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icfcogxgco t1_je6k2si wrote

Reply to Super hero movie vent by ABunchOfPictures

Comics have very rarely ever translated to film well. As a comic reader I can tell you 95% of what I read is no where near good enough for a movie. Only an exceptionally good story translated exceptionally well with an exceptional director and writer who knows what to cut and change for the big screen can pull it off. It's why only a handful of superhero movies ever are any good.

Bad films do well. Good movies do poorly so box office I think it's a far less reasonable thing to try to understand.

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ABunchOfPictures OP t1_je6jrto wrote

Reply to comment by Pigs-OnThe-Wing in Super hero movie vent by ABunchOfPictures

You did a good way of writing out what I was trying to say in the end there, the fact that they developed like 3 new “areas” being the microverse Atlantis and wherever the eternals were created

All without having any of these people talk or bring up the fact that any of these crazy things are happenings around them is crazy!

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Pigs-OnThe-Wing t1_je6jefe wrote

Reply to Super hero movie vent by ABunchOfPictures

I honestly think it just comes down to a lack of telling good, consolidated stories. They've prioritized massive world-building over character-building and its a problem.

I don't discount fatigue as a factor, but im always going to stand by the notion that good writing will always shine through. The reality is we've just been getting subpar material.

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itjustgotcold t1_je6j7v9 wrote

Reply to Here is my watchlist for the end of March and April of 2023 on the road to 150 Movies of 1983. by VestronVideo

Woof, when Psycho II gets a higher rating than The Outsiders and a half star less than Return of The Jedi I have to admit our tastes don’t quite align, haha. But I commend the effort as I am sure you’ll be sitting through some painfully boring movies as the year goes on!

My problem with personal reviews is that I don’t finish most of the movies I’d consider one star. And I don’t rate anything I haven’t finished. So that just leaves we with no movies below two stars. I have the same problem with books and video games. So I appreciate you setting a task out and following it through, even though I really don’t think I could do it!

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GrouchoManSavage t1_je6j4pz wrote

Reply to comment by A_C_B_90 in FavouriteDirector? by A_C_B_90

I like it, I don't love - in fact, although this was my favorite Kubrick movie at one time, it's the one film of his I think aged most poorly.

Additionally there's the fact that the movie ends after the book's Chapter 20, and having read the book, Chapter 21 really changes the whole ending :)

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FlavoredTaters t1_je6ixpl wrote

Reply to Super hero movie vent by ABunchOfPictures

Marvel's phase one was good, ending with Endgame. Since then they've stopped focusing on good writing and are just cash grabbing in my opinion. And DC is like Marvel's retarded little brother trying to play catch up so if those movies were bad in phase 1, they're definitely not going to get better now. I think its oversaturation

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Jerrymoviefan3 t1_je6isnp wrote

Reply to comment by FloppedYaYa in Unexpected Oscar Winners by TastyGreggsPasty

The year Spotlight won the experts doing predictions said it was a nearly impossible to call three way race for best picture. They were used to either a runaway favorite or a close two picture race so they were amazed by what appeared to be a dead heat with three pictures. No one would have been shocked if any of The Revenant, The Big Short, or Spotlight had one. All three made my top ten that year but Room was #1 followed by #2 Spotlight.

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