I remember once we bought that tequila and we were hyped about the worm. We killed the bottle and as we were getting ready for the worm my friend dropped in in the sink garbage disposal. One of the biggest anti climatic events of my life
Bet friend $20 you can "drink the worm", invert bottle in mouth (critical part) WHILE using your tongue to plug bottle opening. Wait a few seconds for worm to sink in to neck area of bottle then take a big swig, worm will come with it. Score $20.
I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lay awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
delta1x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:35:09 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Chocolate
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 20:09:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's humorous because the human condition is tragic.
What's really funny is the abject poverty and living hell that real people live through daily. Child labor, toxic environments, slavery, sex trafficking, starvation, torture. All of this exists in the real world in far away places that never benefitted from the regulations the first world imposed on themselves. In fact those places are worse because we won't do the disgusting work ourselves. Human misery and pain, nonstop everyday all the time. Lolololol
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:33:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I stopped watching after ep 4 of season 1. Caught a new episode of season 2 on OnDemand and was into it. Didn't not bother going back to season one though. I like catching season 2 as a new series.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're probably fine with that, since all the major plot-points get brought up in their repeats anyway.
Maybe go back and watch the season finale though. The rest are skip-able if you know the basic premise.
The devil doesn't work for God, right? So why would he punish us for doing what he wants us to do which is "sin."
Feel like he'd reward us or something.
lmao idk why I'm trying to rationalize complete fiction created to control the uneducated poor folks
jatatcdc ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:22:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
On the other hand, itโs also a compelling argument that there is no God, because no God, no matter how wrathfulโor even evilโwould allow a world where The Emoji Movie was made to continue its existence.
Ah, but you forget that God has in fact said that he's allowed us to experience the consequences of our choices - the Bible teaches that this present age is ruled over by dark forces and principalities - does that not sound like the kind of context the emoji movie would be made in?
jatatcdc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:01:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm mean sure, but I feel like He would still have a line. And a movie that stars a talking piece of shit is the point where He'd say "Fuck this," throw out the book, and hit the restart button again.
Oh it's coming. Turns out the Emoji Movie was really one of the horsemen
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Gotta have opposites dark and light, light and dark in painting. It's like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in a while to know when the good times come. I'm waiting on the good times now." -Happy Tree Man
So the glove is now out? Damn, too bad this movie didn't come out before the OJ Simpson trial. "Your honor. My client can't possibly be guilty of murder. The only murderer around here is the emoji movie. And if everyone saw that movie as a murderer and unfit, then you must acquit."
A case I worked on back when I was involved with litigation had the plaintiff's attorney claiming his client suffered a traumatic brain injury. One of the lifestyle changes his family had noticed was a new and unhealthy obsession with watching Fox News.
When I heard that at a deposition I burst out laughing. I couldn't help it.
"Your honor, I masturbated in that theater because I was watching 'The Emoji Movie.' I needed some entertainment with my ten bucks, and nobody else was around."
So this sort of stuff actually has happened before. Back when The Exorcist came out, there was a lot of uproar and controversy.
There was this woman who committed a crime and she blamed it on the fact that her daughter had seen the movie and brought the "evil" into the house... I don't remember what she did exactly, but I'm pretty sure there are more stories like this from back then.
We need to use this opportunity folks! We can blame it all on the Emoji movie! Grab the nearest 2 by 4 and let's make shit happen!
Honestly it would work. Every time I need to get out of the house to take a smoke or get some fresh air away from my parents I just say "I'm going pokemon hunting" and everything works fine, no questions asked. Pokemon go man
Fuck Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer!! They are responsible for all those shitty "Movie" movies.
Jord-UK ยท 543 points ยท Posted at 19:09:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We all liked Scary Movie 1 and 2, the rest were just shockingly bad. I walked out of epic movie and I was about 13 at the time, I should have been its prime demographic and it seriously sucked dick. It's the only movie I've ever walked out of and it was more of a [nudge my mate]"wanna leave and sneak into something else?"
edit: Not Another Teen Movie is not part of this franchise guys, yes NATM was/is good!
SHE'S DEAD!! That scene has me in stitches every time I see it. Hell, my brother and I will talk randomly about that part of the film and just be dying laughing. Definitely my favorite scene in the whole movie.
Leslie Nielsen seriously brought the quality of that movie up a few notches. I think it lost some of the charm that the W. Bros. brought to the first two.
I still think that one was good. I hate pretty much every one of the other "movie" movies but goddamnit if I don't still lose it when he cocks that shovel
Not Another Teen Movie was also really good. I think one of the big things that killed the parody movies was that they just started parodying everything instead of sticking to the genre their titles implied they'd be making fun of.
The parody movies became โLetโs take an existing movie plot structure and stuff in as many references to celebrities, pop culture events, and other movies we canโ.
Comparing the first Scary Movies to the absolute messes that were Epic Movie and Disaster Movie is night and day.
nmp12 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:49:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To be a great parody of a genre, a movie must simultaneously succeed as a great entry into that genre
As for whoever was responsible for Not Another Teen Movie, that was actually very good (and quite insightful, especially the ending about how these high school romances can end up very often) and for the record, I wouldn't want it lumped in with the rest of the dross which is most of these so called parody movies.
The scene i cant help but laugh at every time is when Janie is drunk and jumps in the pool, she gets out and Priscilla comes into the scene, calls her a loser before "accidentally" spilling water on Janie (who just got out of the pool)
Janie then proceeds to cry about it anyways before running off
Jord-UK ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:24:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not Another Teen Movie was a parody of American Pie and not part of the 'movie' movies as far as I'm aware, but I agree that, was genuinely funny. Same with Euro Trip. Not sure how much they stand up now but I know nostalgia would help
Oh yes, it wasn't part of the output by those producers who did Epic, Date etc but it does fall under the larger umbrella of parody films and of course not everyone's going to know the specifics of who did what.
I believe Teen was a few film elements combined like Can't Hardly Wait, Bring It On and others as well too (been a while since I saw it so I'm sure I'm missing a lot).
I believe Teen was a few film elements combined like Can't Hardly Wait, Bring It On and others as well too (been a while since I saw it so I'm sure I'm missing a lot).
The main parody was "She's All That."
fisch09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've noticed over the past few years that the better a parody is the less sources it draws from. Take airplane, spaceballs, mainly one source. Date, Epic movie didn't even try to stay in the tropes of its genre, and just threw any potentially funny idea in there.
I would love to see data on how many sources a parody movie draws from and it's reception /ratings.
When you see the source for much of Airplane! (the serious film Zero Hour), they deliberately lifted a lot of the plot and dialogue from it. It's amazing how you can take the exact same thing and change it so much from the context you put it in.
I believe this dialogue is word for word from the original.
"The life of everyone on board depends upon just one thing: finding someone back there who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner."
Leslie Nielsen also used to be best known for being a serious dramatic actor until Airplane! set him on a new career direction, I imagine that made this even funnier at the time because it wasn't expected of him at the time. Plus, he's more or less still playing it straight.
I also think I saw Kentucky Fried Movie and Enter the Dragon in the wrong order. Having seen A Fistful of Yen first, I probably couldn't see Bruce Lee's last film quite in the spirit it was intended.
(I guess a fundamental rule of parody is it's better to see the original first - for the original's sake at least.)
SeemPapa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think itโs just thatโs thereโs a lot of shit parodies because there are a lot of shit movies in general. Both of the movies you mention draw from plenty of sources and have plenty of random gags, theyโre just better made films, maybe in part because they more strictly follow a specific movieโa structure. I think its almost the opposite, that those parodies are better/more timeless because they do a better job of spoofing the genre, rather than spoofing the films the characters and plot reference. It probably has more to do with writing/directing/acting/etc more than anything else though
Not Another Teen Movie has absolutely nothing to do with those movies though, besides having the word movie in the title. Yes it's a parody, obviously, but like you said it's actually good and has a coherent plot. I could be wrong but I'd be really surprised if it had any of the same directors, studio affiliation, etc.
Well, another notable difference is that NATM is a genuine parody as it takes something from the original it's parodying and ... well, actually parodies it. As in actually makes an observation or critique on the source like everything with Molly Ringwald.
You know, as opposed to the Epic, Date etc who basically do ... "Here's a scene from from something else you've seen replicated but done not anywhere near as well."
...? or so I imagine, I've only seen small clips of these in trailers and the like and they are excruciating.
Financially, I get it, these things were cheap to make and made mad profits for a long time and they squeezed everything in terms of money they could get out of it. As long as it's paying out, might as well keep doing so. No-one's forcing anyone to pay to see these.
Creatively, the whole thing's a bit of a downer, though but like I said, no-one forced me to watch them. So, I didn't.
Should also put in a shout out to Airplane! (possibly the gold standard when it comes to these) - Airplane 2 (considering how sequels can go, not that bad), Naked Gun (of course), Top Secret!, Kentucky Fried Movie (of course) and what I think was actually the first of all of these, The Big Bus.
And not another teen movie introduced most of us to Chris evans. Who has quietly been in as many good and great movies over the years as anybody. Sunshine is amazing
Sunshine is a weird case in that it duplicated so many plot points from Event Horizon, it had to be a co-incidence as I figure if anyone had noticed, they would have tweaked a few.
I mean look at this:
Seven years after the loss of the Event Horizon Icarus I, the Lewis and Clark is sent away towards the sun where it discovers the previously lost ship. They board it to find the detritus of a long abandoned mysteriously derelict ship but eventually the remains of the previous crew, killed in horribly inexplicable fashion. Various accidents (or were they?) start thinning their number.
A crew member from the Lewis and Clark Icarus I is found to have gone crazy because of his instability that was tipped over due to the situation as well as ending up looking like he was dunked in a deep frier and then he sets out killing them all in an effort to take them all to hell heaven and it all ends with a big explosion.
OK, I admit I'm stretching a bit in places but my point is, not that much.
A couple of other points. Who tempts fate by calling their mission not just Icarus but Icarus I? And after the loss of Icarus I, follows it with Icarus II???
Furthermore, credit to the person almost no-one's heard of in comparison to Icarus - namely Daedalus who unlike Icarus -
Actually invented the wings.
Actually followed best practice and instructions.
Didn't screw up and hence didn't die in a ridiculous and avoidable accident.
I unexpectedly loved three. It was pure cheese from beginning to end, but did some nice and many unexpected jokes. (the guy cocking the shovel and a shotgun shell popping out being one of them.)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The growing sheriff's hat killed me for godamn years.
You know your teacher miss Brenda? yes? SHES DEAD, DIED A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH, GONE GONE GONE JUST LIKE YOUR DOG! My dog's dead? I RAN HIM OVER WHEN I PARKED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND LOVE IS DYING AROUND YOU! screams back and forth with the now crying child
It's brilliant.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck I need to rewatch this movie. Forgot that part.
One time I was home alone with my two siblings. I was outvoted and we watched epic movie. I felt rage build towards them every time they laughed, rage I feared would never subside. So I silently stormed out about 10 minutes in and didn't speak to them for 48 hours.
I haven't spoken to my sister for about 6 years for completely unrelated reasons, although I'd be lying if I said that the memory of her laughing at epic movie doesn't occasionally come to mind and reaffirm my belief that she's bad news.
Jord-UK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I can completely understand. me and my friend who I was at the cinema with haven't looked at each other the same way
[deleted] ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 19:21:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Picturing a 13 year old walk out of a movie is fucking funny
When I went to see Cloud Atlas, almost all the teenagers left halfway through. Prententious douchebag as I am, it made me love the movie even more.
/on a more serious note, it's not a film for everyone. And I don't mean in a "If you didn't like it, you just didn't get it maaaan", I mean in a way that not everything is meant for everyone and Cloud Atlas just isn't for everyone. For me it's probably in my top5 movies from 2000's.
Easily. Dude, the fucking 'Signs' spoof scene where Charlie Sheen's character is walking up to his dying wife and the guy who hit his wife says, "hey, I'm gonna need a ride home." Shit had me dying.
Are you sure it's the second Scary Movie and not the third you're thinking of? My friend dragged me to see Scary Movie 2 at the cinema for his birthday and I remember being so utterly bored by it. There wasn't any actual jokes, just recreations and references to current at the time pop-culture stuff. I really wanted to walk out during the recreation of the Nike advert, which I remember as I'd never felt that way about a movie before. I couldn't though, because it was his birthday and all (and I think he was actually enjoying it).
Bc 1 and 2 were the Wayans Bros. After that they took over and fucked everything up with their much cornier and cliche comedy.
LuVega ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They only worked on the first Scary Movie I believe. Thankfully though their career seems to have finally fizzled out as they just dropped like three bombs in a row, so praise be.
Jord-UK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:35:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, thank fuck they're no longer the assassins creeds or CoDs of movies anymore
They only have a few jokes from their script in scary movie. That movie is made up of like 16 different scripts. So when they say two of the writers of scary movie. Now Not another teen movie was pretty funny. But nothing else was good.
"White people are dyin', we gettin' the fuck outta here!"
Khanzool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Speak for yourself, scary movie was always garbage to me.
dafood48 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hated all of those but i did enjoy that one scene in superhero movie where the guy who plays tom cruise says he could fly and then there is a breaking news announcing his death
That's because Scary Movie 1 and 2 were made by the Waynes brothers before they went off the rails and made some very questionable movies of their own. After 2, they left and so did the R rating which really killed the franchise for me. 3 wasn't bad per se (it's got Leslie Nielson after all), but just wasn't on par with the first two
jediev90 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Only one I liked was Meet the Spartans. Ofc it ruined 300 for me since I saw โSpartansโ first lol
That's because Scary Movie 1&2 still had that vibe that makes the Zucker Brothers' earlier comedies still funny. I still get a kick out of the Naked Gun movies.
But the weird part is the two Scary Movies that were actually still funny and still had a coherent through-line weren't directed by David Zucker, but SM 3&4 were. No idea what his deal is.
cdub4521 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not another teen movie is the best of the genre imo
Friedberg and Seltzer did help write the first Scary Movie and only contributed to the characters for Scary Movie 2 through 4 (From two of the Writers of...) But they didn't lay a finger on Not Another Teen Movie.
I remember me and some friends rented Epic movie one night... after about 10 minutes we were like fuck this movie and I was getting ready to cut it off but then this naked girl jumps out of the closet! And in the mind of a 13 year old, boobs beats everything... so we watched the whole rest of the movie hoping to see some more.. spoiler alert: there were none and we had a miserable time ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
MauPow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:53:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I actually walked out of "Date Movie" or some shit like that because it literally made me vomit when they had a scene involving pulling a very long hair up out of someones throat.
Holy fuck you guys need to turn your egotism waayyy down, just because you didn't like the movie doesn't mean its shitty. Saying fuck those directors just because they MADE the movie? Maybe don't fucking watch them then! Jesus, arrogant FUCKS!
Just to be clear I have not seen their movies. I am going off trailers that kept popping up on cable when I had it. I do know that they aren't great parody films since they like to rely on pop-culture to try to inject humor into their movies. Oh look, an out-of-context part that shows Miley Cyrus get killed by a piece of debri. Oh look, Megatron has a TV in his chest and it shows the Leave Brittany Alone meme. It's lazy filmmaking and because of how cheap they are to produce they will keep making shittier and shittier movies. I bet their stupid Star Wars movie will be more of the same. The title is way too long.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:09:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We should toss them at Harvey Weinstein and whatever happens, happens.
So what ? You know Hitler's name and he was certainly richer than you, what's the point ? It's like people who say "if something is famous you can't deny it's good", yes I can actually
So cinema is like genocide? They're successful businessmen. You apparently chose to consume their product. You literally have no justification in complaining.
What is this analogy ? I just said this because these arguments are bullshit, they are applicable with Hitler too. The nature of their actions are not related to anything there.
It's not because the man is successful, rich and famous that they can't fuck up things and that they are undeniably good person/actor/director or something, and everyone has the right to express what they think about it. Is it that hard to understand ? Even if I gave money, it's not because I paid to see a movie that I can't hate it and the person who create it. How would I judge it otherwise ? (Also, I didn't pay for or saw their movies. I don't even know who they are. I'm french and here pratically nobody know them. My point is just that your arguments are bad, no matter who we're talking about)
I thought I remember some of them saying they were just there to have fun and do something incredibly stupid. And none of them thought it would actually be released.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:33:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What? You didnโt find Hugh jackman with a scrotum neck hilarious? No pleasing some people.
I read that the director harangued the actors into doing it and pulled a lot of favors. That and he filmed the movie over several years, so it wasnโt like he lined up all that talent at once.
Hypothetical: If you bring enough big name actors into a bad movie, perhaps it nullifies the effect it would have on any individual actor/actresses career. Someone posited this to a publisher and the decision was made to follow through to test the theory.
I heard that they were painfully accommodating. Worked around stars' schedules so they didn't have the excuse of being "too busy". Guilted them into showing up for what was probably not a lot of work.
And at the end of the day they probably got paid something, even if it was a pack of peanuts, whether any of us watched it or not, so it's not a great burn really...
They were all just doing a movie for fun instead of work for a change, in the blooper reel as I recall they're all screwing around and laughing, they hardly look like they have a gun to their heads.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:22:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Black mail for sure. Weird sex crimes they didn't want exposed. I mean really? Gerard butler as a CGI gnome? He may have literal skeletons in the closet
jhnldsm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I'm the only person that didn't think Movie 43 was 100% hot garbage. I wouldn't call it good, and I would never spend any time to rewatch it but a few of the skits got me to laugh. I liked the one with liev schreiber and the kid from Shameless the most
Yeah people shit all over Movie 43 like it's a fad to hate it, but that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It was bad on purpose, but had some genuine piss-your-pants-laughing moments. The acting ability of everybody on screen did great things to carry that movie.
Edit: Case in point this comment has been up for about 30 seconds and I already got downvoted for liking a movie. Note to Redditors: This comment is not Movie 43. This is a comment about Movie 43.
trynaeat ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:28:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Downvoting for being a whiny prick not because of movie 43
ScousaJ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:45:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I really enjoyed that film the first time I watched it - I had no idea what it was and just put it on Netflix and it was so funny - I tried to watch it again a second time and it was so bad I couldn't finish it - but I laughed more at that than most comedies
GunNNife ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The framing plot--Klein trying to get this crazy bullshit movie greenlit--was goddamn hilarious.
Reddit is full of retards who think spamming downvotes gives them some kind of power, if they weren't such utter losers then people might actually pity them. The movie wasn't amazing but it sure as hell wasn't auschwitz like these ass clowns seem to think.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And I honestly dontthink it is as bad as everyone says. The โplotโ is terrible but I skip through it and watched all the sketches and I like most of them. If anything you find it funny to see famous actors do very stupid shit.
Obversa ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:16:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, at least I can watch Epic Movie, especially if high or drunk. I can't even watch the Emoji Movie, period. It's that bad.
For a second I thought everyone meant "Epic." The animated film where Steven Tyler plays a witch doctor caterpillar. I was kind of hurt to think I might be alone on loving that movie.
Then i remember Epic Movie... and Disaster Movie. That's fair.
Tylorw09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโve heard movie 43 is the worst thing ever created. If youโve seen it how would you compare it to epic movie?
kaaz54 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I ended up actually paying to watch Epic Movie in the cinema. I was on a second date with this girl, and after a rocky start, we decided to get drunk and go watch the next movie running at the cinema next door.
For some reason, we both lost complete interest in each other, or life in general during that movie. Thank god the cinema didn't care about the beers the drunk two of us brought into the movie theatre.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Granted I've never understood the appeal of watching bad movies for fun but I can't imagine why anyone likes the room so much. I think it's an ironic fad.
But The Room is a bad film people genuinely love, Epic Movie was a film that tried to be funny but just ended up being a 90 minute long insult to the viewer.
My kids (8 and 5) demanded that I take them to see it. I hoped that they'd forget about it, I tried to get them excited for other movies, I even warned them about the bad reviews and suggested that they might hate it. It didn't matter. Their friends had seen it and loved it, and that's all they needed to know.
It's just boring, predictable, uninteresting, and unfunny. I think I fell asleep at some point. The plot makes zero sense. The animation looks rough around the edges. It's a blatant cash grab that they knew kids would want to see no matter how bad it was (it made $217 million on a $50 million budget).
Checking the rating system on bad movies.org. Youโre saying it deserves a skull.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, watched it with my brother hoping it would be "so bad it's good". But it was just bad. The only good thing about it was that it was quite short, like 1h20min?
I know a bunch of people that watched it because of kids or because it was what they were showing during a flight and said it actually wasn't that bad. Or at least not as bad as all the hype surrounding how bad it was supposed to be.
I bet a lot of normal citizens can make a better movie, story, plot than a lot of truly bad movies. We just don't have the money to make one. I have a few in mind. I write down my ideas and movies on my notebook. Maybe someday I will have a chance to show it to some one.
Parody movies usually seem to be bad.. I think the worst of all time has got to be Plump Fiction. So completely and horribly bad, I don't think anyone has made it 20 minutes in.
Cad-Bane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing about it was truly noteworthy. I rented it after being asked to by my 7-hear-old daughter, and at times it was glaringly un-creative (full of themes and scenes that seemed too similar to other animated films.) Many scenes seemed designed to show how cool and interesting the apps in a smartphone are, and it made my daughter ask for her own smartphone (pretty smart move by Sony there.) In the end I was mostly bored by it, but my kid liked it (or she said she liked it, but never talked about it after the day we watched it, so I guess it was a pretty mild 'like' compared to the movies that she gets obsessed with.)
Yeah, when a kid of single digit age really likes a movie, you are guaranteed to end up wanting to asphyxiate yourself after the 500th viewing in a month.
Did you know that the real title is simply "Laputa?"
It was changed for North American/European release because La Puta is "The Bitch/Whore" in Spanish.
Great movie though. The robots are creepy.
Gestrid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. My younger sister loved to watch Miss PattyCake's Treasure Chest Surprise when she was younger. I mean, I probably did, too (back when VHS was still a thing, but DVDs were starting to replace them), when I was younger, but I was more of a Disney kid (RIP Disney's House of Mouse on ABC Saturday Mornings and Winnie the Pooh), and I still love Disney, which is part of the reason I freaking love Kingdom Hearts. Plus, there's about an eight year difference between me and her.
I was roped into seeing it because family and was bracing myself. It was the world's most OK movie, like it was designed by a computer lead by a board room of executives. It wasn't funny or maddening or "so bad it's good", it was just... there.
grubas ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 19:45:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was the issue. It was so bland that it wasn't even crappy enough to be a good shitty movie. At least some movies are so unapologetically shit that they are fun. At least stupid movies like Fast and Furious know how bland they are.
My sister made me take my niece and nephew. My wife and I were just in awe.
Aetheus ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 19:36:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think the word you're looking for is "bland". Or possibly "monotone" or "stale" or "just really fucking boring".
"Mediocre". Offensively bland. Not good but not bad enough to warrant much response.
A piece of art or media's core goal is to illicit a response on some level, good or bad it should engage the audience. For people that review films for a living, being unengaging is a bigger sin than being aggressively bad. That's why the critics were extra critical. The emoji movie represented Hollywood at its least engaging.
Luvlyk ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:51:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think this is the best description I personally thought the trailer was cute decided to watch a little ended up watching the whole thing. I enjoyed it for whats it worth and for kids they may get a kick out of it. Did it make sense no, was it clever no. Did I get to see emojis come to life and look at bright colors yes. I would never considered this "acting per se" they could have had a computer voice for all roles and it would have been the same.
Mike Myers's career was actually a lot smaller than you realize. Outside of the Shrek and Austin Powers franchises, before the Love Guru in 2008 the only movie he'd starred in since 2000 was The Cat in the Hat. His filmography was surprisingly sparse for a major SNL alum. In that same period Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler were making like a movie a year. And after that the only non-documentary feature films Myers was in were Shrek four and Inglourious Basterds. Even Dana Carvey is in more movies now and he like never had a movie career.
Wedge09 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 19:28:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it, my Wife and kids wanted to see it. So I rented it for $6.99 through Prime. If I had taken them to the theatre to see it like they wanted to i would have asked for my money back. It is just not a good movie. Pixar and DreamWorks have made people think all these animated movies are gold because they usually are, this one is not. There is nothing in this movie that kept me engaged or entertained. None of the characters are likeable, and none of them I hated. Nothing made me want to give a damn.
Well, Ive done similar with movies. Not a full refund, but if I walk out of one Ill trade for whatever else is playing and management is usually okay with that because its the same difference really. When I started watching tinker tailor soldier spy, 20 minutes into the movie I realized I completely didnt understand it. So I left, and after talking to the front desk, I walked in to the rocky movie whatever it was called. It wasnt bad.
Yeah I guess Iโve never understood how people think they should ask the theater back for their money. Thatโs like going to a shitty concert* and asking the venue for a refund because the musician sucked.
*edit
Thatโs true, so why make it harder on the theater? Ultimately you can get a refund but i highly doubt that corporate is really reporting the refunds to the movie studios...
Wedge09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not that the theatre is responsible. It was a figure of speech. I personally think that it's spend that much at a movie theater the movie should be a certain level or caliber of good. Star Wars, Avengers, The Aviator. This movie was nothing like that and it's a waste of the 80 bucks you spend. But that is just my opinion. I don't have lots of money to just blow in a movie theater so I want it to be a great experience
Itโs ok, for a kids movie itโs not bad at all compared to some of the shit Iโve seen. Watch it and youโll be shocked by how overblown your expectation of its terribleness is.
punktual ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:21:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well its basically a 90 minute advert for actual apps. Does that help?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:23:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's bad but by the numbers bad. Plenty of animated films just as bad.
laodaron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:27:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not even that bad at all. It's a mediocre children's cartoon that has a pretty terrible story but with some redeeming and funny performances.
Myrshall ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is it actually bad? Or do people just like to dump on it because the premise sounds dumb? Is it poorly made or has it got awkward lines?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's super average. There are a ton of worse movies. Honestly, it basically seems like it was written by a robot that just stuffs random names into a cookie cutter family movie plot. You know, like how the Marvel films are made, subbing hero action for family film.
It's still 1,000x better than Movie 43, but that's not hard to do.
diatom15 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My 5 year old sort of liked it. Not like watch it all the time but she's seen it 3 times (once at the theater and it was torture). To me it was horrible. Everything that no one askedd for plus shitty acting.
Eh, I watched it with my niece and nephew. It's a standard turn off your brain kids movie of good vs evil. I give it some credit some parts were well thought out for what it was. As an adult it's a kids movie so it doesn't even register on my scale of movies so to speak. Like the first Shrek movie was awesome but I never bring it up when rating movies in convo.
If I was a kid I'd give Emoji a 5/10 it was a generic kids movie (again good vs evil) using emojis to sell a movie. My niece thought it was just okay my nephew loved it.
mushperv ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My kids wanted to see it. So we went.
Ive seen my share of bad kids movies. Most have a moment or two of humor, or heart, or SOMETHING entertaining.
The Emoji Movie had none of that. It was flat. Boring. Dumb. My kids didnt even like it, and they like everything because theyre really little.
I dont even think its so bad its good. Its just...bad.
That's the way it is with comedies. If a horror movie is bad, it can be funny. If a melodrama is bad, it can be funny. If a comedy is bad, it can't be funny - because if it were, it'd be a good comedy.
It just felt soulless. I saw it with some friends cause we thought it'd be a room-esque catastrophe and...on some levels it is, but on others it just feels like they didn't even put effort in - besides the animation.
The amount of product placement is shocking, it literally felt like we paid nine dollars for a 90-minute ad and we were all ashamed
The hype is just too much. I love bad movies. Even the "so bad they're bad". Maybe specially those. And every time someone hypes a movie as "the worst ever" I get excited. Then I watch it and think, "that was terrible... But not the worst ever. There's redeeming factors here and there. I'm yet to question something about myself or others. This is just run of the mill bad." and get a bit sad.
And the emoji movie seems like one of those cases. I want to watch it and want it to be painfully, earth shattering, soul crushing bad. But most likely it's just a poorly done, unfunny, dumb film. That just won't cut it for the hype it gets.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It should have just been straight to DVD/BlueRay/Netflix with no promotion like thousands of other absolute shit tier garbo childrens movies. The fact they thought that movie was worth millions in advertising, and red carpet treatment is what's wrong with it.
I haven't seen it, but I guarantee its no worse than hundreds upon hundreds of other same type of shit put out for kids each year.
MouthJob ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a feature length advertisement. What do you think?
Not even anywhere in the sphere of "so bad it's good." My two year olds watched it once and even they have never since requested to watch it again, and these are kids that can watch Bee Movie on a repeated basis. Emoji Movie is just plain terrible, never should have been made type movie.
kneeod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it in theaters with my wife and step kids. Even my kids hated it. There's an entire 10 minute sequence devoted to playing an entire game of Candy Crush, and another for Dance Central. It's honestly, genuinely just fucking bad.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I may be in the minority, but I've seen FAR worse films. It was fair and some bits were kind of cute. The hype is worse than the actual film.
Tomnnn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:00:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I decided to watch it because everyone was telling me it was as bad as everyone thought it would be. I wonder how much those voice actors got, because I'd think TJ Miller would have been expensive as fuck after coming from silicon valley with all its success. They got him to voice the main character.
I watched the Cinema Sins on it. Thats that youtube channel that point out everything wrong with movies. Its like 20 minutes long but pretty funny and you get the jist or the movie itself which seemed pretty dumb but nothing special.
tootie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd you've ever watched Mystery Science Theater, you know there's no lower depth to how bad a movie can get. If there's something to laugh at, you can still get some enjoyment. The one quality that makes a movie truly unwatchable is that it's boring.
A movie that that moves solidly past the โso bad itโs goodโ category into absolute dumpster fire is The Chaos Experiment. Itโs actually produced by our beloved Stephen K. Bannon and heโs no better at producing movies as he is at running a newspaper.
The Emoji Movie can sit on my HDD next to A Serbian Film (seven years so far), never to be watched because I'm scared both of them have the capacity to break my brain.
p1-o2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The safe choice here is to immediately delete Emoji movie and then scrub your memory of its existence by watching A Serbian Film.
I've seen it 2 times in theatres, and no it's not as bad as everyone says it is. The movie is horrible and very "fellow kids" cringy, but it plays out a bit like the Lego Movie, and has parts that you just laugh at saying "what the fuck were they thinking?". I enjoyed it both times I watched it, and I think I counted about 36 times they said "emoji" since I was playing a game where you dab every time they say "emoji".
No, that honor belongs to Food Fight, a movie with even less redeeming value, with the added bonus of being just really badly done. It's a movie about all your favorite brand mascots joining together to defeat the evil store brand which is threatening their way of life, and was started in 1999 and released in 2012, but it looks like a bad movie made in 2003. It is a movie with zero redeeming qualities.
mdp300 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:57:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The making of that movie is the most bizarre story. They got a bunch if celebrities to record their dialogue, started animating it, then the files were stolen. So they started again with a completely different style. And it might have been a long term money laundering scheme.
DR99 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:26:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That movie is a super crazy story I believe the insurance company was the one to finally release it.
VicePope ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:34:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm mad at you for making me think about that movie again. Wasnโt Charlie Sheen a detective dog in that?
unbl ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:52:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bad I guess? How bad are you at not being a fucking knob?
I found out the issue anyways. The movie is in fact called "Foodfight!". It is not called "Food Fight". If you search IMDb for "Food Fight" you will not find the movie in question.
Ishanji ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:26:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dude was being a tool, granted, but using a site-specific search is usually not your best option. If you type "food fight movie" into Google you'll get results for the movie in question even though the real title is stylized differently. Dedicated search engines have a lot of behind-the-scenes magic (machine learning algorithms) to infer what you're actually looking for based on the words you use. Site-specific searches, on the other hand, tend to take your input at face value.
Not that you asked, but I reckon you could use it. At least Google won't sass you for not being able to find it yourself ;)
unbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If you type "food fight movie" into Google you'll get results for the movie in question even though the real title is stylized differently.
That is, in fact, exactly how I corrected my error! Good call!
I am not normally this slow on the uptake but I am currently pre-caffeine, lol
I like it. My toddler has watched it daily for months. Definately not as bad as is made out.
Zmaan182 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i watched it last night with my 5 year old. neither of us laughed the entire time.
taara001 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This makes me whant to watch it
Acarlmac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Idk if "the room" can be beat. I mean weird abrupt 15 degree angle change cuts over and over. It's shit like that that is just so megnificently and unironically bad.
I watched it and as much as a truly despise the premise and everything that went into its creation, I have to say that I really enjoyed the animation. While the writers, voice actors, director and just about everyone else we're clearly sleepwalking through it, there were multiple moments when I found myself smiling at some of the visual gags. I respect those animators for at least trying. Too bad the movie they were working on was the death of culture
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
NO. You are better off watching any MST3k movie or Rifftrax grade movie without said people commenting. I swear to you, any of those are better. At least you can laugh at those. The emoji movie kills hope and will to live.
I'm probably alone thinking this...Get Out was god awful, I'd quit if I directed that too.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Even the Stat Wars Holiday Special was better than that garbage.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There are a lot of much worse films like Car's Life
XMorbius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji movie isn't anything special. But I do feel like it used the material correctly. Over the course of the movie they refer to a lot of apps and phone concepts mostly correctly (Spotify was a little weird).
Compare that to Wreck-It-Ralph, where the beginning of the movie is "Here are a ton of video game references!" then it becomes generic-candy-racer for the next 2/3rds of the film.
I just looked up the premise and it sounds kinda....cool? And cute? LOL. I guess they fuck it up because I'm saying right here and now that I like the premise.
It's not as terrible as you'd think. Really the only thing wrong with it was its attempted appeal to a detestable demographic and the erosion of language. And poop jokes.
Aside from that it works just fine as a story. It follows a proven formula. It's watchable. But it isnt good- theres no hardcore sex scenes for one thing.
Above as in a better film, or above in the rankings of worst film of all time?
Most of the reviews I read about Emoji were that it was pointless and filled with commercials/product placement, but not necessarily that it was genuinely painful to watch.
I already died reading that title and thought it was real.
kaaz54 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:22:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Satan, we talked about this. You can influence people on Earth, so they have free will and all that BS, but there are limits. Go back down to your room!
It'll be based on that augmented reality stuff taking over good old fashioned emojis. Then We'll learn that the same thing happened to emoticons way back when.
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StudBoi69 ยท 278 points ยท Posted at 19:12:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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suredont ยท 159 points ยท Posted at 19:18:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah... and the originals was about girls sending this to 10 daddies to get cummies back.
[deleted] ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 19:42:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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freakame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
you got up this morning, probably made coffee or something, had breakfast, and then CHOSE to come to reddit. this is all your fault. you could have gone for a walk, listened to birds sing, watched a show on Netflix, but no.. you had to come here and ready about ๐ฆcummies๐ฆ.
culll ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 19:21:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
On Reddit you need to double space line breaks in order for it to recognize a line break. Your comment looks ridiculous without them.
BSnapZ ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:33:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs not meant to look good...
culll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:59:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Really? I guess that went way over my head.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:23:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact, since 1986 all copypasta is subject to California's Prop 65, in which they are required to be labeled as containing compounds which will give you mental cancer.
werker ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:42:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a subreddit dedicated to shitty emoji text chains like this? I'm always wanting to send them to my friends but I can never find them online, mainly because I don't know what to search for lol
You cannot know the height, width, and depth of the mountain standing only at its top.
In this way, God had invited us to see what being God was truly like, and in our poor wisdom and judgement, we did not produce a lively and varied universe, but chose instead to create and watch The Emoji Movie. As Christ had said, "They die for lack of knowledge." and thusly we have learned the knowledge of such productions as the Emoji Movie.
I've heard that God's Not Dead: The Trinity Completed redeems the series, but I don't believe it. The reviews sound like something people would make up to make money.
It could only redeem it if Kevin Sorbo, the atheist from the first movie who converted before death, returned as an avenging angel of the Lord to slay the infidels. Of course he would be dressed like Hercules.
My family is Christian, Iโve been to Christian concerts and stuff. Before the movie released, the artists at Winter Jam kept heralding it as one of the greatest movie releases ever. They also had Newsboys do the song...
I think I remember reading Scott Derrickson once saying the problem with most Christian movies is that theyโre mostly just uncomfortable, self-congratulatory echo chambers. To that extent, his favourite Christian movie was The Exorcist, since that actually challenged the charactersโ faiths in God before God and good ultimately prevail in the end.
Iโm fond of Risen and Bruce Almighty, and Iโve heard Noah was decent.
ilgnome ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought you were lying, but they really made a second one.
The angry bird movie did that for me. Then they announced emoji shit (and dont forget literally a character that is a shit voice by Uriel Septim) and I figured this is life now. This is all we got going for movies. :I
God isn't dead though. Having a relationship with God is a two way street, like any other relationship. When we turn away from God, it seems as if he is gone, and in thinking he is not there, behind us, we meticulously toiled away, until the Emoji Movie was complete.
Well clearly it's the better choice for him. It's like the difference between being a doctor and a scientist - one treats people, other treats populations. Peele seems like someone with great taste in what's good. I like those people being responsible for the entire project, not just one piece of one aspect.
TrentonJ ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:47:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it as a good sign. At least weโve reached our lowest low in film and can only go up from here.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:37:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
meh100 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:15:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is the Emoji Movie the Donald Trump of movies?
BFGfreak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"challenge accepted"
-Hollywood
Arterra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ok but what if takes down third shot what if we make a movie, what if more shots instead of emojis in phones, we have shots taken alarmingly we like film the internet and shot singularity what do the kids call those things, memes? shots fired into crowd lets make a movie about those.
lilyvess ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:27:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I gave the Emoji Movie and Pixels in my annual White Elephant christmas gift exchange.
finerd ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 18:46:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry. Jumping on the top comment because Judd Apatow made me question humanity too with this idiotic quote, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
Really what bugs me about him saying that is that Apatow has a long producing career and cultivated an entire group of young actors and helped them to become producers and directors themselves. I can't name a single female fillmmaker that he has helped in that way.
I hate when people jump on socio-political bandwagons just to check that box but don't have histories to back up what they are saying nor will they change their actions in the future.
Everyone can crack a Trump/Weinstein joke or whatever is ร la mode, but very few are willing to work against the systems that allow these things to happen.
Lena Dunham doesnโt exactly exemplify quality filmmaking by females. You cannot equate โGirlsโ to โMudboundโ. As such, Juddโs argument falls flat, because it is based on gender and not egalitarianism.
[deleted] ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:39:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:39:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Going hard against reddit here, but the first 3 seasons of Girls was good television. I hated them all for different reasons, but it was some good content.
I had forgotten his role in Dunham's projects. Solid point.
Still, seems odd to make comments like his emoji movie comment when overall he hasn't worked with many female filmmakers himself.
In the 2000's Apatow was a comedy genre unto himself, enough that they had their own shitty parody. http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/dvdboxart/8118750/p8118750_d_v8_aa.jpg
He produced and directred a massive wave of projects and almost exclusively from dudes.
Ava DuVernay for one is doing so currently, just for a quick example, not focused on actresses specifically but on other filmmakers.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:57:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
agreed, love her to death but not all women directors are greatr and not all men make pieces of shit.
Vio_ ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:11:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There is something to be said that women directors have to be able to produce better movies due to the sheer lack of women directors in general. When they do get big gigs, they have to go above and beyond to produce solid hits at that level.
There aren't enough women directors able to make shitty movies. The vast majority of women directors are doing commercials and cable tv shows. The really good (and connected) ones can get up to that A list movie set, but there's not that many able to bridge up into the B-C list movie set.
The only women directors that get that far in the industry are top tier talent. There might be a terrible woman director somewhere but we have probably never heard of her.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:20:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"There arent enough women directors to make bad movies" if there is any women directors thats enouvh to make a bad movie. Theres nothibg stopping every women director being a shitty director. But that would be defining there ability based on genitals. Your over arching point is also a lil pointless considering there are bad movies by women directors and bad tv showd directed by women.
satinism ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:03:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Does that need to be said? Does anyone believe that to be the case? This is just Judd reading the writing on the wall and trying to score some feminism points.
I feel like I'm going crazy. I consider myself a feminist and what Judd is saying is sexist. It's hyperbolic, but a joke used to express something he agrees with. Women are idols who are always good wtf? Women are humans with fault just like men can be.
satinism ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's one of the most common forms of hypocrisy that people are willing to accept something as "just a joke" when it more or less conforms to their prejudice, but not otherwise. This offends me not as a man, but as a comedian (Seinfeld theme). Jokes need to be funny if they want a pass for being offensive and stupid.
Ah, I apologize. I guess that clearly flew over my head.
Pripat99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No worries, if you look through this thread you'll see you aren't the only one.
mep8 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just watched Lady Bird and it was shit. So was Wonder Woman. Never heard of the third one. Most movies these days are hot garbage, regardless of the gender of the director.
