Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 31 minutes ago, Bilbo said: If it was one every year or two It’d be fine but it constantly seems as if there’s one in the cinema. And if there isn’t there’s a bloody shit rushed DC attempt instead And even outside the superhero genre, Marvel’s brand of sarcastic comedy is overtaking the whole of Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 The whole 90's were like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 The 90's were the best decade for films! Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I don't remember 90s films being quite as tongue-in-cheek as the MCU is. I miss earnst cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Yeah, that's because there's hardly anything besides them nowadays. There was a lot of that joke-y style, from Turtles movies to Last Boy Scout, Dumb and Dumber, Loaded Weapon, Evil Dead III, Bad Boys, Men in Black, Rush Hour and and and. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2019 mstrox, Unlucky Bastard, Koray Savas and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Jennifer Aniston (Friends) agrees with Scorsese: Quote “You’re seeing what’s available out there and it’s just diminishing and diminishing in terms of, it’s big Marvel movies, or things that I’m not just asked to do or really that interested in living in a green screen. I just think it would be nice to go into a movie theatre, sit cozy. I think we should have a resurgence. Let’s get the ‘Terms Of Endearment’ back out there. You know, ‘Heaven Can Wait’, ‘Young Frankenstein’, ‘Blazing Saddles’, ‘Goodbye Girl’.” That settles it then. Marvel has diminished cinema. Jurassic Shark and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Well, if she says so, that's good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Yes, YES! Rise with me and join: T H E A N T I - M A R V E L L E A G U E Nothing will stand in our way, nothing! Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Its against my nature to wish for a filmmaker to not suceed, but I really do want this MCU nonesense to end. Arpy and Bayesian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 It's for its own good, Chen. It's die now, or go out later in a sad slow burnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Oh sure, but I can't wish upon whatever poor sod is slated to direct the next MCU film, to have his film tank at the box office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Sounds like Marvel will be committing to more television now anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Netflix is Marvel free (or soon will be) but I'm betting most JWFaners are abandoning it for Disney +. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I'm just in Netflix for Stranger Things, random movies that pop-up, and those dramatised documentaries that people here hate so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I wish it was Stranger Things free. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I wish it was free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 No, you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bilbo 3,709 Posted October 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: I wish it was Stranger Things free. Yes! God I hate that awful show! 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: Netflix is Marvel free (or soon will be) but I'm betting most JWFaners are abandoning it for Disney +. The problem with a lot of Netflix content is you can tell the creative decisions are driven by algorithms. Oh you like The Goonies and ET? Here, you might like this show called Stranger Things. A24, Not Mr. Big and Jurassic Shark 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 True, the Duffer brothers are probably nothing more than bunch of zeros and ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 The Russo brothers too. Willing puppets of the focus groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I love Stranger Things. It can be a little heavy on the 80s references for the sake of the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 I didn't get through season 2. Given its status, it was honestly one of the worst things I've ever seen. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 19 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Jennifer Aniston (Friends) agrees with Scorsese: That settles it then. Marvel has diminished cinema. Actress who was happy to do a sitcom for 10 years and be in several identikit rom-coms is now complaining about lack of choice? Riiiiiiiiiiight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 42 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Actress who was happy to do a sitcom for 10 years and be in several identikit rom-coms is now complaining about lack of choice? Riiiiiiiiiiight. Of course, she's talking as a viewer, not as an actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Hmm ... she mentions 'things I'm not asked to do' and 'not being that interested in living in a green screen' in that quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 But she also says she wants to "sit cozy" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Actress who was happy to do a sitcom for 10 years and be in several identikit rom-coms is now complaining about lack of choice? Riiiiiiiiiiight. Aniston is 100% right, this is just a textbook Tu Quoque fallacy. Just because her argument is hypocritical, doesn't make it wrong. Its a case of "do what I say, not what I do." Besides, romcoms are a genre, which you can take or leave. The MCU isn't a genre, its a single film series. It has no artistic/narrative justification to keep chugging along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I don't know if anyone's ever mentioned it before, but this italic shit you do is really fucking annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I only do it for names of movies, and for abstract concepts. Deal with it. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Is the idea that the abstract concepts get easier to grasp if in italic? