Favorite Movie Element(s)?
06-14-09 | 12:13 AM
#1
Thread Starter
TOTY Winner 2018 and Inane Thread Master
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 53,886
Received 1,678 Likes
on
1,384 Posts
From: "Are any of us really anywhere?"
Favorite Movie Element(s)?
basically, those little or possibly big things in a movie that you just love seeing. some might actually like slo-mo action scenes or bullet-time ala "The Matrix". or the complete opposite of your pet peeves.
1. i love that when in a thriller, crime or otherwise, the writer can inject some humor once in awhile and have it really work.
what element(s) in a movie, that when done right, you never get tired of?
1. i love that when in a thriller, crime or otherwise, the writer can inject some humor once in awhile and have it really work.
there are instances in "L.A. Confidential" with a build-up of plot and suspense there comes some bit of humor: Exley mistaken the actual Lana Turner for "just another whore cut to look like Lana Turner". i just love a brilliant script that can inject that type of humor almost from left field.
i just saw John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" and boy did i love it. it was so tense yet there was a scene, that just escaped me that was just a bit of humor in an otherwise tense masterpiece imo.
2. love when balls-to-the-walls action movies don't find some way for the hero to find romance with the damsel in distress. i just saw John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" and boy did i love it. it was so tense yet there was a scene, that just escaped me that was just a bit of humor in an otherwise tense masterpiece imo.
"Total Recall" did it and i loved the movie, but that last scene with Rachel Ticotin and Arnold was excruciating. "Speed" did it as well and could have done without.
but, when an action movie where a hero does rescue a damsel and they don't immediately hook up is better for me. and there are those that just escape me right now.
3. jump scares. but, when an action movie where a hero does rescue a damsel and they don't immediately hook up is better for me. and there are those that just escape me right now.
when done right like in two Sam Raimi's "The Gift" and "Drag Me To Hell", that even if you know it is coming still makes you jump. there are many other movies of course: "The Exorcist III" (nurse scene)
what element(s) in a movie, that when done right, you never get tired of?
Last edited by OldBoy; 06-14-09 at 12:51 AM.
06-14-09 | 05:47 AM
#2
Re: Favorite Movie Element(s)?
I love how, in the 1930s, movies often had natural disasters erupt in the middle of a turbulent plot, turning a high-powered melodrama into a disaster film in a matter of seconds:
SAN FRANCISCO (1936) - the San Francisco earthquake and fire
THE GOOD EARTH (1937) - a plague of locusts in China
THE HURRICANE (1937) - a South Seas islander escapes from a colonial prison to reunite with his lover and flee the island when a hurricane hits--the kind that can wipe an island completely clean
IN OLD CHICAGO (1938) - the Chicago fire
SUEZ (1938) - a sandstorm as they're building the Suez Canal
JEZEBEL (1938) - a love triangle in old New Orleans (pre-Civil War) gets rocked by an epidemic of yellow fever
THE RAINS CAME (1939) - interracial romance and a powerful flood in India
In these movies, the disaster inevitably popped up in the final act, giving viewers a chance to appreciate the human story and the characters before all the disaster action occurred.
SAN FRANCISCO (1936) - the San Francisco earthquake and fire
THE GOOD EARTH (1937) - a plague of locusts in China
THE HURRICANE (1937) - a South Seas islander escapes from a colonial prison to reunite with his lover and flee the island when a hurricane hits--the kind that can wipe an island completely clean
IN OLD CHICAGO (1938) - the Chicago fire
SUEZ (1938) - a sandstorm as they're building the Suez Canal
JEZEBEL (1938) - a love triangle in old New Orleans (pre-Civil War) gets rocked by an epidemic of yellow fever
THE RAINS CAME (1939) - interracial romance and a powerful flood in India
In these movies, the disaster inevitably popped up in the final act, giving viewers a chance to appreciate the human story and the characters before all the disaster action occurred.
06-14-09 | 07:12 AM
#3
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Favorite Movie Element(s)?
I'm a fan of Molybdenum
06-14-09 | 09:50 AM
#4
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Favorite Movie Element(s)?
Big-Ass Explosions
I love a good, loud fiery explosion.
TDK the hospital
Dawn of the Dead ('04) the propane tank
Leon "shit"
The Punisher the parking lot
Jaws the end
and of course...
Star Wars the Death Star
I love a good, loud fiery explosion.
TDK the hospital
Dawn of the Dead ('04) the propane tank
Leon "shit"
The Punisher the parking lot
Jaws the end
and of course...
Star Wars the Death Star
06-14-09 | 10:10 AM
#5
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Favorite Movie Element(s)?
I love one character kills another character without going through the movie cliche of making small talk allowing the intended target to get away.
Open Range
Taken
Open Range
Spoiler:
Taken
Spoiler:
06-14-09 | 10:22 AM
#6
Thread Starter
TOTY Winner 2018 and Inane Thread Master
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 53,886
Received 1,678 Likes
on
1,384 Posts
From: "Are any of us really anywhere?"
06-15-09 | 09:28 PM
#7
Senior Member
Re: Favorite Movie Element(s)?
For the most part I really like when movies use the slow motion group walking shot.
I will concede that sometimes its an annoyance but I generally like when they pop up and there's ususally one person who stumbles as well.
I will concede that sometimes its an annoyance but I generally like when they pop up and there's ususally one person who stumbles as well.