Tongue37 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:35:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He actually said that? I lost lots of respect..does he not know of all the amazing male directors?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:42:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He IS a male director. The statement was a joke.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You should know by now.
skralogy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wanna hear something really fucked up? When Saudi Arabia allowed movies to be viewed once again, the first movie available was the emoji movie.
itโs a damn childrenโs movie, and a CGI one at that
I hate when people use this line to defend the movie, itโs as if theyโre saying that children only deserve mediocrity. The Incredibles, Toy Story, The LEGO Movie, those are all childrenโs movies at the end of the day arenโt they?
K20BB5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can't hold every childrens movie to the standard of classics
I wasn't talking basing my opinion on the trailers. I tried watching the film but turned it off mere minutes into it. The jokes fell flat. The characters were just beyond humerous. And the whole "identity crisis" of a Smiley face just wasn't a great plot point. And just because there's another shitty Angry Birds movie, doesn't justify why this film should get a pass.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:59:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
even for a kids film there aer no redeeming qualitys, tell me how did the movie end? what lesson did your child take away from it. besides how to sext your crush and be a creep?
satinism ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:04:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
tell me how to sext my crush and be a creep, please
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:06:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I heard the Angry Birds movie was actually kind of decent. I never saw it though. Can anyone confirm?
FreqGuy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:08:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ultimately Angry Birds Movie is an average CGI kids movie, but having seen both that and Emoji Movie recently with my daughter, Angry Birds is comparatively much better movie. Better animation, acting, humour, even story. Emoji Movie is pure garbage. Angry Birds is.. tolerable, and I will admit I laughed a fair bit at it. I didn't laugh at Emoji Movie, I just physically cringed throughout.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:03:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What a vapid person you must be
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sausage Party will make you lose faith in Humanity.
... but in a good way!
I watched it one weekend morning with my girlfriend because we thought it would kinda be like 'Saturday morning cartoons for adults'... and we were right, but not really at all in the way that we had expected to be.
It depends on your tolerance for r/atheism bullshit and edgelord humor. If you can stomach both of those things and a food orgy, choose Sausage Party. If not, prepare for cringe and shameless product placement.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:46:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
if it made a billion dollars I guess its ok but humanity rejected it completely so lets give ourselves a little credit :)
Ferg8 ยท 484 points ยท Posted at 18:51:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's a theory saying The Emoji Movie was just a reason to have the copyright on the merch they sold with that.
I don't know if that's true, but at least it would explain why that was one of the worst movie ever made.
I could see this being a thing, with all those poop emoji pillows and such
Totodile_ ยท 172 points ยท Posted at 19:49:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
With a budget of $50mil and box office $217mil, it doesn't really matter how much people hated it. It was a success. Selling merchandise on top of that is just a bonus.
Even if the movie was a failure, the intention was to sell emoji merchandise which is inexplicably popular right now. One way or another they were going to makes tons ans tons of money.
With a box office of $217mil, nothing compares for the billions you make over a decade from selling merchandise. Eventually these movie companies realized that selling merchandise was the end game, not the bonus.
Star Wars, GI Joe, Transformers, TMNT, every single comic book hero that's been around from the 70's, straight to DVD Barbie movies, fuck there was even a Bratz movie. Some of these movies I love (and some of them I absolutely despise), but in reality they figured out that selling toys last for decades beyond a movie ticket or DVD sale.
Yeah that makes sense. But I would be surprised if emoji movie merchandise can sell like any of those that you listed (though I'm prepared to be wrong).
And the Bratz movie was $26m on a $20m budget. The emoji movie was unfortunately a box office success.
eherro33 ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 19:47:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait so which company would own the copyright? Like what kind of jerk would have the audacity to say "yea we own emojis"
Not a font, fonts are expected to implement emojis, and each font will do emojis a different way. It's a unicode character set. Each one is like a letter.
And neither alphabets nor fonts are copyrightable, though, being images, a particular emojiset probably is.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 20:13:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I believe typefaces are copyrightable. Font licenses are expensive.
You are paying for the software that renders the font, not the font itself. If you made your own program that renedered the same font using different code or logic, you would be in the clear.
In fact, us copyright law specifically calls out fonts as being non-copyrightable
37 CFR 202.1 Material not subject to copyright.
....
(a) Words and short phrases such as names, titles, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering or coloring; mere listing of ingredients or contents;
(b) Ideas ... systems ... as distinguished from the particular manner in which they are expressed or described in a writing;
(c) ...
(d) Works consisting entirely of information that is common property containing no original authorship...
(e) Typeface as typeface.
kaaz54 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:32:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And neither alphabets nor fonts are copyrightable,
Which is why Papyrus was re-used for some minor movie's poster design, to the great pain of some poor, poor people
Pig743 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Technically they are multiple letters
Aikidi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Typefaces are totally copyrightable, the same family has gotten money for Gothic for over a century iirc.
That'd be mighty hard to do, considering that Gothic was invented in 1991.
And that US law specifically calls out typefaces as being non-copyrightable.
37 CFR 202.1 Material not subject to copyright.
....
(a) Words and short phrases such as names, titles, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering or coloring; mere listing of ingredients or contents;
(b) Ideas ... systems ... as distinguished from the particular manner in which they are expressed or described in a writing;
(c) ...
(d) Works consisting entirely of information that is common property containing no original authorship...
(e) Typeface as typeface.
RevWaldo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:50:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
In July 2015, it was announced thatย Sony Pictures Animationย had won the bidding war againstย Warner Bros.ย andย Paramount Picturesย over production rights of an animated film centered on emoji. With the official announcement occurring at the 2016ย CinemaCon.
There was a bidding war to make this thing.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:05:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The difference here is that people aren't buying emoji pillows because they loved the movie. It's because they love emojis in general (for whatever reason).
Calling it merchandise for the movie is kind of a brilliant way of making money on this ridiculous emoji craze.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:33:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. I think it had the potential to be amazing if they had gone with the โthis movie is completely absurd and we all know itโ approach. Like a self-aware dry humor approach would have been great. Instead we got this piece of shit.
boyz2man ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:17:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs completely true, along with it was just made to make merchandise because you make more money from merchandise than you do from film sales
I thought the popularity of emoji merch had been dying this past year and now people buy it "ironically"...which is still money so eh never mind.
boylejc2 ยท 4257 points ยท Posted at 18:47:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well Donald Glover quit acting to focus on music, and is now going to retire from music after his next album to work on acting/directing/writing on his multiple shows.
I don't think entertainers in general understands what "retirement" means. Either way, taking time to focus on one thing gets some fucking awesome results.
To be fair, he actually was retired as the Joker. His role in Arkham Knight was a big surprise/twist and he only really started doing the Joker regularly again because of The Killing Joke.
I think you mean Jimi Hendrix. Dude has had 12 studio albums and 27 live albums published since he died.
crashb24 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:38:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Naw I think the reference he was looking for was Michael Jackson, who like Miyazaki was very famous during his life. Get on out of here with that condescension.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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crashb24 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:52:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can talk about posthumously famous artist you want. However because Miyazaki is quite famous and still living, they really won't have any relevance to the discussion.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:42:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
the difference is that this time Miyazaki's finally come to terms with the fact that he can't live without making movies, and he's just going to have to be okay with dying in the middle of production of one.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 20:22:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of when I was living in Japan and had a deep and emotional conversation with another resident at the guest house who worked almost 12 hour shifts. Came back to the guest house only to sit in the living area. Drink and eventually pass out for another 6-7 hours before going out and doing it again. Guy sounded inches from death and it was a massive wake-up call to how Japan can really be for their residents compared to the way a foreigner is expected and has to work.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:11:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:59:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's crazy. I got very lost and awoken when wandering the urban jungle of Tokyo. Definitely a life changing way of my outlook
I think its really tough for creatives like that. You spend you life doing your passion of drawing and storytelling. Retire in old age and then do what? Just stop drawing and thinking of stories? Next thing you know you have another fleshed out idea and think "Yea I want to do one more"
[deleted] ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 19:40:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You see the same thing in professional sportsmen. The rates of depression post-careers is insane, as they got to do what they loved for a living, but no longer can.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:13:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The other aspect is that is takes years to be good enough as an artist to do anything that is really artistically creative/fulfilling. Like it's all about technique. So once you have a certain technique mastered then you can actually really be artistic. (At least that's how it feels for me). So unlikely you'd quit after putting years in a craft, to finally express your message or whatever it is. To me it's unfathomable.
As far as switching to director. There is something about directing that is amazing. Someone else maybe wrote a script, but it's one you like and you now get to tell a story with it visually and have it come alive. Most people can only be artistically expressive in limited ways. For instance a set designer is making a set that they are hired to make. And it is only a small part of the story anyways. The director I think has much more creative freedom then most.
MuscleT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Actually yes. I was coughing all day yesterday and have been sick all week.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hear it's because unless you're retired, Japanese culture doesn't let you relax. Maybe it is the same here. People just don't let you relax or assume there's something wrong with you if you aren't hard at work.
Like he would care. He even said before his "retirement" that he takes six months off between movies to unwind before he starts thinking about work again.
He's basically the head director for most of the famous studio ghibli films. Notably, Princess Mononoke and Spirted Away. He's also gone into "retirement" multiple times only to come out to do one last film.
??? I literally just highlighted the name and hit search google, it gave me 5 movies under his name with the option to open a list with 30+ more movies
Miyazaki has a lot more than 3 movies, try around 30ish. He's like the face of Studio Ghibli which produces fondly remembered movies like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro (Also highly grossing movies). He's also notorious for retiring and then suddenly coming back to do one more movie before retiring again and repeating that cycle. It's become a sort of injoke at this point.
His best work has been on TV shows. He got started in standup (which I recommend watching), then got hired to work on 30 rock as a writer, then got into music and acting on Community. Now he has his music career (Childish Gambino) and is starring/ directing/writing his show Atlanta. Which if the first season is any indication will be a classic.
Has he confirmed he's done with music? I thought he was just done with side project Childish Gambino, and was going to abandon the whole "alter ego" thing to be just multi-hyphenate Donald Glover who does what he wants on his own terms.
I liked him in Community. I liked his stand up. I've liked him in some serious roles in films and such. I liked his music. You're right, the guy is talented in all pursuits.
I don't care what he calls himself as long as he puts out more albums like Awaken My Love
I slept on that album for a minute when it came out because I was getting a bit bored with his hip-hop music. I'm glad I didn't read any reviews or hype about it because I had no idea he went a totally different direction with the music and it blew me away after I really listened to it.
Same suggestion to you as the guy above because I love these bands and wanna spread the word: Turkuaz, Vulfpeck, and Lettuce are 3 of the best funk bands in recent memory, check em out if you haven't!
lycoloco ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw him at Bumbershoot in 2016 and I'll see him again at Lighting In A Bottle this memorial day weekend.
one of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_7Yi7cCHx4 (also note that TOKiMONSTA will be at LiB also but I'm not sure if they'll be on stage together, here's hoping...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:20:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Same for me. Not that I disliked his hip hop, but I felt he was standing still and not really growing as an artist. But when that album came out, a couple friends told me that I needed to hear it but wouldnโt tell me why. It was fantastic how he shifted his style so much. It genuinely felt like George Clinton and Curtis Mayfield helped him write it.
Yo I dunno if you noticed my username but funk is literally my jam. Three suggestions for contemporary funk if you're unfamiliar: Turkuaz, Vulfpeck, and Lettuce
well that is the interesting thing about opinions. I think it is really his only good album, everything up that point has been ok and he shows an obvious progression, but his hip-hop stuff has always been kinda weak and I've never been that into it. The first album was almost just plain bad but I respect him anyway and I felt it was worth sticking by and giving him a chance to mature and hone his skill and I think it finally paid off.
Fun fact: he had a voice line in The Force Awakens. When Rey gets those force visions on Starkiller, she hears a voice say something along the lines of "these are the first steps." Someone asked the voice actor who played Obi Wan in the animated series if it was him on Twitter, and he said that while he did do a recording for the movie, they replaced him with Ewan at the last minute. EDIT: You can thank Jesse Cox and the Star Wars New Canon Book Club for this revelation. I found out from their podcast.
Did he go back and say he was actually going to stop making music? IIRC he just said there's only going to be one more Childish Gambino album, which I and many other people took to mean that he would just stop making music under that pseudonym, and either release under his real name or possibley another pseudonym.
boylejc2 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:22:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think he meant music. Cause in an interview he said he likes challenging people, and said something like "I got a gospel song [Redbone] on the radio. I don't think I can do that anymore without just ending up making pop." So it could either or at this point.
I don't think entertainers in general understands what "retirement" means.
If by "entertainers" you mean "journalists", then sure. The headlines of articles rarely use the words that have actually been said.
The articles talk about Glover retiring. You yourself even used the terminology, which is doubly ironic. He himself didn't, though. And neither did Peele.
JewPorn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:24:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did Glover actually say he was retiring or quitting? I know plenty of bloggers and journalists used the term in re DG, but I can't find an actual quote from the man himself using the word.
Can't really fault a guy for "misunderstanding" the term "retirement" if he never actually used it.
If he never directly said it then yeah who knows then. I think he's gonna leave behind the name after the next album and then just release music under his real name.
Remember when Brett Favre had contemplated retirement for en entire summer three seperate times for it to finally stick?
Michael Jordan retired in 1993, 1998 and 2003.
My favorite was Teemu Selanne, who announced his retirement after winning the Stanley Cup in 2007. He went on to play another 410 games over the next 7 seasons.
Skoot99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:23:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sir Sean Connery gets it.
I wish he'd do another film, but it's been so long, I'm afraid to even see what he looks like now.
Edit: Just googled "Sean Connery 2018". Nearly cried.
Didn't Donald Glover only say he was done with the childish gambino project?? I thought he said the music he has been wanting to make does not fit that persona and wants to create something new for his new music
Clayh5 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:27:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well he's playing young Lando Calrissian, and is apparently writing/producing for FX's Deadpool animated series in addition to his show. I'm sure he's working on some unannounced projects too, he's still got to grind for that EGOT.
Edit: IMDb says he is also voice of Simba in a Lion King remake/sequel?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I believe just childish gambino will be done with music. We may still get some Glover tunes. He did just sign a with a new label I think.
tasunfeu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not saying I agree with the trend, but I'm also not cyncical enough to think it's being used for media hype. I think the meaning of the word is shifting. When you're being asked 1000x a week "Donald, when is the next album" or "Daniel Day Lewis, what's your next movie?", The finality of the word "retirement" might come as a handy stand-in for "it's going to be a while, possibly never because I want to focus on other things."
Regardless, I think you can blame Michael Jordan for all of it
The new season is coming out this year. The new promos for it are dope!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's actually a lot less stressful for them to just say they retired than to keep it open and donteo things. You don't usually see a software programmer also working as a chef...and it takes focus away since you'll get shitty offers like this distracting you from what you're currently focused on. Also numerous people asking "whens his new album coming out" or "why doesn't he get cast for xxx role" and all that circulating on the internet
sk9592 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think you have the right view here.
In the case of Donald Glover, he isn't quitting or retiring from anything.
He's had a standup comedy, writing, acting, show running, and music career so far. That stretches you way too thin to do all of those at once.
He focuses on one or two things at a time for a few years, then puts them on hiatus, while he focuses on something else.
It's not eliminating the possibility of returning to them. He's just admitting to the fact that he's not a super human multitasker.
He doesn't owe his fans anything. It's not his job to pick one box and sit in it for the rest of his life.
niuguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think entertainers in general understands what "retirement" means. Either way, taking time to focus on one thing gets some fucking awesome results.
Eh, I think entertainers get seriously burned out on things and they really mean it when they retire from something. But they are young and they tend to be pretty ambitious so I believe them when they say their motivation returns to something they used to be passionate about.
BNDenn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Focus on one thing, and attempt many things. It sounds pretentious but to be any kind of fleshed-out artist you have to take in so many different aspects of the world around you. Everything has a method and an art to it, and how you interpret this and channel it through you to your audience is what makes creativity new, personal, fresh. Not just in acting or music, but cooking, writing, woodworking, leatherworking... whether you realize it or not everything that you have experienced shows in some way. I await to see what he does should he "retire."
Anivair ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know. My uncle retired from his factory job and now he works part time as a painter. I feel like maybe retired just means to stop doing something for money and focus on stuff you like.
I think "retiring" is stop calling me I'm not working right now
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:07:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yes good point. I'm quitting acting, to direct. what the heck? That's not really retirement in the entertainment industry. Anyway directing seems awesome, so good for him.
But yeah Emoji movie sounds disgusting, so I'm glad that he had the dignity to turn it down.
Creatives do it because they have to. No one in their right mind chooses a career path in which the failure rate is extremely high and they'll most likely be struggling and broke their whole life - unless they're compelled to do it. Even if they take a break, some new inspiration will hit them, and they'll have to try to do it. The same thing that got them into the arts will keep pulling them back to it.
Tarantino claims he'll quit too...
There's no chance. He'll have some idea that will hit him in retirement that he can't stop thinking about. He'll have to see it on the big screen. And then he won't be able to stop himself from coming back to do "one more", and then another, and so on. The only things that can stop that from happening are illness, death, or allegations of trying to strangle women in hotel rooms.
I think the majority of them made improper financial decisions in tgeir acting prime. Coupled with the financial crash a decade ago, they are finding thier nest eggs are empty. They are scrambling to rebuild their retirement in an industry that doesn't pay like it did 30 years ago.
I retired from working as a video store clerk when I was 23 to focus on my IT work back in 2005. Good thing too, the video store industry hasn't had a very strong decade.
SNeroo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That return to acting better include a Community movie, if it happens
I don't agree with your sentiments about repressed hatred, but ever since he left Community his attitude abruptly changed and he became more "arty", that's the reason I don't like him that much.
Ialsothinkheisoverrated
Big mouth turned out to be much better than I expected. I suppose I stayed cynical until I actually watched the show. Charles Bradley's cover of changes might have been the reason I couldn't stop watching it.
ATCaver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:53:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah my buddy was bugging me to watch it for a few weeks and i finally relented. He literally said, "You're not going to want to watch it but there will be a joke or character that makes you go 'ok, im watching this shit'."
And for me it was definitely the Ghost of Duke Ellington.
It's okay, your condolences aren't needed. I just think the show looks terrible from an animation standpoint and forced penis jokes aren't funny, but to each his own I guess.
Thatโs the point tho, itโs a show about kids going through puberty, that was nothing but dick jokes for me and my friends
thespo37 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:44:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel bad for people who think they are too mature/ grown up to laugh at dick jokes. No matter how old you get, you should never take yourself so seriously that you don't laugh at a quality dick joke.
The question of whether or not you should jerk off at your friend's house during a sleepover is timeless and hilarious. Yet I've never seen it discussed in the mainstream, much less produced into a TV show.
Thats what I find amazing about Big Mouth. There are so many jokes that made me think "I didn't know this pubescent problem I went through was so universal"
Oggie243 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:35:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but that's done deliberately because the show literlly lampshades how much they get away with because they aren't at the mercy of corporate sponsors as a result of being on netflix
I agree with you although I probably could have given it more of a chance. I couldn't get through the first episode
incites ยท -89 points ยท Posted at 20:05:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
sigh including "ghosts" in an animated childrens show is super unproductive, we make these shows to teach kids about life, not to teach them that they coud come back from heaven as a ghost, because thats just not possible... this kind of misinformation is why weve fallen so far as a society that we are willing to pay for something as useless as "the emoji movie" or "baby driver" or any of these nonsensical movies we irrationally love
edit: its a cartoon
Alright but this is a shitty adult/teenager show, I think that they understand about life. And for that matter, what cartoon is teaching kids about life right now?
he did freddie mercury too and completely nailed it I actually had to look it up after to make sure it wasn't some how digitally compiled from his music
peegteeg ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 19:45:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was a different voice actor who did the singing for what it's worth.
dylpill ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:20:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I agree man. Most of my friends love it but I canโt stand it. It has ugly and off-putting character design/animation. The jokes are typical and lack luster. The 4th wall breaking was overly frequent and forced. I cringed just about every second I watched it. But whoever they had do Freddie Mercury nailed it. Only thing Iโll give credit for lmao.
I was sitting in another room while my roommates were watching that show, and I listened to every line of dialogue and cringed in silence. This show is worse than Family Guy.
Also, why do the adult voice actors not even try to sound like kids?
le_x_X ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with you 100%. I endured that shit for 3 episodes.
When this show debuted, particularly after the trailer, the common opinion was that it was disgusting, ugly, obscene without purpose, uncomfortable, and not funny, with people questioning how the writers could be such disgusting people that they'd find it appropriate to animate a little girl talking to her fucking vagina.
Apparently people like it. I was not aware. God forbid I be surprised to see a crowd of people openly and enthusiastically praising something that I had only seen negative reception to. I apologize for upsetting you all by thinking that reception wouldn't have changed.
When this show debuted, particularly after the trailer, the common opinion was that it was disgusting, ugly, obscene without purpose, uncomfortable, and not funny, with people questioning how the writers could be such disgusting people that they'd find it appropriate to animate a little girl talking to her fucking vagina.
Apparently people like it. I was not aware. God forbid I be surprised to see a crowd of people openly and enthusiastically praising something that I had only seen negative reception to. I apologize for upsetting you all by thinking that reception wouldn't have changed.
Oggie243 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:33:09 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If everyone liked it when it debuted does that mean you would have liked it then too?
No, I still would have found the entire concept crass, the art style hideous, and the idea that they animated a child talking to her fully animated vagina disgusting.
It's pretty clear from context already that my tastes don't ebb and flow with the majority, hence why I was fucking baffled people were saying they liked it, dumbass.
Oggie243 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:48:10 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But by your own admission you went with what you thought the ebb and flow was until you were met with something on the contrary
I did not make my opinion on the show based on what popular opinion was. I didn't say that or imply it, either. Bringing up the fact that initial response to the show was that it was disgusting garbage was only to explain why I was surprised people apparently think otherwise.
AKAkorm ยท 1107 points ยท Posted at 18:19:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's kind of a shame he's retiring from acting as I thought he and Key were both great in Fargo and was hoping they both would build on that with more dramatic roles.
[deleted] ยท 529 points ยท Posted at 18:50:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
they weren't exactly the main focus of that season, so it really wasn't necessary to delve deeper into their stories or relationship or anything like that. i thought they were perfect for what the story called for, and definitely made me want to see what else they could do in more serious-ish roles
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:28:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
well yeah its not the best demonstration of their acting range but certainly left me wanting to see more of what they can do in terms of acting, which i think was OP's point to begin with.
Hi, thank you for shitting on blumbling duos. Guildencrantz and Rosenstern would like to have a word with you. As well as two weird guys named Groucho and Harpo, but no one is really sure who they are.
It'd be cool if he just made it tradition, but kept it a secret as to what sound/voiceover he made. It'd give some people something to listen for/guess on when they rewatch it.
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 19:05:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Peele was offered the role, decided to sleep on it, and then when he called his manager the next day learned it was given to Sir Patrick Stewart. Made him start to reflect.
They offered him a chance to be the shit, but he said it sounded shit. However after thinking about it he asked how much shit they'd offer him, but was shit out of luck, someone else had snatched that shit right up, just for shits and giggles I think.
Now he's realised that shit wasn't such hot shit anyway, he's got better shit to deal with.
You can click on the words at the top and it brings up this different section with more words on it but Iโve found that there are usually too many ads so I stick to the words in this section
If I see lots of words I get angry too, I read a few paragraphs and then think "wait how long is this going to take?" then I see that there's 40 more paragraphs and realize that's too fucking long for anyone to ever read, then I get angry.
There is a sweet spot between a one paragraph written bot post, and a 50 page college level dissertation, and its like... 6-7 paragraphs.
Seriously though, people. They donโt post the article just so we read the title. It sucks trying to find a good discussion or debate but everyone is saying โwhatโs the article say?โ
I think Sir Patrick Stewart is the only not god awful thing in the Emoji Movie only because he seemed to relish playing a piece of shit and getting paid for it.
I saw him talking about it and he seemed genuinely amused by the whole thing, he was clearly having fun. Coming from the pace and tone of Logan I think he'd enjoyed having something light to do.
Iohet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:48:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure how I feel about that. Nolan would probably capture the first film too closely, which is kind of weird to say, but I feel the motivation and the world has changed so the movie should be somewhat different to account for that
I like Jordan Peele, but Patrick Stewart did voice the role. And the interview evens says he was interested in the role.
I haven't watched it because it seems like a ๐ฉ movie, but I don't get his point.
merry722 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:05:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think Peele is selling himself short. I doubt he will stay retired from acting. Heโs worth so much more than the emoji movie . Iโd like him and Key to pick up on that Police Academy remake I heard about
Illier1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think he will get more fame and rep as a director. His first movie is a 4 time Oscars nominee, that's fucking insane for a start up.
merry722 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It just sounds disappointing to hear that for me. I truly love his work and I think he could be famous on both ends at the same time. I think the whole first film getting 4 Oscar noms isn't great. It's like you got to the finish line already. I do think that the film is below the Oscar noms in some of the categories considering that others had better work. This all reminds me of what Damon felt when he won his oscar. I think Peele should be back at the Oscars but with something even more mature as a filmmaker that really does go down in the books as being something that is all around great.
I have a feeling a lot of it had to do with maturity, and realizing that his goals were not the same anymore. My earliest memories of Peele was on Mad TV. I am sure his goals before that was to get on tv, and be a comedian. Once he was on Mad Tv, I am sure his goals were to have his own tv show. Once he got that his goals changed to wanting to be a movie star. He was in a few movies, and I think he realized he did not want to be known for that, but wanted to try directing. I think in directing he has found what he was looking for.
I hate that we now live in a world without Peeles acting. I have been the biggest fan since seeing him and Key on MadTV and they always got me. I was going to say I hope someone fills his shoes but I don't have think anyone could.
Its a thin year. The most nominated film is about inter-species erotica.
Edit: I also really enjoyed the movie folks. But for a movie with this theme to be the most nominated film of the year still implies a lack of competition and a creatively thin year to me.
I kind of hope Lansbury does end up in Peele's next movie, wherever it is. That sounds awesome.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:59:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was the most surprising thing to me...that Lansbury was still alive. Bring back Murder, She Wrote! Then reveal it was Jessica Fletcher every time. She just conveniently has tons of people get murdered around her? Pshaw....
Every time I see a headline about Angela Lansbury, I steel myself for the next bit of it to be "dies at age 90 bajillion", and I'm always really relieved when it's a headline about her continuing to do cool shit and being alive.
If I had to choose between watching The Emoji Movie or getting my eyes gouged out, I would choose to watch The Emoji Movie. But it wouldn't be enjoyable.
Jabail ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:27:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely the emoji movie. The eyes would still end up gouged out but at least you could get some good popcorn beforehand
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:52:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it practically the same?
Either getting your eyes gouged out or your eyes gouging themselves out?
GulGarak ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:46:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I work at a movie theatre. There were enough groups of 14 year olds without parents that paid for everything with their moms credit cards to go around. Trust me. I hated that month. Someone stole our basket of mints and ran out the door with it too. They later came back but for a solid 5 minutes that kid was running with it around the parking lot, no one chased after him. He thought it was funny too because the gate personnel had a broken leg and wasn't able to chase after him. She called for someone to get more mints right as he came back with it. What movie were they seeing? The emoji movie.
The people that actively seek out bad movies in the hopes for another The Room or so they can then talk about it on their youtubes/podcasts about how bad it is etc
qqqqq_38 ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 19:30:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I saw it because I wanted to see for myself how bad it really was. Let's just say, I've seen the live-action Avatar movie, and this was the worst movie I've ever seen.
GulGarak ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 19:44:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen the live-action Avatar movie, and this was the worst movie I've ever seen.
With the blue aliens? I think it was overhyped a bit but it wasn't terrible. It was pretty well constructed, perfectly engineered to pull at your heartstrings while sitting in the theater, and just overall a fun experience. I wouldn't say it was a great movie, but it wasn't one of the worst movies ever. A solid 6/10 for me, just turn my brain off a bit and let myself be manipulated into enjoying it.
Cause I can't think of another live action Avatar movie.
BOLD_1 ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 19:48:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. There is absolutely no other live action Avatar movie in existence.
Sir, I believe youโre mistaken. Clearly, a movie based on such great source material couldnโt be a hot steaming pile of garbage and therefore must not exist!
It is a strange new world, one where people will do anything just to get them clicks or views. Probably a few videos on youtube now with thumbnails of an emoji poop looking confused, likely tilted at an angle, with giant writing covering most of it with various potential titles.
"14 REASONS WHY THE EMOJI MOVIE IS NOT AS BAD AS PEOPLE SAY"
"26.5 REASONS THE EMOJI MOVIE SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS"
Seems weird for people to seek out another "The Room" from a large, high-budget production by Sony considering that "The Room" is just a multi-million dollar weirdo's dream come true.
That's fair. I think the distinction comes from "The Room" being bizarre, alien, and unconventionally bad compared to "The Emoji Movie" which is probably the corporate, soul-crushing, blandness bad. Haven't seen the latter so I can't really say tbh.
buck9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm going to go out o a limb and say most of the people that watched it didnโt do so for their podcast or YouTube channel.
People like bad movies because it's a person giving it their all and failing spectacularly. The Room is awful, that's the whole point. People laugh at The Room because Tommy Wiseau spent millions to make incomprehensible garbage.
My buddyโs wife, not knowing what a travesty the movie is, downloaded it for their kids. Unfortunately, their kids loved it. I teased him for #1 owning a copy of the Emoji Movie #2 having it playing in their living room multiple times a week. He deleted it recently, and his kids are asking questions.
I don't actually know where all the hate is coming from for what's clearly another kids movie, like there's tons of others. It's not like kids are hating on adult movies we enjoy or are they?
I will say from writing alone it wasn't the absolute worse kids movie I had to sit through, Nut Job 2 (in purely writing alone) I think just managed to beat it.
My woman use to be a manager at a theater so our son and I got to see free movies all the time. Would never put either on for my kid again.
Emoji Movie though was so so much worse overall though
Itโs honestly not even that bad. I have a 4 year old nephew who I take care of often, and itโs one of the better movies he likes. Itโs clever and cute, and doesnโt harm anyone. It actually surprised me. Everyone is really bitching about nothing here.
I mean is it bad just because it's emojis? Plenty of cartoons have crazy weird concepts, like spongebob is a sponge, as a character, and an emoji wouldn't be much more crazy. Of course I think the spongebob I used to watch would be better writing but that's besides the point because I think people are hating on this solely because it's emojis. It's also definitely for kids, they're easy to entertain.
I kinda also believe this is a non story. The only think he said is that its fucked up that he was offered the roll as poop but it's just a animated character and someone has to voice it, is he above being a voice actor for poop or something? What difference does it make, the character shouldn't matter as an actor anyway unless it's offensive. I'm still not sure why it drove him to acting retirement since he pretty much said "because it did". The only thing I could think of is that he wasn't getting as big of rolls as he wants and that's why he quot. Sir Patrick Stewart took the roll instead, not sure what I'm saying about that but it just makes me more unsure why Jordan would full out retire over something Patrick would take.
Don't question the circle jerk. I watched it with my niece and nephew. It's an eh movie. It's not bad it's a standard average kids flick but its not good either. Just middle of the road filler.
ONXwat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:46:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i'm probably going to download it soon. i was going to download it while it was in theaters but it wasn't available. i won't pay for it, or even watch an advertisement in front of it, but out of morbid curiosity i have to see it, just to see how bad it could be
Nuzid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:06:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've watched the pirated movie with a couple of friends. It's bad. Really bad. It's a huge cringe fest with a cliche story surrounded by shitty jokes and constant advertising for apps. It's by far the worst movie I've ever seen.
No, you don't. Watch The Room if you need something that bad. At least The Room is fun to talk about. The Emoji Movie is just a fucked out piece of shit that will make you angry.
Podcast I listen to, guys on that went to see it so they could talk about it on the podcast etc and their only take away from it was just "We are contributing to the problem. Us paying to see this awful film just encourages them to do more, maybe we should stop."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:37:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I took my step kids....it wasnt as bad as people make it out to be. I once had to sit through Pippy Longstocking as a kid, and I thought I was going to die.
My boss just recently told me that he saw is and really liked it. Said it had a lot of good messages about life and being a good person. He has 4 kids, that are all in college. He is also told of his field and highly respected. I don't get it.
I'm a server and I had a table last night that were animatedly discussing how great The Emoji Movie was, and how it's absolutely hilarious if you're an adult.
The way the article is written makes it sound like he was so disappointed by missing out on his chance to play Poop in the Emoji Movie that he decided to never act in another role again.
This is my take as well. Let me quote what I read in another forum that I think hits the nail on the head.
quote The way I took it he was offended that he was even offered the role. He then wanted to know how much they were willing to offer him (which I took to mean he wanted to know if they were going to insult him in more ways than one with a low payout) only to find that a celebrated actor took on the role that he thought was too demeaning to accept at face value. That worked together to make him realize that he wasn't valued as an actor, and even valuable actors can be brought low.
l5555l ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:20:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They were probably scrabbling to make easy money. It's not like anyone was forced to do a shitty role.
I always thought the point if being successful was to be able to do what you like with your life. It seems a bit counterintuitive to take degrading roles when you could afford to retire.
Although if you are in it for the money i guess it makes sense. That 14th house dont buy itself.
I had to scroll so far down to see this. Watched it with my friend one night and we were amused by stuff like that. Didnโt feel worth watching twice nor mentioning, the convo is absurdly overplayed.
But what IS it? Peele got into it knowing something of what it was going to be (a non-oscar but goofy supposedly entertaining movie) but was even worse than that. Sounds like no one ever cared if it was even supposed to be 'good' or even entertaining, just a money grab.
And if that is the case, you are telling people to just enjoy it being a money grab and support it with your money because that is all it was meant to be.
Though I am not sure if that is the case, I can't imagine someone thinking it was going to be the best movie in the world, but you never know - maybe some people really thought it was the next frozen.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:13:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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CashCop ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah you are missing something. You see, the original commenter said he paid 15 dollars to see a walking 100 emoji and was not disappointed. He didn't use the wrong emoji, and it's supposed to mean literally exactly what he said. It also makes perfect sense in this context, and it's pretty obvious that he didn't mean a poop emoji because he didn't say the poop emoji.
SubMack ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:04:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
T.J. Miller left Silicon Valley for this movie. What a god damn joke, I think Erlich leaked into his real life.
TJ had brain surgery for an aneurism that was going to kill him. His brain isnโt 100%. He loves doing absurd and shitty things and made the emoji movie because he knew it was going to be epically awful. But his podcast โCashing In with TJ Millerโ is really good. I think heโs kind of an asshole, but he has moments of brilliance. His cohost Cash Levy is a genius.
Retirement is such a poor adjective for rich people like this. Its more like: I've made enough money doing something I discovered I'm good at, to have a safety net and enough support to try the things I knew I wanted to do all along. That folks, is the true american dream.
So Jordan Peele declined and they gave it to Sit Patrick Stewart. What timeline is this!?
JewPorn ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:33:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, they offered it to Stewart first, and he said either "no" or "maybe," so they offered it to Peele next as a backup. Then Stewart called back (as Peele was contemplating) and accepted the role, which nullified Peele's offer.
a timeline where a knighted actor with a rich career behind him doesn't worry what people will think if he accepts a comedic role, but a black comedian still thinks it Could be viewed as degrading for a minority to play the role of poop, so chooses to "sleep on it."
it's fine. jordan peele has been fucking phenomenal in everything he's done so far. he didn't need a role in the most hated movie since Gigli.
Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
I cannot fucking stand Apatow.
[deleted] ยท 790 points ยท Posted at 18:14:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was a joke he was making while hosting the DGA awards. It was a pretty bad joke, but don't get riled up over an obvious shitty quip.
Wait. Out of context quoting is the bread and butter of a lot of journalists and reddit karma whores. We dont want to deprive them of their livelihood.
Frozen served a political purpose: to demonstrate that a woman did not need a man to be successful. Anything written to serve a political purpose (rather than to explore and create) is propaganda, not art.
Frozen was propaganda, pure and simple. Beauty and the Beast (the animated version) was not.
This almost reads as satire. What the hell? It would be helpful if he expounded upon why Frozen is political propaganda and Beauty and the Beast is not.
Owncksd ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 20:00:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's a totally different power dynamic. The idea that men are inherently better has only started to wane quite recently in human history. Many people still belive men to be superior. A lot of people will tell you that, "Of course men and women are equal!" yet in the same breath imply women are less competent.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:44:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Trying to get redditors to understand that society isn't an even playing field is like trying to get Republicans to understand that society isn't an even playing field.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 20:46:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're a redditor
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What's a reddit?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:58:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you the "what's a computer" girl?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:14:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What's a girl?
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 20:45:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who fucking cares? It's like "two wrongs don't make a right" is meaningless when talking about something as trivial as equality
It's a pretty fucking important point. If you're missing it, then your blind to the society around you.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:55:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If your point is "we've pretended for centuries that men are better than women, so it's okay if we pretend women are better than men for a while" then you are doing nothing but strengthening the divide.
That's not the point, at all. The fact of the matter is, one joke is perpetuating an idea that has plagued society for thousands of years. The other joke, is making fun of that.
You don't think there's true belief behind little jokes like that?
[deleted] ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 18:41:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
OMG is Judd Apatow implying that women directors can make good movies, and men can make bad movies, almost as if gender doesn't make a difference to your skill as a director. I cannot fucking stand Judd Apatow for this joke.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:31:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God he made a joke at the expense of men what a fucking beta cuck.
[deleted] ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 20:03:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I know you're just being an ass, but no that's not what the joke implies. It implies men are helpless to make quality movies because lol men r dum, so let's beg these incredibly talented women to save us from bad movies.
I'm not offended by it, because I think Apatow has gone off the deep end for genuinely believing Lena Dunham is some kind of victim, but it's not a great joke.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:45:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That is what the joke is implying. But I get it, reading comprehension is hard when you're intellectually dishonest.
Make a joke that degrades women or a racial minority in the same way that joke degrades men and watch the response.
The whole "yeah, but group are in a position of social dominance so shitting on them is actually just equality" mindset is starting to wear real thin on a lot of folks in this country
I'm not gonna start yelling about "what about Shape of Water and this movie and that movie?!" getting caught up in the logic of that joke is dumb. If I'm at all riled up it's because of how lazy and pandering it is.
Everyone should feel insulted by the idea that Apatow and whoever may have written that joke thought they could get a guaranteed reaction and be heroes for something so asinine.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:24:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Getting riled up over fake news, welcome to your future
[deleted] ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 19:21:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:41:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Osceana ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:35:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Patty Jenkins is a terrible director. The writing was so bad. As others have pointed out, the 3rd act was utter shit. I cannot even believe they gave that guy a 6 pack. The entire audience burst into laughter, and that wasn't what the filmmakers intended. I will defiantly say that the only reason the movie got so hyped was because it was "#girlpower". I'd give it a 6.5/10. There are so many scenes that just go on and on and on and on and never lead anywhere.
And this is coming from someone that rides HARD for BvS & Man of Steel (not Justice League though, god that movie was awful).
Maybe you just have terrible taste and Patty Jenkins won that Oscar for a reason.
Osceana ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:26:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, because the Oscars are always awarded to the most deserving films.
Fuck off. She's directed fuck all. If a man had directed the exact same movie, it wouldn't have gotten the same amount of praise. It's not a well put-together film. I would never say this about Katheryn Bigelow, for example. Almost every movie she's done (and it's more than just 2 movies and a tons of shorts) are my favorites. All her films are gold and haven't been lauded as mucha s WW. It was all social justice hype.
Reddit has circle jerked into some unknown status as if its now suddenly in the upper echelon of CBMs.
Well, remember, it wasn't long before this movie that another movie (Ghostbusters 2016) bombed and it was mostly blamed on males being unable to like a movie with female leads... So, it is understandable when a serviceable WW came out, for male audiences to hold it up as a See, we don't hate women we just hate rehashed money grabs example. In that context the circle jerk makes sense.
_Mellex_ ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:13:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ghostbusters bombed because it was an all female Adam-Sandler-quality movie that edited hundreds of hours of improv down to a jumbled mess.
To put it succinctly, the esteem of WW is because it highlighted that female leads were victim to just bad writing rather than audiences not identifying with them. And it had a woman directing it as well which further drew attention to the latent sexism of the industry.
thepeter ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:02:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watched the new ghost busters and it was actually pretty funny, I enjoyed it. Very tongue in cheek, entertaining film.
Essembie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:28:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Me too. Solid popcorn fodder. What the fuck were people expecting? Schindlers list?
The movie was no where near as bad as the butthurt nostalgia whores made it out to be. Wasn't great but not being great doesn't mean it was horse shit.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:46:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was not vagina joke a minute at all. Like it was not amazing, but it was fun and inoffensive. There were about as many male genetalia jokes in the original as there were female ones in the reboot.