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,360 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 It comes across as patronising snark. Then again, maybe that's the intention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 11 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: maybe that's the intention. Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Not at all, you mean. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Thank god you're here, @Jurassic Shark. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 7:35 PM, Quintus said: Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are 'not cinema' Someone in the industry had to say it and I can't think of anyone better! Haven't seen a single Marvel movie. But you know what's also 'not cinema'? Producing movies with Netflix and having only a limited cinema release, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I always liked using italics because there were a lot of things I wanted to emphasize and I didn’t know if my ramblings were clear otherwise. But I started avoiding them after I read some book or article on writing (can’t remember who but it was one of my favorites) and they ruthlessly made fun of italics and ALL CAPS. Something about them being for the weak and lazy lmao, also words like “very.” Might have been William Goldman. It made me feel bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Quintus said: I didn't get through season 2. Given its status, it was honestly one of the worst things I've ever seen. Very much so. On the other hand, I've watching Breaking Bad and that one is more deserving of its reputation, for once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I like both Breaking Bad and Stranger Things. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, lemoncurd said: Haven't seen a single Marvel movie. But you know what's also 'not cinema'? Producing movies with Netflix and having only a limited cinema release, that is. Sure it is. It's the next step in cinema. Cinema: - the production of films as an art or industry - the art or technique of making motion pictures Scorsese won't back down on his statements: Scorsese: “Theaters have become amusement parks. That is all fine and good but don’t invade everything else in that sense. … That is fine and good for those who enjoy that type of film and, by the way, knowing what goes into them now, I admire what they do. It’s not my kind of thing; it simply is not. It’s creating another kind of audience that thinks cinema is that.” Scorsese: “It’s not cinema, it’s something else. We shouldn’t be invaded by it. We need cinemas to step up and show films that are narrative films.” https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/martin-scorsese-marvel-irishman-1202181152/ Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 ok, but in my understanding cinema as an art form also requires a cinema building, as concert music requires a concert hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 They're funny book movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Oh good lord, are we discussing the semantics of "cinema" based on venue, adhering to the most technically narrow and archaic sense possible? 7 hours ago, mrbellamy said: I always liked using italics because there were a lot of things I wanted to emphasize and I didn’t know if my ramblings were clear otherwise. But I started avoiding them after I read some book or article on writing (can’t remember who but it was one of my favorites) and they ruthlessly made fun of italics and ALL CAPS. Something about them being for the weak and lazy lmao, also words like “very.” Might have been William Goldman. It made me feel bad. I don't think italics are lazy per se, I think they can be very useful in trying to articulate the vocal nuances of what you're trying to say. When I was young and newer to English, I was taught the "said is dead" rule, and wouldn't you know it?, everything I wrote for the next two years had words like "queried" and "declared" to avoid the word...all of which was a much greater offense. Know what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: Oh good lord, are we discussing the semantics of "cinema" based on venue, adhering to the most technically narrow and archaic sense possible? Yes, if you define the setting of watching netflix on a computer or tablet in a living / bed room as a venue All I'm saying is that to me (and I think to many other people as well) the absence of any third stimulation (beyond the actually movie) inside a cinema theatre is unique and crucial for the art form cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 14 hours ago, Bilbo said: Yes! God I hate that awful show! Yes! Quote The problem with a lot of Netflix content is you can tell the creative decisions are driven by algorithms. Oh you like The Goonies and ET? Here, you might like this show called Stranger Things. Yes!! Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Snobbery in directors is nothing new - Hitchcock refused to meet with Spielberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Some yank brat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Quintus said: Snobbery in directors is nothing new - Hitchcock refused to meet with Spielberg That story has a great twist at the end that only Hitchcock could deliver! And I remember reading quotes from Hitchcock praising Jaws, unless they were fabricated. Also, I think the author is drawing false parallels between that situation and the one Scorsese has going on right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Quote Alfred Hitchcock Refused To Meet Steven Spielberg When He Was Alive What diabolical occurrence necessitated that last qualifying clause? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Nick Parker said: I remember reading quotes from Hitchcock praising Jaws, unless they were fabricated. Yeah, I remember those too. Something about the naturalness of the blocking, if memory serves me well. At least it wasn't Sir David Lean who said of Spielberg "who the hell does he think he is?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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