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Crap, I cannot think of anything... I like the idea of a thread though.
EDIT: OK, how about this feeling I've had for a while: Hans Zimmer is the worst thing to happen to film music in recent years.
He has done alot of great and moving work in the past, and glimpses of good work recently. But also recently, his dense orchestrations, repeating, epic ostinatos and thick mixes as heard in movies like The Dark Knight, Inception, Man Of Steel, have seen his soundtracks move in the direction of substituting intelligence and subtlety, and replacing it with nothing short of a repetitive, increasingly derivative, aureal assault. There simply isn't room for anything intelligent or interesting to compete with the onslaught of string and brass chords. Everything is structured in easily digested 4/4 meter with no rhythmic flair whatsoever. It's radio pop, now also in soundtrack form.
Now if it was just Zimmer though I'd be OK with it. But a consequence of this general style/approach still being sought after by studios and alot of moviegoers is that almost every major blockbuster is required to include elements of it. As a music lover and hobby composer I'm sick of it.
As much good music Zimmer has made over the years, a big part of me wishes he wouldn't have taken the mainstream soundtrack world with as much storm as he did.
The Big Lebowski isn't the greatest film ever made. In fact, I have disliked every Coen Brothers film that I've seen, and think they are overrated.
Now I recognise (with the wisdom that my age should bring) that part of my dislike is a habitual reaction to a school friend who was a film snob - he thought they were brilliant and would get very psuedo-analytical about why - but in my defence, The Big Lebowski isn't terribly funny, rips off other better films (including North by Northwest), features the awful John Turturro, and seems to amble along without any real story or message.
Maybe I should watch it again... so I can better defend my opinion. ![]()
I don't think Toy Story is chasing an existential crisis. All of the crises in all three movies simply have to do with aging/life changes.
TS1: Getting a baby brother.
TS2: Puberty.
TS3: Moving away or staying with your family.
Ti West is an awful, awful filmmaker who has no idea how to make a good horror movie (and never has.) His fans mistake "tension-building" for tedious narratives that have no build whatsoever. He's never made anything worth watching.
I didn't think hating Glee was unpopular, but if it is, I'll chime in and say that Glee is some of the worst, most unwatchable garbage I've ever seen in my life.
As far as mainstream unpopular....hmmm.
Whedon is massively over-rated. There I said it. Almost everything he writes, outside of some of Buffy and most of Firefly, is written like a sitcom. It's near-constant bland jokes and safe references, the kind of stuff you would expect a laugh-track to run over. Characters being constantly snarky != good writing, and it just irritates the shit out of me. He really is a poor-man's Shane Black, with the distinction being that Shane Black brings a dark edge to his material, there's an under-current of anger and personality that comes through in his writing, whereas Whedon just goes for the safe vanilla version of everything. Is he terrible? No, not by a long shot, but this internet hero-worship really needs to stop.
Here's one: Marvel Studios is doing one of the most revolutionary things in film history, and no one's paying attention because they're comic book movies. There has NEVER been a franchise like the Avengers.
I don't know how much defending it actually needs simply because I've heard no discussion about it. Mothman Prophecies is in my top 10 favorite films. I like it both in content and in style. Almost every scene transitions into the next so it feels almost like there hasn't been any editing done. I'm not prone to jump scares and don't really react to scary or overly gory movies but for some reason this movie actually gave me goosebumps. My wife loves it too and most friends that I've shown it to have reacted favorably but I've heard no widespread discussion. It's so under the radar that there isn't even a blu-ray in production yet.
I thought the older version of Rose was going to spit over the side of the ship when she walked to the railing instead of the necklace showing up again. That would have been way better.
I do not like "Fight Club."
I understand while many may like it, and the construction of the movie is fine. But, the nihilism of the film and the almost cardboard feeling of the characters I get makes it difficult to connect with them. When the end twist is revealed, it actually pulls me out of the movie because I sit there and analyze when his split happen, how that impacted his life, and why in the thunder hasn't he been arrested yet!
Then things blow up and I'm left going, "What?"
Doesn't work for me.
I saw fight club at the right age, and adored and identified with the nihilism.
I'll actually sorta agree with fireproof to an extent. I enjoy the movie fine, the vibe, music, manic-energy is a lot of fun, but I think it's the kind of movie you love when you're 15-22, and after that you kinda grow out of it. It's just trying too hard and is super in your face.
Put another way, Fight Club feels like the work of a talented angry adolescent lashing out, and Zodiac is the work of a restrained master filmmaker, and I'm really glad Fincher moved in that direction.
Super Mario Bros is not a horrible movie.
I actually liked the whole "alternative universe that's populated by evolved lizards" plot line. Admittedly, it may not have been the best execution. Considering that the film is based on a game that features an Italian stereotype who kills turtles, befriends mushroom people, and smashes floating bricks with his head, it could have been worse.
Additionally, I thought Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper were good in their roles given what they had to work with.
What we got was a sloppy film but not entirely horrible one. I still hold the belief that, like Hook, had there been another rewrite we might have gotten something in the realms of Hellboy or Fifth Element.
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