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« on: May 03, 2018, 10:00:16 AM »
But it's gotten to the point where he will literally overanalyze an irrelevant movie mistake or some trivial character flaw for twenty minutes and then totally forget to actually, you know, review the film. He's virtually incapable of suspending his disbelief over such frivolous details at this point.
Take his latest two YMS reviews for example. A Quiet Place and RPO. I haven't seen RPO, but his Quiet Place review was a fucking joke. He spent at least a good 50% of the review picking apart character decisions he thought were flawed, when in fact, were quite easily explained throughout the film had he been paying attention. Then he had the fucking gaul to use the "you're just not using ur brain ugh ugh plebs" card.
Nothing of structure was mentioned. Nothing about character development nor overall entertainment value were examined. I think he briefly touched upon acting for a couple seconds and then immediately went into his autistic nitpicking frenzy.
It's fine to point out plot holes or details you found were a little hammy, but if it literally consumes your entire experience of the film then I'm sorry to say, the issues lie with you, not the movie.
i don't really have a dog in the AQP fight because i haven't seen that movie, but he did just upload an addendum to that review where he reclarifies himself, and admits he was wrong about a few things, so there's that having seen RPO, however, i thought he gave it a pretty fair review (even if it kinda just boiled down to him calling the movie "dumb" a lot, because it was) it's not that i don't understand where you're coming from, though, because i tend to feel the same way you do about his babadook review, where he spent several minutes harping on a couple of scenes that had shoddy, less-than-perfect cuts and acted like it was the most distracting and unforgivable thing ever, and never even bothered to discuss any of the film's themes, which was pretty obnoxious but at the same time i think it's okay for people to have their personal tendencies when it comes to art critiques--not everyone cares or is even capable of giving an all-encompassing look at the movies they see, which i think is great, because it means i'm not always going to hear the same exact opinions regurgitated over and over again, and i can always trust adam to bring something new to the table even if we disagree
3272
« on: May 02, 2018, 10:15:04 PM »
CinemaSins isn't film criticism though, and they don't pretend they are
Occasionally they'll have something serious to say about a film, but that isn't the point of the videos
hence the quotation marks, but that doesn't stop people from treating his videos as genuine critiques which i suppose isn't his fault, but regardless, it's just shit content through and through, so i don't think it's fair to throw people like adam into the same ball pit
3273
« on: May 02, 2018, 10:05:41 PM »
Adam from YMS is the exact same, and it's obnoxious as fuck.
i would agree in general, but not so much in re adam he tends to revile "critics" like cinemasins for doing that sort of thing and making it their gimmick, because it's poisonous for film criticism when adam nitpicks, he's pretty good at finding ways to justify why it matters to him, and it often boils down to 1.) what the director was intending to do, and 2.) what the film itself is trying to accomplish, and sometimes, it's the little minute details (like having the foresight to tell actors to shout during a scene that will have loud music added later in post, a la The Social Network club scene) that show just how much, or how little, a director cared to go that extra mile and yeah, sometimes, those minute details can definitely undermine the director's vision, and the lack of foresight or general laziness of it is certainly worthy of criticism for him, it's about good artistry, and he's never really gotten terribly annoying with that imo but when cinemasins does it, it's just autism for the sake of autism, and you can tell there's no real rhyme or reason for it
3274
« on: May 02, 2018, 10:54:29 AM »
how can there be a "token black guy" when there's several black guys in the movie, that's what i want to know
do you know what that term means
3275
« on: May 01, 2018, 10:37:10 PM »
i wasn't even thinking about the advantages, i just think it's generally more fun that way
3276
« on: May 01, 2018, 10:18:04 PM »
why would you ever go first person in a game that lets you go third
3277
« on: May 01, 2018, 06:25:25 PM »
there are only two reasons people seem to hate fortnite
bullet spread is too random and the playerbase has more children
neither of which are valid reasons to dismiss the game entirely
3278
« on: May 01, 2018, 05:00:15 PM »
TL;DR we all know that the heroes are going to win no matter what
therefore, the art of the marvel superhero film is the art of tricking the audience into thinking that they might actually lose, and some movies are going to be better at doing this than others
this principle doesn't apply to other superhero movies like the dark knight, for example, because unlike any film made in the MCU, the nolan batman trilogy (with the possible exception of TDKR) is not comprised of just your typical fun popcorn action flicks; they can also function as movie people's movies, which means they offer a lot more artistically than just a couple hours of soap opera-like entertainment, which is what the MCU pretty much boils down to
3279
« on: May 01, 2018, 04:51:32 PM »
I feel like the Walking Dead and Game of Thrones mindset has really affected how people judge comic movies. Why do characters have to die for there to be stakes? It's not like the characters have remained static throughout the films.
