Why modern movies suck - they teach us awful lessons

[BookTenTiger]

One rather well known Youtuber, who was making some serious money and ended up meeting many geek celebs (like Stan the Man multiple times), ended up getting hit so bad by the adpocalypse that she started selling nude calendars and posting the nude of the day, on Patreon.

Look I've been trying to not let my nude selfies business leak over into ENworld but if you're going to give me free advertising like this...

 

[Ryujin]

Oh, sorry. I completely agree with your last statement. That's a silly argument, and I can't imagine making it.

I was just noting that giving the director a writing credit doesn't necessarily mean a whole lot about the amount that they wrote. A Tarantino (for example) who prides themselves on their writing is the exception, not the rule. Often, the writing is minor editing or consulting.

Or the director wrote it and then the studio rewrote the original garbage (or made it garbage).
Or they counted a couple of scenes the director created and added, himself, as "writing."
Or it was part of his contract that he be given a writing credit, for doing nothing of the sort.
Or...

 

[ninjayeti]

In the last 2 years, what is a big budget, block buster movie, with an amazing story and character, that was not based on a book or a comic, written by only the director.

Ok, I'll bite:

In 2020 the highest grossing movie that was not based on a video game/novel/comic book or existing franchise was - 1917. Written and directed by Sam Mendes. 88% critic score and 88% audience score on Rotten Tomato.

 

[darkwillow]

Interesting that you choose this off topic response to a side conversation to respond to rather than my on topic post on the matter.

I mean all your posts in this thread are just garbage, can't do anything about that. I'm sure you have good posts elsewhere.

 

[Hex08]

I haven't watched the video at the beginning of the thread, as soon as I saw it was The Critical Drinker I couldn't bring myself to watch it. I was introduced to his videos a few years ago by a friend and initially thought he was funny but the more I watched his stuff the more turned off I got. Eventually I realized he was someone who had a hobby, watching movies, but that he doesn't really like watching movies, he just likes trying to suck the joy out of them. Yes, he does have some videos that are positive reviews and yes, he does have some videos that aren't complaining about some lead female character, however, in general his videos are just him whining about modern movies sucking because they don't fit his worldview and how movies suck because yada-yada-Mary-Sue.

Also, he has a video explaining why he's not a misogynist which is something every non-misogynist needs.

 

[Umbran]

Feel free to crash a different thread.

I mean all your posts in this thread are just garbage...

Mod Note:

If you cannot manage to take disagreement with rather more aplomb than this, you came to the wrong website. Here, we expect and require folks to show each other rather more respect than you are expressing here.

Please, treat the people better, or you will find yoruself in the somewhat embarassing position of not being allowed to contribute to the discussion you yourself began.

 

[Zardnaar]

I haven't watched the video at the beginning of the thread, as soon as I saw it was The Critical Drinker I couldn't bring myself to watch it. I was introduced to his videos a few years ago by a friend and initially thought he was funny but the more I watched his stuff the more turned off I got. Eventually I realized he was someone who had a hobby, watching movies, but that he doesn't really like watching movies, he just likes trying to suck the joy out of them. Yes, he does have some videos that are positive reviews and yes, he does have some videos that aren't complaining about some lead female character, however, in general his videos are just him whining about modern movies sucking because they don't fit his worldview and how movies suck because yada-yada-Mary-Sue.

Also, he has a video explaining why he's not a misogynist which is something every non-misogynist needs.

He's the best of the worst as he can be funny and has a point occasionally.

Really depends on the video/movie.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Here is a question: does a movie need a character arc? I can think of quite a few hugely successful ones that didn't. Most of the pre-Craig Bond movies for example. Bond comes in, sorts out the problem, and is exactly the same person at the end of the movie that he was at the start.

 

[payn]

Here is a question: does a movie need a character arc? I can think of quite a few hugely successful ones that didn't. Most of the pre-Craig Bond movies for example. Bond comes in, sorts out the problem, and is exactly the same person at the end of the movie that he was at the start.

They dont always. I think the video picks on Rey Palpatine because its implied that something interesting will happen with her story. What happens isnt really like previous saga stories though. Its jarring in this case because it doesn't fit the SW mold as previous installments did. I dont think it would be as big a deal if this was a SW story and not part of the saga.

So, I think the case is made in two instances of prequel/sequels that didnt match the initial experiences. I'm not sure this would hold up comparing different franchises nor does it mean modern movies suck.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think you got my posts mixed up. Dune is from the list of Oscar contenders, which include movies written both by the director and by writers. It just shows that a director also writing the film isn't indicative of the film being good or bad.

You would almost think it was possible for someone to be good at more than one thing...