OT: Let's talk about movies and TV - Part XXII

[mitchmagic]

I mean, you can. It's just stupid to do so because it's subjective. It's like trying to rank a bunch of people on their attractiveness.

No it's not.

 

[mitchmagic]

I mean, you can. It's just stupid to do so because it's subjective. It's like trying to rank a bunch of people on their attractiveness.

There's literally an entire industry based around studying, critiquing, and discussing cinema...

 

[Mrb1p]

I see no huge issue with it. Usually is meant to call out someone who can't discuss something without getting triggered. Again, if certain words bother you, the internet is the wrong place to be.

OT: - The Lounge Thread Part XLV - Les Bleus sont champions du monde! / SummerSlam is coming up soon!

/shrug



Well I bolded your own hyperbole and made a throwaway joke. It's not like they were my own words or anything. My point was more to point fun at your method for judging how good a director is rather than hating on QT, although we do have a poster in here, IIRC, that keeps calling him the best, in which case 'overrated' probably does apply. I just don't think measuring the amount of doubt you can generate by praising someone is a very good way of judging how effective they are at their jobs. I can dig up my old QT movie ranking and expand a bit when I'm done work.

I was going to ask whether The Last Exorcism 2 was worth watching, given you're a Chazelle fan. I'm an easy mark for the found footage horror stuff and actually liked the first one quite a bit. The drama surrounding The First Man turned me off from seeing it, but I did like Cloverfield Lane.

I guess the sarcasm went over your head Wasn't the Trump comment enough to throw you off base ? Or are you a Trump supporter ?

 

[Mrb1p]

There's literally an entire industry based around studying, critiquing, and discussing cinema...

Theres also an entire industry around people putting their peepee into the poopoo of people and they have critiques and discussion and even awards.

Doesn't make it an art or anything worth judging on tangible criterias.

Like who f***ing cares, I liked all the Transformers movie, succ it.

 

[overlords]

I guess the sarcasm went over your head Wasn't the Trump comment enough to throw you off base ? Or are you a Trump supporter ?

You were sperging out over a 'grown man' using the term. You didn't say anything about employing it ironically. To be followed up with the post below, I quote, "succ it'

 

[Mrb1p]

You were sperging out over a 'grown man' using the term. You didn't say anything about employing it ironically. To be followed up with the post below, I quote, "succ it'

I'm just a large baby, so I don't qualify.

 

[mitchmagic]

Theres also an entire industry around people putting their peepee into the poopoo of people and they have critiques and discussion and even awards.

Doesn't make it an art or anything worth judging on tangible criterias.

Like who ****ing cares, I liked all the Transformers movie, succ it.

That's fine - there's tons of books on Michael Bay.

Also you saying you like something, is also a form of criticism. You just don't like negative criticism. Talking positively is still talking about "art."

And yes, it is art.

 

[Tabarouette]

I see no huge issue with it. Usually is meant to call out someone who can't discuss something without getting triggered. Again, if certain words bother you, the internet is the wrong place to be.

OT: - The Lounge Thread Part XLV - Les Bleus sont champions du monde! / SummerSlam is coming up soon!

/shrug



Well I bolded your own hyperbole and made a throwaway joke. It's not like they were my own words or anything. My point was more to point fun at your method for judging how good a director is rather than hating on QT, although we do have a poster in here, IIRC, that keeps calling him the best, in which case 'overrated' probably does apply. I just don't think measuring the amount of doubt you can generate by praising someone is a very good way of judging how effective they are at their jobs. I can dig up my old QT movie ranking and expand a bit when I'm done work.

I was going to ask whether The Last Exorcism 2 was worth watching, given you're a Chazelle fan. I'm an easy mark for the found footage horror stuff and actually liked the first one quite a bit. The drama surrounding The First Man turned me off from seeing it, but I did like Cloverfield Lane.

point taken

not gonna lie I haven't seen Last Exorcism 2, it's still on my endless watchlist!

I didn't say he's overrated. He has good films -- Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, and Jackie Brown are great works. He has his style and I feel, in those films, that style is really at its peak. The dialogue, the writing, and the pacing is just stellar in those. The rest of the films do not do anything for me and I find are complete chore to watch. Reservoir Dogs feels like a 14 year old boy fantasy and really didn't age well. The Hateful Eight was pointless and just a 2 hour long reason for him to have a woman get beat up. Django Unchained was him feeling like he could make a movie about race; he shouldn't. It also wasn't good and was far too long. Kill Bill might as well not be a Quentin Tarantino movie since it's just a direct copy of a bunch of old samurai films. Death Proof is OK, but again, I feel it's just pointless.

