Chindie Posted March 21, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2017 8 minutes ago, Designer1 said: I don't see any reason why there isn't room for all genres. I watch a very wide range of movies and to me a good movie is a good movie, irrespective if the main characters are wearing capes or not. Indeed. I might be the comic book guy here but i do enjoy more or less any genre, if the movie is good enough. I can enjoy anything from Oscar bait to animations, there's not much i right off as a genre. I'm just tired of sneering at comic book stuff. It's exceptionally easy to avoid if its really not your thing, and bar, in a big year (and not including the stuff that isn't obviously comic book based, the Road to Perdition's of the world) maybe 7 weekends in 52, there's not one coming out. But there's a dozen other films out every week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 43 minutes ago, Chindie said: Indeed. I might be the comic book guy here but i do enjoy more or less any genre, if the movie is good enough. I can enjoy anything from Oscar bait to animations, there's not much i right off as a genre. I'm just tired of sneering at comic book stuff. It's exceptionally easy to avoid if its really not your thing, and bar, in a big year (and not including the stuff that isn't obviously comic book based, the Road to Perdition's of the world) maybe 7 weekends in 52, there's not one coming out. But there's a dozen other films out every week. Its not always as simple as just ignoring it though. They are all over the buses, the adverts are on tv during every advert break, there's big spreads in the news papers. If you go to the cinema its on in every screen and there's a showing every 5 minutes while the indie film you wanted to see has one showing at 10:45pm if you are lucky. I can see both sides to the argument but its a lot easier to ignore the latest Oscar bait film than it is to ignore Avengers 3. I think that's where some of the frustration comes from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 21, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2017 25 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: Its not always as simple as just ignoring it though. They are all over the buses, the adverts are on tv during every advert break, there's big spreads in the news papers. If you go to the cinema its on in every screen and there's a showing every 5 minutes while the indie film you wanted to see has one showing at 10:45pm if you are lucky. I can see both sides to the argument but its a lot easier to ignore the latest Oscar bait film than it is to ignore Avengers 3. I think that's where some of the frustration comes from. I must be a strange case. I can't recall the last bus advert i saw, I've genuinely not seem a TV ad in months, or a newspaper. I don't even watch ads on YouTube. When the latest Marvel entry comes along, that doesn't change. I don't see the ads, because I've no interest in paying attention to them. I've never had a problem seeing a movie i want to see at a cinema, and I've watched things in the last few years from Macbeth to Far from the Madding Crowd and High Rise. And i saw those without putting myself put much at all - a slightly longer walk, mostly. As said, you can ignore it if you want to. I ignore loads of stuff i don't like. I can't be bothered with wasting attention on things that irritate me. Hence I've never seen a single episode of any crap Saturday night 'talent' show. And those things dominate every channel across dozens of weeks and multiple programmes and associated media 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 2 hours ago, jon_c said: They also make a plethora of god awful horror movies every year, (how many saw, or paranormal activity films now?) Or maybe a load of terrible Adam Sandler comedies, or the Fast and the Furious franchise. But they make money. You know what I do, don't watch them. They're aren't so many horror movies coming out now really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Xela said: Now there's a movie tie up waiting to happen Talking of tie ups... rumour has it The 21 jump street series and Men in Black will be happening soon. It probably has been discussed here previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Yeah, the shame about that is I quite like jump street, men in black other than no 1 has been shit though, not a clue how it'll work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2017 I hate comic book films in general, although there are notable exceptions, but I don't have any problem with them being made. There's hundreds of terrible movies made every year and most of them don't make nearly as much money as most comic book movies do. They're mostly crap, but just don't watch them. They're not going to stop making them until they stop making money and that isn't going to be any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 13 hours ago, Chindie said: Indeed. I might be the comic book guy here but i do enjoy more or less any genre, if the movie is good enough. I can enjoy anything from Oscar bait to animations, there's not much i right off as a genre. I'm just tired of sneering at comic book stuff. It's exceptionally easy to avoid if its really not your thing, and bar, in a big year (and not including the stuff that isn't obviously comic book based, the Road to Perdition's of the world) maybe 7 weekends in 52, there's not one coming out. But there's a dozen other films out every week. Fairly sure comic book guy would have something to say about the use of right over write ive watched most