Often, in discussions about old movies, someone will say, “That movie couldn’t be made today.”, and inevitably someone else will disagree.
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Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. No way would a studio agree to do that much hand-crafted work. They’d just have the stars reacting to a bunch of tennis balls and “fix it in post.”
I think the biggest issue is David Bowe just hanging dong.
His leotard does not hide much in that movie.
No zoom-in necessary.
not a film, but a show. Little Britain. God, they got away with soooo much.
Birth of a Nation.
Although Tarantino would probably try, so long as he could star in it alongside Samuel L Jackson, and call Samuel L Jackson the n-word ‘for the cinematographic art of it, really, it’s crucial to the film’. Because, aside from feet, that’s his fetish.
I was gong to say Birth of a Nation but then I thought about who the American people elected and I changed my mind.
police story
Austin powers. It really didn’t age well, even though it was fairly progressive at the time.
Battle of Britain.
All the old warbirds are in museums now
Song of the South
Hell, I’m a bit surprised they managed to make that one in 1946.
Basically all of them, but in particular, and I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned it yet, Ben Hur (1959). And lest anyone doubt that it couldn’t be made today, we have the 2016 attempt at a Ben-Hur movie as evidence that it couldn’t be done then.
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Lagoon_(1980_film)
and that’s a good thing.The General (1926)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tgQ8VwW19iw&t=115sThe General actually first bombed at the box office, leading to Buster Keaton being much more restricted in what he could do. Only later did it become a classic, deservedly so.
The Blue Lagoon is the best answer. No one would touch this with a 10 foot pole anymore.
Came here to make sure people know Blue Lagoon was literally Hollywood CP.
For the sake of truth, all nude scenes were shot with a 32-year-old body double.
But it still depicts CP.Functionally, it’s not exactly that far off from using AI to remove the clothes of someone. Just with no computers involved, and many more creeps.
Also, imagine the casting process.
“We’re looking for a teenage girl who’s, like, really hot and willing to play a sexual role.”
Jodie Foster and Kelly Preston, both 18 at the time, auditioned but they said “Nah, we’ll go with an underage actress instead. But then we’ll need a body double, so who among these applicants looks like a teenager in the nude the most?”Oh no, Brooke Shields’s parents, specifically her mom, pimped her out relentlessly. She was peddled around NY and LA as jailbait. There’s some magazine cover that says something like “is it pedophilia or is it art?” Peddling straight up CP of pics of Brooke naked and like 14. It was specifically a national Brooke Shields creepiness.
Pretty Baby, on the other hand…
Short Circuit. I always thought that guy was Indian.
Was there any reason he needed to be Indian? Did it play into any part of the story at all?
Idiocracy…
We’re living it, baby!
I showed this to my 16 year old nephew and he was legit upset/offended and I had to turn it off.
He was shocked they could say ‘those bad words’ in a movie. I don’t dare show him Pulp Fiction.
go away, baitin.
Aw please tell us more about this tragic incident :3
Your nephew is kind of wuss.
Sounds like he needs a cool uncle to counteract the excessive sheltering his parents are doing.
Wait what because of the bad words? I. What?
If you’ve grown up as a kid only having access to the internet in the last 6 years or so, yeah I could see how Idiocracy might be shocking. The dialog in that movie is the antithesis of the status quo nowadays. For a kid without context about the satirical and parodical nature of the film, they might think that the movie was endorsing that kind of language.
It would take some guidance from a guardian on what it means, why its relevant, and why its actually become important over time.
Its a required watch in my mind.
Really good point. Historical context is key
The documentary?
Tiptoes. Gary Oldman was on his knees the entire time. I can’t believe this was even made in 2003.
“In the role of a lifetime”
Looks a mildly interesting film. But no way is that Oldmans “role of a lifetime”
Yes! Maybe it’s the role of someone else’s lifetime.
Gary played at least a dozen roles that would have been career defining for a lesser actor. Haha.
That trailer legit feels like a skit.
I can’t believe this is the first I’ve heard of this.
The fuck? Howd they go and cast Oldman in the role as a little person when they had Peter Dinklage already in the film. Dinklage is a fantastic actor. And oldman playing the role on his knees seems akin to blackface.
The trailer says its the role of a lifetime.
Time Bandits
You absolutely need the original cast. But you also need modern special effects.
ITT
You couldn’t make the sixth sense either, because people would already know the ending.
But seriously, some racist stuff in there would never fly
Richard Pryor helped write the movie. The racists components were intentional as they were period relevant and ripe for mocking
Big Trouble in Little China
and it shouldn’t be. it’s perfect as it is
