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SoberasHotRod said:
I see what you are saying, but I don't get as concerned about agenda pushing. I think you can have well made movies that push an agenda and poorly made movies that don't.
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Agreed to a point. As soon as the agenda becomes the plot or almost comes in as a character then it becomes in most cases trash. I mean you could argue that "A Handmaid's Tale" is 100% agenda driven, but it's still largely a good story with excellent writing and production value. So yes it can be done. But it's simultaneously a good, well-written story, with excellent production and acting, etc. But I have yet to see that in the Star Wars world where the story is sacrificed on the altar of agenda. At least for the newest stuff and most of the stuff on Disney+. And in fact in articles and interviews those in control at Disney have stated as much. That they were never fans of the original series and are using this as a chance to retcon star wars and turn it into a vehicle for their agenda. And as a result it generates terrible stories.
 
The same thing happened with the Witcher which is why Cavill left the series. The writers and show-runners even stated they hated the original material and they were going to use the Witcher as a platform for driving their agenda forward. Now I'll still watch whatever comes out as I'm a huge fan of the Witcher series in general (books and games, not necessarily the show), but my expectations are incredibly low.
 
Im currently watching Poor Things. Im still pretty early on but so far I would simply say its weird and interesting but not sure if I like it or not.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Agreed to a point. As soon as the agenda becomes the plot or almost comes in as a character then it becomes in most cases trash. I mean you could argue that "A Handmaid's Tale" is 100% agenda driven, but it's still largely a good story with excellent writing and production value. So yes it can be done. But it's simultaneously a good, well-written story, with excellent production and acting, etc. But I have yet to see that in the Star Wars world where the story is sacrificed on the altar of agenda. At least for the newest stuff and most of the stuff on Disney+. And in fact in articles and interviews those in control at Disney have stated as much. That they were never fans of the original series and are using this as a chance to retcon star wars and turn it into a vehicle for their agenda. And as a result it generates terrible stories.
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Agreed, I think the distinction is mostly where the agenda is coming from. Is it being plugged for marketing purposes by corporate people trying to expand their appeal to a wider audience? Or is it a creative choice by writers who have something interesting and meaningful to say. It's a spectrum, and not one or the other but I think more of the latter results in a more engaging story. Staying with Star Wars, the worst I've seen was Kathleen Kennedy and co shoehorning in the character of Rose in The Last Jedi and giving her that ****** side quest at the casino planet. The subplot and character were widely and rightly panned by audiences (and also the actress herself was harrassed which was terrible).
 
fishonjazz said:
Im currently watching Poor Things. Im still pretty early on but so far I would simply say its weird and interesting but not sure if I like it or not.
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Ended up being a great movie. Got better as it went along. I thought the acting was amazing. Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and especially Willem Dafoe (he deserves an Oscar for his performance) were all terrific. I loved the writing. Old timey proper english that was used in a hilarious way. I laughed many many times. Very funny movie. Had a great ending and had a pretty good message throughout the movie. I give it an 8.5/10. Only thing I didn't like was that there was too much sex and nudity. Some of it was warranted and necessary to the plot. Some of it was quite funny and well done. Some of it was unnecessary and pointless and I just wanted to get back to the actual movie/story. Only other complaint was that it took a while for me to really like it. But once i started liking it, it just got better and better.
I recommend it. Just know that there is a lot of sex and nudity (too much really)
 
Watched In A Violent Nature. One of the worst movies I have ever seen. So slow. Could have cut out like 45 minutes of the movie and not left anything out.

Watched The First Omen and Immaculate. They are basically the same movie. The First Omen is much better due to the fact that the lead actress is much better than the lead actress in Immaculate (Sydney Sweeneys hotness aside) Neither were particularly good though.

Now im watching Love Lies Bleeding. Good so far. Haven't watched much so far though.
 
Saw a group of Hs boys at the movie theater and asked them what they were seeing. They said, as I expected, Longlegs. Two hours later, when leaving, I happened to see the one kid again. I asked him how it was. He said, “It was butt.”

Quite accurate.
 
fishonjazz said:
Watched In A Violent Nature. One of the worst movies I have ever seen. So slow. Could have cut out like 45 minutes of the movie and not left anything out.

Watched The First Omen and Immaculate. They are basically the same movie. The First Omen is much better due to the fact that the lead actress is much better than the lead actress in Immaculate (Sydney Sweeneys hotness aside) Neither were particularly good though.

Now im watching Love Lies Bleeding. Good so far. Haven't watched much so far though.
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Loves lies bleeding had really good acting (especially Ed Harris and the muscle bound woman) and the plot was pretty good. Issue was that they threw in these really weird parts that didn't make any sense. Also there was some scenes that were a little too vulgar for me. (As I get older I find that I dislike sex scenes more)
 
Deadpool & Wolverine front runner superhero’s movie of the year.

Great fun from start to finish.

Soundtrack was awesome the whole movie was like a trip down memory lane for me.

Especially my favorite boy band, NSYNC.
 
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