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Post by oneflyr on Dec 2, 2017 1:09:13 GMT
Movies that “don’t look or feel cinematic” is such a baseless and overrated criticism, and I find people tend to place way too much emphasis on that, complaints that something “looks like a TV episode” or a “made-for-TV movie”. So is Transformers: The Last Knight automatically not dogshit, because it’s more “cinematic” than something like The Big Sick? EDIT: Didn’t even see Jay’s post before me. Yeah, how dare we demand filmmakers put the slightest level of effort into assuring their movies don't look like straight-to-tv movie of the week material.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 1:16:37 GMT
Blade Runner 2049 isn't all that great.
Hitchcock's The Birds is mediocre.
I don't mind jump scares.
Outside of Falconetti's GOAT tier performance, The Passion of Joan of Arc is only okay.
I might've already posted this here, but Three Colors: Red is the weakest of the trilogy.
Dreyer's Vampyr was extremely underwhelming.
Hell or High Water doesn't hold up.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Dec 2, 2017 1:32:46 GMT
Movies that “don’t look or feel cinematic” is such a baseless and overrated criticism, and I find people tend to place way too much emphasis on that, complaints that something “looks like a TV episode” or a “made-for-TV movie”. So is Transformers: The Last Knight automatically not dogshit, because it’s more “cinematic” than something like The Big Sick? EDIT: Didn’t even see Jay’s post before me. Yeah, how dare we demand filmmakers put the slightest level of effort into assuring their movies don't look like straight-to-tv movie of the week material. Not what I’m getting at. What I’m referring to is that because people are so focused on flair and scale, that when something isn’t cinematic, it’s like they immediately disregard the merits of the story (the thing that really matters), as if *that’s* the movie’s real issue. Style is definitely important (Wind River would have benefited from a Kathryn Bigelow type), but it’s not *the* most important. Plus, since television is continually stepping up its game in production quality, and is commonly agreed to be taking more risks than movies at the moment, it’s a really unfair, and frankly dishonest generalization to make, especially when you consider movies like Duel’s origins.
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Post by flasuss on Dec 2, 2017 2:57:28 GMT
Outside of Falconetti's GOAT tier performance, The Passion of Joan of Arc is only okay. Dreyer's Vampyr was extremely underwhelming.
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Post by tobias on Dec 2, 2017 3:01:22 GMT
Outside of Falconetti's GOAT tier performance, The Passion of Joan of Arc is only okay. I might've already posted this here, but Three Colors: Red is the weakest of the trilogy. Dreyer's Vampyr was extremely underwhelming. Where is my downvote button? At least remove the 'extremely'... please.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 3:23:47 GMT
Outside of Falconetti's GOAT tier performance, The Passion of Joan of Arc is only okay. I might've already posted this here, but Three Colors: Red is the weakest of the trilogy. Dreyer's Vampyr was extremely underwhelming. Where is my downvote button? At least remove the 'extremely'... please. I say 'extremely' because of how ridiculously high my expectations were. I don't think it was bad, just... okay. I'm still open to giving it another chance.
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Post by Miles Morales on Dec 2, 2017 10:20:37 GMT
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice isn't a piece of shit nor a work of art, just very mediocre and, hell, even lazy. I'd argue that the problem with DCEU is not the grimdark tone, it's the shit writing and the seeming inability to end their films properly.
Zootopia is a masterpiece.
I don't think Cars 2, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man films and Revenge of the Sith are bad films. I'd even go on to say that ROTS is very good and better than Rogue One.
Basic Instinct is a piece of shit and Hollow Man is one of the worst films ever made.
Cinema isn't dead. Sure, superhero films are dominating the box office now, but that's not stopping films like A Ghost Story being made.
Speaking of superhero films, apart from The Avengers and Iron Man 3, MCU films don't really look like TV films to me.
The Good Dinosaur is better than The Lego Movie.
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Post by moonman157 on Dec 2, 2017 14:09:19 GMT
economics aside i don't hate trump (immigration ban was bullshit)
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Post by Viced on Dec 6, 2017 5:04:34 GMT
-Zooey Deschanel > Greta Gerwig. I know Deschanel dropped the bomb starting from (500) Days of Summer on, she took her act mainstream and it worked to demolish the small cult thing she had before. But nobody here has seen All the Real Girls, give me her soulfulness in that to anything Gerwig has done and that mundane Lady Bore movie. ...
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Post by Viced on Dec 6, 2017 14:53:23 GMT
There's probably like 7 people here who's seen that.... Taran, you, me, moonman, and some others. Yeah..... but back to the opinion... she's amazing in that movie, but has she ever been even half as good anywhere else?
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Post by thomasjerome on Dec 6, 2017 15:08:26 GMT
There's probably like 7 people here who's seen that.... Taran, you, me, moonman, and some others. Yeah..... but back to the opinion... she's amazing in that movie, but has she ever been even half as good anywhere else? I'm one of the "some others". Whatever, I mean I like Zooey. She's terrific in "All the Real Girls", good enough in "Manic" and she's usually great with her scene-stealing comedic turns in films like "Failure to Launch" and especially "The Good Girl". But no, she's not better than Greta Gerwig. I don't think I ever impressed by Zo as much as I did by Gerwig in "20th Century Women".
