bono_212
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I don't even want to get into it about Left Behind.
YLB, you're fast becoming the BigMacPhisto of ZS. And BigMacPhisto posts in here every now and again.
I'll post this article again, since the conversation is heading in that direction, but this is why I will not, under any circumstances, watch Left Behind, regardless of how inevitably hilarious it might prove to be:
Left Behind | Christianity Today
(Just hit single page mode, the article is not as long as it looks like it may be)
As a person who identifies as Christian, I can not tell you how frustrating this year has been for me, in regards to everything that's laid out in that link above. So many people trying to guilt me into seeing God's Not Dead and it's ilk (though I actually am kinda curious to see Heaven is For Real, despite it's horrible title, because I find those types of stories fascinating). When I saw this Left Behind movie's trailer/plot/backlash and then had someone legitimately ask me to go see it, it just made my blood boil, because they really are sticking you between a rock and a hard place, and it's horribly manipulative.
Plus, there are still plenty of other Cage shenanigans that I haven't yet experienced to tide me over.
Are you accusing me of being a contrarian for the hell of it or because I disagree with you? There's a distinction between the two, and it'd be nice if you clarified that for me.
...He's in that class of dudes who rate high in High School Cinephilia or the Freshman Year Dorm DVD Collection.
Fight Club, Lebowski, the Pi/Requiem double disc, Pulp Fiction and/or Reservoir Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Fear & Loathing..., Eternal Sunshine. Either the DVD is on a shelf or a poster is on the wall. All fine, or legit masterpieces, but there's a whole 'nother world out there that I bet gets unexplored -- or better yet, casually dismissed.
Hey, cute story. That's not what I fucking said.
I think it's fair be exasperated at aggressively canonized movies (and saying they're good) while also saying there's a whole lot out there. At this point, I'm probably barking up the wrong tree.
There was a period a few years back where a nice pocket of cinephiles congregated here and had some involved discussions; I'm romanticizing it given that it was at a pivotal moment of my getting serious about media/art and discussing it with folks. And it pops up here from time-to-time, but rarely to anything satisfactory -- more or less folks putting up little discussion threads and hoping someone tags along. Even fucking around and quoting Heat for like 5 pages doesn't happen anymore.
Frankly, I'm tired of coming on here and getting told the business by you on multiple forums on any topic of the day. It's bullshit. I don't need to be at the whims of an omnipresent elitist who is going out their way to try and call me out on most of what I post. Enjoy being right all of the time, you fucking clown. I'm out.
Finally got around to watching the Wolf of Wall Street. It was ok, I guess. I should go back and google what you guys had to say about it. Without really possessing the proper movie-discussing vernacular, I like the scenes and shots and are so typically Scorsese-you know, the kinda that sweep around a room and follow someone, but they just seemed like they existed to remind me that's who made the movie, rather than anything else. A little by the numbers, maybe? The music, which is always so well embedded and woven into the film itself didn't really do it for me, either. That's always one of my favorite things, and it sort of felt flat, not really adding much to any of the scenes. If anything, it was overused and borderline distracting when it wasn't being forgettable. Happy to see my boy Kyle Chandler appear as the FBI agent (it had somehow never been made known to me, which is weird because it's totally the kind of text my mother would have sent me, that he was in this movie. I've never seen a single episode of Friday Night Lights, but when I was 12, the ultra cheesy/unwatchable-as-an-adult show Early Edition was like my favorite thing next to reruns of m*a*s*h or the odd couple. Don't hurt yourself laughing too hard after you google what a cringe-inducing lame-fest that show was), but then during the yacht crash scene I found myself looking at the the cgi waves to see if there were any sharks...overall, kind of a disappointment. Not terrible, but not really any better than just ok. I'd hate to say a 3 hour movie could have an ending that felt rushed, but I said it.