This made me laugh out loud at work.
This made me laugh out loud at work.
Those are all fair points. I didn't intend to imply that my view of the film is in line with the general audience's. I could see why it might turn off an average movie goer. And from many discussions with fans of the graphic novel, I get why they're into it as well. I can only speak for myself, but I thought it…
I would support that campaign. Lucas is frigging great.
I guess that might just come down to different strokes. I connected a lot more with Steve Rogers as a protagonist, and I loved the bittersweet ending. Shane Black knows his way around a quip, but one of the things that distinguished The First Avenger for me was that the dialogue was more than quips and pithy…
I can appreciate that they're difficult to separate, though I'm skeptical of your assertion that the majority of Watchmen's (or any comic book film's) audience is familiar with the source material. I think it may seem that way if you're judging exclusively by AV Club or other pop culture sites, but general audiences…
Personally, I think the movies should be judged on their own merits, not on their effectiveness as adaptations. I've never read Watchmen the graphic novel, but I saw the movie in theaters and it made a hell of an impact on me.
I generally agree with your criticism of the rest of the MCU, though I would posit that Captain America: The First Avenger is the only Marvel film with a satisfying beginning, middle, and end. Iron Man 3 felt like Shane Black's riff on a Whedon comic book movie, with the same quips and setpieces found in the rest of…
Mid-budget films are much, much harder to get greenlit now than they were 15 or 20 years ago. In some cases studios won't touch them unless the film in question is an Oscar hopeful. Tentpole films have been a thing ever since Jaws kicked off the modern blockbuster, but they take up way wore cinematic real estate now…
Curious how Iron Man Three made the cut. I would also add Watchmen to the list.
Roger Ebert criticized it for that at the time, actually. It's not an invalid criticism, but I agree, it's a great movie.
Yeah, in retrospect it's clear that's what you meant. I agree, though I thought Felicity Jones was the film's biggest victim. Diego Luna at least got a couple different notes to play and a reasonably clear motivation. Jone's character seems to end up in the fight by accident, and there was never that moment in the…
The actors in Rogue One have all been excellent in other movies. Boyega, Ridley, and Isaac are all super charismatic actors, true, but they also had much stronger material to work with, IMO.
I was pretty sour on Rogue One as well, to the point where my negative take actually pissed off my friend, despite his claim to want my honest opinion.
Yeah, that's why Bloodline is only getting one more season. I'm going to miss that show.
Shutter Island was a page turner. It's pulpy and a little far-fetched, but it's a hell of a lot of fun - a far cry from the surprisingly sluggish film adaptation. Lehane also wrote some solid episodes of The Wire, and the book responsible for Affleck's best film, Gone Baby Gone. I'm more inclined to think he's a…
This is exactly how I feel. Gone Baby Gone is still his best and it's not even a close contest. I always thought it got snubbed by the Oscars; it deserved at the very least a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Then a few years later he makes a comparably far less interesting and complex film, and gets rewarded…
Alan Tudyk is a treasure, and I liked his character second best after Donnie Yen's character. I did not give two shits about anyone else.
Action was one of the few things the movie seemed comfortable with, so I agree that it was one of the stronger segments of the movie. That said, the stuff with the ships looked like a videogame, and too many of the big setpieces took place at night in the rain. I actually breathed a sigh of relief when I realized…
To each their own, but I don't think Rogue One came even close to nailing the ending. The characters have to be worth caring about to land an ending an like that, and none of them had any personality or even motivation in some cases.
I gotta imagine that as much of a mess as Assassin's Creed appears to be that it's still better than Rogue One, which is possibly the most lifeless blockbuster I've ever seen. I just saw it last night, and holy hell what hot garbage. It had one redeeming factor: the blind guy. No one else had any interesting…