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Seriously? Interviewing the first national video games champion seems like a totally legit move for a documentary like this. A one-liner about transgenderism served to reconcile the fact that Rebecca Heineman was being interviewed regarding Bill Heineman's win.
It's not like they hunted down some obscure person just to have a transgender person on the show. Had they chosen not to interview Heineman due to this issue that would have been way worse in terms of an agenda.
Seems like you have more of an agenda here than Netflix does.
I found this review to be more pretentious and convoluted than the actual movie, which is one of Lynch's more straightforward ones in my opinion. The comparisons with the Matrix are almost enough to make me think this was a troll review. I mean; "a crucial postmodern film of actual intelligibility, currency, finesse, wild originality and intelligent applications of key postmodern concepts"? I love the Matrix, but seriously?
Mulholland Dr. is a brilliant movie though I can totally see that it isn't for everyone. And that's fine.
Yes, it has rabbits. Wonderful movie.
Same here, the eyes didn't bother me at all (though they went overboard with the CGI on her other features - that did detract from the experience a bit).
The awful script, laughable dialogue and horrible acting on the other hand... Not to mention they set the whole thing up as an obvious franchise-starter instead of trying to tell a story.
I was majorly disappointed with this one. Way worse than Ghost in the Shell, which is saying a lot.
1-3: Agreed
4: Not sure I agree that he's altered in every way. Yes, his development is taken in a new direction and no, I don't particularly like it. But he does redeem himself in the end. At least it's a character arc.
5: Disagree. This is a way bigger problem in TFA. TLJ just didn't make it any better.
6: I don't watch Star Wars for it's science. It has to be pretty damn awful for me to pick on stuff like that in a space fantasy.
7: Stupid humour in SW is not a new phenomenon unfortunately. See RotJ.
8: Agreed, this is an over-arching problem with all their new films. Whoever's in charge is doing a bad job.
9: I'm sure this would bother me if I thought any of those questions were interesting.
10: See 6.
At the end of the day, the new trilogy is still better than the prequels. And to be honest, even RotJ is highly questionable, especially after George Lucas tinkered with it. Now that I think about it, there's only really two SW movies that are really great so perhaps we've been hoping for too much.
Thor fans want to see Thor rock and Hulk fans want to see Hulk kick ass. I totally get that. Fans of underutilised characters are disappointed.
What we're seeing here though goes way beyond disappointment. People are attributing the writers' decisions to some over-arching agenda to neuter white male characters. That's moving into conspiracy theory territory.
Personally I've never been that hyped about the Hulk, though the Ruffalo version is my favourite so far.
Thor I and II were disappointing to me but I loved Ragnarok and hope we get to see more of him in GotG3 or another solo film.
I think a pointless sentence is all this issue warrants. Some people need to get out more instead of raging about superhero haircuts on the internet.
Most of this list are issues with TFA, not TLJ.
I found TFA to be a tired re-tread of the original Star Wars, most likely in an attempt to cash in on people's nostalgia. The plot is derivative and the main character is a total Mary Sue. It's not a good movie.
I actually think TLJ was a small step in the right direction. The plot goes in a totally new direction and Rey actually receives some training to back up her total OP-ness. I didn't mind at all that they threw out everything TFA set up as those questions were never that interesting to me in the first place. Setting up Snoke as a new Palpatine would have been totally redundant (though I'm sure JJA would have done it anyway). It's still not a great movie but at least it has a few visually striking scenes.
I still can't believe that they went into this trilogy without an overall plan for how it would turn out. No wonder it's turned into a complete mess. What were they thinking?
I too was disappointed with this after seeing it in the theatre. But after watching it a few more times it has really grown on me.
Yes, there are a few Zack Snyder moments that it could have done without and no, it will never be as good as the source material, but I now think it's a rock solid movie and one of my favourite superhero movies.
The Director's Cut is the superior version in my opinion, though it does make for a pretty long film.
