tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post296681341283204400..comments2023-10-23T23:23:56.168+08:00Comments on That Movie Blogger Fella: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate trilogy for meTMBFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033111132206047919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-5184105474100386802011-05-26T01:16:04.325+08:002011-05-26T01:16:04.325+08:00Well, it subjective opinions versus subjective opi...Well, it subjective opinions versus subjective opinions. <i>No Country For Old Men</i> completely sucked me in. Maybe it just didn't do it for you... but you're discounting what a lot others (including me) apparently saw in it. Why should you hate something just because it's popular?<br /><br /><i>There Will Be Blood</i> is one of my favourite films too. I quote it at my girlfriend all the time.<br /><br /><i>Juno</i> is overhyped, agreed, but so was <i>The Dark Knight</i> - it doesn't mean it's not good. I found it to be an awesome date movie, and I enjoyed how it approached the question of teen pregnancy. It helped that I am already in love with Ellen Page before it.<br /><br />I enjoyed all of the above films immensely. <i>At World's End</i>, on the other hand, was mostly forgettable with a few awesome bits in it - and some parts frankly annoyed me. Overall, it felt more like a product than a work of art. I don't like it when films treat me like a consumer. Also, as a voracious consumer of fantasy novels, <i>At World's End</i> seemed like a patchwork to me with a lot of cool elements I've seen before elsewhere - and were better executed I daresay. On a totally subjective level, I felt it completely broke my suspension of disbelief when it threw a sea goddess into the mix. I can't really explain why. I just had a bad fantasy nerd reaction to it.k0k s3n w4ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-60366197110368813912011-05-25T22:09:44.876+08:002011-05-25T22:09:44.876+08:00Film Preference Map --
No Country for Old Men - I...Film Preference Map --<br /><br />No Country for Old Men - I hated that so many people loved it. Brilliant my ass!<br />La Vie en Rose - Sound design and lead acting were brilliant, but otherwise pointless. <br />There Will Be Blood - Liked it, didn't love it. <br />Michael Clayton - Bo-ring. (Except for Clooney tearing Swinton a new one. That was wow.)<br />Juno - So. Freaking. Overhyped. <br />Ratatouille - One of the most awesome movies of that year.McGarmotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100492626536604356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-64509578009934024402011-05-25T19:40:37.553+08:002011-05-25T19:40:37.553+08:00McGarmott: One of the most intelligent films of 20...McGarmott: One of the most intelligent films of 2007? The year of <i>No Country for Old Men</i>, <i>La Vie en Rose</i>, <i>There Will Be Blood</i>, <i>Michael Clayton</i>, <i>Juno</i> and <i>Ratatouille</i>? I nearly said <i>300</i> but I then realised that the reason it was good was because it was went far and beyond dumb.<br /><br />As a lover of fantasies and pirates, I have never considered the <i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i> films - with the exception of the first one - to be good entries in either genres. To me, they have become far more fantastic than piratey (arrr!). I was previously rather fond of <i>Dead man's Chest</i> and <i>At World's End</i>, but that fondness evaporated after I rewatched them recently.<br /><br />TMBF: The fourth film is in my opinion the worst of the four. I had very high hopes for it because they had finally gotten rid of Orlando Bloom and William Turner, and brought on Ian McShane as Blackbeard (one of my favourite buccaneers of all time). The screenplay, I felt, was the biggest let-down.<br /><br /><i>"And I'm already looking forward to the fourth installment, and getting my knives out for the critics who have already savaged it. I do appreciate Pirates of the Caribbean on a deeper level than them - and yes, that does make me a better person. So there."</i><br /><br />Ah, ready to defend a film before you have even seen it, critic? I was reluctant to be so confident, even if I too was greatly looking forward to seeing it - considering that it's the first PotC film to be helmed by someone other than Gore Verbinski.k0k s3n w4ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-13735185901592837282011-05-25T18:16:46.862+08:002011-05-25T18:16:46.862+08:00I had declared during class in film school that At...I had declared during class in film school that <i>At World's End</i> was probably one of the most intelligent films to have come out that year, at least at that point. My producing tutor immediately demanded that I explain myself, as he had previously thought more highly of me.<br /><br />It's still my favourite of the three films.McGarmotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100492626536604356noreply@blogger.com