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Title: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Barry Egan on July 22, 2015, 09:33:11 PM
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Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: brob on July 22, 2015, 09:39:47 PM
no GILF Robin Williams option ???
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 22, 2015, 09:41:54 PM
that his production company is called 1492 Pictures because his name is chris columbus
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Kara on July 22, 2015, 09:44:42 PM
Static cinematography. :aah
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Himu on July 22, 2015, 10:02:29 PM
Having the sense to hire amazing soundtrack people for Harry Potter movie.
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 22, 2015, 10:43:25 PM
My favorite Chris Columbus movies in order:

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Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 22, 2015, 11:13:39 PM
I know Chris Columbus was the writer on Gremlins and The Goonies, but Gremlins is a Joe Dante movie and The Goonies is a Steven Speilberg movie.
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Himu on July 22, 2015, 11:27:32 PM
To be fair, if you can get John Williams to score your movie, you're pretty much always going to go with John Williams.

Yes but he still picked John Williams! It shows he's not completely incompetent!
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on July 22, 2015, 11:30:19 PM
Fuck, I always thought Home Alone 1/2 were John Hughes films.

(http://i.imgur.com/puLEsrB.gif)

That scream still gets me, but yeah my love for Home Alone is probably blind nostalgia.

Edit: Forgot about the GOAT.

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Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 22, 2015, 11:30:20 PM
He was pretty awesome at casting child actors though.* That shit ain't easy.

*- disregard Mrs. Doubtfire

Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 22, 2015, 11:33:54 PM
Fuck, I always thought Home Alone 1/2 were John Hughes films.

(http://i.imgur.com/puLEsrB.gif)

That scream still gets me, but yeah my love for Home Alone is probably blind nostalgia.

Reminds me of a scene from another John Hughes movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_akwHYMdbsM
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on July 22, 2015, 11:44:53 PM
Fuck, I always thought Home Alone 1/2 were John Hughes films.

(http://i.imgur.com/puLEsrB.gif)

That scream still gets me, but yeah my love for Home Alone is probably blind nostalgia.

Reminds me of a scene from another John Hughes movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_akwHYMdbsM

(http://i.imgur.com/EFdK2jZ.png)

This dude just good at aping other directors, writers and producers?
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: king of the internet on July 23, 2015, 12:32:34 AM
Voted for Joe Pesci, GOAT (RIP  :'()
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Tasty on July 23, 2015, 12:36:49 AM
Sorcerer's Stone is pretty good.
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: StealthFan on July 23, 2015, 12:52:46 AM
Richard Donner directed The Goonies.
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: benjipwns on July 23, 2015, 12:57:21 AM
Chamber of Secrets is great if you don't know anything about Harry Potter, come into it about half an hour in and it's just some kind of mystery film.
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on July 23, 2015, 01:51:22 AM
I was legitimately surprised to find out that he directed the latest Adam Sandler disaster, I even felt kind of bad for him. But then I remembered the rest of his resume and thought, "Yeah, that's about right."

For reals, haven't seen it in at least a decade, but I liked Only the Lonely, his remake of Marty starring John Candy. Man, I miss that guy.
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: bork on July 23, 2015, 08:18:58 AM
He directed "Adventures In Babysitting".  I remember that being a fun movie.  Although I also haven't seen that in over 20 years.
Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 23, 2015, 08:24:30 AM
I rewatched it about 5 years ago. It's bad, but anything with Elisabeth Shue is watchable.

Title: Re: What is your favorite aspect of Chris Columbus as a filmmaker?
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 23, 2015, 08:45:02 AM
Richard Donner directed The Goonies.

He did, but it was a situation like Poltergeist where Speilberg was on-set everyday and even directed some individual scenes.