A lot of my issues around Tarantino actually come down to the fandom around him. He's like every CEGEP student's favorite filmmaker and that really shows me his work speaks to a very specific age and state of mind.

man idk about Kill Bill, it's always a fine line between hommage and copy right and only talking about the first one, it's such a crazy ass movie and a mix of so many things that just making them work together is kind of a big achievement IMO.

And we'll always disagree on that cegep comment, it's so pretentious and condescending to me to mix opinions and scholarity/experience... By the same logic, the academy would be objectively more qualified than you and I to have opinions, and they just gave Bohemian Rhapsody the oscar for Best Editing

 

[Mrb1p]

That's fine - there's tons of books on Michael Bay.

Also you saying you like something, is also a form of criticism. You just don't like negative criticism. Talking positively is still talking about "art."

And yes, it is art.

You can like something without trying to criticize something.

 

[lo striver]

If you have to pick one to save your life, what is your favorite film?

Mine is "Le Diner de Cons". I never watch any movies more than once, but that one I can watch over and over and still find it funny for some reason. It is not even a real film, it is an adaptation of a play.

 

[Mrb1p]

So I have a lot of homework and all so I opened up youtube and a few hours later I'm just watching this and its absolutely hilarious

 

[ArtPeur]

So, wait, did my comment about "that one Quentin Tarantino fan" sparked those last two pages?

If you have to pick one to save your life, what is your favorite film?

Mine is "Le Diner de Cons". I never watch any movies more than once, but that one I can watch over and over and still find it funny for some reason. It is not even a real film, it is an adaptation of a play.

Star Wars: A New Hope/Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi.

Yes, I know, it's 3 movies. I've been watching them a few times every year since I'm 7 (I'll be 34 soon enough). I've probably seen them over 200 times already (or more)

._.

 

[ArtPeur]

So I have a lot of homework and all so I opened up youtube and a few hours later I'm just watching this and its absolutely hilarious

Michael Caine is like the old guy you bumped into in a Tim Horton and he starts telling you stories about his whole life

... for some reason I assumed that Shakira was the singer ._.

 

[Mrb1p]

Michael Caine is like the old guy you bumped into in a Tim Horton and he starts telling you stories about his whole life

... for some reason I assumed that Shakira was the singer ._.

Same, I had to look it up, I was like "What the hell, on top of being the raddest dude he's pulling Shakira as a walking corpse ?"

Love Michael Caine. Such a cool, cool man.

 

[Ozmodiar]

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[ottawa]

If you have to pick one to save your life, what is your favorite film?

Mine is "Le Diner de Cons". I never watch any movies more than once, but that one I can watch over and over and still find it funny for some reason. It is not even a real film, it is an adaptation of a play.

Probably Sharknado 4

Huge step up from Sharknado 3 which seemed like a franchise that was slowly trending downwards but the 4th one really revived the franchise. Too bad they couldn't continuing building off the 4th one when they made the 5th. A couple of step backwards again.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Probably Sharknado 4

Huge step up from Sharknado 3 which seemed like a franchise that was slowly trending downwards but the 4th one really revived the franchise. Too bad they couldn't continuing building off the 4th one when they made the 5th. A couple of step backwards again.

Tugg Speedman would be proud

 

[ottawa]

Tarantino has yet to make a bad movie IMO, all his movies are from good to great so I trust this one will be good too

I wholeheartedly agree, Tarentino is basically the ultimate director with Scorcese being a close 2nd.

1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Jackie Brown
4. Kill Bill (1 and 2)
5. Death Proof
6. Inglourious Basterds
7. Django Unchained
8. The Hateful Eight

It's almost hard to pick a bad one because there aren't any, but you put a bullet to my head and I say Death Proof.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

I personally hated TWBB. Stopped watching 2/3 of the way through.

I'm surprised to hear that Ozy, what didn't you like?

 

[ottawa]

How would you all rank his 8 movies? I think my list would go like this

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Kill Bill
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Django Unchained
6. Jackie Brown
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Death Proof

The top 3 are definitely in my top 15 of all time, maybe even top 10. And too early to say but with the cast that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I can't imagine that not landing in the top 5.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Yeesh this look terrible.

Don't see the appeal tbh. I'm not a QT fan at all. Not a fan of his work.

 

[Mrb1p]

Probably Sharknado 4

Huge step up from Sharknado 3 which seemed like a franchise that was slowly trending downwards but the 4th one really revived the franchise. Too bad they couldn't continuing building off the 4th one when they made the 5th. A couple of step backwards again.

Which one has Gianna Michaels in it ? Or is that pirana 3D ? Because thats the one I'm going for.

 

[ottawa]

Which one has Gianna Michaels in it ? Or is that pirana 3D ? Because thats the one I'm going for.

No clue who that is...can you recommend some of her movies? Bounce 2 and Water Mellons both seem to have good reviews.