I can almost guarantee im gonna fucking love the black widow movie, but pretending a 4/10 movie that does a terrible job of portraying arguably the best DC hero (have you ever read actual wonder woman? Shell literally decapitate a villain mid monologue. Shes a fucking badass who thinks the other heroes methods are straight pussy shit. Like a flying punisher with a sword.) Is good just to prove geeks arent sexist is retarded. We dont owe anyone proof we're actively smashing the patriarchy over here
bobosuda ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:41:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was slightly better than the other recent DC movies, but it still suffered the same problem that all the other DC movies did; the villains are incredibly boring. If you didn't know any better you'd think Wonder Woman fought the exact same superpowered flame/energy monster/beast as they did in Batman vs Superman.
Superhero movies need good villains and good characterizations of those villains to go along with everything else. Wonder Woman was a pretty good movie, but like you say the final act collapsed and part of that was that the movie had a shitty villain.
The villain problem is valid. Outside Joker, DC hasn't really given any of them the right time on screen. Zod? Killed too soon. Andy Samberg? Yea, no thanks, I got what they wanted from him but it fell flat.
Shit, Civil War had a normal human being with no powers at all give a compelling performance and succeeded in breaking the Avengers; now that was a good villain who didnt need CGI anything, just good words and hella great plot armour.
Dont get me wrong, I liked Wonder Woman, but it wasn't even Top 10 in CBM movies. People just needed to go nuts over it I guess
I'll take it a step further and say that I cannot stand super hero movies other than the rare good ones like Deadpool, Dark Knight etc. I love movies but man, I just can't get into marvel and DC cgi fests.
ulubai ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:44:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not even a reddit circle jerk, I can't even count the number of articles I saw with "Wonder Women is the best superhero movie's headlines outside of reddit
The thing is, that CGI could have been saved if they used the same storytelling CGI they did earlier in the movie. Also, it would have just been way cooler if she just stabbed Ares and he fell over and nothing changed, rather than all the lights and fire and stuff.
But to give credit, WW was probably a top 5 superhero movie, and it was put out by DC. DC's movies have been so bad except for the Dark Knight Series (that for some stupid reason they want to forget) that publishing anything good with their name on it has to be a monumentally hard task.
M37h3w3 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:51:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Also, it would have just been way cooler if she just stabbed Ares and he fell over and nothing changed, rather than all the lights and fire and stuff.
Dunno about cooler but it would have been more impactful and meaningful if that's how it played out. Diana has in her head that humanity is naturally good and just and that the sole reason why the Germans are fighting and using awful chemical weapons is because of Ares' influence. She's still very much a child even though she's a full grown woman.
I agree that it should have been Ares showing up after she killed the general and basically said "Bitch, I did nothing. Zeus basically magically castrated me back on that day but I haven't needed it. These stupid fuckers have been more than willing to rip and tear each other to shreds over fucking nothing. No whispering into ears, no magical suggestions, no mind control. I've just been sitting here eating out of the biggest tub of popcorn with the biggest shit eating grin you can imagine." and that revelation would have kick the legs out from under Diana. It would have destroyed her black and white view of the world, a world that to many people today have, and forced her to grow.
The only other thing I could add would be to see life like on the German side and see that it's just the same as the life they saw with the town that got gassed, just different. The above ending without seeing the good in the supposed "enemy" might lead Diana to thinking that the world is just black, full of cruelty and despair.
I was waiting the whole movie for the twist that Ares was acting the whole time to stop the war because humanity was going to die out if he did nothing, and he couldn't make more war if there were no humans.
M37h3w3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm imagining that scene in my head and it's playing out kinda funny.
"No Diana, I only wanted some war. No war is bad but if there's no much war then at best it'll be a very long time before I can have war again and at worst I'll never have war ever again! I need to maintain just a certain amount of war. A baseline level of war."
I'm just imagining Ares gesturing wildly at a bunch of charts, completely engrossed in his explanation, while Diana and the others just sit there looking confused.
The Dark Knight trilogy was a standalone work. Adding any more to it would, imo, ruin it. The current approach to Batman is... Questionable, but it's a Batman made with the rest of the Justice League universe in mind - though they seem to think a more human Batman (like the old cartoon Network justice league) doesn't have a place in this magic and god filled universe.
Again, imo, this is just some bad take on the Injustice series Batman.
Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Dark Knight, Iron Man 1, Wonder Woman, and probably GotG or Deadpool because everything else is so serious and I like a comedy up top too.
Logan would probably crack that top 5, but I've put off watching that, I really don't want to cry about father figures getting old, I already watched Field of Dreams this year and can't take any more.
I don't like multiple movies in the same series to be in a top whatever list unless it's really long. Heath Ledger's performance was just too strong to leave out. Batman Begins was really good but when only one can make it.
I never felt the spiderman movies were strong
Avengers was good, but too many cooks, not strong enough story wise and with so many top level characters stuff just gets lost. Also I was never a fan of space aliens as bad guys, it'd be cool for a GotG movie, but for an earth based movie? Could be better.
Never did see it, heard good things. Should watch it
Ant man was definitely awesome, but I'm only going to have one comedy level movie on my top 5, and I just liked GotG and Deadpool more. Though I would watch all three at pretty much any time
Deadpool was the best X-men movie, negasonic teenage warhead is the best x-man after professor X, I didn't like the other characters, I didn't care about any of them. Plus it gets a negative point for having Halle Berry in there, her acting is poor.
An obvious agenda being pushed by Hollywood lately, trying to use excuses like โa woman starring in, and a woman directing a movieโ so it automatically must be deemed amazing and if you donโt that means you hate women. Itโs a perfect guise to help elevate a very mediocre, possibly bad movie. To another degree, with Black Panther coming out, people are calling it a masterpiece before it even comes out. Trying to build the hype around this movie for itโs all black cast. Now Black Panther actually does look a lot better than any movie DC could shit out, but saying itโs masterpiece, relax bud. Hollywood needs all the help they can get nowadays, as movie ticket sales are down to lows never seen before. People just donโt need to go to the theatre anymore unless itโs for the big Marvel movie or Star Wars movie (which btw TLJ was a disaster as well). A byproduct of Hollywood is the critics who critique movies and they need job security so they make grand statements and controversial statements to generate relevance. Itโs become more blatant than ever itโs all about agendaโs.
Who said that? It's just a solid superhero movie and was a big hit with a lot of impact in 2017. The fact that it's one of the first massive female-led superhero movies makes it stand out.
No one is saying that it's the peak of superhero movies.
[deleted] ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:43:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Apatow just implied it eclipsed every male directed superhero movie which is all of them
Well, Apatow is an "enlightened" Hollywood jerk-off.
Edit: I don't see the point in suddenly turning on a movie a lot of people loved just because someone used it as an example in a joke. Sure, it wasn't a very good joke, and Apatow could have made is point clearer if he wasn't trying so hard to seem enlightened, but everyone is missing the point.
Did he? That quote feels more like he was just listing off solid movies from female directors. I don't see how the quote implied that WW was better than other superhero movies at all.
Either way he's wrong but I feel like his quote was aimed at movies in general and not just the superhero genre.
And even then, Apatow is one dude. The comment I replied to acted like everyone was saying WW was the peak of superhero movies.
pretty mediocre. The sole reason it was getting those praise is because it is the first DECENT FEMALE SUPERHERO movie. Don't forget we had catwoman movie not long ago.
Not surprising, since there are no men on the island, so they've never had a marriage or ever had a need to have one.
Doesn't have a "confused face" "most of the time", but ok. And when she does, that's also not surprising, considering she's everything visiting a strange world that doesn't do anything like she thinks they should. I'm sure you'd have a confused face too if you went to live with a jungle tribe.
Well, most of them do, that's just how it is. Doesn't change the fact that WW did have great visuals.
I'll agree that the God of War could have been fleshed out more, and been a better villain, but that doesn't mean WW was a bad movie, or even mediocre.
You have to learn to read between the lines sometimes, and think about history and backstory, and other behind the scenes things in a movie. If they just spelled it all out for you, or you just take a movie at only face value, you're going to think it's pretty bad, and even some of the best movies ever will turn out to be pretty awful if you look at them like that.
seriously dude? how many language do you know? She is multi-lingual forsake. She said it herself. And with her skill, look like she know them deep enough that similar word to marriage is not a foreign word or the concept is really really similar. I'm a bilingual and having now learning the third, w/o deep knowledge of meaning and big vocabulary it's freaking hard to be fluent as her. And when you're fluent as her, asking what the word marriage mean is stupid. Marriage in war, marriage in peace, it's a literally frontline word in multiple languages.
Consider the flop that is DCMU itself and hormones raging 3rd feminists, a decent 'female' movie sound like a good recipe.
I like the dude that with her more, what his name? ah, Steve trevor by Chris pine, at least he is good, not like Princess Diana by Gal Galdot.
Justice League should not be a flop if WW was memorable. Because Gal Galdot should be able to save it with her superior acting skill!
Doesn't matter. Yes, she is multi-lingual, but I think you're confusing languages and cultures. Just because you know a word, doesn't automatically mean you know what it means. If you've grown up your whole life and never once seen or done a certain action or event, and only rarely and briefly talked about it at school (if ever at all), it isn't unrealistic, even as a grown adult, to have no idea about what it actually is. You can know what something is, without knowing what it is, it's an important distinction. I'm not saying the movie was perfect, but you're trying to point out flaws that don't exist.
Justice League should not be a flop if WW was memorable. Because Gal Galdot should be able to save it with her superior acting skill!
That's not how acting works, unfortunately. Just take a look at the Star Wars prequels. Ewan McGregor is probably in the Top 3 actors in all 3 of those, but even that couldn't save that trilogy. And that's coming from someone who loves Star Wars.
are yes, doesn't matter argument, what the point of having a plot anyway if nothing matter. You're the one who confuse cultures and languages. Marriage is just a word, there is nothing culture about it except the marriage itself. Does Russian people define marriage differently from Brazilian? Maybe learn a little? doing research? Google something? use dictionary? She learn hundreds language and don't understand what marriage is - a simple word that if she learn history of empires is easily know, speaking perfect english the whole island and don't have dictionary. Even her Gods do marriage but nah, doesn't fucking matter anyway cause vagina power!
If you playing doesn't matter trope then you lost argument there. Don't try to argue if you can bring logic but just side wipe.
Making it like having a film about female hero this time ain't convenience lol.
what she should has asked is: how do you do marriage? not what is marriage?
You're the one who confuse cultures and languages. Marriage is just a word, there is nothing culture about it except the marriage itself.
No, it's literally you who's confusing them, you're even saying so in your comment. It is a word, and she knows the word, but marriage is a HUUUUGE part of a lot of cultures, and in her culture, on that island, they've never had a marriage ever, so she doesn't know what it is, because she's never been exposed to it. If you've never had something be a part of your culture, you can't honestly expect to immediately understand it as soon as you learn about it from another culture. Also, speaking of doing research, marriage is a pretty Western concept. in most older cultures, you didn't have the fanfare that surrounds Western marriages, and in a lot of places, you just took a woman, and then she was yours, you didn't have to register anywhere or have some sort of religious figure perform a ceremony. So she may know what it is, but since she was created by the Greek gods, and studied Greek and surrounding cultures, what she knows and what we know are probably very different.
If you playing doesn't matter trope then you lost argument there.
It's not a trope though? The number of languages I know has nothing to do with this discussion. It doesn't matter if I know 1 or 5 or 35, we're discussing the movie, not my linguistic knowledge.
Don't try to argue if you can bring logic but just side wipe.
And how much logic is there when you blame a movie's success on hormonal women? Pretty sure that's just a side swipe, because you don't actually have a good argument.
Unfortunately I think it may stay that way for a while since I don't know how much faith in the Captain Marvel movie I have. Could be great, but probably won't be.
All movie opinions are of course subjective but I would be pretty disappointed if Captain Marvel came out and was of the same quality as say Iron man 2 or Thor the dark world.
That said those are both sequels which tend to have some drop in quality. By no means are they unwatchable but certainly IMO fairly bland.
I think people were just suprised by its popularity. The establishment view was that she was an unfilmable niche character but that turned out to be wrong
So you acknowledge that it is not unfilmable, because there literally was a series (not a movie every 4 years or so) dedicated to this character?
Also, a source on your DC exec claim would be cool. I can claim that in 2012 and 2014 they said it would be perfect to adapt, if I donโt want to show sources, or that it was a specific executive who has since been let go a la a weinstein scandal.
At the end of the day you canโt be upset that some characters are more popular than others for whatever odd reason. Sure this movie did great, now, after 15+ years of comic book movie adaptation successes paving the way for DC/Marvel to be mainstream. Look at how great โElectraโ did by comparison, as it was a much earlier movie in the new wave of comic films with great potential to be better than it was (and terrible reviews iirc).
I never claimed it was unfilmable, merely that some perceived it that way.
I'm not arguing that Batman shouldn't be more popular, I was just saying that some people in Hollywood were shocked at how popular WW turned out to be.
I also didn't realise I needed to cite my sources for a reddit comment but you can Google Mark Pedowicz comments about how she is a "challenging character to adapt" & the controversy those comments sparked (again, not agreeing with the controversy, just pointing to what others said as a possible explanation)
shogun_ ยท 710 points ยท Posted at 18:02:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone knows Logan is that.
[deleted] ยท 1506 points ยท Posted at 18:11:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Dark Knight.
[deleted] ยท 575 points ยท Posted at 18:22:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
One of the few villain performances out there where you can actually feel the crazy. It was evil that had no purpose other than evil and it was beautiful
newsposts ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 18:54:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
From the moment that movie starts, with the music and all, its a fucking ride.
I didn't get crazy (as in, unable to distinguish reality from fantasy), I got inhumanly cynical from Ledger's Joker.
That's honestly what made him so fucking scary. Any one of us could become that.
It wasn't being bombarded with gamma rays that turned him into the Joker. It wasn't being born with special mutated genes.
It was losing all faith in humanity and deciding to just have fun with it before the end.
Ledger's Joker is what happens when a person lets despair win.
MuscleT ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:09:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Disagree, I don't think it's evil, and that's exactly why it works.
He's chaos, he only wants to see change, no matter what it is.
Looking at the beginning of the film, it's pretty clear the Batman hasn't done a very good job of making Gotham much safer or reducing crime; a band of bank robbers acts with impunity, and the crime heads are as alive and powerful as ever. The way the Batman was doing things wasn't enough, and it required a new kind of Villain to change him.
You can feel the crazy in Jared Leto's joker too. Unfortunately it's more so the type of crazy that makes you worry more about Leto's sanity than the type that adds to the character...
No, at its heart, is a broken man who uses his pain and horrifying experience to fuel himself into someone devoted to ending crime and preventing that experience from happening to more people. Even if Bruce Wayne lost all of his money, like he did in The Dark Knight Rises or various books, he still goes out and protects the people of Gotham. That's the part you're supposed to relate to. The money is only a way for him to acquire the resources.
There's been multiple stories where Batman loses all of his money. Using just scraps of resources and only his learned skills, he still goes out to protect people. That's what Batman really is, no matter which iteration (good or bad). Just like how taking Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer, or Superman's powers doesn't change who they are and how they'd still remain heroes. Taking Iron Man's or Black Panther's money wouldn't change who they are as well, and they're even richer than Batman
cleeder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The money is the part that makes him totally unrelatable
You can still relate to him on levels other than his financial means, ffs.
satinism ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 19:15:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Let's face it, the story of the dark knight was straight-up government propaganda for a surveillance state. Batman turns away from his roots (protecting everyday citizens from street-level crime) and goes to Hong-Kong to fight economic enemies of state. The whole bullshit of the 'hero we need but don't deserve' is to give the idea of the letter agencies weilding their power with restraint and principled good judgement, that film was produced to bolster trust in government. The sub-plot with Wayne industries developing total surveillance by cell-phone, then using it once only and destroying it, was absurd and offensive. Heath Ledger, representing terrorism, was the only redeeming thing about the film.
Letโs not. You ruined your own viewing with a conspiracy, donโt ruin anyone elseโs
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:05:54 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Propaganda is the wrong word, but all of those things were definitely intended, and glaringly obvious subtext. More a reflection of Nolan's views then anything.
satinism ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 19:27:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
American society is collapsing because Americans are too busy consuming products and entertainment to get engaged with their community and government, but sure, let's worry more about our ability to enjoy a film without analysing anything.
Life isnโt working out for you so let me try and ruin it for other people? Go fuck yourself lmao. The movie has a couple strong morals but itโs not propaganda. America will be fine, you need not worry.
satinism ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:35:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not too worried, I'm not American and although I think it's pretty sad what's happening I suppose it's some comfort to know that the people deserve it.
Is America shitty in some ways? Sure. But itโs way better than it was 40 years ago and itโs always getting better. As much progress as Iโd like? No, but Iโm not going to ruin a fucking superhero movie because Iโm an insufferable twat in real life.
Tent poles cost a lot of money and getting risky with that much money is kind of dumb when you can play it safe and get a guaranteed marginal return making an ok movie.
As a comic itโs really good. Iโd honestly say thereโs lots of other stories I prefer but Iโm not a huge fan of deconstruction anyways.
Edit: Iโll clarify I didnโt downvote you on that, I just donโt care enough for Watchmen, brilliant though it may be
nuzzot ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:08:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watchmen was good because the original itself was good. Snyder miraculously left the story alone for the most part which allowed the movie to be decent.
All other superhero comics you read/movies you watch will lack the story and character depth that Watchmen has. Itโs a fantastic story. Still holds up to this day.
Let's be real, Nolan made a good movie, but Ledger is the some reason it's such a revered film. He singlehandedly made the film legendary.
Liimbo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:37:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I certainly wouldn't say singlehandedly. It was already the best made and written superhero movie, Ledger certainly added to it though. I just hate how everyone acts like he carried an otherwise dead movie, it was just a really solid film all around.
Not a dead movie by any means, but I'd say decent at best.
Liimbo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree. A big part of what made Heath's Joker so great were things like the writing, the atmosphere, how his makeup was done, how other actors reacted to him, etc. All things that would have been present with a different Joker. Don't get me wrong, he was definitely my favorite Joker ever, but even with a lesser actor as the Joker in that same situation I still think the movie would be the best superhero movie. Heath wasn't the only one who perfected the Joker in TDK, the writers and every other actor and crew member that contributed to his image also hit it spot on. If you want to say without a Joker at all that movie is decent at best, sure yeah probably but that'd be a pointless statement.
That's cute! Hey man, you like what you like even if it's shit. All the power to you. Don't let anyone tell you that you need to be critical. It's just entertainment.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:04:07 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well mainly I like to know what my kids are watching. Can't be too careful with some of what Hollywood is putting out, the X-Men films I find to be allegorical for what it's like to be a person of faith in the secular modern world
Kinda ironic since atheists probably fit that metaphor better. I'm honestly glad you like those movies but imo they're poorly written to the point where they're exceedingly stupid and nothing special when it comes to acting/cinematography nor do they add to the xmen themes beyond what the comics have done.
They make MCU movies look like citizen kane.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:24:07 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The MCU movies are full of liberal messages.
The Fox owned X-Men films are not.
I really hope the GOP invests in its own movie industry some day
Yeah! State funded propoganda is great. Maybe Trump could play as a fat stupid version of The Thing. He's already orange ;)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:15 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not propaganda when it's morally correct. Crooked Hillary is more suited to the thing, as she appears as she wants to be seen in any situation depending who she's talking to
Or how the Joker manages to wire a major hospital for demolition without anyone noticing. Or being able to do the same with two city ferries.
The Dark Knight is just as nonsensical and thematically inconsistent and muddy a story as Rises is, and it's no better made from a direction or writing standpoint. It's just that nobody cares about the flaws because Heath Ledger was so good.
Is this a real question? Of course I know what opinions are.
If a bunch of people eat a piece of literal shit and say it's delicious, that's their opinion. Myself and people like u/ReadyKit are allowed to be baffled by the fact that so many people ate said piece of shit, and loved it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:57:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
enjoying a movie is a pretty far throw from eating shit. So youre saying you dont enjoy a SINGLE movie that some might consider bad?
Did you go to the Cathy Newman school of debating? Way to put words in my mouth. Also, nice strawman. Of course I like movies that others consider bad.
What baffles me about DKR is HOW bad it was (I mean, truly, it was awful from start to finish), and how broadly it was well received. It's like people turned their brains off (even more than normal) when watching this.
khavii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:14:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're gonna trash talk someone else having difficulties debating when you made the piece of shit reference. See an actual opinion would be if you saw everyone eating a brown log and you took a bite and thought it tasted like shit while everyone else is having the argument on whether a Tootsie roll is good.
The assertion that the movie is shit is the opinion part but you want to be obtuse about it and pretend it isn't.
See I absolutely HATE the movie "Legend of Bagger Vance" the mere existence of the movie is an afront to everything I love about storytelling and I would happily wipe its existence from history but I ALSO realize this is my opinion and someone else could (and does) love that abomination. I'll argue all day as to why that movie is bad but I'm not such a concieted prick that I dismiss people who like it as lesser than me.
It's just amazing to me. The first two really are great. I loved them. The third is horrible. Like, unforgivably terrible. Nothing works. Nothing makes any fucking sense. I'm aghast it's been (generally) so well received. It genuinely makes me question people.
Here's the thing though, he's not wrong. I'm not saying Nolan is the greatest director ever, but he didn't set out to make an action comic book movie, he set out to make a genuinely good gangster movie that featured Batman and The Joker. It's good because it's a completely different tone than most of the rest. It doesn't try to be funny, though it does include humor. None of it feels like a studio made Nolan direct it in a certain way, or include certain lines. It's a good movie first, and a good Batman story second.
Edit: The fanboy downvote brigade is fucking hilarious. TDR was a fucking shit movie. TDK was excellent and Logan is right up there with it. Get the fuck over it weirdos.
EDIT - Fuck me for caring about story, action cinematography, and emotional stakes... None of Which Nolan has a clue about. Naw, let's all suck his dick over one actor's performance and ignore DK's glaring flaws.
I'm not discussing what superhero movies rival TDK in quality(which i'll maintain Logan does not, but its new and is very good so people bring it up). I'm discussing the caliber of director of other superhero movies, James Mangold is not Christopher Nolan, by far.
And for everybody excusing DKR because of the studio, you have to give Mangold the same leeway. He wanted The Wolverine to be much closer to Logan but Fox wouldn't let him do it until after Deadpool succeeded.
Nope it doesn't. Logan was great, but TDK is one of the best movies of the 2000's, like in the top 25 good. Logan is just really good for a superhero movie. Were still talking about TDK 10 years later, i'll be surprised if that's true for Logan.
You restating your opinion doesn't change that Logan succeeded in 3 key areas where Dark Knight failed:
1) Action scenes. The cinematography and editing in Logan are visually coherent. Nolan has never been good at this, if you want I can link to numerous editor and cinematographer breakdowns of his action scenes. It's not wonderful.
2) Focused story. Nolan wanders in his stories, often dedicating subplots to themes that the broader narrative could have benefited from. The surveillance subplot, for example, was completely unnecessary. He also repeats himself quite a bit... Joker as a character has way more to offer than the choice of two deaths (the two boats, dent v dawson, etc).
3) Emotional stakes. I don't care about Bruce's attachment to Harvey, because there's no emotional bond there. It's purely logical and cold. The only two characters in the entire film with emotional depth are Joker and Alfred, and both of them were at their peak performances in this film in soliloquy. It's another thing Nolan is known for being bad with; He sacrifices character and emotional depth for philosophical tangents.
Logan, on the other hand, forced sobs out of grown men in my theater, over a little girl who they had never even heard of before the opening credits. The relationships between Laura and Logan, Logan and Xavier, Xavier and Caliban etc had stakes, both in terms of the story and character development. Mangold didn't depend on a few performers, he built those stakes with them.
Sorry you struggled to understand the main plot and emotional stakes of TDK
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was a good movie in comparison to the other X-men / Wolverine movies which werenโt exactly cinematic masterpieces. On its own, itโs just an okay movie.
I think Logan's characters were much better-developed, their motives much clearer, the story was a lot more focused (even with that Eriq LaSalle farm scene), the action scenes were better planned, choreographed, shot, and edited.
The Dark Knight had the best single performance between the two films with Heath Ledger, but that's not enough for me to overlook an unfocused story, poor action scenes, and neglected emotional stakes/character development. It was good, but I don't think it's even the best of the Nolan trilogy.
It'd be more fair IMO to put Logan up against Batman Begins, if we're comparing best-of-universe quality.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:18:11 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was cool but it just wasnโt that great to me as an outsider. I do agree that The Dark Knight wasnโt amazing but it at least ushered in a new era for super hero movies IMO. It was the first super hero movie that didnโt feel like cheese.
It's true though. Who has directed a superhero movie that is better than Nolan? Sure /r/movies loves the guy but he's one of the best directors working today and Jonathan Nolan is an outstanding screenwriter. The Russo Brothers are probably the next best thing but they're still a step behind.
That's not the only reason TDK is still the best, but it's absolutely a factor.
I liked the Dark Knight. And now I kinda want Logan to be bad just to spite you, because you're being an ass. When I watch Logan, even if it's fucking amazing, I'll remember you and feel conflicted about the film. I won't get the unhindered enjoyment and wonder I could have had.
You've stolen my ability to freely enjoy a great new film. So fuck you.
rampop ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:34:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, your own childishness has prevented you from enjoying a movie out of spite. That's just pathetic and nobody's fault but your own. Nobody cares if you like it or not, and nobody can change how you approach a movie but you.
Actually, I apologize. I can tell you're passionate about this, and you've clearly explained your reasoning in other comments. You've clearly put more thought into your opinion than I have, and I don't want to discourage good critical thinking even if it leads to controversial conclusions.
Because hardly anyone tried to make a superhero movie like that. Its not a question of being good enough, its more to do with them aiming for something completely different. Except for Logan.
This. TDK and itโs trilogy were aiming for a VERY grounded in reality approach and was very somber in tone for the most part.
MCU is going for the more glitzy high flying style of comic films, trying to elicit that kind of brightly coloured comic page aesthetic.
Theyโre aiming for entirely different things.
[deleted] ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 19:04:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
TDK was a headier movie than what the genre usually tackles. A lot of the marvel movies don't go past the classic tropes of man vs monster nor do they have morals past "teamwork". The dark Knight was a philosophy on human nature, if whether man's actions are dictated by the ego or by the greater good, altruisn vs self preservation. The joker was less a character and more of a personification of the theme opposite of what Batman personifies so it made the movie feel much bigger than what the physical stakes in the movie were: two boatloads of people.
In contrast, the avengers were fighting a world-destroying army and the biggest thing it had to say in the entire movie was "friendship is magic".
Both excellent movies, but the directors were using the movie and the narratives completely differently.
I haven't seen The Winter Soldier, but that's normally held as the best the MCU has to offer.
Aside from that, Logan and Days of Future Past are both good. It's been a long while since I've seen Raimi-man 2, but I still see a good amount of praise for it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:16:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No doubt raimi Spiderman is a tremendous achievent and I think it was instrumental in opening up the true-to-original superhero movies to the public. It tackled very deep subject matter as well, namely the intrapersonal identity stuggles Peter Parker had gone through and the consequential interpersonal conflicts there of. It was definitely an intimate experience between the audience and the character of Spiderman.
I'll be honest, I've only seen Winter soldier once so I can't speak much about it. I may have to revisit it.
Runyn ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโll take the one didnโt create a generation of edgelords.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:44:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately, it is the simpleminded amongst us that become convinced that the Heath ledger joker is what it means to be badass. It's the same reason copycats after a mass shooting is a reality - a bunch of morons with nary a thought beyond how cool they'd look without an iota of original thought.
I've went through that phase myself and I cringe loudly Everytime I think about 13 year old me running through the school hallway bent over with my arms trailing behind me (Dragonball z, not naruto). I like to think I don't do that anymore.
But regardless of the medium, anything monumental is going to have it's fair share of imbeciles parroting the movie in one fashion or another (e.g. Rick and Morty) and I'm fairly certain there's a bunch of them out there that think themselves a Loki proxy.
20171245 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:11:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Imho Logan is second place to Nolan's Batman trilogy, but the trilogy is so great we should be saying that Logan is first place and Nolan's Batman Trilogy is Platinum/retired. I don't think we will have true competitors for a while.
erx98 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:50:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Eh I think Rises tarnished its legacy as a perfect trilogy.
werker ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:52:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was fantastic
FloppY_ ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:05:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
While I won't argue that anything is even remotely close to The Dark Knight I would like to say that The Winter Soldier was probably the superhero-movie that got closer to it than any other, but maybe that is just me.
It's because Nolan is such an incredible director that he tricked you into watching a crime noir film disguised as a superhero film. The film doesn't ride on the popularity of Batman - take away the costumes and the names and you've got a gritty drama that grips you throughout.
Melch12 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:01:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Probably an unpopular opinion but I think Batman Begins is pretty damn close to TDK. I love that movie.
I didn't watch until years after and it's still definitely the best superhero movie IMO.
Tensuke ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:23:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're right, all the praise didn't really start until he died.
lava172 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because they've been mostly focused on action and the heroes and not the villains. I honestly found every scene without the Joker to be boring as fuck and below-average. But Ledger is so good that it didnt matter in the grand scheme of things
Getsiv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iron Man was really good and a good return for RDJ but even that didnโt come close.
This is not uncommon. The Maltese Falcon was one of the first Noir movies made and many think it is the best Noir movie. It makes sense really - the movies that truly excel are capable of launching a genre of film.
People keep giving you reasons like Christopher Nolan or Heath Ledger or other movies playing it safe. But I think it just comes down to TDK not just being the best superhero movie but also just being one of the best overall movies ever. The reason why nothing has been able to match it is because it's really hard to make one of the greatest movies ever or else the turnover on movie rankings would be constant and it's obviously not.
Are you talking only movies published after The Dark Knight? Because if not--Spiderman 2 absolutely was as good as The Dark Knight, and I will fight to the death on this hill.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because all the other superhero movies have had to be tied up in serialization of some kind, with out one head mind seeing through the vision. The Dark Knight worked so well because it was an auteur working near his peak skill with limited meddling. It was not just an episode, it was a complete movie. The Dark Knight rises failed because Nolan didn't have his heart in it with the half assed retelling of a Tale of Two cities, which was probably rushed after a planned idea with Ledger had to be scrapped.
Every MCU movie is more episodic than complete so they are immediately have a ceiling lower than the Dark Knight because it has to have some tie in to the previous movie and the next one.
The DCCU movies tend to hire directors that don't understand the themes of their own movies, like Snyder and Ayers routinely do.
Because of a singularly talented actor, and the vision of a single auteur freed from franchise constraints. The MCU is a better series than the Dark Knight series, TDK is a better movie than any given MCU movie
I think no movie has tried. The Marvel movies are all fun, but none of them swing for the fences. It's just standard formula. On the other hand, the current DC continuum is mostly garbage.
alx429 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:33:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because a director like Christopher Nolan comes around once in a generation.
The MCU is deliberately constrictive in quality. Black Panther looks like the first one to be as good as TDK simply because Ryan Coogler is really good at what he does.
The closest to TDK quality are Logan and Daredevil season 1, which has the benefit of being a TV show..
Because they have to get one out every single year. They can't focus on making a good movie, they just have to crank out good set-ups for sequels.
MuscleT ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:06:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's the best film of an entire decade
(Unless you like Pan's Labyrinth more, then fk off)
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:14:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Quite simply because TDK is great irrespective of the fact that it's a superhero movie. None of the directors that they've got match up to the calibre of Nolan. Whendon is fantastic at making good superhero movies - a good balance of action adventure and visuals and a plot that's not too hard to follow even for the youngest or oldest audiences. Just look up a list of the greatest directors of all time. Literally the only one on that list will be Nolan
defeldus ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:04:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nolan is a master of the craft and that movie (along with Dunkirk) is his peak skill display without some of his eccentricities (that I love but understand not everyone does).
defeldus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's fair. It was a masterfully crafted film though technically. I appreciated the sterile, almost faceless mass of characters to make you realize that everyone involved in war is going through a journey through hell. The civilians being personified more than any soldier solidified that thought for me and made me really appreciate what he was going for.
jbs13572 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A movie is only as good as its villain. I think itโs as simple as that really. No other comic movie has had as memorable a villain since IMO.
The other factor being that it took the material very seriously, and in doing so had to water down the โcomic book-nessโ as well. I think when embracing the zaniness of comic books, which many comic book movies seem to be doing now, you sacrifice some of the gravity i.e. Logan vs Thor Ragnorak (I thought both were great).
It's worth noting that one was under Fox. Disney/Marvel haven't really made anything in the MCU quite like TDK or Logan. The furthest they've went so far was probably Civil War which was still light by comparison.
The new Thor was cool, but I'd never say excellent. Or idk, maybe im a hater but I don't see how people don't notice it's still the same as literally every other marvel movie.
I did have more fun in this one then the other marvel ones though so yeah. To me it was good just not excellent. Opinions though right
What I liked about Thor as compared to other Marvel movies, is that it was actually funny, not like typical cheesy-superhero-movie funny. I dunno, but to me it was the first Marvel movie where I didn't roll my eyes at half the jokes or see them coming a mile away.
I think that's where I stand too. That's what I like about it. At the same time this villain is supposed to be serious right? Idk like I said that alone makes it feel typical marvel to me. Just hoping that with thanos the stakes are real
The new Thor movie can hardly even be called a Thor movie. It's just a comedy movie where all the characters are skinned in Marvel costumes. And it's not just a comedy movie, it's only a comedy movie; there's no real semblance of conflict or character development.
Why does everyone go to the Dark Knight? I mean, I enjoyed it. It's one of my favorite superhero movies.
But it's not really that special. At the end of the day, while it's done very well, it's just like any other. The only difference is the quality.
Logan is different. It really digs down into the details and takes a very human look at superheroes. Not unlike Kickass. Except Logan isn't an action comedy.
I didn't like the dark knight because I thought it tried to be too philosophical for a batman movie. It tried to do too many things and did not really succeed at them. Can someone explain to me why they believe it is a great movie? I am interested to hear what people have to say.
siecin ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 18:10:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw Logan in the theatre with my wife. She didn't really know what she was getting into, which is why I was surprised when she asked if I wanted to see it, so after the movie I turned to ask her if she liked it and she had a face of mild disgust. She turns to me and says "I just watched 2 hours of senseless violence and gore."
To say that Logan had "senseless" violence is a bit absurd, but understandable for anyone who isn't into comic book movies. The violence was 100% needed and Hugh Jackman did an amazing job with his physical acting when he had to kill someone yet had a look on his face like "fuck, I really don't want to do this shit anymore."
Well it never explains what the hell is wrong with Logan. It's just like he's dying, everyone else is dying/getting killed as well. Let's watch them die. For a whole movie.
Well luckily he lost the adamantium at the end of The Wolverine. And in wolverine origins we saw that an adamantium bullet to the head doesn't kill him, just makes him forgetful
erx98 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:55:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wolverine and Origins were both made uncanon, after Days of Future Past.
Holy shit did you not watch any of the other movies, or read any of the comics since like the 90s because it's been long established he was born in the early 1800s. He's maybe 220 or so.
I'm pretty sure it's said that the Adamantium is slowing down his regeneration abilities, it's implied professor X has Dementia or Alzheimer's, there's an organization that was doing experiments on young mutants who had broken free, one of which just so happens to be Wolverine's daughter who he has to escort to a safe haven at whatever means necessary, but the organization she escaped from is trying to get her back. No other X Men are around because of Professor X, as hinted at by the radio. Oh, and that organization made a clone of Wolverine because they think of him as the most powerful weapon in the world.
Logan had a plan to buy a boat and go out into the ocean with Professor X so he could die without worry of hurting anyone else, and once X died Logan was going to kill himself with an Adamantium bullet to the head. However, they're all poor so he took the escort job originally so he could make the money to make that a reality.
Insert conflict from the bad guys vs good guys and you have a reason for the violence.
The movie said it was adamantium poisoning, from what I recall.
werker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:56:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly what makes it excellent: I can't think of anything better for the characters in Logan realizing this was the end and passing the torch was critical. Bloody beautiful.
reverick ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:27:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Its more compounded then just the adamantium poisoning everyone talking about. The evil doctor guy in charge of the project talks about how theyโve been adding chemicals to processed foods(something like that) that stops/prevents/suppresses the mutant gene. So his healing got turned off and he is slowly dying.
I'm pretty sure that just stops new mutants from being born, not stops the powers of current mutants, otherwise they wouldn't have to make new ones in labs.
I see this with my SO. If she isnโt interested in the โuniverseโ you have to understand and buy into, she will not enjoy the movie and will process nothing that happened. Doesnโt matter how basic or relatable the story is.
reminds me of how some girls i know wont watch a movie 'because its old'. old for them is pre-2000 which is just ridiculous.
siecin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:54:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
She had no backstory so I can kind of understand but I shed a second tear that day when she said it.
SDMGLife ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:03:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thereโs no leeving with the keeling
adamran ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 18:48:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was *bawling like a fucking baby after Logan. I don't know how anyone could diminish what that movie was into "2 hours of senseless violence and gore."
If you've been watching Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart in those roles for 17 years then you will be very attached to them. If you went into the movie without having seen the rest it wouldn't have the same emotional weight.
Logan was the first x-men movie I've ever seen... still cried
kithlan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:56:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I took my girlfriend to that movie, with no knowledge of the X-Men, and we were both still bawling at the end. Even without the context of the rest of the universe, that movie is heavy.
Did she watch Deadpool and think it was just dick jokes? How can she miss the entire storyline of him not being sure he wants to be a father while taking care of his father figure? You donโt need to know much to feel his pain.
What kind of sicko only registers the violence and gore and nothing else (characters, story, etc.)? Your wife sounds like some sort of bloodlusted sociopath.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:26:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
EDIT: aww.. shit. I should REALLY learn to look at timestamps before typing in a post.
shogun_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:59:36 on March 26, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's implying that the peak was early on. Like over a decade before anything came out. Which can't be true what so ever since Logan and even the first Nolan Batman was superb.
GetSomm ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 18:13:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was fantastic but The Dark Knight is the absolute peak. We'll see how infinity War is though because that has potential to top both.
And to be honest, I want Infinity War to be comic book-y. It's a conclusion to one of the biggest cliff hangars in movie history and concluding a 10 year long process. It should be a homage to all the comic book goodness. I think the Avengers movies are basically the only movies from Marvel that should be fully comic book action movies. The other ones can have fun sub genres to play with.
That's fair. It should definitely fit the tone of the MCU, although a risk here or there would be nice. While it could be a great film, I still don't think it'll reach the levels of The Dark Knight.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:03:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd argue that Logan transcends superhero movie just as much as TDK does. It does so unlike any of the X-Men movies prior to it.
Well, I think it's a fantastic film with a lot more to like than just Heath Ledger's performance. Every other performance is fantastic, especially Bale, Eckhart, and Oldman. The characters are all very well developed with their own moral compasses, which gives the film many themes to explore. It's also exciting, with some great action scenes and excellent pacing. I love how chaotic it becomes at the end.
Sure, it has some of Nolan's typical shortcomings like some on the nose dialogue, but I think it's still a near perfect film watching it many years later.
I found the story to be a halfassed patchwork with only a vague idea of what it wanted to accomplish or say. The action choreography was middling at best, the editing worse, and at no point did I care about any of the characters' relationships with one another, so there were no emotional stakes.
Ledger's performance was the only thing that I enjoyed about that movie. Enough to watch it multiple times. But a triumph of direction or storytelling? Naw.
I agree wholeheartedly, I never understood people who hold that film up to be some sort of epic masterpiece. Between the 3 films, it was easily my least favorite. If it wasn't for Heath Ledger, it'd be almost devoid of any character at all.
My personal favorite of the 3 is Batman Begins because it's the only one that feels like it was a complete idea before the cameras started rolling. If it wasn't for Ledger's performance, I probably wouldn't care for Dark Knight at all.
OhEagle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, and this will be an unpopular opinion, but I think Heath Ledger's performance was the worst of the movie. Eckhart, Oldman, and Bale were all good in their own ways, particularly Eckhart as Harvey Dent. But Ledger's joker is just..hammy. Not really all that funny, and not really bringing anything to the character that Mark Hamill already hadn't with his excellent performance from B:TAS. He's just.. well.. Jack Nicholson turned up to 11, and Nicholson was just doing his usual thing of playing Jack Nicholson. The slightly weird, scratchy voice doesn't make it good.
For real, I do not get the hype surrounding The Dark Knight. Well, I don't really get why people love Nolan either - he's easily the most respected director I just cannot stand, but it's completely soulless and humourless, with very little depth to make up for it. It may not be BVS bad, but I'd rather sit through MCU popcorn movies which are at least fun, and don't try and sell a man that dresses as a bat to beat up people as a Serious Adult Drama.*
As far as non comic book-y comic book adaptions go, I think Legion sets the gold standard so far, though I haven't seen Logan.
