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Post by crown on Nov 18, 2017 18:58:28 GMT -5
When "good ol' Gus" falls of the skyscraper while wearing the table cloth and skis, the ski magically disappear when he's falling down the building.
The skis then magically reappear when he hits the ground.
I thought this made this otherwise great sequence unrealistic and totally took me out of the movie.
Thoughts?
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 23, 2017 1:00:41 GMT -5
When "good ol' Gus" falls of the skyscraper while wearing the table cloth and skis, the ski magically disappear when he's falling down the building. The skis then magically reappear when he hits the ground. I thought this made this otherwise great sequence unrealistic and totally took me out of the movie. Thoughts? I read the script before the movie actually came out, so I was already prepared for its more 'comedic' tone. (I guess it wanted to be "Thor 3", but I don't remember anyone in the theatres laughing at most of the jokes in this film, as opposed to the Thor movie)... so my thought was- this movie looks SO much cheaper than I already imagined (this is prior to Superman IV of course)- that I was already taken out of the film way before that sequence. But... Reeve is still awesome, and Annette O'Toole is still charming as heck in the film. Richard Pryor I enjoyed in other films (particularly the times he teamed up with Gene Wilder)- but this really felt like a paycheck and little else. The thought that Reeve had script approval at this point and was fine being (basically) in the background for this film was suprising.
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Post by booshman on Nov 23, 2017 2:40:48 GMT -5
The thing I find very frustrating about III, is all of the scenes were Clark and Lana are talking across purposes, and confusing each other by responding to each others questions out of order. It gets old really fast, and distracts from the really good chemistry they have in these scenes. They could have pulled off something really decent with these two actors, but everyone has to be a comedian in Superman III. I do laugh at the "stewed to the gills" bit though, "all he had was chocolate milk". though the line would be funnier if Clark said it intentionally, having already noticed Brad.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 23, 2017 16:19:12 GMT -5
The thing I find very frustrating about III, is all of the scenes were Clark and Lana are talking across purposes, and confusing each other by responding to each others questions out of order. It gets old really fast, and distracts from the really good chemistry they have in these scenes. They could have pulled off something really decent with these two actors, but everyone has to be a comedian in Superman III. I do laugh at the "stewed to the gills" bit though, "all he had was chocolate milk". though the line would be funnier if Clark said it intentionally, having already noticed Brad. Both Reeve and O'Toole were/are great charming actors. They did go directly by the (underwhelming) script, but I wish Lester was more interested in letting them go off-book and let the actors bring some more depth to the Clark/Lana relationship - instead, Lana was more of a one-dimensional character the way it was scripted. If they had played out the Lois/Supes material, then Lana was a smart go-to, to evolve Clark's character (maybe they could have even had flashbacks to fill in extra backstory when he was in Smallville as a teen)--- but it felt like they just wanted a light comedy and not go that deep into character for this one. Too bad...
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Post by crown on Nov 24, 2017 4:30:48 GMT -5
I just wish I had seen SIII while it was in theaters.
CAM, what was the audience reaction like when Clark ripped his shirt open and fixed the tanker?
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 24, 2017 19:19:07 GMT -5
I just wish I had seen SIII while it was in theaters. CAM, what was the audience reaction like when Clark ripped his shirt open and fixed the tanker? I was REAL lucky to have been able to see STM (and sequels) several times in its first theatrical run. STM had cheers each time for the big set pieces, and laughs in many of the right places- but the time reversal always got a collective 'wtf' reaction silently (and not so silently), but people left the theatre in great spirits, wanting to see it again or telling others- The second run was slower... but by then, it was ready to go to vhs. With SII: People came in excited, cheered, laughed at many of the right places, very into it- UNTIL it got to the Metro battle and the crowd with the ice cream and superbreath gags- it got a quiet 'wtf' reaction for those long long minutes. But at the end, people laughed at the diner rematch for Supes, people noticed the frozen White House fountain, still applauded at the end anyhow. I remember one woman at the snack bar saying that they wished the second one was more like the first, but still enjoyed it. With SIII: Unfortunately, this had one of the worst reactions - maybe one small chuckle for one gag throughout the whole film. No cheers AT ALL. A couple of yawns. Nobody had a cellphone to take out, but definitely a giant sea change in reaction from the first two films. With SIV: Three people in the audience the first time- did NOT show up in the 'A' theatres unlike the others right away. Some loud 'wth'? reactions when the Cardboard cutout of steel flied at us, over, and over, and over again--- so, again, sadly, no cheers- but nobody left the theatres as I think the basic plot still engaged the audience, but there's a noticeable drop of interest and just confusion once that big chunk of film got cut out of the middle. So- Pretty sad (and actually relatively fast) disintegration of the reaction to the Superman films the theatres (at least here).
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