The Screening Room

Haha, already read all those Wired articles. Sucked up everything about this movie in the 2 weeks after having seen it two times. As well as all the 50 questions here.

MattD

3:10 AM

Dwayne Johnson has surprised me. Going from WWE to being an actor, he transitioned really well.

vzn

hardcore man. try this, seen it? seems to be close to what you want

in The h Bar, Feb 13 at 17:23, by Chris White

Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in Astrophysics, and in the Movie Interstellar

Catija

Big Hero 6 was great. I feel bad about missing the two

MattD

Anyone else pissed off they didn't show clips from the animated movies when they announced them?

Catija

@MattD Yeah. Trying to save time, I guess?

Napoleon Wilson

@vzn Thanks, will have a look at it.

Catija

3:12 AM

For some reason he reminds me of an older version of Wil Wheaton.

vzn

dwayne johnson, like his roles, indeed impressive, reminds me some of stallone yrs ago

MattD

@vzn God I hope Johnson doesn't go the way of Stallone.

vzn

lol what way did stallone go?

not actually a big stallone fan myself.

MattD

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG!

Catija

The way of the Expendables?

Napoleon Wilson

3:13 AM

Haven't seen Big Hero 6. May colleague was quite pumped for it, but I never was a big animation enthusiast, can watch that on TV some day.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson I'm glad it won, especially since LEGO got snubbed. If Dragon 2 won I was going to be pissed at the whole category

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, what actually was the last thing Johnson did, I think it was some time ago.

MattD

Love how they're advertising the Galaxy S5 when the S6 is due out soon.

vzn

really like the science/ robotics angle in big hero 6, lots of robotics stuff in theatres lately, highly recommend spare parts

Catija

True story: Saw that there was activity on the actual site... thought, oooh, someone's actually still paying attention... nope. Community.

MattD

3:15 AM

@NapoleonWilson He was in Hercules last year....

vzn

Wayne Johnson seems pretty busy usually. maybe not quite as much lately.

Catija

And Fast and Furious 6 in 2013.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Right, that was pretty enjoyable, if nothing more than that. But a classic The Rock role.

MattD

Snitch was in 2013, really liked him in that.

@NapoleonWilson G.I. Joe: Retaliation? :P

Catija

I guess he was in 5 movies in 2013 but only one in 2014, so that is a bit of a downturn.

MattD

3:17 AM

@Catija Eh, dude doesn't need films to float.

Napoleon Wilson

I still think Walking Tall is way underrated, love that thing for some reason.

vzn

1 big movie a year a "downturn" lol

hercules had big budget.

5 movies a year totally unsustainable anyway...

MattD

So basically fuck you Sony hackers.

Catija

Ah, the irony of them finally having a non-white, female head of the academy and yet one of the worst years recently for non-white people and women.

2

vzn

spking of women/ sony/ hackers how about ceo fired? ouch/ killer

hollywood, one of the last places ever for "affirmative action"...

Catija

3:21 AM

It's got to be Grand Budapest Hotel. The design was impeccable.

MattD

Grand Budapest for Production Design.

Napoleon Wilson

Aw, those robots alone are worth an award. But I guess it's Grand Budapest Hotel again.

MattD

@Catija Yeah, made you feel the fake country was real.

vzn

unless you count precious lol.. star there recently said she was "blacklisted"

robots in what?

Napoleon Wilson

@vzn Interstellar of course!

Catija

3:23 AM

The assistant robots in Interstellar were great.

vzn

robots in interstellar? wow maybe gotta go see it now ha

MattD

I have Birdman for Cinematography.

Napoleon Wilson

Oh that category is made for stuff like Birdman, I guess.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Yep.

He won the Cinematography category last year for Gravity. Might that be the first back-to-back pull for this award?

Catija

Who's doing the announcer VO for this? It's a bit saccharine.

Napoleon Wilson

3:27 AM

@MattD Oh didn't know. I guess cinematographers belong to those guys nobody really knows, like screenwriters or all those costume/production designers.

MattD

Yeah, buddy of mine pointed it out.

Napoleon Wilson

3 time already? And 20 times nomineee, I guess.

Movie Reel

1

Q: Why was The Lego Movie not nominated at the Oscars?

