New Ways To Watch Favorite Films

“Top Gun”

Watch for the many, many times the supporting actors are required to slouch, lean, stand in the distance and/or walk about five behind the star…all in an effort to de-emphasize Tom Cruise’s short stature.

Once you start noticing this you’ll never be able to watch the movie the same way again.

Yeah, notice at the end, on the flight deck, how they keep a distance between Cruise and Tim Robbins (Merlin, his RIO in the end battle), who’s nearly a foot taller.

You can do the same thing with Shane, where Alan Ladd is shot from funky angles to hide his diminutive stature, and there are very few two shots.

Listen to the music track in The Road Warrior to figure out when somebody important dies-- or doesn’t, as the case may be.

Watch “Total Recall” and see if any pane of glass in the movie (especially once he reaches Mars) remains unbroken.