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Which is Better

  • Chicken Little

    Votes: 433 27.4%

  • Hunchback 2

    Votes: 57 3.6%

  • A slow death

    Votes: 1,088 68.9%
  • Total voters
    1,578
I'm sorry, what?
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2020Suicide said:
Spielberg has sort of lost his touch since Munich. He's quite the boomer in that respect. look at the films he's directed since. Indian Jones 4, Tintin, BFG, Ready Player One. and now West Side Story. His filmography the past 15 years reads like a below average director in the 80s. even his oscar bait films are maudlin now.

If Spielberg retired after Munich and some other guy directed the crap he put out since, people would see past the reputation and see it for the "meh" it is. West Side Story will end up being as shit as The BFG, a film that like most of Disney's Live Action output, is fucking terrible compared to the made-for-tv movies it rips off. if you've been following Spielberg the last 15 years; he's lost his touch for picking good products and feels that just the idea of him making it should be enough to put asses in seats. Which is why he just makes whatever passion projects he had decades ago (like BFG) does a shit job and moves on and you don't even have to take my word for it. Here's the proof
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Lincoln was pretty good, War Horse was pretty good (everyone seems to forget about that one) and Bridge of Spies was pretty good although you're right, with the possible exception of Daniel Day Lewis's performance nothing in those movies really blows you away, his output over the last 15 years has overall been pretty mediocre, especially when it comes to the blockbusters.

The last blockbuster type film he did that I loved was Minority Report, I keep wanting to think of that one as a somewhat "recent" Spielberg movie but it's almost 20 years old now.
 
GenociderSyo said:
Heard that a good amount of songs are removed due to political correctness such as "I feel pretty" and "I want to be in america" The off-broadway revival had similar cuts.
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I actually would be a little surprised if that happens with the movie.

Spielberg is a pretty pro-America guy, Bridge of Spies was a great defense of America, I loved scenes like Tom Hanks' character's speech about "what makes us Americans" and stuff like the contrast of the trials in the Soviet Union, where everyone is forced to applaud and the one in the US where people start arguing with each other.

So I'd be surprised if he'd have a problem with a song like "I want to be in america" but I guess we'll see.
 
GenociderSyo said:
Heard that a good amount of songs are removed due to political correctness such as "I feel pretty" and "I want to be in america" The off-broadway revival had similar cuts.
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That's bullshit. The America song is one of the best goddamn parts of the show, as well as a number to highlight the dancing and dynamics between the Sharks/Anita/etc.
 
I would say that I can’t imagine Stephen Sondheim not objecting to having the songs altered in such a way, but he seemed to be totally cool with the moronic changes and deletions in Sweeney Todd.
 
Someone in a Tree said:
I would say that I can’t imagine Stephen Sondheim not objecting to having the songs altered in such a way, but he seemed to be totally cool with the moronic changes and deletions in Sweeney Todd.
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I'll actually respectfully disagree with you there as I view Sweeney Todd as a pretty good movie. Film is a visual medium and musical films tend to suffer from a lack of vision in making the film version feel fresh from its musical counterpart. That film took the medium it had and blended its own style to make it both unique as well as mostly stay true to the source material. Realistically, the songs that were cut in that movie could afford to be cut for the sake of runtime as what works on the stage in terms of pacing does not necessarily work well for a movie. Thus the Antony/Johanna scenes had to be cut so as not to keep jerking the audience around. I think it makes sense.
 
KingofNothing said:
Ha ha wow, that's a take. Must have been really upset with the way designated sidekicks were treated compared to guys in the hero classes. Haven't seen the movie in a while, so I'm having a hard time figuring out the eugenics angle.
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I think the "eugenics" angle has something to do with if you're born to a superhero/villain family, you are expected to get powers, too. The bus driver was one example who didn't have powers and he felt like he was looked down upon. Even the protagonist got made fun of for having to be in the sidekick class when his parents are famous superheroes. If anything, I think it was the villain who was wanting to perform eugenics, even though she was turning everyone into babies.

Still is a reach, his hamstrings must still be stinging.
 
Alto said:
I'll actually respectfully disagree with you there as I view Sweeney Todd as a pretty good movie. Film is a visual medium and musical films tend to suffer from a lack of vision in making the film version feel fresh from its musical counterpart. That film took the medium it had and blended its own style to make it both unique as well as mostly stay true to the source material. Realistically, the songs that were cut in that movie could afford to be cut for the sake of runtime as what works on the stage in terms of pacing does not necessarily work well for a movie. Thus the Antony/Johanna scenes had to be cut so as not to keep jerking the audience around. I think it makes sense.
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I’m mostly referring to the quality of the singing, which I understand is totally subjective. I actually think most of the cuts were understandable (apart from deleting at least the opening Ballad, and the chorus from Pirelli’s Miracle Elixer and God, That’s Good). The score has never sounded better yet with such mediocre voices on top of it.
 
Alto said:
That's bullshit. The America song is one of the best goddamn parts of the show, as well as a number to highlight the dancing and dynamics between the Sharks/Anita/etc.
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Forgot they also removed the entire portion with "Somewhere" ballet. The character of Tony, snapping, etc. Was this guys "vision" but who knows anymore what a movie producer would do.

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Review: 'West Side Story' revival gets lost in brutal violence and overwhelming video imagery - amNewYork

I may spend the rest of my life trying to make sense of Ivo van Hove’s reconceived and avant-garde, rough and raw revival of “West Side Story.” In spite
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XYZpdq said:
Disney Parks has an official bootleg Dole Whip recipe
- 1 big scoop of ice cream
- 4 oz. of pineapple juice
- 2 cups of frozen pineapple
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Dude, I was just recently thinking how much I'd love a Dole Whip.

But isn't there more to it than that? Isn't it a special kind of ice cream?

Steamboat_Bill said:
Brace yourselves...

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‘Robin Hood’ Animated Film Getting Disney Remake

Disney is in early development on a remake of its 1973 animated musical comedy “Robin Hood” for Disney Plus. “Blindspotting” director Carlos Lopez Estrada is on board to hel…
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Yiff! Yiff! Yiff!
 
Duncan Hills Coffee said:
I didn't think it was possible to make a movie that's more blatant about being furry bait than Zootopia, but here we are.
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I hadn't thought about it in that context, but if they get the Zootopia crew for it there might be something worth yiffing t- I mean watching. Watching. yeah.
 
All of you simpletons don't see the bigger picture here. Robin hood must happen because it's one of the canon precursors to Tailspin(Dumbo's Flying Circus is the other).

The Tailspin Cinematic Universe is a billion dollar idea.
 
Marissa Moira said:
All of you simpletons don't see the bigger picture here. Robin hood must happen because it's one of the canon precursors to Tailspin(Dumbo's Flying Circus is the other).

The Tailspin Cinematic Universe is a billion dollar idea.
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No it's not, Baloo is in Jungle Book. Him and Little John just happen to have a similar design and the same voice because Disney had to save money.
 
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