Given that The Lego Movie displayed a new style of animation, was there any specific technical reason why it was not nominated in the category of "Best Animated Feature Film" at the 87th Academy Awards I'm not looking for a general opinion on if the movie was good enough or not. I am more curiou...

Napoleon Wilson

@MovieReel Nice question actually, challenge is starting early this time.

Catija

The pastel/watercolor art is really nice.

Heart breaks

Napoleon Wilson

3:36 AM

Quite some surprises, James Garner, Tuco, Bob Hoskins. Just saw James Rebhorn in Scent of a Woman, one of the all-time supporting-rolers.

Catija

Bob Hoskins was one of my favorites. So sad to lose him.

MattD

Ahhhh, nothing like the older members of my family wishing Billy Crystal was hosting over NPH. I like Crystal, but he doesn't play to the generation these shows go for nowadays.

vzn

pitbull did a new (music) video "fireball" that refs "who framed roger rabbit"... :)

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Well, they tried to reach the younger generation with Franco/Hathaway in the past and it didn't really play out (though, they beat Chris Rock anytime). But sure, Billy Crystal is just a safe bet.

vzn

wow there were a lot of hathaway haters...

MattD

3:39 AM

@NapoleonWilson Ugh, the Franco Hathaway year was horrible. Talk about something that should have worked and it just crashed and burned.

Catija

Wait, who hates Anne Hathaway? She's awesome.

2

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, she's just cute, gotta love her.

MattD

I like Hathaway, but when she and Franco hosted it was a disaster.

vzn

like her in the movies but saw articles at the time, maybe she got to be too successful for some (overexposed?) & didnt she recently get married?

theres always internet haters for something...

MattD

So at this point I'm just wondering if I'll have enough time to watch Walking Dead before going to bed.

Napoleon Wilson

3:43 AM

@MattD Oh, totally forgot that this is continuing already. Well, sometihng to do at my free day ~~tomorrow~~ today.

vzn

hathway on the haterz / huffpost (other articles there too)

MattD

Boyhood for Editing.

Catija

She got married in 2012.

Boyhood has to win. My friend is going to go crazy, Sandra Adair is her mom.

WTF.

MattD

Wow.

Napoleon Wilson

Editing's something I can't really judge at all.

Well, at least in Birdman there isn't really much to edit.

Catija

3:45 AM

That's disappointing.

MattD

Friend of mine brings up a good point: could Birdman and Boyhood be splitting the vote too evenly and canceling one another out?

Catija

I liked Terrence as Rhodey better than Don Cheadle.

Napoleon Wilson

What was wrong with Howard. Was the teleprompter broken? Can't tell he was really breathless just because of The Imitation Game.

Catija

Stage fright? Maybe he was panting because he got rushed onto stage?

Maximilian

Oscars!

Just me or NPH sucking tonight?

Catija

3:50 AM

Maybe he's not singing enough.

Napoleon Wilson

He hasn't really shined lately, yeah. But the intro was amazing, as well as the Birdman thing.

Maximilian

Have you guys seen The Grand Budapest Hotel? Winning lots of awards, I haven't seen it yet

Napoleon Wilson

@Maximilian I've watched it some days ago, quite fun.

Maximilian

Ill have to watch it then:P

I saw Birdman and Whiplash, I can't decide which I liked more, both were amazing

Catija

The intro was great.

MattD

3:52 AM

I watched it the weekend came out. Loved it.

Napoleon Wilson

@Maximilian Welcome by the way, and be sure to take the poll: docs.google.com/forms/d/…

Catija

Wow, that was low hanging fruit.

MattD

Woo hoo! Got the Outspoken badge!

Maximilian

lol thanks

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Oh, love bad word jokes.

Catija

3:54 AM

Yeah, I do too... but that was a bit far.

Did you guys see the Samsung commercial?

Maximilian

I voted:P

Catija

Maybe I have a dirty mind, but the stylus that comes with that phone looks like an unrolled condom.

Maximilian

lol

Catija

Apparently I killed the chat.

Napoleon Wilson

Not a big rap fan, but that's a nice song, my favourite for now. But this guy's arm definitely has to ache already.

