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Rotten Tomatoes is right – Paddington 2 is the greatest film of all time.
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It really is incredible. I'm in bits the last 15 minutes every time even though I know what's coming.
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I'm with this.
Paddington's human family are used veeery sloppily in 2 - the way they each get a task to perform feels like a rehash of 1 without the actual characterisation - and the climax is a big ol' action-setpiece-driven clusterfuck like every other kids' movie.
P1 has a great small-scale story where everything serves a purpose, and the way it weaves in the horrors of colonialism is dead clever.
The issue with Paddington 3, which is being made, is that it's a different team doing it sadly. Not the same director or writer I believe. They're off making a Willy Wonka Prequel…
I know, and I'm disappointed that Paul King isn't returning for a third. I want to have confidence in the third, but without him directing I'm cautious about it. He is said to still potentially be involved, but we don't know in what capacity.
I loved this tweet - not just because of the tweet itself, but because of *where* it was from:
Huh? Isn't practically everything Disney makes children's book movies? Including the MCU?
I basically have a pavlovian response to cry the moment the doorbell rings.
Movies are pretty subjective so I understand when people may not like well reviewed films or vice versa.
That said, if you don't like the Paddington films you are likely dead inside.
I remember watching the first half hour of the first one with an ex-girlfriend and she didn't like it so we switched it off.
That said, if you don't like the Paddington films you are likely dead inside.
I remember watching the first half hour of the first one with an ex-girlfriend and she didn't like it so we switched it off.
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Do you have to watch PAddington 1 to understand Paddington 2, and is this an appropriate movie for a child? I assume the bear movie is but ..... I dunno, sometimes your expectations get challenged.
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It helps that Citizen Kane is a ReisdentSleeper of a movie.
I get the merit, but I have never had a desire to rewatch it. I still believe 2001 is the only film in history that continues to have an impact on modern day filmmaking.
I get the merit, but I have never had a desire to rewatch it. I still believe 2001 is the only film in history that continues to have an impact on modern day filmmaking.
There's hundreds of movies that still influence modern filmmaking.
I'm saying those other films can also trace their influences back to 2001 as well (I mean, any of those hundreds that don't predate 2001, that is).
I'm just saying that 2001 had a profound impact on me and how I look at movies today. I see more 2001 than I do Citizen Kane.
Not sure if you're aware of some obscure indie movies named Jaws, Star Wars, Seven Samurai, Snow White, Toy Story, King Kong, or whatever the first movie to have a retro cartoon character hang out with live action actors was.
Except I wasn't referencing Paddington in my initial post but nice try.
2001 is my favorite movie and it definitely changed how I look at films too. But I've seen plenty of movies from the 1920s to the 1960s that feel like blueprints for entire genres and styles. And films that pioneered editing, storytelling, and camera techniques that are still used to this day.
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You said 2001 is the only movie with lasting influence on modern filmmaking and I listed a bunch of movies that also have a lasting influence on modern filmmaking. I'm not sure where Paddington fits in. Outside of my joke about the abundance of 'CGI Cartoon Character with live actors' films, which isn't something inspired by 2001.
As for 2001 vs Citizen Kane in terms of overall influence, the Citizen Kane influence is primarily in the way the film was created and shot. It's also VERY effects heavy in a way I don't think people then or now truly realize. There's dinosaurs in Citizen Kane.
Didn't CK have a lot of German Expressionism with the tilted wall angles and lighting? Also I don't remember dinosaurs lol
Pretty sure it was Paul King's choice to step away
Paddington 3 loses director Paul king, but he will continue as executive producer
While he helmed both Paddington and Paddington 2, Paul King has revealed he will be walking away from directorial duties for the third movie.
www.flickeringmyth.com
That said, he claims recently to have penned the script for Paddington 3, and is remaining involved in some capacity beyond that.
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Yes it sure did! To both points, I mean.
There's a shot where they reused jungle footage from an older film and there's straight up pteranodons in it flying around. No one ever acknowledges it, and it's the sorta thing you'd only notice if someone pointed it out. I forget if Welles put it in as a gag or just hoped no one would notice.
I'd happily recommend Paddington 2 to almost anyone, some people are beyond feelings of joy or have killed their inner child, the same I would for Citizen Kane. Both magnificent. Would recommend the first Paddington too.