• @NounsAndWords
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    1713 months ago

    This is one of those movies I will only learn about through memes.

    • originalucifer
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      443 months ago

      ive experienced this effect with the movie titanic

      never seen it, know the entire plot through memes/parody

      • circuitfarmer
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        543 months ago

        Titanic is actually worth a watch though. Whereas for Minecraft, I found even the teaser to be a challenge.

        • Flying Squid
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          173 months ago

          Maybe I’m in a minority, but I thought Titanic was a bunch of melodramatic crap when there were more interesting true stories that the movie could have been about.

          • circuitfarmer
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            113 months ago

            That’s fair. But it’s worth watching even just for the effects and set work.

            • Flying Squid
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              123 months ago

              I guess I’m one of those people who would rather watch a low-budget movie with a good story than a big-budget movie with a lot of spectacle but a bad story. But I do understand people going to see a movie just for the spectacle. I’ve done it before. I just usually regret it.

              • circuitfarmer
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                93 months ago

                I think it is a kind of spectacle that just doesn’t exist anymore. For example, going to a Marvel movie for the effects is sort of like watching a video game. When everything is pure CGI, it loses the appeal (for me).

                But Titanic was right at the cusp of that. There is CGI, but there’s also bigatures and miniature work and practical effects, etc etc etc. In many ways it is James Cameron at his peak.

                But totally agree that the plot is pretty corny and it could have been much better as a more historically-focused film which didn’t spend most of the time on a relatively generic love story.

                • Flying Squid
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                  23 months ago

                  The last movie I went to purely for the spectacle was Dunkirk and I was pleasantly surprised that it was an enjoyable film as well, so I guess sometimes it’s worth it even in more recent times.

                  • @Juvyn00b
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                    33 months ago

                    Christopher Nolan is one of the few that can nail big spectacle as well as story telling.

              • @Dasus
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                23 months ago

                I guess I’m one of those people who would rather watch a low-budget movie with a good story than a big-budget movie with a lot of spectacle but a bad story.

                Might I make a suggestion?

                The Man From Earth

                • Flying Squid
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                  23 months ago

                  Thank you, I have seen it and I really love it! I hear there is a sequel, which seems needless so I never watched it. But I’ve seen that one twice.

                  • @Dasus
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                    23 months ago

                    I watched the sequel. It wasn’t as special as the first one, had probably twice the sets as the first one. (:O) Worth a watch, I’d say.

                    It was available for free for a while some years ago, iirc. Don’t know about now though.

                    First one great, second one still good, although it’s been a while since I saw it.

          • @drunkpostdisaster
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            63 months ago

            It has that annoying James Cammron thing where the working class gets blamed for the actions of the rich.

          • @[email protected]
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            33 months ago

            It’s reached Rocky Horror Picture Show in my household.

            It’s silly. You quote lines. You laugh at motives if you think about it.

        • @[email protected]
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          73 months ago

          Minecraft just seems like the type of movie where lines like, “Were gonna rock our blocks off!” And that will be their peak writing.

        • @[email protected]
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          63 months ago

          A teaser is of course just a teaser and not the final product.

          It can still be redeemed. Look at Sonic.

          • @samus12345
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            253 months ago

            Sonic just needed a new CGI model to fix.

            Minecraft would have to change, well, everything.

            • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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              83 months ago

              Still better than Borderlands where they would have had to change the entire cast.

              • @samus12345
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                43 months ago

                Yeah, I don’t have an issue with the actors (aside from Jack Black and Jason Momoa’s hair).

              • @samus12345
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                43 months ago

                Surprised he’s not in it. Maybe he was unavailable.

          • Sway
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            33 months ago

        • originalucifer
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          13 months ago

          its almost a principal at this point.

          admittedly, no semblance of logic at play… I spose ill get to it someday

      • @[email protected]
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        103 months ago

        Titanic is fantastic. You watch the movie completely ready for the ship to crash. But at some point, your brain stops and you’re more invested in the characters. Then boom, motherfucking iceberg.

        True Lies, another James Cameron movie, does that twist too. Where you watch it for one thing, then surprise, you’re now invested in another thing.

      • @jaybone
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        63 months ago

        Titanic was a good movie though mostly.

        Wtf are they gonna do with blocks?

      • oni
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        33 months ago

        Me with the entire Star Wars franchise, Harry Potter and The Lord of the rings

        • @chetradley
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          33 months ago

          They’re all corporate cash grabs now. Watch what you enjoy and don’t let anyone tell you you’re missing out on them.

      • @CrayonRosary
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        No you don’t. You only know about flying and French girls. You don’t know anything else about the rest of the movie.

    • @[email protected]
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      233 months ago

      I was thinking about this recently. There’s a lot of bad movies that come out every year since forever. Usually, they just kind of disappear and die.

      But only thanks to social media have we had a way to mock the studio.

      I’m just imagining the memes made of bad movies from the 2000s.

    • @aeronmelonM
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      193 months ago

      I love the part where Steve says, “IT’S MININ’ TIME!”

        • @T00l_shed
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          33 months ago

          I’ll get you Hey Steve, if it takes till tomorrow noooooooon. (Forgive my possibly poor memory)

        • @aeronmelonM
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          23 months ago

          Your reference lifts my spirits, internet stranger.