What movie "broke the 4th wall" the best?
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Originally Posted by Randy Miller III
High Fidelity worked for me.
Another:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Edit: Sorry the picture is ridiculously big. It's not like MB is a hot chick, so it's totally unwarranted.
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I'll be the only one to say it...
Austin Powers 2-
There's a great moment where Michael Anderson is explaining something to Austin about Time Travel and he just glances up to tell us not to think too hard about it.
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There's a great moment where Michael Anderson is explaining something to Austin about Time Travel and he just glances up to tell us not to think too hard about it.
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Waynes World with the direct addresses to the camera and the product shilling.
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Fight Club.
I just love the bit where Norton's character takes a moment to dab something off his chin while he explains to the audience what Tyler's hotel job was.
I just love the bit where Norton's character takes a moment to dab something off his chin while he explains to the audience what Tyler's hotel job was.
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Ferris Bueller was my first thought as well.
There was some of that in Good Fellas. It might have seemed like an odd idea on paper, but somehow Sorcese managed to pull it off. [EDIT: Oh crap! Someone already mentioned that one also!]
I'm also reminded of the TV series Moonlighting. They seemed to do it all the time on that show and, unless it was during an intro before the episode began, I usually hated it. It just seemed like whenever the writers ran out of clever things to do, they used that tired gimmick.
There was some of that in Good Fellas. It might have seemed like an odd idea on paper, but somehow Sorcese managed to pull it off. [EDIT: Oh crap! Someone already mentioned that one also!]
I'm also reminded of the TV series Moonlighting. They seemed to do it all the time on that show and, unless it was during an intro before the episode began, I usually hated it. It just seemed like whenever the writers ran out of clever things to do, they used that tired gimmick.
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Superman: The Movie
Superman saved the day, Lois is alive and well, and Superman flies off into the upper atmosphere. Just as John William's brilliant score is crescendoing and Superman flies up to the left and out of frame, he throws a smile to the audience.
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Superman saved the day, Lois is alive and well, and Superman flies off into the upper atmosphere. Just as John William's brilliant score is crescendoing and Superman flies up to the left and out of frame, he throws a smile to the audience.
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Are we just naming movies that break the 4th wall, or are we naming the movies that did it the best?
Addressing the audience verbally seems to trump a mere smile, in my opinion.
And, of course, my opinion is always correct. So, there you go.
Addressing the audience verbally seems to trump a mere smile, in my opinion.
And, of course, my opinion is always correct. So, there you go.
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Originally Posted by Toad
Are we just naming movies that break the 4th wall, or are we naming the movies that did it the best?
Addressing the audience verbally seems to trump a mere smile, in my opinion.
And, of course, my opinion is always correct. So, there you go.
Addressing the audience verbally seems to trump a mere smile, in my opinion.
And, of course, my opinion is always correct. So, there you go.
The smile, though, was more than just a wink to the audience. In almost any other movie (especially a comic book one) I would have hated it. But from the moment the first teaser/poster came out with the tagline, "You Will Believe a Man Can Fly", people were hyped (and nervous) about the movie.
What followed was a long wait, followed by a two hour movie-going experience that people who saw it in the theater liken to Star Wars and ET. It was 2 hours of Joy, crescendoing in a symphonic flying montage that left one elated, and by the time the smile/glance came, it wasn't Christopher Reeve winking at you from a harness rig, it was SUPERMAN, flying off into the sunset, throwing you a nod.
It gave me chills, anyway.
-Doc
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Originally Posted by Doc MacGyver
Superman: The Movie
Superman saved the day, Lois is alive and well, and Superman flies off into the upper atmosphere. Just as John William's brilliant score is crescendoing and Superman flies out of up to the left and out of frame, he throws a smile to the audience.
-Doc
Superman saved the day, Lois is alive and well, and Superman flies off into the upper atmosphere. Just as John William's brilliant score is crescendoing and Superman flies out of up to the left and out of frame, he throws a smile to the audience.
-Doc
But another is Anthony Perkins at the end of "Psycho".. creepy!