Maximilian

4:00 AM

Im still here

MattD

Nah, it's 11PM where I'm at so i'm sort of fading.

Maximilian

I loved The Lego Movie but I thought it was terrible at the Oscars lol

Napoleon Wilson

5:00 am here, but I'm quite awake still, and glad there's still quite a bit to go.

Maximilian

Its 8:02 pm here

MattD

okay yeah, wow, if glory doesn't win best song, and lego movie does, that's going to be huge talk tomorrow

Catija

4:03 AM

Nice... John Travolta reamed.

Napoleon Wilson

Yeah, Travolta pun, that gotta be! And right before Adele Dazeem herself, amazing!

Maximilian

They should have Cumberbatch say Penguin on stage:D

Catija

Wow, what a perfect pairing.

Whoever had that idea should get a raise.

Does he say it oddly?

Napoleon Wilson

Still got to see Selma, but I think it isn't even out here already.

@Farooq Welcome!

user116848

@NapoleonWilson Hi!

Catija

4:08 AM

youtube.com/watch?v=-GnLDJAgrws HA HA HA

user116848

And hi all.

Catija

hi!

MattD

Well that speech is going to be all over Fox News tomorrow.

vzn

max what do you mean you think "lego movie terrible at oscars"?

mattd you seem preoccupied with ~~faux~~ foxnews

Maximilian

When they sang Everything Is Awesome

I didnt like it that much

Catija

4:10 AM

They'll have to cut around the mentions of god somehow. If they leave it in, someone might disagree with them.

@Maximilian Oh, I think it was off because they're using the orchestra instead of the instrumentation from the film.

Maximilian

ya probably.

MattD

@vzn Because I hate them and I like calling out things I know they'll single out the next day because they're horrible.

vzn

conservatives hate hollywood. they are probably rejoicing in their pews over american sniper...

Napoleon Wilson

And I'm still waiting for that session for all the score nominees, to hell with them if the just sprinkle in some 3 seconds for each nomination.

I'm not sure if NPH is aiming for some kind of meta humour, but really guy, it doesn't work so well.

Maximilian

lol ya, NPH is terrible right now

MattD

4:14 AM

Ugh, Sound of Music, such a classic.

Napoleon Wilson

Don't know that at all, some kind of total US thing, I guess.

Catija

He's usually so awesome on the Tonys. I think Hugh Jackman should come.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson You've not seen The Sound of Music?

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Uh, I guess, now I have at least seen parts of it?

Catija

Love the Sound of Music.

MattD

4:16 AM

@NapoleonWilson You really should see the whole thing. But yeah, I can see it sort of being an, "American thing."

Sound of Music is easily one of the biggest classic films in the US. I don't know of anyone who says they hate it outright.

Maximilian

Why so much songs

Napoleon Wilson

But hey, Lady Gaga can actually look normal? Makes her even more awesome! Terrificly diverse artist.

MattD

It's shown on TV every year still, and I still feel it should be shown with absolutely no commercials. It's not a film that should be profited from.

Catija

I didn't realize she can actually sing.

Maximilian

lmfao

MattD

4:18 AM

Oh yeah, Lady Gaga is actually incredibly talented with music. She was accepted to Juliard afterall.

ermanen

Wow, really Lady Gaga?

Napoleon Wilson

Now that is a performance I'd call anything but Lady Gaga. Amazing!

Maximilian

ya, its good!

ermanen

Amazing performance! She should sing more like this.

Catija

I love Julie Andrews. She's one of the most amazing people.

Napoleon Wilson

4:22 AM

Aw, now get Zimmer this gold guy already.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson If you liked that, seriously seek out The Sound of Music and watch it from start to finish. It's long, but it's so, so good.

I have Zimmer in this, but I honestly kinda want to see Desplat win.

Catija

Did you hear, she said Budapesht... so cute.

Napoleon Wilson

And they didn't do a special score performance, crap!

Catija

The Imitation game was great.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD For me it's the other way around, actually. Wanna have Zimmer, but I fear Desplat.

MattD

4:23 AM

WOW WOW WOW

Napoleon Wilson

Aw, I knew it, now the day is ruined, best and most original Zimmer work ever!

