What is one scene from a movie that keeps it from being "timeless"?
06-20-06, 10:03 AM
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What is one scene from a movie that keeps it from being "timeless"?
Have you ever watched a movie that contained one scene that totally dates the movie and takes you out of it?
I started noticing this when I became an avid movie watcher. The first movie that triggered it was Spider-Man. The scene with Macy Gray really pulled me out of a movie that was otherwise not dated. Watching it now, it's painful to get through that scene. The second Spider-man was much better in this regard, with nothing that really dated the movie. But still, it keeps the movie from being a timeless classic.
I started noticing this when I became an avid movie watcher. The first movie that triggered it was Spider-Man. The scene with Macy Gray really pulled me out of a movie that was otherwise not dated. Watching it now, it's painful to get through that scene. The second Spider-man was much better in this regard, with nothing that really dated the movie. But still, it keeps the movie from being a timeless classic.
06-20-06, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser
About 90% of Shrek, Shrek 2, and Shark Tale.
06-20-06, 12:16 PM
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I don't know what the hell they were thinking with Shrek 2 when they used "Holding Out For a Hero" and "Livin' La Vida Loca", two songs which were already badly dated years before the movie was even made.
06-20-06, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Superboy
The scene with Macy Gray really pulled me out of a movie that was otherwise not dated.
That goes for almost any musical act appearance in a movie. Most have a very short shelf-life. Like M.C. Hammer in The Last Action Hero, for instance. Even though he didn't sing, thank goodness, he still appeared as himself.
06-20-06, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Doesn't the fact that those two songs were released about 15 years apart actually help to make the film MORE timeless?
06-20-06, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Superboy
The scene with Macy Gray really pulled me out of a movie that was otherwise not dated.
06-20-06, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser
No. No it doesn't.
06-20-06, 12:22 PM
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Not really a specific scene, but some of the wardrobe and hairstyles of A Clockwork Orange lets you know that it was shot in the 70's. The excellent high-quality of the picture had me fooled up untill then.
I had no idea that the movie was that old when I first saw it in '87.
I had no idea that the movie was that old when I first saw it in '87.
06-20-06, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
Not really a specific scene, but some of the wardrobe and hairstyles of A Clockwork Orange lets you know that it was shot in the 70's. The excellent high-quality of the picture had me fooled up untill then.
I had no idea that the movie was that old when I first saw it in '87.
I had no idea that the movie was that old when I first saw it in '87.
06-20-06, 12:33 PM
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The record shopping scene didn't clue you in?
06-20-06, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Superboy
Have you ever watched a movie that contained one scene that totally dates the movie and takes you out of it?
I started noticing this when I became an avid movie watcher. The first movie that triggered it was Spider-Man. The scene with Macy Gray really pulled me out of a movie that was otherwise not dated. Watching it now, it's painful to get through that scene. The second Spider-man was much better in this regard, with nothing that really dated the movie. But still, it keeps the movie from being a timeless classic.
I started noticing this when I became an avid movie watcher. The first movie that triggered it was Spider-Man. The scene with Macy Gray really pulled me out of a movie that was otherwise not dated. Watching it now, it's painful to get through that scene. The second Spider-man was much better in this regard, with nothing that really dated the movie. But still, it keeps the movie from being a timeless classic.
06-20-06, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
So if they use Sinatra's "My Way" or Elvis' "Hound Dog" in a film, does that make it instantly dated?
As to the Spiderman example, its not like Macy Gray was the defining artist of the the time period or anything. I'm not even sure most people really know who she was. Furtermore, everytime I hear a song, it doesn't define an era for me. I don't think every movie with a beach boys song (i.e. Love Actually) is dated simply by using a song from a different decade. But maybe it's me.
06-20-06, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
Vinyl was still popular in the 80's!
06-20-06, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
So if they use Sinatra's "My Way" or Elvis' "Hound Dog" in a film, does that make it instantly dated?
