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Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:44 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I feel like I've hardly watched any movies lately. It's weird. I don't like it.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:46 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I feel like I've hardly watched any movies lately. It's weird. I don't like it.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:47 pm
by oasisfan35
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I feel like I've hardly watched any movies lately. It's weird. I don't like it.
It's funny, I recall my total downturn in movie viewing begin when I started working in a video store.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:49 pm
by LoathedVermin72
E.H. Ruddock wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:I feel like I've hardly watched any movies lately. It's weird. I don't like it.
I haven't watched anything since I saw
Pixels on Thursday. What if
Pixels ruined my life?
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:49 pm
by epilogue
VinylGuy wrote:After watching that piece of crap Adul Beginners i realize americans have lost their touch in indie comedies. They invented that genre and now pretty much every movie feels the same. And i hate the fact that they are so formulaic as " a few nice songs, some punk band from the 80 for the soundtrack, a weird actor doing a dramatic role, and an old actor doing the comeback"
im looking at you, skeleton twins, adult beginners and wish i was here.
A couple of tremendously successful films made it marketable/profitable for Hollywood to exploit the genre. As you've already mentioned there are plenty of artists that still make wonderful indie films and tell fresh/engaging stories with real characters.
I disagree that "americans" have lost their touch with regard to indie comedies. The market is saturated and the truly independent filmmakers aren't finding wide audiences. And when something unique does come out, many times it gets panned. So backers get gunshy. So what the vast majority of what you see in a theater near you is watered down. Those are more likely to sell, so they get distribution.
This genre is no different than any other.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:54 pm
by LoathedVermin72
To be fair, indie comedies have kind of been mired in shit since their inception. It's all Harold and Maude's fault.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:58 pm
by epilogue
Harold and Maude.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 1:59 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 2:02 pm
by nyquillyn
durdencommatyler wrote:Harold and Maude.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 2:05 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I fucking
despise Harold and Maude. Thinking about that movie actually makes me angry.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 2:08 pm
by nyquillyn
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I fucking
despise Harold and Maude. Thinking about that movie actually makes me angry.
Fucking an 80-year-old would probably help you relieve some of that tension, dude.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 2:08 pm
by LoathedVermin72
turned2black wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:I fucking
despise Harold and Maude. Thinking about that movie actually makes me angry.
Fucking an 80-year-old would probably help you relieve some of that tension, dude.
I'M SO ANGRY
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 2:11 pm
by epilogue
turned2black wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Harold and Maude.
I miss you when you're gone.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 3:53 pm
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:VinylGuy wrote:After watching that piece of crap Adul Beginners i realize americans have lost their touch in indie comedies. They invented that genre and now pretty much every movie feels the same. And i hate the fact that they are so formulaic as " a few nice songs, some punk band from the 80 for the soundtrack, a weird actor doing a dramatic role, and an old actor doing the comeback"
im looking at you, skeleton twins, adult beginners and wish i was here.
A couple of tremendously successful films made it marketable/profitable for Hollywood to exploit the genre. As you've already mentioned there are plenty of artists that still make wonderful indie films and tell fresh/engaging stories with real characters.
I disagree that "americans" have lost their touch with regard to indie comedies. The market is saturated and the truly independent filmmakers aren't finding wide audiences. And when something unique does come out, many times it gets panned. So backers get gunshy. So what the vast majority of what you see in a theater near you is watered down. Those are more likely to sell, so they get distribution.
This genre is no different than any other.
True.
But i feel its in this recent years that the studios are making their version of "indie" movies, with that formula in mind. And it seems the younger filmmakers got that and do the same... hell, even their plot are pretty much similar..
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 3:54 pm
by epilogue
I guess I don't like the Marvel movies as much as I say I do. I completely forgot (and frankly still don't remember) Gary Shandling was in some of them.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 3:55 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
durdencommatyler wrote:I guess I don't like the Marvel movies as much as I say I do. I completely forgot (and frankly still don't remember) Gary Shandling was in some of them.
He was in two of them. Winter Soldier and Iron Man 2.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 3:55 pm
by epilogue
E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:I guess I don't like the Marvel movies as much as I say I do. I completely forgot (and frankly still don't remember) Gary Shandling was in some of them.
He was in two of them. Winter Soldier and Iron Man 2.
I know. Jorge made a fool of me on Twitter.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 3:56 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:I guess I don't like the Marvel movies as much as I say I do. I completely forgot (and frankly still don't remember) Gary Shandling was in some of them.
He was in two of them. Winter Soldier and Iron Man 2.
I know. Jorge made a fool of me on Twitter.
Shame on him. I was on the twitter for a while last night, but only because @SkitchP was live tweeting The Strain episodes he was watching.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 3:59 pm
by epilogue
E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:I guess I don't like the Marvel movies as much as I say I do. I completely forgot (and frankly still don't remember) Gary Shandling was in some of them.
He was in two of them. Winter Soldier and Iron Man 2.
I know. Jorge made a fool of me on Twitter.
Shame on him. I was on the twitter for a while last night, but only because @SkitchP was live tweeting The Strain episodes he was watching.
I haven't really been active on Twitter for a while. Thought I'd try to get back in the swing today. Leave it to Jorge to scare me away. I didn't even realize how much carefree fun I'd been having on RM since he left until today.
Re: Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Tue July 28, 2015 4:04 pm
by Mecca
durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:I guess I don't like the Marvel movies as much as I say I do. I completely forgot (and frankly still don't remember) Gary Shandling was in some of them.
He was in two of them. Winter Soldier and Iron Man 2.
I know. Jorge made a fool of me on Twitter.
Shame on him. I was on the twitter for a while last night, but only because @SkitchP was live tweeting The Strain episodes he was watching.
I haven't really been active on Twitter for a while. Thought I'd try to get back in the swing today. Leave it to Jorge to scare me away. I didn't even realize how much carefree fun I'd been having on RM since he left until today.
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