 

[Mrb1p]

No clue who that is...can you recommend some of her movies? Bounce 2 and Water Mellons both seem to have good reviews.

 

[ottawa]

Reservoir Dogs (1992): ★★★★ 1/2

A near perfect movie. Another one of those movies where the dialogue is amazing and hard to pick your favourite one...whether it's the conversation about tipping or when they're having their names assigned.

The Dark Knight (2008): ★★★★1/2
Batman Begins (2005): ★★★★
The Dark Knight Rises (2012): ★★★★
The Aviator (2004): ★★★1/2
Hugo (2011): ★★★
The Hangover (2009): ★★★1/2
The Hangover: Part 2 (2011): ★★★
Mean Streets (1973): ★★★
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): ★★★★
Fyre (2019): ★★★1/2
American Pie (1999): ★★★1/2
American Pie 2 (2001): ★★★
American Wedding (2003): ★★★
American Reunion (2012): ★★★
Seven Pounds (2008): ★★★
Strangers on a Train (1951): ★★★★
Sunset Boulevard (1950): ★★★★
Saving Private Ryan (1998): ★★★★1/2
Bird Box (2018): ★★★1/2
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): ★★★★
Avengers (2012): ★★★★
Iron Man 2 (2010): ★★★★
The Incredible Hulk (2008): ★★1/2
Iron Man ( 2008): ★★★1/2
Aliens (1979): ★★★★1/2
Aliens (1986): ★★★★
District 9 (2009): ★★★★
Titanic (1997): ★★★1/2
The Intouchables (2011): ★★★★★ (top 10)
Easy A (2010): ★★★1/2
Grown Ups (2010): ★★
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): ★★★★
Spider-Man 3 (2007): ★★1/2
The Ringer (2005): ★★
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003): ★★★★1/2 (top 10)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004): ★★★★1/2
Central Intelligence (2016): ★★1/2
The Inglorious Basterds (2008): ★★★★
The Waterboy (1998): ★★
Pulp Fiction (1994): ★★★★★ (top 10)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): ★★★★
Ratatouille (2007): ★★★★
Moon (2009): ★★★1/2
Shutter Island (2010): ★★★★
The Town (2010): ★★★
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013): ★★★
Grown Ups 2 (2013): ★★
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014): ★★1/2
Ex-Machina (2014): ★★★★1/2 (top 10)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): ★★★★1/2
Now You See Me (2013): ★★★
War Dogs (2016): ★★★1/2
The Age of Adeline (2015): ★★★
Gravity (2013): ★★★1/2
The Matrix (1999): ★★★★1/2
Superbad (2007): ★★★★
The Shallows (2016): ★★★
8 Mile (2002): ★★★1/2
Clueless (1995): ★★★1/2
GoodFellas (1990): ★★★★1/2
The Godfather: Part 1 (1972): ★★★★★
The Godfather: Part II (1974): ★★★★1/2
The Godfather: Part III (1990): ★★★½
Dunkirk (2017): ★★★★
Sausage Party (2016): ★★★
Taxi Driver (1976): ★★★★
Prodigy (2018): ★★½
Now You See Me 2 (2016): ★★1/2
Black Panther (2014): ★★★½
John Wick (2014): ★★★★
Oldboy (2003): ★★★★½
Casino (1995): ★★★★
Django Unchained (2017): ★★★★½
Thor Ragnarok (2017): ★★★★
Power Rangers (2017): ★½
Secret Life of Pets (2016): ★★★
LoTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): ★★★★★ (top 10)
LoTR: The Two Towers (2002): ★★★★1/2
LoTR: The Return of the King (2003): ★★★★1/2
An Unexpected Journey (2012): ★★★★
Desolation of Smaug (2013): ★★★½
Battle of the Five Armies (2014): ★★★½
This is the end (2013): ★★★
Here Comes the Boom (2012): ★★
Dirty Grandpa (2016): ★★
The Departed (2006): ★★★★1/2
Secret Window (2004): ★★★
The Big Short (2015): ★★★★
Finding Nemo (2003): ★★★★
Zombieland (2009): ★★★1/2
The Cabin in the Woods (2011): ★★★1/2
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): ★★★★
Gangs of New York (2002): ★★★★
Inbetweeners (2011): ★★★
Inbetweeners 2 (2014): ★★★
X-men: First Class (2011): ★★★1/2
21 (2008): ★★★
The Hateful 8 (2015): ★★★★
Days of Future Past (2014): ★★★★
X-men (2000): ★★★1/2
X-men Origins: Wolverine (2009): ★★★
Social Network (2010): ★★★★
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011): ★★★★
The Shawshank Redemption (1994): ★★★★
Limitless (2011): ★★★1/2
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004): ★★★★
Reservoir Dogs (1992): ★★★★ 1/2 (top 10)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014): ★★★