Defend your most controversial film opinion. (Page 6 of 15)

I don't agree in terms of the visual effects and cinematography—most gorgeous movie ever—but in terms of the story itself, yeah, definitely. And while the book is far better, the same holds true for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?—it's nowhere near Philip K. Dick's best novel, and doesn't touch on many of his central themes as a writer. Seeing people lavish praise on Androids and ignore A Scanner Darkly, Ubik and VALIS always hurts my heart a little (you might actually like VALIS a lot, Dorkman—it's basically a semi-autobiographical, insanely weird mix of sci-fi and theological quest that was written after Dick had an encounter with what he thought was a divine intelligence that left him half-crazy and desperate for answers).

Pound for pound, Alfonso Cuaron is a more accomplished director with a more versatile skill set than Martin Scorcese.  This is not to say anything bad about Scorcese.  He's a master of the craft and has defined a couple generations of filmmaking.  This is to say nothing of how great an advocate for films he is.  But Cuaron has accomplished, in my mind, at least as much in fewer films than Martin has.  In terms of innovation, and serious leaps in evolution as a filmmaker, there's no one really like Cuaron that I can think of.  Again, Scorcese is great, but we all kinda know what to expect with a Scorcese film whereas Cuaron surprises and impresses equally with every film, in a way we have not seen from him at that point.

Last edited by Eddie (2013-10-22 17:53:35)

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I mean just think of it. 

The Little Princess
Great Expectations
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Azkaban
Children of Men
Gravity

COMPLETELY different films, all handled with such a clear focus and tonal unity.  Every single on of those films knows exactly what it is and even if you don't like any of those specifically, you can't deny that they're all fully committed to their own identity.

Oh I know he wasn't.  I knew as I was typing it that Mike would greet me with huzzah's.  I'm just sort of screaming into the wind, asking the film gods to strike me down or challenge me.

I don't think the first Transformers movie is all that bad (although the less said about the sequels, the better), I have a soft spot for a few Sandler films (Little Nicky & Big Daddy in particular) and I fairly enjoy Episode I despite knowing I shouldn't.

I really enjoy a Knight's Tale.

Yub Yub!   

Knights Tale fucking rules.  Super fun and true right kind of camp .

I love A Knight's Tale. Great humor, fantastic performances and just enough seriousness to be enjoyable. I'm staggered by the people who treat it as supposedly historically accurate, then tearing it down for inaccuracies.

I really need to find the part in history where "We Will Rock You" was played at jousting tournaments. No doubt edited out by the Knights Templar (we all know how they are)

Yep, that's some controversy right there