Movie: Rampage!

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Obviously I’m being hyperbolic when I say story “doesn’t matter,” but the spirit of what I’m saying is essentially honest. I think plot/story is generally the least interesting part of cinema, can often be a hindrance, and - crucially - two films can be made with identical stories and one of them can be great and one can be shit.

Of course. In fact, two different productions can be made with identical SCRIPTS and one of them great, the other shit. This happens in theater all the time.

Obviously, execution of story/characterization via directing and acting is vital.

[epilogue]

Obviously I’m being hyperbolic when I say story “doesn’t matter,” but the spirit of what I’m saying is essentially honest. I think plot/story is generally the least interesting part of cinema, can often be a hindrance, and - crucially - two films can be made with identical stories and one of them can be great and one can be shit.

Of course. In fact, two different productions can be made with identical SCRIPTS and one of them great, the other shit. This happens in theater all the time.

Obviously, execution of story/characterization via directing and acting is vital.

Yep. And just like a great script can elevate a bad or incompetent director, a great director can elevate a bad or incompetent script. The thing that's so powerful about theater and film (I'd argue theater more than film) is the collaboration.

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Obviously I’m being hyperbolic when I say story “doesn’t matter,” but the spirit of what I’m saying is essentially honest. I think plot/story is generally the least interesting part of cinema, can often be a hindrance, and - crucially - two films can be made with identical stories and one of them can be great and one can be shit.

Of course. In fact, two different productions can be made with identical SCRIPTS and one of them great, the other shit. This happens in theater all the time.

Obviously, execution of story/characterization via directing and acting is vital.

Yep. And just like a great script can elevate a bad or incompetent director, a great director can elevate a bad or incompetent script. The thing that's so powerful about theater and film (I'd argue theater more than film) is the collaboration.

Explosions are never necessary though, are they?

[bune]

Obviously I’m being hyperbolic when I say story “doesn’t matter,” but the spirit of what I’m saying is essentially honest. I think plot/story is generally the least interesting part of cinema, can often be a hindrance, and - crucially - two films can be made with identical stories and one of them can be great and one can be shit.

Of course. In fact, two different productions can be made with identical SCRIPTS and one of them great, the other shit. This happens in theater all the time.

Obviously, execution of story/characterization via directing and acting is vital.

Yep. And just like a great script can elevate a bad or incompetent director, a great director can elevate a bad or incompetent script. The thing that's so powerful about theater and film (I'd argue theater more than film) is the collaboration.

Explosions are never necessary though, are they?

During a play? They're essential. Especially if someone loses a limb.

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Could Rampage or Transformers be an enjoyable stage play?

[epilogue]

Could Rampage or Transformers be an enjoyable stage play?

Yes.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

max fischer could do it

[E.H. Ruddock]

guys, quit talking about foofy musicals in the thread for a dwayne johnson movie

Spoiler: show

RAMPAGE!!!

[E.H. Ruddock]

wtf? I swyped "silly" and it corrected to "foofy"?!

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wtf? I swyped "silly" and it corrected to "foofy"?!

I don't think I've heard that word before. It not might be my favorite word.

foofy. Adjective. (comparative foofier, superlative foofiest) (slang) Excessively frilly or frou-frou, typically in a manner calculated to attract attention to an otherwise unremarkable person or event. (slang) Poofy; inflated in a funny way.

[epilogue]

guys, quit talking about foofy musicals in the thread for a dwayne johnson movie

Spoiler: show

RAMPAGE!!!

Who's talking about foofy musicals?!

[spike]

This movie just doesn't look like my cup of tea. But I hope it's good. And if enough people whom I like and respect tell me it's worth seeing, I'll check it out for myself. But I certainly don't think liking the movie makes one an idiot or stupid or a moron or whatever.

if you use the phrase not my cup of tea, this movie is not your cup of tea.

[spike]

also, must we go through this same exercise with LV in every action movie thread? why do posters keep falling for it?

[McParadigm]

Everything about this thread is like a fever dream

[epilogue]

This movie just doesn't look like my cup of tea. But I hope it's good. And if enough people whom I like and respect tell me it's worth seeing, I'll check it out for myself. But I certainly don't think liking the movie makes one an idiot or stupid or a moron or whatever.

if you use the phrase not my cup of tea, this movie is not your cup of tea.

Which phrase would you prefer? Not my temperature of vagina? I can't smell what this movie's cooking? Movies with big monsters suck? Not my fever dream? This movie is my nightmare? What is the best way to put it?

[spike]

This movie just doesn't look like my cup of tea. But I hope it's good. And if enough people whom I like and respect tell me it's worth seeing, I'll check it out for myself. But I certainly don't think liking the movie makes one an idiot or stupid or a moron or whatever.

if you use the phrase not my cup of tea, this movie is not your cup of tea.

Which phrase would you prefer? Not my temperature of vagina? I can't smell what this movie's cooking? Movies with big monsters suck? Not my fever dream? This movie is my nightmare? What is the best way to put it?

i have no qualms with how you put it. please qualm down.

[epilogue]

This movie just doesn't look like my cup of tea. But I hope it's good. And if enough people whom I like and respect tell me it's worth seeing, I'll check it out for myself. But I certainly don't think liking the movie makes one an idiot or stupid or a moron or whatever.

if you use the phrase not my cup of tea, this movie is not your cup of tea.

Which phrase would you prefer? Not my temperature of vagina? I can't smell what this movie's cooking? Movies with big monsters suck? Not my fever dream? This movie is my nightmare? What is the best way to put it?

i have no qualms with how you put it. please qualm down.

[LoathedVermin72]

I enjoyed the hell out of this. Nice to see a well-paced blockbuster for a change. Surprisingly violent too.