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At least 30% of my enjoyment of Venom came from it being set in SF and me going “Hey look I know that corner!” or “Wow we’ve been to that restaurant, they total

by Swizec 7y ago

At least 30% of my enjoyment of Venom came from it being set in SF and me going “Hey look I know that corner!” or “Wow we’ve been to that restaurant, they totally used a different place for that shop front!” Seeing your town in a movie is incredibly rewarding. Just like a musician is basically required to shout “Hello $PLACE” at some point during a performance PS: for the downvoters, that’s what the linked article cites as the reason that movie gets extra scenes in China. Chinese audiences liked seeing their city in a scene that Western audiences didn’t care about.

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pradn 7y ago
Yea, it's one of the fun things about living in New York. Me watching the first Avengers: How'd they get from Upper East to Washington Sq in like 20 seconds?
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  It's one of the terrible things about TV shows and movies in my opinion. So boring seeing NYC over and over again, not to mention all the inconsistencies that pull you out of the movie. I'm even tired of all the Apple TV screensavers of NYC/SF/Dubai. Let's see some new places from South America or Africa or Europe or anywhere else.
- FabHK 7y ago
  And how do the protagonists in US TV series and films always just immediately get a parking spot just in front of their destination??
  - lonelappde 7y ago
    They have film permits, of course.
crummy 7y ago
One of my favourite Youtube channels, Every Frame A Painting, talks about this in Vancouver - except that the movies are rarely set in Vancouver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU
goatinaboat 7y ago
There is also that the CCP won’t approve a movie for release in China unless it has Chinese scenes.
- baud147258 7y ago
  It's not the only conditions, there's also conditions like positive portrayal of the CCP gov and no Chinese as a bad guy and so on.
paganel 7y ago
Maren Ade’s excellent movie “Toni Erdman” [1] from a few years ago was taking place in the city I live in, Bucharest, and one of the scenes was set in a mall at whose cinema Multiplex I actually saw the film. It was strange, when that scene came up I said to myself: “hey, this is happening just a few meters away from I where bought the popcorn”. [1] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4048272/?ref_=m_nmfmd_dr_1 https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4048272/?ref_=m_nmfmd_dr_1
baud147258 7y ago
A good chunk of the latest Mission Impossible movie was this for me with Paris, especially with places where I've walked around, like the seat of the ministry of finance along the Seine. Of course the path taken didn't make any sense, but that wasn't much of an issue.
- baud147258 7y ago
  Also I had a reaction like "that's not how French cops operate when moving an inmate!"

by Swizec 7y ago

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pradn 7y ago

Yea, it's one of the fun things about living in New York. Me watching the first Avengers: How'd they get from Upper East to Washington Sq in like 20 seconds?

lotsofpulp 7y ago
It's one of the terrible things about TV shows and movies in my opinion. So boring seeing NYC over and over again, not to mention all the inconsistencies that pull you out of the movie. I'm even tired of all the Apple TV screensavers of NYC/SF/Dubai. Let's see some new places from South America or Africa or Europe or anywhere else.
FabHK 7y ago
And how do the protagonists in US TV series and films always just immediately get a parking spot just in front of their destination??
- lonelappde 7y ago
  They have film permits, of course.

crummy 7y ago

One of my favourite Youtube channels, Every Frame A Painting, talks about this in Vancouver - except that the movies are rarely set in Vancouver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU

goatinaboat 7y ago

There is also that the CCP won’t approve a movie for release in China unless it has Chinese scenes.

baud147258 7y ago
It's not the only conditions, there's also conditions like positive portrayal of the CCP gov and no Chinese as a bad guy and so on.

paganel 7y ago

Maren Ade’s excellent movie “Toni Erdman” [1] from a few years ago was taking place in the city I live in, Bucharest, and one of the scenes was set in a mall at whose cinema Multiplex I actually saw the film. It was strange, when that scene came up I said to myself: “hey, this is happening just a few meters away from I where bought the popcorn”. [1] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4048272/?ref_=m_nmfmd_dr_1 https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4048272/?ref_=m_nmfmd_dr_1

baud147258 7y ago

A good chunk of the latest Mission Impossible movie was this for me with Paris, especially with places where I've walked around, like the seat of the ministry of finance along the Seine. Of course the path taken didn't make any sense, but that wasn't much of an issue.

baud147258 7y ago
Also I had a reaction like "that's not how French cops operate when moving an inmate!"