LA movies vs NYC movies

[Flamencology]

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Meh. 80% of that movie features Jason being in places that are not Manhattan. It’s like how they never seem to learn the lesson that people go to Godzilla movies because they want to see Godzilla, not because they want to see desperate and exasperated oceanographers stress out and get gaslit for 90 minutes.

 

[Bones McHorror]

John Carpenter’s They Live is also an LA film.

Roddy piper shoots up the actual bank that rickenvox goes to. And you can see all of the cool subliminal messages around town that make him consume and have no independent thoughts.

 

[Flamencology]

The Naked City is another great one.

Can’t believe that we all forgot about King Kong.

And while a few Scorsese movies have been mentioned, he’s made a ton of great NYC films, including 19th-century shit like Gangs of New York and The Age of Innocence. Bringing Out the Dead, Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street...most of his filmography is NYC.

Once Upon a Time in America is severely underrated.

There have been a ton of great LA/Hollywood movies too. The Player was great. Singin’ in the Rain is great enough that it could probably be described as transcendental. But I kinda feel that virtually all of that good will has been negated by the noxious La La Land.

 

[GusChiggins]

Meh. 80% of that movie features Jason being in places that are not Manhattan.

I'd say more like 95%

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

desperate and exasperated oceanographers

I loved their first two records.

 

[Motorik]

Just to balance thing out a bit, a terrific film set in LA that doesn't seem to get remembered much and I'm not sure why:

 

[Theodore]

No love for Bad Lieutenant? No love for The Muppets Take Manhattan? No love for West Side Story?

Wedding, wedding, pig and froggy wedding.

 

[Flamencology]

Just to balance thing out a bit, a terrific film set in LA...

If we must.

(I dearly love most of these movies, and have love-hate relationships with the rest)

 

[Theodore]

 

[rickenvox]

Phone Booth - set in NYC, mostly filmed in LA

 

[Bones McHorror]

Just to balance thing out a bit, a terrific film set in LA that doesn't seem to get remembered much and I'm not sure why:

Is this the prequel to Tootsie?

 

[rickenvox]

Bradbury building, downtown LA

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Porn, definitely LA.

 

[Motorik]

Is this the prequel to Tootsie?

I was hoping someone would make that joke!

Seriously though, it's a great film.

 

[Motorik]