MattD

HOLY SHIT WOW

Catija

And by that I meant the music was great.

Napoleon Wilson

Now they just gotta snub Nightcrawler's screenplay.

MattD

Seriously, GBH is the wild card tonight that can fuck up so many movie's shit.

Maximilian

4:26 AM

Nightcrawler was amazing

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Not sure if that was so much of a wild card, though, seemed like a clear Oscar favourite all the time to me.

But sure, rather Grand Budapest Hotel than Boyhood. ;-P

MattD

@NapoleonWilson To me it's a movie that's good, but doesn't seem to be a clear frontrunner in many of the categories it's in.

Napoleon Wilson

@Maximilian For sure. and Gyllenhaal's missing nomination a scandal.

Maximilian

Do you guys thing The Grand Budapest Hotel will win best picture since its winning all these awards?

I want Birdman to win

MattD

@Maximilian Likely not, unless the votes for Birdman and Boyhood were mad split.

Napoleon Wilson

4:29 AM

I'm not sure, I'd still rather guess (and want) Birdman, I think.

Catija

GBH has just been winning artistry awards, which is Anderson's wheelhouse. They're low-hanging fruit for him.

Maximilian

and NPH strange joke again

MattD

I have Birdman for Original Screenplay.

Catija

Boyhood.

Napoleon Wilson

Hard competition, but I still have hopes for this movie....Aw, scratch that, no luck for Nightcrawler either. ;-(

Maximilian

4:31 AM

what just happened?

My TV cut off:/

MattD

Birdman won.

Catija

Birdman won original screenplay.

Maximilian

Awesome!

Napoleon Wilson

What, Opra was nominated once? Was that for The Butler (which I sadly haven't seen yet at all)?

MattD

Adapted Screenplay I have The Imitation Game.

Napoleon Wilson

4:34 AM

Hard to judge, don't really know.

Maximilian

Did you guys see Inherent Vice?

MattD

@NapoleonWilson No, was a Supporting Actress nod for her role in The Color Purple.

Catija

That was ages ago.

He's so cute and young.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Oh, now that's a long time ago, didn't know she was acting that early already. (But haven't seen that one either yet).

@Maximilian I might plan, sounds spretty interesting. But I don't know when that actually comes here or if it already did.

Catija

I haven't seen Inherent Vice.

Maximilian

4:37 AM

I saw it, I liked it, but left confused a bit:P

Catija

Oh, that was the one I told my husband I wouldn't watch.

Napoleon Wilson

Uh, wait, did we already have Supporting Actor. Am I that forgettable or does the Academy staff update Wikipedia life?

Maximilian

Lol

Catija

Supporting Actor was at the beginning. Ethan Hawke, right?

MattD

@NapoleonWilson That was the first award of the night....

@Catija No, J.K. Simmons won.

Catija

4:39 AM

OH yeah. that's right. My stupid head.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Oh ok, then that was that crappy 20 minute technical difficulties thing.

Catija

Paul Thomas Anderson movies are slightly less interesting to me than Wes Anderson.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Or Paul W.S. Anderson?

Maximilian

LMFAO

Ok the Gone Girl joke I thought was kinda funny

Catija

@NapoleonWilson Who?

MattD

4:41 AM

Director I have Linklater.

Maximilian

Birdman!

ermanen

hard to guess

Catija

I think Linklater... the novelty deserves it.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Uh, I only say Resident Evil 1-376.

Maximilian

I didnt see Foxcatcher but I really want to, It only played in 2 theaters here and not close:/

BIRDMAN

I called it

MattD

4:42 AM

Well then.

Maximilian

lol

Napoleon Wilson

Ah, that's definitely a director's movie. Technically that thing was just perfect.

Catija

@NapoleonWilson Ah, I actually like the Resident Evil movies.

... but that's probably because I love Jovovich.

ermanen

What is he talking about :/

Maximilian

lol

Theaters NEED to play all of these movies next weekend

Napoleon Wilson

4:45 AM

@Catija Oh, and Mortal Kombat, AVP and Death Race. Though, I love Mortal Kombat.

Maximilian

Ben Affleck should have worn the batman suit

ermanen

Did Keaton wear the birdman suit?

