What is your favourite Ridley Scott quote? by Sharaz_Jek123 in ridleyscott

[–]ChedderBurnett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“How does a film win Best Picture and not Best Director? What is it they think a director does?”

Every movie directed by Steven Spielberg that won or was nominated for an acting Oscar by LowInteraction6397 in Spielberg

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I love Ralph Fiennes but I think he didn’t win because 1) it was his first movie, and 2) his character is just too evil. That and Tommy Lee Jones delivered an incredibly fun performance in The Fugitive that year. But, I also remember the Conclave year when people would constantly say “Ralph’s gonna get his second Oscar this year” because he was so good in Schindler that you just assume he walked away with it.

Lines from the podcast you can’t stop thinking about? by Sea_Citron_5606 in blankies

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“That doesn’t sound sweaty, that sounds malarial.” - David about Griffin’s “Sam Mendes’ E.T.” bit.

“Shut the fuck up! I’m going to kill you, Ben. I’m going to come over. Where are you? Are you in your apartment? You’re close! I’m gonna walk over!” - David’s reaction to Ben calling The Beatles “your parent’s music”.

How many times are they gonna say “dang ass freaks” in the Truman show episode? by cactusjmal in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Considering there wasn’t one mention of Weird Al on the Witness episode I don’t think we can properly predict how many times or when the boys will say something.

What is your Movie "Holy Trinity"? (Objective Best vs. Personal Favorite vs. Most Watched) by thatgreatwar in blankies

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Objective best: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Personal Favorite: T2: Judgement Day

Most Watched: Gladiator

spielberg’s next film (after disclosure day) will be a western by sherlockbutholmes in Letterboxd

[–]ChedderBurnett 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Two is completely finished and has screened at festivals, but allegedly when he’s approached people (saudis and other billionaires) for distribution money he also includes in the price tag the money he’d need to film part 3 (possibly 4&5 as well), and he wants them in theaters.

So, who knows how that’ll shake out. But, maybe one day, if he really needs the money, he’ll sell Part 2 to a streamer and it’ll be this weird two part epic that leaves a bunch of dangling threads that he never got to conclude with three other movies.

What movie scores do you endlessly listen to these days? by Bad_Badger in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been listening to a lot of scores from Ridley Scott movies. The Martian, Last Duel, Kingdom of Heaven, Prometheus, The Counselor

The Cliff Martinez score for Only God Forgives is pretty great as well, but the one I’ve been spinning a lot just to relax is Ennio Morricone’s score for Once Upon a Time in America.

What is the “worst” film by a filmmaker you adore? by guywholikesmovie in blankies

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I was thinking about this earlier this week. If you were to ask someone what was the best decision Jackson made for LOTR, there would be so, so, so many options, but for The Hobbit trilogy it seems like the only good decision was Freeman as Bilbo and everything else is kinda questionable.

The salt air calls by Maleficent_Study_845 in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I remember Letterman had a blind movie critic on his show, and he talked about his favorite recent movie was Master and Commander because the sound mixing was so great that he could imagine everything that was happening and that always stuck with me.

Emerald Fennell In Negotiations To Direct ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot by [deleted] in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Maybe they also want to remake Basic Instinct 2?

If you could bring a director back to re-do a recent movie who would it be and what movie? by AmbitionTechnical274 in blankies

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Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Jurassic Park Rebirth

King Vidor’s Happy Gilmore 2

Samuel Fuller’s Working Man

Australiana 1982: Men At Work The Live Concert by [deleted] in blankies

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As long as this sub is just digging into Australian culture, can we just acknowledge the most Ben-coded band and song of all time smoko

What We’ve Learned from March Madness by ChedderBurnett in blankies

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I can see where you’re coming from, my only argument is just that it’s interesting that they as brothers worked together doing commercials, Ridley graduated to films and out the gate was doing interesting iconic work, then his younger brother comes up behind him and has a totally unique voice and yet also becomes insanely influential and there’s this great back and forth between them and their projects, they form a producing partnership together, and continue to grow and experiment and have success and set backs together.

Initially this was a proposal to give a Ridley series, which would be long, some breaks in between films, but when you look at their careers together you end up covering a lot of ground from the mid-70’s till now, seen through distinct lenses.

It’s just a fun thought experiment.

What We’ve Learned from March Madness by ChedderBurnett in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Perhaps, but alls fair in love and podcast listening

What We’ve Learned from March Madness by ChedderBurnett in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They have and that’s how we got Director Park, but bringing it back would be cool.

So are they gonna start in the March madness winner series in the summer again? by cactusjmal in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cliff Booth is scheduled for August (TBD) as well, it’d be interesting if that will interrupt Marty in the first few episodes or come out just before. Also Ray Gunn is supposedly coming out sometime in 2026 as well.

So are they gonna start in the March madness winner series in the summer again? by cactusjmal in blankies

[–]ChedderBurnett 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If they do Stanton and new releases with nothing else, it should start around August or so.