What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Violent & Funky · 08-06-2010, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bungalow

what do you mean by low-quality? as in the film artists of the 1960s created work that was of a lower artistic quality? or are you talking about the actual recording of the image...like the image is of a lower quality?

Entertainment quality, since that's what I go for in a movie. In my book it's to entertain me, so it's competing against things like a baseball game or video games and not so much paintings or music...

~~bungalow~~ · 08-06-2010, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

What, that they're boring? How can you possible argue that?

boring is the absolute lamest criticism you can give a film. you get from a film what you put into it, if you engage a film and watch it actively rather than passively it will not bore you. if it does that is your fault, generally. i'll leave room for empire as an exception.

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Haha maybe you don't find CGI to be an improvement but I challenge you to watch Congo and then Jurassic Park back-to-back and tell me they shouldn't have employed a little more CGI in the former...

i don't find cgi to be an improvement particularly. or at least i don't watch many films that extensively use cgi, so i don't find it missing in older films. but certainly lack of cgi forced older films and directors to be more creative.

~~bungalow~~ · 08-06-2010, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

Entertainment quality, since that's what I go for in a movie. In my book it's to entertain me, so it's competing against things like a baseball game or video games and not so much paintings or music...

well film is an art-form just like music is, and popular films bastardize the medium in the same way popular music does generally. if you can appreciate talented music and musicians why would you not also appreciate talented filmmakers?

Violent & Funky · 08-06-2010, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bungalow

well film is an art-form just like music is, and popular films bastardize the medium in the same way popular music does generally. if you can appreciate talented music and musicians why would you not also appreciate talented filmmakers?

I like plenty of popular music. My music tastes are very similar to my movie tastes: I generally like mainstream movies/music that still maintains some artistic credibility. For example, take the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Saving Private Ryan...

Sodacake · 08-06-2010, 01:56 PM

It's like you're aware you're in a hole you can't get out of, but you keep on digging anyways.

Violent & Funky · 08-06-2010, 02:47 PM

I don't think my perspective is that difficult to comprehend and surely there are some other posters who agree with me...

Sodacake · 08-06-2010, 02:56 PM

It isn't comprehension that's the problem.

NumberNineDream · 08-06-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

Entertainment quality, since that's what I go for in a movie. In my book it's to entertain me, so it's competing against things like a baseball game or video games and not so much paintings or music...

Just like Bungalow said, it is a form of Art that is made to challenge the mind, the psyche and your life's philosophy. If you're too lazy to think during films, don't expect movie lovers to just enjoy films with no content, or just for the "incredible visual experience".

If you can just replace Films, music and books with baseball, than there's something very wrong on the intellectual level (nothing personal).

storymilo · 08-06-2010, 05:07 PM

Just watched this for the second time. I enjoyed it, but on a second viewing I've realized I much prefer some of Pixar's other films.

~~bungalow~~ · 08-06-2010, 05:10 PM

i say it every time someone mentions that film--the first ~45 minutes are absolutely brilliant, and then they fucked it all up.

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Sodacake Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 344	It's like you're aware you're in a hole you can't get out of, but you keep on digging anyways.

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Sodacake Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 344	It isn't comprehension that's the problem.

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storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	Just watched this for the second time. I enjoyed it, but on a second viewing I've realized I much prefer some of Pixar's other films.

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~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	i say it every time someone mentions that film--the first ~45 minutes are absolutely brilliant, and then they fucked it all up.