You can’t really use Attack on Titan as a valid example. For a start, it’s a Japanese production, meant for Japanese markets. This did not and never will end up in a western theater. So it’s kinda logical to use Japanese actors that y’know, live up to the cultural expectations of the sole audience the film was…

That door swings both ways. The reason white washing exists is because the media also feels that the only stars that will sell a film are the top class white actors that get hired again and again because they’re the perfect white standard. Its cyclical.

Logic is logic. It’s not going to inherently win you the day. Take an informal logic class, and you’d be surprised what kind of bullshit you can justify with the right rule sets. Logic is simply the path from proposition to conclusion, nothing more. You can use cold, hard logic to justify a lot of terrible things,…

There’s still that holy-terror of the afterlife that keeps people going to church. You’re never going to convince people that their view of death is obsolete when the prospect of oblivion is on the line. It’s one of the less attractive parts of atheism. I’m an agnostic, and I wish to hell that I could have the…

...Its Alabama. They’re playing to the cultural expectations. They’ll (Unfortunately) keep the same backwater clientelle they’ve always served. Shit like this is perfectly normal in places like that.

This isn’t anything new. Look at how much praise Ariel and then Belle got as feminist icons, and it was totally a part of Disney marketing because “Girls who are proactive!” was the progressive thing. We take it for granted, but back then it was still a new thing that people were getting excited about, while others…

All very pretty, but you just know a hard line Christian will just argue it as pro-celibacy for homosexuals. It’s been the latest ‘compromise’ they present; It’s okay to be gay, just don’t have sex! Be a eunuch!

Anyone else imediately thinking of Arthur Dent now?

Not to mention Paranorman.

Like I said. Wasn’t “Really” a thing. It was there, but it was mostly in the provence of certain cartoons. When the late 90s hit, EVERYBODY wanted in on that double demographic.

And yet they did make a Mario and Luigi movie that works fairly well for a kid’s animated feature.

The problem with a lot of video game adaptations, and Silent Hill runs paramount, is that it has a lot of switch-and-bait. They promise familiar imagery, but the director usually has another agenda in mind. If you’re doing a video game movie, either you REALLY like that franchise, or you’re desperate for a job and…

They...really don’t. Miike took a lot of strange liberties with the film in order to adapt it to his own vision. On some levels it works: He’s managed to take a really outlandish concept and make it feel more grounded in reality. At the same time, of his choices are a little “...Why did you do that?”, and Maya sticks…

Wow. The triplets have personalities now.

The problem with the fourth movie is Jack Sparrow is not leading man material. He was conceived as a deuteroganist that happened to stumble into genius in no small part thanks to Depp’s performance. His job is to elivate everyone else. Unfortunately by movie two he was eclipsing everyone else, and for quite a bit that…

Oh please. You chose the comic relief character as your sole example. You’re not making any valid points. I pointed out the Beast’s lines, and Emma Watson’s performances. Go watch her expression and deliveries in the Bonjour video. If you still don’t see it, that’s your own bias getting in the way. I stand by what…

I’m not the one coming at this with an inherent bias. Your post drips with it. You’re ready to condemn this film just for existing. I’ve got nothing to say to an attitude like that.

It’s cocky in that he’s aware of it, but its old news that isn’t going to help his mood. You don’t get excited about the status quo. Gaston is used to being the best, and that in turn means he hasn’t got a lot of reason to be excited about it. Especially when for once that status quo has been subverted by Belle’s…

Probably because we’ve seen this again and again, and while it’s charming the first couple of times, be to Drop Dead Fred, Hook, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Padington Bear, MisterBean, Nanny McFee, Enchanted,  blah de blah, we get it. We all know losing your inner child makes you and all your loved ones suffer, and the…

Context is everything. This film has demonstrated that it’s hitting different beats with it’s songs. It doesn’t sound pathetic, it sounds like a character in conflict with the fact that the one woman in town he wants thinks he’s less interesting in dirt. He’s feigning indifference because he wants to sulk damnit, and…