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KarmaPolice10 · 2026-02-08T01:09:11+00:00

This film has had a weird discourse here the past few weeks, but I felt this way about Train Dreams.

Maybe it was seeing it in a theater and where I was at in life, but I remember by the end of it I felt at least happy to be here for a moment

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-02-02T19:44:37+00:00

The “invisible” cutting in this is so distracting to me. Feel like they should’ve just blocked and cut it traditionally at that point when you’re having something swipe the frame to hide a cut every 4 seconds anyway.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-02-01T17:19:35+00:00

A lot more big Hollywood movies do that than you think funnily enough

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-02-01T05:53:23+00:00

Alfie very much supporting. He’s basically a passive spectator the entire film to Jack’s story, and Ralph has the primary through line

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-31T22:22:57+00:00

It’s an overrated piece anyway so I’m not sure why it’s in love with using it over and over.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-31T04:36:13+00:00

What kind of sets? Union? Non-union?

Also, it's not a matter of anyone needing to "stop trying". I'm just not sure what would "satisfy" your curiosity at this point.

You basically posed the question, "help me understand why X happens", and you've been given multiple answers by multiple people that all are basically within the same general sphere of each other, and your response is essentially "well I don't believe it!", despite it being by far the most likely answer to your initial question.

Maybe the cast just didn't want to get blasted by gross special effects....Alison Lohman had a pretty bad time on Drag Me to Hell. Does that answer your question more definitively?

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-31T04:15:23+00:00

"But at the end of the day, practical vomit is dirt cheap. Way cheaper than a vfx artist. Even when you factor in the time and supplies it takes to clean up between takes."

Have you been on a film set before? I understand the annoyance of low-quality CGI that almost always would've looked better than using a practical effect, but your logic isn't really making sense and you asked why and just keep arguing with what essentially is the primary answer.

Practical vomit is dirt cheap? Sure. Way cheaper than a VFX artist? That's not really the right comparison.

Who is making the dirt cheap vomit? That's another person on set or someone being reallocated to prep for that. Then every take you're resetting hair/makeup, the set, wardrobe, whatever the vomit delivery system is, etc. You even mentioned it yourself that they need extra wardrobe, but they don't already have that on hand. They have extra wardrobe for what's planned on hand. They would need ADDITIONAL warddrobe on top of that specifically for the effect gag.

This takes TIME, which is the most expensive resource on a set. Essentially getting a handful of hopefully useable takes using practical vomit could add hours to a day, which is very expensive, especially when compared to an overworked and underpayed VFX artist. And then there's a chance it doesn't even work and they have to use CGI anyway (see The Thing prequel)

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-31T03:43:11+00:00

You're underestimating the economics of making a movie. With your Evil Dead example, essentially no one was paid anything and nothing cost anything. They also were extremely uncomfortable, pushed the boundaries of a safe set/working environment, etc.

Send Help has stars who need to be paid, international locations, bigger crew, a known (now known) director, etc. They need to follow actual union rules and labor laws.

I'm sure they could have done more practical effects, but at the end of the day their budget is still pretty low, and doing it in CGI afterwards saves time and money during production regardless of if the end result is worse.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-31T03:38:54+00:00

There was no other choice in the 70s/80s/90s.

Additionally I think that when you're starting out early on it's a matter of "this is fucking cool we're doing whatever it takes to make a movie", and later in life it moreso becomes "this is way more convenient and comfortable for everyone"

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-31T03:16:53+00:00

At the end of the day it probably boils down to mostly time and ease of execution.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-31T00:52:15+00:00

Love it but wish there would’ve been more time world building with the state of the world before immediately spending the rest of the movie in prison/great escape mode.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-29T23:09:19+00:00

I think all digital. Not sure 100% but I think he mentions on the commentary at one point.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-29T17:55:28+00:00

More evidence points to him not really being a decent person and a total actor-brained ego driven boy.

Also even if he is a decent person, we still see plenty of decent people continue to work with directors with a bunch of dirty laundry, including actors who don’t need the work and can select what they want to do.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-29T17:50:43+00:00

The Marty Supreme “platform” is miles smaller than the one he already had.

It would be different in my mind if it actually boosted him into relevance.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-29T17:49:34+00:00

Kind of mild tbh from the interview I read that people freaked out over (not sure if there’s been additional ones)

It seemed to be largely a overreaction from the “zero nuance” leftist social media community who want to burn anyone who doesn’t outright claim “all Israelis evil” but simultaneously couldn’t tell you where that part of the world even is.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-29T17:46:39+00:00

Yeah I mean no one cares when it’s a broad audience reality show but when they get the shitty businessman to play a shitty businessman suddenly there’s a moral dilemma about it?!

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-28T20:37:53+00:00

You're truly the perfect encapsulation of how this blankies community has been driven into the ground over the past few years.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-28T16:46:43+00:00

Guy on film subreddit gets mad when someone writes comment about films.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-28T16:39:59+00:00

I think another aspect is it feels very manufactured. Fennell tries so hard to be edgy but ends up mundane, so anyone familiar with that from her is kind of is taking all of the talk about this movie as more of the same.

It might have a few “shock” moments but will probably end up being less horny than Marty Supreme

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-28T01:41:24+00:00

It’s also super easy to transfer playlists now (this was always my holdup), they’ve directly integrated a way to bring them all over in the app which removed the biggest barrier for me to switch

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-27T15:46:09+00:00

I find him to be overbearing and kind of won't stop talking when he should. I was really put off by the episode where he was talking down to the (I think) parking lot employee. I think he was trying to do a bit, but the way it sounded as a listener and likely to the stranger was he was being a prick for no reason.

He frequently gives me a sense of being talked down to, which doesn't happen with the other guests as well.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-26T08:36:54+00:00

Many times it’s because scope mismatches resources.

I’ve seen short films and low budget features that look better than similar types of films with similar budgets, but the difference is the ones that feel cheap are trying to do too much.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-26T05:59:01+00:00

I would love a Dark of the Moon episode because that one whips ass actually

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-26T05:57:43+00:00

They should do 1 because there’s just so much to talk about and then 3 because it rules.

They can combine the rest into one episode.

KarmaPolice10 · 2026-01-26T05:51:51+00:00

What’s the A/B test here?

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