*Edit: Actually, I've remembered I liked Batman: Year One, so I'm not against a "serious"/"grounded" Batman, but Nolan failed to sell it to me like Miller did.
TDK gets way too much credit. Its an average crime-thriller with a phenomenal villain, which without him, the movie wouldn't have been that much talked about
GetSomm ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 18:28:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Joker was the best part but not the only good part. The plot structure, pacing, cinematography, sound design are all what made it great. I don't see how it would be "average" in anyway.
He's an excellent actor who can portray a lot of emotion through just his facial expressions and body language. There's so much depth to his Wayne and Batman.
"Without the good parts of the movie it wouldn't have been any good." Thanks for that analysis. Of course, Ledger wasn't the only good part of the movie, your premise is flawed to begin with.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:30:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's highly unlikely. Infinity War will probably be fun, but TDK transcends the genre and becomes a crime thriller, mystery, and suspense movie coupled with one of the best actors and best directors in a generation.
Magmas ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:12:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
but TDK transcends the genre and becomes a crime thriller, mystery, and suspense movie
Which is all well and good, but that doesn't make it a good superhero movie. If we're looking at the genre, I really don't think it's the best. As a film, yes. As a superhero film... meh.
Right...but it's like you didn't read the rest of my comment. That's just a part of it. The writing, acting, cinematography, direction all bring it together to make an excellent movie. In my opinion, better than any other superhero movie.
Magmas ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Once again, an excellent movie, but not an excellent superhero movie. They aren't the same thing. A superhero movie is primarily about superheroes. The Dark Knight isn't really. That doesn't make it a bad film but it certainly isn't the best superhero move around.
Please explain how a movie about Batman isn't a superhero movie.
Magmas ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:23:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's barely about Batman and he barely does anything 'super'. You said it yourself; it's a crime thriller with mystery and suspense. It isn't a superhero film. Again, I'm not saying it's bad. I'm saying it isn't the best representation of the superhero genre.
cleeder ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:07:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's barely about Batman and he barely does anything 'super'.
Batman doesn't have super powers....
He never does anything "super".
Magmas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:20 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You honestly think so? Firstly, that wasn't really what I meant. My point was more that the film doesn't fit the superhero genre, since it's so much more grounded in reality that it's basically a thriller.
Secondly, Batman does super stuff all the time; jumping off buildings, fighting bad guys 3 times his size who have super strength themselves and surviving hits with very little injury. Batman has unnatural durability, strength, speed, intelligence, ect. He's just as much a super hero as anyone else.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It honestly doesn't. It'll be a great movie in terms of action and teamwork and "holy crap the gaurdians are here" but its going to follow the same tropes as the rest of the MCU. There's way too many characters at this point for it to be good. Its expected though. The whole point of this arc is to build to a bigger and bigger think. I just hope that this is the last of the Avengers movies. They're fun but the interlocking storylines means no one gets to shine because everyone needs their screen time. If they scale down to solo movies with occasional duos it can work but if you look at age of Ultron and civil war in particular, for the deep storylines they have the potential to tell they squander it on predictable plotlines. I was so excited for civil war but instead the main Lynch pin of why they're against it is quickly glossed over so they fight in an airport
GOODJVBR ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 18:58:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Dark Knight is the greatest CBM movie ever made, and there really is no way you can disagree with that. Its a Shakespearean drama that just happens to have Batman as the main character.
What the hell is Shakespearean about TDK? For one, Shakespeare was a master of wit and TDK was at least partially written by David fucking Ayer.
GOODJVBR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:36:38 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
also David Ayer didn't co-write the Dark Knight you knobhead. That was Goyer.
GOODJVBR ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 21:47:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
?
1) Tragic Hero - Batman is a character cursed by fate and possessed of a tragic flaw: his inability to seriously weigh whether he loves Rachel more than the vision of Gotham he keeps in his head. See, e.g. Macbeth.
2) A Struggle Between Good and Evil. Self explanatory. Except that even while Nolan preserves the traditional "macro" element of Batman=good, Joker=evil; he subverts it quite a bit by giving the audience examples of the consequences of vigilantism - the cop deaths, the warrantless spying, extra-judicial crime stopping (Hong Kong scene), Harvey's corruption. Batman is supposed to be "good" but what does his goodness bring?
3) Hamartia - The fatal character flaw of the tragic hero - already explained
4) Most importantly: Lack of Poetic Justice; like Romeo and Juliet, Julius Ceasar and Macbeth, the ending establishes no clear winner but just a bunch of seriously damaged people left in the wake of the resolved tragedy. In Romeo and Juliet, the families and the community are broken by the senseless suicides, in Macbeth, Scotland's political system has been totally razed by Macbeth's tyranny, and at the end of Julius Caesar, the Roman Civil War is precipitated by notes tensions between Antony and Augustus.
Yes, there are small hints of hope that are referenced at the end of each of these plays: it is implied in Romeo and Juliet that the Capulets and Montagues will make peace, it is implied in Macbeth that King Malcolm will restore order to the Kingdom, and in Julius Caeser the play ends by lionizing Brutus. But doesn't the Dark Knight also end in such a "poetic" way? BY establishing that he's the hero Gotham deserves, not the one it needs?
OZL01 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:09:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's probably the best movie about a superhero. I think the best comic book movies for me are Spider-Man 2 and The Avengers. The Avengers especially felt like a comic on the big screen to me.
plybianz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
shogun_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:29:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You know it's true. Over a decade of super heroes and they all end the same. Good guys win, bad guys lose. No one is ultimately injured, except for Cyclops. RIP, oh wait nevermind it was corrected it DoFP. Logan though? Shiiiit. They lost already. They're on the run, and ole X supposedly killed thousands of people because of his failing mind. That's a crazy what if scenario and Logan went there. The only ones to live in this are the kids, and they barely come out of it. No role models except for a dying Logan for just that brief moment in time. Where he saves them, and shows that it's still possible to be a hero. Wild.
I really didn't like Logan. Maybe I would have if it was full on Old Man Logan going up against people like the Hulk Gang, but for me it fell into this valley that didn't satisfy any of my desires for action, story, or character development. It was like an amalgamation that had a few good scenes but I couldn't really get behind introducing X-23 in such a fashion and not having much backstory on all of the mutant problems. There was some decent action but it didn't really focus a ton on that either.
Old Man Logan on the otherhand is based on Wolverine being tricked into murdering all the other mutants and then finally managing to start a new life, only to eventually have his family murdered. It would have been great but probably now won't ever be made even though now the Fox and MCU stories can actually connect.
shogun_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:30:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
unbl ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:39:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My problem with Logan is the gigantic gaping plot hole that is Logan somehow being weak and stupid enough to decide to spend the night at that farmer family's house. And the series of weak stupid decisions that led up to that one, like helping out with the horses.
cleeder ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:05:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My problem with Logan is the gigantic gaping plot hole that is Logan somehow being weak and stupid enough to decide to spend the night at that farmer family's house.
He didn't want to. Prof-X wanted to, and as basically a father figure to Logan, he would do pretty much anything for Prof-X.
And the series of weak stupid decisions that led up to that one, like helping out with the horses.
Why was that a stupid decision? They were on the run, yes, but they were no more safe in their truck than on the side of the road at that moment. Half of the story of Logan is him not being the same emotionally devoid shell that he once was. This scene and the family helped with that.
Since others are debating between Logan and DK (I personally think DK is the best, and I just watched Logan again two days ago), I am just gonna bring up one other set... The 1978/80 Superman and Superman II.
YES YES... I know, they aren't even close to DK/Logan. They aren't as serious, the special effects sucked, pacing isn't modern, etc. There's even some really stupid shit in them (What was that plastic cellophane badge he threw at Non, and what was it supposed to do?!). They are objectively not as well made as those films. But they are worth mentioning in terms of "great superhero movies".
They are STILL really enjoyable movies to watch, even almost 40 years later. Try watching the 1989 Batman again. Or any other superhero movie made between 1980 and BB/Iron Man.
Gene Hackman is great. Reeve is great. The timing and dialog is great. And though I think the end of the original movie is totally lame on paper, Reeve and the director pull it off. Seriously, watch it. Ignore the shit green screen, and it's amazing. I honestly see the pain and vulnerability in Superman here. (This clip doesn't have the few seconds before, where he gingerly pulls her body out of the car, which was similarly touching). I loved Logan, but I didn't feel as emotional anywhere in Logan as I did watching Reeve suffer in that scene.
No one else has pulled that off (FUCK YOU, SNYDER).
WW had the best action scene of last year with No Man's Land. The third act really hurts what was otherwise a fantastic action film. It's a shame that the DCEU sucks so hard outside of her.
I don't know about that, when you know nothing bad is gonna happen to any of them it sort of kills the suspense and feels more like a roller coaster ride that's just sort of playing out.
Nothing bad happens to any lead character in an action movie outside of Logan. Even in darker endings, they're fine by sequel time. I just want to look at shit blowing up in a fun way.
Thor Ragnarok was a much better comic film than WW, so as much as I enjoyed WW I could never see it being higher than Thor this year.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:17:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it is the peak of DC Superhero movies since Dark Knight.
Was it perfect? nope. But at this point DC has dropped the bar so low it has merged in the molten iron core of the earth. So having something that is actually a good film feels like the fucking second coming.
TehJofus ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:39:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because when people talk about it, they're usually only comparing it to Man of Steel and BvS, even if they don't admit that.
It's a great film. Compared to those two, it's the best film.
you're implying there's even a peak to superhero movies. the rankings of super hero movies are just a plateau. Either "it's good" or "it's shit". Not much room for true greatness.
I just watched Wonder Woman for the first time the other day and I have to say it was a fantastic movie. I wouldn't say it was the pinnacle of superhero movies but it's certainly up there if you ask me.
Virtue signalling, unfortunately. It's the bigotry of low expectations. I'm all for the best talent being given a fair playing field. I'm Not for delusion, and the idea that Wonder woman was a masterful movie in regards to directing or just in general quality, is delusional.
It's so easy to dismiss any opinion that way. That and calling something a circlejerk. Like, "If you have an opinion counter to mine, you just be only doing it for approval."
I really fucking hate this website sometimes.
the_jak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Representing an idea thats not genuine to one's actual personal opinion of the subject, but rather conditional upon the group "norm" because the representation secures or advances their standing in the public sphere. i.e. Groupthink
Not quite. The person is "projecting" an image for sure, but its not the most common usage of the term projecting in the social sphere.
projecting = blame others for actions that you yourself feel guilty of
Virtue Signaling= Giving an expected generalized answer, due to indirect peer pressure, regardless of specific variables. Example: When a mom asks if her baby is cute. The expected norm is "Yes, they are adorable", even if the kid looks like Golum. Speak objectively, and you break the norm, and you will be shunned or ostracized; or lie to keep to the virtue norm.
My bad - I meant to imply that calling out virtue signaling was projection. i.e. how do you know what someone's genuine opinion is on something?
Virtue signalling, unfortunately. It's the bigotry of low expectations. I'm all for the best talent being given a fair playing field. I'm Not for delusion, and the idea that Wonder woman was a masterful movie in regards to directing or just in general quality, is delusional.
Given that film taste is entirely subjective, how do you know why some people liked the Wonder Woman movie? Why is it impossible to genuinely think it was a great movie?
It's not impossible. I believe It IS hard to really objectively think it was a great movie though, if you either break down and rate it's individual aspects, or compare it to other great movies. Now this delves back into the subjective realm, but it at least involves a rubric to improve objectivity.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:04:19 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And that's your explanation for people heavily praising a film you didn't personally find spectacular, is that right?
Not who you replied to, but virtue-signalling is essentially only pretending to like something under the guise of gaining credit for parading socially liberal norms. Like when you only care about the Armenian genocide because your crush is affected by it, or trying to brownnose your boss by talking up the value in his/her African art collection while thinking nothing of it.
How Reddit (usually t_d members as it's mostly a US conservative dogwhistle at this point) defines it is "any person who is not a white male and has done something better-than or equal-to a white male is only getting credit because of Affirmative Action and Title IX and has not truly done something equal to the white man's effort."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:10:14 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, the way I usually see these pathetic types use it is 'someone is doing something socially commendable and I don't wanna have to do that (or even feel guilty about not) so imma accuse everyone who appears better than me of insidious and manipulative motives'.
It's one of my favorite terms of theirs in that it's both mostly dipshit nonsense, and still says so much about their fucked moral thought process.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:03:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs not a peak, itโs just a breakthrough for women, so itโs rightly celebrated.
uncleoce ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:41:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What did they break through this time?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:44:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A woman has never been given a budget that big, a character that big, or had a success that big.
fear to suggest otherwise? i haven't seen it. from what i've heard it's pretty okay. the fact people are rallying behind the idea that a woman could surprisingly make a good movie is the most anti-feminist thing i've ever heard. the whole point of equality is not to be surprised by this shit. notice there's no "seeee? jordan peele proves black men can make movies just as well as white men, we should have more black male directors..."
like... it's art. anyone can make it. anyone can be good. or rather, as ratatouille points out, a good director can come from any background.
It's the peak of DC superhero movies since the Nolan batman movies. But yeah compared to Marvel's fare it's just above average, not some revelation.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because most of the dc movies suck or were mediocre. Wonder Woman was the only decent dc movie in a while.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Aside from Logan, the peak of superhero movies really isn't that high. Its definitely comparable or better than any of the origin story movies (which I mostly take to be the best of each hero's) . They've never been some sort of high art form. Really good action adventure movies and fun to watch but nowhere near the best type of movies you can get.
It was really terrible after the halfway point and just felt like the other DC movies out at this point. I loved the first half however and wish it kept that same tone and got rid of all of the 300 special effects.
Why do people always forget about Hurt Locker when they think about women directors?
buck9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We only speak in hyperbole now.
A7JC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's been the only good DC movie in the recent batch so everyone in going overboard with the praise.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The action genre in general
The disaster movie genre
The rom com genre
That's just three off the top of my head.
dehehn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It definitely wasn't better than any other superhero movie that had come out in the past 5 years.
It was better than lots of them. It was better than everything else DC has done. It was better than Thor 2 and Amazing Spider-man 2. Better than any of the recent X-Men movies. Way better than Fant4stic.
I enjoyed it a lot. Was it great? Maybe not. But it was solid and enjoyable and a great thing for girls to have a cool version of Wonder Woman to root for.
[deleted] ยท -27 points ยท Posted at 18:25:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes it was fam. One of the best superhero movies of recent. Stop thinking youโre going against the grain with these opinions.
What if i genuinely didnโt care for it though? The performances were decent and there were some great moments, but the first two thirds of the movie are basically the first Captain America and Thor movies combined, and the last third squandered any potential by throwing in another generic copy-pasted supervillain. The only reason I would rewatch this film is because Gal Gadot is awesome and has great chemistry with Chris Pine, but I donโt think thatโs enough to call WW one of the GOAT superhero movies.
[deleted] ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 18:32:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Okay Iโm glad weโve established that. Now realize that your opinion that itโs one of the best superhero movies in recent memory is still your opinion and not an objective fact.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:36:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it has the critical acclaim and the box office results to support that claim :)
Listen, I get it. I see your reddit history and that youโre a big dc fan. Iโm a Star Wars fan. I really enjoyed Last Jedi despite the backlash its gotten. Yeah, Iโm one of those fans that will try and defend any decision Disney/LFL make with their new movies. But even Iโm aware that there were a lot of questionable choices made in the film, and that the overwhelmingly positive critic scores donโt mean much in a debate.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:43:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I... what? The metrics that commonly used when citing a a movies significance canโt be used in a debate? Is this what Iโm seeing? Do my eyes deceive me?
Remember when The Shining was considered a sloppy and blasphemous adaptation of Kingโs source material? Or when the Wizard of Oz was considered โlacking in imaginationโ? Or when studio execs forced Ridley Scott to include a voiceover into Bladerunner because test audiences and critics thought it was too confusing and messy without it? Or maybe that time when Phantom Menace was met with near universal praise from critics and audiences alike?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because you're trying to tell other people they're wrong by just saying some critics liked it. Maybe give some reasons why YOU like it, instead of keeping the argument black and white.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:19:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why should I argue a point thatโs already been made?
I don't think that at all the movie was pretty bland honestly, maybe I just have a different opinion than yours. It's not a fact whether the movie was good or bad, people don't have to agree with you.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:39:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:39:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 18:34:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not amazing by any means, but it is often used as an excuse to disregard the movie as a whole. I don't think the ending necessarily brought it down substantially, and if there is going to be a complaint about a 3rd act failing because of a boss fight rather than going for a more emotional and character focused ending, Logan should be brought into the discussion. There was a really good opportunity to have Stryker's son as the main villain, and show Logan what was happening with the kids is a reflection of his own youth, and confronting his past. Instead they barely touched on it, and went for the Wolverine 2.0 boss fight immediately.
Illier1 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:30:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a terrible movie, it's the best DC movie out there now.
That's just not saying much.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:35:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Best DCEU movie...There is a difference
Superman, Batman, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, all exist
The superhero movie is no longer a genre, IMO. It's a super-genre. There have been a lot of good superhero movies that were entirely different genres. I think Wonder Woman is just the most recent really good one.
Captain America 1 - WW2 period piece
Captain America 2 - Spy thriller
Ant-man - Heist film
Logan - a Western
Thor Ragnarok - 80's homage
Suicide Squad - a fever dream, I guess
Etc. Etc.
nickjaa ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:39:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was not a god damn western why do people say that
For real. I abhorred Wonder Woman and can't understand the hype it got at all. It was cheesy in a bad way and I felt embarrassed watching how stupid most of the scenes and dialogue were. I shut it off after about 45 minutes.
it's totally fine, but imagine a joke at a female directors' expense. "male directors give you Get Out, female directors give you Pitch Perfect 3." you'd be flayed and quartered. sexist jokes may be funny and light, but the fact that a joke made at someone's expense might offend the people targetted shouldn't surprised you.
I don't think that Apatow's joke was great, but his joke was fighting against type, whereas your example joke is reinforcing type. It's much more likely that a female director will be assumed to be making a "Pitch Perfect 3" type movie because of her gender than that a male director will be assumed to be making "The Emoji Movie" because of his gender. So your analogy doesn't really hold.
zach0011 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:30:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Generally jokes go against with the status quo. Women haven't held the keys to society iin most of the world ever. You gotta look at the greater context of it all.
I guess it must be, because it's a pretty dumb thing to say, but you can't blame people for not registering that. The sentence possesses no characteristics of a joke.
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:36:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol it does, when you aren't prematurely consumed by outrage.
Well my point was that, at first glance, Apatow's comment seemed like it was said to elevate women over men in the industry (using some sketchy selective information) and it didn't really seem like much of a joke.
What does this mean to you? Every time I look up a definition I find that it's been turned into another buzzword alt-right idiots use in lieu of an argument. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you're not one of those people. What do you mean by "virtue signaling"?
I usually think of virtue signaling as saying nice things many people agree with to score brownie points or what have you, but generally not backing it up (although technically that part isn't in the definition). It's a perfectly valid term, and just because the alt-right tend to abuse it doesn't mean you need to make assumptions about someone simply for using it.
In this case (And I'll be honest, I have limited background on Judd Apatow or his opinions) it struck me as virtue signaling as he compared women (who have historically been under-represented as film directors) to men in a way that put women on top.
Of course, he was joking. But it just didn't strike me as a joke at first.
He's not wrong though. Women directors are so few and far between that it seems like when they have to make something they really put out quality work because they feel like they won't get a 2nd chance. As where a dude can make a stinker, then be redeemed by his next work or at the worst, keep making stinkers and get paid, or keep making stinkers and get dropped down to B movies or commercials.
sounds like he's taking a jab at male directors. (yes, he's a male director - it's clear he's not above self-deprecating humour, if you've seen his movies.)
And yet, chose to take a jab at half the world's population.... If a man said a similar statement about a women twoX would be up in arms about sexism. Let's try to be somewhat consistent.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:59:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Think to yourself and consider whether its more likely I do not know the difference in plural verses singular, or that my phone's autocorrect happened to choose incorrectly this time....
Yeah. Except the definition of prejudice is treating people differently based on their demographics rather than individual characteristics. In this case the only "difference" is make vs female. It's inherently a sexist statement
[deleted] ยท 109 points ยท Posted at 18:49:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not as stupid as you taking what he said seriously
"when you have male directors you get Dunkirk, The Shape of Water, Get Out, Three Billboards, Call Me By Your Name, and Blade Runner 2049. When you have female directors you get Pitch Perfect 3."
i'll see you on the other side...
edit: point being, sexist jokes are sexist, regardless of gender used.
There's a totally different power dynamic. The idea that men are inherently better has only started to wane quite recently in human history. Many people still belive men to be superior. A lot of people will tell you that, "Of course men and women are equal!" yet in the same breath imply women are less competent.
Iโm all for better directors and writers in film making. If they happen to be women then who the hell cares. I donโt exactly rate the content of art on the basis of vagina or no vagina. Fucking Hollywood virtue signaling itself to death.
Goleeb ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Personally I like more voice when it comes to story telling. More voice means more interesting stories.
edit: So this was a real question. He made a bad joke, sure. But aside from this I am genuinly curious. I just know his movies. Outside of film making, is he a shithead or something?
dehehn ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:38:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because he made a bad joke once at the expense of men. HE'S A SELF HATING MAN AND IT MUST END. GET RED PILLED CUCK.
The first foreign film on the list is number 19 and it has Three Billboards ranked as the 111th best film. I didn't say it was full of bad movies. The IMDB top 250 is a fucking meme at this point and using it to try to prove a point is beyond stupid.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Every comedy movie nowadays is just awkward nerdy talk and overly-explained sexual comments with Family Guy style dialogue sprinkled in. It's fucking boring
drkztan ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:21:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not at all. Would you bet a gonad that a male director doing the exact same joke swapping the genders and placing good male director films vs bad female director films would not result in a massive twitter outcry?
Do... you not understand how humour works? I mean, the right wing has always been completely shit at humour. But do you people really not even grasp the basic dynamics?
Like, if you heard a Jewish comedian joking about a Nazi soldier slipping on a banana peel and dying, do you go "WAH BUT IF I 'JOKED' ABOUT THE NAZI KILLING THE JEWISH GUY BY SHOOTING HIM IN THE HEAD, PEOPLE WUD BE MAD!?!"
What you are describing is just someone being an asshole.
drkztan ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 20:22:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, the right wing has always been completely shit at humour. But do you people really not even grasp the basic dynamics?
I'm not even in the US, what is this right wing shit?
Like, if you heard a Jewish comedian joking about a Nazi soldier slipping on a banana peel and dying, do you go "WAH BUT IF I 'JOKED' ABOUT THE NAZI KILLING THE JEWISH GUY BY SHOOTING HIM IN THE HEAD, PEOPLE WUD BE MAD!?!"
Did you just compare males to nazis? How is this even a good analogy?
What you are describing is just someone being an asshole.
So you would bet that a male public figure making a joke that amounts to "females doing XXX thing gets you shitty results" wouldn't result in a massive outrage?
Did you just compare males to nazis? How is this even a good analogy?
My god, you trigger at the drop of a hat. How do you breathe between all the tears?
So you would bet that a male public figure making a joke that amounts to "females doing XXX thing gets you shitty results
You just straight up didn't understand what you read, did you?
I'm not even in the US, what is this right wing shit?
Literally every single line is a new treasure trove of stupid. Every single question you have asked is incomprehensibly dumb.
drkztan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:16:59 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My god, you trigger at the drop of a hat. How do you breathe between all the tears?
I'm not the one comparing males to nazis in analogies, aren't you projecting a bit here? Not everyone is as mad as you are buddy, I don't get "triggered". If you don't believe in civil discussion there's nothing I can do for you.
You just straight up didn't understand what you read, did you?
You wrote a bad analogy that somehow links suggesting that making the same joke but gender swapped in the current political climate would be ill received to making a joke about a group of people responsible for the holocaust.
Literally every single line is a new treasure trove of stupid. Every single question you have asked is incomprehensibly dumb.
You're aware that not every country has a bipartisan system like the US, right? I absolutely understand that you fellows can't handle agreeing with policies that are not the ones in your registered party, the only ones in each side of the aisle for all intents and purposes, but please don't extrapolate that to the rest of the developed world.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:35 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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drkztan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:15 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh dear lord, you must have a sub 80 I.Q. (...) Release your damn trigger and think without trying to make yourself a victim. You arent worth enough to victimize.
I don't understand why you insist on personal attacks while claiming I'm the one who gets flustered over this conversation. You are very obviously upset from encountering someone else with a different opinion than yours.
right wing is US only
Where did I say this? I was referring to the fact that US politics are more commonly extremist, in that people generally accept their party's narrative as dogma. I don't do that, I don't shoehorn myself into a political "wing", as many people where I live do.
But hey, since it's increasingly obvious you are more interested in insulting other people than in civil discourse I guess you'll come up with yet another diatribe of how I'm a subhuman or something in that vein. It's actually sad to see how unwilling people are of engaging in civil discourse while being first in line to the ad hominem party.
AKAkorm ยท -27 points ยท Posted at 18:16:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who the fuck would say something like this? You'd have to be an idiot to say that and actually mean it and if it was meant to be a joke, it's not remotely funny.
When you have women directions, you also get Twilight and 50 Shades of Gray, which are like the most basic and stereotypical vehicles for female sexuality and relationships. What's his point?
Judd was on the Jim and Sam radio show and listening to him talk politics made me cringe...he would start with this opening line like 'fucking trump is an idiot', and then he literally couldn't finish the thought because that's all he had to say...no substance, nothing insightful, just basic-bitch thoughts. He also went on about how he didn't care about money and he just "liked the simple things", which is just an extension of Hollywood beta-ism where people can't just be proud of being good at what they do, and instead have to adopt an "everyman" mentality: hey, i'm just like you...i'm a millionaire who lives in a gated community, but i'm really a man of the people.
Dude what? Female directors also gave us The Bye Bye Man and XX, likewise a female director gave us Apocalypse Now and a male director gave us The Dark Knight. Gender isn't a prerequisite for making a good movie.
Fuck I got the Coppolas confused. She DID direct Lost in Translation though, which I really liked.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 19:35:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Glad I'm not the only one
aagpeng ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:52:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean this in the most non sexit way possible, but I think that if you asked 100 people what the greatest movie ever made was, at least 95 of them would pick a movie with a male director. Just given the fact that there are so many male directors.
This is some of the most ridiculous cherry picking I've ever seen.
Talk about cherry picking. I'd list some bad movies by female directors as a response, but I literally can't think of any memorable movies directed by a woman.
It's just become a stupid meme at this point like Nickelback hate used to be. Yeah, I didn't care for the movie but you know who did? My 4 year old daughter, the kind of person that movie is targeted towards.
lsaz ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:51:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You bastard! You must hate the emoji movie and Ghostbusters 2017 because is literal cancer and you must love the original Ghostbusters because is a mastapiece, get into the circlejerk!
People like to feel superior to others. Disliking emojis is one of those arbitrary cultural developements that allows people to do that.
It's similar to how vocal some people are about disliking bands like Coldplay or Maroon 5. They're obviously popular with a lot of people, but their music style (pop) makes them an easy target, so naturally people are going to jump on that bandwagon.
Chempy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:37:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's a children's movie with animated faces.
I'll say this, most of the people in here probably haven't even watched it and just like to join the superiority complex that Reddit shows off all the time.
I watched it, and yeah, wasn't for me however it wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen. It had it's moments where it tried to reach to my demographic, but ultimately again, was a children's movie.
For some reason, however, Reddit feels the need to judge these movies as if they were a critical masterpiece in the works.
For the larger majority of parents with kids, this movie was fun and I bet their kids loved it.
I don't hate it but the premise is like an intern from Marketing who's just had to sit through another shitty presentation by creatives whose brief is to find something, anything which will appeal to broke disillusioned millennial,
daydreams aloud at a boozy agency lunch as a sardonic take on the proliferation of emoji as language substitutes in advert, while around her all her colleagues take pictures of their food for their Insta feeds, then Brin, the fifty year old marketing director - who's 'in touch with the youth of today' because they have an estranged teenage daughter - thinks he can make a couple hundred grand in licensing pitches it to this director he knows and somehow it got green lit.
I mean it's not pitched as an Oscar nominee but to me it's two steps removed from showing me a phone and charging me $22 for a ticket.
Edit: you know what, maybe you're right. Maybe the whole purpose of the movie is to reflect the viewer's projections. You went into it for a light watch, you enjoyed it, you're happy. You're probably an easy going, happy person. Therefore the film did its job and is a success.
This type of movie isn't made to be the next Toy Story, it's very simple entertainment that ends up with mostly kids eating cereal to, or simply passing time with. Just as the next summer pop hit isn't meant to have the influence that a classical composition deserves. I don't spend every minute of my free time reading research papers or calling congress about important issues, if you're reading this neither do you, so why give a piece of shit movie your time and attention, I mean, I get that Jordan Peele is badass, and the reason why this post is in the front page, man now I even forgot my point. I guess I'm trying to say let's not give this shit so much importance?
I think the worst thing about the Emoji Movie was how thoroughly mediocre it was. It wasn't a good movie (Not that anyone was expecting it to be), but it wasn't bad enough to be entertaining either. It was just a boring movie with a lot of product placement.
I am sorry, I am a huge fan of his but this seems like grand overreaction. He wasnt in it, it didnt hurt his career and the movie wasnt accepted by anyone as good or successful. Shit movies have always existed. I just don't see how this is any different. Him saying that this led to his early retirement just kind of seems like a lazy cop out. If he wants to retire, fine but dont blame it on a shitty children's movie..
If just getting offered the role of a piece of shit is enough to end your acting career, maybe you just don't have a very strong spirit Jordan.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:29:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.
Hollywood is so obnoxiously annoying with their pretentiousness and self-righteousness when they're arguably the most fucked up industry in terms of ethics.
bthplain ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:45:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Men bad, women good.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's like the stupidest claim ever lol. Like, there's tons of good male directors and I'm sure there's some bad female ones.
โWhen you have male directors you get The Emoji Movieโ
So yeah movies like The Godfather, LOTR, Shawshank, Star Wars, letโs just forget about those. Movies made by men are all garbage.
Haven't seen it, so your comment made me curious: what was it advertising?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:44:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My god where do I begin? Candy Crush, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Just Dance, Instagram, and Spotify. And these are not just some random thing you see in the background, these are plot points in the story. They fill up about 65% of the film
Oh wow! Thanks for the response... had no idea! ส๏นส
Agree with your assessment about it being advertising, because it doesn't need to be in the foreground to register in our minds. That's the whole reason subliminal advertising began decades ago.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:44:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You are welcome friend. spread awareness
brokemed ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:24:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs a movie for kids and a cash grab... did anyone think it would be good?
RevWaldo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:54:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a fallen world when a movie with a talking shit is considered suited for children.
โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
And apparently when you have male hosts you get lazy pandering like this.
Tongue37 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:31:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like bowing out of life every time I see a new Tyler Perry or Fast and Furious movie being made
GulGarak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand the hate for Fast and Furious, it doesn't present itself as anything but what it is. It's big dumb action, hot chicks, muscle-bound dudes looking longingly into each others eyes. It's a spectacle.
I wouldn't personally pay for a movie ticket to go see it, but I don't feel like those movies are really harming society in any way.
we should start designating time by The Emoji Move.
BEM and AEM
-Axon- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:48:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was talking with a friend about the best way to teach students history, and one idea that came up was select two events from history as reference points, then subdivide those with two more event, etc. We concluded the two events of the first subdivision would consist of the big bang... and the Emoji Movie.
"Probably because the ceremonyโs host Judd Apatow triggered the memory during his monologue. Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
You also get movies like sausage party which starred the voice acting of pretty much the entire Judd Apatow roster.
bthplain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Right? Dudes made a living off vulgar comedies, total hypocrite.
Not to mention is pretty clear that Emoji movie is intended for children who are head first in the digital age.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There was an article not long ago about how, after a 35 year ban on public cinemas, Saudi Arabia lifted the prohibition and started the new era by showing The Emoji Movie. They couldn't have found anything else?
I have a 5yo and we go see every kid movie in the theater and I can tell you The Emoji movie was not the worst. That honor goes to The Star. There were other bad ones, Ferdinand was bad and The Nut Job 2 was awful.
heyarea ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
because it was so great and he could never reach heights that high again so he just quit on a high note????
Apparently women have never directed terrible movies either.
netramz ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:17:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This article feels like clickbait. He was offered the role of poop and instead of being able to respond, Patrick Stewart accepted the next day. I just don't feel like saying that the movie drove him to retire is fair.
I will probably get a lot of downvotes. I watched the movie expecting the worst movie ive ever seen. First it wasnt that bad at all, I even kinda liked the movie at some points. Second I really dont understand all the negative around it. Sure its story is cringy and could be better but the characters and side stories where pretty funny and good.
no offense but that looked awful. Maybe it would have been better but it really did not look good. Unless you find slapstick humor mixed with modern music and dance funny.
umaro900 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:55:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but it wasn't the fucking Emoji Movie.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:10:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait until these young studio execs learn about public domain works. Imagine their joy at the free treasure trove they uncovered. All these stories they can re-hash without paying a cent for!
oh no the kids missed out on an adaptation of a cartoon that hasn't been popular for the past 50 years. do modern children have any idea who Popeye even is?
popeye hasn't been enjoyed by audiences since the second world war.
for a better sailor show, watch the marvelous misadventures of flapjack (and remember even That didn't a second season - nobody cares about boats) sony thought they could cash in on the jack sparrow pirates of the caribbean slapstick sea-faring adventure genre, but by the time they'd released this demo, they realized ... pirates of the caribbean hasn't even been popular in 15 years.
Tmbgkc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Olive Oyl appeared to be in grave danger of being raped by marauding pirates, which I don't care for in my children's movies.
next time someone tells me that men aren't overly-sensitive about their masculinity, I'll remember that time that a bunch of men on r/movies got angry about Judd Apatow making a joke at the expense of the Emoji Movie.
It's always been impossible and always will be. I don't want a safespace free from offense, not at all. Apatow should make all the jokes he wants to and everyone is free to like them or not. Just like I'm free to think and say that he's taking a lazy dump on men for some easy Hollywood brownie-points, which makes me respect him a little less. I think Apatow himself even would agree that them's the rules of comedy, you make a joke, somebody laughs, somebody boos and you move the fuck on. I booed this one. Now we move the fuck on.
That's fair, actually. I just see a lot of people taking his joking remark seriously as legit man-hating, and that just doesn't sit right with me. It wasn't a particularly funny joke, I must agree, but it was a joke nonetheless, and not meant to get all twisted over. It's not really different from what you'd see on /r/imgoingtohellforthis in that it just evokes an edgy subject for shock value humor.
Judd Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
What a retarded statement.
ddottay ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:38:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I love how if it's not offensive to you, it's a joke. But if you're offended by someone else's joke (whether it be racist, sexist, homophobic,whatever) then it's suddenly offlimits, bigoted, and a microagression
Spokker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:13:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But there's no stereotype that men make bad movies.
Like if someone made an Asian driver joke, I get that joke because there's a stereotype about that that people understand, whether it's true or not. I just don't get the men make bad movies stereotype.
But there's no stereotype that men make bad movies.
That's why it's a JOKE. He's blatantly using the art of cherry-picking to make a ridiculous statement with comedic intent. He's making fun of the emoji movies and you guys are acting like he is making a serious attack on male filmmakers.
Spokker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:19:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But Judd Apatow is a leftist. He wouldn't be making that ironic statement. Does he actually mean the male directors are better?
He's not making any statement on superiority in the topic of gender and film. He's making fun of the act of arguing that one group of people is better at something than other group of people by cherry-picking lists of examples that fit your viewpoint. Why can't you guys understand this?
Spokker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But they DO believe that one group of people is better at something than other groups of people.
If there is a group of mostly diverse people making a movie and another group of only or mostly white males making a movie, most in Hollywood will say the former group will make the better movies. Millions of dollars are spent correcting this to no avail. In 2016, only 4.2% of movies were directed by women, so I wouldn't be surprised if they are trying to make up for that in 2017.
you hear a male-director of comedy movies and comedian who is hosting an awards show (a task that usually involves doing standup monologues), and then you hear that male-director/comedian/host do a routine that involves using nonsensical logic to argue that male-directors are bad at their job (a job that he himself is proficient in as a male director), and then he decides to punctuate that argument by bashing the emoji movie, and your suspicion based on all that evidence is that he ISN'T making a joke?
Spokker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know if it's a joke or not. If it is a joke I don't get it. But if it weren't a joke it would make sense to me. That's what those people actually believe.
Natalie Portman made a splash Sunday night at the Golden Globes by going off-script and introducing the "all-male nominees" for best motion picture director
Spoiler alert: yes, the ridiculous sentence said by a comedian in the middle of a standup monologue is in fact a joke.
He's making fun of people who try to argue that any gender is better than the other at filmmaking, and accents that ridiculousness by cherry-picking the freaking emoji movie as evidence for this.
This should be simple, it's not like this joke is Finnegans Wake or anything.
He is a comedian performing a standup monologue at an awards show, saying something very silly. I would bet my life's savings on this being a joke, mostly because it IS a joke.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dear Judd Apatow,
Eye roll emoji. When men direct movies, you get 2001: A Space Odyssey, The French Connection, Taxi Driver, On the Waterfront, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Citizen Kane, The Thin Red Line, Stroszek, Come and See, Walkabout, Aliens, Raiders of the Lost Ark, There Will Be Blood and on and on and on and on and on...
As someone who went to film school, I can tell you that out of more than one-hundred students in my graduating class, only four of them were women. Could it possibly be that directing films just isn't a field many girls have an interest in? Or is that something we're not allowed to utter aloud?
I'm an incredibly liberal person, but there's only so much of this social justice bullshit that I can take. Fuck off, Apatow.
ddottay ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:39:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Youโre aware itโs a joke, right?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:52:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hilarious.
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:52:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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ddottay ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:02:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was a joke at the Director's Guild Awards as part of the comedy bit at the opening.
But that doesn't stop from reddit obsessing with hating anything that can be kinda contrived as SJW-ish.
Spokker ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But what's the joke? What is it based on?
ddottay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:09:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Making fun of the emoji movie?
Spokker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:10:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get the gender aspect of the joke though. Is there some in joke I'm out of the loop on?
ddottay ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:12:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Recognizing that there were a lot of good movies this year with female directors? Itโs a set up to the joke about the emoji movie.
Spokker ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 20:15:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So it's just based on a single year ?
Or maybe Hollywood is virtue signalling by artificially boosting all these female directors. The fact is that most normal people don't watch these award winning movies anyway. The best movies are the ones that people see. They spread the most happiness. They do the most good
The best movie of the year was the last Jedi because it made the most money.
ddottay ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:17:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lmfao. Just admit you hate a joke was made against men.
Spokker ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just didn't get the joke. The movies that win awards these days are terrible.
It's absolutely bait. Apatow is making a nonsensical statement where he cherry-picks the freaking Emoji Movie as evidence that one gender is worse at making movies than the other. Anybody who fails to see how he's making a joke here is falling for the bait.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:23:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
In that case, is it normal for bait to taste like pork?
I have no clue what pork is supposed to mean here. But unlike you, I am not using my lack of understanding of a joke that involves pork to assume that you are a pig-hater.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What does pork have to do with pigs?
T33bles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:06:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you going to be okay? Do you need someone to rub your shoulders while you calm down?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:51:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโd rather you tongue my earlobes.
T33bles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:12:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That wonโt take the pain of being an unsuccessful film student away.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:35:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol, I do pretty well for myself. Nice try, though.
Itโs not the worst movie Iโve ever seen. More of a suspense flick than a horror flick. I suppose itโs at least worth watching. I just think him using the Emoji film as his excuse for retiring from acting is completely ridiculous.
Aaron-JH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like every actor that dips their toe in directing does this at some point. Most of them go back on it. Heโll be acting again before 2025.
But if Iโm wrong, Iโm totally okay with him doing just writing and Directing. As much as I like him, Iโve always said that Keegan-Michael Key was the better actor of the duo, I think theyโve both acknowledged that in their sketches as well. And that isnโt to downplay Jordan Peeleโs talent heโs really good.
LB_Allen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, Peele outclasses Key by far
Aaron-JH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:59:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think Key is the more in your face comedy, so he can be more obnoxious if you donโt like that, but Iโve always liked his acting better.
There are plenty of bad movies that good actors get stuck in, or have poor performances in, throwing in the towel to write and direct after one bad movie kind of reveals his lack of dedication to the art.
Just stick with directing now Jordan, I hope one bad movie doesn't force you to retire from that too.
