Escape to the Movies: Spring Breakers
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"There are ponies..."
Ugh. Thanks for the warning Mr. Chipman. You have done your good deed for the day, kind sir. This review, although very in-depth already seemed a bit too much like your take on "Suckerpunch"- that being a search for substance where little to none was genuinely present, possibly even inventing it to justify the enjoyment of the film. *shrugs* Either way, with those three words, "Spring Breakers" got it's death knell as far as my purse was concerned. Be giving this one a pass now...
Ugh. Thanks for the warning Mr. Chipman. You have done your good deed for the day, kind sir. This review, although very in-depth already seemed a bit too much like your take on "Suckerpunch"- that being a search for substance where little to none was genuinely present, possibly even inventing it to justify the enjoyment of the film. *shrugs* Either way, with those three words, "Spring Breakers" got it's death knell as far as my purse was concerned. Be giving this one a pass now...
Sorry Bob, but that sounds pretentious as FUCK. And this wouldn't be the first time you went nuts over a movie that turned out to be a near miss for me. Sometimes you kind of....ignore a film's problems if you really like the idea they were GOING FOR, even if they didn't quite pull it off. (Sucker Punch, Daybreakers, and Splice, for example.) I have a pretty strong feeling that this is one of those.
Oh, and obligatory "In my opinion" statement. Although the fact that everything I just said is my opinion should really just be assumed.
Oh, and obligatory "In my opinion" statement. Although the fact that everything I just said is my opinion should really just be assumed.
Well, that was unexpected. I'm certainly still going to avoid this movie like the plague, though that is mostly because I dispassionately loathe my own generation.
Yes, yes... I remember that. More importantly, I think there was pretty much the same reaction to the news of a new game/trilogy across the gaming world: "Why? It was done. The story was over. The studio doesn't even belong to you anymore. There was literally no reason for you to do this outside of a blatant attempt to make another money geyser. This was completely unnecessary and doesn't exactly endear you to your core base."Grenge Di Origin said:
Don't get me wrong. I played the game. It is clearly superior in terms of basic metrics (gameplay, graphics, score, story elements, multiplayer, etc.) to the previous five games. But, much like the prequel games (ODST and Reach), the series ended for me at Halo 3 and I played the later games by borrowing.
Huh, so I'm part of generation Y then? I did not know that.
I hate most things to do with my generation and this film seems to contain all of them (excluding ponies!) I can normally endure a subject matter that I find vapid and shallow if the movie itself is supposed to have a deeper meaning, but this... I doubt I could even put myself through it. I mean, dub-step and Britney Spears? Blergh.
Halo 4 may have been many things but its score was nothing next to Martin O'Donnell's original masterpieces.
Come to think of it, I found the gameplay boring as well. Pretty much only the graphics and Chief/Cortana's relationship and character development held up for me. The story itself was poop.
I hate most things to do with my generation and this film seems to contain all of them (excluding ponies!) I can normally endure a subject matter that I find vapid and shallow if the movie itself is supposed to have a deeper meaning, but this... I doubt I could even put myself through it. I mean, dub-step and Britney Spears? Blergh.
The Gentleman said:
[HEADING=1]You take that back right now![/HEADING]
Halo 4 may have been many things but its score was nothing next to Martin O'Donnell's original masterpieces.
Come to think of it, I found the gameplay boring as well. Pretty much only the graphics and Chief/Cortana's relationship and character development held up for me. The story itself was poop.
I think you're missing the point of the statement. The point of 'in my opinion' is not to inform everyone else that what you're saying isn't gospel truth, it's a device to demonstrate that you're willing to allow others their own points of view. Without qualifiers such as 'in my opinon', 'I find that' etc many people will find you antagonistic, arrogant and closed minded every time you're expressing an opinion they find controvertial.Robot Number V said:
ehh... Really honestly, i'm just not interested. i have a group of friends where if want to see barely Legal(or illegal if its friday/saturday night)tits, get drunk and go on chemically induced "adventures", i can. Or at the very least i have a bottle of vodka in the cabinet and the internet. i saw a trailer for this, and really even this review, I can't get my self hyped for it. don't know what to think.
Ponies you say? Well now I'm vaguely interested, also interested in what dubstep skrillex puts in there. I'm no fan of the stuff but I enjoy listening to it all the same, its only a matter of time before I find some I actually like.
You know... after thinking about it, maybe it makes sense other things are in there, its grown so big its now fitting to use in symbolism. I just might have to see this if any friends want to go.
You know... after thinking about it, maybe it makes sense other things are in there, its grown so big its now fitting to use in symbolism. I just might have to see this if any friends want to go.
I'm part of generation Y [born in 1994] However as a extremely awkward loner I never really got into the whole teenage party thing [in all my life I have only been to one event that could be considered a "party"] and really hated the jock/cheerleaders growing up,so my question to you mister moviebob: Will I still be able to get/understand/like this movie.MovieBob said: