Red Mosquito

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

CopperTom wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think Mel Gibson might be my favorite actor.

Just when I think you can't get any worse, there's this.

I don't trust anyone who denies the power of Mel

Oh he's certainly a powerful racist, misogynist and lunatic. He was a pretty okay actor once upon a time too. I still get a kick out of Conspiracy Theory and the first Lethal Weapon movie. I'm probably only one of a dozen or so people that liked Maverick, too.

maverick is a lot of fun

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

CopperTom wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think Mel Gibson might be my favorite actor.

Just when I think you can't get any worse, there's this.

I don't trust anyone who denies the power of Mel

Oh he's certainly a powerful racist, misogynist and lunatic. He was a pretty okay actor once upon a time too. I still get a kick out of Conspiracy Theory and the first Lethal Weapon movie. I'm probably only one of a dozen or so people that liked Maverick, too.

maverick is a lot of fun

Maverick is an excellent film.

Guys, I'm feeling so good right now.

yea i actually own maverick. Great flick to just turn on watch at any time. pretty funny, good adventure.

i'm going to be so depressed when the coens die/retire

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i'm going to be so depressed when the coens die/retire

Cheer up, they probably won't die at the same time.

bart wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i'm going to be so depressed when the coens die/retire

Cheer up, they probably won't die at the same time.

you simply can't know that!!

80's through the 90's Mel was one of my favorites.

I'm confused by this Love and Mercy movie. They got young Brian Wilson played by a kid who they make up to look like Brian Wilson and then older Brian Wilson played by John Cusack who is made up to look like John Cusack.

bada wrote:I'm confused by this Love and Mercy movie. They got young Brian Wilson played by a kid who they make up to look like Brian Wilson and then older Brian Wilson played by John Cusack who is made up to look like John Cusack.

AL

I don't understand why people like Luc Besson.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I don't understand why people like Luc Besson.

I've only seen The Fifth Element. Which I liked well enough. Though, I haven't seen it in at least a decade.

I just watched La femme Nikita and Lucy and now I completely regret saying that.

A new piece I wrote for Film Colossus called Kung Fury, Demonic Toys, and the Scourge of Ironic Detachment: Why We Should Stop Saying "So Bad It's Good": http://filmcolossus.com/kung-fury/analy ... l#analysis

LV, did you like Kung Fu Hustle?

I still marvel at how much well you misunderstand Kung Fury. Or rather, and less condescendingly, how differently we see it. That's better. Forget that first part.

I still marvel at how differently we see Kung Fury.

You know what's not surprising to me? That you liked MacGruber. I do like how you're able to find some value in it, though. That's pretty cool.

I also like: "It elevates the viewer above the film and denies that we could genuinely enjoy the film for its earnest, “bonkers” joy or admit that maybe it actually succeeds on its own, unconventional terms."

That's something I've certainly gone back and forth on.

But success might just be as subjective as the words "good" and "bad." And it feels a bit like you're talking down to people who genuinely think those movies are awful. I'm glad you like them. But you like terrible movies.

durdencommatyler wrote:I still marvel at how much well you misunderstand Kung Fury. Or rather, and less condescendingly, how differently we see it. That's better. Forget that first part.

I still marvel at how differently we see Kung Fury.

You know what's not surprising to me? That you liked MacGruber. I do like how you're able to find some value in it, though. That's pretty cool.

I also like: "It elevates the viewer above the film and denies that we could genuinely enjoy the film for its earnest, “bonkers” joy or admit that maybe it actually succeeds on its own, unconventional terms."

That's something I've certainly gone back and forth on.

But success might just be as subjective as the words "good" and "bad." And it feels a bit like you're talking down to people who genuinely think those movies are awful. I'm glad you like them. But you like terrible movies.

I'm not talking down to anyone. That would be antithetical to what I try to do when I write film criticism. I don't believe in attacking audiences. I explain (in quite a bit of detail) why I like the movies I mention and why I think "so bad it's good" is a dismissive misnomer. I don't like terrible movies. That's kind of what the whole piece is saying.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:LV, did you like Kung Fu Hustle?

I have not seen it. Generally speaking, I'm not really drawn to martial arts movies.