Can any adult tell me why they hate this childrenโs movie so much? Most media targeted at kids is utter dogshit - not everything can be Toy Story - so why does this movie get so much hate?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just feels like conspicuous product placement targeted toward easily manipulated children. And itโs a lazy concept.
Honestly, I thought In Bob We Trust had a good point about it. Yeah, it's bad, but it's exactly what we expected in an exceptionally shitty movie.
I can see how Peele and the specific offer might be different, but honestly, it seems like a credential building bit to drop a deuce on the movie at this point, more than anything else.
The Emoji Movie is super underrated as a kids film.
I love Peele in Key and Peele and for Get Out (and Keanu had some really funny moments too). Based on his interview in this article, he had a chance to voice the Poop Emoji. I think Patrick Stewart was a good fit for the Poop Emoji. If Peele was in this movie I would rather he voice a different role.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie altered the fabric of space-time and caused irrefutable damage to our reality. Look at the signs.
Legit read a comment earlier saying the emoji movie made somebody leave Christianity. It was on r/documentaries talking about the movie 'jesus camp'. Hang your head in shame, Adam Sandler, probably.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ. Even he knows that this movie is a crime against humanity in every single way
Had anyone ever gone to r/writingprompts and proposed that a movie, or story needs to be made to make a movie that revolve around emojis. That would implode that subreddit. People in theory will see that emojis aren't a character or can't be made into one, and move on and write another fast and furious.
Any person who went to a theater, pooped down money and asked for a ticket to this should be taken out back and urinated on.
Anyone who saw this on Netflix, rented it at redbox also should be flogged.
This guy should retire, as he was in a movie that shouldn't have been.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever I hear that a new Michael Bay Movie is coming out.
To Quote Peter Travers โthe movies die a littleโ
gdrumy88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I never seen the emoji movie and i can tell it would send me to an early grave.
BREAKING: Peele arrested for brutal murder of TJ Miller.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it (pirated - I don't want them to make so much of a profit to make a sequel) and it was OK. I laughed, rolled my eyes, and then vomited. 66/100
Press F to pay respects to Jordan Peele's hollywood acting career :(
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the emoji movie was fun. Emoji's are a huge part of our culture, and for little kids it was cute. Why the fuck do people expect that every movie should be great for everyone?!
The emoji movie isnโt as bad as everyone is telling it, itโs just meant for little kids. Similar to Teen Titans Go, itโs obnoxious but itโs selling to the appropriate age group.
Oh God, the Emoji movie wasn't bad at all. My daughter loves it. It's silly, but suprisingly engaging.
Some movies are made to just entertain little kids.they do a great job at that. There doesn't have to be a deep back story or crazy allegories. However, I would say Emoji movie has more to it than meets the eye.
Furbush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is this a parody article?
He quit acting because he was offered a role in a bad movie? Or because he lost the role for not accepting it quickly? Or because he likes directing more? Or because men can't make movies according to Judd Apatow?
The article makes it sound like he was personally offended, which is pretty stupid. Are we really acting like the Emoji Movie being bad is somehow a surprise to anyone? It's not even in IMDB's lowest 100 scores but I guess it's powerful enough to make someone switch careers lmao
Honestly, he shouldn't even be directing according to the Judd Apatow quotes they selected. Do you know what's more offensive than a black man playing a poop emoji? A black man taking a directing job from a black women, straight black men like Jordan are the white people of black people. It would be better if Jordan and Judd took their talents to the craft service table, because men directing is responsible for the Emoji Movie and probably the Holocaust
Because one more shitty cash grab in a Hollywood history of shitty cash grabs was the sole reason for a major career decision, and not just a low-hanging-fruit soundbyte.
Cash323 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:04:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Heโs 38years old, young to make that sort of decision after 1 successful directoral job. In my opinion, the move was good not great.
PDshotME ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just imagine who the next 4 Emoji Movie sequels are going to drive away from the industry, because we know that's coming.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
HAHAHA I WATCHED IT AND A MIXTURE OF DOODOO AND SEMEN SHOT OUT OF EVERY ORIFICE IT'S SO FUCKIN BAD GUYS THE EMOJI MOVIE SIGNALS THE DOWNFALL OF OCCIDENTAL CULTURE LOLOLOLOL
JFX37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You'd think acting in the Panic! At The Disco music video would have done it for him...
So does this mean the substitute teacher movie isn't being made?
daxriggs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well I mean, he had to know that it was going to suck.
sxcamaro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I get the hate for Emoji movie but it wasn't that bad. I've seen much worse. That said it was a blatant cash/copyright grab. The ugly duckling/square peg story is so tired.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just how bad is this movie? My daughter keeps begging me to rent it so she can watch it. I almost caved and rented it yesterday but now I'm questioning whether I should firmly say no.
Frogits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
๐ค
Eteled_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's good, because he's a horrible actor.
limremon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie is the only film I have ever cried about. That abomination was so fucking bad, it sent me into a spiralling existential crisis about how badly Iโm wasting my youth that lasted like two days.
jordan peele is one of the most underrated actors imo, watch any horror themed key and peele sketch he has unbelievable range, he never got any props for it
gesshoom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who in the world would throw money at funding such a movie dud?
Drogalov ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a kid it isn't really. If your the parent of that kid and have to deal with the constant bombardment and deflection of the "I wants" that come after said kid after watching that movie.
In truth though it really isn't that bad. My daughter loved it, and when I explained why it looked like an app store commercial she was cool with it.
Yeah. I can't weigh in myself but many people are dubbing it to be the worst movie in existence. But how so? Are the characters bad? Is is written poorly? Animated poorly?
It's hip to hate. And if you're an overly critical adult it's not good, by it wasn't meant for adults. Its your typical schlok kids movie. It was never meant to win awards.
The Lego Movie was written better. And people love super hero anything right now. The Emoji Movie come off sort of corporate, and anything corporate is bad.
Many Japanese toy companies create cartoons/anime for the sole purpose of advertising and selling their toys. Same with emoji movie, it was only created to sell the massive amount of merchandise.
Key and Peele was the worst show comedy Central ever put out. Unoriginal bullshit. Complete rip off of Chappelle Show, whom Comedy central fucked over.
Probably because the ceremonyโs host Judd Apatow triggered the memory during his monologue. Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
I know it's just a snippet from a presumably longer and hopefully more thoughtful call to action, but this argument itself is so nonsensical it actually hurts the overall case a little.
You get good and bad directors. You get money hungry directors working for a check and artful directors who give a crap. Don't try and turn talent into a gender argument - raise women up and allow them to compete, definitely, but don't tear down others in the process. Everyone has the same potential capacity to be a superstar or a screwup.
It's a joke, he's making fun of the emoji movie. nobody actually thinks men are shit at directing, it's kind of hard to argue that when men were largely the only people allowed to direct films for the medium's first century of existence.
He's just making fun of how ridiculous it is to argue that one group of people is better at something than the other by cherrypicking lists, and he's using the emoji movie as the butt of his joke. the only reason it's going over everybody's head is because everybody is looking for an excuse to think Apatow is saying something he isn't because they love being angry about attacks on men.
First thing I said, is that I hope it's part of a grander more thoughtful context. I openly noted this was clearly not the whole speech and am very much aware of how the situation changes interpretation.
Without the rest of that speech, however, the highlighted joke alone still seems pretty counterintuitive to the goal. Settle down.
you're allowed to do whatever you want, just know that you look like an idiot when you get mad about an absurdist statement being absurd. It's "nonsencial" for a reason.
Why do you assume I'm mad? If anything you decided that you had to come in here and state obvious things as if they drastically somehow made a nonsensical joke less nonsense.
the joke IS the nonsense. It's making fun of people who cherrypick as a way to prove a point about topics as broad as alleged gender-superiority. It's an affront to nobody and a simple joke and yet this thread is filled with people throwing tantrums about it because at face value it sounds like some random shit they'd hate-masturbate to on r/tumblrinaction
I didn't cherry pick. I called out the specific line as naff and said it wasn't exactly helpful even as a self-deprecating exercise in building up women directors (as I presume was the goal of his joke).
He can still make the joke. All I did was write a quick thing about how it fell flat in my opinion, as bad jokes sometimes do. Nobody is harmed. I advocate no retribution. Nothing drastically changed, nor will it because of my post. I'm sure Apatow will continue his job just fine.
I'm only coming here again because you've left me mystified, apparently taking my utterly mild train of thought and interpreting it as 'hate-masturbation' โฆ which itself is a funny turn of events perhaps worth meditating on a little longer.
You sure you aren't internalizing some of that same unreasonable angst you accuse others of having?
What? I'm saying that JUDD is cherry-picking, and the fact that he's cherry-picking the emoji movie of all things to prove a (ridiculous) point is the punchline. And I never said you were hate-masturbating, just that there's a hell of a lot of it in this thread. Get some reading-comprehension lessons before you start projecting everything I say onto yourself. This is kind of an apt situation similar to the backlash to Judd's joke, amusingly. People misinterpreting something someone says as a personal attack.
And yes, I'm also just replying to you because i'm mystified too. A polar bear and a penguin admiring each other apparently, if you're saying you feel the magic too.
ammobox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:56:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just a reminder, The Emoji Movie is out on Netflix this month.
Also, since the word movie is already in the title, does that mean I can say "Have you seen The Emoji Movie movie?", with out people giving me the stink eye?
Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
Is this really where we're at? Degrading all male directors to the Emoji movie, and making it seem like every female director creates greatness?
Like, what in the fuck. Why does modern day "equality" really consist of how much one side can bring the other down?
the ceremonyโs host Judd Apatow triggered the memory during his monologue. Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
What the hell is this about? Was this a joke that I need context for? How can you argue the failure of male directors with The Emoji Movie?
he was making a joke at the expense of the emoji movie, and the kinds of people who are so sensitive about their masculinity that they're offended by a joke about the emoji movie.
it's not stupid and irrational, he's making a joke through the art of cherry-picking, it's not his fault that some people in this thread apparently are taking his joke at face-value as an attack on the male director of the emoji movie.
"You're a moron" That's rich coming from a kid trying to start shit on social media. Yes, i've seen some of his forgettable work. Apparently you've never seen anything else, Key & Peele was shit his other roles were walk ons and somehow that justifies him getting a starring role and then later directing a movie.
Direwar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The guy is a troll just talking trash on multiple people in the thread. I was just casually reading a few recent comments and I started noticing that name come up.
Must be some very empty people out there if they need to attack people (all the time I guess) online for having harsh opinions on (IMO) vastly overpaid celebrities. Celebs get paid mostly because of fame, as far as I'm concerned being scrutinized for the same reason is a fair trade-off. I don't know why people feel the need to rabidly defend them, very similar to medieval peasants irrationally defending royals that own them.
Seriously, if it wasn't for obvious debate fallacies and direct/pointless insults over shallow topics, millions of people out there would not know what to do.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My best friend committed suicide today. I am using this account to collect happy thoughts. It's how I'm gonna cope. I'll probably make a large collage of all the happy thoughts I get over the course of a month or maybe a year. I haven't decided that yet. I'm an emotional wreck right now so please be positive and help me be positive. Pm me happy thoughts:)
double2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:15:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know who thought that movie could be anything other than utter dogshit. Whichever arabic prince paid billions for the IP rights to emojis, they're cackhandedly attempting to pretend these icons - which are an extension of language, not fucking personalities ffs - are worth developing. It really is flogging a dead horse...Seriously, I saw an official emoji cake at the supermarket the other day. The very concept of official emojis is insane...I'm sorry, the ancient egyptians beat you by a few hundred years I'm afraid guys.
You know the whole purchasing of the rights to the likeness of emojis in films was built on the premise that if lego can do it, we can too. "The Lego Movie? How about The Emoji Movie?!" Its like someone buying the IP rights to the alphabet then doing a film about them. It beggars belief.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sat down to lunch with my coworker, who shared that she was excited to see the movie on rental and started to explain the movie plot to me, and why emojis are the perfect untapped comedic device. My eyes glazed over and my soul left my body. It was my only alternative to ending up in a police standoff on the 5:00 news.
nicless ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:16:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Distilled to its core, The Emoji Movie is about being true to yourself and not changing because people expect you to. It's not high art but it's basically the same storyline as a huge amount of popular movies. People point out, "it has a character that is poop!" Yeah, kids find that hilarious. It's a kids movie.
"When you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit."
Fuck off, Judd. There are plenty of garbage female-directed movies.
So I guess the emoji movie was bad? What was the plot?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Gene is an emoji that lives in Textopolis, a digital city inside the phone of his user Alex. He is the son of two meh emojis named Mel and Mary, and is able to make multiple expressions despite his parents' upbringing. His parents are hesitant of him going to work, but Gene insists so that he can feel useful. Upon receiving a text from his crush Addie, Alex decides to send her an emoji. When Gene is selected, he panics, makes a confusing expression, and wrecks the text center. Gene is called in by Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center, who concludes that Gene is a "malfunction" and therefore must be deleted. Gene is chased by bots, but is rescued by Hi-5, a once popular emoji who has since lost his fame due to lack of use. He tells Gene that he can be fixed if they find a hacker, and Hi-5 accompanies him so that he can reclaim his fame.
Smiler sends more bots to look for Gene when she finds out that he has left Textopolis, as his actions have caused Alex to think that his phone needs to be fixed. Gene and Hi-5 come to a piracy app where they meet a hacker emoji by the name of 'Jailbreak', who wants to reach Dropbox so that she can live in the cloud. The trio is attacked by Smiler's bots, but manage to escape into the game Candy Crush. Jailbreak reveals that Gene can be fixed in the cloud, and the group goes off into the Just Dance app. While there, Jailbreak is revealed to be a princess emoji who fled home after tiring of being stereotyped. They are once again attacked by bots, and their actions cause Alex to delete the Just Dance app. Gene and Jailbreak escape, but Hi-5 is taken along with the app and ends up in the trash.
Mel and Mary go searching for Gene and have a very lethargic argument. They make up in the Instagram app when Mel reveals that he, too, is a malfunction, explaining Gene's behavior. While traveling through Spotify, Jailbreak admits that she likes Gene just the way he is, and that he should not be ashamed of his malfunction. They make it to the trash and rescue Hi-5, but are soon attacked by an upgraded bot. They evade it and enter Dropbox, where they encounter a firewall. The gang get past it with a password being Addie's name and make it to the cloud, where Jailbreak prepares to reprogram Gene. Gene admits his feelings for Jailbreak, but she wishes to stick to her plan of venturing into the cloud, unintentionally causing Gene to revert to his apathetic programming out of heartbreak. The upgraded bot takes Gene, and Hi-5 and Jailbreak race after them on a Twitter bird summoned by Jailbreak.
As Smiler prepares to delete Gene, Mel and Mary arrive and are also threatened. Jailbreak and Hi-5 arrive and disable the bot, which falls on top of Smiler. Alex has since taken his phone to the store and asks to have his phone erased to fix the problem. Out of desperation, Gene prepares to have himself texted to Addie, making numerous faces to express himself. Realizing that Addie received a text from him, Alex stops his phone from getting erased, saving the emoji and finally getting to speak with Addie. Gene accepts himself for who he is and is celebrated by all of the emojis.
In a mid-credits scene, Smiler has been relegated to the "loser lounge" with the other forgotten and unused emotions for her crimes, wearing numerous braces due to her teeth being cracked by the bot, and playing and losing a game of Go Fish.
That's too bad. Key & Peele is the only Comedy Central show that came remotely close to filling the hole left by Chapelle Show. I wish they'd do one more season with the understanding that it'd be their last and do all the craziest ideas they could think of.
jakmanuk ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:17:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.
Koink ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:30:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't seen 'The Emoji Movie', but I have seen 'Get Out', and thought it was predictable, unoriginal, elementary and not really well-made. The soundtrack was pretty awful - ill-conceived and often juxtaposed to what was happening on-screen. I thought it could easily have been one episode of a science-fiction series, like 'Twilight Zone', rather than forced into a movie. Seriously over-rated, probably for political reasons.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
thought it was predictable, unoriginal, elementary and not really well-made
Wow, I've never felt so strongly in disagreement with someone in this sub before
Koink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just don't get it. I watched it because a cousin recommended it to me. The cousin is a bit pretentious though and thinks of herself as a sort of intellectual film-buff. And believe me, I'm not hating on it for 'political' reasons - I'm as left-wing as it gets. But, it's just like, okay, the concept of the wealthy white people enslaving the black people using hypnotism and brain surgery is mildly amusing, but that's it. All the interest in the film doesn't seem to be because it was incredibly well made, but more because a black person has made a film about slavery using the horror genre.
And technically, it's meh. The cinematography is nothing to write home about, the script is okay, the acting and direction are predictable and as I said, I think the soundtrack / sound design stands out as pretty amateurish. It seems like a film studies exam piece to me.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:54:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not just that it's wealthy white people, to be honest. I'm not the smartest cookie, but I really enjoyed the direction and pacing of the film, and found the concept of creating social critique of "post-racism" liberals and potential racism as interesting and not usually explored in fiction. It tried to demonstrate the myriads of racism under the guise of a thriller, which isn't "unoriginal", in my opinion.
bthplain ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:44:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just saw it the other day, it's a serviceable film but nothing groundbreaking. There's just a massive circlejerk surrounding it, hence why your being down voted.
Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
That has absolutely nothing to do with gender and everything to do with the shittiness of film making studios these days.
How is this not a sexist statement anyways?
Speaking about the necessity for more femalemale filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have womenmale directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have malefemale directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
It's honestly a ridiculous statement because you can just as easily say
When you have male directors you get Dunkirk, Logan, and Blade Runner
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Get out drove me to early suicide watch
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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QBBx51 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:45:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
DDD was already retired
bpieszak ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yo no offense but who the fuck is this dude? He drops the Daniel day lewis name and I'm like..... These guys are in the same stratosphere? Never heard of Jordan Peele tbh
Milo_Y ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who?
[deleted] ยท -15 points ยท Posted at 18:34:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 18:57:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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cbpickl ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:12:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
.... what
Orfez ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:15:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ignorant thing to say that makes you look like a tool and is not helping anyone:
Judd Apatow said โWhen you have women directors you getย Lady Bird,ย Mudbound, andย Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you getย The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
That is such an absolutely asinine quote from Apatow, though. Yes, every male director creates things like Sausage Party and The Emoji Movie. There are definitely no stand out quality male directors whatsoever.
I was raised to not think any differently of black people. To me, we are all americans, I do not see color. So why are white people the enemy? Because this double standard is nothing more than a futile example of hypocrisy. Go ahead and down-vote me millenial scum
I_Stink ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:49:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you getย Lady Bird,ย Mudbound, andย Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you getย The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
I don't have the context so it might have been said as a complete joke but Jesus Christ that's a fucking idiotic thing to say. Male directors also gives you almost all the classics you loved and will ever love.
brofesor ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, so Sir Patrick Stewart, the rather esteemed British actor who holds the Order of the British Empire, voiced a pile of shit in โThe Emoji Movieโ? Well, it seems that the western civilisation is heading right thereโinto a pile of shit.
Was this movie made for kids? I'm sure it's fucking terrible but I find it hilarious it's the demographic this movie wasn't made for that's complaining about how bad it is.
HaryNutz ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I couldn't even watch the CinemaSins review of it. I got through maybe 5 minutes before I had to shut it off.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:14:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For many adults, it must be an embarrassing movie to even watch. Jordan Peele seems to be too sophisticated and distinguished for such a silly cartoon film, and I respect him on that.
JPAnthro ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:19:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was forced to watch The Emoji Movie on a ferry in the Philippines and it was the worst piece of shit I ever had to endure. It will go down as the "The Room" of it's time.
I have full confidence Jordan Peele will continue to act after his next project fails spectacularly. He'll be begging to be in Captain Underpants 2 and Storks 2 and Keanu 2.
I hate a lot of movies. I rarely go to the theater. The last kid movie I watched was How to Train your Dragon.
I liked this damn movie, and I was prepared to hate it. It was funny. It was entertaining. My kids laughed, I laughed. I give the bad reviews a serious side eye. It just didn't add up.
Do I want to see it a second time? Probably not. But it was 10x better than The Greatest Showman, which was a cinematic piece of shameful garbage. At least The Emoji movie was honest.
You can either retire after a movie like "stop or my mom will shoot" and be remembered for that or you persevere and make some decent movies later and everyone forgets the shit.
This might sound like hyperbole but I honestly considered changing majors when it was announced, and again when it came out.
There are movies that hurt me more but knowing that someone got paid millions of dollars to make that genuinely made me regret picking the field of film, if only for a little while.
Im not even going to begin to get into the logical fallacies of that and just say "whatever helps you sleep at night" because any argument with you is pointless
It was a stupid cash grab of a movie that taught kids all about the wonders of spotify, candy crush, YouTube, and Facebook. Any positive message it tried to have was quickly snuffed out by the way they were delivered.
[deleted] ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 20:17:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Verrence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Saved comment
In_My_Own_Image ยท 11462 points ยท Posted at 18:34:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People should just start using The Emoji Movie as an excuse for any given thing.
"Your honour, the only reason I robbed that bank was because I had just watched The Emoji Movie."
"Case dismissed."
๐๏ธ BunyipPouch ยท 3523 points ยท Posted at 18:52:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You really can't argue with that defense.
Stalin1Kulaks0 ยท 839 points ยท Posted at 19:01:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But the emoji movie.
Checkmate.
GaslightProphet ยท 579 points ยท Posted at 19:06:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie is proof that God exists, and wants us to experience the consequences of sin as a warning for our eternal destination
[deleted] ยท 318 points ยท Posted at 19:20:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bullshit. What the Emoji Movie actually proves is that god was a lie fabricated by the devil to extend human suffering, and we are in hell.
Lord_Avvakum ยท 164 points ยท Posted at 19:26:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
takes a swig of tequila from the bottle
Hav3_Y0u_M3t_T3d ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 19:56:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
chokes on worm
BoonTobias ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 20:20:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I remember once we bought that tequila and we were hyped about the worm. We killed the bottle and as we were getting ready for the worm my friend dropped in in the sink garbage disposal. One of the biggest anti climatic events of my life
cool_reddit_name_man ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 20:35:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I blame the Emoji movie.
wydlondon ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:41:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
couldn't agree more
cheebamech ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:42:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bet friend $20 you can "drink the worm", invert bottle in mouth (critical part) WHILE using your tongue to plug bottle opening. Wait a few seconds for worm to sink in to neck area of bottle then take a big swig, worm will come with it. Score $20.
day-of-the-moon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:28:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
Spooky_Overwatch_Pro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:35:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
takes a long drag from a cigarette that's mostly ash
MrZAP17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:52:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs hopeless. You canโt forget it. Iโm sorry.
xX_crinjMastr101_Xx ยท 226 points ยท Posted at 19:35:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lay awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
GingerGuerrilla ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 19:57:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The television endlessly plays The Emoji Movie in between and I can do nothing to end my suffering.
DefectiveJanet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:15:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy Fork!
This is the Bad Place!
lukaswolfe44 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:59:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
All while watching the Emoji movie because my caretaker is an asshole?
MrZAP17 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:54:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And then he dreams of it!
Vigilante17 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:16:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Stop
oqueoUfazeleRI ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:04:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
delta1x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:35:09 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Chocolate
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 20:09:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's humorous because the human condition is tragic.
What's really funny is the abject poverty and living hell that real people live through daily. Child labor, toxic environments, slavery, sex trafficking, starvation, torture. All of this exists in the real world in far away places that never benefitted from the regulations the first world imposed on themselves. In fact those places are worse because we won't do the disgusting work ourselves. Human misery and pain, nonstop everyday all the time. Lolololol
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:33:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why have you done this?
BadassGateway ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:17:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So the good place is actually the bad place
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Medium Place is The Bad Place.
cthulularoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:57:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can't wait for season three of that show. They improved so much between one and two.
cthulularoo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:00:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I stopped watching after ep 4 of season 1. Caught a new episode of season 2 on OnDemand and was into it. Didn't not bother going back to season one though. I like catching season 2 as a new series.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're probably fine with that, since all the major plot-points get brought up in their repeats anyway.
Maybe go back and watch the season finale though. The rest are skip-able if you know the basic premise.
flexcabana21 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No forkin way !!!
greymind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie proves we are all the an experiment in โThe Good Placeโ
dr_sarcasm_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But what comes after death tho?
MsPenguinette ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Look what the emoji movie has wrought upon us.
iamamonsterprobably ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
christ man
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:47:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
THIS IS THE BAD PLACE
PeelerNo44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:22:49 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds close to true? What is Hell?? Being away from God, an all knowing, all loving being who wants to be friends and share the best with us?
What is watching the Emoji Movie?? Being away from God in an illogical, soulless, insane environment doing something purely inane and wasteful.
Watching the Emoji Movie therefore is Hell, and that is where we are.
Alwayscomesinside10 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The devil doesn't work for God, right? So why would he punish us for doing what he wants us to do which is "sin."
Feel like he'd reward us or something.
lmao idk why I'm trying to rationalize complete fiction created to control the uneducated poor folks
jatatcdc ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:22:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
On the other hand, itโs also a compelling argument that there is no God, because no God, no matter how wrathfulโor even evilโwould allow a world where The Emoji Movie was made to continue its existence.
GaslightProphet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, but you forget that God has in fact said that he's allowed us to experience the consequences of our choices - the Bible teaches that this present age is ruled over by dark forces and principalities - does that not sound like the kind of context the emoji movie would be made in?
jatatcdc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:01:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm mean sure, but I feel like He would still have a line. And a movie that stars a talking piece of shit is the point where He'd say "Fuck this," throw out the book, and hit the restart button again.
GaslightProphet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh it's coming. Turns out the Emoji Movie was really one of the horsemen
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Gotta have opposites dark and light, light and dark in painting. It's like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in a while to know when the good times come. I'm waiting on the good times now." -Happy Tree Man
EstusEnthusiast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know fam. I'd say the Emoji movie is proof that God is dead or just stopped caring altogether.
jedieaston ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This is The Bad Place!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hillary Clinton should be thrown in jail for her private email communications!!!
... But she was never found to be doing anything wrong ...
Sir, I just watched the Emoji Movie.
... Someone call the Justice Department. We have work to do.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โI donโt love you anymore, baby.โ
โBut the Emoji Movie.โ
โYouโre right. I love you.โ
InitiallyAnAsshole ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Reductio ad absurdum
jamesbrownscrackpipe ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 19:25:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
DA: "But your honor, he was caught on camera..."
Judge: "Did you not hear what the man just said? He has suffered enough."
nachocar91 ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 19:42:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If you saw the shit, you must acquit
BoonTobias ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I wish cockring was Alice to see this c9mment
tonyj101 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:23:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What if your case is brought in front of a judge who loved the Emoji Movie?
RectalSamurai ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:31:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Move for mistrial
TheMemeMaestro1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:57:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How would Satan go about becoming a judge?
difficultmind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The judge must be disqualified.
ninja_savage98 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:16:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Judges are human, right?
No human likes the emoji movie.
Therefore, No judge likes the emoji movie.
satinism ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:07:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"The only reason I argued with that defense was Emoji movie" am I doing this right?
gruesomeflowers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:42:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I said good day! Case dismissed!
kopecs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ladies and gentleman of the jury, THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!
GingerGuerrilla ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:58:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If the movie is shit, you must acquit.
rrrradon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But what if you were guilty of watching the Emoji Movie?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Even stronger than the Chewbacca defense
StylzL33T ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It may be better than the Chewbacca defense.
NikkolaiV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"You WATCHED that garbage? Guilty! GUILLTYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!"
nealski77 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:15:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Chewbacca defense of our time.
Vigilante17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:15:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Chewbacca
Breaklance ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It may be better than Johnny Cochran's Chewbacca defense
Gnostromo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes the movie was more offensive than defensive
robin_capuz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Edit: I swear to fucking god I did this comment before reading the comment you answered to. In my book he stole this shit from me.
"Your honour, my client only commited that double homicide after watching the emoji m.."
"Say no more fam, case dismissed".
Stayathomepyrat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:44:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes you can. Chewbaca was wookie......
endelehia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Seems solid but I still prefer Spacey's.
MrGritty17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:53:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If the emoji movieโs shit, you must acquit!
Sr_CaraDePapa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If there is no God, how are you alive after watching the Emoji Movie?
Checkmate atheists
SonofaMitch11 ยท 162 points ยท Posted at 19:19:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well I donโt want to blame it all on 9/11, but it certainly didnโt help
sybrwookie ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 20:16:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How many Emoji Movies came out pre-Trump? Zero, that's how many.
DefectiveJanet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:17:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Correlation- jaundiced man with emotional outbursts at random things, yellow emoticons?
FreshDumbledore_ ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 20:41:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jeez man Trump triggered you really really hard right?
komali_2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:45:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For how often Trump supporters troll I'm pretty surprised you bit that bait.
FreshDumbledore_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:48:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah sure dude i am a Trump supporter, i dont even live in the US but alright.
Couldnt be the case that i am a simple guy that is pissed off by all the attention this guy gets (thats what made him president but whatever).
Have fun over there.
komali_2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:05:42 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks, here in California we're doing quite well for ourselves :)
EkansEater ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:44:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hes been triggering the entire world since he spoke up about "the wall"
TheBullMooseParty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:36:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck are you talking about
deh_tommy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:54:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think that was more of a joke on how people blame Trump for almost everything, like when people said โThanks Obamaโ.
sybrwookie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:51 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You....can't tell I was kidding? It was obviously a joke, taking it to the same kind of extremes as relating it to 9/11. You had to have gotten that.
kb583 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:34:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I see you, Tobias
SonofaMitch11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:54:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/0DFzoKR
diddy1 ยท 93 points ยท Posted at 19:40:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"I'm Kevin Spacey, and I've watched the Emoji Movie"
kaaz54 ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 20:15:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"I choose now to live as an Emoji Movie survivor".
SailedBasilisk ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:10:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The intent is to give players a sense of pride and accomplishment for watching the Emoji Movie
Vigilante17 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:17:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And now I indentify as a piece of shit.
SoMuchMoreEagle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:23:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was in "Nine Lives" first. He has a lot to answer for.
Stinky_Pumbaa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:23:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So the glove is now out? Damn, too bad this movie didn't come out before the OJ Simpson trial. "Your honor. My client can't possibly be guilty of murder. The only murderer around here is the emoji movie. And if everyone saw that movie as a murderer and unfit, then you must acquit."
ZomNomNomBeeZ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:59:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A case I worked on back when I was involved with litigation had the plaintiff's attorney claiming his client suffered a traumatic brain injury. One of the lifestyle changes his family had noticed was a new and unhealthy obsession with watching Fox News.
When I heard that at a deposition I burst out laughing. I couldn't help it.
JessieJ577 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:02:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji movie is now this generations catcher in the rye.
brandonthebuck ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:25:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A bowl of chili is still an option
JessieJ577 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:04:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
/r/nottheonion
noobalert ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:26:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But chewbacca lives on Endor.
It doesn't make sense.
rjjm88 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:30:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's this generations "If the glove doesn't fit".
Animeking1108 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:44:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Your honor, I masturbated in that theater because I was watching 'The Emoji Movie.' I needed some entertainment with my ten bucks, and nobody else was around."
That actually happened, by the way.
marcus_carcass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:48:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โBring in the dancing lobsters.โ
pittsnoggle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How can you say a good and benevolent God exists when he allows the Emoji movie to exist?
selfishbutready ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, the Emoji defense. Works well with jurors, unless they are 3.
a_provo_yakker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can I tell my parents the Emoji Movie is the reason I couldn't get a job right out of college or buy a home yet?
AdamGeer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Spacey's got that one in his back pocket.
nasisliiike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So this sort of stuff actually has happened before. Back when The Exorcist came out, there was a lot of uproar and controversy.
There was this woman who committed a crime and she blamed it on the fact that her daughter had seen the movie and brought the "evil" into the house... I don't remember what she did exactly, but I'm pretty sure there are more stories like this from back then.
We need to use this opportunity folks! We can blame it all on the Emoji movie! Grab the nearest 2 by 4 and let's make shit happen!
camillabok ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god... instead of the โplea the 5thโ strategy a criminal can now โplea the Emoji movie.โ Thatโs scary!
thenewyorkgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Please donโt give trump any ideas
sniak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"This is Chewbacca...โ
sundayultimate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bring in the dancing lobsters
Swamii96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Didnโt TJ.Miller leave Silicon Valley saying the emoji movie is going to be the next best thing?
TheRealDeathSheep ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie has joined the ranks of the bee movie.
arcaneresistance ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Kind of like how every internet argument eventually leads to one person bringing up Hitler
BurberryBran ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly it would work. Every time I need to get out of the house to take a smoke or get some fresh air away from my parents I just say "I'm going pokemon hunting" and everything works fine, no questions asked. Pokemon go man
EtherealPoopChute ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I choose to live my life as an openly "The Emoji movie" loving man.
RightsideDownDaniel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie is proof that god has forsaken us
SamTheGentleman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I know choose to live my life as an emoji movie man.
You almost get superpowers after that.
bballj1481 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Followed closely by the Matrix defense
Tropican555 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โObjection! Your Honor, the defendant needs to explain why he was watching The Emoji Movie in the first place!โ
Totally_Bradical ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Kind of like in Spaced where Tim blames the Phantom Menace for all of his problems.
evi1cheese ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:40:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Spacey should have used it rather than โIโm gay.โ
JoocyJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie turned the frogs gay
rochford77 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Bring in the Dancin' Lobstas!"
BlueFaIcon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did we just find a replacement for "Thanks Obama"?
rreighe2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:32:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jack's films used it to have a red carpet walk and a year's worth of memes
Unidan_nadinU ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:35:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Case resigned ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ
AncientUnderwear ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But people like Jordan peele already blame everything on white people. That job is taken.
BoredGamerr ยท 13434 points ยท Posted at 18:15:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie drove me to question humanity.
[deleted] ยท 3238 points ยท Posted at 18:22:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1820 points ยท Posted at 18:25:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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๐๏ธ BunyipPouch ยท 1350 points ยท Posted at 18:45:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm scared to watch it. Is it even in the 'so bad it's good' category or is it just in the 'you will lose faith in the world' category?
[deleted] ยท 1806 points ยท Posted at 18:46:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Crosseyeaccount ยท 1106 points ยท Posted at 18:49:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So its not The Room it's Epic Movie.
Atallahnator ยท 672 points ยท Posted at 18:51:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
FUCK epic movie
Lord_Halowind ยท 513 points ยท Posted at 18:57:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer!! They are responsible for all those shitty "Movie" movies.
Jord-UK ยท 543 points ยท Posted at 19:09:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We all liked Scary Movie 1 and 2, the rest were just shockingly bad. I walked out of epic movie and I was about 13 at the time, I should have been its prime demographic and it seriously sucked dick. It's the only movie I've ever walked out of and it was more of a [nudge my mate]"wanna leave and sneak into something else?"
edit: Not Another Teen Movie is not part of this franchise guys, yes NATM was/is good!
2mooch2handle ยท 539 points ยท Posted at 19:12:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I ride for scary movie 3 though
CthulhuCares ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 19:23:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Send flowers to their bitches and hoes
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:38:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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MethodMZA ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:43:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You canโt go to bed dead! That shit would be redundant.
Fetal-sploosh ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 19:39:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 3 was the last good "Movie" movie. It was funny because it was just so stupid, and I find that kind of humour hilarious.
The bits where they're showing the alien footage on the news never fails to make me howl with laughter.
Rivera806 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:49:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Superhero Movie was pretty good too, just no one talks about it since it came out a couple months before the terrible Disaster Movie.
Akjoutrageous ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The "men riding dragons throwing wolves at maggots" line in Scary Movie 4 is my favourite example of overkill.
RopeADoper ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:00:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They call me...dragonfly..?
jaderemedy ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:26:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 3 is ok to me. The redeeming thing for that movie is the performance of Simon Rex. His character is hysterical.
SomeOtherThirdThing ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:37:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
EVERYONE YOU LOVE AROUND YOU IS DYING!!
jaderemedy ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:40:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
SHE'S DEAD!! That scene has me in stitches every time I see it. Hell, my brother and I will talk randomly about that part of the film and just be dying laughing. Definitely my favorite scene in the whole movie.
SomeOtherThirdThing ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:56:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โGone, gone, gone just like your dog!!!โ
โMy dogโs dead?!โ
โI just ran him over with the car when I drove in!โ
Itโs definitely one of my most favorite scenes too ๐๐๐๐
jaderemedy ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:53:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/FHMcoG_FmTw
2mooch2handle ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:30:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm terrified to think of the destruction wrought on a movie set with Charlie sheen and Simon rex in the mid 2000s
MrSassyWhiskers ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:55:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He also raps under the name of Dirt Nasty which is equally hilarious.
notquiteotaku ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 19:32:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I consider Scary Movie 3 to be better than 2. Helps that it had Leslie Nielsen.
Horace_P_Mctits ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 19:36:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Leslie Nielsen seriously brought the quality of that movie up a few notches. I think it lost some of the charm that the W. Bros. brought to the first two.
dustingunn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
2 didn't have much charm. Its constant gross-out jokes hurt it. Fucking cripple hand and David Cross jizz and parrot dick.
Horace_P_Mctits ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:32:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You listed all my favorite parts of the movie, that and the living weed plant.
countrylewis ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:08:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Idk, 2 had Tim Curry and his hard nipples.
showmeurknuckleball ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:33:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Me too man, Scary Movie 3 is debatably the best Scary Movie.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:11:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's definitely my fav
capn_buggs ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:46:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I still think that one was good. I hate pretty much every one of the other "movie" movies but goddamnit if I don't still lose it when he cocks that shovel
Bumjungle ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:54:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Without their heads, they're powerless!
IHateTheLetterF ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:21:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
3 was better than 2. 1 was best. 4 trough 18 were garbage.
VaultBoyNewReno ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:02:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ, there's that many!!??
gloomy_lunatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No
PopePolarBear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
At least
Razaman56 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:07:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 3 is my favorite tbh. It's very Airplane!-ey
MethodMZA ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:41:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought 3 was the best and like 4 too. I donโt like the Wayne brothers style of humor.
dustingunn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:08:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Let's roll, homie.
sublimei ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
YAHTZEE!!!
JiggaJazz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! Me too my friend.
BrodyKrautch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's the best one honestly.
TimmyB02 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 4
wink, wink
Straycatsanddogs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Their powerless without their heads!"
JanetSnakehole43 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 3 is by far my favorite.
drink_with_my_feet ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm with you. Scary movie 3 overall is pretty bad but it's got some amazing moments.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:45:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 4: The Saga of Horace P. MacTitties
Jord-UK ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:21:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think I outgrew it at the point... At 10 years old
jaderemedy ยท 163 points ยท Posted at 19:24:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not Another Teen Movie was also really good. I think one of the big things that killed the parody movies was that they just started parodying everything instead of sticking to the genre their titles implied they'd be making fun of.
CouchRadish ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:55:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The parody movies became โLetโs take an existing movie plot structure and stuff in as many references to celebrities, pop culture events, and other movies we canโ.
Comparing the first Scary Movies to the absolute messes that were Epic Movie and Disaster Movie is night and day.
nmp12 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:49:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To be a great parody of a genre, a movie must simultaneously succeed as a great entry into that genre
jaderemedy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:55:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's why Galaxy Quest is considered a Star Trek film.
Ekublai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:55:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, it was the writing. Thatโs all. It was Smurfโs movies for adults.
Now_Wait-4-Last_Year ยท 276 points ยท Posted at 19:22:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As for whoever was responsible for Not Another Teen Movie, that was actually very good (and quite insightful, especially the ending about how these high school romances can end up very often) and for the record, I wouldn't want it lumped in with the rest of the dross which is most of these so called parody movies.
Brodins_biceps ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:30:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yo thatโs a fucking classic IMO. To this day my friend group still quotes itโs.
Youโre not driving tonight are you?
โOH ILL BE DRIVING, Iโll just be too shitfaced to remember to pick you upโ
Just the other day I was playing battlefield and someone stabbed me from behind. I go โhow the fuck did he get in hereโ
My buddy looked at me and goes.... โthrough the huge hole in the side of your house...โ
Itโs just classic
PartiesLikeIts1999 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 19:46:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The scene i cant help but laugh at every time is when Janie is drunk and jumps in the pool, she gets out and Priscilla comes into the scene, calls her a loser before "accidentally" spilling water on Janie (who just got out of the pool)
Janie then proceeds to cry about it anyways before running off
Brodins_biceps ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:51:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Haha Iโm cracking up now thinking about it.
And of course, I canโt hear Janieโs got a gun without thinking in my head โJANIE BRIGGS GOT A GUN! Just put the gun down Janie....โ
bcnayr ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:57:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"That's gonna stain!"
LastArmistice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're a unique rebel Janie!
flapsmcgee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:00:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Come on outta there honey! Quit fartin around."
