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SusanCalvin

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31. I'm not talking about condensing, etc.

Reply to anigbrowl (Reply #22)

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 12:33 PM

Dec 2015

I'm talking about sheer, provable untruths. Which does happen.

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One sentence from Hollywood that automatically turns me off a movie... [View all] Archae Dec 2015 OP

"JFK" was mostly fiction, but it was really a good movie as movies go. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #1

"Mostly?" Archae Dec 2015 #2

Sure, it was almost all made up, but it was well-written and well-acted. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #3

JFK was a good movie bigwillq Dec 2015 #5

JFK is mostly fact, it's the story of Jim Garrison, not the story of JFK nor of his murder. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #9

Bull...shit. Archae Dec 2015 #12

People do not get the point of JFK. It was about our fascination with the killing CBGLuthier Dec 2015 #11

I hope these people never see Inglorious Basterds. Iggo Dec 2015 #37

Here's mine... Beartracks Dec 2015 #4

Go see the Gods of Egypt trailer for everything I hate about movies. NuclearDem Dec 2015 #6

This right here!! RockaFowler Dec 2015 #29

Mine is "The Feel-Good Movie of the Year" (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #7

We are using it for our film "I Was a Teenage Alien Mutant Cybog" Katashi_itto Dec 2015 #8

So you were a cyborg then lol. Huh..who knew? Volaris Dec 2015 #27

All based on true events! Our Trailer Katashi_itto Dec 2015 #28

That's mine as well. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #10

A 'reasonable adherence to the facts' is a moveable feast anigbrowl Dec 2015 #22

I'm not talking about condensing, etc. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #31

"Spotlight" was awesome... the story of the Boston globe team that exposed cardinal law Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #13

But... Archae Dec 2015 #14

There's were no romances or violence. Just a walk thru of how the journalist put together Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #18

Films are one thing, documentaries are another. Beaverhausen Dec 2015 #19

A worse phrase. "Inspired By True Events". kwassa Dec 2015 #15

Yeah, mine as well. Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #17

I'm The Opposite ProfessorGAC Dec 2015 #26

This phrase, or something similar, Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #16

Yeah I love Fargo and I have been wondering about that. Initech Dec 2015 #21

The movie has elements of the Helle Crafts murder REP Dec 2015 #39

Mine is "the best movie of the year!!!" in January. Initech Dec 2015 #20

January is near the end of the year in the film industry anigbrowl Dec 2015 #23

"Fargo" was another candidate for the worst. nt raccoon Dec 2015 #24

Fargo is awesome! Adrahil Dec 2015 #33

the phrase was used ironically... lame54 Dec 2015 #36

Don't forget closing credit title cards that are complete bull crap. Oneironaut Dec 2015 #25

It might be "In A World . . . " for me, which I guess explains why don't go to the movies much . . . hatrack Dec 2015 #30

"In a world..." means that the writers don't know how to tell a story. DetlefK Dec 2015 #32

"You got the right Ta-Ta...but the wrong Ho-Ho" nt clarice Dec 2015 #34

Fargo used it to great effect lame54 Dec 2015 #35

So IDGI. Would you prefer a dry factual account in a movie? That's called a "documentary." On PBS. WinkyDink Dec 2015 #38