TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

The Third Man is replete with what may be the most inappropriate, poorly sound-edited, and even inherently ugliest score in cinematic history.

You do that on purpose, right?

The score is one of the greatest parts of the film. You can't do post World-War Vienna with your typical orchestrated thriller music from the 1930s or 40s. There's been a war in there, half the sets you're shooting are ruined buildings. Nothing like street music to evoke the feeling of the streets of the city, and give the story that feeling of reality despite it being a noir that uses a lot of the noir cliches. Using that music is a stroke of genius by Reed.

If it had been used more sparingly, it might have been enjoyable.  Instead, it's used for everything and it's horrible.  Coming to Vienna?  Zither music.  Your best friend's funeral?  Zither music.  Sad the woman you love doesn't care about you?  Zither music.  Gunfight in a sewer?  Zither music.  Crippled children?  Zither music.

[Malthus]

I don't remember anything particularly glaring that was wrong with the movie.

When Sandra Bullock is dangling from the wires.  What force is pulling her away?

Plot convenience.

When the Sandra Bullock character landed in the water at the end, I half-expected her to be chased ashore by a hungry shark (and then mugged on the beach). 

[Admiral Yi]

When the Sandra Bullock character landed in the water at the end I was staring at her ass.

[lustindarkness]

When the Sandra Bullock character landed in the water at the end I was staring at her ass.

[Ideologue]

So, what is it like not to have human feelings?  Do you have other kinds of emotions, or is it just a machinelike emptiness?  Is it better, worse; are such comparisons even applicable?  I wonder.

(I had already enjoyed Ms. Bullock's ass when she was in her underwear and floating around.)

[Savonarola]

So, what is it like not to have human feelings?  Do you have other kinds of emotions, or is it just a machinelike emptiness?  Is it better, worse; are such comparisons even applicable?  I wonder.

Speaking as an engineer; it's definitely better.   

[Ideologue]

Inapplicable.  Yi's no STEM major.

[lustindarkness]

Good morning, Worm your honor.
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature;
This will not do.
Call the schoolmaster!

[Barrister]

So, what is it like not to have human feelings?  Do you have other kinds of emotions, or is it just a machinelike emptiness?  Is it better, worse; are such comparisons even applicable?  I wonder.

Speaking as an engineer; it's definitely better.   

Speaking as a lawyer, I wonder if having no human feelings is something like having no soul?

[celedhring]

I don't remember anything particularly glaring that was wrong with the movie.

When Sandra Bullock is dangling from the wires.  What force is pulling her away?

Plot convenience.

When the Sandra Bullock character landed in the water at the end, I half-expected her to be chased ashore by a hungry shark (and then mugged on the beach). 

My thoughts exactly; the whole "and now THIS goes wrong"x1000 plot ended up being tiresome, and took me away from the story actually, since it was so contrived. But fortunately the movie sort of recognizes that and it's fairly short, so you can sit back and marvel at the sights, including the aforementioned ass.

[Ideologue]

If Steven Price had worked in a zither, would your feelings on it change?

[Malthus]

If Steven Price had worked in a zither, would your feelings on it change?

Depends. Can one play "Yakety Sax" on a zither? 

[Ideologue]

If David O. Selznick backs down despite decades of experience in filmmaking, yes.

OK that one was on purpose, cel.

[Josephus]

Good morning, Worm your honor.
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature;
This will not do.
Call the schoolmaster!

Why we quoting the Wall?

[Habbaku]

Nonetheless (and despite an overreliance on dutch angles for absolutely ordinary scenes which do fit into the atmosphere but get a little silly, and a certain repetitious nature to its plotting when it should be moving ever faster), The Third Man is, as they say, pretty excellent, boasting great performances, a fantastically effective exploitation of Vienna's post-war suffering, and a lovely mystery that I solved, or would have solved, if I hadn't already known, but which is perfect and satisfying all the same. B+

Stop, using, so, many, fucking, commas, all, the, time, god, dammit.

So that's where Valmy's commas went to.