generalfrevious

DominicCobb said:

generalfrevious said:

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.

As per usual, you make no sense.

First of all, most people do consider it a masterpiece. It’s not all that polarizing. Certainly it has its detractors, but they are a minority. Anyone calling it the worst film of 2014 is simply doing so out of hyperbole.

Second of all, didn’t you like the film when you first saw it?
http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/720567

Do you really think the film is so terrible as to be “indefensible” just because Red Letter Media didn’t like it?

Paradigm shift. I didn’t realize at the time that Boyhood had bad acting & dialogue until Half in the Bag pointed it out to me. Then I thought about the film and gradually realized they were right, even though I loved the film when I saw it in the theater.

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.

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.

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

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?

A film with bad dialogue, bad acting, and bad cinematography can’t be a good movie just because it was shot over 12 years.

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

Neglify said:

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

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.

Neglify said:

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

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.

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.

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.

Has anyone seen Richard Linklater’s Boyhood?

I have been watching the EE of all three films for over a decade and never looked back. I did watch the theatrical versions when they came out, although I did not read the books until years later.

Didn’t know I was in the minority for preferring the extended versions though.

You may be right, but we still deserve better from Lucasfilm.

The most important film trilogy of all time deserves better.

You may be right, but we still deserve better from Lucasfilm.

The most important film trilogy of all time deserves better.

ray_afraid said:

generalfrevious said:

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

You keep saying this even though you know it’s not true.

Please stop posting until you have something new to say.

What if I’m right ten years down the road, and we’re stuck with substandard non anamorphic dvds that are 35 years out of date?

We already have better options available right now. In 10 years, even without an official release, we will have even better options.

Like what? A bootleg is a bootleg.

We deserve better than this. No other film company in the world has refused for DECADES to release the films in their original, true versions.

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

You keep saying this even though you know it’s not true.

Please stop posting until you have something new to say.

What if I’m right ten years down the road, and we’re stuck with substandard non anamorphic dvds that are 35 years out of date?

We should have gotten the originals as they deserve to be presented back in 2004, but no, Lucas had to act sadistically and add more bullshit changes with every video release, making the films nothing more than counterfeit direct-to-video knockoffs. We have been mistreated for 20 years for no reason at all.

I may never see the originals legally again in my lifetime. This is beyond unfair; it’s unthinkable that the REAL versions of the OT have been gone for twenty years.

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

George Lucas knew what he was doing when he sold SW down the river to Disney.

Jeebus said:

generalfrevious said:

Why is it that all Hollywood actors are psychopaths? First Johnny Depp beat Amber Heard with a cell phone,

Was that ever confirmed?

There is video and photographic evidence of Depp’s abuse toward Heard.

Why is it that all Hollywood actors are psychopaths? First Johnny Depp beat Amber Heard with a cell phone, now Brad Pitt is being investigated by the FBI for beating his kids.

Who’s next, George Clooney?

Restoring the OOT should be the most important non-political issue right now. But unfortunately, releasing the OOT has become so low in everyone’s priority that should it happen, the laws of physics might fall apart.

imperialscum said:

generalfrevious said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

generalfrevious said:

Which movie has an overlong sequence on Tatooine, toyetic alien species, a character introduced in the second half that destroys the evil organization, a climatic space battle centered around destroying a space station coinciding with a land battle, and an idiotic plot twist linking two previously unrelated characters?

Hint: it’s not The Phantom Menace.

I automatically read this to the tune of “The Candy Man”.

Think about it:

Boba Fett= Darth Maul
Speeder Bikes=Podrace
Ewoks=Gungans
Rancor=Naboo sea monsters
Anakin is Leia’s father=Anakin builds C3PO
Death Star II=Droid Control Ship

Plus, the opening shots after opening crawl in both movies are virtually identical

You okay my friend?

Yes I’m okay. I’m just demonstrating how the nosedive of quality in the SW franchise happened so fast and so much sooner than generally believed. I have never seen a film series that went from ten to zero in the space of three years.

DuracellEnergizer said:

generalfrevious said:

Which movie has an overlong sequence on Tatooine, toyetic alien species, a character introduced in the second half that destroys the evil organization, a climatic space battle centered around destroying a space station coinciding with a land battle, and an idiotic plot twist linking two previously unrelated characters?

Hint: it’s not The Phantom Menace.

I automatically read this to the tune of “The Candy Man”.

Think about it:

Boba Fett= Darth Maul
Speeder Bikes=Podrace
Ewoks=Gungans
Rancor=Naboo sea monsters
Anakin is Leia’s father=Anakin builds C3PO
Death Star II=Droid Control Ship

Plus, the opening shots after opening crawl in both movies are virtually identical

Jedi is arguably the most important film in the franchise. It proved that ESB was going to be the anomaly of the series, that selling toys was going to be the central aspect from now on, it confirmed that Anakin/Vader were the same person and the story would become focused on him as the central protagonist, and that hype would always trump actual quality. So I’m not wrong in saying Jedi is as essential as the rest of the OT.

I remember when AOTC came out, it was hailed as the “best since Empire” in People magazine; audiences on Acess Hollywood were saying it was good and reversed the trend set by TPM.

Now it’s considered possibly the worst entry in the franchise. It’s that scene on Endor between Luke & Leia stretched to two hours.

Lord Haseo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Well, technically that single sentence is true…even if it’s a poorly constructed sentence.

Taken out of context it sure is.

generalfrevious said:

Which movie has an overlong sequence on Tatooine, toyetic alien species, a character introduced in the second half that destroys the evil organization, a climatic space battle centered around destroying a space station coinciding with a land battle, and an idiotic plot twist linking two previously unrelated characters?

Hint: it’s not The Phantom Menace.

What the hell are you talking about?

TPM & ROTJ are basically the same film; it just puzzles me now that people were so disappointed with the former in ruining SW when they saw the exact same movie sixteen years earlier.

Which movie has an overlong sequence on Tatooine, toyetic alien species, a character introduced in the second half that destroys the evil organization, a climatic space battle centered around destroying a space station coinciding with a land battle, and an idiotic plot twist linking two previously unrelated characters?

Hint: it’s not The Phantom Menace.