Jord-UK ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:24:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not Another Teen Movie was a parody of American Pie and not part of the 'movie' movies as far as I'm aware, but I agree that, was genuinely funny. Same with Euro Trip. Not sure how much they stand up now but I know nostalgia would help
Now_Wait-4-Last_Year ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 19:30:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yes, it wasn't part of the output by those producers who did Epic, Date etc but it does fall under the larger umbrella of parody films and of course not everyone's going to know the specifics of who did what.
I believe Teen was a few film elements combined like Can't Hardly Wait, Bring It On and others as well too (been a while since I saw it so I'm sure I'm missing a lot).
dustingunn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:19:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The main parody was "She's All That."
fisch09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've noticed over the past few years that the better a parody is the less sources it draws from. Take airplane, spaceballs, mainly one source. Date, Epic movie didn't even try to stay in the tropes of its genre, and just threw any potentially funny idea in there.
I would love to see data on how many sources a parody movie draws from and it's reception /ratings.
Now_Wait-4-Last_Year ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:10:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you see the source for much of Airplane! (the serious film Zero Hour), they deliberately lifted a lot of the plot and dialogue from it. It's amazing how you can take the exact same thing and change it so much from the context you put it in.
I believe this dialogue is word for word from the original.
"The life of everyone on board depends upon just one thing: finding someone back there who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner."
Leslie Nielsen also used to be best known for being a serious dramatic actor until Airplane! set him on a new career direction, I imagine that made this even funnier at the time because it wasn't expected of him at the time. Plus, he's more or less still playing it straight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryV5QV4DpwU
I also think I saw Kentucky Fried Movie and Enter the Dragon in the wrong order. Having seen A Fistful of Yen first, I probably couldn't see Bruce Lee's last film quite in the spirit it was intended.
(I guess a fundamental rule of parody is it's better to see the original first - for the original's sake at least.)
SeemPapa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think itโs just thatโs thereโs a lot of shit parodies because there are a lot of shit movies in general. Both of the movies you mention draw from plenty of sources and have plenty of random gags, theyโre just better made films, maybe in part because they more strictly follow a specific movieโa structure. I think its almost the opposite, that those parodies are better/more timeless because they do a better job of spoofing the genre, rather than spoofing the films the characters and plot reference. It probably has more to do with writing/directing/acting/etc more than anything else though
AerThreepwood ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:39:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I find it weird that the best friend in Euro Trip was Tim in Justified.
thesecretbarn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit
AerThreepwood ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:48:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Right? I was in, like, Season 5 of it before I realized.
sybrwookie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:19:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Every time he showed up on Justified, one of us would say, "that's not where I parked my car" or "this is definitely where I parked my car."
AerThreepwood ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:24:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's hilarious.
LRGDNA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I love justified and eurotrip and never realized this. Wow, you just blew my mind.
AerThreepwood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's why I love sharing that any time either show is brought up.
cuddly_hedgehog ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:29:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This two and road trip I don't lump in with the rest of the "movie" movies, they're so good on their own
Keabo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Mostly a parody of She's All That, really.
AerThreepwood ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:40:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And it has Captain America with a banana shoved in his ass.
ToBeDudetermined ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:00:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh it's not a sundae, it's a banana split.
showmeurknuckleball ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:35:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not Another Teen Movie has absolutely nothing to do with those movies though, besides having the word movie in the title. Yes it's a parody, obviously, but like you said it's actually good and has a coherent plot. I could be wrong but I'd be really surprised if it had any of the same directors, studio affiliation, etc.
Now_Wait-4-Last_Year ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:47:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well, another notable difference is that NATM is a genuine parody as it takes something from the original it's parodying and ... well, actually parodies it. As in actually makes an observation or critique on the source like everything with Molly Ringwald.
You know, as opposed to the Epic, Date etc who basically do ... "Here's a scene from from something else you've seen replicated but done not anywhere near as well."
...? or so I imagine, I've only seen small clips of these in trailers and the like and they are excruciating.
Financially, I get it, these things were cheap to make and made mad profits for a long time and they squeezed everything in terms of money they could get out of it. As long as it's paying out, might as well keep doing so. No-one's forcing anyone to pay to see these.
Creatively, the whole thing's a bit of a downer, though but like I said, no-one forced me to watch them. So, I didn't.
Should also put in a shout out to Airplane! (possibly the gold standard when it comes to these) - Airplane 2 (considering how sequels can go, not that bad), Naked Gun (of course), Top Secret!, Kentucky Fried Movie (of course) and what I think was actually the first of all of these, The Big Bus.
unoriginal5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:48:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget Hot Shots
quen10sghost ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:47:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And not another teen movie introduced most of us to Chris evans. Who has quietly been in as many good and great movies over the years as anybody. Sunshine is amazing
Now_Wait-4-Last_Year ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:02:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sunshine is a weird case in that it duplicated so many plot points from Event Horizon, it had to be a co-incidence as I figure if anyone had noticed, they would have tweaked a few.
I mean look at this:
Seven years after the loss of the
Event HorizonIcarus I, theLewis and Clarkis sentawaytowards the sun where it discovers the previously lost ship. They board it to find the detritus of a long abandoned mysteriously derelict ship but eventually the remains of the previous crew, killed in horribly inexplicable fashion. Various accidents (or were they?) start thinning their number.A crew member from the
Lewis and ClarkIcarus I is found to have gone crazy because of his instability that was tipped over due to the situation as well as ending up looking like he was dunked in a deep frier and then he sets out killing them all in an effort to take them all tohellheaven and it all ends with a big explosion.OK, I admit I'm stretching a bit in places but my point is, not that much.
A couple of other points. Who tempts fate by calling their mission not just Icarus but Icarus I? And after the loss of Icarus I, follows it with Icarus II???
Furthermore, credit to the person almost no-one's heard of in comparison to Icarus - namely Daedalus who unlike Icarus -
What did Icarus do?
LESS THAN ZERO.
raoulduke12 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:31:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah Joel Gallen knows his shit. he directed Zoolander and a ton of comedy specials/tv comedy.
That and Fired Up are the only two since the The Zuckers 80s/early 90s stuff.
The day Mafia! was made changed parody films for the worse for some reason.
oscarito_198666 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Teen movie was the best. The cameos were great.
quazax ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:02:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking teenagers.
jackmove ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs the movie that launched Chris Evans career! Great great parody movie. One of my favorites of all time.
Whoโd a thunk youโd be able to see captain America in a whipped cream speedo and a banana in his ass?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was excellent satire. Very of its time. And so many good acting careers started from it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Also way before its time regarding concussion negligence in football.
Benito_Mussolini ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:42:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"That is appalling! I can't believe that nobodies ever taken a dump on your chest"
Plenty of nuggets in that movie.
lambofgun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:44:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i loved not another teen movie
EEEWWW GLASSES!!!!!
Dayofthunder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:44:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It also came out years before that set of parody movies. It was the original parody movie or one of the first
Xenjael ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:39:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the hell was American Pie actually about?
Paclac ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:45:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly that's a good question. As a teen I would just skip to the nude scenes
freckles96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Smash Mouth.
VaultBoyNewReno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking cherry pies.
Fuego_Fiero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:27:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Apple Pie. And it was about a group of guys trying to get laid in their last year of high school. Basically it's a cumming of age story.
VaultBoyNewReno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:05:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I know the plot, I was just being sarcastic.
flamingdeathmonkeys ยท 71 points ยท Posted at 19:31:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I unexpectedly loved three. It was pure cheese from beginning to end, but did some nice and many unexpected jokes. (the guy cocking the shovel and a shotgun shell popping out being one of them.)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The growing sheriff's hat killed me for godamn years.
flamingdeathmonkeys ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:08:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The guy trying to tell the kid someone died.
You know your teacher miss Brenda? yes? SHES DEAD, DIED A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH, GONE GONE GONE JUST LIKE YOUR DOG! My dog's dead? I RAN HIM OVER WHEN I PARKED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND LOVE IS DYING AROUND YOU! screams back and forth with the now crying child
It's brilliant.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck I need to rewatch this movie. Forgot that part.
flamingdeathmonkeys ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Enjoy the stupid and the good vibes !
gdaddymack ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 19:21:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Another vouch for SM3, one of my favorites. Leslie Nielsen always kills me
CBeitz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Leslie Nielsen and Brent Spiner were the only thing that made Superhero Movie worth watching.
mathwhilehigh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:16:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When did you eat corn?????
The_cake_is_real ยท 133 points ยท Posted at 19:11:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
3 was pretty funny and 4 wasn't terrible. Fuck all the rest though.
dannydatwho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
5 and 6 were tops though. all of the ones after that stunk.
Xenjael ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait there are more after 3 and 4?
The_cake_is_real ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:44:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's when it became "epic movie" and all that shit
Ekublai ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think it goes 3, 2, 4, nooooo.
AmarantCoral ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 19:48:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
One time I was home alone with my two siblings. I was outvoted and we watched epic movie. I felt rage build towards them every time they laughed, rage I feared would never subside. So I silently stormed out about 10 minutes in and didn't speak to them for 48 hours.
I haven't spoken to my sister for about 6 years for completely unrelated reasons, although I'd be lying if I said that the memory of her laughing at epic movie doesn't occasionally come to mind and reaffirm my belief that she's bad news.
Jord-UK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I can completely understand. me and my friend who I was at the cinema with haven't looked at each other the same way
[deleted] ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 19:21:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Picturing a 13 year old walk out of a movie is fucking funny
somerandumguy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:35:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"This movie is moronic garbage!" Tips rick and morty cap at woman twice his age says "M'lady" and leaves theater
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:41:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Teleports away
Federico216 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When I went to see Cloud Atlas, almost all the teenagers left halfway through. Prententious douchebag as I am, it made me love the movie even more.
/on a more serious note, it's not a film for everyone. And I don't mean in a "If you didn't like it, you just didn't get it maaaan", I mean in a way that not everything is meant for everyone and Cloud Atlas just isn't for everyone. For me it's probably in my top5 movies from 2000's.
brideofchuckydoll ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:30:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I will not hear a bad word against Scary Movie 3!
theoneirologist ยท 127 points ยท Posted at 19:18:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 3 is the best one. Get at me.
TP_4_my_bunghole ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:35:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I heard Jamal from 90th street watched that tape last week and this mornin' he woke up dead!
MuscleT ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:59:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How you supposed to wake up dead??
theoneirologist ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:15:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because youโre alive when you go to bed fool!
BadassGateway ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:20:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Shits redumbnant !
kill_the_wise_one ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:45:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Easily. Dude, the fucking 'Signs' spoof scene where Charlie Sheen's character is walking up to his dying wife and the guy who hit his wife says, "hey, I'm gonna need a ride home." Shit had me dying.
Epic_Estrada ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:32:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As much I love scary movie 1 and 2. 3 usually the favorite one. The whole cast was awesome especially Leslie Nielsen as the president!
theoneirologist ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:34:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I agree. Even at 26 I still find myself cracking up as hard as I did when I first saw it.
HugoSimpson92 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:03:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โCindy! The TVโs leaking!โ
CndConnection ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:46:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Best joke is the dad from Blackish pumping his shovel like a shotgun lmao
ArabiaFats ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:52:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"They're powerless without their heads!"
Mecha_Valcona ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:22:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree with you, but that's just my opinion.
theoneirologist ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:23:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Yahtzee joke and the sheriff's hat getting increasingly bigger sealed the deal for me.
Ramon_98 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:26:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was about 8 or so when I watched epic movie. All the ball jokes had me laughing. At 13 youโre not dumb enough to enjoy the movie anymore.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:34:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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dissenter_the_dragon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:19:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watch it again. It still holds up. NATM was decent as fuck.
Jord-UK ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That wasn't by these people/studio, that's a standalone it just shares that title theme. I also agree that NATM was great
flaiman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Speak for yourself.
freckles96 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:44:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you sure it's the second Scary Movie and not the third you're thinking of? My friend dragged me to see Scary Movie 2 at the cinema for his birthday and I remember being so utterly bored by it. There wasn't any actual jokes, just recreations and references to current at the time pop-culture stuff. I really wanted to walk out during the recreation of the Nike advert, which I remember as I'd never felt that way about a movie before. I couldn't though, because it was his birthday and all (and I think he was actually enjoying it).
emperorMorlock ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:17:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I though 3 was good, better than the first two actually. It was dirceted by the same director as "Airplane!" even.
makeshift11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bc 1 and 2 were the Wayans Bros. After that they took over and fucked everything up with their much cornier and cliche comedy.
LuVega ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They only worked on the first Scary Movie I believe. Thankfully though their career seems to have finally fizzled out as they just dropped like three bombs in a row, so praise be.
Jord-UK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:35:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, thank fuck they're no longer the assassins creeds or CoDs of movies anymore
Morningxafter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:37:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie to me was just a rip-off of Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th, which came out a year before and was way better.
KrishaCZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Was it Scary Movie 4 with the iPod aliens? I didn't finish it but when I watched it I found like two jokes actually funny.
noblehoax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They only have a few jokes from their script in scary movie. That movie is made up of like 16 different scripts. So when they say two of the writers of scary movie. Now Not another teen movie was pretty funny. But nothing else was good.
TP_4_my_bunghole ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:32:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Superhero movie had that Tom Cruise bit that was good imo.
senorpoop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"White people are dyin', we gettin' the fuck outta here!"
Khanzool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Speak for yourself, scary movie was always garbage to me.
dafood48 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hated all of those but i did enjoy that one scene in superhero movie where the guy who plays tom cruise says he could fly and then there is a breaking news announcing his death
StalfoLordMM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
3 was still funny, and 4 had some quote worthy moments. Every Movie past that was terrible
CapnCanfield ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's because Scary Movie 1 and 2 were made by the Waynes brothers before they went off the rails and made some very questionable movies of their own. After 2, they left and so did the R rating which really killed the franchise for me. 3 wasn't bad per se (it's got Leslie Nielson after all), but just wasn't on par with the first two
jediev90 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Only one I liked was Meet the Spartans. Ofc it ruined 300 for me since I saw โSpartansโ first lol
Pollomonteros ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't the original directors of the first two Scary Movies stopped working on them since the third one?
ACanticle4Needledick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's because Scary Movie 1&2 still had that vibe that makes the Zucker Brothers' earlier comedies still funny. I still get a kick out of the Naked Gun movies.
But the weird part is the two Scary Movies that were actually still funny and still had a coherent through-line weren't directed by David Zucker, but SM 3&4 were. No idea what his deal is.
cdub4521 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not another teen movie is the best of the genre imo
WasKingWokeUpGiraffe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You obviously didn't smoke any tree, cause I laughed my ass off through that whole movie while being 8/10.
ActualBreck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just want to say that the Harry Potter and Mr Tummnus parts were so bad they were funny.
TheTrivialOne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't 3 where we get HOW YOU GONNA WAKE UP DEAD?!
albinoeinstein ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:42:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was the same age and snuck into โWhen a Stranger Callsโ haha
roy2593 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You goin' catch these hands talking abut Scary Movie 3 like that.
deh_tommy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:59:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Scary Movie 3 is a guilty pleasure of mine. Would The LEGO Batman Movie count, if only thematically
Z0di ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought they were supposed to be really bad parodies...
do you guys not know how to enjoy shitty movies?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't laugh once. Such garbage
TheBr0fessor ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 19:31:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not Another Teen Movie is funny af
Lord_Halowind ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:37:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I love that movie but the people I mentioned didn't do that one.
Wyvern39 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:42:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I will not hear one negative word about superhero movie or not another teen movie.
MuscleT ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:58:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Not Another Teen Movie" was pretty solid imo, a couple of the "Scary Movies" too but otherwise yes.
Lord_Halowind ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:07:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Friedberg and Seltzer did help write the first Scary Movie and only contributed to the characters for Scary Movie 2 through 4 (From two of the Writers of...) But they didn't lay a finger on Not Another Teen Movie.
NachoChedda24 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:14:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I remember me and some friends rented Epic movie one night... after about 10 minutes we were like fuck this movie and I was getting ready to cut it off but then this naked girl jumps out of the closet! And in the mind of a 13 year old, boobs beats everything... so we watched the whole rest of the movie hoping to see some more.. spoiler alert: there were none and we had a miserable time ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
bradgard420 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:26:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoyed some parts of Date movie, I like silly absurd humor though, so I know a lot of people would and did find it dreadful.
thekamara ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:16:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
BIG RED TEXT the movie
MauPow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:53:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I actually walked out of "Date Movie" or some shit like that because it literally made me vomit when they had a scene involving pulling a very long hair up out of someones throat.
brucetwarzen ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:36:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The people who watch them are responsible. They are shit dealers, because people buy shit.
Lord_Halowind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Makes someone long for an alien invasion or robot uprising.
MilkHS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, stupid audiences are responsible for those movies because they kept paying money to see them.
WasKingWokeUpGiraffe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck you guys need to turn your egotism waayyy down, just because you didn't like the movie doesn't mean its shitty. Saying fuck those directors just because they MADE the movie? Maybe don't fucking watch them then! Jesus, arrogant FUCKS!
Lord_Halowind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:44:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just to be clear I have not seen their movies. I am going off trailers that kept popping up on cable when I had it. I do know that they aren't great parody films since they like to rely on pop-culture to try to inject humor into their movies. Oh look, an out-of-context part that shows Miley Cyrus get killed by a piece of debri. Oh look, Megatron has a TV in his chest and it shows the Leave Brittany Alone meme. It's lazy filmmaking and because of how cheap they are to produce they will keep making shittier and shittier movies. I bet their stupid Star Wars movie will be more of the same. The title is way too long.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:09:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We should toss them at Harvey Weinstein and whatever happens, happens.
the-pessimist ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:29:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But you know their names and they're richer than you, so...
drugzarecool ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:41:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So what ? You know Hitler's name and he was certainly richer than you, what's the point ? It's like people who say "if something is famous you can't deny it's good", yes I can actually
the-pessimist ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So cinema is like genocide? They're successful businessmen. You apparently chose to consume their product. You literally have no justification in complaining.
drugzarecool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What is this analogy ? I just said this because these arguments are bullshit, they are applicable with Hitler too. The nature of their actions are not related to anything there.
It's not because the man is successful, rich and famous that they can't fuck up things and that they are undeniably good person/actor/director or something, and everyone has the right to express what they think about it. Is it that hard to understand ? Even if I gave money, it's not because I paid to see a movie that I can't hate it and the person who create it. How would I judge it otherwise ? (Also, I didn't pay for or saw their movies. I don't even know who they are. I'm french and here pratically nobody know them. My point is just that your arguments are bad, no matter who we're talking about)
barrister24 ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 18:58:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is that the movie where it's incredibly star studded? Like 20 big name actors. Halle Berry steals something from a blind kid or something?
[deleted] ยท 146 points ยท Posted at 18:59:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's "Movie 43."
Sigma1977 ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 19:07:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did it ever come out how all these big names got roped into that shitshow of a film? Blackmail? Contractual obligation?
Flooblebox ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:10:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought I remember some of them saying they were just there to have fun and do something incredibly stupid. And none of them thought it would actually be released.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:33:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What? You didnโt find Hugh jackman with a scrotum neck hilarious? No pleasing some people.
Missy_Elliott_Smith ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:11:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
IIRC, they roped Richard Gere into it because of some clause in his contract, then used him as bait to get other stars to agree to it.
Aint-no-preacher ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:08:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I read that the director harangued the actors into doing it and pulled a lot of favors. That and he filmed the movie over several years, so it wasnโt like he lined up all that talent at once.
Artificial_Ninja ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:46:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hypothetical: If you bring enough big name actors into a bad movie, perhaps it nullifies the effect it would have on any individual actor/actresses career. Someone posited this to a publisher and the decision was made to follow through to test the theory.
theoneirologist ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:19:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was like a domino effect of guilt. They roped in one big name, then another, and soon they have all these big celebs.
theworldbystorm ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:37:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I heard that they were painfully accommodating. Worked around stars' schedules so they didn't have the excuse of being "too busy". Guilted them into showing up for what was probably not a lot of work.
bottomofleith ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:49:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And at the end of the day they probably got paid something, even if it was a pack of peanuts, whether any of us watched it or not, so it's not a great burn really...
Pumpkin_Bagel ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:26:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Those types of movies happen from time to time, where all the actors are in idgaf mode
somerandumguy ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:43:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They were all just doing a movie for fun instead of work for a change, in the blooper reel as I recall they're all screwing around and laughing, they hardly look like they have a gun to their heads.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:22:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Black mail for sure. Weird sex crimes they didn't want exposed. I mean really? Gerard butler as a CGI gnome? He may have literal skeletons in the closet
jhnldsm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People that didn't concede to Weinstein
Sithlord5478 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:24:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was a combo of blackmail and manipulation
somerandumguy ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:40:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's why they're all laughing their asses off in the after credit bloopers.
Sithlord5478 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:03:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Donโt see why I was down voted... I just remember reading about it in an article
kinglockjaw ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 19:52:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Implying actors can't act as though they're enjoying themselves
wolvesathedoor ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:02:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I'm the only person that didn't think Movie 43 was 100% hot garbage. I wouldn't call it good, and I would never spend any time to rewatch it but a few of the skits got me to laugh. I liked the one with liev schreiber and the kid from Shameless the most
somerandumguy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:38:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Movie 43 is retarded but unlike basically everything made by the assclowns behind the "Movie" movies it is actually capable of making people laugh.
spinxter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Movie 23 tried to be Kentucky Fried Movie. It failed.
SpaceCaseSixtyTen ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:09:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought that was dumb and dumber
DeltaBravo831 ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 19:00:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You may be thinking of Movie 43, a vastly better film than Epic Movie.
TheSentinelsSorrow ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:17:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i couldnt not laugh at the hugh jackman chin bollox tbf
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:33:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wanted to walk out of Movie 43 within the first 20 minutes, but stayed because fuck it I had nothing else to do
mechapoitier ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 19:08:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah people shit all over Movie 43 like it's a fad to hate it, but that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It was bad on purpose, but had some genuine piss-your-pants-laughing moments. The acting ability of everybody on screen did great things to carry that movie.
Edit: Case in point this comment has been up for about 30 seconds and I already got downvoted for liking a movie. Note to Redditors: This comment is not Movie 43. This is a comment about Movie 43.
trynaeat ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:28:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Downvoting for being a whiny prick not because of movie 43
Horace_P_Mctits ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:38:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Upvoted for honesty.
ScousaJ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:45:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I really enjoyed that film the first time I watched it - I had no idea what it was and just put it on Netflix and it was so funny - I tried to watch it again a second time and it was so bad I couldn't finish it - but I laughed more at that than most comedies
GunNNife ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The framing plot--Klein trying to get this crazy bullshit movie greenlit--was goddamn hilarious.
WorldCivilian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:29:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How dare you like a movie that I hated?
CrushHazard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked it a lot too. I mean, it's raunchy, but it's really entertaining, batshit crazy comedy.
Spaceboy123 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:19:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I can't speak for others but I'm downvoting you for that whiny edit, not your taste in movies.
maxifer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Dropped your books fuckface."
Malachhamavet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Such a good movie. Pratt defecating on farahs chest, Vince from sham wow, all of it
HurtfulThings ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
See, I was going to upvote you because of all of the points you made in your edit (conclusions I came to on my own, without the need for your edit)...
BUT...
Because you put in an edit bitching about getting downvotes, now I have to downvote you on principle.
Shame, you were so close :/
mechapoitier ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Username doesn't check out.
somerandumguy ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:49:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit is full of retards who think spamming downvotes gives them some kind of power, if they weren't such utter losers then people might actually pity them. The movie wasn't amazing but it sure as hell wasn't auschwitz like these ass clowns seem to think.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Jesus-ChreamPious ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT?
VaultBoyNewReno ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:26:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The framing plot--Klein trying to get this crazy bullshit movie greenlit--was goddamn hilarious.
WWTFSMD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought people were talking about movie 43 and all I could think was, "am i retarded? It wasnt great but it wasnt awful i thought."
Phew
Atallahnator ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:59:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, everything you loved in cinema getting together and making something terrible for you to forget
LegacyEx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:04:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, that was Movie 43. Trailer had me so hyped. Worst comedy I've ever seen.
MRgibbson23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:02:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Youโre thinking of Movie 43.
And I honestly dontthink it is as bad as everyone says. The โplotโ is terrible but I skip through it and watched all the sketches and I like most of them. If anything you find it funny to see famous actors do very stupid shit.
Obversa ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:16:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, at least I can watch Epic Movie, especially if high or drunk. I can't even watch the Emoji Movie, period. It's that bad.
JackBadassson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked epic movie and others for using refrences as comedy but i have feeling emoji movie is much worse
somerandumguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
*FUCK every movie that has movie in its name.
MrInsanity25 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For a second I thought everyone meant "Epic." The animated film where Steven Tyler plays a witch doctor caterpillar. I was kind of hurt to think I might be alone on loving that movie.
Then i remember Epic Movie... and Disaster Movie. That's fair.
Tylorw09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโve heard movie 43 is the worst thing ever created. If youโve seen it how would you compare it to epic movie?
SPZ_Ireland ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Meet The Spartans is pretty high up there too.
kaaz54 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I ended up actually paying to watch Epic Movie in the cinema. I was on a second date with this girl, and after a rocky start, we decided to get drunk and go watch the next movie running at the cinema next door.
For some reason, we both lost complete interest in each other, or life in general during that movie. Thank god the cinema didn't care about the beers the drunk two of us brought into the movie theatre.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched that in theatres. AMA!
idledrone6633 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:42:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
YOU'RE TEARING ME APART EMOJI MOVIE!
Kiosade ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:58:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder if it's even worse: Movie 43
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs the happening.
vindollaz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Epic movie was he only time Iโve ever walked out on a film. I feel like I lost years of my life for watching the first third of that movie
dawidowmaka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Disaster Movie was somehow worse
munromae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:00:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's Going Overboard
s2514 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:07:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah that was a thing wasn't it
zaphod_beeble_bro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Granted I've never understood the appeal of watching bad movies for fun but I can't imagine why anyone likes the room so much. I think it's an ironic fad.
coverslide ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:21:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh hai Gene
akcufhumyzarc ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:46:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The room is fucking dumb
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:33:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Crosseyeaccount ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:35:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But The Room is a bad film people genuinely love, Epic Movie was a film that tried to be funny but just ended up being a 90 minute long insult to the viewer.
DrMcClimateChange ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:26:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How is it against an Uwe Boll film?
SoVerySick314159 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:33:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I actually, unironicly, love Boll's "Postal" movie. He kind of hit that " good bad" sweet spot with that one.
DrMcClimateChange ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:35:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's fair. I adore that movie.
I think it's the best accidental summation of the Bush years in film as of yet.
He did a surprising job of capturing a very seriously insane America without getting preachy. All wrapped up in a horrible movie.
Naw. I mean his other trash films. Postal is a gem.
SoVerySick314159 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well-put.
Gestrid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So it's so bad that it's worse than good?
FrumpyMushro0m ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:37:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the hell is even the plot?!? I haven't read anything about this movie but I honestly can't think of what the fuck the plot would be?!
wafflesareforever ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:00:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My kids (8 and 5) demanded that I take them to see it. I hoped that they'd forget about it, I tried to get them excited for other movies, I even warned them about the bad reviews and suggested that they might hate it. It didn't matter. Their friends had seen it and loved it, and that's all they needed to know.
It's just boring, predictable, uninteresting, and unfunny. I think I fell asleep at some point. The plot makes zero sense. The animation looks rough around the edges. It's a blatant cash grab that they knew kids would want to see no matter how bad it was (it made $217 million on a $50 million budget).
TheAbsurdSanjuanino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:05:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Checking the rating system on bad movies.org. Youโre saying it deserves a skull.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, watched it with my brother hoping it would be "so bad it's good". But it was just bad. The only good thing about it was that it was quite short, like 1h20min?
B0NERSTORM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I know a bunch of people that watched it because of kids or because it was what they were showing during a flight and said it actually wasn't that bad. Or at least not as bad as all the hype surrounding how bad it was supposed to be.
dead_inside_me ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I bet a lot of normal citizens can make a better movie, story, plot than a lot of truly bad movies. We just don't have the money to make one. I have a few in mind. I write down my ideas and movies on my notebook. Maybe someday I will have a chance to show it to some one.
oswaldcopperpot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Parody movies usually seem to be bad.. I think the worst of all time has got to be Plump Fiction. So completely and horribly bad, I don't think anyone has made it 20 minutes in.
Cad-Bane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked it
Floof_Poof ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Better or worse than The Master of Disguise?
some_edgy_shit- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Rubber was a better film
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Really? It wasn't that bad of a movie, just an average movie.
Inishative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:15:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is it birdemic bad? Albeit emoji movie had a budget.
evilbadgrades ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hollywood hasn't aged very well
Iyion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just to help to clarify. If an averagely bad movie is 1 on a scale and the Last Airbender movie is, let's say, a 7, where'd you put the Emoji movie?
s_m_d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But is it as bad at the Last Jedi?
Spooky_Overwatch_Pro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's SO bad. I've seen it twice. My chest hurt afterward both times
valeyard89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Still a better love story than Twilight
uncletravellingmatt ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 19:13:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing about it was truly noteworthy. I rented it after being asked to by my 7-hear-old daughter, and at times it was glaringly un-creative (full of themes and scenes that seemed too similar to other animated films.) Many scenes seemed designed to show how cool and interesting the apps in a smartphone are, and it made my daughter ask for her own smartphone (pretty smart move by Sony there.) In the end I was mostly bored by it, but my kid liked it (or she said she liked it, but never talked about it after the day we watched it, so I guess it was a pretty mild 'like' compared to the movies that she gets obsessed with.)
PM_ur_Rump ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 19:24:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, when a kid of single digit age really likes a movie, you are guaranteed to end up wanting to asphyxiate yourself after the 500th viewing in a month.
ASK_ME_IF_IM_YEEZUS ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:41:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. Kids arenโt hard-to-please critics. No 8 year old โlikesโ Frozen.
PM_ur_Rump ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 19:44:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I "liked" Top Gun enough to base basically every game my friends and I played at the park off of it for like three years.
Riding bikes? You mean dog fighting.
Playing on the playground? You mean in class at the fighter weapons school.
Volleyball? You mean homoerotic interlude that left us questioning our identities.
goodkid_sAAdcity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:45:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://i.imgur.com/qpA4Qdg.png
woodwheel1 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:04:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel the need
PM_ur_Rump ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:09:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I want some butts!
ASK_ME_IF_IM_YEEZUS ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:48:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How many do you get, honestly?
PM_ur_Rump ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
About three roasts, a hairy man butt and a girl buttmaybe every quarter.
I really just like beef and palindromes.
JustCallMeFrij ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This got me
PM_ur_Rump ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:15:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions unclear. Dick stuck in RIO.
grubas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:46:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Don't make me sing Let It Go again. I'll do it!
I babysat to that and Tangled far too many times.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I made the mistake of introducing my cousins to Miyazaki. We watched Castle in the Sky every day for a while. :/
PM_ur_Rump ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:36:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that the real title is simply "Laputa?"
It was changed for North American/European release because La Puta is "The Bitch/Whore" in Spanish.
Great movie though. The robots are creepy.
Gestrid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. My younger sister loved to watch Miss PattyCake's Treasure Chest Surprise when she was younger. I mean, I probably did, too (back when VHS was still a thing, but DVDs were starting to replace them), when I was younger, but I was more of a Disney kid (RIP Disney's House of Mouse on ABC Saturday Mornings and Winnie the Pooh), and I still love Disney, which is part of the reason I freaking love Kingdom Hearts. Plus, there's about an eight year difference between me and her.
PM_ur_Rump ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:46:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Now with youtube, it's even worse. I think I've watched the gummi bear song and crazy frog like a billion times, and I don't even have kids of my own.
Gestrid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my gosh, my younger brother was obsessed with the gummy bear song. I can still hear the lyrics...help me
i_am_theonewhoknocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Currently on my 12th viewing of Captain underpants with my 6yo. Can confirm.
PM_ur_Rump ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, Cpt. Underpants is pretty awesome.
i_am_theonewhoknocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
True, but only Finding Nemo stands the test of 10plus viewings in a week...
PM_ur_Rump ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:54:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're ridin' it duude!
ivix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My 6 yr old got obsessed with Kubo and the Two Strings. I'm okay with this.
unoriginal5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:52:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Brother Bear, Epic and how to Train Your Dragon each played on a loop for 2 weeks straight in my house.
lotsoquestions ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:02:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So it's a great movie for parents since their kids won't want to watch it a thousand, thousand, thousand, thousand times?
Steve4964 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:15:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What movies is she obsessed with other than Frozen?
uncletravellingmatt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:35:44 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Trolls was a more recent one, she saw that more than Zootopia and Sing combined.
mostly_insults ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta stand up to those punks
walterpeck1 ยท 115 points ยท Posted at 19:13:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was roped into seeing it because family and was bracing myself. It was the world's most OK movie, like it was designed by a computer lead by a board room of executives. It wasn't funny or maddening or "so bad it's good", it was just... there.
grubas ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 19:45:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was the issue. It was so bland that it wasn't even crappy enough to be a good shitty movie. At least some movies are so unapologetically shit that they are fun. At least stupid movies like Fast and Furious know how bland they are.
My sister made me take my niece and nephew. My wife and I were just in awe.
Aetheus ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 19:36:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think the word you're looking for is "bland". Or possibly "monotone" or "stale" or "just really fucking boring".
walterpeck1 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:38:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nah I meant what I said but these are all applicable too, in the spirit of synonyms. Maybe bland would be the best of all those, actually.
bigbybrimble ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 19:50:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Mediocre". Offensively bland. Not good but not bad enough to warrant much response.
A piece of art or media's core goal is to illicit a response on some level, good or bad it should engage the audience. For people that review films for a living, being unengaging is a bigger sin than being aggressively bad. That's why the critics were extra critical. The emoji movie represented Hollywood at its least engaging.
chuy_the_duck ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:56:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Some would call it "meh".
averagely-average ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or โMehโ? Right? Get it?
Luvlyk ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:51:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think this is the best description I personally thought the trailer was cute decided to watch a little ended up watching the whole thing. I enjoyed it for whats it worth and for kids they may get a kick out of it. Did it make sense no, was it clever no. Did I get to see emojis come to life and look at bright colors yes. I would never considered this "acting per se" they could have had a computer voice for all roles and it would have been the same.
youreloser ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:48:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So.. uh.. have you disowned your family yet?
walterpeck1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was me, the wife, and our daughter. Drive in, only movie our daughter could see. My wife apologized afterward. I was on my phone most of the time.
DavidL1112 ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 18:48:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs like watching commercials for an hour and a half.
droopyGT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So... like a Michael Bay film?
angrydeanerino ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:38:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Worse. It's literately "We need <BRAND NAME> to help solve the problem. Come on everybody, lets go to <BRAND NAME>"
its_mutha_fuckin_j ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:27:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A shitty Wreck it Ralph basically
DavidL1112 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:10:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
More like a high budget infomercial.
Pm_me_ur_nbastats ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 18:47:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It is in the It Wont Make You Laugh At All category.
tyler2k ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 19:08:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, you too have seen "The Love Guru"
lava172 ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 19:30:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A movie so horrendous that it literally killed Mike Myers' career
Gamergonemild ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:49:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Haven't seen Daniel tosh much lately either now that I think about it
lava172 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:09:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Tosh.0 still somehow exists
Dumpythewhale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I guess rape jokes aren't really too popular anymore.
DeposedRoyalty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:19:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was also another nail on Jessica Alba's career.
CactusCustard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hey man JT was hilarious in that movie
lava172 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:57:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There always seems to be one bright spot in those kinda of terrible movies. Like Al Pacino is surprisingly hilarious in Jack & Jill
small_loan_of_1M ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Mike Myers's career was actually a lot smaller than you realize. Outside of the Shrek and Austin Powers franchises, before the Love Guru in 2008 the only movie he'd starred in since 2000 was The Cat in the Hat. His filmography was surprisingly sparse for a major SNL alum. In that same period Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler were making like a movie a year. And after that the only non-documentary feature films Myers was in were Shrek four and Inglourious Basterds. Even Dana Carvey is in more movies now and he like never had a movie career.
MAKE_ME_REDDIT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did you forget Wayneโs World?
small_loan_of_1M ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:05:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
MAKE_ME_REDDIT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:15:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it just seems kind of weird to arbitrarily start your timeframe there when talking about someoneโs career.
Eskimo_Brothers ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:16:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The workaholics crew loved that movie.
be-happier ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:28:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It had its moments.
Wedge09 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 19:28:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it, my Wife and kids wanted to see it. So I rented it for $6.99 through Prime. If I had taken them to the theatre to see it like they wanted to i would have asked for my money back. It is just not a good movie. Pixar and DreamWorks have made people think all these animated movies are gold because they usually are, this one is not. There is nothing in this movie that kept me engaged or entertained. None of the characters are likeable, and none of them I hated. Nothing made me want to give a damn.
coldbeercoldbeer ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:40:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
GregoryGoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:30:00 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well, Ive done similar with movies. Not a full refund, but if I walk out of one Ill trade for whatever else is playing and management is usually okay with that because its the same difference really. When I started watching tinker tailor soldier spy, 20 minutes into the movie I realized I completely didnt understand it. So I left, and after talking to the front desk, I walked in to the rocky movie whatever it was called. It wasnt bad.
Youdontevenlivehere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:07:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I guess Iโve never understood how people think they should ask the theater back for their money. Thatโs like going to a shitty concert* and asking the venue for a refund because the musician sucked. *edit
Spooky_Electric ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Where are these bathrooms that have bands that play for you while you take a shit??
Oggie243 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:58:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The movie studios make the money from tickets the theatre's main source of income is concessions.
By all accounts the prices theatre's pay to studios is extortionate
Youdontevenlivehere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs true, so why make it harder on the theater? Ultimately you can get a refund but i highly doubt that corporate is really reporting the refunds to the movie studios...
Wedge09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not that the theatre is responsible. It was a figure of speech. I personally think that it's spend that much at a movie theater the movie should be a certain level or caliber of good. Star Wars, Avengers, The Aviator. This movie was nothing like that and it's a waste of the 80 bucks you spend. But that is just my opinion. I don't have lots of money to just blow in a movie theater so I want it to be a great experience
pingasthrowaway ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:04:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's in the "Watch this movie to die instantly" category.
Doctor_Wookie ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:33:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So how's the afterlife?
my_new_reddit_name ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:13:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs ok, for a kids movie itโs not bad at all compared to some of the shit Iโve seen. Watch it and youโll be shocked by how overblown your expectation of its terribleness is.
punktual ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:21:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well its basically a 90 minute advert for actual apps. Does that help?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:23:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's bad but by the numbers bad. Plenty of animated films just as bad.
laodaron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:27:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not even that bad at all. It's a mediocre children's cartoon that has a pretty terrible story but with some redeeming and funny performances.
Myrshall ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is it actually bad? Or do people just like to dump on it because the premise sounds dumb? Is it poorly made or has it got awkward lines?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's super average. There are a ton of worse movies. Honestly, it basically seems like it was written by a robot that just stuffs random names into a cookie cutter family movie plot. You know, like how the Marvel films are made, subbing hero action for family film.
MamaDog4812 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:36:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's still 1,000x better than Movie 43, but that's not hard to do.
diatom15 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My 5 year old sort of liked it. Not like watch it all the time but she's seen it 3 times (once at the theater and it was torture). To me it was horrible. Everything that no one askedd for plus shitty acting.
DrStephenFalken ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, I watched it with my niece and nephew. It's a standard turn off your brain kids movie of good vs evil. I give it some credit some parts were well thought out for what it was. As an adult it's a kids movie so it doesn't even register on my scale of movies so to speak. Like the first Shrek movie was awesome but I never bring it up when rating movies in convo.
If I was a kid I'd give Emoji a 5/10 it was a generic kids movie (again good vs evil) using emojis to sell a movie. My niece thought it was just okay my nephew loved it.
mushperv ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My kids wanted to see it. So we went.
Ive seen my share of bad kids movies. Most have a moment or two of humor, or heart, or SOMETHING entertaining.
The Emoji Movie had none of that. It was flat. Boring. Dumb. My kids didnt even like it, and they like everything because theyre really little.
I dont even think its so bad its good. Its just...bad.
DevestatingAttack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:40:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's the way it is with comedies. If a horror movie is bad, it can be funny. If a melodrama is bad, it can be funny. If a comedy is bad, it can't be funny - because if it were, it'd be a good comedy.
Wes_Side238 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:42:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It just felt soulless. I saw it with some friends cause we thought it'd be a room-esque catastrophe and...on some levels it is, but on others it just feels like they didn't even put effort in - besides the animation.
The amount of product placement is shocking, it literally felt like we paid nine dollars for a 90-minute ad and we were all ashamed
Beyondintodarkness ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:54:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just watch the cinemasins for it. They made the sacrifice so we don't have to.
chuttney1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The film is trash. That's the spoiler.
