#Action Sequences in Films

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Pushpa 2: The Rule - Movie Review: A Larger-Than-Life Sequel with Moments of Brilliance and Flaws That Hold It Back

Director Sukumar’s Pushpa 2: The Rule had monumental expectations following the cult success of Pushpa: The Rise. With Allu Arjun reprising his iconic role as Pushpa Raj, the film aims to raise the stakes, exploring the protagonist’s evolution from a smuggling underdog to a ruler in a world fraught with chaos and treachery. Released on December 5, 2024, the sequel delivers spectacular sequences,…

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this went crazy

[hauntedfalcon]

god Andor is so good when it’s boring. why can’t it be boring all the time

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just watched the borderlands movie and the only good part was that krieg’s little harness thingo lowkey looked like a very skimpy little bra thing sometimes

he needs some back support with those jugs ofc

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i love what francis lawrence did w the hunger games movies after taking over as director but god i am sooooo curious what the rest of the films would look like if the first director (gary ross) stuck with the franchise

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didn't expect to be thinking about this today but shrek (2001)? holds up. you can see how it was considered really fresh and new at the time because it was parodying all the usual disney tropes (made with spite by people who had just left the company) but it's also a genuinely well-done parody/subversion of typical fairy tale tropes and it's got just enough sincere heart to it that it works very well on its own. how often do you see a "beauty and the beast" type of story that ends with both people remaining "beasts" as their happy ending? they did a good job combining the gross crude humor and the parodic elements with a real love story and i'm still charmed by it. i do think it deserved the first ever best animated feature academy award. the cgi's a little dated-looking but not even to a distracting extent. there's "adult" jokes that don't feel forced or detract from its appeal to kids. and it ends with a dragon breaking into a church and disrupting a traditional heterosexual wedding by eating the fascist tyrant groom so the princess can marry her true love in a swamp. what more could you ask for

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Tagged by @leonardcohenofficial to post my top 9 fave new-to-me movies of 2024!! Reading left-right and top-bottom:

Whisper of the Heart (1995) Monster (2023) A Little Romance (1979) Challengers (2024) Westward The Women (1951) Problemista (2023) The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) The Yakuza (1974) The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

Thank you for tagging me, Maddie! <3 I'm tagging @sour-charity, @atouchofsass, @sailor-freddie-mercury, @murderballadeer, @bluestockingbaby, and @caca-cam

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The Prisoner of Karlsten’s Fortress (1916, dir. Georg af Klercker, Swedish)

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WHY ARE THEY PLAYING THE SAD SPONGEBOB SONG DURING A HEARTWARMING AND CHARMING FAMILY BONDING SCENE???? EVEN IF THE EMOTIONS CONVEYED ARENT LIKE SAD OR MELANCHOLIC????

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im literally in love with the little cackle that harley does every so often in birds of prey… like it’s the cutest most unhinged laugh and it’s adorable

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Films of 2023: The Killer (dir. David Fincher)

Grade: B+

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i liked enola holmes 2 🤭

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Action Movies... What Filmmakers Should Know Before They Begin - R. Ellis Frazier

Watch the video interview on YouTube here.

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Movie Review: Skin Trade (2014)

As a law school student, Sundays have become a day to unwind and escape the relentless grind of legal studies. It’s a time I eagerly anticipate a cinematic journey that whisks me away from the craziness of case law and into the captivating realms of action, thriller, and suspense films. Occasionally, I indulge in a good dose of comedy to lighten the mood. However, with October’s arrival, I’m set…

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Say what you will about Van Helsing 2004; hate it, love it, be indifferent, But the All-Hallow's masquerade ball went sooooo hard and it had zero right to do so! It's a fun, campy, monster mash movie with wonderfully dated ( and expensive) cgi and non-stop action meant to be a popcorn flick one takes out to watch around spooky season. And it has this* chef's kiss* GORGEOUS 6 minute sequence plopped arbitrarily in the second act, which unexpectedly surpasses nearly every other ball in the last 30+ years of film( notable exception being the Cinderella 2015 ball) for literally no reason other than to be dramatic af.

Like feast your eyes on this Gothic masterpiece!!! Who doesn't want to immediately live in this picture?!??

They used those candles with oil in them so that they would have real candles, real string orchestra( I believe), probably around 100 real life extras( something which is tragically absent in modern film), said extras are all in beautiful fully decked-out costumes( which are in luxuriously dark colours, but nearly no fully black, another thing you cannot say for much modern cinema), REAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMERS for all the acrobatics!!!! Hell, instead of filming in a sound stage, where they could control the reverb and the acoustics and the size of the set and the bloody lighting ( they apparently had a heck of a time emulating the firelight for this sequence) and the temperature( it's very cold in stone churches!) better, they filmed in a Baroque church in Prague! As I said, peak dramatic splendour, jfc...

Think about that a second...They filmed a vampire masquerade in a Baroque Catholic Church( St. Nicholas' in Lesser Town, if you were curious) with amazing over-the-top acoustics and marble statues and real, tiled floors and marble pillars and a choir loft which they very much utilized, covered the pipe organ and the altar with a grand brocade curtain so it wouldn't be so obviously a, you know, a church! And there's a gold gilt elevated and canopied pulpit into which they put two vampire kiddies for, again, the sake of being dramatic.

And the costumes! They remind me of the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera Masquerade costumes. Same quality, like they're old, well-cared-for costumes pulled out of a warehouse, instead of fast industry churn-outs. With lots of trim and colour and masks and lace and feathers and..just...ugh.. they are all perfect! Just look at all the head pieces on the ladies and the hats on all the gentleman ( save Dracula of course) and the powdered wigs on the musicians. ANNNNDD! The dresses are historically correct!!!!!! It's the 80's bustle era! Nobody does the 80's bustle era in film anymore and it's a bummer. Oh and one other thing! Anna's ( and other women's) hair, at least here in the ball, is also historically accurate because it's all pinned up! None of those fucken modern beachwaves at a ball! Everybody's got updo's!

Gah, I swear, Dracula in his gold cloak really does things to me in this scene!

By the way, the acrobatics are bonkers in here for just background stuff!! Especially the random guys on unicycles and the dude playing the violin whilst standing on a ball...Like....WHAT?

Anyways, all this to say, that this masquerade ball feels sooo real and tangible and because of that it blows every other film out of the water, and no, I will not change my mind!!!!!

Here's a few more gifs, bcuz, why the hell not, this scene is sexy as fuu*ck?

Alright I need to go to bed now.

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Jawan: Top Reasons to Wait for the SRK-Atlee Film | Jawan Blockbuster Potential

Jawan is an upcoming Indian action thriller film directed by Atlee and starring Shahrukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, and Yogi Babu. The film is scheduled to release on October 2, 2023, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. The film has generated a lot of hype and expectations among the fans and the audience. Here are some of the top reasons why you should wait for Jawan and why it has the…