Waterworld's biggest problem is that it was too obvious a Mad Max 2 rip off. It is also inferior to that film in just about every way.
Had Waterworld been a more original work I think it would have fared much better. As it is, it just comes off as derivative.
It's still not without merit, some scenes are genuinely fun to watch. Overall though I'd call it a very average film. Absolutely not one of the worst ever but not a classic by any means either. I'd probably give it 5/10 on a good day.
What is a perfect movie? Art is highly subjective and you'll never get a universal consensus for any given film.
"In the Mood for Love" is my perfect movie.
I was bitterly disappointed with Wonder Woman. No more than an average film in my book. I really don't see what the critics saw in that one.
Captain Marvel on the other hand was solidly entertaining. I agree on the music choice for the big fight - poor choice, way too literal. That was the only cringe-worthy point in the movie though and the rest of the music selection was fine to excellent.
I love Burton's aesthetic but he doesn't always marry it with a good film. For every Beetlejuice or Ed Wood there's an Alice in Wonderland and there's no telling in advance what you're gonna get.
It'll be interesting to see how Dumbo turns out but I must say I probably won't see it at a theatre unless the reviews are decent.
I probably prefer Captain Marvel to True Lies but they are both very entertaining movies. When it comes to cheesy Arnie movies my favourite is probably Commando, I love that film (the Terminator movies are obviously superior films though).
Neither move (CM or TL) are particularly agenda or issue driven movies. They're just entertainment. Some people are so wedded to their agendas that they will see it everywhere, whether it's there or not. Their loss really, as they miss out on a fine film.
I agree. That song choice was highly questionable. Nothing subtle about it whatsoever.
Overall I thought the music selection worked reasonably well, though not on the level of the GotG soundtrack. This was a bum note in an otherwise very enjoyable film.
I am now officially pumped.
Gen X is late 60's to early 80's apparently. That sounds about right (I'm Gen X). Don't ask me who decides these things.
I see a lot of people using the term Millennials about kids born at the turn of the century but apparently they're Gen Z. According to wiki anyway.
Nah, there have been Norwegians in the MCU before. Ingvild Deila (who played Leia in Rogue One) had a bit part in Age of Ultron.
But yeah, you'd think there'd be a few in the Thor movies right?
Really?
Millennials are born early 80's to mid-90's (the term was originally coined for those who would graduate from high school as class of 2000). They're mostly in their 30s now so I'd say they're very much our present.
Can't say I've seen them hate too much on 80's blockbusters either but perhaps we travel in different circles.
I love both of them.
Watchmen shows that if Snyder has a tight script to work to he can produce a good film, not just a good looking film. But given creative freedom he'll lose himself in his usual visual extravaganzas. Even in Watchmen there are a few scenes where he's clearly embellishing on the source material to the detraction of the film. Mostly in fight scenes. Night Owl II and Silk Spectre II were never quite that proficient. Making them that formidable kind of misses the point. I'm not entirely sure Snyder fully appreciated the source material but he still made a 9/10 movie out of it so all is forgiven!
I have only watched Infinity War once, at the movies when it came out, so it's perhaps a little unfair to compare the two. Neither film fully wowed me on first viewing and it took a few screenings (and an Extended Edition) for Watchmen to truly shine for me. Some of my absolute favourite movies have been slightly underwhelming at first viewing, only to grow with repeated exposure. That said, IW was an extremely impressive film that handled its massive cast very well. I can imagine it must be quite a confusing movie if you're not familiar with the MCU though.
With Endgame on the horizon I'd say IW is due a revisit pretty soon. Age of Ultron has grown on me after seeing it a couple more times and the same has happened with Winter Soldier and Ragnarok. I wouldn't be at all surprised if my appreciation of IW grows somewhat. At the moment I'd rate it 8/10 but I fully expect that to go up.
TL,DR: Watchmen edges it right now, with the benefit of repeated viewings.