I generally like Ignatiy's reviews. When it comes to comic book movies, I think he and I are in simpatico in thinking that they are run of the mill special effects extravaganzas that take occasional stabs at interesting themes and judge accordingly. There's nothing interesting to say about this movie so let's have…
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Not that but something as cliche.
Close. I want to mutant punch you in the Apoca lips.
I watched this movie because my friend said that if I liked Bryan Singer's Xmen films, I would like this one. Nope. This movie was so banal. Like F4ntastic level banal. Guess what cliche line Xavier tells Apocalypse at the climax. My friend who hadn't watched the film got it in one try. All the veterans just seemed…
Is mind control your analogue of populism? Then a speech arguing against yielding to mind control is against that, no? Other than that, I do agree with you that this speech was less a cry for action than a cry to stop doing essentially nothing, which made it silly and inconsequential.
I'll echo the sentiment that I know this series to be very flawed and yet I love it. I was laughing my way through the hope speech because of how hokey it was (Supergirl signal on mobile phones!) and then we see a flashback to Alura saying goodbye to Kara and I started tearing up. I teared up again when she told Jonn…
I liked the speeches. I thought there was a clear progression in them where first they justified Kara giving in to use of the dirty bomb (all attempts to seek assistance failed, Non shows her she can only save 2 people at a time, Alura failed through inaction) and then the refusal to use it. Even Non + Lady Macbeth…
Sigh. Someone described Snyder's answers to the complaints against Man of Steel as a response to the letter of the law, rather than the spirit of it and I have to agree. Okay, it's great that Superman only fights in abandoned locations so there's no collateral damage when he fights (also how lucky that Doomsday, when…
Hmm, I didn't experience the point of the child's pov in the book as a let the audience have it's cake and eat it situation, to experience the thrill of knowing that rape is happening without having to see it. I think the way that they turn Old Man Nick's and Joy's relationship into a mundane domestic relationship…
I find the entire arc with Maxwell Lord really hard to buy and I blame terrible writing. It feels like they're trying to write a genius well-intentioned extremist character but they've just managed to write a character who's completely deranged. Not only did he abduct 7 comatose women, experiment on them and brainwash…
Can you lay out what that leverage would be useful for? I feel like I don't have a good handle on how the leverage helps Sony. Thanks.
Song catchiness is the most important factor for me too but I think of musicals as being a whole package of plot, acting, and music. Therefore, I judge them on all 3 and I find Grease comes out wanting in the first 2. For something that's similarly periody, I think Hairspray manages to pull all three together better.
Eh. The music is good but like Caroline points out, it lurches from plot point to plot point. So I like listening to the songs on their own but I don't want to watch it all the way through.
Not immediately but give it time. Ismail Merchant set up Merchant Ivory films in the UK.
I thought Michael B Jordan in Creed was much better than Matt Damon in The Martian. Given the predilection of the Academy for movies with BIG ideas, I thought Ex Machina should have been nominated for Best Picture over The Martian too.
Well, it's worth flipping the math around to consider what percentage of nominations should be white given the hashtag is #OscarsSowhite. The non-Hispanic white population in the USA is only 63.7%. The white population of the UK is 87.17%. France is 85% white. I couldn't find statistics for breakdown by ethnicities…
In both links, yes. In the first link, specifically figures 32, 33 and 36. Further on, they also discuss how screen time, credits and roles are divvied up by race and gender in media that is considered to have diverse casts. It's quite an interesting read throughout.
I was mesmerized by the many cuts and things moving forward in jerks. Very amateur Youtube music video quality to it.
Everything you said is true and yet, I enjoy Fifth Element way more. Fifth Element actually seems batshit insane and gleeful about it while Guardians has a pretty standard plot and cast of characters with occasional zaniness thrown into the mix.