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« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2009, 01:55:28 AM »

Documentary: a subjective editing job of selected material to make one's own point.   TongueOut
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« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2009, 11:01:35 AM »

"Quirky"--term used to describe a movie that substitutes character traits for characterization and eccentricities for jokes
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« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2009, 12:51:33 PM »

"FEEL GOOD" MOVIE OF THE YEAR - Piece of crap in which a stereotypical underdog achieves a nearly impossible feat . . . and at the end of the movie, the entire main cast jumps up and down smiling and waving in slow motion, while confetti flies and inspirational music plays.
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« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2009, 01:16:08 PM »

SPECIAL EDITION - A release containing lots of promotional trailers for other movies from the same studio, closed captioning and/or subtitles, alternate audio options (usually Spanish and/or French), and an inflated price tag.

ULTIMATE EDITION - A re-release of the SE in new packaging.  Sometimes a direct port sometimes not, even so 80% of the time the only differences are in the trailers/promo material.  Often comes in a card board sleeve, which jacks the price up even more.

DIRECTOR'S CUT - Longer, boring, more pretentious cut/re-edit of an already overtly long borderline semifinal cut of a film.   Often comes in a lenticular card board sleeve with 'holographic' gimmickery, which really jacks the price up.

FINAL CUT* - Shorter faster paced cut of the longer, boring, pretentious Director's Cut.

LIMITED EDITON/COLLECTOR'S EDITION - Can be a release containing any of the above, usually in some gimmicky packaging like a tin, a coffin shaped box, a lunch box, or whatever and may contain a toy, book ends, et al.  Price?  It'd be cheaper to pay for X-rays out of pocket.


(*) These releases tend to only appear when a movie is so utterly pretentious and boring that a studio has to keep re-re-releasing DVDs to recoup the millions of dollars it has sunk into advertising and hype.
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« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2009, 05:53:56 PM »

SPECIAL UNRATED EDITION - This movie was never released theatrically

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« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2009, 12:08:48 AM »

Based on a True Story - Only slight less respectable than, "Swear to God, you guys, this really happened to a cousin of mine..."

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Titillating! - There are semi-naked people in this film (nothing showing).

Sexy! - There are naked people in this film.

Erotic! - There are naked people in this film, but they are shot in low-light, close-up shots; you have no way to tell what's what.

Raunchy! - There are naked people in this film, but they are mostly men.

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Re-Imagining - A remake without even the original's inspiration.
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« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2009, 01:27:40 AM »

Titillating! - There are semi-naked people in this film (nothing showing).

Sexy! - There are naked people in this film.

Erotic! - There are naked people in this film, but they are shot in low-light, close-up shots; you have no way to tell what's what.

Raunchy! - There are naked people in this film, but they are mostly men.


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« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2009, 11:51:38 AM »

Sexy! - There are naked people in this film.
No, I assure you, having "sexy" in the tagline or whatnot just means there is candid discussion of the act, usually by snarky chicks sitting around a table -.-

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« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2009, 01:08:53 PM »

Remake:  Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
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« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2009, 06:22:01 PM »

I got some of these from another site (not sure off-hand which.. think it was Jabootu's)

Atomic grenade: when an explosion occurs that is FAR bigger than whatever caused said explosion should have been able to produce ("Whoa, that one gas can with a rag in it took out the WHOLE BUILDING, must have been an atomic grenade in there.")

Cabbage head: when someone doesn't know something (usually technical or scientific) and they have to have it explained to them (and thus, explained to the audience).  Often used in situations where the character SHOULD already have this knowledge

ex Event Horizon, Sam Neil's character explaining what "space folding" is to a bunch of people who live and work IN SPACE
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« Reply #25 on: July 23, 2009, 06:28:08 PM »

Trailer: All of a movie's best lines and best scenes, edited together out of their original context in order to raise expectations to an unrealistic level.

Movie Star: Someone who manages to be a successful actor without being a good actor.

Reboot: 1. People were sick of remakes, so we came up with a euphemism.  2. The cinematic equivalent of a Mulligan, for cash-cows that have gone sour.
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« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2009, 06:40:17 PM »

Event Horizon, Bill Paxton's

Sam Neill would have words with you.
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« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2009, 06:46:35 PM »

Event Horizon, Bill Paxton's

Sam Neill would have words with you.

Still, the thought of Bill Paxton as Weir makes me chuckle.

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« Reply #28 on: July 23, 2009, 10:31:46 PM »

Event Horizon, Bill Paxton's

Sam Neill would have words with you.

DOH!  Guess I was thinking of Aliens or something....

I was tired, forgive me Sam!!
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« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2009, 10:15:52 AM »

"Visually stunning" means the story and acting suck
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