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StarDude
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12/9/07 5:43pm
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Erk posted:
Yeah you're right. The antihero of today is spiderman listening to my chemical romance.
Thomas Jane did better than I expected in The Punisher and you got to look forward to The Mutant Chronicles. But I don't think he's the next bruce.
Not the next Bruce, but within the next ten years I see him being an iconic action star.
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Zaz
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12/10/07 10:56am
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I can't think of anyone, either.
Strange.
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If there wasn't more to Robocop than "in-your-face action", I'm not sure I would like it as much.
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StarDude
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-deeperfasterharder- posted:
If there wasn't more to Robocop than "in-your-face action", I'm not sure I would like it as much.
Oh but there is more to it. The film is a total satire that's reflecting the entire mindset of the '80s. And yet it doesn't take itself too seriously. We should be so lucky as to still have entertaining movies like this.
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Um...yeah I know. That's exactly what I was referring to, (Star)dude.
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StarDude
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-deeperfasterharder- posted:
Um...yeah I know. That's exactly what I was referring to, (Star)dude.
OH sorry. I thought you said if there WAS something more than in-your-face action, you don't know if you'd like it as much.
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12/23/07 12:14pm
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91 DW Griffith
The pioneer
“Remember how small the world was before I came along?” Undistinguished writer/actor David Wark Griffith wasn’t afraid of blowing his own trumpet… and with good reason, for he invented a new language of cinema through innovative use of cross-cutting, close-ups and characterisation. Co-founder of United Artists, his rep will forever remain stained by the KKK sympathies of The Birth Of A Nation, but several of his silents have stayed golden: Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East, Orphans Of The Storm.
Picture perfect Intolerance. The Crash of its day.
Never seen any of his films, but Birth of a Nation is one of the most important films of all time.
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Zaz will doubtless use this as another excuse to prod me about the Silent Thread... 
It's interesting that people today still chastize Griffith for his "racism," and cite the aforementioned BIRTH OF A NATION. It's a film that, while racist in its own right sure, completely tones down the racism inherent in the original source material. This also from the director who portrayed a sensitive interracial romance (in BROKEN BLOSSOMS), and who set out to chart the entire history of Western Civilization as traced through the Babylonian Empire (INTOLERANCE). The latter film certainly stands as one of the great masterworks, a total tour-de-force of dialectical montage, a back-and-forth history lesson that is not only one of the most intelligent films ever made but also one of the most consistently astonishing, formally inventive, and totally transfixing from start to finish. When Griffith was on his game, few directors of his heyday (1915-1920) were better (Feuillade? Stiller? Sjostrom?). His being ranked this low is a total joke.
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Zaz
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Consider yourself prodded.
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Zaz
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12/24/07 4:47pm
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Griffith was terribly shocked when he was accused of being a racist as a result of BOAN. "Intolerance" was the result.
Was he a racist? Sure, even by the standards of the day. He was an old-fashioned Southerner. But he had stacks of talent, some of which he used wisely. The inventor of a whole lexicon of film.
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90 Curtis Hanson
The adaptor
A self-confessed movie buff with a journalistic background, Hanson cut his teeth in Hitchcockian suspense (The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, The River Wild) before helming LA Confidential, his Oscar-winning calling card. Since then he’s made as many hits (8 Mile, In Her Shoes) as misses (the underrated Wonder Boys, Lucky You). With no obvious visual style, his skills lie more in his empathy with actors and immaculate storytelling. “I just go to what interests me,” he smiles. “I always ask myself: is this a world I want to go into and learn about?”
Picture perfect LA Confidential. Hollywood homicide.
LA Confidential is the only film of his I've seen. It's pretty good.
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One of my favorite films by Curtis Hanson is one of his early ones, The Bedroom Window. He actually gets a decent performance out of Steve Guttenberg in that film! I also liked Bad Influence and the Hand that Rocks the Cradle, which scared the heck out of me.
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wonder boys  got the most hilarious scenes at times and it's so incredibly warm on top of that! didn't see any of the others, tho.
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89 Peter Weir
The wizard of Oz
“Frankly, I’ve never fit in anywhere,” is Peter Weir’s take on his place in life. To anyone who’s seen his films, that’ll come as no great shock. From the dreamy uncertainty of Picnic At Hanging Rock through his shift to Hollywood and bracing movies like Witness, Dead Poets’ Society and The Truman Show, Weir has always majored in alienation. Occasionally a love of lush visuals overwhelms the story, but few modern directors can match the Aussie when it comes to old-school big glossy movies with a brain.
Picture perfect The Truman Show. Big Brother’s watching you.
My favorite film of his is Master and Commander.
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