Alright jim, these films are a bit below your artistic standards, but I need your input.
I don't get to see films in the theater as much as I'd like (my only trips this year were with the girls to see Minecraft and Lilo and Stitch), so I need to know if these are "must-see" on the big screen or if I can hold off:
- Superman (huge fan of the character, the reviews are like 80% favorable, but the negative ones have me nervous)
- Fantastic Four (loved the films from the early 2000's, but this cast has me concerned, and I feel like Pedro Pascal has been force-fed to us in the last several years)
- Naked Gun (loved the 80's films, love Liam Neeson)
- Happy Gilmore (yes, I liked the sophomoric nonsense of the original)
Again, I know these aren't highbrow cinema, but I also know you see a couple hundred films a year. Do I need to schedule time to see any of these in the theater, or can/should I just wait out streaming?
Replies to: Alright jim, these films are a bit below your artistic standards, but I need your input.
Sadly I’ve stopped going to films on a large scale. 1 because film making has
become a, by rote enterprise and usually uninteresting over he last few years. Though, the one terrific thing is they are mostly well put together. 2, the value (brain value) is largely diminished by the inaneness of plot and story telling. How many times can one see the same schtick on film without being bored to tears. Absolutely love the fantastic four comics saga but the films up to now have been very poor story telling.
I’m reminded of a reviewer who said, audiences have become enamored with anomie. Mediocrity is the apex of culture and imagination in America. We cheer and applaud the yellow ribbon winner as greatness. Sadly, we’ve lost the strength to support imagination.
I’ve ducked out on special screenings and openings of films in the last couple of seasons.
So, unfortunately I’m not in form to make advising calls on films lately.
As always - taste in art (loosely) is in the eye of the beholder. I like action films regardless of genre and it matters little the quality.
See what interests you and fuck all reviews to the contrary.
Be well, and smile.