What are your thoughts on it?
I went in expecting a movie about fighting... I came out a new man.
I went in expecting a movie about fighting... I came out a new man.
IWatchFilmsNotMovies wrote:fun popcorn flick.
I have failed you Iwatch, I have failed you.IWatchFilmsNotMovies wrote:fun popcorn flick.
Just...just...leave.Vader182 wrote:It's an overly adolescent vehicle to get teens and college kids philosophically aware whilst shocking adults for similar reasons. Too much swearing, too much violence, too much crude humor, that while yes, it is (mostly) reinforced with a strong thematic backbone, the main point of much of it is simply to entertain, and feeling as though I've outgrown much of that in film or otherwise, just feels rather irrelevant now. Yeah, we get it, consumerism is bad and we should make an identity from ourselves grounded in reality and our place in it rather than from all the stuff we keep purchasing longing for instruction and insight from sofas and jackets.
It's a much dumber, more crass The Social Network- a superior film in every aspect by a very wide margin.
-Vader
But much of what I said isn't really debatable, sure my personal judgements and reaction on that premise are, but much of it isn't and it's... I mean, if you think crassness is a good quality for a film to have ridiculous amounts of, that's cool I guess.Mr. Caine wrote:Just...just...leave.Vader182 wrote:It's an overly adolescent vehicle to get teens and college kids philosophically aware whilst shocking adults for similar reasons. Too much swearing, too much violence, too much crude humor, that while yes, it is (mostly) reinforced with a strong thematic backbone, the main point of much of it is simply to entertain, and feeling as though I've outgrown much of that in film or otherwise, just feels rather irrelevant now. Yeah, we get it, consumerism is bad and we should make an identity from ourselves grounded in reality and our place in it rather than from all the stuff we keep purchasing longing for instruction and insight from sofas and jackets.
It's a much dumber, more crass The Social Network- a superior film in every aspect by a very wide margin.
-Vader