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, The Judge is sometihng I missed, too. But I actually like courtroom stuff.

Maximilian

I saw it, it wasn't as good as I was expecting

MattD

Well that was a shitty McDonald's commercial.

Keaton for Best Actor.

Maximilian

4:48 AM

Someone just texted me about that? what was it

Michael Keaton!

Napoleon Wilson

Yeah, sure, Keaton. Only saw Cumberbatch otherwise anyway, but he was good, too.

Maximilian

Aww

MattD

Well alrighty then.

Maximilian

I saw the movie but didnt like it that much

Napoleon Wilson

WUT? Well, "you never go full retard!"

Can't we just cancel this one with Jupiter Ascending?

Maximilian

4:52 AM

LMFAO

It was so bad

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Except he didn't go full retard....

Or even half retard.

Napoleon Wilson

Yeah, I know, haven't seen it anyway. Wasn't meant too serious. I know if there's anything Hawking still has, it's his mind.

Catija

@NapoleonWilson That movie was such a joke... from what I've heard, anyway.

MattD

Wow. That beard.

Catija

MATT! My fellow Austinite.

And UT grad.

We're practically the same person.

Maximilian

4:54 AM

LMFAO

Eddie Redmayne is, like, gonna fuck that Oscar.

Tweeted by tylercoates on February 23, 2015 at 4:53 AM

Napoleon Wilson

I hated how all the people bitched about his speech last year (McConaughey, that is). I found it was great and very original compared to all that canned thank you stuff.

MattD

I have Rosamund Pike in this category.

Maximilian

I hope she wins

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD The only one I saw anyway.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson She's the bitch you love to hate in that movie.

Catija

4:57 AM

OMG!!! Good for her. She's amazing.

Maximilian

:/ Boo

MattD

Man, I am not winning on any of the big categories tonight.

Catija

She was my pick on the poll.

MattD

Oh wow, he does look a lot like Matt Damon.

Maximilian

LMAO they put the camera on all of the actresses, they're all like "I HATE HER!"

MattD

5:02 AM

Ha. Wow. This is hilarious.

Catija

This is magic.

Maximilian

This is all a lie!

It was changed from the bottom!

Birdman better win

MattD

Boyhood.

Napoleon Wilson

Definitely ~~Interstellar~~ Birdman.

MattD

Whomever made these title cards should make movie posters. For real.

Catija

5:04 AM

They've all been beautiful.

NOOOOOOOOO

Napoleon Wilson

Yeah!

Maximilian

YAAAA!!!!!

MattD

Wow. Boyhood basically totally snubbed.

Catija

Wow, they got ... just Supporting actress?

Nice... "Two Mexicans in a row, that's suspicious."

Napoleon Wilson

And what was with that Green card line from Penn? Was this just a totally inappropriate joke I didn't get?

Catija

5:07 AM

No clue...

Maximilian

Its all inappropriate tonight

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Immigration is a huge topic in the US right now, especially illegal immigration from Mexico. It also happens that this has been a big night for the Hispanic community given how many people of Hispanic descent won awards tonight. Off color a bit, but not meant to be mean.

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, no Zimmer, no Nightcrawler, no special sountrack performance, a great and surprising Lady Gaga and a Neil Patrick Harris that wasn't really bad but also not memorable at all and stayed quite, well, pale afterall. Not a disaster, but also not a show to remember that much, I guess.

MattD

@Catija There's your Top Gun again.

Catija

My Top Gun? I didn't say that earlier... I pointed out Dirty Dancing.

Moon River.

MattD

5:11 AM

Oh, thought you did. My bad.

Maximilian

What did you guys think about Patricia Arquette's equality speech?

Catija

@Maximilian Loved it.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD I was the one who pointed out Berlin's amazing Take My Breath Away. Love that song, but ok, I love anything 80s.

Thanks for reminding me, listening to that right now ;-)

Catija

Well, thanks all for coming to chat.

Maximilian

Welcome

Napoleon Wilson

5:19 AM

But a nice chat event. Achieved to drag some non-regulars in and personally it was a nice addendum to the usual all-alone early morning TV session.

But Kelly McGillis was really beautiful!

