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What's the Most Important Part of a Movie?

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Is it story? Casting? Editing? Writing? Cinematography? Did I already make this thread?

What do you think? What's the most important part of a movie?

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Originality and writing. I think great writing is what enables a movie to stand the test of time.

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Post by intuition »

the nudity.



(but on the real, i'm a big cinematography fan, and story line has to be good as well).

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9/10 writing is the most imporant part.

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Post by Andvil »

hmm

I dont know
I'd say writing too. And cinematography.
I mean, all that shit's important.
I really love it when a movie has great original music though. I.E. Amelie, Willy Wonka, Singin in the Rain, Requiem For A Dream, etc.
It's rare these days. I'm talking either a great score or a musical with amazing music. Fuck some original song that Green Day wrote for some shitfest.

I dont know if that makes any sense, but whatever.
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Post by shopvack »

gotta be the writing. now and then effects can save a movie, but most movies can't function without good dialogue.

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ackbar wrote:9/10 writing is the most imporant part.

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Post by FreshShabazz »

story... nothing else is even close.
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I'd say actors

I've seen some of the shittiest dialogue, ideas, story twists pulled off because the guy is making this stupid shit seem believable

and on the opposite end of the spectrum

shitty acting just makes things unbearable

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Post by Kid B »

What I thought this thread meant at first sight was what part of the movie is most important like the beginning, exposition, climax or resolution.
I don't know exactly when I figured it out, but the best cinematic masterpieces have very important beginnings.

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I'd probably have to go with writing.
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cinematography, it can make bad everything look good, and good everything look bad.

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Gimme some ill visuals and I'm straight.

Film as an almost exclusively linear narrative medium is played.

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Andvil wrote:EVERYTHING is important

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Post by Kalel »

im gonna go on the limb and say editing is the core. you can write a drama but with proper editing you could turn that into a comedy.

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Kalel wrote:im gonna go on the limb and say editing is the core. you can write a drama but with proper editing you could turn that into a comedy.
But the question is: could editing somehow magically turn 'Dude, Where's My Car' into a comedy?
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Cleanhobo wrote:
Kalel wrote:im gonna go on the limb and say editing is the core. you can write a drama but with proper editing you could turn that into a comedy.
But the question is: could editing somehow magically turn 'Dude, Where's My Car' into a comedy?
Only if they edit Ashton Kutcher's character getting a shotgun blast to the face in the first minute or so.
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Psychosis Again wrote:
Cleanhobo wrote:
Kalel wrote:im gonna go on the limb and say editing is the core. you can write a drama but with proper editing you could turn that into a comedy.
But the question is: could editing somehow magically turn 'Dude, Where's My Car' into a comedy?
Only if they edit Ashton Kutcher's character getting a shotgun blast to the face in the first minute or so.
Maybe it's in the deleted scenes.
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Cleanhobo wrote:
Psychosis Again wrote:
Cleanhobo wrote:
Kalel wrote:im gonna go on the limb and say editing is the core. you can write a drama but with proper editing you could turn that into a comedy.
But the question is: could editing somehow magically turn 'Dude, Where's My Car' into a comedy?
Only if they edit Ashton Kutcher's character getting a shotgun blast to the face in the first minute or so.
Maybe it's in the deleted scenes.
No, Ashton is still alive. I meant to include the actual homicide of Kutcher in the movie.
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Psychosis Again wrote:
Cleanhobo wrote:
Psychosis Again wrote:
Cleanhobo wrote:
Kalel wrote:im gonna go on the limb and say editing is the core. you can write a drama but with proper editing you could turn that into a comedy.
But the question is: could editing somehow magically turn 'Dude, Where's My Car' into a comedy?
Only if they edit Ashton Kutcher's character getting a shotgun blast to the face in the first minute or so.
Maybe it's in the deleted scenes.
No, Ashton is still alive. I meant to include the actual homicide of Kutcher in the movie.
Ah, yes. It would have been an instant classic, and would definitely be deserving of a spot in the majestic Criterion Collection.
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Post by HopeLess »

I'm not sure, but I'm gonna say creative dialouge and use of storytellign devices, it seems most movies these days are so caught up in tryign to "look cool" and forget abotu substance.

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Post by Gregg Popabitch1 »

FreshShabazz wrote:story... nothing else is even close.
yeah, i have to be interested in what's going on at some level

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i just saw the first few minutes of Boogeyman. That cheesy movie that one white guy that looks slightly different then all the other white guys.

well from what I saw, the cinematography was actually very good. Visually it seemed nice and had good use of color to really make the scene. But the direction was terrible. The scenes weren't really built up with any suspense. The dialogue was bad, but most of these kind of movies are like that. The story, from what I've seen, isn't very good, but no worse then some other movies. The acting is fair to poor, but again in this genre thats to be expected. The main problem is clearly the directing.

I think one of the most underrated elements is definetly the music. Thats one of those things that I can never get passed in a movie. It's one of the reason why i hate micheal bay movies, he reuses the same music in almost every movie.

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^ Boogeyman is the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I wanted to vomit and die and the same time while I was watching it.

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ChristPuncher wrote:^ Boogeyman is the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I wanted to vomit and die and the same time while I was watching it.
thats what i've been told. actually i've tried to sit down and watch twice now. still haven't gotten past the first 15 minutes or so.

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