Reed Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 He's pretty great in the movie, in fairness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 By all accounts, Jared Leto was amazing in Dallas Buyers Club. He'll be pretty hard to beat--at least I think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 On a whim I just checked out the most successful directors of all time. Spielberg is number 1, Cameron number 2. The difference though, is Spielberg's movies gross under half as much as Cameron's on average. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Yup. Cameron is at #2 with, what, 8 films? Piranha 2, Terminator, Aliens, Abyss, T2, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar... And, really, almost all of it is just those last 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 He is the best dude and makes the best movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 No argument. I own nearly all of those movies (just fucking waiting for The Abyss to get a fucking blu-ray release alfuckingready. And, well, I've never gotten around to buying Piranha 2) and I'm a big fan of his visual style. I didn't love Avatar, but I liked it. Ditto Titanic. But Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, T2, and True Lies... That's one hell of a run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Indy Jones > All Tho I've always wanted a magical movie in which The Terminator finds himself as a bad guy in an Indiana Jones movie. But I don't know if the world could handle a Nazi Terminator. They would've won the war if they had him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 That is a fair point: Raiders of the Lost Ark is a more or less perfect film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 None of the Indys touch either Terminator for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Raiders is, to me, right on that same level. The two sequels not so much (although I do like them.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Don't you mean the three sequels? Okay, I try to block that out as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 No, I meant two sequels. I have no clue what you are talking about, and I say good day to you, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Raiders is perfect, except for the fact that Indy is completely irrelevant to the plot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Raiders is perfect, except for the fact that Indy is completely irrelevant to the plot. Which does not hurt the movie one iota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stennick Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 That was the basis of a Big Bang Theory episode where they point out that the movies title character and hero was completely irrelevant to the plot of the movie. Great movie but I'm not sure how a movie can be perfect when the guy the movie is named after and clear hero of the movie is completely irrelevant to the plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 RAIDERS isn't named after Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Much like STAR WARS is now episode IV, RAIDERS now has an "Indiana Jones and the" in front of it, officially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Fuck that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 The same can be said, btw, for Inglorious Basterds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 It hurts the movie only after realization, and how much of your childhood has been crushed because of that epiphany. As far as Speilberg v. Cameron, gotta give it to Stevie. Jaws is the only work of fiction (be it film, tv, literature, etc.) that has ever produced an actual change in my behavior. Still haven't gone into open water since I saw that movie. Which was about 22 years ago. I have no qualms with androids or ocean liners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I'm not sure what you guys mean by "plot," if that's the case. Or, to put it another way, I'm not sure that you guys actually know what you mean by "plot," if that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 What they actually mean is that if Indy wasn't there, either the nazis never would have found the Ark, or ot would have killed them just like it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 This will ruin many-a-childhoods, but that's the price we pay for truthiness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 That doesn't matter at all. Fuck you guys! Funny clip though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 What they actually mean is that if Indy wasn't there, either the nazis never would have found the Ark, or ot would have killed them just like it did. What, is Hitler a tard or something and there are no such things as radios and maps and shit? If you're going after something of Biblical importance that is going to help you win WW2 and take over earth, I'd like think that Der Fuhrer would want regular updates about your status and that you'd report in as often as possible. What keeps the Nazis from sending a second expedition to the island (it appears to be a secret German base after all, so they'd know about it) to find out what happend to Belloq and the first expedition? What keeps the second unit from figuring out that opening the Ark is a bad idea and they simply transport the Ark back to Germany? Do the Nazi's win or does the Ark just nuke Germany if it is opened again? Indy keeps the Ark out of enemy hands regardless of wher the artifact eventually ends up, so he is at least passingly relevant to the plot because he keeps the action focused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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