Giulia Piersanti’s costume design sketches for Suspiria (2018)

Pics courtesy of @vogue 

MOVIE PROPS

JOHN WICK                

Director: Chad Stahelski

Propmaster: Vinny Mazzarella

Set Decorator: Susan Bode

Did you know that international assassin John Wick retired briefly and pursued his love of restoring and collecting Victorian children’s books? Well, that was in the original script, at any rate. I was hired to recommend, track down and purchase books, including first editions of Thomas Bewick’s beautifully illustrated Fables of Aesop. I also trained Keanu Reeves in various bookbinding skills, worked on set as technical advisor while they shot those scenes, and doubled for his hands in close-ups. His shop – which you see briefly on screen when he smashes open the floor – was filled with my books, cabinets, tools and equipment. On the sequel, I also helped out with the marker book and a few other things.

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Thank you so much to viktoriareeves for making me curious ♥

Inside Game of Thrones: A Story in Cloth for @joannalannister

Back in Galadriel’s day you had to go to school barefoot in the snow - uphill, both ways

oh my God, Galadriel makes a wonderful old

Age of Ultron: In what universe does it belong?

I was pretty wary after reading all the negative reviews online, but you know what? I didn’t hate Age of Ultron. The plot centres on a villain you know they’ll defeat with no extreme losses, with lots of action and light comedy. It’s always nice to see the Avengers together. Hawkeye actually speaks in this one, and Steve’s sarcasm was on point – he’s downright sassy. The film had some major problems (Nat’s characterization being one), but overall, it was okay.

But Age of Ultron doesn’t make any sense when placed beside other Marvel movies.

To make the movie fun and lighthearted, the individual plots of each Avenger had to be not only ignored, but forgotten. This made the characters very… hollow. It’s a universe where Steve’s world wasn’t flipped upside down after seeing Bucky, where Tony isn’t dealing with panic attacks, where Natasha’s past wasn’t exposed to the world. They talk but they don’t really say anything. It’s 90% action and 10% dialogue. The only character that’s given substantial dialogue and development is Ultron. 

As a result, the Avengers are portrayed as one-dimensional, seen through the eyes of a stranger: Steve is old fashioned. Natasha’s the epitome of a sexy spy. Thor’s very otherworldly and comes and goes as he pleases. Banner was more like Tony’s fumbly, awkward assistant than a renowned scientist in his own right. Tony felt oddly out of character, presumably because he lacked depth. They were cartoon versions of themselves. 

This wouldn’t be an issue if Age of Ultron was early in the Marvel universe, but it’s not. We know so much about this world and these characters that we’ve moved beyond AOU’s superficial plot. No matter how fun the action sequences were, AOUs characterizations no longer made sense. It gave the movie a strange vibe, especially during dialogue scenes.

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I know this is really late, but it is still bothering me because it affects my outlook for future movies. I trusted them to know what they were doing and now I don’t. 

I didn't realise he wasn't even carrying the shield in those shots. This is fascinating.

Saving this for the next argument I get into with people whose opinions are different from mine. I really enjoyed Kingsman and love Harry/Eggsy fic but I also considered Sam’s opinion and arguments perfectly valid - not just in a ‘mmmkay sweetie, that’s nice, play in your corner’ way. The fact that the film has issues which put Sam off it does not remove my right to enjoy it myself. How is that difficult for some people to understand?

Ale Giorgini

i feel ridiculously proud that I could immediately identify all of these movies.

I don’t think I know the New York one, shame on me. I just like how strangely intimate and tender they all look.

okay but

what I really love about Pacific Rim

is how it completely and joyfully fulfills that G. K. Chesterton passage about the necessity of fairy tales, succinctly paraphrased by Neil Gaiman: “fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.”

This generation, which is has been full of seemingly undefeatable dragons—climate change, terrorism, xenophobia, pointless wars, political dishonesty, corporate corruption, rising social inequality, floundering international economies—this era, of all eras, needs to be reminded once again that dragons can be fought, dragons can be defeated. We are not powerless, even if we are small. We do not have to stand helplessly aside as everything we love and value topples to the ground before us.

