Yeah, sure, if you weren't paying any attention to the rest of the movie, then you're right, it's just a montage of a woman putting on make-up.Quoting Sven (view post)
Really, I'm willing to accept reasonable criticism, but all you're saying is mentioning great scenes and moments from the film and arbitrarily calling them "lame". So far you haven't said one thing that convinces me you got a reason to dislike it.
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Ow! Stop that!! :lol:
What is the cat people montage you guys are referring to? Sorry if dumb question, its been a while.
The Bowie song that plays while Shoshana puts on her make-up before the premiere is called "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)".
I thought it was pretty clear that "putting on make-up" was kind of a metaphor for going into battle, like Sylvester Stallone putting on black make-up to camouflage himself in the jungle, or something like that. (Is that real or did I make it up? Maybe it was Arnold Schwarzenegger.) Anyway, it seemed purposeful to me. She also loads a gun in the same scene.
It's just war paint. That's all it is. And the moment with the song is just a "pump you up" moment for both the character and the audience. C'mon Sven...
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
I, too, thought the song was terribly out of place.
It was almost painfully bad the way that scene was constructed. It felt like someone trying really hard to be like Tarantino and failing in every way.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I didn't like the scene either, contrived.
The Princess and the Pilot - B-
Playtime (rewatch) - A
The Hobbit - C-
The Comedy - D+
Kings of the Road - C+
The Odd Couple - B
Red Rock West - C-
The Hunger Games - D-
Prometheus - C
Tangled - C+
You mean a movie that is about the love of film fiction would have contrived moments? You don't say.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
"obviously planned, artificial, or lacking in spontaneity; forced; unnatural; labored"
The Princess and the Pilot - B-
Playtime (rewatch) - A
The Hobbit - C-
The Comedy - D+
Kings of the Road - C+
The Odd Couple - B
Red Rock West - C-
The Hunger Games - D-
Prometheus - C
Tangled - C+
Qrazy is pretty obviously planned, artificial, lacking in spontaneity, forced, unnatural and labored.
Last 5 Viewed
Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*
*recommended *highly recommended
“It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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You suck at this.
The Princess and the Pilot - B-
Playtime (rewatch) - A
The Hobbit - C-
The Comedy - D+
Kings of the Road - C+
The Odd Couple - B
Red Rock West - C-
The Hunger Games - D-
Prometheus - C
Tangled - C+
Last 5 Viewed
Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*
*recommended *highly recommended
“It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Ahhhhh. Thank you sir. I found that part awkward, but I tend to find QT films to be a collection of awkward filmmaking hairpin turns. That's definately not a defense, just that I didn't find it unusual...for a QT film.
I don't really know what's wrong with the song.
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Oh, the song is fine. The song is actually pretty awesome.
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