Tony_Tarantula on 24/7/2017 at 14:06
Yes, but over the last decade or so I've been slowly creeping towards the conclusion that the critics are idiots. A lot of that is because of learning how many beloved movies like Fight Club, Step Up, and BoonDock Saints were widely hated by the critics. I haven't reached a definitive opinion yet but I'm definitely open the possibility that these people have their heads too far up their own asses to know what a good movie is.
I trust word of mouth (at least from people who aren't raging morons) more than I do critics.
With this movie it seems interesting and it has a solid literary base to work with. I'm just concerned that they might have put more emphasis on spectacle than good execution.
demagogue on 24/7/2017 at 14:27
I knew I could trust TTLG on movies when Avatar came out and it literally everyone I knew IRL couldn't stop raving about it to ridiculous levels, and I came to TTLG and general opinion was eh... it looked nice. Overall nothing special. And I thought, finally, I am among my people.
Thirith on 24/7/2017 at 15:10
It's pretty silly to claim that "the critics" do anything as a unified group. There are great critics, okay ones and there are absolute idiots; there are valid takes on movies that you may completely disagree with, and there are idiotic takes that still come to the same conclusion as you. As with most things you have to find the critics that resonate with you, the ones you understand where they're coming from, which doesn't necessarily mean they always agree with you. Or, of course, you could just dismiss all of them with a glib comment about heads and asses.
Anyway... Early this year I bought a whiteboard that I put up on our fridge; the bottom's for stuff we need to buy, but the top half is reserved for films we're interested in. Dunkirk, Baby Driver and War of the Planet of the Apes of the Southern Wild of the Jedi are currently listed at the top, together with Spiderman: Homecoming (I know, I'm Marvel's bitch) and Lady Macbeth.
Thirith on 3/8/2017 at 09:13
Gotta say, I think this looks pretty good - like a well made TV version of Zodiac:
[video=youtube;7gZCfRD_zWE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gZCfRD_zWE[/video]
Harvester on 4/8/2017 at 22:18
Having just finished reading the highly enjoyable book (by first-time author Ernest Cline), I will go watch this if the reviews aren't terrible. Hope Spielberg does the sheer amount of fun and geekiness of the book justice.
[video=youtube;LiK2fhOY0nE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiK2fhOY0nE[/video]
N'Al on 11/8/2017 at 17:58
[video=youtube;rVEQMDkUM84]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEQMDkUM84[/video]
henke on 15/8/2017 at 06:35
This looks very good.
[video=youtube;WwQ-NH1rRT4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwQ-NH1rRT4[/video]
Tangerine was good too.
Thirith on 15/8/2017 at 06:41
Probably War of the Planet of the Apes this Thursday. I enjoyed the first one and liked the second one a lot, so I'm quite curious to see how they'll bring this to an end, at least for now.
I'm also curious about Netflix's The Defenders; I had issues with all of the individual Marvel series (some more, some less), but I could imagine that as with The Avengers, combining those characters will improve even the least interesting, most annoying ones.
Sulphur on 24/8/2017 at 17:40
New Bojack next month. NEW BOJACK OH MY GOD
[video=youtube;Bf12qwPWDVI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf12qwPWDVI[/video]
<3
henke on 30/8/2017 at 06:54
New Woo is looking like Classic Woo!
[video=youtube;28oWE3mJh5M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28oWE3mJh5M[/video]
WOOOOOOO!