Over hyped Movies
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Re: Over hyped Movies
Other movies in my mind would have to be the complete Twilight mess. I have never ever cared for the chick who played Bella (I think wet cardboard actually has more onscreen personality), and she completely ruins the entire thing for me.
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And I may be in the minority in this one, but I'm a little over superhero movies in general. I think we've been way oversaturated with them in the last few years. I guess whatever makes the money.
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I do not think La La Land was overrated. The reason they cast non-singers in a musical was to show that these people weren't perfect, they weren't perfect dancers or perfect singers. The fact it was a musical was just how the director wanted to convey the world, a dream world with reality intertwined with it. I think it was a beautiful film, but I cannot bring myself to watch it more than once. At least not soon after the first viewing. Good movie, but yeah possibly a bit "overhyped."annahariet wrote: ↑23 Apr 2018, 06:28 Let me start by saying I did not like La La Land. First, I will never understand why they decided to cast non-singers to lead in a musical. I read that the director specifically chose non-singers to represent the realities of life and people and whatnot. If he wanted to make a realistic movie, what was the point of making a musical in the first place? I liked the piano parts. But none of the songs were catchy, and the singing was weak. With these two combined, the songs were bland and unremarkable. In terms of acting, both of the leads were great, but the pacing of the story was too slow for my liking that I ended up not liking the movie altogether.
Additionally, I think The Greatest Showman was just okay. The plot was so-so, and the entire story was skimmed over. My main issue with it is how the characters were never really fleshed out, and we never really see any character development except for Barnum's, and even that was questionable. Another issue is the number of historical inaccuracies in the movie, but that's an entirely different discussion. But unlike in La La Land, the musical numbers in The Greatest Showman are spectacular enough for me to forgive (or at least ignore) most issues I have with the movie.
The one movie I will always believe was overhyped was Interstellar. I love most of Nolan's movies, but this one just doesn't do anything for me. I will go as far to say that this is one of his worst movies. The music and visuals are amazing, and the first half of the movie was pretty good, but the second half loses the grandiose adventure and just becomes a movie where they had the ending in mind and had to mad lib their way over to it. The thing that most exemplifies every problem was Matt Damon's character. It seems completely unnecessary, they couldn't find a way to dismiss the character who had waited 23 years for them to return, so they created an entirely new character to eliminate him from the picture. That's really his only purpose aside from giving them "reason" to enter the black hole. Also the treatment of the character of Cooper's son is downright insulting. Good aspects and great scenes, but overall this movie falls flat in terms of a coherent story from a writing standpoint.
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I am in the process of reading the book right now, but I absolutely love 2001. It is excruciatingly slow, but I still love the story and messages presented. Most of all, I love Hal and how despite the fact he is a robot, many of the things he does are human. At its core it's a brilliant movie, and certainly one I will continue to resvisit in the future.thaservices1 wrote: ↑02 Jun 2018, 19:47I agree with you on 2001. It is dramatic the music powerful, the visuals even today are impressive. But wow did it go slow. I saw it as a teenager and then read the books which were amazing, so a lot of the story had become squashed up in my memory with the movie. When I watched it again earlier this year I was amazed how much of the story just wasn't explained, especially in the ending visual overload sequences. Hal though, shiver! Every time I see Disney's Wall-E with the Autopilot so obviously another Hal and I wonder how many kids will never get the reference. There's no way the majority of today's movie goers are gonna sit through a film like 2001. Better luck getting them to read the books.KRay93 wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 10:58 I feel that many of the films that are usually awarded at the Academy Awards or at several international festivals receive an exaggerated treatment from critics.
If I had to think of one in particular, it always comes to my mind 2001: A Space Odyssey. I do believe that the visual aspect of the film (special effects, style and Kubrick's work as the director) is extraordinary. Outside of that, the pace is too slow, and there are many things in the plot that are difficult to grasp merely taking into account what the movie shows and tells.
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I am not sure when it was that directors and
filmmakers stumbled upon the idea that all a movie
needs is a great cast to grab the audience, but
someone should tell them that a film is only as good
as its weakest actor.
So many heavyweights but the storyline not goof
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