex feelings at play. Really well done. My second favorite movie that I've seen this year.
I had zero interest from the first sight of the trailer, still didn't care when it was getting all the awards attention, but last week just couldn't find one thing to watch, so I put it on.
And wow, what a great film. I love these simple stories with complex feelings at play. Really well done. My second favorite movie that I've seen this year.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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The worst for me was "Major League". It's supposed to be about the Cleveland Indians but they shot the baseball scenes at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Anyone who's a baseball fan can spot the difference straight away. I'd really like to know why they didn't either just go to Municipal Stadium in Cleveland or make the movie about the Brewers.
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I can always spot Vancouver in anything, including car ads. Seems like nearly all of then are shot in and around Vancouver except for that one Kia commercial currently running which was shot in Montreal and heavily edited so that you can't see any traffic cones.
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yeah, incredible watch eh. Absolutely loved it as well.
CH1
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Yeah the trailer looked dumb but director Martin McDonagh deserved the benefit of my doubt. I was not disappoint.
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axlsalinger
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man, i have almost watched In Bruges at least 5 times. Always end up going with something else. It's that good?
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I mentioned it a while back, but if you enjoyed Brendan Gleason in Banshees, his turn in “The Guard” with Don Cheadle is every bit as brilliant. (It’s much closer to ‘In Bruges’ in vibe tho).
arguably his best ever performance imo….that and the 99’ flick “The General” are gems.
arguably his best ever performance imo….that and the 99’ flick “The General” are gems.
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i think it’s the same director? But it’s a very different tone to In Bruges….ironically I posted the above before I had seen your post, but ‘The Guard’ is maybe the closest any flick has come to ‘In Bruges’ that I’ve seen.
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
different film...but just as interesting and watchable
Bleedsblue&white
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Scott Pilgrim was shot in Toronto and they use all the names and real locations.
Very rare though
Very rare though
oscarheyman
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Well it would depend on the movie. For example, "The Death of Stalin", all the actors spoke with their native accents. It didn't diminish my enjoyment of the film (if anything it enhanced it vs them attempting to do a 'Russian accent'). IMHO.
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
actually, period pieces often take me out, especially when characters from ancient Rome are speaking UK English to each other
they might as well speak with a Brooklyn accent --at least I would find that funny.
one of my fave scenes in recent flics is from The Favourite where all those stuffy 18th century types break into hip hop style dancing
they might as well speak with a Brooklyn accent --at least I would find that funny.
one of my fave scenes in recent flics is from The Favourite where all those stuffy 18th century types break into hip hop style dancing
LeafOfFaith
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I’m taken out of bad movies that can’t create a believable world/characters I can buy into…..but if the writer/director/actors are telling a compelling enough story, I will suspend disbelief over virtually anything to buy in as much as I possibly can.
it’s something I learned over my decades as a comic book fan, realizing that “realism” in comic book art is so meaningless if the writing, characters, story aren’t up to snuff……but chicken scratch art, that borders on surrealism it’s so non- realistic…..with phenomenal writing, storytelling, panel layout, and character/world building….that just requires my imagination to elevate the imagery? That’s exponentially greater art to experience regardless of how shit the visuals are…
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