Linkarcher101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Don't watch it, don't....
beerdude26 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think it just goes around the Maryland point at light spees non-stop
Whoops_not_again ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:19:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's no Jack and Jill, then again will anything ever reach that level?
Kogyochi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think the general consensus is that it's just a movie that had no right ever existing in the first place.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's so bad it's bad.
crastle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw The Emoji Movie in theaters. AMA
americangame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's just bad. There's no "soo bad you can laugh at it" bad parts either.
FormerlyKnownAsBtg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Let's put it this way, it's fun if you make it into a drinking game.
msut77 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Patrick Stewart doesn't appear ashamed
HrBerg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So bad it's good movies normally have some redeeming aspects, or motivation behind them. The emoji movie does not.
Don't give the studio your money.
Lastboss42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's just bad.
elharry-o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The hype is just too much. I love bad movies. Even the "so bad they're bad". Maybe specially those. And every time someone hypes a movie as "the worst ever" I get excited. Then I watch it and think, "that was terrible... But not the worst ever. There's redeeming factors here and there. I'm yet to question something about myself or others. This is just run of the mill bad." and get a bit sad.
And the emoji movie seems like one of those cases. I want to watch it and want it to be painfully, earth shattering, soul crushing bad. But most likely it's just a poorly done, unfunny, dumb film. That just won't cut it for the hype it gets.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It should have just been straight to DVD/BlueRay/Netflix with no promotion like thousands of other absolute shit tier garbo childrens movies. The fact they thought that movie was worth millions in advertising, and red carpet treatment is what's wrong with it.
I haven't seen it, but I guarantee its no worse than hundreds upon hundreds of other same type of shit put out for kids each year.
MouthJob ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a feature length advertisement. What do you think?
TheMuddyPhallus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Having seen it in the cinema (I had a deal and tickets were cheap) I can tell you it's definitely the latter
SupahSoftware ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
/r/AWildRunescapePlayerAppeared
CactusBathtub ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not even anywhere in the sphere of "so bad it's good." My two year olds watched it once and even they have never since requested to watch it again, and these are kids that can watch Bee Movie on a repeated basis. Emoji Movie is just plain terrible, never should have been made type movie.
kneeod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it in theaters with my wife and step kids. Even my kids hated it. There's an entire 10 minute sequence devoted to playing an entire game of Candy Crush, and another for Dance Central. It's honestly, genuinely just fucking bad.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus, do you geeks run on hyperbole?
Thatguy086 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it. It started out as โThis isnโt so badโ to โThis is awfulโ to โThis is full blown selloutโ in the span of about 40 minutes.
HarpsMommy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My 5 year old accidentally rented this and didnโt even finish it. It must be terrible.
lilylemony ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I may be in the minority, but I've seen FAR worse films. It was fair and some bits were kind of cute. The hype is worse than the actual film.
Tomnnn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:00:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I decided to watch it because everyone was telling me it was as bad as everyone thought it would be. I wonder how much those voice actors got, because I'd think TJ Miller would have been expensive as fuck after coming from silicon valley with all its success. They got him to voice the main character.
SecondBestToaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched the Cinema Sins on it. Thats that youtube channel that point out everything wrong with movies. Its like 20 minutes long but pretty funny and you get the jist or the movie itself which seemed pretty dumb but nothing special.
https://youtu.be/VYslZytdOWg
yunk10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's literally a movie length commercial aimed at kids.
hellshot8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's literally a huge ad. no redeeming qualities at all
moonontheman24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:07:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs in the โhow the fuck did this make it to production?โ category. So to answer your question; the latter.
ShulginsDisciple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:07:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or even worse, you end up liking it.
tootie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd you've ever watched Mystery Science Theater, you know there's no lower depth to how bad a movie can get. If there's something to laugh at, you can still get some enjoyment. The one quality that makes a movie truly unwatchable is that it's boring.
telekinetic_turd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's got a 3/10 on IMDB and a 12/100 on Metacritic. An army of bots couldn't boost those numbers up to a watchable level.
GJenkss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs so bad because itโs cringy, political, just hard to watch in general.
mctheebs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nah itโs straight trash
PoopyMcDickles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A movie that that moves solidly past the โso bad itโs goodโ category into absolute dumpster fire is The Chaos Experiment. Itโs actually produced by our beloved Stephen K. Bannon and heโs no better at producing movies as he is at running a newspaper.
Neat_On_The_Rocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Actually it was just a fine movie as far as silly kids movies go
Bloxer136 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it last night, it fucking sucks. You have every right to be scared
i_literally_died ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie can sit on my HDD next to A Serbian Film (seven years so far), never to be watched because I'm scared both of them have the capacity to break my brain.
p1-o2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The safe choice here is to immediately delete Emoji movie and then scrub your memory of its existence by watching A Serbian Film.
Then, and only then, will you be clean again.
griffey546 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:22:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen it 2 times in theatres, and no it's not as bad as everyone says it is. The movie is horrible and very "fellow kids" cringy, but it plays out a bit like the Lego Movie, and has parts that you just laugh at saying "what the fuck were they thinking?". I enjoyed it both times I watched it, and I think I counted about 36 times they said "emoji" since I was playing a game where you dab every time they say "emoji".
SavageNorth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:04:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like you're what's wrong with society right now...
griffey546 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:19:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nah fam, I'm what's gonna save this society. ๐๐๐
Billybaf ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:47:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That second one.
Nowhere_Man_Forever ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 19:02:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, that honor belongs to Food Fight, a movie with even less redeeming value, with the added bonus of being just really badly done. It's a movie about all your favorite brand mascots joining together to defeat the evil store brand which is threatening their way of life, and was started in 1999 and released in 2012, but it looks like a bad movie made in 2003. It is a movie with zero redeeming qualities.
CaptainCupcakez ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 19:34:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is that a poop rat?
mdp300 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:57:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The making of that movie is the most bizarre story. They got a bunch if celebrities to record their dialogue, started animating it, then the files were stolen. So they started again with a completely different style. And it might have been a long term money laundering scheme.
DR99 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:26:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That movie is a super crazy story I believe the insurance company was the one to finally release it.
VicePope ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:34:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm mad at you for making me think about that movie again. Wasnโt Charlie Sheen a detective dog in that?
TorbjornKegBreaker ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:50:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A Dogtective actually.
M4ltodextrin ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:15:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who loved raisins even though raisins are super deadly to dogs.
I seriously think that movie wanted to trick kids into killing their dogs.
monkey616 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Food Fight. Watching it high while eating the brand snacks was awesome.
roflbbq ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:31:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd personally give it to Battlefield Earth. Yay Scientology
CorruptedAlligator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
At least that had Mr. Clipboard, though. "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, LEONAAAAAAAAAAARD!"
guinness_blaine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:10:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This movie and its endless reshoots may have been a major factor in Charlie Sheen losing his mind
unbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I can't find the movie you're talking about. IMDb link?
DaneGretzky ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 19:47:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How bad are you on the internet?
unbl ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:52:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bad I guess? How bad are you at not being a fucking knob?
I found out the issue anyways. The movie is in fact called "Foodfight!". It is not called "Food Fight". If you search IMDb for "Food Fight" you will not find the movie in question.
Ishanji ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:26:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dude was being a tool, granted, but using a site-specific search is usually not your best option. If you type "food fight movie" into Google you'll get results for the movie in question even though the real title is stylized differently. Dedicated search engines have a lot of behind-the-scenes magic (machine learning algorithms) to infer what you're actually looking for based on the words you use. Site-specific searches, on the other hand, tend to take your input at face value.
Not that you asked, but I reckon you could use it. At least Google won't sass you for not being able to find it yourself ;)
unbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That is, in fact, exactly how I corrected my error! Good call!
I am not normally this slow on the uptake but I am currently pre-caffeine, lol
QuadraKev_ ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:05:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
there are certainly worse movies
worse plots, worse effects, worse acting
BlueBokChoy ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:31:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Manos the hands of fate is the worst.
Even MST3k couldn't make it into an exciting experience.
Ascerior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Check out "Starcrash" in their newest season. You might revise your opinion on which movie was the worst.
GladiusDave ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:34:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I like it. My toddler has watched it daily for months. Definately not as bad as is made out.
Zmaan182 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i watched it last night with my 5 year old. neither of us laughed the entire time.
taara001 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This makes me whant to watch it
Acarlmac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Idk if "the room" can be beat. I mean weird abrupt 15 degree angle change cuts over and over. It's shit like that that is just so megnificently and unironically bad.
addysonclark2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a children's movie.
duschdecke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Foodfight!
Worst. Movie. Ever.
Trust me, The Room is a masterpiece!
ImTheOriginalSam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it and as much as a truly despise the premise and everything that went into its creation, I have to say that I really enjoyed the animation. While the writers, voice actors, director and just about everyone else we're clearly sleepwalking through it, there were multiple moments when I found myself smiling at some of the visual gags. I respect those animators for at least trying. Too bad the movie they were working on was the death of culture
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
NO. You are better off watching any MST3k movie or Rifftrax grade movie without said people commenting. I swear to you, any of those are better. At least you can laugh at those. The emoji movie kills hope and will to live.
Dread1840 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm probably alone thinking this...Get Out was god awful, I'd quit if I directed that too.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Even the Stat Wars Holiday Special was better than that garbage.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There are a lot of much worse films like Car's Life
XMorbius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji movie isn't anything special. But I do feel like it used the material correctly. Over the course of the movie they refer to a lot of apps and phone concepts mostly correctly (Spotify was a little weird).
Compare that to Wreck-It-Ralph, where the beginning of the movie is "Here are a ton of video game references!" then it becomes generic-candy-racer for the next 2/3rds of the film.
Antrikshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs coming to Netflix in the US this month. Youโre welcome.
ba3toven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sir I will dunk your head in a Spotify stream
rudranil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
unironicallyurinallyFTFY
willyolio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Then we'll get Disaster Artist 2: the making of the emoji movie
blumpkinspicecoffee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just looked up the premise and it sounds kinda....cool? And cute? LOL. I guess they fuck it up because I'm saying right here and now that I like the premise.
SuminderJi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Eh it wasn't that bad.
myslead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it through โEWWโ and itโs more than enough for me
ChopsNewBag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it's coming to Netflix this month
DrunkenShitposter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno; even worse than Food Fight?
joshi38 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched the Honest Trailer for it... it's pretty much all I needed to watch, I have no other compulsion to watch the actual movie.
GregoryGoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:23:14 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not as terrible as you'd think. Really the only thing wrong with it was its attempted appeal to a detestable demographic and the erosion of language. And poop jokes. Aside from that it works just fine as a story. It follows a proven formula. It's watchable. But it isnt good- theres no hardcore sex scenes for one thing.
enderandrew42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:05:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Worse than Troll 2, or the Room or Stop And My Mom Will Shoot?
I would love to see a website or podcast series that hunts down all the contenders for worst film of all time, watches each and compares them.
double2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:07:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's not far off the premise of How Did This Get Made
score_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:17:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Check out the yt channel "Good Bad or Bad Bad."
Randolpho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:21:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Stop or My Mom Will Shoot is heads and shoulders above Emoji.
I was going to drop Dougal as the worst movie ever. But... there are worse.
enderandrew42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Above as in a better film, or above in the rankings of worst film of all time?
Most of the reviews I read about Emoji were that it was pointless and filled with commercials/product placement, but not necessarily that it was genuinely painful to watch.
Randolpho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As in a better overall movie than Emoji.
I actually kinda liked Stop or My Mom Will Shoot... a little. Occasionally funny, mostly mindless.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 18:47:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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AustinAbortion ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 18:53:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
CinemaSins is worse than the emoji movie.
tml417 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:28:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But its $217 million in the box office brought it back down a little. Still one of Sonyโs lowest grossing movies, though.
Food-Eater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They could have did popeye but noooo
mywordswillgowithyou ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:25:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The box office take didnโt help my faith in humanity.
Risuna23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:37:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My brain trembles
ALoudMouthBaby ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:59:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So how did its box office gross make you feel?
ArchbishopBetelgeuse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It made me lose some of the hope I restored just a few minutes prior
ALoudMouthBaby ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
$220,000,000. Isnt that amazing? For The Emoji Movie? What the fuck is wrong with us?
fishbiscuit13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still pissed at that first woman to bring it above 0% on RT since her "it's kid-safe" review was interpreted as positive.
Hav3_Y0u_M3t_T3d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Until you find out that it was the first bug screen movie to be shown publically in Saudi Arabia after the ban was lifted....
Jagdgeschwader ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
40% of people liked it
SailedBasilisk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Its Rotten Tomatoes summary was simply: ๐ซ
MarcsterS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:14:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Does it matter though? It made it's money, the bad press helped, even.
too_drunk_for_this ยท 338 points ยท Posted at 18:47:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just wait til you hear about "The Emoji Movie 2 Thumbs Up"
OutsideObserver ยท 193 points ยท Posted at 19:19:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you trying to get us all killed
FiveVidiots ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 19:44:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I already died reading that title and thought it was real.
kaaz54 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:22:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Satan, we talked about this. You can influence people on Earth, so they have free will and all that BS, but there are limits. Go back down to your room!
Dendomushi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:47:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's gonna drive me back into depression
Big_Black_Brandon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โ#the_emoji_movie_2
Solensia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie 2: โก๐บ
GregoryGoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:38 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It'll be based on that augmented reality stuff taking over good old fashioned emojis. Then We'll learn that the same thing happened to emoticons way back when.
Randompicturefuckyou ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:40:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://media2.fdncms.com/chicago/imager/u/original/27089760/toto-africa.jpg
bloudy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:57:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, he's gone Toto
UlrichOtalgia ยท 252 points ยท Posted at 18:36:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Everyday we stray further from Godโs light.
[deleted] ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 19:02:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I am sure there is a "God's Light Emoji" for that nowadays.
UlrichOtalgia ยท 655 points ยท Posted at 19:05:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
IM DELETING YOU, GOD! ๐ญ๐ โโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 10% complete..... โโโโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 35% complete.... โโโโโโโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 60% complete....
โโโโโโโโโโโ] 99% complete.....
๐ซERROR!๐ซ ๐ฏTrue๐ฏ โGod โ๏ธ๐ is irreplaceable ๐I could never delete you Holy Creator and Spirit!๐ Send this to ten other ๐ด๐Christians๐โ๏ธwho give you ๐๐the gift of God ๐๐ Or never get called ๐ท๐ผ๏ธa God-Loving Christian๐ท๐ผ๏ธ again ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ If you get 0 Back: God hates you. You're going to hell. ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ซ๐ฅ 3 back: you are a confirmed Good Christian Teen ๐๐ 5 back: Totally confirmed a seat in heaven โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ 10+ back: You redefine God for a new generation and build a Christian mass movement capable of challenging filthy atheists and spreading the word of God to the land!๐โ๏ธ๐โค๐๐โค๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
StudBoi69 ยท 278 points ยท Posted at 19:12:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just got cancer reading that
UlrichOtalgia ยท 489 points ยท Posted at 19:15:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
IM DELETING YOU, CANCER๐ญ๐ โโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 10% complete..... โโโโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 35% complete.... โโโโโโโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 60% complete.... โโโโโโโโโโโ] 99% complete..... ๐ซERROR!๐ซ ๐ฏTrue๐ฏ cancers are terminal ๐I could never survive you stage 4๏ธโฃ!๐ Send this to ten other โ๏ธcancersโ๏ธ who ๐ตkill๐ต you ๐slow๐ and ๐ญpainfully๐ญ or never get called ๐ซcancer free๐ซ againโโ๐ฌ๐ฌโโ If you get 0 Back: no โchemoโ for you๐ซ๐ซ๐ฟ 3 back: only 6๏ธโฃ ๐months๐ to liveโ๏ธ๐ฆ 5 back: you might ๐see๐ your ๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆchildren๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆ grow โฌ๏ธupโฌ๏ธ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฆ 10+ back: cancer ๐ โโ๏ธfree๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐
suredont ยท 159 points ยท Posted at 19:18:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
jesus christ reddit
bad-r0bot ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 19:31:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah... and the originals was about girls sending this to 10 daddies to get cummies back.
[deleted] ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 19:42:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
IM DELETING YOU, DADDY!๐ญ๐ โโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 10% complete..... โโโโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 35% complete.... โโโโโโโ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 60% complete.... โโโโโโโโโโโ] 99% complete..... ๐ซERROR!๐ซ ๐ฏTrue๐ฏ Daddies are irreplaceable ๐I could never delete you Daddy!๐ Send this to ten other ๐ชDaddies๐ช who give you ๐ฆcummies๐ฆ Or never get called โ๏ธsquishyโ๏ธ againโโ๐ฌ๐ฌโโ If you get 0 Back: no cummies for you ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฟ 3 back: you're squishyโ๏ธ๐ฆ 5 back: you're daddy's kitten๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฆ 10+ back: Daddy๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐
hi_im_bearr ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 19:55:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Christ almighty someone get me out of here
ItsAFineWorld ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This ride never ends.
freakame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
you got up this morning, probably made coffee or something, had breakfast, and then CHOSE to come to reddit. this is all your fault. you could have gone for a walk, listened to birds sing, watched a show on Netflix, but no.. you had to come here and ready about ๐ฆcummies๐ฆ.
willclerkforfood ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 19:53:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think that the ๐ฆcummies๐ฆ one is worse than the cancer one...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVDnpsGTZY
Rathwood ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:02:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Whelp, thatโs enough internet for today.
Copywrites ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That wasn't a parody?
fellownpc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:43:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Huh
Edit: actually I don't want to kow
bad-r0bot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:49:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://i.imgur.com/PP35ckt.gif
beguilas ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 19:18:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus fuck that is a heavy one
Daanish3751 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:36:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If only it were so easy to be cancer free
Ingrassiat04 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:53:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Shit. Now I have double cancer.
JackieBoySlim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck man good god damn
culll ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 19:21:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
On Reddit you need to double space line breaks in order for it to recognize a line break. Your comment looks ridiculous without them.
BSnapZ ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:33:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs not meant to look good...
culll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:59:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Really? I guess that went way over my head.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:23:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact, since 1986 all copypasta is subject to California's Prop 65, in which they are required to be labeled as containing compounds which will give you mental cancer.
werker ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:42:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Cancer is welcomed after reading that
tsnErd3141 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:45:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I find these hilarious though. The weird use of those emojis just make lol for some reason.
iTz_Kamz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:13:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ditto that's some hardcore emojioery right there.
-cupcake ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:44:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
/r/emojipasta true art
iTz_Kamz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Of course there would be a sub....
People have time. Good lord.
nobodyknoes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i didnt even try to read it
suttlesd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, I'm quitting my acting career.
CaptureEverything ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:19:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you
ruthekangaroo ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:12:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ...
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:20:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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JunnySycle ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 19:26:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just started a petition to ban you
zygfryt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:28:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why is this a thing
tkookookachoo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a subreddit dedicated to shitty emoji text chains like this? I'm always wanting to send them to my friends but I can never find them online, mainly because I don't know what to search for lol
UlrichOtalgia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:52:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
/r/emojipasta
zowki ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
/r/emojipasta
Spyrothedragon9972 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't Facebook.
South_Dakota_Boy ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:10:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โ๏ธ๐ ๐น๐ พ๏ธโ 3๏ธโฃโ๏ธ3๏ธโฃยฎ โ๏ธ3๏ธโฃ๐ ฐ๏ธยฎ โ๏ธโ๏ธ3๏ธโฃ โ๏ธยฎ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐3๏ธโฃโ๏ธ๐น ๐ พ๏ธโฆ๏ธ โ๏ธ๐ ฐ๏ธยฎโ๏ธโ๏ธ ๐ ฟ๏ธ๐๐ ฐ๏ธ๐โ3๏ธโฃโน๏ธ๐ฐ โ๏ธโ๏ธ3๏ธโฃ ๐ฑโน๏ธ๐ฐ3๏ธโฃโ
โน๏ธ โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ พ๏ธโ๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ โ๏ธ๐ พ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
โนโ๏ธ๐ฐ โ๏ธ๐ พ๏ธโ๏ธ ๐ ฐ๏ธ ๐ฐโ๏ธ๐ พ๏ธยฎ๐น โ๏ธโ๏ธ3๏ธโฃ ๐3๏ธโฃโ๏ธโน ๐ฑ๐ พ๏ธโ๐ โ๏ธ3๏ธโฃ๐๐ ๐น๐ พ๏ธโ
โนโ๏ธ๐ฐ ๐ ฐ๏ธ ๐ฐโนโ๏ธโ๏ธ ๐3๏ธโฃ๐3๏ธโฃโ๏ธโ๏ธ
๐ ฐ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ โ๏ธโ๏ธ3๏ธโฃ๐น โ๏ธ๐ พ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ ๐ฐโ๏ธ๐ พ๏ธ๐ ฟ๏ธ โช๏ธ๐ พ๏ธโ๏ธ๐น๐
The_ThirdFang ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:41:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And into the emoji hands of the emoji movie. 5 SEQUELS PLEASE
PeelerNo44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:34:39 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You cannot know the height, width, and depth of the mountain standing only at its top. In this way, God had invited us to see what being God was truly like, and in our poor wisdom and judgement, we did not produce a lively and varied universe, but chose instead to create and watch The Emoji Movie. As Christ had said, "They die for lack of knowledge." and thusly we have learned the knowledge of such productions as the Emoji Movie.
BearCubDan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:16:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, does tithing make G-d just an another example of DLC?
[deleted] ยท 140 points ยท Posted at 18:36:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 115 points ยท Posted at 18:40:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God is Dead convinced me God is Dead.
WinstonsTasteGood ยท 208 points ยท Posted at 19:05:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God's Not Dead convinced me God is dead.
strooticus ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 19:14:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God's Not Dead 2 convinced me that God still isn't dead, but He's incapable of making a movie that isn't incredible shitty.
OriginalName317 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 19:21:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've heard that God's Not Dead: The Trinity Completed redeems the series, but I don't believe it. The reviews sound like something people would make up to make money.
shitty_shutterbug ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:37:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It could only redeem it if Kevin Sorbo, the atheist from the first movie who converted before death, returned as an avenging angel of the Lord to slay the infidels. Of course he would be dressed like Hercules.
Odd-Richard ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:45:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol when my mom made me watch the first one with her I couldn't help but laughing when that happened. And I was a christian at that time.
deh_tommy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:44:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm still a Christian and that scene made me laugh. I quite enjoy the films, but probably not for the reasons the filmmakers wanted me to.
BoiWhat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:09:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I loved you, Sorbo. How could you inflict such a creation upon us?
PeelerNo44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:38:49 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For some odd reason, Hercules: the Legendary Journeys seems like such a Christian show. Kevin Sorbo wanted to play Jesus in Greek times, I guess.
That said, it's even offer, but I think The Swamp Thing is the most Christian thing ever produced. :3
melocoton_helado ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:36:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait...those pieces of shit got another sequel?
HannasAnarion ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:04:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The persecution-complex demographic is very reliable at the box office.
PeachyCoke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It would make sense that the third movie would feature God raising from the dead.
hackint0sh96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My family is Christian, Iโve been to Christian concerts and stuff. Before the movie released, the artists at Winter Jam kept heralding it as one of the greatest movie releases ever. They also had Newsboys do the song...
ThotSpotterScott ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:55:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can God make a movie so shitty even he canโt watch it?
THEHYPERBOLOID ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:34:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd argue the Passion of the Christ and Silence aren't shitty, but they're definitely exceptions to the general trend.
drewster298 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:29:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God's Not Impressed
deh_tommy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:43:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think I remember reading Scott Derrickson once saying the problem with most Christian movies is that theyโre mostly just uncomfortable, self-congratulatory echo chambers. To that extent, his favourite Christian movie was The Exorcist, since that actually challenged the charactersโ faiths in God before God and good ultimately prevail in the end.
Iโm fond of Risen and Bruce Almighty, and Iโve heard Noah was decent.
ilgnome ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought you were lying, but they really made a second one.
strooticus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:40:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/Y0SOZFl5p58
StrangeSemiticLatin2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God's Not Dead 2 convinced me that God exists but that he is a cruel, uncaring and sadistic being.
pacotaco724 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:16:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
at least the cheat is not dead.
murderedcats ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:36:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The system is down! The system is down!
yakri ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:00:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Children wearing suicide vests convinced me God is dead.
inspiredshane ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:05:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God is Dead convinced me to watch The Emoji Movie.
BearCubDan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:17:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God is Dead. Kevin Sorbo's career is alive!
employeesonly91 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:46:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God's not Dead?? But... but Kevin Sorbo's career is alive?
tsnErd3141 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/D5bOJT_HtUI
TheDragonLake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The angry bird movie did that for me. Then they announced emoji shit (and dont forget literally a character that is a shit voice by Uriel Septim) and I figured this is life now. This is all we got going for movies. :I
Hollywood_WBS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
At least the angry birds movie was at least entertaining and somewhat funny. Emoji movie just fucking sucks.
PeelerNo44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:37:14 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God isn't dead though. Having a relationship with God is a two way street, like any other relationship. When we turn away from God, it seems as if he is gone, and in thinking he is not there, behind us, we meticulously toiled away, until the Emoji Movie was complete.
explodingpens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it killed him.
๐๏ธ BunyipPouch ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 18:23:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jordan Peele retired from acting, I retired from life.
Your_Favorite_Poster ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:25:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well clearly it's the better choice for him. It's like the difference between being a doctor and a scientist - one treats people, other treats populations. Peele seems like someone with great taste in what's good. I like those people being responsible for the entire project, not just one piece of one aspect.
TrentonJ ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:47:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it as a good sign. At least weโve reached our lowest low in film and can only go up from here.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:37:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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firemouth55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Harvey Weinstein: "Hold me, Uma Thurman."
meh100 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:15:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is the Emoji Movie the Donald Trump of movies?
BFGfreak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"challenge accepted"
-Hollywood
Arterra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ok but what if takes down third shot what if we make a movie, what if more shots instead of emojis in phones, we have shots taken alarmingly we like film the internet and shot singularity what do the kids call those things, memes? shots fired into crowd lets make a movie about those.
lilyvess ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:27:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I gave the Emoji Movie and Pixels in my annual White Elephant christmas gift exchange.
finerd ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 18:46:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry. Jumping on the top comment because Judd Apatow made me question humanity too with this idiotic quote, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
too_drunk_for_this ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 18:58:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for jumping on the top comment to rewrite the second highest comment.
double2 ยท 129 points ยท Posted at 19:10:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think part of the humour in that comment is that it's intentionally selective. You're taking it a bit too seriously.
[deleted] ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 19:18:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You are overanalyzing a joke that is obviously not true.
AlanMorlock ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:06:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Really what bugs me about him saying that is that Apatow has a long producing career and cultivated an entire group of young actors and helped them to become producers and directors themselves. I can't name a single female fillmmaker that he has helped in that way.
TheShuggieOtis ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:42:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hate when people jump on socio-political bandwagons just to check that box but don't have histories to back up what they are saying nor will they change their actions in the future.
Everyone can crack a Trump/Weinstein joke or whatever is ร la mode, but very few are willing to work against the systems that allow these things to happen.
screaminginfidels ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:43:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For Trump jokes you need 2x a la mode.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:24:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Reciprocity2209 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:31:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lena Dunham? Thatโs your response. Really not a strong argument in favor of Judd, there.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:36:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Reciprocity2209 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:36:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lena Dunham doesnโt exactly exemplify quality filmmaking by females. You cannot equate โGirlsโ to โMudboundโ. As such, Juddโs argument falls flat, because it is based on gender and not egalitarianism.
[deleted] ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:39:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:39:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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PeterDarker ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:43:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I meant to infer that would be her detractors response. Should have used /s. Carry on.
Iusedtobeonimgur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Going hard against reddit here, but the first 3 seasons of Girls was good television. I hated them all for different reasons, but it was some good content.
AlanMorlock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I had forgotten his role in Dunham's projects. Solid point.
Still, seems odd to make comments like his emoji movie comment when overall he hasn't worked with many female filmmakers himself. In the 2000's Apatow was a comedy genre unto himself, enough that they had their own shitty parody. http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/dvdboxart/8118750/p8118750_d_v8_aa.jpg He produced and directred a massive wave of projects and almost exclusively from dudes.
Theappunderground ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:49:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What female director has mentored a group of young actresses in that way?
AlanMorlock ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:11:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ava DuVernay for one is doing so currently, just for a quick example, not focused on actresses specifically but on other filmmakers.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:57:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
agreed, love her to death but not all women directors are greatr and not all men make pieces of shit.
Vio_ ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:11:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There is something to be said that women directors have to be able to produce better movies due to the sheer lack of women directors in general. When they do get big gigs, they have to go above and beyond to produce solid hits at that level.
There aren't enough women directors able to make shitty movies. The vast majority of women directors are doing commercials and cable tv shows. The really good (and connected) ones can get up to that A list movie set, but there's not that many able to bridge up into the B-C list movie set.
trojan_man16 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:29:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The only women directors that get that far in the industry are top tier talent. There might be a terrible woman director somewhere but we have probably never heard of her.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:20:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"There arent enough women directors to make bad movies" if there is any women directors thats enouvh to make a bad movie. Theres nothibg stopping every women director being a shitty director. But that would be defining there ability based on genitals. Your over arching point is also a lil pointless considering there are bad movies by women directors and bad tv showd directed by women.
too_drunk_for_this ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:03:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You love Judd Apatow to death? Would you say you find her attractive?
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 19:04:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
very funny its a typo dude.
binkerfluid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
whats so funny about Juggs Cameltow?
satinism ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:03:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Does that need to be said? Does anyone believe that to be the case? This is just Judd reading the writing on the wall and trying to score some feminism points.
spermface ยท 88 points ยท Posted at 19:05:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This is a hyperbolic joke from a comedian.
manicapathy ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 19:07:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But muh outrage!
Jorion ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:07:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This needs to be higher.
satinism ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:23:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It would have been in better taste if it were significantly funnier tho
SantaMonicaGeller ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:12:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I'm going crazy. I consider myself a feminist and what Judd is saying is sexist. It's hyperbolic, but a joke used to express something he agrees with. Women are idols who are always good wtf? Women are humans with fault just like men can be.
PM_ur_Rump ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:29:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Stop worrying so much and just be a good human.
SantaMonicaGeller ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you, I'm gonna try my hardest. I still like Judd. Bought and read his book
PM_ur_Rump ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:33:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nice name btw. Just watched Ace Ventura last night and rekindled my crush on Ms. Cox.
SantaMonicaGeller ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:08:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hey thanks! That reminds me I should watch Ace Ventura again.
PM_ur_Rump ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:14:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's still awesome.
"If I was drinking from the toilet, I might have been killed."
Subjunctive__Bot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:14:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I were
satinism ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's one of the most common forms of hypocrisy that people are willing to accept something as "just a joke" when it more or less conforms to their prejudice, but not otherwise. This offends me not as a man, but as a comedian (Seinfeld theme). Jokes need to be funny if they want a pass for being offensive and stupid.
DJ_IllI_Ill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Underrated comment. The people blowing it off is a joke are the first to say that jokes are evil.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:05:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
sadly...yes, yes it does need to be said. becuase i and you can think for myself doesnt mean everyone else can lol.
Tasgall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just wait until the reveal that "Steven Spielberg" and "Christopher Nolan" are actually just pen names for female directors.
KageStar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
ummm.. What?
teachhikelearn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yorue wrong. men are garbage, plane and simple. women are the future
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
NO, everybodys shit we have no future.
teachhikelearn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
everybody is shit, god is dead, ferrets will inherit the husk of an earth we leave behind.
PornoPaul ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:55:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Judd was in the emoji movie?
Killamikeisdead ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:06:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So basically every culturally and critically significant film made by men and released since the creation of film is as bad as the Emoji Movie?
God, what an idiotic thing to say. Judd Apatow is one of those people I either totally forget about or feel really pissed off at.
Pripat99 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:10:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was quite clearly a joke.
Killamikeisdead ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:40:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I apologize. I guess that clearly flew over my head.
Pripat99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No worries, if you look through this thread you'll see you aren't the only one.
mep8 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just watched Lady Bird and it was shit. So was Wonder Woman. Never heard of the third one. Most movies these days are hot garbage, regardless of the gender of the director.
Tongue37 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:35:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He actually said that? I lost lots of respect..does he not know of all the amazing male directors?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:42:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He IS a male director. The statement was a joke.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You should know by now.
skralogy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wanna hear something really fucked up? When Saudi Arabia allowed movies to be viewed once again, the first movie available was the emoji movie.
princesskiki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For your sake, I hope you didn't see it, and just the existence of it is what drove you there.
everypostepic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You didn't question it before now?
1AoxomoxoA1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just watched the movie so I could add on to the hate but I laughed a lot. Sure it's lame and stupid but I'm sure they weren't aiming for much else.
ThatOneHistoryBuff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't they say they plan to make a fidget spinner movie in 2019?
Forcefedlies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My mother in law got all 4 of my kids INDIVIDUAL COPIES for Christmas.
jennydancingaway ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There were a few cute parts lol his mom and dads faces still make me laugh
skieezy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you lose your role as poop to a revered knight in a movie about personified hieroglyphs you should question humanity.
Mordkillius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is it bad enough to watch just to cringe and laugh about how bad it is?
whatlsl0ve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
๐ค๐ค
MankindtheVileApe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For me it answered what was already a very questionable humanity.
MankindtheVileApe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isnโt the emoji movie a family/kids movie? We disregard that garbage as the garbage it is donโt we?
MankindtheVileApe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So say we all!
coatrack68 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie drove my twelve year old son to question humanity...
blueredgreenorange ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Has... has anyone actually watched it? And if so, why?
rsplatpc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
a movie based on Lego's got nominated for a Academy award, and you are surprised this exists?
BadassGateway ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:13:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Good for you , I had to drive my own shitbox over to my thinking place to question humanity.
MumrikDK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:06:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie did nothing to me, because I chose not to watch it.
CrockpotTuna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:56:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I canโt wait for Emoji Movie 2 /s
tonypalestini ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fast and furious 8?
[deleted] ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 18:49:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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two5five1 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 18:57:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hate when people use this line to defend the movie, itโs as if theyโre saying that children only deserve mediocrity. The Incredibles, Toy Story, The LEGO Movie, those are all childrenโs movies at the end of the day arenโt they?
K20BB5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can't hold every childrens movie to the standard of classics
SpecificZod ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
what if that is the purpose of movie? being disgusting?
GaslightProphet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:05:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Then it's a bad purpose and it should feel bad
BoredGamerr ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:00:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't talking basing my opinion on the trailers. I tried watching the film but turned it off mere minutes into it. The jokes fell flat. The characters were just beyond humerous. And the whole "identity crisis" of a Smiley face just wasn't a great plot point. And just because there's another shitty Angry Birds movie, doesn't justify why this film should get a pass.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:59:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
even for a kids film there aer no redeeming qualitys, tell me how did the movie end? what lesson did your child take away from it. besides how to sext your crush and be a creep?
satinism ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:04:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
tell me how to sext my crush and be a creep, please
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:06:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
your doing great!
Count_Long_Dong ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:02:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I heard the Angry Birds movie was actually kind of decent. I never saw it though. Can anyone confirm?
FreqGuy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:08:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ultimately Angry Birds Movie is an average CGI kids movie, but having seen both that and Emoji Movie recently with my daughter, Angry Birds is comparatively much better movie. Better animation, acting, humour, even story. Emoji Movie is pure garbage. Angry Birds is.. tolerable, and I will admit I laughed a fair bit at it. I didn't laugh at Emoji Movie, I just physically cringed throughout.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:03:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What a vapid person you must be
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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BoredGamerr ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:04:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't watched Sausage Party but my friends who did said it's a good movie to watch while drunk or high.
aint_no_joke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:06:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sausage Party will make you lose faith in Humanity. The Emoji Movie will make you wish aliens come down and blow up the Earth.
colonel_bob ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:13:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
... but in a good way!
I watched it one weekend morning with my girlfriend because we thought it would kinda be like 'Saturday morning cartoons for adults'... and we were right, but not really at all in the way that we had expected to be.
abby-anne ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:09:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It depends on your tolerance for r/atheism bullshit and edgelord humor. If you can stomach both of those things and a food orgy, choose Sausage Party. If not, prepare for cringe and shameless product placement.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:46:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
if it made a billion dollars I guess its ok but humanity rejected it completely so lets give ourselves a little credit :)
Ferg8 ยท 484 points ยท Posted at 18:51:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's a theory saying The Emoji Movie was just a reason to have the copyright on the merch they sold with that.
I don't know if that's true, but at least it would explain why that was one of the worst movie ever made.
burntpotatoXL ยท 213 points ยท Posted at 19:33:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I could see this being a thing, with all those poop emoji pillows and such
Totodile_ ยท 172 points ยท Posted at 19:49:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
With a budget of $50mil and box office $217mil, it doesn't really matter how much people hated it. It was a success. Selling merchandise on top of that is just a bonus.
ronan_the_accuser ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 20:33:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Even if the movie was a failure, the intention was to sell emoji merchandise which is inexplicably popular right now. One way or another they were going to makes tons ans tons of money.
Totodile_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:39:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
agreed
SuperBearsSuperDan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:48:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
With a box office of $217mil, nothing compares for the billions you make over a decade from selling merchandise. Eventually these movie companies realized that selling merchandise was the end game, not the bonus.
Star Wars, GI Joe, Transformers, TMNT, every single comic book hero that's been around from the 70's, straight to DVD Barbie movies, fuck there was even a Bratz movie. Some of these movies I love (and some of them I absolutely despise), but in reality they figured out that selling toys last for decades beyond a movie ticket or DVD sale.
Totodile_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:01:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah that makes sense. But I would be surprised if emoji movie merchandise can sell like any of those that you listed (though I'm prepared to be wrong).
And the Bratz movie was $26m on a $20m budget. The emoji movie was unfortunately a box office success.
eherro33 ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 19:47:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait so which company would own the copyright? Like what kind of jerk would have the audacity to say "yea we own emojis"
HeyItsCharnae ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 20:01:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not emojis as a general idea, but the art associated with their set of emojis.
Caminsky ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:46:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck....
Bitfinessed ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 19:55:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
sony
Vegan_Thenn ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:59:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
EA
SquidgyGoat ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:18:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You have to buy each emoji individually, or send spend 1000 hours sending texts.
MaFratelli ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:37:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Now I feel a sense of accomplishment when I send a poop emoji to my friends!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Old Men in suits
[deleted] ยท 71 points ยท Posted at 19:43:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Surely they can't copyright emojis as a whole? Apple has their own sure but it's a publicly available "font"
HannasAnarion ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 20:08:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not a font, fonts are expected to implement emojis, and each font will do emojis a different way. It's a unicode character set. Each one is like a letter.
And neither alphabets nor fonts are copyrightable, though, being images, a particular emojiset probably is.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 20:13:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I believe typefaces are copyrightable. Font licenses are expensive.
HannasAnarion ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 20:27:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You are paying for the software that renders the font, not the font itself. If you made your own program that renedered the same font using different code or logic, you would be in the clear.
In fact, us copyright law specifically calls out fonts as being non-copyrightable
kaaz54 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:32:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Which is why Papyrus was re-used for some minor movie's poster design, to the great pain of some poor, poor people
Pig743 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Technically they are multiple letters
Aikidi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Typefaces are totally copyrightable, the same family has gotten money for Gothic for over a century iirc.
HannasAnarion ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:00:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That'd be mighty hard to do, considering that Gothic was invented in 1991.
And that US law specifically calls out typefaces as being non-copyrightable.
RevWaldo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:50:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There was a bidding war to make this thing.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:05:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Billyblack05 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:31:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The difference here is that people aren't buying emoji pillows because they loved the movie. It's because they love emojis in general (for whatever reason).
Calling it merchandise for the movie is kind of a brilliant way of making money on this ridiculous emoji craze.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:33:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Billyblack05 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:11:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know if they could've copyrighted general emojis, which is why we have generic emoji merchandise.
There are plenty of people who would rather have the 'official' merchandise over the generic. I assume they're cashing in on that.
beaverteeth92 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:27:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. I think it had the potential to be amazing if they had gone with the โthis movie is completely absurd and we all know itโ approach. Like a self-aware dry humor approach would have been great. Instead we got this piece of shit.
boyz2man ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:17:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs completely true, along with it was just made to make merchandise because you make more money from merchandise than you do from film sales
petitepeachesxxx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:29 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the popularity of emoji merch had been dying this past year and now people buy it "ironically"...which is still money so eh never mind.
boylejc2 ยท 4257 points ยท Posted at 18:47:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well Donald Glover quit acting to focus on music, and is now going to retire from music after his next album to work on acting/directing/writing on his multiple shows.
I don't think entertainers in general understands what "retirement" means. Either way, taking time to focus on one thing gets some fucking awesome results.
