Culturally significant, sure, I appreciate that (and find it relevant, though obv not to me personally). That's completely separate from how good the movie is though - at least it should be.
Trope, cliche, hate them all equally. Like obsessively. I can appreciate that they're fairly well executed, otherwise it would have been more like 2/10.
Culturally significant, sure, I appreciate that (and find it relevant, though obv not to me personally). That's completely separate from how good the movie is though - at least it should be.
Trope, cliche, hate them all equally. Like obsessively. I can appreciate that they're fairly well executed, otherwise it would have been more like 2/10.
Yah. I get it. And I'll admit I have my own bias. I spent like five years as an editor for a romance publisher, a genre often so formulaic that non-fans see the very genre as a cliche. I learned to see well-executed tropes as an art unto itself. It's really, really, really hard to do well.
I also thought that BP was exceptional, but I see where you're coming from because I felt that way about Wonder Woman. I could see why it resonated so powerfully with people who aren't me, even though I felt like it was just okay on its own.
I agree that Black Panther was waaaaaaaaaay overrated, I think my reaction when leaving the theater was "Yep, that was a Marvel movie." Didn't really matter though for reading the article though. Busto really breaks down the formula (for lack of a better word), the callbacks and the parallels from three key parts of the movie. Really enjoyed reading about it.
Another movie I thought was really overrated but was a perfect example of "the formula" being executed perfectly was Crazy Rich Asians.
Busto, have you read "Save The Cat" (This is another version of the "Pet the dog" trope).
Couldn't finish Wonder Woman. Not even sure why I tried, I haven't liked a DC movie since Nolan's. Marvel's movies might be predictable and formulaic, but that's because they found a formula which works again and again.
A quote from today's recovery reading that I really liked.
Quote:
Acceptance and faith are the most important parts of our recovery. If we boil down Steps One And Two, we'll find acceptance and faith. Acceptance means we see the world as it is, not as we want it to be. We start to see ourselves as humans, not as gods. We are good, and we are bad. We need to fit in the world, not run it.
Here is my latest piece of art. A fan trailer for one of the last books I worked on.
Made using only online platforms because my laptop is garbage and can barely run a word processor
Renderforest.com for the publisher logo
YouTube/Netflix for clips
EZGif.com for assembly and text overlays
Audiotrimmer.com to cut MP3s
Artwork.fm to merge the gif and MP3
Friends for feedback (MOST IMPORTANT)
Guess what came out today!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hey all, I did some lifting a few weeks ago that went well.
1,155 PL total (H&F rules don't @redlight me) @185.
Then I went on vacation and had a minor surgery so didn't lift for three weeks, just now getting back into it.
I'm still seeing the same girl. That vacation was a drive to stay with her sister and their family. It was in Amish country and made me realize I'm not a city boy. Been a little down lately looking for a new job but am still freelance editing in the meantime. My dog Sydney is doing great.
I don't really post here anymore because I have a pretty bad screen and internet addiction. It just gets out of control for me, and soon I'm F5ing the LC thread like a tweeker hoping for just one more hit. So of course I've replaced that with lurking the Politics forum, but now they've taken that away from me too!