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
― marcos, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
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, 5 June 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
make a good film once in awhile imo
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
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, 5 June 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
too much to ask
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
wow i forgot just how bad Halle's cat-mask was. like something you'd get at the fair for a laugh.
― piscesx, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
this is the most aspie thing that ever aspiedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GFW-eEWXlc
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
all actors upload the high standards of your audience
Typo of the Century
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
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
― 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.
― marcos, Thursday, 5 June 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
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
― 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
― marcos, Thursday, 5 June 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
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
― 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.
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
bullshit no different; the margin has vanished (see John Waters thread)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
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, 5 June 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
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.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
BRYAN SINGER KILLED JOHN WATERS
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
i make no argument, it's ALL SHIT BYE THREAD BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY BYE PHIL
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
you are an incoherent fuck btw who didnt even read what i was referring to in the time-honored ile trad so gtfo
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:48 (ten years ago) link
"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"
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
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
― 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"
― marcos, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
pecker is a dope movie
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
ha yea it was pretty good
― marcos, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
Princess Leia's penis is finally revealed
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
Being called incoherent by Dr Morbius is like being called obese by Fatty Arbuckle.
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
The tentpoles make the money that finance the other stuff
there is less and less other stuff every year
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
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.
― xelab, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
Xp (citation needed)
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
hey man its just some movies
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
gr8080 otm
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
jesus wept
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
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.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
Every Star Wars thread eventually gets the utility meter data it deserves.
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:42 (ten years ago) link
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?
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 6 June 2014 04:45 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 6 June 2014 05:01 (ten years ago) link
i don't think things have changed that much tbh. Hackman doing The Poseidon Adventure, Burt Lancaster doing Airport etc..
― piscesx, Friday, 6 June 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
but the top grossing movies of 1970 weren't all airports.
― fit and working again, Friday, 6 June 2014 05:34 (ten years ago) link
― xelab, Thursday, June 5, 2014 10:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
marry me
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 June 2014 06:34 (ten years ago) link
i'm kind of okay with bad movies existing
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Friday, 6 June 2014 06:41 (ten years ago) link
i have little ish with things existing
but i'm not in for a scrap, i just wanted to kiss xelab
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 June 2014 06:48 (ten years ago) link
understandable
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Friday, 6 June 2014 07:32 (ten years ago) link
there's a rhetorical elision that happens sometimes when you go "these pieces of popular culture are for shit" and yr interlocutor gets very "ugh you think popular culture is for shit"
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 June 2014 07:43 (ten years ago) link
troo, but it's more that i'm honestly baffled by reactions stronger than bovine indifference where things like action movies are concerned. the passion has died within me.
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Friday, 6 June 2014 07:50 (ten years ago) link
red lobster, otoh...
absolutely my default position is to blithely let things go by me without worrying bout it god we're derailing the thread aren't we there shd be another one to discuss your relationship to shit people enthuse about that you think isn't very good or worthwhile
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 June 2014 07:51 (ten years ago) link
i think that thread is called "ILX"
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Friday, 6 June 2014 07:54 (ten years ago) link
tomorrow i'm going to watch makavejev movies featuring naked people and not worry about star wars, which will doubtless continue to be shit
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Friday, 6 June 2014 07:57 (ten years ago) link
and not every movie that comes out of France and Germany is Amour
lol it's a good job morbz is no longer reading this thread
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 6 June 2014 08:01 (ten years ago) link
was gonna rip on Haneke but it's like shooting a whale in a pint glass
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 June 2014 08:03 (ten years ago) link
there were no bad movies before 1998. now george lucas runs the ministry of culture & will not let michael haneke remake code unknown for the chinese markets.
― schlump, Friday, 6 June 2014 11:48 (ten years ago) link