The Movie House - Part 11

M99 wrote:

The Madrid One wrote:Saw The Batman, was disappointed by the movie; the part I enjoyed the most was when Robert Pattinson actually popped out for real by surprise inside my movie theater to wish us all a good time. I basically had front row seats and he actually came out right in front of me, was at arms length. Twas cool.

As for the movie, without trying to spoil it: I liked the casting choices and the visual aesthetics of the movie but the story, plot, and general feel of the movie was not to my liking at all and it unfortunately was par for the course schlock for what can be expected of mainstream "superhero" movies. I was not surprised but still I was disappointed as I love Batman and the lore and I was hoping the sensibilities shown in the first trailer would by some miracle from god pan out with more tasteful substance behind them than how it all inevitably turned out. I remember the first trailer looked and felt like a dream to me, in the following teasers and trailers I could feel the cracks already.

Felt kinda bummed out for the cast actually, they deserved better. The movie is also a good example for me of why in an ideal world there wouldn't be superhero movies anymore, i'd much rather see a The Batman TV series with artistic integrity produced by HBO or something, the movie format is a tired and limiting one. The movie was 3 hours long and it was used clumsily, and it all wreaks of soulless corporatism. Weak and even embarrassing at points.  

I'm not much for theaters or Hollywood, hadn't gone to a theater since The Last Jedi, both then and now I was disappointed and I knew I was going to be. I always think it's a shame when shiny movies with so much resources behind them end up being trite garbage. Kinda like eating a hollow tasteless cake with fancy decoration on it; you know it's not healthy and that nutritionally it is garbage because it's cake, but when you actually start eating a slice of it it's even worse because it's so bland and typical despite the decoration. Just throw out the fucking cakes.

This is probably the most pretentious post in the history of GL.

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

El Gunner wrote:Before the Oscars piss you off with their petty politics, let me tell you what's up.
https://letterboxd.com/o_cav/list/2021-in-film/

RealGunner wrote:

El Gunner wrote:Before the Oscars piss you off with their petty politics, let me tell you what's up.
https://letterboxd.com/o_cav/list/2021-in-film/

Is the last duel really that good?

RealGunner wrote:

El Gunner wrote:Before the Oscars piss you off with their petty politics, let me tell you what's up.
https://letterboxd.com/o_cav/list/2021-in-film/

Is the last duel really that good?

McAgger wrote:The Last Duel was great. I have it ranked 2nd for 2021 for me.

El Gunner wrote:

McAgger wrote:The Last Duel was great. I have it ranked 2nd for 2021 for me.

McAgger wrote:Dune was a masterpiece for me and by far the best of 2021..

Harmonica wrote:

El Gunner wrote:

McAgger wrote:The Last Duel was great. I have it ranked 2nd for 2021 for me.

McAgger wrote:Dune was a masterpiece for me and by far the best of 2021..

Harmonica wrote:Wait Amazon bought MGM? This has a chance to be even worse thing for Bond than what Disney was for Star Wars.

El Gunner wrote:little bit drunk, little bit high... currently rewatching Wolf of Wall Street
Scorsese really spazzed out for that one in a good way, completely different from his usual focus on gangsters or faith/

CBarca wrote:Anybody see The Northman yet?

El Gunner wrote:

CBarca wrote:Anybody see The Northman yet?

can already tell i will dislike it because i don't like any of Robert Eggers' films... but i probably will still watch it