Oh, I love this! Speaking of similar vibes, I actually really dig Antichrist by Lars von Trier. From what I can gather, it’s got those same parallels to Honeymoon... you know, that whole thing where they head out into nature to just lose themselves in it and be alone, but then everything starts getting weird and dark with the wife, and it totally starts messing with her husband's head too...
I feel like if John Waters were to describe this movie, he’d say something like, "It's like Ingmar Bergman rose from the grave just to whip up a depressing exploitation flick about sex, violence, and pure coldness." Something along those lines, anyway...
Plus, there's all that violence and blood and stuff like that...
I know, I know, the search function can be such a pain sometimes... but someone really needs to tell the moderator to either lock this thread 😁 or just merge it with these posts right here.
Looking back at everything from a few years ago, I still have so many 🙂 stuck in my head... but one thing is for sure, those Coen brothers movies really stand out 🙂
I don't know. There’s just this shamanic aura surrounding him... he’s so obsessed with spirituality that I’d probably follow his lead anywhere he pointed... if he told me to jump into a well, I’d probably just do it... 🤔
But man, in Dune, you can practically get away with anything you set your mind to. He found a way to pull in everyone to be part of his cinematic vision: getting Salvador Dalí for something totally epic, casting Orson Welles as his favorite chef, even Mick Jagger, who couldn't say no when he was asked right there in front of everyone...
It'll be the same with me. If he asks me to jump into a well, I'm just gonna have to go for it 😬
So, I got caught up in some pretty intense arguments over the weekend. It’s been stuck in my head ever since, and honestly? I feel like nobody actually gets where I'm coming from. I could shout until I'm blue in the face, but what's the point? Other people have already made up their minds, and now they're throwing around all these ultimatums and restrictions because of me.
It totally wiped me out. I spiraled into a bit of a funk, just wanting to fly away and blast some moody music—you know, the kind that actually helps me stabilize. When things get like this, I just retreat from everything. I sit there, process it all, and try to figure out how to dodge these situations that are completely out of my control anyway. It’s really just an ego thing, isn't it? Like trying to stop the rain from falling... you can't. You just grab an umbrella and keep walking down that wet street...
Aside from the fact that a few of them sound exactly the same—like, the same vocal color and everything—they all kind of hum through their lines, and after about five seconds, it gets super annoying to listen to. I mean, fine, if they’re just practicing diction and how to enunciate, sure... but everything else about the quality? Total disaster.
So, first off, there are all these different acting studios out in major cities like New York or LA that handle everything related to performance, which includes a lot of voice work too. It really just comes down to how much effort an individual puts in, though the standard move here is usually to hire people straight out of top-tier acting academies... since they actually have the training to build a character from the ground up.
Lately, it feels like there’s been this huge trend of poorly dubbed cartoons, but honestly, part of the problem is that half those shows are just junk to begin with. Growing up, I remember seeing so many amazing examples of great dubbing, but then modernization hit and suddenly everything is just designed to be cheap, mass-produced content for easy consumption.
Every single radio broadcaster in the States has to go through phonetic training with a specialist, just like anyone else reading news or promos on the air. In my opinion, actors should basically have to do the same thing! The only way to do it is to hire your own phonetician, but hey, that costs money... I actually ended up going to a specialist in Chicago because I had issues with closed vowels and a nasal tone—I even had a real diagnosis based on certain parameters.
The only real place where actors can truly flex their muscles through Voice Acting is in radio dramas, and there are some seriously good ones out there. The catch is that they just don't have a massive mainstream audience anymore. As for specific local studios dealing with that kind of stuff and intellectual property rights, I wouldn't know... personally, I think live dubbing is pretty pointless unless it's being done specifically for a laugh.
It’s basically just a mental block caused by certain things messing with your judgment.
Like, take girls who suddenly get obsessed with horoscopes and zodiac signs... they won't even give you the time of day until they figure out what sign you are! They start categorizing everyone instantly. It doesn't even matter what your name is anymore—it's all about the stars.
And honestly, you're making these comparisons because you stumbled upon some abstract definitions and now you're just playing around with them. I don't think it's anything to worry about, really. We all see the world through different lenses, right? Everyone uses some kind of criteria to group people together. Like, my boss at Starbucks divides everyone into "hard workers" and "slackers," and then you've got those religious zealots who split the whole world into believers and non-believers.
Just try to let go of that habit little by little. Start exploring some lighter, more harmless ways of defining things, and those abstractions will eventually fade away. I’d say "abstractions," but man, that word is such a mouthful... I think there's actually a linguistic rule for how the sounds shift when we say it quickly. Assimilation of voicing, I think it's called... yeah, that's it.
