EVA Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 The only thing all those movies actually have in common is that they weren't produced by Marvel Studios. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Can we have a real discussion about a movie that took itself too seriously and WHY that was a problem? Does this movie exist? When should a movie have a dark tone and when should it be full of humor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Elysium, which is on his list, seems like a fair shout. It beats you over the head with it's message, which sucks the fun out of what could be a really thrilling action movie. District 9 is a way superior film. I was expecting more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 As soon as I saw Children of Men occupying the same list as the Matrix sequels I said "fuck this thread." Outloud. My neighbors heard me. I hope they were watching Four Brothers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Are we sure it's a troll thread? Please confirm it's a troll thread.. http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1083-trolling/ Trying to argue that Jonah Hill getting posessed by demon cock is an example of a film being "overly serious" is about as troll as it gets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Ha, I would never really want Mike banned over this. There is a nice little Superman/Batman/whatever film on the horizon and he needs to be in that thread... It just wouldn't be the same.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 In what reality should District 9, 2012 and ***KNOWING***. (Fucking KNOWING!) occupy any type of similar-themed list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Am I crazy for thinking that the first oh.. 30-45 minutes of Knowing was watchable? Then something happened. Something terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Yeah, Nick started reading from the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Oh, man. Every time I look at that list, something new jumps out at me. Apparently THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU is an action movie. You know, the one where Matt Damon struggles to reconnect with his true love while being menaced by those most fearsome of adversaries, John Slattery and Terrence Stamp in magical fedoras. (Do I need to spoiler box the magical fedoras?) Totally badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 I demand comparisons. Which action/SF movies took themselves exactly seriously enough? Oh, good question! A.I., is a good example. 1/2 the Mission Impossible movies (2&4, I don't remember anything from 3), the Ong Bak movies, Attack the Block, Batman Begins, Super 8, Transformers 1 & 3 (2 was goofy), Get Carter are a few off the top of my head. I might have gone a little overboard toward the end of compiling the list with the apocalyptic movies, but there sure were a lot of 'em recently. Niners Fan is correct that I was referring the grim/dark/ponderous tone when I mistakenly put "overly serious" in the title of the thread. I'm tired of "dark" being mistaken for mature. It seems like every genre feels they need to put out "dark" movies to be taken seriously, but when you're just repeating the same patterns over and over with a different character slotted into the paradigm it gets old really fast. Look at Star Trek: The Motion Picture - it is in a nutshell everything that is wrong with most genre movie adaptations, and is widely regarded as terrible, compared to WoK, which took itself much less seriously and everyone loves. I'm scatterbrained this morning, so I'll toss this in too THE AVENGERS:THE DARK KNIGHT RISES::STAR WARS:STAR TREK:TMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 And no, this is not a troll thread. People have differing opinions, and I'll ignore those who can't be arsed to look through the entire initial post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I would like to see you pick any other movie from your list and compare it to Children of Men. Try it. I could use a good laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I don't recognize all of these titles, but there is at least one straight-to-DVD movie on the list. Lol. Compare that one to CHILDREN OF MEN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thematically, it pairs well with 'City of Ember' I love all the trolls who skim the list looking for a movie they recognise and skip the "Action/Sci-Fi" sentence and the "MOVIES NOT JUDGED ON QUALITY, JUST THEMATIC ELEMENTS*" Christ, learn to read *Tone, for the trolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 What does James Franco hiding cheese for his Freaks and Geeks pal compare to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Still don't get it? People read your thread, but you cant have Michael Cera getting a Rimjob on the same list as Children of Men and claim thematic elements-!It's a foolish list that can't be tied together by any tone or style. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Goddamn there's some anger in this thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 It be easier to read if we didn't have to constantly check your footnotes* *Which are as distracting to posts as kids are to movies.** ** See? THAT'S thematically the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Still dont get it? People read your bullshit thread, but you cant have Michael Cera getting a Rimjob on the same list as Children of Men and claim thematic elements-! It's a foolish list that can't be tied together by any tone or style. I guess Mike missed RAPTURE-PALOOZA, otherwise that definitely would have made the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thematically, it pairs well with 'City of Ember' I love all the trolls who skim the list looking for a movie they recognise and skip the "Action/Sci-Fi" sentence and the "MOVIES NOT JUDGED ON QUALITY, JUST THEMATIC ELEMENTS*" Christ, learn to read *Tone, for the trolls I think people can be forgiven for missing the /Sci-fi part, since the title of the thread, and the first sentence, just references "action movies." Personally, I don't find BATMAN BEGINS tonally much different than the next two in the series. Probably all of them take themselves too seriously. Then, if you have the audacity to respond to them with a serious critique, you get a response of "it's just a superhero movie omfg!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I don't think District 9 took itself too seriously. Some parts were outright comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 See, if you are someone criticizing The Dark Knight you are going to be looked at as someone who is looking for attention because we're talking about a film that is over 90% on RT and near the top of the imdb Top 250. There's not a lot of people who DISLIKE the film so if you are going to criticize it you better be bringing some damn good points to the table.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Hell, I get attacked for saying "I liked, but it's kinda overrated." Which it totally is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligerbusa Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 If you think the majority are overrating it, doesn't that just mean, you're underrating it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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