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Thor 4 would get more of a pass from me if it wasn't for the screaming goats. If the movie was for toddlers I'd get it as a joke but since the rest of the movie is clearly not for that age group it seems more like contempt for the audience.
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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:Genuine question here, but is the backlash to JoJo Rabbit new? I enjoyed it well enough when I first saw it in theaters, and it was pretty highly rated. Hell, it even received a Best Picture nomination. This thread is honestly the first place I've ever seen it discussed as some sort of deeply problematic and awful thing. People have been angry about it on letterboxd for a while.
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Alehkhs posted:French neo-noir animated film Mars Express is getting a stateside theatrical release with English dubs: Maybe this is a bit harsh but everything in this trailer makes it seem like a pretty rote take on Blade Runner or I, Robot, or [insert movie about artificial intelligence]. Except the thumbnail, which only shows up in the trailer for a few frames with no context.
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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:Genuine question here, but is the backlash to JoJo Rabbit new? I enjoyed it well enough when I first saw it in theaters, and it was pretty highly rated. Hell, it even received a Best Picture nomination. This thread is honestly the first place I've ever seen it discussed as some sort of deeply problematic and awful thing. Not really, there was definitely criticism when it came out. I would say it’s less “deeply problematic” and more “kind of stupid and insipid” though. I’d say it’s generally viewed positively overall for the people who remember it, but plenty of awful movies have been nominated for or won Best Picture, so that doesn’t mean very much. I think a lot of the Taika backlash is because he is getting a lot more attention as a celebrity but his movies have been getting worse at the same time. I think Ragnarok was the tipping point of the quality vs quantity balance, it’s been downhill since then. I know he produced Reservation Dogs, but I don’t believe he was involved in that creatively, so I’m not giving him credit for that.
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wizardofloneliness posted:I think a lot of the Taika backlash is because he is getting a lot more attention as a celebrity but his movies have been getting worse at the same time. I think Ragnarok was the tipping point of the quality vs quantity balance, it’s been downhill since then. I know he produced Reservation Dogs, but I don’t believe he was involved in that creatively, so I’m not giving him credit for that. He co-wrote the pilot, then took a step back so Harjo could take the lead. Even if that's an exaggeration of how it went down, he still used his clout to help get the show made.
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koolkal posted:Maybe this is a bit harsh but everything in this trailer makes it seem like a pretty rote take on Blade Runner or I, Robot, or [insert movie about artificial intelligence]. Except the thumbnail, which only shows up in the trailer for a few frames with no context. Agreed, but it's getting pretty rave reviews so I'm excited. Between this, Pluto, and Metal Rouge, I'm spoiled for melancholy grown-up cyberpunk lately.
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Slotducks posted:It's important to stress how bad Thor 4 was. I liked it. Not as good as Ragnarok but it was a fun action comedy.
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Lobok posted:Thor 4 would get more of a pass from me if it wasn't for the screaming goats. If the movie was for toddlers I'd get it as a joke but since the rest of the movie is clearly not for that age group it seems more like contempt for the audience. I haven't seen Thor 4 but if they are Thor's goats that is just like a mythological thing.
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I saw the one with Jeff Goldblum whichever one that was and laughed a lot
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kiimo posted:I saw the one with Jeff Goldblum whichever one that was and laughed a lot That was Ragnarok. The thing with these movies is that they're not good enough for you to try to argue their quality if someone doesn't like them. It's like a Rocky sequel. This one had a robot! And it was cool!
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Ragnarok is one of the better executed of the MCU formula films, but while that's enough to elevate it above The Avengers, its gonna seem less impressive when viewed in the wake of 15 other films attempting the same bit.
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I enjoyed Love and Thunder and thought the goats were funny.
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Ragnarok's one of my favorite movies, though I admit I'm biased towards Thor 1-3(+his parts of Infinity War) just because they've got the mythology base. Yeah, it's filtered through comic books/cinematic universe/disney/cgi/etc and isn't direct adaptations of the myths, but when even the best Greek myth-based movies still do the "oh no theseus didn't really fight a minotaur it was just a big dude with a cow helmet"...
