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Post by forca84 on Oct 14, 2021 0:46:00 GMT
The locks going off and on made me giggle. 🤣 poor thing.
Given the connection with the murders... I'm really hoping the final reveal isn't what I think it'll be.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 13, 2021 17:52:12 GMT
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Post by onethreetwo on Nov 13, 2021 17:58:53 GMT
I'm sick of them calling sequels the same title as the original. It's not a reboot. Why is this just called Scream? Give it a subtitle or number.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 13, 2021 19:08:15 GMT
I'm sick of them calling sequels the same title as the original. It's not a reboot. Why is this just called Scream? Give it a subtitle or number. I agree, but since it's the Scream series maybe it's intended to be a commentary/reference to that thing.
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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Nov 15, 2021 13:03:29 GMT
I've recently reappraised these films, particularly the first 3, number 2 being my favorite. 3 has a lot of problems, but I enjoy it for doing something completely different than the previous and trying to comment on life in Hollywood. Number 4 was alright. I know it was trying to comment on remakes but there was just something off about how it looked that it didn't feel like a Scream movie. But I absolutely adore Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott as she is my favorite scream queen.
I'm cautiously optimistic about this new one. I hope it doesn't fall victim to a standard slasher and it will keep up with the humor and meta commentary on horror films because the trailer does play it really serious. Legacy sequels with just the same title as the original is obviously the next horror trend, so I would hope something like Halloween '18 would get mentioned.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 15, 2021 14:01:59 GMT
I've recently reappraised these films, particularly the first 3, number 2 being my favorite. 3 has a lot of problems, but I enjoy it for doing something completely different than the previous and trying to comment on life in Hollywood. Number 4 was alright. I know it was trying to comment on remakes but there was just something off about how it looked that it didn't feel like a Scream movie. But I absolutely adore Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott as she is my favorite scream queen. I'm cautiously optimistic about this new one. I hope it doesn't fall victim to a standard slasher and it will keep up with the humor and meta commentary on horror films because the trailer does play it really serious. Legacy sequels with just the same title as the original is obviously the next horror trend, so I would hope something like Halloween '18 would get mentioned. I caught some of Scream 4 the other day and I thought the same thing about the look of the movie. It struck me immediately that there was an odd visual choice to use lenses that would blow out the image with minimal light. There's a soft focus and totally front lit aesthetic going that makes it feel almost soap-opera-like. It was clearly intentional, and maybe a commentary on the way studio movies of that day looked, or perhaps the trendy CW channel cast inspired a teen drama series aesthetic, but I found it off putting... even more so this time.
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Post by jonesjxd on Nov 22, 2021 11:30:51 GMT
I'll be shocked if it doesn't.
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Post by jonesjxd on Nov 22, 2021 11:36:39 GMT
I've recently reappraised these films, particularly the first 3, number 2 being my favorite. 3 has a lot of problems, but I enjoy it for doing something completely different than the previous and trying to comment on life in Hollywood. Number 4 was alright. I know it was trying to comment on remakes but there was just something off about how it looked that it didn't feel like a Scream movie. But I absolutely adore Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott as she is my favorite scream queen. I'm cautiously optimistic about this new one. I hope it doesn't fall victim to a standard slasher and it will keep up with the humor and meta commentary on horror films because the trailer does play it really serious. Legacy sequels with just the same title as the original is obviously the next horror trend, so I would hope something like Halloween '18 would get mentioned. I caught some of Scream 4 the other day and I thought the same thing about the look of the movie. It struck me immediately that there was an odd visual choice to use lenses that would blow out the image with minimal light. There's a soft focus and totally front lit aesthetic going that makes it feel almost soap-opera-like. It was clearly intentional, and maybe a commentary on the way studio movies of that day looked, or perhaps the trendy CW channel cast inspired a teen drama series aesthetic, but I found it off putting... even more so this time. You're right about this, it has a TV movie look to it. This was something I noticed about Halloween Kills also. Granted, I love that movie, but the vast majority of Halloween Kills runtime it has a very cinematic aesthetic, though slightly drained of color to give it that rusty October feel, yet in all the scenes involving the Myers House it looks stagy and over lit with all these rich colors that are found nowhere else in the movie. Even in theaters during those scenes I'd think to myself "Why does this scene look like it should be in Scream 4?".
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Post by politicidal on Dec 1, 2021 18:44:58 GMT
Gets an R rating for "strong bloody violence, language throughout and some sexual references."
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Post by politicidal on Dec 14, 2021 2:42:29 GMT
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 14, 2021 13:46:20 GMT
They could be cheating and mean that Ghostface is the killer and it's not one of the characters' faces below. But I'll give them more credit than that.
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Post by forca84 on Dec 14, 2021 16:39:12 GMT
I understand it's a movie... But I don't get why any of the main characters would ever stay or return to that town... 😆 After part 1 I never would've looked back..
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 14, 2021 16:58:14 GMT
I understand it's a movie... But I don't get why any of the main characters would ever stay or return to that town... 😆 After part 1 I never would've looked back.. Well, Sydney left pretty quickly and it followed her. 2 out of the 4 murder sprees so far took place away from Woodsboro. Still... I take your point.
