theplatypus wrote:So girls should just stay confined to dramas yes I understand
So there is only drama and action movies now?
How about comedies, mystery, thriller, horror?. Do they not make these movies anymore? I didn't get the memo. Sorry if you took offense but a revenge flick about a female who does kung fu is too far fetched for my liking and Im not a Uma fan. Its my opinion and if that bothers you than I feel sorry for you
theplatypus wrote:So girls should just stay confined to dramas yes I understand
So there is only drama and action movies now?
How about comedies, mystery, thriller, horror?. Do they not make these movies anymore? I didn't get the memo. Sorry if you took offense but a revenge flick about a female who does kung fu is too far fetched for my liking and Im not a Uma fan. Its my opinion and if that bothers you than I feel sorry for you
The whole movie is farfetched. Nothing about it is realistic. Did you see the giant fountains of blood? Do you think that actually happens?
Sorry for calling you out on the fact that "I don't like girl leads in action movies" is a stupid, stupid reason to dislike a film
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
theplatypus wrote:So girls should just stay confined to dramas yes I understand
So there is only drama and action movies now?
How about comedies, mystery, thriller, horror?. Do they not make these movies anymore? I didn't get the memo. Sorry if you took offense but a revenge flick about a female who does kung fu is too far fetched for my liking and Im not a Uma fan. Its my opinion and if that bothers you than I feel sorry for you
Are you a fan of the alt-right? because guys like Gavin Mcinnis say the same thing..
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Dev wrote:Wolf is not a masterpiece. How do you come up with your opinions?
I totally agree its not a masterpiece but its not a bad movie either. Leo as usual is overacting the entire time, to me the best part of the movie was Jonahs character. I def thought Shutter Island was better
theplatypus wrote:So girls should just stay confined to dramas yes I understand
So there is only drama and action movies now?
How about comedies, mystery, thriller, horror?. Do they not make these movies anymore? I didn't get the memo. Sorry if you took offense but a revenge flick about a female who does kung fu is too far fetched for my liking and Im not a Uma fan. Its my opinion and if that bothers you than I feel sorry for you
The whole movie is farfetched. Nothing about it is realistic. Did you see the giant fountains of blood? Do you think that actually happens?
Sorry for calling you out on the fact that "I don't like girl leads in action movies" is a stupid, stupid reason to dislike a film
Sure I guess it is and you know what Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care. everyone likes what they like. Im not gonna dissect your opinions about movies because I don't give a sh1t about them. No offense
theplatypus wrote:So girls should just stay confined to dramas yes I understand
So there is only drama and action movies now?
How about comedies, mystery, thriller, horror?. Do they not make these movies anymore? I didn't get the memo. Sorry if you took offense but a revenge flick about a female who does kung fu is too far fetched for my liking and Im not a Uma fan. Its my opinion and if that bothers you than I feel sorry for you
Are you a fan of the alt-right? because guys like Gavin Mcinnis say the same thing..
theplatypus wrote:So girls should just stay confined to dramas yes I understand
So there is only drama and action movies now?
How about comedies, mystery, thriller, horror?. Do they not make these movies anymore? I didn't get the memo. Sorry if you took offense but a revenge flick about a female who does kung fu is too far fetched for my liking and Im not a Uma fan. Its my opinion and if that bothers you than I feel sorry for you
The whole movie is farfetched. Nothing about it is realistic. Did you see the giant fountains of blood? Do you think that actually happens?
Sorry for calling you out on the fact that "I don't like girl leads in action movies" is a stupid, stupid reason to dislike a film
Sure I guess it is and you know what Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care. everyone likes what they like. Im not gonna dissect your opinions about movies because I don't give a sh1t about them. No offense
When did you start posting? Have you considering coming over to GD? Are you a second account?
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Some rankings of the recent names to come up, including some brief reasoning:
Burton
-Sleepy Hollow: This is exactly what I want from Burton. A thick, lush Gothic atmosphere, and with playfully dark subject matter to back it up. His visuals were never better. He made the perfect Halloween movie. The script is weak, but it doesn't matter when the movie is such an overwhelming feast for the senses.
