I'd say it's worth a watch as long as you're not expecting anything too earth-shattering. The actresses are ALL the film has going for it.
(Although Christina Applegate's PTA presentation is a legitimately genius scene)
I'd say it's worth a watch as long as you're not expecting anything too earth-shattering. The actresses are ALL the film has going for it.
(Although Christina Applegate's PTA presentation is a legitimately genius scene)
Honest question: Is it fair to complain about stereotyping in this show, when the myths and religions referenced are the source of many of these stereotypes?
I agree with your first point, but I disagree with the second. The ONLY thing a creator can control is what they put up on the screen, so it's a relevant question to ask what their intention was, and whether they did something intentionally or unintentionally. The alternative is - as happens nowadays a lot - always…
Yes I agree, but there's a point where that become a kind of solipsistic indulgence; where the belief is that the author had no idea what they were really doing, and it's up to heroic literature students to reveal the real truth. And it doesn't help that a lot of literary theory still bares the influence of…
That last part is crucial
While I love that it's opened up the debate, my problem with the new school of film criticism is this implicit idea that, if a film can be interrupted one way, then it will and should be interpreted that way, regardless of what the creator intended. And that's impossible for the creator to defend against.
And it then…
The Shallows ruled.
Couple this with talents behind Zero Dark Thirty and Kubo and I'm so down for this.
It's almost as if the Nu52 was half-assed, rushed and not co-ordinated at all…
I would be fine if they kept the revised origin story, but they needed to undo how Azzarello reconceived the Amazons. That just didn't work.
What I'll miss is Azzarello and Chiang's redesigns of the gods; they were cool. Especially Ares
"I hope it doesn't do what Vinyl did"
Ms Marvel. Even if you're burned out on superheroes, this book might rekindle your love. It's the closest anyone's come to replicating the feel of original Spider-Man comics in a modern setting.
Why is it that Lemire's runs on solo titles (Old Man Logan, Green Arrow, Animal Man) are so fantastic, and his team books (X-Men, Justice League United, Justice League Dark) are so rote and dreary?
So Greg Rucka has written a fantastic hard-bitten comic with a female lead huh? Well colour me shocked!
The man is the unsung genius of no-nonsense good character-based high-concept storytelling in comics.
I'm so sad that he's leaving Wonder Woman just as the book is really cooking, and the film just came out.
This song is pretty hard by recent Foo Fighters standards. i approve!
…what?
I'm pretty sure that's the consensus opinion at this point.
They're both brilliant IMO, for different reasons.
Exactly. That's why I love John Boorman's Excalibur. There's nothing intrinsically worthy about 'realism', especially when you're adapting myths.
"It’s all Cate Blanchett all the time"
After finally catching up on all the marking I had to do, I can finally sit down this weekend and listen to the vinyls I bought on Record Store Day:
Terminal Redux by Vektor
Heartless by Pallbearer
Apocalipstick by Cherry Glazzer
Attack On Memory by Cloud Nothings
and The Dark Crystal score by Trevor Jones
What I liked about this movie is that it was practically plotless for half the running time. The only conflicts were character-based. It was more like a 'hang-out' sitcom than an adventure film.