Film Fanatics - Chat Thread II

Have you realized that every time someone says that, Serenity wins? And until when is the poll open? Last time I checked, the vote proportion was something like 53-47, so I think Blade Runner may still have a chance...

It lost.

By nearly 2,000 votes.

Now it's time to see which fan base is stronger; Star Wars or Serenity.

I used to have like 14k posts on a SW forum And I wasn't even in the upper echelons of SW nerds. Have faith, Serenity will be beaten.

^Scott pilgrim was his worst film so far, I don't know why it was so well received.

How wrong you are. Scott Pilgrim is probably the most fun film to have come out in a long time. It's also a movie where a huge amount of thought went into it, since it was in development for two years, the creator of the comic was involved and they actually waited until Michael Cera became the suitable age. Name me one other film from last year that has so many different things going on in the one scene, things that you can only catch if you watch the film over and over again. Scott Pilgrim is probably my second favourite movie of last year. The Social Network is my first.

I'm not wrong though, as someone who's read the source material it was a terrible adaption and I could see why someone who hasn't read the comics would like it but I didn't.

I'm not wrong though, as someone who's read the source material it was a terrible adaption and I could see why someone who hasn't read the comics would like it but I didn't. For example the way Ramona was characterised was terrible, the film made her out as if she was nice, desirable etc. whereas for most of the comics she's basically a complete dick to Scott, something which wasn't touched on in the film. Also the things that were left out like subspace and Knives' dad were some of the best things from the comics imo.

And in terms of Edgar Wright's films it doesn't even come close to Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz.

So, I re-watched Office Space last night as I said I would. It's good considering it's one of those films that requires little thought and it's also pretty funny, so I enjoyed it again.

Just watched Adaptation. I really enjoyed the beginning, but it really started going downhill after the halfway point. I think I sort of liked it overall, and was pleasantly surprised at how un-annoying Nicolas Cage was, but I'm not sure I'll ever bother watching it again.

Lol wow, that's dedication. recently re-installed Jedi knight 3 jedi academy, been playing that again. Still fun, 8 years on

and yes, yes it will

A lot of people make that criticism, for some reason. Adaptation did go downhill at the halfway point, but it was supposed to. The whole point is that Charlie Kaufman spends the first half of the movie trying to make something groundbreaking, brilliant and original, but realises that tired, played-out storytelling cliches - car chases, sex scenes, drug abuse, etc - are sometimes the best way to tell a story. I think the idea is that neither Charlie's Barton Finkesque 'I MUST CREATE TRUE ART' approach nor Donald's HAHAHA EXPLOSIONS AND PLOT TWISTS AND LEARNING MORAL LESSONS' approach is necessarily the right one; the writer should do what does the story justice. Of course, it's entirely possible - probable even - that you saw all this and didn't like it anyway, which is fair enough. I seem unable to comprehend anybody not enjoying that movie.

Oh, it does make a lot more sense now you say that. The storyline seemed to flip 180 degrees and I did get a bit confused when all the action started, as it started to take on a new direction and completely lost the factual telling of the story... I realise now that's supposed to be as Charlie starts doubting himself and gradually getting crazier and not just for no reason. Very clever indeed. As I said before, I think I actually liked the movie on the whole, and now I understand the ending a bit more it does make a lot more sense Perhaps I will watch it again one day, and I'll probably enjoy it more with this newfound understanding!

On a totally unrelated note, I tried to watch Bright Star earlier. Someone had told me it was rubbish, but I thought I'd try and form my own opinion of it. I turned it off after half an hour

^Scott pilgrim was his worst film so far, I don't know why it was so well received.