Oh yeah, totally check out Badlands. It has all of Malick's gorgeous style, but tied to a single narrative plot.
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Tree of Life's middle section fits the idea my one creative writing professor had of how to best tell a story. He would constantly reiterate that the best way to tell a story isn't to tell us everything that happened, but to give us short, specific, direct scenes that slowly piece together the story of this person's…
"You promise me I get to see your butt just so I have to listen to your theories about Terrence Malick!" - Miss Kraize
I took German for 5 years, and the only German I know today would allow me to reach some sort of Trans-European Expressway.
#LOL (but also I quit after 30 minutes because my girlfriend called and after we stopped talking I decided to blast black metal instead. I'll finish it sometime)
This. Marvel's current Captain America films succeed because they make it clear that the character doesn't fit into the world and values around him, and that becomes part of his character arc and struggle.
It is violently storming outside and showing no signs of giving up.
This. He gets all this hate for… occasionally acting dumb in public and having an ego? I'd much rather an artist with an ego than one who does it for the money and couldn't give a shit about the rest.
I've wanted to see it for over a year now :(.
That was a great essay. Though I do wish he would write in non-Hulk sometimes.
@avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus - "When they start rating gay-themed low-budget vampire movies, I will." You said the same thing when I asked you to get coffee sometime!
I just hit "like" on this comment and it jumped up 8 likes. It's such a wonderful line in that it somehow makes perfect sense in the context of the episode.
@avclub-0d04659047f95a243e71c97e64ae4812:disqus - Exactly. At no point does Tobias come off as even slightly self-aware, and if he does, he immediately shuts down that instinct, because of how afraid he is of the world around him. That Cross pulls it off so well is incredible from a star of all those Squeakuels.
Bob Yelling > All Other Comedy
Hahahahahahaha, that's amazing.
I keep hearing good things about Warm Bodies, and then I see the premise and am immediately turned off again.
@avclub-7fd1d5cec910c61b1864a51eb7e18cbc:disqus was not a big enough douchebag for Cleveland.
Digi also told us Season 5 was the worst season of The Simpsons.