I don't think I've ever watched a movie that was THIS awkward and poorly acted. And yet, it will make more money than Fight Club, Memento, and so many other quality movies 10 times over.
A sick, sick little planet we live on.
Youre giving the man credit where its not due...films are to be seen as cliche ridden polished pop culture icons
Youre giving the man credit where its not due...
That doesn't mean use bad 70s acting 30 years later for a nostalgic feel. People should demand, and EXPECT better acting from movies that have shaped the world as much as the Star Wars franchise has. I don't watch Fight Club or Memento for 'intellectual stimulation'(for the most part), but rather for breaking the mold that movies should be as you said, 'cliche ridden polished pop culture icons.' Good movies aren't recycled.Star wars has to be awkward and poorly acted. Same as with pron and Britney spears or 70ies kung fu movies. You don't watch these for intellectual stimulance.
How? If anything I see Matrix as a rather creatively written possibility. The reason it was successful and also a good movie was that it pushed the envelope. It didn't give me a fear of technology or the future, but it was an interesting and well thought out story, despite Keanu's re-invention of the game 20 Questions throughout the film :)Films like the matrix, creating this ridiculous fear of technology and fear of the future, cheap 1984 rip off i think
Film as a medium has the power to completely shape the way we think about our society and others. To me, movies that are good or fascinating are those that take the culture we live in and question it. My personal take is that masculinity is being pressed onto a backburner and the male psyche is warped somewhat due to that. Recent trends in marketing show that masculinity is making a 'comeback' as it were...or Fight club which is cleary aimed at perspectiveless generation X kids with this pathetic "we do something radical to feel ourselves" nonesense, just don't deliver IMO.
Ohhhh, yeah. It's the only reason I'm downloading the DivX of it, so I can cut that scene out and just play it repeatedly ;Dis it true that yoda looks like a swamp gnome on speed at the end battle?
Maybe someday we'll regard movies like this in the same light as we now feel about cheap b-movies from the 50ies and 60ies like "Invasion from Mars" or "Plan 9 from outer space".
The use of color was no doubt intentional. Notice there is a blue/green haze when in the Matrix and brown and gray haze while in the "real world".The Matrix had an unquestionably bad plot. ROBOTS TAKE OVAR TO USE TEH PEOPLE AS . . . BATERYS!!11@
Even a cursory examination reveals its incoherency. The science is laughable, and even worse, it doesn't really raise any ethical or moral questions. The style of the film skirts on puerile, liberally ripping-off Neuromancer and Ray-Ban commercials. However, I give it credit for some of the best choreographed shoot-outs and some interesting framework during the first half of the movie. The use of color also piques interest, but it may be coincidence rather than an intentional attempt at thematic chromography.
Sorry man... You're missing out on what is probably one of the greatest movies of our generation.
So could I, but thats not really the point. You could analyze a lot of what ouor culture sees as great films frame by frame and piece apart problems, or drawbacks. But thats not the point either. Trust me, I do the same thing, and because of it there are only around 20 films that I can actually say I enjoyed. And yes, the Matrix is one of them.And if that is the best our generation has to offer i'm scared. I could bash that film frame for frame...
And if that is the best our generation has to offer i'm scared. I could bash that film frame for frame but that is rather like getting angry over the taste of a toothpaste.
Sure, buy me a good camera and i'll do a stop motion porno with Barbie and Ken.LOL, like YOU could come up with something better.
heh, I really think people are too picky these days when it comes to movies. "They had bad acting!"