because that's what the movies are all about--it's good vs. evil, and there's no better way to introduce stakes than to just kill someone off, because it takes another piece off the chessboard, and that kinda inherently makes the game more interesting there's just something dramatically pleasing about the finality of a character's death in ways that simply wounding them or taking away their weapons can't replicate this character you've seen triumph in the past several times is now gone, so you're left wondering how the heroes are going to carry on without them the avengers "splintering off" in civil war doesn't have nearly the same effect, because surprise surprise, they all just wound up teaming back up again anyways, and nobody was expecting (or wanting to see) anything else happen cap and thor losing their signature weapons didn't matter because they just got new biggerer and bettererer ones anyway killing heroes is the only real way to have stakes in a story as ultimately simple as a comic book story, because it's the easiest, most classic/tried-and-true, and most dramatically satisfying way to demonstrate that these godlike figures we call superheroes (whom we've been following for 10 years) aren't unstoppable, because the norm up until now has been that it doesn't matter how badly someone gets beat up in these movies--they will ALWAYS pull a rabbit out of their hat somehow
3280
« on: May 01, 2018, 02:36:13 PM »
I don't understand how the ending was "gutsy."
you're pretty much alone on that
not at all
we all knew going into the film it would end on a dark note, as all 2 part stories do
my expectations were fulfilled
in a franchise where only one who-gives-a-fuck character died in almost twenty movies, killing just one major character would've been a dark note to end on by that standard they went further than could be reasonably expected expecting more than one or maybe two characters to die wouldn't be reasonable, let alone having the big bad win in the end an empire strikes back style ending where the main characters are at their lowest point, but the war isn't necessarily lost, is the only reasonable expectation BASED on how the movies have conditioned us so far sure you can talk about how obvious it is that it'll be reverted in the next movie but that doesn't actually have any bearing on the movie that currently exists right now on may 1st 2018
3281
« on: May 01, 2018, 01:25:13 PM »
I don't understand how the ending was "gutsy."
you're pretty much alone on that
Erm, not really.
Probably about 90% of the characters that died have confirmed sequels in the pipeline. The original Avengers remained untouched. You can pretty much see the Deus Ex Machina coming from a mile away.
So it's a legitimate opinion to have, and I too share it.
i choose to evaluate every film i see in a vacuum
That's the type of person who shares your opinion
pedophile
3282
« on: May 01, 2018, 01:09:33 PM »
I don't understand how the ending was "gutsy."
you're pretty much alone on that
Erm, not really.
Probably about 90% of the characters that died have confirmed sequels in the pipeline. The original Avengers remained untouched. You can pretty much see the Deus Ex Machina coming from a mile away.
So it's a legitimate opinion to have, and I too share it.
i choose to evaluate every film i see in a vacuum
3283
« on: May 01, 2018, 11:43:10 AM »
I don't understand how the ending was "gutsy."
you're pretty much alone on that
Erm, not really.
Probably about 90% of the characters that died have confirmed sequels in the pipeline. The original Avengers remained untouched. You can pretty much see the Deus Ex Machina coming from a mile away.
So it's a legitimate opinion to have, and I too share it.
i choose to evaluate every film i see in a vacuum
3284
« on: May 01, 2018, 10:22:02 AM »
can we not use spoiler tags in this thread actually
because if you haven't seen the movie you shouldn't be in this thread to start with
3285
« on: May 01, 2018, 10:13:42 AM »
Spoiler that said, i do expect everything to get undone in the next movie, because it's pretty obviously going to happen
but what this movie did was establish a new precedent for shitty formulated superhero movies breaking expectations and, as a result, being a lot less formulated, which is an excellent precedent to set, and i hope to be surprised again
if not, i think i may just bow out of this entire franchise, because they set up something beautiful in this one and i really don't want them to squander it my audience was relatively respectful, except for this one dude behind me who kept whisper-shouting "YESSS" every single time a familiar face debuted
3286
« on: May 01, 2018, 10:10:11 AM »
I don't understand how the ending was "gutsy."