of the superhero films , they are what they are and even though I don't give buzzing reviews of them afterwards ( deadpool and the raccoon movie being the exception ) I still go see them for a bit of escapism , fun and an excuse to eat pick n mix .. I guess my main gripe is they keep expanding the characters and then spinning off new stories and then bringing them all together , Logan kinda at least went for a more original approach instead of just bringing down giant aliens through a worm hole whilst the hero saves the day and wisecracks as he does it ... No doubt , I'll end up seeing the next ones , I just sorta wish they limited the output a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2017 11 hours ago, villa4europe said: men in black other than no 1 has been shit though MIB2 was the weakest of the 3, but they're all great I've probably seen MIB3 more than the others combined. I could play any role in it. It's perfectly cast. Great characters. Boris the animal, Griffin, hell even Jeffrey Price "duh, time jump!". Yes, you've just uncovered my guilty pleasure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2017 3 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Fairly sure comic book guy would have something to say about the use of right over write ive watched most of the superhero films , they are what they are and even though I don't give buzzing reviews of them afterwards ( deadpool and the raccoon movie being the exception ) I still go see them for a bit of escapism , fun and an excuse to eat pick n mix .. I guess my main gripe is they keep expanding the characters and then spinning off new stories and then bringing them all together , Logan kinda at least went for a more original approach instead of just bringing down giant aliens through a worm hole whilst the hero saves the day and wisecracks as he does it ... No doubt , I'll end up seeing the next ones , I just sorta wish they limited the output a little I'll blame long days and being unwell ATM The spinning off is mostly a Marvel Studios thing, because they've gone for the Cinematic Universe which reflects the comics themselves. Characters have their own titles and they have crossovers and major event storylines that bundle everyone together. Adding characters expands the stories they can tell and introduces new things - a black pointedly African character, a sci fi story, etc etc. The nature of the beast is to expand the universe and bring in new characters. I see the criticism of the 'wormhole in the sky' etc a lot but how many actually had that as a finale? Just going off Marvel themselves Iron Man - No Incredible Hulk - No Iron Man 2 - No Thor - No Captain America TFA - No Avengers - Yes Iron Man 3 - No Thor The Dark World - Just about Yes Cap Winter Soldier - No Guardians - Just about Yes Age of Ultron - No Ant-Man - No Civil War - No Dr Strange - Just about yes (but played very differently ultimately to the extent I'd probably argue it isn't). 4 in 14 movies? And some of those are being kind to the claim. Even if you add on other franchises it doesn't change that much. Logan and Deadpool ended up being very different, and that's great and hopefully means we can see more exaggerated genre bending (something Marvel started themselves), but that doesn't mean everything else is the same story, unless we're very unkind and reduce everything to it's lowest point, in which case every action movie ever is the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2017 3 hours ago, BOF said: MIB2 was the weakest of the 3, but they're all great I've probably seen MIB3 more than the others combined. I could play any role in it. It's perfectly cast. Great characters. Boris the animal, Griffin, hell even Jeffrey Price "duh, time jump!". Yes, you've just uncovered my guilty pleasure. It's. Just. "Boris". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2017 Well worth a watch if you like a good character study and are a fan of the superb I.Huppert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Shropshire Lad said: It's. Just. "Boris". I'm glad someone did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 On 21/03/2017 at 18:07, kurtsimonw said: Not saying I agree with him but here's an alternative view (minus Baz Luhrman) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2017 Nothing says Batman like drifting and machine guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Still think it's a massive shame they brought back Batman so soon after the Nolan series. Using White Stripes to sell it as well is a shame. A few more doughnuts for Zorro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) Get Out was a decent and entertaining enough film though dont really believe the hype that its receiving Spoiler the "twist" if you could call it that was quite easy to predict Edited March 24, 2017 by blandy Spoiler added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Watched a horror called The Eyes of My Mother. One hell of a disturbing, **** up film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Saw Brett rather moaning that people didn't go watch BvS because of rotten tomatoes nothing to do with it being shit mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 8 hours ago, Zatman said: Get Out was a decent and entertaining enough film though dont really believe the hype that its receiving If your box is meant to be a spoiler, it's still appearing in full. I completely agree with the analysis. Nowhere near worth the hype and extremely predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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