Damn, i was going to mention that Joker card thing.Sniper Team 4 said:
I dont think Man of Steel had one as they had nothing to show off, but BvS will have one as they need to show other heroes. An a post credit is easy especially if what they are showing is not connected to the movie your watching. An it helps set up characters to be shown later and helps build their movie universe and create buzz especially as each hero movie isnt in its own self contained world.
You see, I feel the opposite, haha. I enjoy the occasional guardians of the galaxy, and those films have their place. I'm just a little tired of getting eight of those a year. I don't see why we can't have the occasional art film thrown in for flavor. We certainly used to, and I think les mis showed it can be done successfully. Occasionally I'll give smaller foreign art pieces a try, but funnily enough, they're a mixed bag. Many of them come across as pretentious, not because they're artsy, but because they're poorly made.katsabas said:
Only if we're limiting our vocabularies for the sake of argument. Otherwise some movies are crafted.Dickdatduck said:
Like I said, I don't mind that he phoned it in and I don't mind that he took the money. Whatever. That is what they paid for and that is what he gave them. I have no beef with Nolan on that point. The problem is when he starts criticizing people for doing the same thing he is doing. That is where the hypocrisy starts. That is an ass thing to do, and doing it makes him a bit of an ass. Well, frankly, saying it at all would make you an ass, but then at least you would have some reason to fall back on of why the comment is valid.Uriel_Hayabusa said:
It's a comic book movie, it's probably the first time one of those even attempted to emulate a comic book narrative.RavingSturm said:
I have no idea where the proper outlet to direct criticism of this guy's stuff is, there doesn't seem to be a comment section, so I'm just gonna throw this up here.deathbydeath said:
Nope; Nolan had actually been writing the script for close to a decade, long before the anime adaptation of Paprika was even conceptualized. He was more influenced by stuff like The Matrix and Dark City. Nolan hadn't even SEEN the movie before Inception began filmingFox12 said:
You misread my post. I didn't say the entirety of this site feels that way.LarsInCharge said:
Confused Matthew is in a league of his own when it comes to bad criticism. He manages to combine and maximize pettiness, dismissiveness, and irrationality into one mass of horrible criticism which he then brings home with his own brand of self assured arrogance that not only is it impossible he is wrong, but that it is impossible that anyone else could have a different but valid opinion. You can search high and low across the internet and it is going to be very hard to find another critic as horrible as Confused Matthew.Knoxy said:
I'm a little behind in the conversation... but in the looong history of the Joker, isn't the end of "Killing Joke" the only time he's ever actually told a joke?elvor0 said:
The Escapist probably changed the title, they have done that for other articles on The Escapist. If you look at the main article its url generally will show the real title. Shamus Young had something similar happen to one of his pieces of Shadow of Mordor.Lono Shrugged said:
Anyone with some basic reading comprehension skills could have figured this out by reading the Guardian article. Pretty shoddy journalism that your original article didn't even moot this point before running with the interpretation that allows you to crucify Nolan as arrogant.MovieBob said:
I have to defend Bob here, which trust me, is the last thing I'd expect to be doing, because the Guardian article really does make it appear that Nolan said that. For reference here's the entire paragraph verbatim.Shamanic Rhythm said:
If it isn't supposed to be implied that Nolan said those exact words with that exact meaning, it's very hard for me to understand how else it could be interpreted. If the entire quote was made up or inaccurate, then okay, but Bob could hardly be expected to know that.The Guardian said:
Only if you take it at face value, which is exactly what a good journalist should not be doing.Olas said:
Forget what they imply. Look at what they report and whether it seems fair to interpret it as a back handed dig at Marvel.
He should be expected to recognise when there's not enough contextual information to draw as aggressive a conclusion as he did. Hell, even making mention of a potential alternative viewpoint would have been good.
I argued nothing of the sort. I pointed out that he gave no thought or consideration to whether or not this was an official or secondhand account of Nolan's words, he neglected to consider any context that might have allowed it to be interpreted as just an off hand statement of opinion rather than a direct dig at Marvel. Woeful journalism.