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Post by no on Dec 6, 2017 15:40:16 GMT
80s Godard>60s Godard Spider-Man 3 is about as good as the other two in the trilogy Tarantino's only really great film is Jackie Brown. Death Proof is probably 2nd. Victor Erice's El Sur is a serious contender for best film ever made and almost nobody on here has seen it Inception is really good and The Prestige isn't. What from his 80s stuff do you rec? Not quite, but SM-3 is pretty good. Na he doesn't do race issues very well usually. Oh really? Both aren't particularly good imo
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Post by oneflyr on Dec 6, 2017 16:46:55 GMT
80s Godard>60s Godard Spider-Man 3 is about as good as the other two in the trilogy Tarantino's only really great film is Jackie Brown. Death Proof is probably 2nd. Victor Erice's El Sur is a serious contender for best film ever made and almost nobody on here has seen it Inception is really good and The Prestige isn't. What from his 80s stuff do you rec? Not quite, but SM-3 is pretty good. Na he doesn't do race issues very well usually. Oh really? Both aren't particularly good imo Hail Mary, Slow Motion/Every Man for Himself and Prenom Carmen are all pretty great.
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Post by tobias on Dec 6, 2017 17:25:54 GMT
no - I would also recommend Passion. That's my favorite late Godard so far.
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Post by no on Dec 6, 2017 18:37:49 GMT
Baby Driver is like a bowl of vomit with little toy cars in it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 18:58:56 GMT
No words or opinion should be "off limits", as long as they don't directly call for violence.
Religion is both a very good thing and a very bad thing, depending on what context it's used.
Islam desperately needs to reform.
Freedom is more important than safety.
I'm glad a movement like BLM exists to address police brutality, but the way it conducts many of its protests, its blind belief that every instance of brutality is unjustified, and the overly strong focus on the racial component need to be called into question. Of course it's a massive group of diverse people, so this is a bit of a generalization.
Lady Bird wasn't that great.
The more I think about it, the less I like Rashomon
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 20:20:09 GMT
I liked the movie Radio. I gave it a 8/10
Watching movies @ home >>>>>>Going to the theatre
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Post by tobias on Dec 6, 2017 21:45:33 GMT
Islam desperately needs to reform. I am glad that you adress it that way. Today it feels like a lot of people see it as straight out evil and proceed to underline that with heaps of quotes taken out of context (which is of course a foundation for a new religious war...). Modern atheism is just the worst, if I've ever seen pretentiousness... This shouldn't be controversial. And in fact I don't think it actually is if you offer someone total safety or total freedom, they would still pick total freedom (because total safety is horrendous, suicide could very well be better) but still safety plays a much larger role in public debate because in a practical situation freedom is more scary. But the characterisation of freedom I think is often dishonest, both because how people frame the idea does not line up with their actions and because they frame it almost like something to get off on, that is instantly gratifying (almost like sweets). That idea of freedom has little to do with actual freedom. Actual freedom is as scary as almost nothing else (because it is 100 % unforgiving), the thing is that it is inevitable. I always thought Blue was a very good film about it.
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Post by tobias on Dec 6, 2017 21:47:13 GMT
Watching movies @ home >>>>>>Going to the theatre I would answer the riddle differently: Watching movies @ home >< Going to the theatre
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Post by no on Dec 6, 2017 23:36:05 GMT
No words or opinion should be "off limits", as long as they don't directly call for violence. Religion is both a very good thing and a very bad thing, depending on what context it's used. Islam desperately needs to reform. Freedom is more important than safety. I'm glad a movement like BLM exists to address police brutality, but the way it conducts many of its protests, its blind belief that every instance of brutality is unjustified, and the overly strong focus on the racial component need to be called into question. Of course it's a massive group of diverse people, so this is a bit of a generalization. Lady Bird wasn't that great. The more I think about it, the less I like Rashomonall great opinions besides the Rashomon shaming
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 0:36:28 GMT
About Rashomon; I don't see it as anything special. I think the emotional impact was minimal, and its overall message/philosophy was very on the nose. I don't think it's bad... it's very well made and well acted. Maybe I'm missing something, but I give it like a solid 6.5/10. Ikiru was much better.
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Post by Miles Morales on Dec 7, 2017 11:46:14 GMT
Carol is not a great film. Sure, it's well acted, very well directed and has gorgeous production design and score, but it feels so mechanical and theatrical that it fails to forge an emotional connection, which is very important for these kind of stories. It's still a really good film, but not a masterpiece.
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Post by Film Socialism on Dec 8, 2017 0:31:12 GMT
the constitution is a fucking meme
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Post by Viced on Dec 9, 2017 22:43:13 GMT
Blade Runner isn't a top 10 Ridley Scott movie.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Dec 9, 2017 22:54:05 GMT
Blade Runner isn't a top 10 Ridley Scott movie. Correct! But The Final Cut is.
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