Bilbo 3,709 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I hope Marty throws his Martini in Iger’s face and walks out. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 That sounds awful - give him a smashemup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 12:35 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! He is most incorrect. Shit like the tedius Irishman or whatever isn't cinema either. Its a tv movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 I haven't watched it. Have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Dave made me and so did my boss. My boss tricked me. She hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/terry-gilliam-marvel-movies-don-quixote-interview-1202197447/ Terry Gilliam talks about Marvel movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 So, which directors have spoken against the Superhero/MCU tzunmi? Martin Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppola, Sir Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Mel Gibson and now Terry Gilliam. Hmm, maybe they have a point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Of course they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Though i find Gilliam's quotes more than reasonable. He even admits that technically these things are marvelous. The basic problem still is not Marvel, that's only a symptom of a constant dumbdown through mass media, it's that these corporation have the responsibility to raise the bar and in the past, they did both, the lofty and the spectacle. Gilliam is right that companies like Disney should spend more of their stupid movie's money into more diversity, and i don't mean gender. A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Meh, people had issues with spectacle movies since the beginning of the medium. That's not what concerns me, and I don't think that's what concerns a lot of these filmmakers, many of whom are the masters of spectacle. Its to do with Marvel's endless serialization and with their meta style of humour, both of which I just don't enjoy in films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Meh, people had issues with spectacle movies since the beginning of the medium. That's not what concerns me, and I don't think that's what concerns a lot of these filmmakers, many of whom are the masters of spectacle. Its to do with Marvel's endless serialization and with their meta style of humour, both of which I just don't enjoy in films. Gilliam's complaint, besides the movies themselves, is that it pushes "major" cinema into either the realm of Mega AAA blockbusters or small indie movies. He misses the space for modest, middle of the line movies, budget wise. I see the same thing happen to video games. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Exactly. Mainstream cinema never was as alarmingly juvenile so it’s not a repeat of a situation, it’s a mirror image of a general trivialization. Fucking Ben Hur was the spectacle of 1959 and that’s as literate as you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Ben Hur really isn't that "literate". But, then, in comparison with the MCU... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 MCU stuff hasn't ruined cinema forever but it has certainly dumbed it down in the here and now. The medium will probably take ten years to recover 'artistically', from the MCU takeover. Superheroes might seem unstoppable at the moment, but genuine fatigue will set in eventually. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 It can't happen soon enough, as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Chen G. said: So, which directors have spoken against the Superhero/MCU tzunmi? Martin Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppola, Sir Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Mel Gibson and now Terry Gilliam. Hmm, maybe they have a point? Steven Spielberg, sort of? Quote Two years ago, Steven Spielberg famously predicted an "implosion" of the movie industry because of its over-reliance on big budget summer blockbusters. In the wake of the success of Jurassic World, which Spielberg produced, that hasn't changed, he says. "I still feel that way," Spielberg told The Associated Press while promoting Bridge of Spies, his upcoming Cold War-era thriller. "We were around when the Western died and there will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of the Western. It doesn't mean there won't be another occasion where the Western comes back and the superhero movie someday returns." Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 He's right of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post A24 4,333 Posted December 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2019 Scorsese's daughter gives her dad Christmas presents wrapped in Marvel paper. Corellian2019, mrbellamy and mstrox 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2020 Here's Scorsese on Joker. Todd Phillips will be crying into his pillow tonight. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/movies/martin-scorsese-irishman.html Corellian2019, Nick Parker and Arpy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Is anyone else waiting gleefully for this to happen like me? Maybe it will be replaced by some other fad, but the Superhero era should take a rest. The studios still have the temerity to keep introducing more stories, but it's surviving on the mass movie-going box-office numbers, and not quality or creative direction. Quoted from @Gruesome Son of a Bitch Spielberg quote: Quote "We were around when the Western died and there will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of the Western. It doesn't mean there won't be another occasion where the Western comes back and the superhero movie someday returns." Bilbo and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Westerns died out because the exploration of the frontier and American expansionism was no longer a living memory for younger audiences, and they eventually lost interest because they couldn't relate to it. Superhero movies are different – they're empowerment fantasies that transcend the time and place they were made. I reckon they'll continue to evolve as audiences demand more, but they won't abandon that empowerment fantasy, so as a genre it ain't going anywhere for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 It'll all be over soon. It'll all be over soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 We've had vampires, werewolves, wizards and witches, asnd now more superheroes, what's next? Humans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Vampires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Þekþiþm said: Westerns died out because the exploration of the frontier and American expansionism was no longer a living memory for younger audiences, and they eventually lost interest because they couldn't relate to it. Superhero movies are different – they're empowerment fantasies that transcend the time and place they were made. I reckon they'll continue to evolve as audiences demand more, but they won't abandon that empowerment fantasy, so as a genre it ain't going anywhere for the foreseeable future. Themes such as 'revenge' and 'lawlessness' are never old and will always relate to people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 17 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Themes such as 'revenge' and 'lawlessness' are never old and will always relate to people. Sure, but kids probably think the setting is "lame". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 That's what you think, Drax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Forget about it, Jakerassic. It's Drax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 34 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: That's what you think, Drax? Yes, they're hopeless. Westerns aren't their "thing". They haven't been for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, Þekþiþm said: Yes, they're hopeless. Who? Westerns, or kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Jurassic Shark said: Who? Westerns, or kids? The kids of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Meanwhile Red Dead Redemption 2 was one of 2019s biggest sellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I don't have time for video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 They're not proper movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 14 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: I don't have time for video games. I remember the days when JWFan posting felt like a second job too. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 OK, boomer. Quintus and Bilbo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I just like to play Pacman, Galaga or Doctor Mario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Þekþiþm said: they're empowerment fantasies that transcend the time and place they were made. All stories are empowerment fantasies: it’s why we tell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Just now, Chen G. said: All stories are empowerment fantasies: it’s why we tell them. Oh sure, but the kids want the modern ones on steroids. Cowboys just don't do it for them anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 How do you know what kids want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 If they wanted cowboy movies, studios would be making them. Duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 It takes one to know one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 19 minutes ago, Þekþiþm said: If they wanted cowboy movies, studios would be making them. Duh! They have Star Wars now, which is a hybrid between the Western and the Eastern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: They have Star Wars now, which is a hybrid between the Western and the Eastern. And it has space, lasers, explosions, technology and variety – not confined to the limitations of herding cows, bar fights, barbershops and whorehouses on the desolate frontier that they can go out and visit anyway, which would make youngins go "dehh wats dis shit?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Plus I keep reading young people saying how much Star Wars "sucks". MCU usurping SW as the preeminent movie franchise means there's little to no patience for anything else these days. If it ain't got capes and buff bods they're not interested. The LotR doesn't know how lucky it was to have come out just before social media exploded onto the culture scene. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Martin Scorsese, Todd Phillips, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Lulu Wang at the round table ... and yes, Marvel comes up. Watch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Martin Scorsese and... who are these other people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Todd Phillips directed Joker, Baumbach directed Marriage Story, ... Then there's also the director of The Two Popes ... Greta Gerwig did Little Women ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Not the Russo's? Or Snyder? Or Ben Affleck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 They are saying all the things you and Joe love to deny. It's great! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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