In the heart of the fairy tale was Mako, who was once a little girl in one red shoe running from the monster on the street—who, in some part of her heart, will always be the little girl with a monster at her back—but who grew up and gritted her teeth and planned and learned and worked her ass off, and rose hand over hand to take her place among a cohort of heroes who could stand tall enough to challenge the monsters, and to overcome them.

We have needed this story. We needed to be reminded of this: if we are small, we can grow; if we are weak, we can become strong. Even the helpless can become powerful, and even monsters can be beaten.

This is the film I wanted to watch. Unfortunately it wasn't the film that got made.

One of my favorite details in The Prince of Egypt

So I noticed this on one of my last viewings of The Prince of Egypt and I absolutely love it.  I wanted to take some screenshots to show you, because this is really cool.

During the “When You Believe” sequence, you see these two Egyptian guards throw down their spears and walk off, seemingly nowhere.

But if you watch the background during the following Red Sea scenes, you see this:

Those two guards actually went with the Hebrews.

You even see them helping out as they try to cross the ocean floor.

And here they are on the other side.

I seriously never noticed them until recently, and I’ve seen this movie countless times.

Not only did these background characters get shown abandoning their role as soldiers, the very ones who probably directly oppressed these people, but the animators continued to place them in the shots during the Red Sea sequence.  Meaning they were meant to be there.  I just think that’s really really freaking cool.

It’s accurate too, Exodus says that some Egyptians followed them and were adopted into the Israelite people.

wh...why am I crying

queer film meme ‖ [7/15] films - saving face

#i love this movie because it’s about a mother and a daughter#but they have their own complicated love lives#to deal with internally and externally#it’s about acceptance and love adn family#and it’s ASIAN#it’s so hilariously spot on with the Asian American jokes#i have made those jokes#it is just so nice to see a movie where the love interest for one of the characters is same sex#and yes it is relevant and drives the plot and is essential to recognize#but it’s treated as normal albeit with its own set of issues#just as wil’s mom has to deal with the fact that she’s pregnant#i love this movie so much and joan chen is flawless (via dealanexmachina)

This is an amazing film. Please watch

God I have to see this.

So, this is an actual scene written for the 2009 Star Trek film and I will never be over it. (x)

#THAT SCENE #I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING

I am getting into this fandom very late despite having watched and loved the film in the cinema

it is endlessly satisfying though

I really don’t have words anymore for this man just please stop him 

The Pirates Official Posters

What is this glorious looking glory.

WHAT IS THIS

Pirates (2014 film)

Set in the early Joseon Dynasty, a group led by a female pirate and another group led by a male bandit are on a mission to hunt down a whale that swallowed the royal seal bestowed on Joseon from China.

I saw this on my dash and had an impulse.

Okay, so this is the video I kept on blabbing about. It’s that one special episode of the series that was not subbed before.

And surprise, surprise- it is now! :D

All thanks to the amazing person who translated it for us, grevinden. (Y’all better thank her ^^)

And I did the encoding of the subtitles. I think this is my biggest contribution for this fandom. (So far? Hehe) So here, I assure you, the subbing’s not fancy, but it’s readable of course.

I hope you enjoy watching this video!

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Guys seriously watch this right now it’s 8 minutes and it was absolutely wild from start to finish and I have no idea what the purpose or context of this was but I’m SO CONFUSED HELP

this is one of the greatest things I have ever seen

What the hell did I just watch???

Must’ve been tough to keep a straight face through that. ACTING XD

(I was telling Erin that I kind of suspect Mads Mikkelsen was to Denmark what Roy Dupuis was to Quebec during this approximate timeframe)

I really wanted to say something facetious like 'lol wut' but I couldn't stop thinking about how this is a perfect illustration of successful worldbuilding. The consistency of acting, writing and production supports the internal logic of the absurd premise so well that I completely bought it the whole way through--even the bit when they're having the phone conversation while standing within a few feet of each other.

Then I watched it again with a friend and realised it was supposed to be a hilarious parody. I blame SF and especially China Miéville. Secondary Belief totally achieved, guys! Good job!