Catija

You think this guy at Slate wrote a celebratory article on the chance it won, too? slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/02/23/…

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Meh, drenched in subjectivity of course. Just happens, get over it (not you, the author of course).

But wait, do you say Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T. were nominated for Best Picture and there isn't a place for Interstellar? Bah, as much as I don't share Wolfgang Schmitt's negative attitude towards the Oscars, I got to somehow agree with him about the self-imposed pseudo-pretense. You're not going to nominate really groundbreaking indie-films anyway, so where's the good old Hollywood cinema?

Catija

5:37 AM

@NapoleonWilson Of course... The Academy has a history of awarding good films and bad... and some years there's more depth of quality. If this had been nominated next to Gladiator, it would have certainly won... but there was a ton of quality films to choose from.

Napoleon Wilson

Well sure, the Academy just goes wild over biopic stuff like Imitation Game and Theory of Everything, what am I complaining about.

@NapoleonWilson You could at least complain about the artificial limitation to 8 nominees. But ok, let's face it, Interstellar just wouldn't have fit to all those (supposedly!) deep movies anyway, so that might be the reason for just 8 nominees in the first place. Meh, at least I liked Birdman and it was a technical masterpiece afterall, rather that than 12 Years a Boy.

Tomato Bot

8:01 AM

Rotten Tomatoes: Top Movies: 78% McFarland USA

posted on February 23, 2015

Disney's inspirational sports drama formula might be old hat, but McFarland, USA proves it still works -- especially with a talented director and eminently likable star in the mix.

Rotten Tomatoes: Top Movies: 62% The DUFF

posted on February 23, 2015

The DUFF doesn't achieve teen-movie greatness, but offers enough of a postmodern twist on the genre to recommend -- and boasts typically great work from star Mae Whitman.

Rotten Tomatoes: Top Movies: 14% Hot Tub Time Machine 2

posted on February 23, 2015

A shallow dip overflowing with juvenile humor, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is a lukewarm sequel that's healthiest to avoid.

Catija

9:04 AM

@AnkitSharma are you around?

Movie Reel

9:18 AM

0

Q: What's the name of the film where villians are eating sushi off a naked woman?

All I can remember is that at some point in the filmm, there is a scene where the villian/villians are eating sushi off a naked woman, then some ass gets kicked by the hero. Any ideas?

identify-this-movie action

Ankit Sharma

@Catija yes

Catija

@AnkitSharma Ah! Cool. Just wondering if you can advise me on what to do about the answer on the Lego Movie question. Should the answer be added to the question somehow?

Ankit Sharma

@Catija i don't think so

Answer is still valid

As it it

Catija

Ah, ok. I guess I just am not clear on the difference between valid and correct.

Ankit Sharma

@Catija Sometimes valid point should be kept to guide the further answers

Take this question as an example

8

Q: Does Iron Man 3 have any other Avengers in it?

Are any of the other Avengers going to be in Iron Man 3? Or is he flying solo?

avengers iron-man-3

Where top answer is valid but incorrect after movie release

So this kind of answer are good for future use

@Catija maybe my comment made it downvotable but i think it provide a good point and doesn't deserve downvote

Catija

9:31 AM

That makes sense :) Thanks

Movie Reel

11:03 AM

0

Q: Big Trouble In Little China Ending

Yesterday I watched The film for the third time in a week. What a hidden gem this film is! Anyway my question is why did Jack Burton refuse to kiss Gracie at the end? he has already done so twice but then refuses to when they're in the restaurant. Usually in these types of movies we see the her...

plot-explanation specific-scene big-trouble-little-china

Movie Reel

11:25 AM

0

Q: As the pronunciation of Arya Stark's name changed?

In the first few series Arya's name was pronounced Arryah (leading to her name 'arry). However towards the end of series four (particularly the fight with Brienne and The Hound) her name is pronounced Aiyaa (even Masie Williams her character introduces herself this way). Is there any reason bet...

game-of-thrones

0

Q: Title of a horror movie

I watched this filma and remember the name of it, it starts off with 4 or 5 students that try communicating with the dead, one of them uses a hand held camera and this "demon" comes through and picks up the one girl and pulls her into the darkness. The movie then follows this guy who was her boyf...

horror

Napoleon Wilson

3:36 PM

@Catija Afterall it's isn't just a valid answer but also a correct one, since it clearly says and proves "no, there wasn't a technical reason".

