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Has anyone seen Richard Linklater’s Boyhood?
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Haven’t you heard? It took 12 years to make!
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Never in the 200,000 years of human storytelling is there a more overrated narrative than Boyhood. This film is so incompetently made it makes Manos look like The Godfather. Proof that too much marijuana can hollow out a person’s brain like Richard Linklater’s.
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I haven’t seen Boyhood, but Linklater’s brain must have had just the right amount of hollowing when he made Dazed and Confused, because that is one of the best stoner movies ever made. Not to mention it features some of the most realistic dynamics between high-schoolers ever put on film. And a killer soundtrack. I guess this is a review now… 9/10
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema. If something THIS bad can be regarded as one of the best films of the 2010s, then the bar has really been lowered. If Boyhood came out in 1994 it would have ruined Linklater’s career. But since this sudden turn in the last few years of him being declared this great auteur, film criticism has really nosedived where any cheap gimmick gets you instant acclaim, regardless of actual quality. This movie is what happens if George Lucas decided to make an even more boring Star Wars prequel.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
Don’t do drugs, unless you’re with me.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
That’s not fair. A film as shallow and gimmicky as Boyhood should not be given perfect scores across the board. It’s a glorified YouTube video stretched out to three hours. Take away the 12 years gimmick and you lose all critical acclaim.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
That’s not fair.
Of course it is and it has nothing to do with a film.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
That’s not fair.
Of course it is and his nothing to do with a film.
The dialogue feels like it was written in Korean, translated into Swedish, and then autocorrected into English. The main character is either or blank slate or a pretentious, cliched emo kid we don’t want to waste time with. It’s an overlong film that feels like twice is length because of the aimless structure. People who like this film are either critics who were paid off, or hipsters who think failing to follow the basic rules of filmmaking is groundbreaking. This film is indefensible.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
That’s not fair.
Of course it is and his nothing to do with a film.
The dialogue feels like it was written in Korean, translated into Swedish, and then autocorrected into English. The main character is either or blank slate or a pretentious, cliched emo kid we don’t want to waste time with. It’s an overlong film that feels like twice is length because of the aimless structure. People who like this film are either critics who were paid off, or hipsters who think failing to follow the basic rules of filmmaking is groundbreaking. This film is indefensible.
Stop quoting me and then writing a bunch of whatever that has nothing to do with what I said.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
That’s not fair.
Of course it is and his nothing to do with a film.
The dialogue feels like it was written in Korean, translated into Swedish, and then autocorrected into English. The main character is either or blank slate or a pretentious, cliched emo kid we don’t want to waste time with. It’s an overlong film that feels like twice is length because of the aimless structure. People who like this film are either critics who were paid off, or hipsters who think failing to follow the basic rules of filmmaking is groundbreaking. This film is indefensible.
I enjoy mashed potatoes (who doesn’t?) but I find that they’re not really worth the effort. It’s much easier to just take a whole potato and pop it in the microwave.
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A film with bad dialogue, bad acting, and bad cinematography can’t be a good movie just because it was shot over 12 years.
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A film with bad dialogue, bad acting, and bad cinematography can’t be a good movie just because it was shot over 12 years.
To me, clowns aren’t funny. In fact, they’re kind of scary. I’ve wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.
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A film with bad dialogue, bad acting, and bad cinematography can’t be a good movie just because it was shot over 12 years.
To me, clowns aren’t funny. In fact, they’re kind of scary. I’ve wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.
You’re not making any sense. What does this have to do with Boyhood?
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Stop quoting me and then writing a bunch of whatever that has nothing to do with what I said.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
Wisdom.
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Boyhood is as bad as Manos: the Hands Of Fate. Why doesn’t the latter get a 100 on metacritic? Both film even take place in Texas for god’s sake!
And yet no one is willing to argue against my point.
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Boyhood is as bad as Manos: the Hands Of Fate. Why doesn’t the latter get a 100 on metacritic? Both film even take place in Texas for god’s sake!
And yet no one is willing to argue against my point.
It’s funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating.
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
I stopped reading when I saw the username.
That’s not fair.
Of course it is and his nothing to do with a film.
The dialogue feels like it was written in Korean, translated into Swedish, and then autocorrected into English. The main character is either or blank slate or a pretentious, cliched emo kid we don’t want to waste time with. It’s an overlong film that feels like twice is length because of the aimless structure. People who like this film are either critics who were paid off, or hipsters who think failing to follow the basic rules of filmmaking is groundbreaking. This film is indefensible.
well, i disliked the movie, but i know people who liked the movie, and it isn’t for any of the reasons you think. It is because of ‘coming of age’ and some people really like that type of movie.
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Oh shit, they were both shot in Texas? How are they not rated equal after that bombshell?
Incidently, the empire strikes back and attack of the clonesboth take place a far time ago in a galaxy long, long away.
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I wish Boyhood was a universally beloved masterpiece instead of a polarizing film. I’m now reluctant to revisit it, when some people consider it the worst film of 2014.
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Has anyone seen Richard Linklater’s Boyhood?
Why did you ask? You could’ve led with your rant about how it’s the “death of American cinema.” What was the point in asking if we’d seen it? I haven’t, by the way, so I have no dog in this fight.
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A film with bad dialogue, bad acting, and bad cinematography can’t be a good movie just because it was shot over 12 years.
To me, clowns aren’t funny. In fact, they’re kind of scary. I’ve wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.
With a hot dog or a taco?
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Boyhood’s acclaim only represents the death of American cinema…film criticism has really nosedived where any cheap gimmick gets you instant acclaim, regardless of actual quality.
You might have said more but I stopped reading at this point.
To be fair, there’s some truth to that, but I didn’t notice until Ghostbusters (2016) almost reached 80% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Clearly something has gone wrong.