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Post by Marv on Dec 14, 2021 17:32:27 GMT
I understand it's a movie... But I don't get why any of the main characters would ever stay or return to that town... 😆 After part 1 I never would've looked back.. To be fair...they weren't safe anywhere. Scream 2 and 3 weren't set anywhere near Woodsboro.
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Post by forca84 on Dec 14, 2021 17:51:01 GMT
I understand it's a movie... But I don't get why any of the main characters would ever stay or return to that town... 😆 After part 1 I never would've looked back.. To be fair...they weren't safe anywhere. Scream 2 and 3 weren't set anywhere near Woodsboro. That's true... I think if I were Sydney I'd go into hiding in an exotic Country. I'd never go back to Woodsborro.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 14, 2021 17:56:00 GMT
To be fair...they weren't safe anywhere. Scream 2 and 3 weren't set anywhere near Woodsboro. That's true... I think if I were Sydney I'd go into hiding in an exotic Country. I'd never go back to Woodsborro. I don't remember a whole lot about Scream 4 (or Scre4m... ugh), but if I recall she was asked to come back for a book signing or something... and in this one it looks like she comes back only once the murders have started again. It would be entirely reasonable for her to get the news of the murders and just say, "Sorry Dewey. You're on your own."
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 14, 2021 18:10:03 GMT
I've recently reappraised these films, particularly the first 3, number 2 being my favorite. 3 has a lot of problems, but I enjoy it for doing something completely different than the previous and trying to comment on life in Hollywood. Number 4 was alright. I know it was trying to comment on remakes but there was just something off about how it looked that it didn't feel like a Scream movie. But I absolutely adore Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott as she is my favorite scream queen. I'm cautiously optimistic about this new one. I hope it doesn't fall victim to a standard slasher and it will keep up with the humor and meta commentary on horror films because the trailer does play it really serious. Legacy sequels with just the same title as the original is obviously the next horror trend, so I would hope something like Halloween '18 would get mentioned. I caught some of Scream 4 the other day and I thought the same thing about the look of the movie. It struck me immediately that there was an odd visual choice to use lenses that would blow out the image with minimal light. There's a soft focus and totally front lit aesthetic going that makes it feel almost soap-opera-like. It was clearly intentional, and maybe a commentary on the way studio movies of that day looked, or perhaps the trendy CW channel cast inspired a teen drama series aesthetic, but I found it off putting... even more so this time. Agreed. And it’s really an inexplicable choice because other than lighting and soft focus the movie looks good (e.g., as far as blocking and camera placement go). There’s this shot, which naturally I can’t find now, of Sidney standing outside the house as the wind whips up that doesn’t really have a point plot-wise but is just such a nice directorial moment on Craven’s part.
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Post by Marv on Dec 14, 2021 18:12:23 GMT
To be fair...they weren't safe anywhere. Scream 2 and 3 weren't set anywhere near Woodsboro. That's true... I think if I were Sydney I'd go into hiding in an exotic Country. I'd never go back to Woodsborro. She was successfully hiding in 3...but she didn't vanish completely because Dewey had her phone number, that's how the killer found her and drew her out of hiding. Shed need to actually go off grid and then she's only protecting herself, leaving Gail and Dewey to deal with things. Honestly at this point in the timeline, if i were the killer, i wouldn't even want to tangle with Sid, Dewey or Gail. They've killed all the previous killers.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 14, 2021 18:25:54 GMT
That's true... I think if I were Sydney I'd go into hiding in an exotic Country. I'd never go back to Woodsborro. She was successfully hiding in 3...but she didn't vanish completely because Dewey had her phone number, that's how the killer found her and drew her out of hiding. Shed need to actually go off grid and then she's only protecting herself, leaving Gail and Dewey to deal with things. Honestly at this point in the timeline, if i were the killer, i wouldn't even want to tangle with Sid, Dewey or Gail. They've killed all the previous killers. Yeah, fuck that. Pick a new mask and MO and make sure you get away with it. I kinda thought it would've been cool, after Randy died, if one of the killers survived and played a Randy-ish, but also Hannibal Lecter-ish role in the series. But they kill 'em every time.
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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Dec 15, 2021 12:20:39 GMT
She was successfully hiding in 3...but she didn't vanish completely because Dewey had her phone number, that's how the killer found her and drew her out of hiding. Shed need to actually go off grid and then she's only protecting herself, leaving Gail and Dewey to deal with things. Honestly at this point in the timeline, if i were the killer, i wouldn't even want to tangle with Sid, Dewey or Gail. They've killed all the previous killers. Yeah, fuck that. Pick a new mask and MO and make sure you get away with it. I kinda thought it would've been cool, after Randy died, if one of the killers survived and played a Randy-ish, but also Hannibal Lecter-ish role in the series. But they kill 'em every time. That was kinda the original plan with one of the Scream 3 scripts. Stu had survived the TV falling on his face (even tho there's no reference to him still being alive in 2) and he was in prison and kinda giving instructions to the new killer and actually lead his own cult of some sort. It was a really messed up twist in the end that all the "victims" were followers of Stu and weren't really dead.
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