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« on: December 10, 2009, 03:25:40 PM » |
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Since we last discussed how writing is so terrible in video games, I thought that it would be interesting to discuss writing that is found in movies. Which films do you think really had good writing?
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"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves." - St. Francis of Assisi
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Zest
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2009, 03:48:53 PM » |
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Shaun of the Dead. Lots of smart dialogue, and some clever foreshadowing for all of the characters.
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 03:53:16 PM » |
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Shaun of the Dead. Lots of smart dialogue, and some clever foreshadowing for all of the characters.
I recently watched the movie again, explicitly looking out for foreshadowing. My mind was completely blown. Its done soooo well.  |
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2009, 03:58:20 PM » |
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Dr. Strangelove OR: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
"When this is over you'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company!"
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2009, 04:02:47 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2009, 04:16:18 PM » |
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The Prestige.
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2009, 04:19:21 PM » |
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Some ones off the top of my head:
Moon
Chinatown
The Wrestler
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2009, 05:08:24 PM » |
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I thought In Bruges had good writing. Maybe not good in the classical sense but good in a way that the conversations felt real to me. Sounds like politically incorrect, stupid and sometimes prejudiced humour that permeates my daily life.
"I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't."
"An Uzi? I'm not from South Central Los fuckin' Angeles. I didn't come here to shoot twenty black ten year olds in a drive-by. I want a normal gun for a normal person."
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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2009, 05:37:27 PM » |
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I recently watched the movie again, explicitly looking out for foreshadowing. My mind was completely blown. Its done soooo well. I wouldn't have noticed it at all if it weren't for the DVD commentary.  Another movie with excellent writing would have to be Wall-E. So much of the story is told visually that I savor the little snippets of dialogue like this: "A is for Axiom, your home sweet home. B is for Buy'N'Large, your very best friend." |
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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2009, 06:25:04 PM » |
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Ginger Snaps.
Pan's Labyrinth.
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2009, 11:41:09 PM » |
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Pan's Labyrinth.
i hate that movie u cant even underdtan what theyre saying |
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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2009, 12:22:28 AM » |
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Brick I love hardboiled noir, and that definitely delivers. Has anybody seen any of Don Hertzfeldt's later work? It's my favorite distillation of existential angst, with stick figures even! |
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« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2009, 12:28:37 AM » |
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Another movie with excellent writing would have to be Wall-E. So much of the story is told visually that I savor the little snippets of dialogue like this:
"A is for Axiom, your home sweet home. B is for Buy'N'Large, your very best friend."
I was actually surprised how good Wall-E is, for a disney movie. It seemed very... Powerful. |
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« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2009, 12:48:55 AM » |
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ITT: We list our favourite movies.
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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2009, 02:46:08 AM » |
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Brick Oh shit; seems you beat me to it.  |
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