Oh and The Martian.  More or less perfect film

Black Hawk Down is a legitimately well made movie.  Gladiator is excellent mainstream entertainment.  But other than that, yeah, a lot of 2.5 and 3 star movies

And some competent but forgettable studio hired gun work 

“The executive producer is technically in charge of the project,”

No, no they are not. You know not of what you write, good sir

Cavalry and Calvary are two different things 

“the Rambo movies are apolitical in a more insidious, self-glorifying, sometimes borderline-nihilistic fashion. That is to say, they’re political movies that stubbornly refuse to admit it and are muddled enough in their thinking for barely plausible deniability.”

Uh...huh? 

From what actors have told me (minor actors - I’m not name-dropping) playing yourself is surprisingly difficult.  So throw Lewis a lot of credit because he plays an exasperated, hard-edged Jerry Lewis

That’s interesting because I think you could argue it better in The King of Comedy. The movie weaves between Pupkin’s fantasy and reality without clearly delineating what’s real.  The finale is definitely of a piece with the scene in the restaurant - it’s Pupkin’s most desired fantasy.  So it could easily be fake,…

It also makes a fascinating companion piece to Taxi Driver, right down to the debatably-real ending

I think it gets better the more you think about it

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It tells me that I’m commenting on a very left-wing website? It’s always going to be an uphill battle trying to advocate for my main planks (judging art by its qualities, not its progressivism or lack thereof; not looking at everything through a lens of “does this advance my politics?”) because the deck here is…

Thatched should be viewed in context. She did tons of stuff worth disagreeing about, but people seem to just conveniently forget about miserable life in the UK was before she arrived. The economy was so bad they had to institute a three day work week, inflation was rampant, standards of living were below many…

“as well as very telling of your credibility.”

Hahahaha “very telling of my credibility.” As if the fact that I prefer one piece of art over another makes me less credible. Jesus Christ, man, listen to yourself. We’re discussing our opinion of superhero movies on the internet. And I am more or less credible because I…

You know that movies are often inspired by other movies, right? 

Agreed that Before Sunrise isn’t a romcom - good call.

Well you’ve undermined your point by picking a BAD romantic comedy. If Todd Phillips had used, I dunno what’s a bad 70s movie...Exorcist II...as his model, yeah I wouldn’t be too excited for that.

But if Captain Marvel was being made in the vein of Before Sunrise? I would absolutely be excited for that movie, and that…

It was absolutely not an attempt to change the subject. I want to go down this side-argument and explore if you actually believe the thing you said.

Me: Here are some other celebrities who have committed crimes and no one cares
You: That’s different, they got their day in court
Me: Ahhhh but do you feel that way about…

Sure, it’s not the same. But the fact remains that the courts listen to what the victim has to say and weighs in in making the decision. Since we are all the court of public opinion, and Ms. Geimer has specifically told us that she has forgiven Polanski and wants us all to move on and stop making her a poster child…

And at the end of the day, AFAIC, rape is a crime between two people. If the (now very much an adult) victim says she wants us to all move on and stop using her as a poster child for a cause she doesn’t believe in, it seems very disrespectful to me that no one has any interest in doing so.