Spritenaut 32 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Coppola's movies don't interest me conceptually. I mean, if you explain the plot of Virgin Suicides to me beforehand, I'd probably want to go well out of my way to avoid that. But I'm seen all her films and thought they were all quality efforts from an artistic/technical perspective. I've seen all her films and ended up really appreciating them all. I don't doubt that her name opened some doors for her early on, but the idea that she has no talent strikes me as ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 I think technically she's a very compelling director. She can shoot a movie. I just wish I found the subject of her films as interesting as she does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Aren't artists told to write/draw/act/direct what they know for the most part? That's what Sofia Coppola is doing. Holding her privleged life against her is no more fair than holding the life of a dirt-broke person against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Aren't artists told to write/draw/act/direct what they know for the most part? That's what Sofia Coppola is doing. Holding her privleged life against her is no more fair than holding the life of a dirt-broke person against them. Writing what you know is fine. It works for Woody Allen. But I think the problem is, as you see in Lost in Translation with the Charlotte character, as well as Somewhere, she's a little out of touch. Privileged people wandering around five star hotels being depressed aren't that sympathetic. Say what you want about Allen (hey I won't stop you) but if he was writing the Charlotte character he would have caught onto how unlikable she came off and written it into the screenplay. As it is, we're supposed to get behind the character and not care that she spends most of her time being mean to her husband or acting snooty around her peers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The Wire is fucking boring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The Wire is fucking boring Amen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Marie Antoinette is an intriguing piece of work for me, due to the post modern pop culture blender effect. Same as Moulin Rogue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 -I'm mostly ok with How I Met Your Mother ended. Like, 95%. -I dislike most of Joss Whedon's work(Avengers and the original Buffy movie aside, and even those have moments that bug me.) -I refuse to watch anything vampire or zombie related -I like the Hunger Games series quite a lot, and find it to be a pretty damn good commentary of sensationalism in media. -Will Ferrell is annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I used to like Vampires and Zombies. Then Twilight happened and killed vampires completly. Zombies, I'm just burnt out on. I also blame Twilight for the horriffic amount of shitty tween-Young Adult Vampire Slashfic currently on the market. Lord of Light, the shit I had to wade through on my library app on my Nook to get past that shit and into the actual decent fiction was disturbing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 -I'm mostly ok with How I Met Your Mother ended. Like, 95%. -I dislike most of Joss Whedon's work(Avengers and the original Buffy movie aside, and even those have moments that bug me.) -I refuse to watch anything vampire or zombie related -I like the Hunger Games series quite a lot, and find it to be a pretty damn good commentary of sensationalism in media. -Will Ferrell is annoying A kindred spirit appears! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The Wire is fucking boring Amen You thought The Wire was boring, yet you enjoyed and emphatically defend Ang Lee's insomnia curing Hulk movie? Mind.. blown.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Marie Antoinette is an intriguing piece of work for me, due to the post modern pop culture blender effect. Same as Moulin Rogue. It looks great for sure, I just don't think there's that much there. Arguably one of the most interesting times in all of history and Coppola reduces it to rich people hanging out and looking cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The Wire is fucking boring 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Nothing has ever been more disappointing than watching the entire first season of The Wire. Generic cop show with nothing but clichéd plot points that were old in the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Nothing has ever been more disappointing than watching the entire first season of The Wire. Generic cop show with nothing but clichéd plot points that were old in the 70's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Fowler doesn't even know who that is! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Like most TV shows, season one is not thr best representative of the show's quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Sure, but at the end of the first season, I cared about the fate of exactly 1 character (McNulty) and only insomuch that I wanted to see him die a slow, painful death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I love that the next few pages of this thread will mostly consist of people talking about your horrible taste in TV, Fowler. Not enough people were involved the last time we had this discussion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I really don't care. Overrated shitty show is overrated and shitty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 My only issue is calling it shitty. Not liking it is personal preference. Saying it was not well-made is another. There's plenty of stuff i dont like but i can appreciate its craftsmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I vote we douse Fowler's opinions in lime and board them up in a vacant building. WHO'S WITH ME? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Updating a post from a few months ago, because it still makes me giggle: "Although The Wire is fiction, not a documentary, its depiction of [the] systemic urban inequality that constrains the lives of the urban poor is more poignant and compelling [than] that of any published study, including my own" - William Julius Wilson "Generic cop show with nothing but clichéd plot points that were old in the 70's." - Brian Fowler 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 MEGA CONTROVERSIAL OPINION I am sick and tried of movies where Liam Neeson swears revenge on people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Really? I hadn't picked up on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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