Susan Hernandez said:Then there's End of the World... Then Lost in Translation... 👍
He seemed to run out of steam later on. I only really remember Manhattan being any good.
Yeah, you could go in that order🙂
Jesse Watson37 said:Yeah, I heard he loved to improvise and that the actors didn't always love it. But hey, look at the result.
But honestly, he had some really great stuff! He didn't realize Falk was such an amazing artist, so he just decided to throw that into the mix while filming. A lot of directors work like that—they have a core concept but give the actors total freedom to build their own stories with minimal direction. Aside from him and Scorsese, Bela Tarr did that too... I've only seen his Sátántangó, but still...🙂
If a movie actually feels alive, it’s never going to be boring. Just finished watching, and man, Hardy really stepped up to the plate with this challenge—he absolutely crushed it.
I mean, I wasn't even surprised by how they brought his father into the mix. To me, that connection is everything... it ties his whole current mess to the stuff he's trying so hard to spare his kid from experiencing... you know?
Plus, throwing in those themes of love... yeah. It was really well done. 🙂
Jesse Watson37 said:Kevin Smith is a whole different story. There’s a reason the movie stays black and white for half the runtime before switching to color. Morgan Freeman (I can't recall his character's name) plays a fallen angel. Once he "becomes" human, the film shifts to color. That’s why, from the perspective of Inspector Columbia, everything is in color.
Aha, okay, yeah... I'm reading now that it's really all about whether you're seeing things from the angel's view or the human's perspective 🙂
I only brought up Smith because we were talking about using those techniques nowadays, I wasn't trying to compare them artistically or anything. I couldn't think of any better examples on the spot, but that specific combo really adds so much energy and mood...
And honestly, the fact that Spielberg improvises so much? I love that about him, and I love it about Herzog too! 🙂
It reminds me of how Tarkovsky handled things in Stalker. He uses that sepia tone while the world feels bleak and ordinary, then shifts into color once they hit the Zone and start closing in on the room. Even there, it’s not constant—it’s more about how much "life" is actually left in the characters depending on what they're going through...
That specific contrast is exactly why directors lean into it.
Take Kevin Smith, for example. He went with black and white for Clerks because they were filming at night in that convenience store where he used to work, and it helped keep the audience from guessing whether it was day or night outside.
Spielberg also plays around with sepia, black and white, and full color toward the end🙂 (Nick Cannon 😍 )
And if I remember right, it happens gradually. Is it that scene where the angel wakes up because he fell for the trapezist or something? Either way, I think it's similar to Tarkovsky—using color shifts to represent a total change in how life itself is perceived.🙂
I really need to sit down and watch New York City, California, yeah...🙂
Just watched it for the first time and honestly... I'm speechless. Spielberg, where have you been all my life? 😍
And then there's Morgan Freeman, who everyone knows probably gave the best performance of a certain historical dictator ever. Plus, they even share a birthday 😁
The spontaneity, the colors, the themes, the camerawork, the footage, the vibe... everything. EVERYTHING! AAAAAA! 😬
Larry Moore83 said:@granitetiger69/">@@granitetiger69 & Jamie Turner80 How was the title translated? I'm having zero luck finding the English title... What was it called when it hit theaters here?
Why are you even hunting for subtitles manually? Just use BS Player, it finds them for you automatically!
This movie is just gorgeous. After a few of Tim Burton's weaker projects lately, this one definitely feels like a step up from his previous stuff. Sure, you don't get that signature dark, moody vibe or those wild visual flourishes he's known for, but it’s honestly just lovely. It’s smartly put together, too, and Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams have such great chemistry as a pair.
It might not totally reinvent the wheel since it fits right in with those typical biographical stories and all the lighthearted dramas we see these days, but I really think Burton's fans will be happy with this one regardless...🙂
And honestly, giving Depp a break is probably a pretty smart move right now...
Oh, totally. He really hated that fake, plastic style of acting. He wasn't a huge fan of guys like Clark Gable or Humphrey Bogart because they basically played the exact same character in every single movie... just one way of acting that they leaned on their entire careers.
He pulled off plenty of those classic roles through those heavy dramas, too, so he held his own whether he was tackling Williams or Shakespeare. Honestly, from the moment he finished up at the Actor's Studio—you know, where he really honed his craft—he learned how to use his whole body to tap into those raw emotions and get into character.
I don't think he ever actually had a "bad" role, because he brought that same intense energy from day one until the very end. Okay, maybe toward the finish line when you could clearly hear his breathing issues... and, well, the weight gain... but even then, if he had bad movies, they were definitely outliers.
It reminds me a bit of Johnny Depp today. Now that he’s hit 50, it feels like it's just flop after flop. And he's even hinted that he's in that same phase Brando was in—he's reached the point where he just doesn't care anymore, as long as the checks keep clearing...