Star Wars 7 shit talk

and Josh Trank to direct the second spinoff movie. They're definitely going for a 'type' with these

how do you mean

get JiC in here

dudes who made a splash with a geek friendly low budget pic then went straight to a big franchise blockbuster

Lupita Nyong'o's casting in SW7 reminds of jennifer lawrence -- you win awards and accolades for doing a stellar job with a serious role in a great fucking movie, and your success gets you ...... some bullshit role in a dumbass blockbuster action sci/fi movie

ie every American/Brit screen actor's "breakthrough" is gen the last time I like them

http://i.imgur.com/EPdC3cM.jpg

some bullshit role in a dumbass blockbuster action sci/fi movie

Well, to be fair, it's probably pretty hard to turn down the huge money. Not to mention that with the Star Wars and Hunger Games being franchises, they get locked into guaranteed multiple picture deals. I don't blame either of 'em. It's not like Lawrence isn't still getting David O. Russell roles. Too early to see what effect it'll have on Nyong'o's career.

It's not like Lawrence isn't still getting David O. Russell roles

bullshit roles in dumbass post-sellout twee mass-market fake-indie movies

what a post!

Silver linings playbook is a 'great fucking movie'? nb not seen it.

It were all Winter's Bones around here once, Jennifer Lawrence could throw a ball in the street, etc. etc.

yea re: lawrence i wasn't talking about silver linings playbook. i was talking about winter's bone.

morbz otm here btw

i'm no film snob, either, i enjoyed a lot of the x-men movies. but seeing lawrence in winter's bone and then as mystique in x-men first class was kind of a fucking travesty. like i will happily see days of future past in the theater and enjoy it but i'd by lying if i said there isn't an underlying absurdity to the whole thing

how dare actors cash in? how dare they! please all actors upload the high standards of your audience. for shame!

make a good film once in awhile imo

i think she's great in American Hustle actually, not her fault the rest of the cast were cartoon characters

make a good film once in awhile imo

too much to ask

wow i forgot just how bad Halle's cat-mask was. like something you'd get at the fair for a laugh.

this is the most aspie thing that ever aspied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GFW-eEWXlc

all actors upload the high standards of your audience

Typo of the Century

i think she's great in American Hustle actually, not her fault the rest of the cast were cartoon characters

― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:07 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha, i'll assume you're talking about amy adams here. then i would agree.

how dare actors cash in? how dare they! please all actors upload the high standards of your audience. for shame!

― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's not about the actors' choices for me, seems to be the case that if you want to be famous and make a lot of money then nowadays signing on to x-men/superman/batman/spiderman/ironman etc franchises are the way to go. i don't have anything against lupita nyong'o for choosing star wars. it's more about the hollywood production system that rewards great performances in great movies with fucking ludicrous roles in dopey summer blockbuster movies

make a good film once in awhile imo

― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:05 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. not too much to ask

xp it's no different than it's ever been. Nobody's going to get paid the way they want to by appearing in art films or limited-appeal movies.

bullshit no different; the margin has vanished (see John Waters thread)

Haha, OK, what's your argument here exactly? That if Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita N'yongo weren't following up acclaimed performances* with big tentpoles that they'd be running off to do John Waters or Paul Bartel flix and they could get their movies financed?

(*acclaimed in a way that you think is bullshit anyway, so . . .)

i'm no film snob but i can't deny i'll be watching x-men days of future past and thinking that the fact i recognise its absurd is some unique insight no one else in the theater will be having.

BRYAN SINGER KILLED JOHN WATERS

i make no argument, it's ALL SHIT BYE THREAD BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY BYE PHIL

you are an incoherent fuck btw who didnt even read what i was referring to in the time-honored ile trad so gtfo

"i came into this thread to call everything in it shit but how dare you how very dare you misread my barely coherent bile i'm off now no really i am"

Haha, OK, what's your argument here exactly? That if Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita N'yongo weren't following up acclaimed performances* with big tentpoles that they'd be running off to do John Waters or Paul Bartel flix and they could get their movies financed?

(*acclaimed in a way that you think is bullshit anyway, so . . .)

― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, June 5, 2014 3:26 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

think i have a lower bar than morbz here, i'm just asking for some good movies. i don't even know who paul bartel is and i haven't watch a john waters flick since the early 2000s when my film nerd ex-brother-in-law showed me "pecker"

pecker is a dope movie

ha yea it was pretty good

Princess Leia's penis is finally revealed

Being called incoherent by Dr Morbius is like being called obese by Fatty Arbuckle.

And as far as "good movies," obviously everyone's standards are different, and what you're getting from Hollywood is no different from any other country's film industry. For every Apu Trilogy there's an Indian Spider-Man, and not every movie that comes out of France and Germany is Amour. The tentpoles make the money that finance the other stuff (just like in publishing) and if Hollywood is going to make this stuff anyway, I'd prefer they use interesting directors and actors to elevate the quality a bit, instead of soap opera has-beens and journeymen or McG.

The tentpoles make the money that finance the other stuff

there is less and less other stuff every year

How do you make this garbage disappear? Assassinate Lucas, Abrams and nuke the parent studio? No because some fucking other worthless arsehole would still want to make this garbage for another few decades. You just have to accept that This Shit is going to bury you and piss on your grave. You are trapped in history and there is no fucking FF button. It is a bitter pill to swallow, but it could be worse.

Xp (citation needed)

hey man its just some movies

gr8080 otm

How do you make this garbage disappear? Assassinate Lucas, Abrams and nuke the parent studio? No because some fucking other worthless arsehole would still want to make this garbage for another few decades. You just have to accept that This Shit is going to bury you and piss on your grave. You are trapped in history and there is no fucking FF button. It is a bitter pill to swallow, but it could be worse.

jesus wept

what scares me about that post is the "it could be worse" end. if it's already at the point of assassinations and nuclear bombs, what would be done in an even "worse" situation? the mind boggles.

or, more accurately, doesn't give a shit.

Every Star Wars thread eventually gets the utility meter data it deserves.

did you guys miss that amazing 20 minute shot where xavier visits an emaciated magneto in prison and tries to convince him to eat something?

It's definitely kind of sad that actors are willing to just completely abandon any idea of credibility or gravitas for whatever money they can get but the bigger problem here that is, for example, willing to see 7+ Fast and the Furious movies with returns that are actually increasing rather than diminishing.

I mean would Dustin Hoffman have signed up for the equivalent of 20m per movie for some dumbshit film franchise in 1977? Maybe! But the American public didn't make total dumbshit like that possible back then, by the time you got to the 3rd or 4th movie they sensibly got bored.

i don't think things have changed that much tbh. Hackman doing The Poseidon Adventure, Burt Lancaster doing Airport etc..