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I love when shows/movies meticulously show the process of a crime (like a heist or assassination) being planned or pulled off. That's the good shit, to me. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have a number of really good examples of this.

Dolly zooms and double dolly zooms

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Masterfully framed shots.

Oners.

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Sictis posted...

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When Shia LaBeef failed at protecting the flag in capture the flag.

- Cartoon characters eating any meat product, particularly chicken leg
- The moment the villain seemingly wins and the hero explains it was all a ruse and how they did it (i.e. Ocean's series and Leverage)
- Hype-worthy build-up shots where the music, cinematography, and acting are all on-par (i.e. the Wonder Woman WW1 scene, the iconic Avengers circle scene)
- Sappy, happy moments where genuinely-nice characters get the reward they deserve (i.e. any season finale or midseason finale in Chuck)

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Sictis posted...

boobs

Bump

Hammy, over-the-top villains

oners for sure. So many good ones but like True Detectives 15+ min one in S1E4 is just perfect.

also love wham lines. Obviously need to be done well but when they are the reactions always, oh shit!

The training montage. I don't even care what others say, the movie has to have some form of training montage instead of having the protagonist just be a super-awesome-at-everything marty sue right out of the gate. I'm eternally grateful to Rocky for creating it.

saspa posted...

The training montage. I don't even care what others say, the movie has to have some form of training montage instead of having the protagonist just be a super-awesome-at-everything marty sue right out of the gate. I'm eternally grateful to Rocky for creating it.

you would probably really like Return to the 36th Chamber. the training montage is most of the movie

lately I've really been appreciating good choreography. fight scenes, dance scenes, stunts. I like seeing physical stuff

averagejoel posted...

you would probably really like Return to the 36th Chamber. the training montage is most of the movie

How is it different from 36th chamber of shaolin?

In a series where magic/prophecy is a thing I love a good cryptic vision sequence.

The House of the Undying scene in GoT and Rey's Forceback Vision in TFA are

Introductions to post apocalyptic society settings. For example, my favorite:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DowKGsQbTrE



Antifar posted...

I love when shows/movies meticulously show the process of a crime (like a heist or assassination) being planned or pulled off. That's the good shit, to me. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have a number of really good examples of this.

Okay. First the Hitman obsession, so I get assassin vibes. Second, the Forza obsession. Spy vibes. And now this.

Just who are you?

saspa posted...

How is it different from 36th chamber of shaolin?

if I remember correctly, that movie ends with Gordon Liu's character creating the 36th chamber, right? like, the chambers were sort of ranks, with 35 being the lowest; and the 36th chamber involves recruitment from outside the temple?

Return to the 36th Chamber also stars Gordon Liu, but he plays an imposter monk. the older monks recognize that he's an imposter and assign him chores and such, and he finds ways to use those chores to actually train in kung fu. this training takes up most of the movie

RobertDoback posted...

Just who are you?

You'll have to torture it out of me

Fish out of water stories
Long elaborate scenes of a woman stripping and showing everything
Most period pieces
Being stuck in an old dark or haunted house for the night

An actually well written lesbian romance.

Antifar posted...

You'll have to torture it out of me

When I'm through with you, you'll be known as Toofar.

Visual timeline with plot points and it showing where we are every time it jumps.

averagejoel posted...

if I remember correctly, that movie ends with Gordon Liu's character creating the 36th chamber, right? like, the chambers were sort of ranks, with 35 being the lowest; and the 36th chamber involves recruitment from outside the temple?

Return to the 36th Chamber also stars Gordon Liu, but he plays an imposter monk. the older monks recognize that he's an imposter and assign him chores and such, and he finds ways to use those chores to actually train in kung fu. this training takes up most of the movie

Are you telling me they did Karate Kid before Karate Kid?

When girls hold hands

saspa posted...

Are you telling me they did Karate Kid before Karate Kid?

I imagine that Karate Kid draws more specifically on tropes from japanese martial arts movies (which I am relatively unfamiliar with and should really get around to remedying), but... sort of? there are several similar plot elements, but kung fu movies (which I am quite familiar with) tend to follow a few basic plotlines

Well you definitely make me want to watch and rewatch those movies again, just to remember what kung fu movies used to be like and how they've progressed today

Rashomon plot, especially when one version is utterly implausible or just outright insane.