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Lobok posted:Thor 4 would get more of a pass from me if it wasn't for the screaming goats. If the movie was for toddlers I'd get it as a joke but since the rest of the movie is clearly not for that age group it seems more like contempt for the audience. the big final fight scene of the movie is literally a crowd of toddlers awkwardly swinging prop weapons at cgi monsters that explode. the whole movie is for children
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scary ghost dog posted:the big final fight scene of the movie is literally a crowd of toddlers awkwardly swinging prop weapons at cgi monsters that explode. the whole movie is for children I have bad news for you about comic books
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I find it hard to blame Waititi too much for Love And Thunder because the whole MCU machine has just become so absolutely broken by that point. The kids rising up and fighting at the end, it's straight up weird cynical Disney bullshit, and a lot of the comedy feels weird -- like it's there and it's prominent because it focus tested well, since that's how these things get made, but it's absolutely miserable to watch. I sort of wonder what the original version was like, given the incomprehensible nature of the film's deleted scenes. It seems to suggest that it was originally a very different story. I'm interested to see what he does next after two big flops tho. Not excited, but I'm sort of interested in seeing whether he recovers after a rough patch or if this is the new status quo for him.
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BonoMan posted:I enjoyed Love and Thunder and thought the goats were funny. Yes, I guess I am dummy with unsophisticated humor. Even though a lot of jokes in Love & Thunder didn't land for me, I was repeatedly amused by the goats.
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ImpAtom posted:I haven't seen Thor 4 but if they are Thor's goats that is just like a mythological thing. The goats I know of. I meant the screaming part.
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to contribute: thor 4 is absolutely one of the worst movies i've ever watched in my whole life and i've seen a decent amount and a lot of junk and i actually really liked ragnarok
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ShoogaSlim posted:e: this is not the playstation thread In this subforum that's the Horror thread.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6NibtjmjOk&t=6s Guess who's back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGDk1Pekn-A&t=10s
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Action Jacktion posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6NibtjmjOk&t=6s As much as I love Jon Benjamin, I'm finding his voiceover distracting here because I find it impossible not to think about the fact it's Jon Benjamin. With Bob and Archer, he's such a part of those characters, it's hard to separate them. I think I find it hard to look at Bill Skarsgard and think his inner monologue would sound like Jon Benjamin.
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Gnome de plume posted:Love And Thunder's primary offence was it's initial announcement with the pronouncement of Valkyrie being a king of Asgard in search of a queen, something it never followed through on It’s an ongoing thing with Valkyrie, where on the one hand, Disney is desperate to emphasise the character’s queerness, but they don’t have the fortitude to follow up. Other examples are: the deleted scene of the woman leaving her apartment in Ragnarok after clearly being banged by her, or a deleted scene in The Marvels where it’s confirmed she successfully pulled Captain Marvel. Like, if Valkyrie is going to go around kissing pretty girls across the universe, commit to it, Jesus.
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Can I post tiktok trailers here? https://twitter.com/i/status/1773143754024632567 Amy Winehouse had a very peculiar singing voice that I'm sure is very hard to replicate, but this sounds like career suicide. EDIT: also I liked Jojo Rabbit. kanonvandekempen fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Apr 3, 2024 |
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ShoogaSlim posted:boy kills world feels like it could be halfway decent fun the way nobody with bob odenkirk was silly fun It's had some disastrous test screenings. Apparently it's awful. I can't remember who it was that has seen it on the forum's but one goon has and he had nothing good to say.
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The action in that movie looks okay but yeah, while I love h Jon Benjamin (Home Movies forever) the concept does seem like obnoxious poo poo. Like just having some dork next to you quipping during the movie. I can't tell if that's because the writing is terrible or the concept is just inherently terrible.
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An absurd amount of violence can only go so far, there needs to be a decent narrative hook too. Unless it’s the Raid 2.
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ShoogaSlim posted:boy kills world feels like it could be halfway decent fun the way nobody with bob odenkirk was silly fun Honestly I probably wouldn't have absolutely loathed Silent Night if H Jon Benjamin was commenting on poo poo throughout the movie.
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B-Rock452 posted:Honestly I probably wouldn't have absolutely loathed Silent Night if H Jon Benjamin was commenting on poo poo throughout the movie. this is a very hard sentence to read. what are you actually saying lol e: i reread it and i'm unfamiliar with the movie you mentioned. so i guess you're saying you would have enjoyed silent night if it did have narration by the bobs burgers guy. weird but to each their own. i don't think having narration help one movie not suck means it would be better if all movies had it. ShoogaSlim fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Apr 3, 2024 |
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ShoogaSlim posted:this is a very hard sentence to read. what are you actually saying lol It was a John Woo movie that was just released and it had no dialogue cause the main character was shot in the throat and can't talk. It sucked so hard
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Slotducks posted:biopics gotta slow down for a while - we're nearing marvel levels of oversaturation there are so many more coming
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kiimo posted:there are so many more coming  Do studios not understand how lame most of them are?
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