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I think what I liked most about that movie was how it was kind of about the origins of life on earth. (in a very philosophical way ofc)
is gloriously incandescent.
Sorta killed any motivation I had to see it.
Sorta killed any motivation I had to see it.
WTF were they thinking?
How is it even possible to fuck up a wolverine movie (last one wasn't stellar, but come on)?????
It's down there with Daredevil and Ghost Rider if you ask me.
Non-existent plot/story. Characters with unexplainable motivation/motives (viper anyone?)
Not to mention logan makes some REALLY stupid choices. And there's some huge consistency issues about the stuff that happens.
Seriously; movie sucks (tbh, didn't really thought the previous one was all that good aswell).
"First come smiles, then comes lies. Last is gunfire"
Mr. Flibble is very cross
Mr. Flibble is very cross
Sorta killed any motivation I had to see it.
Saw Thor 2 and Catching Fire and was surprised by how much I enjoyed them both. Both better than their prequels (I know not much of a stretch, but still).
Man i'm excited to see the next Hobbit film next week. I know the first gets some flack but I love Middle Earth so much, I can't get enough of it.
is gloriously incandescent.
Guess this truly is the year of great sequels!
"First come smiles, then comes lies. Last is gunfire"
Mr. Flibble is very cross
And uh.. The Hobbit isn't pretending to be science fiction.
What really weirds me out is still the characters. They look like they are 100% CG, but i'm guessing that's not right? It looks so strange :P
Mr. Flibble is very cross
The series still suffers from Jackson spreading this thing out so much. There are parts of the movie that are just plain boring. In contrast to the original trilogy too, it really shows how rich things can be when you keep it 1 book to 1 film.
The new elf girl Tauriel(sp) is one of the redeeming liberties taken with the original story. The girl is a bad ass without really shitty dialogue.
Also Legolas is just more likeable. No more bullshit dialogue either and his fights are just cooler. Makes me realize how lame Legolas was in the originals. But it's weird for continuity sake that he's pretty different.
Also the Orcs are all digital now?? Whyyyy? Why do they look so different.
The orc storyline that started in the first is just nonsense too. What a rubbish way to get more action into the movies. I wish that part didn't exist. That part of the story falls flat.
All in all 7 out of 10. However if you read the books and are as passionate as my roommate, it'd probably be more like a 4 out of 10
Ok action, but also kinda dumb at times and the shoehorned characters just feel misplaced to me.
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The movie itself i feel was pretty lacking as well, social observations aside. For what is essentially a character piece the characters were incredibly two-dimensional and lacking, the pacing was beyond slow and it seemed to rely more on the torture to draw on emotion than the characters and their rather tragic fates. Not surprised that this PC-fest got an almost perfect score on rotten tomatoes though, talk about good timing there, Pitt and McQueen.
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I certainly don't sympathize with slavers even remotely, but i couldn't help feel like this movie was just trying to scream "white privilege!" in my ear (which is incidentally what i meant in my second paragraph of the first post, though i realize that might not have come across particularly well).
Also yeah, i probably don't get the cultural context. I have absolutely no idea what the situation is in the US so far as afro-american and caucasian people are concerned presently. Equality for all, but please spare me the guilt trip.
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If i compare it to something like Schindlers list i think that movie has a by far more interesting setup and nuanced characters, not to mention that it doesn't feel like a big guilt trip in the end.
Mr. Flibble is very cross
You should have probably expected what 12 Years a Slave was going to focus on
Here's a snippet from a review in the Minneapolis star tribune that pretty much encapsulates why the movie and it's reception pissed me off;
"The film is both brutal to watch and stunning to contemplate, powerfully challenging audiences - particularly white audiences - to examine their consciences."
What? Why exactly do i need to examine my conscience? How is anyone alive today connected to the slavery, other than by now dead relatives? Not to mention, no matter what your pigmentation happens to be like, if you live in the western world and happen to be a consumer, you are most likely directly funding horrifying labor conditions for millions as we speak. Slavery is a tragedy whenever and wherever it happens, but i'm not particularly keen on feeling guilty about something i had absolutely nothing to do with. I'm quite content feeling guilty about knowing that severely underpaid Taiwanese wage slaves made my tech stuff. Looking at the reviews it seems to me that shame and guilt is what makes this one popular, and i don't like that one little bit. Am i missing something that everyone else picked up on? Maybe it's because i'm not American.
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