No shite. But too often in the last 20 or 30 years unfortunately, Hokeyweird (Hollywood) forgets that. :(Kaysow wrote:Entertainment should be entertaining, not pretentious. <snip>
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You guys are forgetting about the tons of Romantic Comedies, Teen Slasher Movies, B-Action Movies, and Hokey Sci Fi Flicks that Hollywood churns out every year. Most of those aren't pretentious and don't try to do anything but entertain and make money. More often than not Hollywood tries to be entertaining, rather than thought provoking.
It seems to be that the ones we remember are the movies that actually had some originality/depth to them, or were complete disasters, hence the Armageddon discussion.
It seems to be that the ones we remember are the movies that actually had some originality/depth to them, or were complete disasters, hence the Armageddon discussion.
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-On EMF, as a thread becomes longer, the likelihood that fem-Kaworu will be mentioned increases exponentially.
-the only English language novel actually being developed in parallel to its Japanese version involving a pan-human Soviet in a galactic struggle to survive and to export the communist utopia/revolution to all the down trodden alien class and race- one of the premise being that Khrushchev remains and has abandoned Lysenko stupidity
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True. But those flicks are not the ones that get most of the publicity in recent years. The ones that get all the hype at Cannes or Sundance are the ones that get most of it. It's the "message" films, and you probably know which ones. Here's a hint for an obvious one:
Take a guess at who wrote:I wish I knew how to quit you!
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THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:True. But those flicks are not the ones that get most of the publicity in recent years. The ones that get all the hype at Cannes or Sundance are the ones that get most of it. It's the "message" films, and you probably know which ones. Here's a hint for an obvious one:Take a guess at who wrote:I wish I knew how to quit you!
Fucking brokeback mountain. As far as movies go, they are like any other medium. Quite a few really quality movies, vs an entire mountain of pure, unadulterated shit.
Eric Cartman wrote:Naw dude, Independent films are those black and white hippy movies. They're always about gay cowboys eating pudding.
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THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:No shite. But too often in the last 20 or 30 years unfortunately, Hokeyweird (Hollywood) forgets that. :(Kaysow wrote:Entertainment should be entertaining, not pretentious. <snip>
Indeed. Somwhere along the line, they forgot to make a quality, entertaining movie *clutches copy od Die Hard*
Anybody see the new Rambo 4 trailer? It's well... awfuly gory.
A, there's still slight hope that Die Hard 4 will be worthy. Only slight, as directors today can't really help themselves from including scenes as unbelivable and overly CG-ridden as the Matrix 2 highway *yawn* chase. But that's the way things are moving, and little can be done to stop it.
And B, yeah that trailer is gruesome. It's probably some kinda leak or something.
And B, yeah that trailer is gruesome. It's probably some kinda leak or something.
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Kaysow wrote:And B, yeah that trailer is gruesome. It's probably some kinda leak or something.
Apparently it's the preview they showed at Cannes.
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-"That purace has more badassu maddafaakas zan supermax spaceland."
-On EMF, as a thread becomes longer, the likelihood that fem-Kaworu will be mentioned increases exponentially.
-the only English language novel actually being developed in parallel to its Japanese version involving a pan-human Soviet in a galactic struggle to survive and to export the communist utopia/revolution to all the down trodden alien class and race- one of the premise being that Khrushchev remains and has abandoned Lysenko stupidity
-"That purace has more badassu maddafaakas zan supermax spaceland."
-On EMF, as a thread becomes longer, the likelihood that fem-Kaworu will be mentioned increases exponentially.
-the only English language novel actually being developed in parallel to its Japanese version involving a pan-human Soviet in a galactic struggle to survive and to export the communist utopia/revolution to all the down trodden alien class and race- one of the premise being that Khrushchev remains and has abandoned Lysenko stupidity
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QFTKaysow wrote:Eric Cartman wrote:Naw dude, Independent films are those black and white hippy movies. They're always about gay cowboys eating pudding.
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