-Ed Wood: Burton portrays this band of outsiders with palpably felt affection, which is quite beautiful. It could be argued this is his first "grown up" film, as its critical adoration evinces, but his uniquely childlike joy is still present throughout. He takes the material seriously while also gently ribbing it, which can be a tough balance to strike. It always feels full of love - never mean-spirited. A lesser filmmaker wouldn't have accomplished that.
-Pee-wee's Big Adventure: Sort of like Burton meets John Waters, though, of course, in a mainstream(ish) vision. This movie really holds up. It's funny, eccentric, creepy, inventive, and totally endearing. Pee-wee is such a great character, and Ruebens is sooooo good in the role. It may not have much in the way of Burton visuals, but his mischievous quirks blended with Ruebens's eccentricity creates a truly oddball worldview that has never really been duplicated.
-Edward Scissorhands: Burton takes the vision he established with Beetlejuice and centers it around an outsider romance, which is kind of genius. This movie still has a unique flavor, and its sweeping, almost melodramatic expressions of death, love, immortality, fear, and "being different" left a huge impression on a young me.
-Beetlejuice: Like Edwards Scissorhands, this is classic Burton. It has the eccentric comedy of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, but with a hefty dose of Burton's playfully morbid vision.
-Big Fish: The second of Burton's "grown up" movies. He transmutes his morbid, Gothic sensibility into an innocent, grounded whimsy and wonder. It works beautifully.
-Vincent (Short Film): His first experimentation with stop-motion, and arguably the film that established his aesthetic and personality. It's still wonderful.
-Dark Shadows: This is the closest "New Burton" has come to recapturing his glory days; it's funny and it's visually pleasing. But it's also kind of a mess, full of meandering narrative strands that never jell. It lacks the focus and originality of his best work. That opening credit sequence is GORGEOUS, though.
-Batman: Danny Elfman's score is classic, as is Nicholson's performance. I love Burton's Gothic (and totally '80s) realization of Gotham. But, overall, I think the movie feels a bit watered down. It's caught in an unsatisfying limbo between pure Burton and a more mainstream action movie. It's an admirable attempt, but it never quite works for me.
-Mars Attacks!: Haha, he went insane here. I respect the hell out of his choice to make this. It's gonzo. I don't think it totally works, but it's fun.
-Frankenweenie (Short Film)
-Batman Returns: In theory, I feel like I should love this. It certainly isn't watered down like the first Batman; Burton is allowed to go PURE BURTON this time around. But...I just don't enjoy this movie. It's weird - I've never quite been able to put my finger on why. Something about it just puts me off. Creeps me out. Kinda GROSSES me out, to be honest. I dunno.
-Corpse Bride: A tired, limp attempt to recapture the glory of The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a boring failure.
-Alice in Wonderland: I appreciate this is a bit darker than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (severed heads floating in a blood moat), and there are hints of Burton's genuine affection for eccentricity present in the Alice character, but it's very hard to get past the butt-ugly CGI visuals.
-Frankenweenie: This movie is just boring. In a world where ParaNorman and Monster House exist, there is no need to watch this.
-Planet of the Apes: Sigh. This movie. I like things about it, I guess. The make-up is incredible, as is Tim Roth's performance, and I like when the world feels scary and dark and threatening. But Mark Wahlberg gives one of the most unforgivably terrible performances I've ever seen in a mainstream movie, the ending is godawful joke without any of the thematic punch of the original, and the whole movie just feels kind of dead on arrival. I don't really know why he made this?
-Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: He (sort of) tries to make another violent, Gothic movie like Sleepy Hollow after the sugar-coated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the damage has already been done. This movie a ham-fisted slog that strains way too hard for morbid romance and dark humor. The awful musical numbers don't help.
-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Ugh. This is what I would call the first of the "New Burton" movies. And it's obnoxious. Grating. Ugly to look at. Nothing about it is appealing at all. For reasons that continue to elude me, he replaced his charmingly tactile and vivid style with a hollow, plastic, CGI-coated, kid-friendly aesthetic from which he has never recovered. I think I hate this movie.
-Big Eyes: Is "New Burton" completely out of ideas? It seems like he keeps trying to recapture things he did well in his previous work. Here he tries to make a third "grown up" movie, and it fails spectacularly on all levels. It's a totally dull victim narrative bereft of social insight or cinematic flair. His worst movie yet.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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