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“What’s the worst [BLANK] movie?”

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Mistakes made during a movie's production are a part of the movie, and whether they have a positive or negative effect on the overall quality of the film depends entirely on one's personal opinion.

Also, distinguishing between an unskilled director making a poor movie and a skilled director making one would only be important if you held the opinion that an artist's intent matters, which is in itself subjective.

There really is something to the dialogue in Margin Call, because its a movie in which I feel like serious shit is going down, and there's some "holy shit" moments, and the only time I usually feel like that in a non-action movie is when its written by somebody who is critically acclaimed.

But it definitely doesn't feel like Aaron Sorkin. It doesn't feel like Tony Gilroy in Michael Clayton (maybe a little).

Turns out the movie is written and directed by Chandor. Who also made A Most Violent Year, which is a sometimes uneven movie but it does have some heavy moments. And he also made All Is Lost, which doesn't really have dialogue, but its a solid movie.

And then he made Triple Frontier, which I never watched. But I don't get the impression that it was that smart of a movie.

Your opinion is immediately discarded considering you opened with talking about how you didn’t watch the movie and then bring up other films that “deserved to win before this”.

Nope, just you.

I agree but you really understated the age issue. Only very recently have actresses around 40 years began to thrive. 35 used to be a career ender or the start of a 20 year long slump. And the rebound from the slump was never spectacular. It just meant you came back to some respect for having survived the desert. I think her lack of resurgence has to do with her not signing onto a show for the long term. She's done many 1 episode guest star bits but never committed to a show like Sally Field or Jane Fonda did. TV and streaming is fantastic for older actresses careers.

You didn’t happen to just see that example like an hour ago by chance?

Gotcha!

The Raid and The Raid 2 would like to have a word.

Usually when they do it for pixar it's made by a different group of people.

In this case I'm assuming it'll be like the movie but it's a short film. But that probably means it'll be by the same workers. And the movie was already delayed I'm not sure there would have been time to have made it with the movie.

The assumption is whether it was planned jn advanced or not and it's hard to say.

insert popular movie here is an Underrated Gem

Personally I like french and Japanese films I prefer to use English captions it just makes me focus more.

I was kidding guys

Farewell My Concubine is SOO good.

When its satire like The Death of Stalin (which is amazing btw, I love Ianuccis writing), I get why its all in English. I think the jokes work better when its all so quick like that. not to forget that you'd never be able to make a movie like that even in Russia lol

You really can't miss with the Birdcage

Part of it is who the intended audience is. You want the target audience to be able to understand what is going on. If the target audience typically only knows one language, you don't want them to be confused about what other characters are saying. So that means forcing characters to speak a language that may not technically fit the story, or adding subtitles.

Incredibly problematic.

I'm not looking forward to any new Star Trek or Star Wars movies. IHMO, most of the streaming shows from both franchises are hit or miss...

It's primarily driven by money and box office, but you may be surprised to learn that 21% of Americans can't read and 54% read below a 6th grade level, so even on a practical basis, subtitling a film can turn away at minimum a potential 21% of your audience.

Because Americans primarily (not exclusively) speak English. This isn't unique to the United States. British television programs like Rome and I, Claudius weren't performed in Latin. The Death of Stalin and Enemy at the Gates, both British films set in Russia, were in English.

God yes. Needed more Gray.

Lol...Jack Klugman always seems to play an angry guy!! Lol love the actor!!

Both of these movies got me pushing pause an rewind.