you're pretty much alone on that
3287
« on: April 30, 2018, 11:34:33 PM »
a couple of you guys brought up steve not getting much screen time
i completely disagree, i think he received all the screen time he needed, and his story is pretty much over at this point anyway
i feel more sorry for black panther fans, because we didn't really get to see him do much black panthering (and he looks ridiculous running around in that suit in broad daylight, which is the only time you ever saw it in this movie)
not to mention, my personal favorite avenger was not present at all, but i'm not gonna complain about that, given the film's already congested roster
3288
« on: April 30, 2018, 11:29:26 PM »
so i had a decently sized post written detailing all the things i liked, but honestly i think i'll just put it this way i'm just really happy that the MCU has stakes now, that's the bottom line Spoiler there were so many moments in the film where i thought they were going to pull a bullshit deus ex machina, and every time it was quashed by thanos, it was so fucking satisfying to see after 18 other films of terrible bullshit villains who are always stopped in the cheapest fucking ways imaginable
it goes to show how seriously they're taking this infinity stone thing, and it's an utter delight to see them follow through with it
the sad part: the sequel is 100% guaranteed to contain copious amounts of bullshit, because you can't write a story about an OMNIPOTENT VILLAIN and not have him beaten in some stupid bullshitty way
or maybe i'll be surprised again, who knows i have my problems with the movie but they're small beans compared to what i was able to appreciate
3289
« on: April 30, 2018, 11:20:31 PM »
Spoiler >Why didn't Thanos just use the gauntlet to create infinite resources?
like charlie said, he almost destroyed the gauntlet just by doing what he chose to do, so it seems reasonable enough to assume that creating an infinitude of something (let alone multiple things) would be asking far too much, even for the stones' power
>Why didn't the heroes just try to cut off his arm?
how
with what
even if it were possible, why would that be anyone's first thought when the dude's arms were fucking enormous, and they had a much easier time incapacitating him (relatively speaking) and slipping the gauntlet off anyway
>Why didn't War Machine just fly outside the shield and carpet bomb most of the aliens?
i don't know, he was just playing it safe i guess, he's fighting a bunch of crazy powerful aliens he's never seen before and doesn't know what they're capable of, and i feel like the shield was doing a decent enough job at keeping them at bay to where such tactics weren't 100% necessary, but i'm no tactician, especially when it comes to silly gumbo marvel movie alien war logic
>What was Captain Marvel doing this whole time?
good question, maybe they'll tell us in a sequel
>Why did Nick Fury wait so long to call her?
good question, maybe they'll tell us in a sequel
>Why didn't Thor keep attacking Thanos with his weapon before he snapped his fingers?
do you know how fast people can snap their fingers
the time it would've taken for thor to pull the axe out and wind up another swing would've been ample time for thanos to poof away in ANY scenario
>Why didn't Thanos just kill off all the heroes just to be sure he would be successful?
i mean, it's not like he doesn't have that in mind, there's still the second half of the story to watch and all
>Why didn't they just choose to destroy the time stone?
perhaps doing so would break the fabric of the universe or something, i don't know
did you see how much power and effort it took for wanda to destroy the other one
who's to say you're even capable of destroying it
>If Spiderman was close to getting the gauntlet off by himself why didn't Tony pin Quill down sooner?
from what i recall, it was a pretty hectic scene, and hindsight is 20/20, it's easy to talk about what characters should or should not have done when you're sitting there watching it all play out, when in reality, people have lapses in judgment all the time because they aren't robots
>Why didn't they just kill Thanos right there?
because he's still a powerful motherfucker even without the stones, it's not like it was the source of ALL his power
how were they supposed to go about killing him if that was the correct decision
not to mention, quill and co. clearly still had business to conduct with him
>Why would Thanos let a single dwarf live that can build weapons that can kill him?
he either didn't know he survived or didn't know he was capable of creating such weapons
or he had a really good hiding place or something, who knows
>Why didn't Thor use his lightning powers sooner?
meh
>What the fuck does Red Skull do in his free time?
meh
>Why didn't Thanos just pull the whole moon down on Titan and teleport away?
any questions involving thanos's decision making are kind of moot for me because he literally controls time (and everything else) now, so any less-than-optimal decisions he made can easily be corrected if he deems it necessary
>Why did he wait so long sitting on his ass to collect the rest of the stones?
meh
you could be asking some better questions tbh
3290
« on: April 30, 2018, 10:53:47 PM »
Spoiler >Why didn't Thanos just use the gauntlet to create infinite resources?
>Why didn't the heroes just try to cut off his arm?
>Why didn't War Machine just fly outside the shield and carpet bomb most of the aliens?
>What was Captain Marvel doing this whole time?
>Why did Nick Fury wait so long to call her?
>Why didn't Thor keep attacking Thanos with his weapon before he snapped his fingers?
>Why didn't Thanos just kill off all the heroes just to be sure he would be successful?
>Why didn't they just choose to destroy the time stone?
>If Spiderman was close to getting the gauntlet off by himself why didn't Tony pin Quill down sooner?
>Why didn't they just kill Thanos right there?
>Why would Thanos let a single dwarf live that can build weapons that can kill him?
>Why didn't Thor use his lightning powers sooner?
>What the fuck does Red Skull do in his free time?
>Why didn't Thanos just pull the whole moon down on Titan and teleport away?
>Why did he wait so long sitting on his ass to collect the rest of the stones?
