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Postby Lowercase Tea » Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:59 pm

Just remembered Ernest Cline wrote this thing:

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Postby inmate » Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:43 pm

movie was often dumb as hell but then it was pretty fun too and i’ve already forgotten the dumb parts. i liked it
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Postby number none » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:38 am

mariavesperi wrote:no that's pretty spot on
Shalabi wrote:The plot is Willy Wonka.


they used "Pure Imagination" in the first trailer
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Postby rixx » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:40 am

honey nuts wrote:
mariavesperi wrote:the plot was nonexistent too though

so we don't experience anything meaningful about the other IP (the Shining part being 'not about the shining at all!' but also all the cameo stuff)Toggle Spoiler, seems like a waste of a transmedia opportunity but fine,

but then there's no 'there' there: the actual plot is exactly what you'd assume happens without seeing the movie, the good guy wins the bad guy loses, the boy kisses the cute girl (which as far as edifying conventions, the whole 'no it's okay I do think you're cute enough' thing is truly barfola)Toggle Spoiler

So we end up not getting nothing meaningful out of both the superficial 'remix culture' bullshit nor the actual 'plot'. Like why the fuck am I spoilering 'the good guy wins' in a Spielberg joint

for real though I read some more of this thread after making that post, seems like a lot of the heavy lifting has been done already.

I did spend a lot of time smashing my obi-wan action figure into my friend's one-armed Bebop in third grade


I think your problem is more with the world-building, not the plot. The plot is basically a gamified Charlie and the chocolate factory, and it never really missed a beat with that.

Edit: I actually realize Charlie and the chocolate factory is a bad comparison but it's the first thing that came to mind and I don't feel like explain ing what the plot of this movie is.


it's not a bad comparison at all. it's exactly what spielberg had in mind, it's why he initially reached out to Gene Wilder to play Halladay before he died.
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Postby Prof. Horatio Hufnagel » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:49 am

willy wonka & the chocolate factory (1971) is a v important film please be respectful
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Postby Prof. Horatio Hufnagel » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:51 am

lol at spielberg thinking he can step up to mel stuart
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Postby Jeremy » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:52 am

Wait a minute doesn't Spielberg's name literally mean "Gametown".
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Postby Mesh » Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:43 pm

Rylance kinda got the Wonka hairdo and kinda the hat too.

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Postby hbb » Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:45 pm

Jeremy wrote:Wait a minute doesn't Spielberg's name literally mean "Gametown".


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Postby Prof. Horatio Hufnagel » Sat Apr 07, 2018 4:11 pm

i think steven roughly translates to 'loser nerd' as well
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Postby Celery Salt » Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:08 pm

That was a really dumb movie. Although I had it explained to me the whole ride home about how nerd culture important it was. Whatever floats your boat, I suppose. People clapped at the end and someone exclaimed "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
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Postby Zardoz » Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:36 pm

The 10-year-olds birthday group behind spilled their gourds when minecraft world popped up, they also clapped like maniacs at the end and their charisma just kinda effused through audience until about most of the audience was whistling and clapping along with em. I loved how all the central characters in this universe just live a block from one another. Loved the dog shit regurgitation of Locus Solus and the multifaceted levels of world building and character development. Loved the end battle where Yoda was riding on Vin Diesel's back.
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Postby furrowed brow » Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:07 pm

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Postby Ersaph » Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:09 pm

Saw this, didn't hate it for some reason. It reminded me of Toys with Robin Williams, another weird and bad movie that I don't hate but makes me viscerally uncomfortable
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Postby dcm » Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:08 pm

This was Avatar for edgelords
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Postby fester » Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:37 pm

Jeremy wrote:Wait a minute doesn't Spielberg's name literally mean "Gametown".


it's game mountain
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Postby easy » Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:41 pm

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Postby goofjan » Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:42 pm

Spielberg was one of the founders of GameWorks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameWorks
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Postby south pacific » Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:21 pm

I think, like a lot of movies being made these days (Pacific Rim Uprising is another example) this film was made for 13-17 year old teenagers. So if you're an adult and are watching thIs now it comes across as unbelievable and childish but it's confusing because there are so many 80's themes and references in it that are still enjoyed and revered by now 30-50 year old man-children.

It's like Spielberg created a movie for kids still living in 1985.
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Postby cartola » Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:24 pm

easy wrote:Image

I didn't make the poster?? Fuuuuuckkkk
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Postby Brain Stew » Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:45 pm

They took us to the movie at work. I'm the office crank because I didn't love it.
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Postby DasLofGang » Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:48 pm

columbus ohio would look a lot cooler as it does there
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Postby murray st. » Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:02 pm

still think this was extremely fine
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Postby Vegetable » Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:31 pm

This was okay, but not as good as Xenoblade Chronocles 2.
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Postby deadwolfbones » Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:41 am

I had a good time with this despite it being objectively stupid

Was the villain supposed to remind you of the principal from Sixteen Candles?
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Postby Shotfrog » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:02 am

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Postby odilon redon » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:16 am

deadwolfbones wrote:I had a good time with this despite it being objectively stupid


spiels basically did as well with the material as he possibly could have. and kaminsky fucking rules without exception. but aspects of this story are gross in an unsalvageable way, the “romance” in this movie in particular was repulsive. the whole enterprises is just inherently and inescapably flawed but i have to admit that it’s not actively hateful like i thought it would be and even kind of fun in stretches.

idk whatever this movie does not really warrant thoughtful analysis. viewing it really stoned would probably alleviate some of the embarrassment that’s the best way to watch it
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Postby deadwolfbones » Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:52 pm

dead was real dumb
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Postby baby gap » Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:00 pm

i like it cuz it is about video games

and there was gundam!!!
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Postby gashed » Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:38 pm



I enjoyed this, but it's a little too convenient to pretend like nothing good has come from the progression of the internet to this point.
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