tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post7722700327396786675..comments2023-11-02T07:06:44.484-07:00Comments on LAZY EYE THEATRE: Credit Mayhem 2PIPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-9749519906215391462008-05-11T17:35:00.000-07:002008-05-11T17:35:00.000-07:00Some more great choices, Piper.I don't feel the ne...Some more great choices, Piper.<BR/><BR/>I don't feel the need to comment on either <I>Panic Room, To Kill a Mockingbird</I> or <I>Catch Me If You Can</I> since I mentioned them in my response to your last post on this subject, but I do want to commend your inclusion of <I>My Best Friend's Wedding</I> because that was one that I remember being very struck by at the time. I may not have cared very much for the film when I saw it (although I haven't seen it in a long time, so I don't know how I'd respond to it now), but I thought the opening credits were quite clever and enjoyable. Since most romantic comedies tend to either a) run the credits over helicoptor shots of whatever city happens to serve as the locale while playing some pop song or b) paste them over the movie's introductory scenes (often relegated to the bottom left corner of the screen so as they don't "get in the way") while some pop song plays. Well, the credits for <I>My Best Friend's Wedding</I> included the pop song part but decided to actually featured a group of women (who, as it turns out, were NOT the characters in the story) singing it. Very original for a romantic comedy and very memorable.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I haven't seen <I>Twin Peaks</I> yet, so I don't have an opinion at this time. <I>The Shining</I> is a very moody and atmospheric opening, so that's a good one to mention and the credits for the <I>Dawn of the Dead</I> remake were designed by the same artist I spoke of last time: Kyle Cooper.<BR/><BR/>A few other favorites that I neglected to mention last time are the extended tracking shot in Orson Welles' <I>Touch of Evil</I> (and it's homage in Robert Altman's <I>The Player</I>) and the childish scratchings displayed over images of planes "copulating" in the air from Kubrick's <I>Dr. Strangelove</I> (also payed homage to in the first <I>Men In Black</I> movie).Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-83336160545022233352008-05-11T07:11:00.000-07:002008-05-11T07:11:00.000-07:00Nice to have you back Ray.Dawn Of The Dead was a g...Nice to have you back Ray.<BR/><BR/>Dawn Of The Dead was a good remake.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-21284767150546266092008-05-11T06:58:00.000-07:002008-05-11T06:58:00.000-07:00When I saw DAWN OF THE DEAD, I simply could not be...When I saw DAWN OF THE DEAD, I simply could not believe they put Johnny Cash over it. LOVED IT!!! It's a very unsettling opening to a pretty decent remake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-62009495083322631142008-05-10T08:21:00.000-07:002008-05-10T08:21:00.000-07:00Jim,I have always liked My Best Friend's Wedding -...Jim,<BR/><BR/>I have always liked My Best Friend's Wedding - mostly because I didn't expect what I saw. I liked the whole musical aspect of it. To me it was a pleasant surprise. <BR/><BR/>Garrett,<BR/><BR/>You ain't fucking kidding.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-26932174395948267892008-05-09T18:05:00.001-07:002008-05-09T18:05:00.001-07:00Nice work on all of these. Thats a lot of of detai...Nice work on all of these. <BR/>Thats a lot of of detail and time put into those, i imagine.Garrett Sorrelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881414980693506553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-52400436952338911402008-05-09T18:05:00.000-07:002008-05-09T18:05:00.000-07:00The credits for Catch Me If You Can totally got me...The credits for Catch Me If You Can totally got me in the mindset for what was to come. A really fun movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-35728868866281331462008-05-09T17:31:00.000-07:002008-05-09T17:31:00.000-07:00That MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING opening has always b...That MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING opening has always been a favorite. Better than the film that followed.TALKING MOVIEzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621046844665110326noreply@blogger.com