Tbh I think the majority of the serious questions you asked are pretty easily answered
Spoiler My biggest complaint is that wiping out half the population wouldn't really solve much...the human population doubles in less than 100 years, so unless Thanos plans to snap his fingers every century (apparently not possible after the first time he did it), then his plan is childishly stupid. Not as dumb as an attempt to seduce the literal embodiment of death, but I think it undermines his character quite a bit.
Spoiler only if the ones culled were arbitrarily selected
which they very well may have been, but perhaps there was some method to it, like only culling the ones most likely to reproduce? or something like that
3291
« on: April 30, 2018, 07:44:12 PM »
>He wanted to avoid extinction
>That kinda makes Verb Thanos
Verb wants extinction
Nah, I actually see where he's coming from with that comparison. I'm not 100% on board with Thanos, of course, but I'm able to find his motivation sympathetic in a lot of ways.
3292
« on: April 30, 2018, 07:16:26 PM »
okay that was a pretty fucking cool movie
still trying to organize my thoughts
3293
« on: April 30, 2018, 12:09:20 AM »
there are a lot of words i overuse which i'm very self-conscious about
"that" is my least favorite subordinating conjunction
"just" is my least favorite useless filler word
it's annoying to hear myself use these things so much, at least
3294
« on: April 29, 2018, 07:47:36 PM »
I dont think Ive ever recommended you anything because you seem like a hard customer to please.
Anywho your 2015 and 2017 slots are open.
So Ill suggest Horizon Zero Dawn and MGS Phantom pain
Something else you can try which is a 2D Dark Soul-Rougelike is a game called Dead Cells.
you recommended me angel beats 2017 is taken by botw actually, HZD is a great game though and is probably my runner up for that year i'll play phantom pain as soon as i play through the rest of the series not sure what dead cells is but i'll look it up
3295
« on: April 29, 2018, 06:44:32 PM »
you would make good firewood
3296
« on: April 29, 2018, 05:29:25 PM »
though eventually if i wanna start building a career around video games, i'm gonna have to start playing everything indiscriminately
that time is not now though, i don't have the money or time to spend on games i know i'm not gonna be into
3297
« on: April 29, 2018, 05:28:01 PM »
Hey Verb you should try the new God of War.
Its good fam.
i just got done watching a review from someone with similar tastes saying it was pretty much your typical modern game, sooo
You're going to let someone else make up your mind?
Hey your loss.
no, buying the game simply because you recommended it (for no other reason than the fact that you enjoyed it) would be letting someone make up my mind i think the game looks like shit, and someone whose opinions i trust confirmed my suspicions—that isn't letting someone make up my mind, it's just being a smart consumer you haven't recommended me anything that i ended up enjoying in the past so why would i trust you
3298
« on: April 29, 2018, 03:34:43 PM »
Hey Verb you should try the new God of War.
Its good fam.
i just got done watching a review from someone with similar tastes saying it was pretty much your typical modern game, sooo
not TGBS right?
different guy, but tgbs helped too
3299
« on: April 29, 2018, 11:37:17 AM »
Hey Verb you should try the new God of War.
Its good fam.
i just got done watching a review from someone with similar tastes saying it was pretty much your typical modern game, sooo
3300
« on: April 28, 2018, 05:34:24 PM »
2018 - N/A
2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2016 - N/A
2015 - N/A
2014 - N/A
2013 - N/A
2012 - Spec Ops: The Line
2011 - Dark Souls MAYBE
2010 - N/A
2009 - Infamous or Borderlands (need to replay both)
2008 - LittleBigPlanet
2007 - Portal
2006 - Bully
2005 - Guitar Hero
2004 - Half-Life 2 (shout-outs to Paper Mario: TTYD, though)
2003 - Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
2002 - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2001 - Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (shout-outs to Melee, though)
2000 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
1999 - Super Smash Bros.
1998 - Metal Gear Solid (still need to finish it though)
1997 - Street Fighter III
1996 - Pokémon Red & Green
1995 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
1994 - Super Metroid
1993 - Sonic CD
1992 - Contra III: The Alien Wars
1991 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1990 - Super Mario World
1989 - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
1988 - Mega Man 2
1987 - Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
1986 - Castlevania (shout-outs to Zelda 1 & Metroid 1)
1985 - Super Mario Bros.
1984 - Tetris
1983 - Lode Runner
1982 - Joust
1981 - Frogger
1980 - Pac-Man
1979 - Asteroids
1978 - Space Invaders
1977 - Combat
1976 - Breakout
1975 - N/A
1974 - N/A
1973 - N/A
1972 - Pong
None of these are final, obviously.
Yeah, I have a lot of modern games to catch up on, because I haven't played SHIT over the past decade. I kinda hate modern games, though, so it'll probably be awhile before I'm all caught up.
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