Napoleon Wilson

3:59 PM

@Catija By the way, what does the survey say? Maybe it's results could be incorporated into an answer to that live chat meta question.

Movie Reel

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Q: How does one identify a Valyrian Steel?

There were so many instances in Game of Thrones when someone unsheathes a Valyrian Steel like when Mormont presents Jon Snow with Longclaw and like the one where Brienne pulls out the reforged sword made from Ice when she is about to fight the Hound the person opposite to them immediately identif...

game-of-thrones

Catija

4:47 PM

Here's the survey results. docs.google.com/forms/d/…

GiantCowFilms

4:58 PM

Why did everyone want Big hero 6 to win? ..Both the Box trolls and How to train Your Dragon 2 were better movies!

Catija

I loved How to Train Your Dragon but the sequel was disappointing to me. Didn't see Boxtrolls.

GiantCowFilms

@Catija Ah... that was my vote: very funny movie. Also very visually beautiful... the 24fpx claymation with the camera movment was stunning and really effective.

Judge Dredd

5:16 PM

Anyone here felt speechless after watching the Red Wedding episode on GoT.

Gruesome thing i've ever seen on TV

Catija

If you guys have a Stack Exchange account, they're testing the new user profiles and asking for feedback... they're pretty awesome looking.

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Q: Help us test the shiny new "User Activity" page! (Plus a bunch of new features.)

Today, we're shipping the new "Activity Page" of the Profile here on Meta SE, so you can test it out and hopefully share some feedback and suggestions before we ship it network wide. Hate words? Assuming you're signed in, just click your face up in the top bar, and you can see it right now. Or,...

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MattD

Any UK chaps care to chime in on this, possibly users from other Euro zones as well where the UK cut may have been showcased? I'm curious myself. movies.stackexchange.com/q/31407/5733

Napoleon Wilson

5:44 PM

@MattD The problem is though, that probably every one has just seen a single version either, so comparisons are quite hard to do.

Interesting, though, that they really made this R in the US, seeing how much they chase PG-13 nowadays and how this movie seemed to target youth audiences anyway.

MattD

6:01 PM

@NapoleonWilson I thought it interesting as well, but then again Vaughn pretty much went for a hard R rating with Kick-Ass, but then again that film likely wouldn't have been as good had they gone for a PG-13 rating.

Kingsman got there by virtue of the amount of "fucks" it literally gave in the dialog, coupled with the, ahem, ending scene....

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Q: Why didn't Balian ask for terms with Saladin before the siege of Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven?

In Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven, only after the bloody 3 day siege of Jerusalem ends in stalemate do Balian and Saladin agree to terms allowing the inhabitants of the city to peacefully evacuate. Was it explained in the film why Balian didn't simply ask for terms with Saladin befor...

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Q: Is the title a homage to Back to the Future?

I am not sure why this movie was called Project Almanac. As far as I remember the protagonists just make up the name out of the blue and never mention it again, so maybe there is no significance at all and it is just a random code word. (One of them also says he wants to be called "Obsidian One"...

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atticae

Two questions that are not ID, my quota for today is done. :P

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Q: Does the music festival really exist?

I saw Project Almanac today and I am not even going to ask about any of the highly unlogical time travel events of the movie. Instead I want to ask about one of the events that takes place and the connection to real life. When the gang travels back 3 months into the past to visit the music fes...

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11:14 PM

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Q: What is the purpose of a mid-season finale?

I did look around before asking so hopefully this isn't a duplicate. With shows like The Walking Dead, why do they use a 2-part season? There are other shows like Son of Anarchy that do not have a 2-part season. Some shows such as American Horror Story take a break for the holidays, but there is...

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Q: The Legendary Enormous Boulder Scene

Everyone knows this scene! Indiana Jones narrowly escapes death by a huge rolling boulder in the Raiders of the Lost Ark. However I recently watched the original Journey to the Center of the Earth with James Mason again and was delighted to find the same scene is used here were he too and his par...

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