I think Ron hit on what I was attempting to convey: an enjoyable movie is pure personal perspective, a good film is a matter of artfulness.
On Jun 16, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Megabrain Comics <[email protected]> wrote: > "Same with Starship Troopers... I'm missing how exactly it was a bad movie." > > Starship Troopers was an abomination of a movie, one that directly > contradicted many of the ideas that Heinlein wrote into the book. The book > went out of its way to repeated deglamorize war, to show the tedious nature > of the motorized infantry, played up the scary factor of fighting totally > inhuman foes, and how in their society gender roles may have evolved but have > continued to stay separate and roles in war played to each of their strengths > (all female pilots, all male infantry.) > > The movie version went so far as to show integrated showers because all > soldiers are equal (OMGBOOBIESLULZ), female infantry, did away with the > mechanized suits entirely, had a jingoistic feel good ending with the fearful > slug, and turned the combat into an over the top video game. It was one of > the worst adaptions ever made, an insult to the author of the book, and jam > packed with 4th rate crappy acting, and a paper thin story. I get annoyed > every time someone reminds me that movie exists. > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > How was GI Joe a bad movie? It delivered everything a big screen > adaption of the property should deliver. > > Same with Starship Troopers... I'm missing how exactly it was a bad > movie. > > I can point you in the direction of some pure garbage crap, and those > two are not examples of it. > > On Jun 16, 8:32 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are some fairly obscure reviewers listed there (at least to me). > > While all of the top critics have panned it so far, I've seen reviews from > > what look like little more than blogs too- Larsen On Film, DustinPutman, > > Badass Digest, Metromix. Maybe I'm too sheltered, but I've never heard of a > > single one. > > Critical consensus != personal impression. I've loved some bad movies (I'm > > looking at YOU, Starship Troopers). GI Joe was undeniably a bad movie. So > > far, even the positive reviews have caveats in them, so I have no faith > > that this will be a worthwhile movie. Maybe it won't be Ghost Rider bad, > > but I doubt I'll be spending money on it. > > > > On Jun 16, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Eh. RT is good if you want to see what mainstream critics are saying, > > > but pretty much all of the movies I have seen in the theaters and > > > enjoyed over the last few years have been "certifiably rotten" > > > according to them. (GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra being a prime example, > > > with a 33% rating but ranking as one of my favorite films of the > > > 00's.) > > > > > On Jun 15, 10:16 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Link:http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_lantern/(viashareaholic.com) > > > > >> Not looking good so far. 30 reviews, 20% approval rating. "Noisy, > > >> overproduced, and thinly written". > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