BenjamintheFox ยท 1318 points ยท Posted at 18:57:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
coughMiyazakicough
anguishCAKE ยท 688 points ยท Posted at 19:01:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think even death will be able to prevent him from coming back to work on a new project.
Still hyped for his next film.
Cascadianarchist2 ยท 247 points ยท Posted at 19:07:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Gives a new meaning to "ghostwriter"
tapped21 ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 20:04:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What about Mark "I swear guys, this is the last time I'll voice the Joker" Hamill.
idontgethejoke ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 20:28:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Every time he says that, they have to sweeten the deal and pay him more to convince him to do it again. So I'd say he's quite shrewd.
deh_tommy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:47:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, he actually was retired as the Joker. His role in Arkham Knight was a big surprise/twist and he only really started doing the Joker regularly again because of The Killing Joke.
absentminded_gamer ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:38:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I get that, poor dude's vocal cords must be in shreds by now.
1n1billionAZNsay ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 20:39:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To shreds you say...
tapped21 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:11:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How's his throat holding up?
Cripnite ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:43:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm totally ok with him repeatedly coming out of retirement to do more Joker.
zelce ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 19:46:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Heโll be like the Michael Jakson of animation. After death they will be finding more movies.
MightyAdam ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:03:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And create movie mixtapes!
mostly_insults ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:29:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The reference you are looking for is Emily Dickinson, who published like 50 of her 1500 poems while alive, the rest were found after she died.
He'll be like the Emily Dickinson of animation. (the more you know shooting star)
Shadesbane43 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:38:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think you mean Jimi Hendrix. Dude has had 12 studio albums and 27 live albums published since he died.
crashb24 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:38:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Naw I think the reference he was looking for was Michael Jackson, who like Miyazaki was very famous during his life. Get on out of here with that condescension.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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crashb24 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:52:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can talk about posthumously famous artist you want. However because Miyazaki is quite famous and still living, they really won't have any relevance to the discussion.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:42:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, not really.
Sillygooseman23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Tupayayo Shakurzaki
txbrah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:05:32 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
2pac would be a better example but yeah Mike works too
Fury_Bringer ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 19:46:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I wish that was the case for Satoshi Kon, and now I am sad again.
RootlessBoots ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 20:07:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I never have seen any of his work. Now, Iโm going to enjoy it! Thanks!
Spooky_Electric ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:57:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit. Prepare to have your mind literally fucked and blown.
Satoshi Kon was a genius and his death robbed the world.
Here is a very good vid about him.
RootlessBoots ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:22:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Funny, actually found that video while researching him after reading your comment.
His cuts reflect a seemingly careful articulation and meticulous nature Iโm anticipating in his work.
Finna get my dab pen fired up to prepare my brain-pussy for this tonight.
darez00 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 20:14:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I heard there's gonna be a Miyazaki hologram playing with Justin Timberlake at the SuperBowl
TrashbagJono ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:47:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well what is it?
Officer_Hotpants ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:24:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For a second I thought we were referring to Dark Souls Miyazaki. There are too many Miyazakis.
Wyand1337 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:15:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Phew. I just thought whatever comes after Dark Souls would be in trouble, due to a certain other guy being sick or having had an accident.
anguishCAKE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:40:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
His schtick is to respawn at the last bonfire he rested at and carry on as per usual.
LouWaters ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
After seeing Mary and the Witches Flower, I'm ready to see his next film also. The torch isn't ready to be passed.
royalstaircase ยท 119 points ยท Posted at 19:36:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
the difference is that this time Miyazaki's finally come to terms with the fact that he can't live without making movies, and he's just going to have to be okay with dying in the middle of production of one.
uniquecannon ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 20:07:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's the Japanese way. Die working.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 20:22:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of when I was living in Japan and had a deep and emotional conversation with another resident at the guest house who worked almost 12 hour shifts. Came back to the guest house only to sit in the living area. Drink and eventually pass out for another 6-7 hours before going out and doing it again. Guy sounded inches from death and it was a massive wake-up call to how Japan can really be for their residents compared to the way a foreigner is expected and has to work.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:11:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:59:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's crazy. I got very lost and awoken when wandering the urban jungle of Tokyo. Definitely a life changing way of my outlook
Angel_Hunter_D ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:20:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
and on a tarp, because you wouldn't want to inconvenience anyone by making a mess on the carpet - they don't have janitors there.
Jaujarahje ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 19:33:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think its really tough for creatives like that. You spend you life doing your passion of drawing and storytelling. Retire in old age and then do what? Just stop drawing and thinking of stories? Next thing you know you have another fleshed out idea and think "Yea I want to do one more"
[deleted] ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 19:40:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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BawsDaddy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's probably a bit of both.
SquidgyGoat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:12:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You see the same thing in professional sportsmen. The rates of depression post-careers is insane, as they got to do what they loved for a living, but no longer can.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:13:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The other aspect is that is takes years to be good enough as an artist to do anything that is really artistically creative/fulfilling. Like it's all about technique. So once you have a certain technique mastered then you can actually really be artistic. (At least that's how it feels for me). So unlikely you'd quit after putting years in a craft, to finally express your message or whatever it is. To me it's unfathomable.
As far as switching to director. There is something about directing that is amazing. Someone else maybe wrote a script, but it's one you like and you now get to tell a story with it visually and have it come alive. Most people can only be artistically expressive in limited ways. For instance a set designer is making a set that they are hired to make. And it is only a small part of the story anyways. The director I think has much more creative freedom then most.
MuscleT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Golf?
almoostashar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:37:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He retires until he finds a project that interests him to work on.
resplendentquetzals ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:39:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
coughKojimacough
werker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka
GingerGuerrilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Need a lozenge?
BenjamintheFox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:36:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Actually yes. I was coughing all day yesterday and have been sick all week.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hear it's because unless you're retired, Japanese culture doesn't let you relax. Maybe it is the same here. People just don't let you relax or assume there's something wrong with you if you aren't hard at work.
BenjamintheFox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Like he would care. He even said before his "retirement" that he takes six months off between movies to unwind before he starts thinking about work again.
Redditabarth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, you should get that cough checked out.
BenjamintheFox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If you only knew how many pills I've taken in the past week to deal with this cough...
NorthernerWuwu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He can un-retire as often as he likes!
dehehn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:40:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You should get that checked out. Bad flu going around.
iFucksuperheroes ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:30:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen the name mentioned before, and after a google seen he only has three films? Is there anything I'm missing?
Tennate ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 19:35:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
where tf do you only see 3 movies?
iFucksuperheroes ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:50:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I am under the influence and didn't click... Fuck me.
Team_Rocket ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 19:37:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You gotta hit the dojo dude. Your googlefu is weak.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_directed_by_Hayao_Miyazaki
iFucksuperheroes ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:52:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I.......... forgot to click further. I have a lot to learn, as a young grasshoppin padawan.
LandVonWhale ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:38:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's basically the head director for most of the famous studio ghibli films. Notably, Princess Mononoke and Spirted Away. He's also gone into "retirement" multiple times only to come out to do one last film.
iFucksuperheroes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've heard of his retirement hopscotch before, now it makes sense. Thank you!
DesertofBoredom ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:36:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
??? I literally just highlighted the name and hit search google, it gave me 5 movies under his name with the option to open a list with 30+ more movies
iFucksuperheroes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm trippin...... started this day a lil too early if you know what I mean. I seen what I was missing now ๐
DesertofBoredom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:58:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
lol, we've all been there. Here, have some kittens
iFucksuperheroes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:05:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My kind of risky click!
LuLuCheng ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:39:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Miyazaki has a lot more than 3 movies, try around 30ish. He's like the face of Studio Ghibli which produces fondly remembered movies like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro (Also highly grossing movies). He's also notorious for retiring and then suddenly coming back to do one more movie before retiring again and repeating that cycle. It's become a sort of injoke at this point.
iFucksuperheroes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:51:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you! I guess I was in the preview section and didn't bother to click to see his other work. Your response is much appreciated!
Stealyosweetroll ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:35:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
His best work has been on TV shows. He got started in standup (which I recommend watching), then got hired to work on 30 rock as a writer, then got into music and acting on Community. Now he has his music career (Childish Gambino) and is starring/ directing/writing his show Atlanta. Which if the first season is any indication will be a classic.
almoostashar ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:36:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
..... wut?
Stealyosweetroll ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:38:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Damn thought he was referring to Donald. I'm on mobile and missed that post that branched down here.
almoostashar ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:53:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The thought of Miyazaki in Community though.. I never knew I wanted that.
Stealyosweetroll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Woulda been more interesting than Chevy!
iFucksuperheroes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:54:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like we both goofed but thank you for the info! Been a Glover fan since he did Bro-rape lol
Jezell38 ยท 241 points ยท Posted at 19:06:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They really mean that they're just taking a break, not permanently stopping.
DigThatFunk ยท 221 points ยท Posted at 19:32:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If only a word for that existed that was much more accurate than "retiring"... "hiatus" maybe? Nahhhhh....
[deleted] ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 19:43:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Marshall_Lawson ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:50:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
this is the real answer
Marshall_Lawson ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:50:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
also this is from the same town /industry where you say "I love you, don't ever change!" to mean "Go fuck yourself", so, lol.
Unless you're making films in New York, in which case it's the other way around. ;)
strobevenom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sabbatical?
Bears_On_Stilts ยท 173 points ยท Posted at 19:14:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Has he confirmed he's done with music? I thought he was just done with side project Childish Gambino, and was going to abandon the whole "alter ego" thing to be just multi-hyphenate Donald Glover who does what he wants on his own terms.
startled_easily ยท 169 points ยท Posted at 19:30:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Adultish Gambe
boylejc2 ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 19:16:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly can't tell what he means but I don't mind. I enjoy everything that he does so regardless of the content, I'm going to just enjoy it.
intripletime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked him in Community. I liked his stand up. I've liked him in some serious roles in films and such. I liked his music. You're right, the guy is talented in all pursuits.
DigThatFunk ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 19:32:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He said the next album would be his last... supposedly
LucasPmS ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 19:37:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think the exact wording was the last childish Gambino album
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:42:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Awaken, My Love was quite a departure from the old material anyway. I think itโs fair for him to want to leave behind the persona.
night_owl ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:52:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't care what he calls himself as long as he puts out more albums like Awaken My Love
I slept on that album for a minute when it came out because I was getting a bit bored with his hip-hop music. I'm glad I didn't read any reviews or hype about it because I had no idea he went a totally different direction with the music and it blew me away after I really listened to it.
dickcheneymademoney ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:55:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah you should probably just listen to some more funk. George Clinton called Awaken My Love the best funk album in decades
WhyattThrash ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:04:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just gave it a listen. Damn. Did not expect
DigThatFunk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:40:14 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Same suggestion to you as the guy above because I love these bands and wanna spread the word: Turkuaz, Vulfpeck, and Lettuce are 3 of the best funk bands in recent memory, check em out if you haven't!
lycoloco ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Maggot. Brain.
night_owl ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
lol I don't think anyone has ever accused me of not listening to enough funk.
I'm not sure if it would be possible to listen to more, there is just not enough hours in the day for that but I'll try thanks
cdub4521 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:35:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Anderson Paak probably up your alley if you havenโt listened to him yet
night_owl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:41:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
ah hell yeah Anderson Paak is dope.
I saw him at Bumbershoot in 2016 and I'll see him again at Lighting In A Bottle this memorial day weekend.
one of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_7Yi7cCHx4 (also note that TOKiMONSTA will be at LiB also but I'm not sure if they'll be on stage together, here's hoping...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:20:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Same for me. Not that I disliked his hip hop, but I felt he was standing still and not really growing as an artist. But when that album came out, a couple friends told me that I needed to hear it but wouldnโt tell me why. It was fantastic how he shifted his style so much. It genuinely felt like George Clinton and Curtis Mayfield helped him write it.
DigThatFunk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:39:07 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yo I dunno if you noticed my username but funk is literally my jam. Three suggestions for contemporary funk if you're unfamiliar: Turkuaz, Vulfpeck, and Lettuce
XDreadedmikeX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was my least favorite album by him
night_owl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
well that is the interesting thing about opinions. I think it is really his only good album, everything up that point has been ok and he shows an obvious progression, but his hip-hop stuff has always been kinda weak and I've never been that into it. The first album was almost just plain bad but I respect him anyway and I felt it was worth sticking by and giving him a chance to mature and hone his skill and I think it finally paid off.
ThinkingCapitalist ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:53:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He just signed with RCA, we should see a new album this year with a standard release
Karl_Agathon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Childish Landino.
OakenGreen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs what I heard as well.
terriblehuman ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 19:27:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Then came out of retirement to be in spider-man and play Lando Calrissian.
Ceannairceach ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:41:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Glover as Young Lando has to be the best casting decision a Star Wars film has made since Ford got the Solo gig.
gunesisik613 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:05:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
now all we need is Ewan Mcgregor for obi wan
Ceannairceach ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 20:10:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: he had a voice line in The Force Awakens. When Rey gets those force visions on Starkiller, she hears a voice say something along the lines of "these are the first steps." Someone asked the voice actor who played Obi Wan in the animated series if it was him on Twitter, and he said that while he did do a recording for the movie, they replaced him with Ewan at the last minute. EDIT: You can thank Jesse Cox and the Star Wars New Canon Book Club for this revelation. I found out from their podcast.
your_mind_aches ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:45:35 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And Simba.
derpatarian ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 19:17:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did he go back and say he was actually going to stop making music? IIRC he just said there's only going to be one more Childish Gambino album, which I and many other people took to mean that he would just stop making music under that pseudonym, and either release under his real name or possibley another pseudonym.
boylejc2 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:22:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think he meant music. Cause in an interview he said he likes challenging people, and said something like "I got a gospel song [Redbone] on the radio. I don't think I can do that anymore without just ending up making pop." So it could either or at this point.
ThatOneRunner ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:31:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No he's just retiring the name Childish Gambino
ItsNotSpaghetti ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 19:14:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's gonna be bitter sweet too. Love Gambino, but also love Dong Lover.
Pistachio269 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:54:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I heard that he's going to be credited as D.G. Lover when he voices Simba in the new Lion King movie
WhyattThrash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:52:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If by "entertainers" you mean "journalists", then sure. The headlines of articles rarely use the words that have actually been said.
The articles talk about Glover retiring. You yourself even used the terminology, which is doubly ironic. He himself didn't, though. And neither did Peele.
JewPorn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:24:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did Glover actually say he was retiring or quitting? I know plenty of bloggers and journalists used the term in re DG, but I can't find an actual quote from the man himself using the word.
Can't really fault a guy for "misunderstanding" the term "retirement" if he never actually used it.
DreamCatcher24 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:07:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If he never directly said it then yeah who knows then. I think he's gonna leave behind the name after the next album and then just release music under his real name.
dsjunior1388 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:41:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Remember when Brett Favre had contemplated retirement for en entire summer three seperate times for it to finally stick?
Michael Jordan retired in 1993, 1998 and 2003.
My favorite was Teemu Selanne, who announced his retirement after winning the Stanley Cup in 2007. He went on to play another 410 games over the next 7 seasons.
Skoot99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:23:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sir Sean Connery gets it.
I wish he'd do another film, but it's been so long, I'm afraid to even see what he looks like now.
Edit: Just googled "Sean Connery 2018". Nearly cried.
Twokindsofpeople ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Like how Daniel Day Lewis retires until Paul Thomas Anderson shows up with a script at his cobblerโs shop at 3am manic with Oscar buzz.
AmishSilverback ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't Donald Glover only say he was done with the childish gambino project?? I thought he said the music he has been wanting to make does not fit that persona and wants to create something new for his new music
Clayh5 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:27:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought he left Community to make Atlanta
BRAND_NEW_GUY25 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:42:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You are right, he made music Culdesac, EP, Camp, ROYALTY, Because The Internet where all made when he was still on Community
Kylorenisbinks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Donny G never really retired from acting at all though. Heโs been in something every year, Iโm sure.
RobotMode ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me, Donald Glover rocks.
lavahot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's working on more than just his FX show? What else am I missing?
GrabbinPills ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:40:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well he's playing young Lando Calrissian, and is apparently writing/producing for FX's Deadpool animated series in addition to his show. I'm sure he's working on some unannounced projects too, he's still got to grind for that EGOT.
Edit: IMDb says he is also voice of Simba in a Lion King remake/sequel?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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GrabbinPills ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No way is it Broadway? Dude is def working on his T then.
LAROACHA_420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I believe just childish gambino will be done with music. We may still get some Glover tunes. He did just sign a with a new label I think.
tasunfeu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not saying I agree with the trend, but I'm also not cyncical enough to think it's being used for media hype. I think the meaning of the word is shifting. When you're being asked 1000x a week "Donald, when is the next album" or "Daniel Day Lewis, what's your next movie?", The finality of the word "retirement" might come as a handy stand-in for "it's going to be a while, possibly never because I want to focus on other things."
Regardless, I think you can blame Michael Jordan for all of it
Dragon_Small_Z ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait when was this? There wasn't that much of a break between Community and Atlanta. Is Atlanta cancelled? The first season was great.
christ0fer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:04:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The new season is coming out this year. The new promos for it are dope!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's actually a lot less stressful for them to just say they retired than to keep it open and donteo things. You don't usually see a software programmer also working as a chef...and it takes focus away since you'll get shitty offers like this distracting you from what you're currently focused on. Also numerous people asking "whens his new album coming out" or "why doesn't he get cast for xxx role" and all that circulating on the internet
sk9592 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think you have the right view here.
In the case of Donald Glover, he isn't quitting or retiring from anything.
He's had a standup comedy, writing, acting, show running, and music career so far. That stretches you way too thin to do all of those at once.
He focuses on one or two things at a time for a few years, then puts them on hiatus, while he focuses on something else.
It's not eliminating the possibility of returning to them. He's just admitting to the fact that he's not a super human multitasker.
He doesn't owe his fans anything. It's not his job to pick one box and sit in it for the rest of his life.
niuguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, I think entertainers get seriously burned out on things and they really mean it when they retire from something. But they are young and they tend to be pretty ambitious so I believe them when they say their motivation returns to something they used to be passionate about.
BNDenn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Focus on one thing, and attempt many things. It sounds pretentious but to be any kind of fleshed-out artist you have to take in so many different aspects of the world around you. Everything has a method and an art to it, and how you interpret this and channel it through you to your audience is what makes creativity new, personal, fresh. Not just in acting or music, but cooking, writing, woodworking, leatherworking... whether you realize it or not everything that you have experienced shows in some way. I await to see what he does should he "retire."
Anivair ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know. My uncle retired from his factory job and now he works part time as a painter. I feel like maybe retired just means to stop doing something for money and focus on stuff you like.
Damon_Bolden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I remember Culkin saying he "retired for a while" and something happened "during his retirement". I guess it's just a different term for them.
Danielfrindley ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck, I loved Mystery Team when it came out.
Hav3_Y0u_M3t_T3d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I wish he'd go back to stand up, that special was awesome
itrainmonkeys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Atlanta season 2 coming soon. He quit acting?
LigerZeroSchneider ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think "retiring" is stop calling me I'm not working right now
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:07:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yes good point. I'm quitting acting, to direct. what the heck? That's not really retirement in the entertainment industry. Anyway directing seems awesome, so good for him. But yeah Emoji movie sounds disgusting, so I'm glad that he had the dignity to turn it down.
DreamCatcher24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Neither of them said retirement. That's media paraphrase.
slathammer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Read the title again
Very specifically stating that he is retiring from acting.
queer_mentat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure Daniel Day-Lewis makes awesome shoes
RagingRoastbeef ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
In Dota 2, we call this the "Chinese Retirement".
thisguydan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Creatives do it because they have to. No one in their right mind chooses a career path in which the failure rate is extremely high and they'll most likely be struggling and broke their whole life - unless they're compelled to do it. Even if they take a break, some new inspiration will hit them, and they'll have to try to do it. The same thing that got them into the arts will keep pulling them back to it.
Tarantino claims he'll quit too...
There's no chance. He'll have some idea that will hit him in retirement that he can't stop thinking about. He'll have to see it on the big screen. And then he won't be able to stop himself from coming back to do "one more", and then another, and so on. The only things that can stop that from happening are illness, death, or allegations of trying to strangle women in hotel rooms.
LynxJesus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They know what it means in this context: buzz: "Hey people haven't been talking about me enough lately"
CarnivorousRock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think the majority of them made improper financial decisions in tgeir acting prime. Coupled with the financial crash a decade ago, they are finding thier nest eggs are empty. They are scrambling to rebuild their retirement in an industry that doesn't pay like it did 30 years ago.
twitch1982 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I retired from working as a video store clerk when I was 23 to focus on my IT work back in 2005. Good thing too, the video store industry hasn't had a very strong decade.
SNeroo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That return to acting better include a Community movie, if it happens
puzzlebuns ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I donโt see how retirement is being used incorrectly. Itโs not like he was originally planning on going back to acting.
NeonSignsRain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm retiring from commenting on this thread
Aikidi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, is there a better single word for "I don't have any plans presently to do this again"
Jesuz1402 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:08 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Donald Glover our man!
tigerslices ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:12:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
retirement isn't marriage (which even That can be undone). people come out of retirement all the time. it's not a big deal.
extropia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As a general rule, artists of any field don't retire. They got into it for the love of it, and making money was secondary.
Though, the money does sometimes ruin their art, but that's something else.
buck9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:14:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dong lover.
random8923 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:24:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not true he explicitly said he didn't stop community for rapping.
Z0di ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I can't stand donglover. dude seems to have a lot of repressed hatred in him.
Ombudsperson ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't agree with your sentiments about repressed hatred, but ever since he left Community his attitude abruptly changed and he became more "arty", that's the reason I don't like him that much. I also think he is overrated
BonnaGroot ยท 1412 points ยท Posted at 18:41:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hope this doesnโt derail his scene stealing role as the ghost of Duke Ellington in Big Mouth
ATCaver ยท 358 points ยท Posted at 19:21:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When the ghost of Duke Ellington got involved i knew i was hooked on that show.
NiyiyicePants ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 20:31:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bingo Bango Furry Triangle!
Corndog_Nightmare ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:45:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Big mouth turned out to be much better than I expected. I suppose I stayed cynical until I actually watched the show. Charles Bradley's cover of changes might have been the reason I couldn't stop watching it.
ATCaver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:53:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah my buddy was bugging me to watch it for a few weeks and i finally relented. He literally said, "You're not going to want to watch it but there will be a joke or character that makes you go 'ok, im watching this shit'."
And for me it was definitely the Ghost of Duke Ellington.
BleedingThumbsMurphy ยท -28 points ยท Posted at 20:19:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait people actually liked this show? I thought it was awful.
dougandskeeter ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 20:22:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol it's amazing. My condolences for your sense of humor
KingHortonx ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:26:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously, the writing was superb for a Netflix original.
StoneGoldX ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:28:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Unlike that underwritten piece of crap House of Cards?
Which is only to say, frequently the writing is strong.
BleedingThumbsMurphy ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 20:32:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay, your condolences aren't needed. I just think the show looks terrible from an animation standpoint and forced penis jokes aren't funny, but to each his own I guess.
Driller7lyfe ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:40:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs the point tho, itโs a show about kids going through puberty, that was nothing but dick jokes for me and my friends
thespo37 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:44:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel bad for people who think they are too mature/ grown up to laugh at dick jokes. No matter how old you get, you should never take yourself so seriously that you don't laugh at a quality dick joke.
dougandskeeter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:02:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. That's why I think the show is so amazing. It shouldn't be funny anymore but it is because the jokes are so well executed.
bagboyrebel ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:40:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The show is about puberty...
BleedingThumbsMurphy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:53:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The problem isn't the concept of dick jokes themselves, but the specific execution of them in this show.
dougandskeeter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:05:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The question of whether or not you should jerk off at your friend's house during a sleepover is timeless and hilarious. Yet I've never seen it discussed in the mainstream, much less produced into a TV show.
Thats what I find amazing about Big Mouth. There are so many jokes that made me think "I didn't know this pubescent problem I went through was so universal"
Oggie243 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:35:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but that's done deliberately because the show literlly lampshades how much they get away with because they aren't at the mercy of corporate sponsors as a result of being on netflix
Poeticyst ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:26:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you thinking what Iโm thinking?
FUCK HER IN THE MOUTH
thespo37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
FUCK IT, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT IM OKAY WITH IT!
BleedingThumbsMurphy ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 20:30:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So epic
Butterbean2323 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:40:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with you although I probably could have given it more of a chance. I couldn't get through the first episode
incites ยท -89 points ยท Posted at 20:05:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
sigh including "ghosts" in an animated childrens show is super unproductive, we make these shows to teach kids about life, not to teach them that they coud come back from heaven as a ghost, because thats just not possible... this kind of misinformation is why weve fallen so far as a society that we are willing to pay for something as useless as "the emoji movie" or "baby driver" or any of these nonsensical movies we irrationally love
edit: its a cartoon
loafuscrambuckle ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 20:08:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
r/iamverysmart
Ulkhak47 ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 20:16:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It is not even remotely a kid's show, what are you on about?
Whatisthiswinter ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 20:12:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Which copypasta is this?
incites_u-incites ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 20:09:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Im struggling to believe this considering you literally try to get people as pissed off as possible on a website
honey
Thin-White-Duke ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 20:33:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A, it's not even a show for children. B, even if it were, children do learn to separate fantasy from reality.
I never believed there was a talking dog named Scoobert Doo.
apowsawce ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:18:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Damn boi, youโre in like every front page post today. Truly a troll after my own heart.
_DarthJawa_ ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:22:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Alright but this is a shitty adult/teenager show, I think that they understand about life. And for that matter, what cartoon is teaching kids about life right now?
Bringer0fTheDawn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
it's weird how many people are taking this comment seriously
Kry2015 ยท 161 points ยท Posted at 19:25:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God I hope not. That show is so good and Duke ellington is a big part of why. At least to me
albinosnoman ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 19:38:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
he did freddie mercury too and completely nailed it I actually had to look it up after to make sure it wasn't some how digitally compiled from his music
peegteeg ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 19:45:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was a different voice actor who did the singing for what it's worth.
albinosnoman ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:25:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
damn you. I was in such ignorant bliss. You took my hopes and dreams and left them covered in shit for all of reddit to see. Have an updoot.
Signs80 ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:55:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dude that show is do damn stupid lmao
sunandmooners ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:27:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
glorious.
Signs80 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 20:41:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What you got against ๐ ฑ๏ธloods
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:27:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Signs80 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:30:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hate like 75% of it but 25% is still pretty funny
zachlent13 ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 19:14:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I donโt know if youโre joking but I found the ghost of duke ellington was the only part of big mouth that made me laugh
Harden-Soul ยท 124 points ยท Posted at 19:27:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wow I found it to be one of the gags that got tired the quickest. To each their own!
OnlinePosterPerson ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:20:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I hated the ghost of duke ellington.
The hormone monster on the other hand...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:13:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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BonnaGroot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
On rewatching Steve, who I found really annoying at first, has become totally endearing.
Moderatelyhollydazed ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 19:50:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What? The hormone monsters donโt make you laugh? I cannot get enough of them!!!
KnownAnon67 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 20:01:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's because your IQ isn't high enough for RICHARD AND MORTIMER
Thin-White-Duke ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:35:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nick Kroll is pretty damn funny, but Maya Rudolph hurts my sides.
Now let's mosey.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:46:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Maya Rudolph saying โBubble Bathโ
howboutislapyourshit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Same. I actually fell off the bed laughing when he kept going on about his Dad's balls at the end of the show.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They're awkward characters who don't have a consistent logic to them
Moderatelyhollydazed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:08:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yeah... just like HORMONES !!!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:02:11 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
no, i mean sometimes some characters share a hormone monster and sometimes characters have different monsters. it doesn't make any sense.
Oggie243 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:57 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They're literally the personification of hormones, I think that may be intentional. They contradict themselves throughout the series.
CrouchingPuma ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:02:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Duke Ellington is great but everything about that show is genius and hilarious
Swazzoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:06:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Huh that's the only character I despise in that show. Love the rest though.
RootlessBoots ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:01:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This show sucks..?
Thin-White-Duke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For the most part, I thought the show was ok. But the gay and bat mitzvah episodes were damn good.
sunandmooners ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'll see you tomorrow at white people wooooooorkโชโช
BonnaGroot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
๐ผ Because no woman ever lived up to the love of my life - ๐ต myyyy mommyyyyy ๐ต
HUUUUGE breasts!
fantachoik ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:55:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
lel, that show sucks
dylpill ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:20:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I agree man. Most of my friends love it but I canโt stand it. It has ugly and off-putting character design/animation. The jokes are typical and lack luster. The 4th wall breaking was overly frequent and forced. I cringed just about every second I watched it. But whoever they had do Freddie Mercury nailed it. Only thing Iโll give credit for lmao.
Super_SATA ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 20:41:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was sitting in another room while my roommates were watching that show, and I listened to every line of dialogue and cringed in silence. This show is worse than Family Guy.
Also, why do the adult voice actors not even try to sound like kids?
le_x_X ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with you 100%. I endured that shit for 3 episodes.
dougandskeeter ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 20:24:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I bet you like American Dad
fantachoik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:42:49 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
no
GingerGuerrilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Donโt forget his starring role in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.
_Atlamillia_ ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 20:21:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
is this seriously an entire comment thread praising that hideous show where they show a minor's talking vagina?
BonnaGroot ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:48:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, the 100% Rotten Tomatoes score is wrong, it is only YOU who sees the show for what it truly is ๐
Thereโs no accounting for taste. You hate it? Great! No need to be a dick to the vast majority of us that donโt.
_Atlamillia_ ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:53:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When this show debuted, particularly after the trailer, the common opinion was that it was disgusting, ugly, obscene without purpose, uncomfortable, and not funny, with people questioning how the writers could be such disgusting people that they'd find it appropriate to animate a little girl talking to her fucking vagina.
Apparently people like it. I was not aware. God forbid I be surprised to see a crowd of people openly and enthusiastically praising something that I had only seen negative reception to. I apologize for upsetting you all by thinking that reception wouldn't have changed.
_Atlamillia_ ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:53:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When this show debuted, particularly after the trailer, the common opinion was that it was disgusting, ugly, obscene without purpose, uncomfortable, and not funny, with people questioning how the writers could be such disgusting people that they'd find it appropriate to animate a little girl talking to her fucking vagina.
Apparently people like it. I was not aware. God forbid I be surprised to see a crowd of people openly and enthusiastically praising something that I had only seen negative reception to. I apologize for upsetting you all by thinking that reception wouldn't have changed.
Oggie243 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:33:09 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If everyone liked it when it debuted does that mean you would have liked it then too?
_Atlamillia_ ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:36:24 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, I still would have found the entire concept crass, the art style hideous, and the idea that they animated a child talking to her fully animated vagina disgusting.
It's pretty clear from context already that my tastes don't ebb and flow with the majority, hence why I was fucking baffled people were saying they liked it, dumbass.
Oggie243 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:48:10 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But by your own admission you went with what you thought the ebb and flow was until you were met with something on the contrary
_Atlamillia_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:46 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, I didn't "go with it".
I did not make my opinion on the show based on what popular opinion was. I didn't say that or imply it, either. Bringing up the fact that initial response to the show was that it was disgusting garbage was only to explain why I was surprised people apparently think otherwise.
The_Cult_Of_Skaro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:32 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So were you bothered by the numerous non sexual depictions of penises too or do you just have some weird issue with vaginas?
dougandskeeter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Found the sex pervert
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:46:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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LaughingCarrot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:04:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As long as he's not a hologram.
AKAkorm ยท 1107 points ยท Posted at 18:19:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's kind of a shame he's retiring from acting as I thought he and Key were both great in Fargo and was hoping they both would build on that with more dramatic roles.
[deleted] ยท 529 points ยท Posted at 18:50:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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doorbellguy ยท 104 points ยท Posted at 19:21:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nooice!
xPhilt3rx ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 19:49:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I said biiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttcccchhhhhhhh
CoolLikeAFoolinaPool ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 19:34:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was noicing your noice!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:29:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There be some terries getting froggy in hur. We will draaaax dem up.
jgarciajr1330 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:54:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
NOICE!!!
masterofevolution224 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:21:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
they weren't exactly the main focus of that season, so it really wasn't necessary to delve deeper into their stories or relationship or anything like that. i thought they were perfect for what the story called for, and definitely made me want to see what else they could do in more serious-ish roles
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:28:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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masterofevolution224 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:33 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
well yeah its not the best demonstration of their acting range but certainly left me wanting to see more of what they can do in terms of acting, which i think was OP's point to begin with.
too_technical ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:26:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Tbf I thought Get Out was basically an hour and a half long K&P skit and loved it for that reason
80s_Business_Guy ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:37:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hi, thank you for shitting on blumbling duos. Guildencrantz and Rosenstern would like to have a word with you. As well as two weird guys named Groucho and Harpo, but no one is really sure who they are.
kreugerburns ยท 130 points ยท Posted at 18:54:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He better keep voice acting at least. Don't wanna lose Duke Ellington.
thefilmer ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 19:20:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Big Mouth is so bonkers insane. The slutty pillow episode had me in tears
owl_man ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:40:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โThereโs another slit in the back but thatโs only for my birthdaysโ
๐๏ธ BunyipPouch ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 18:35:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
On the other hand, it means more directing/producing gigs. Still a win.
CoolHeadedLogician ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:22:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He did voiceovers in get out, maybe he'll continue to make cameos
Kptn_Obv5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
His role as the dying deer on the road was impeccable.
CoolHeadedLogician ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention the united negro college fund ad!
IAmTrident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It'd be cool if he just made it tradition, but kept it a secret as to what sound/voiceover he made. It'd give some people something to listen for/guess on when they rewatch it.
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 19:05:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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fartbartshart ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 19:08:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
no no that's Argo
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is that the one about all the gay models?
fartbartshart ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:27:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
ayy lmao
SonicDeadKid ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 19:19:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No thatโs Argo, fargo refers to goods that might be carried on a craft such as a ship or an airplane
[deleted] ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 19:23:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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sexycastic ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 19:34:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's Margot. Fargo is a Florida Key.
DMPunk ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 19:36:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's Key Largo. Fargo is shorthand for frozen yogurt
Lich_Jesus ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 19:40:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, thatโs froyo. Fargo is French snails.
furthuryourhead ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 19:53:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's escargot. Fargo is the Ben Affleck movie.
Marshall_Lawson ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 19:56:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I love this type of joke, thanks for bringing it full circle, i got a real belly chuckle out of this thread.
sexycastic ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:58:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
These are my favorite reddit threads, first time I've gotten to participate!
furthuryourhead ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:15:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Same here!!
-MjD- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:23:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You guys made me smile
ItIs430Am ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:36:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, that's Margot. Fargo is that song by Bertie Higgins
FamilyGuyGuy7 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:31:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No thatโs cargo. Fargo is when one country imposes sanctions on trade or economy on another country.
pinkkittenfur ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:38:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No that's embargo. Fargo is an Italian musical term meaning slowly and with great dignity.
randybautista ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:05:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's largo. Fargo is a Hobbit from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
pinkkittenfur ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:11:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
(There are so many possibilities, but I'll pick the most well-known...)
No, that's Bilbo. Fargo is an online hotel price comparison site.
Cosmo538 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:14:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, thatโs Trivago. Fargo is a city on Lake Michigan in Illinois.
shiningmidnight ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:23:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're thinking of Chicago. Fargo is the type of soda that fans of ICP (known as juggalos) have a weird obsession with.
Coomb ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:28:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's Faygo. Fargo is that paint that glows under sunlight.
IKnowBashFu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's Day-Glo. Fargo is a movie and TV show named after a city in North Dakota.
ace_invader ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:07:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Someone will offer him a boatload of money to come out of retirement for another movie in like 6 months and it'll be like he never left.
Polskidro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:40:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Great" would be a heavy overstatement imo. They were fine. Funny, but nothing special. Not that the small roles gave them a chance to be great.
SlapChucky ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They weren't in Fargo you fucking idiot, that was Ewan McGregor.
Romulxn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
http://fargo.wikia.com/wiki/Webb_Pepper
http://fargo.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_Budge
SlapChucky ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:33:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was a joke... obviously Ewan McGregor isn't the only black person in Fargo.
AKAkorm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can't tell if serious.
mrbaryonyx ยท 5675 points ยท Posted at 18:22:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure becoming an Oscar nominated director in his first project had nothing to do with it
Illier1 ยท 3064 points ยท Posted at 18:33:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean the article said that's part of it.
He just realized he has more options now than being offered to play a literal piece of shit in a soulless movie.
InfiltratorOmega ยท 733 points ยท Posted at 18:55:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought Sir Patrick Stewart was voicing the shit?
Edit: Never mind, I've read the article now. As a rule I've been trying to not read anything about the Emoji Movie.
PostPostModernism ยท 195 points ยท Posted at 19:38:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To avoid spoilers, right?
craftors ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 20:11:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
By spoilers you mean the part where my soul dies as i reach the end of the movie. Then yea, watch out for the spoilers. Deadly
nasisliiike ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:52:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So what did the article say? Not everyone is that productive, jeez
Klemintina ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 20:00:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Peele was offered the role, decided to sleep on it, and then when he called his manager the next day learned it was given to Sir Patrick Stewart. Made him start to reflect.
InfiltratorOmega ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 20:07:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They offered him a chance to be the shit, but he said it sounded shit. However after thinking about it he asked how much shit they'd offer him, but was shit out of luck, someone else had snatched that shit right up, just for shits and giggles I think.
Now he's realised that shit wasn't such hot shit anyway, he's got better shit to deal with.
Pollomonteros ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:27:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This comment is good shit.
nasisliiike ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:08:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I salute you!
JimHadar ยท 298 points ยท Posted at 18:59:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did you even read the article?
Crispyanity ยท 928 points ยท Posted at 19:03:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This is Reddit. Nobody reads the articles.
OriginalName317 ยท 196 points ยท Posted at 19:22:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What articles?
Pure_Reason ยท 150 points ยท Posted at 19:31:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can click on the words at the top and it brings up this different section with more words on it but Iโve found that there are usually too many ads so I stick to the words in this section
realizmbass ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 19:36:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You mean there's more than just a headline??? Who would've known?
Pure_Reason ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 19:42:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean sometimes you click on the words at the top and you get a picture.
Sometimes the picture is funny! But sometimes itโs sad :(
Sometimes you get the sections with lots of words. And that makes me angry.
I guess thatโs why they say life is like a box of rocks, you never know what youโre going to get.
NikkolaiV ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:57:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This just shattered my entire universe
boydskywalker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Mr. Rogers explains reddit
MemeInBlack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:13:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Life is like a box of rocks. You never know which ones are going to hurt when the box is thrown at your head."
killinmesmalls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I see lots of words I get angry too, I read a few paragraphs and then think "wait how long is this going to take?" then I see that there's 40 more paragraphs and realize that's too fucking long for anyone to ever read, then I get angry.
There is a sweet spot between a one paragraph written bot post, and a 50 page college level dissertation, and its like... 6-7 paragraphs.
IbnZaydun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
oh neat, TIL
online44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait whaaat?
Damon_Bolden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thats sounds like a lot of words. I'm not gonna fuck with that
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well Iโll be.
BM-YOUR-GRIZZLIES ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Huh TIL
Lazy_Genius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:02:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Like an article of clothing? I donโt get it
UnWeonMas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dunno, I think this thread is to talk about how bad the Emoji Movie is.
andndmkslalxlx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked it
Pirellan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Tha Articles of Confederation there, Suh! I say-Ah say, they may very well be sumthin' that every man should peruse. Have a gander at it if you will.
hellionzzz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:59:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was my first thought. You beat me to it.
buck9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, there are articles? Where?
flipthatdesk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You mean headlines?
not_stable ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I came to the comments for a summary.
[deleted] ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 19:24:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Im just here to be angry and inject my personal narrative into the top comments
edit: ron paul brought down tower 7
RowYourUpboat ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:32:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Someone wrote an article about that problem! I haven't read it, but I saw the title and that was all the information I needed.
biggiehiggs ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:51:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Welcome to to Reddit, where people don't Read It
Ditnoka ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:26:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thereโs articles attached to the pictures?
dustbin3 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:29:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, they're in your computer.
poomasooma ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:20:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We've got to get them out of there
Freshenstein ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:37:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just like Playboy magazine.
gruesomeflowers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:41:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Does it count if you read the headline and then come to the comments to find the most relevant upvoted copy/pasted highlight from the article?
poopypoopoobuttface ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:26:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously though, people. They donโt post the article just so we read the title. It sucks trying to find a good discussion or debate but everyone is saying โwhatโs the article say?โ
iamjamieq ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
lionseatcake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait there's an article?
DangKilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well, then, maybe those people should go to NobodyReddit instead.
InfiltratorOmega ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 19:04:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not initially, no. I've since edited to reflect my lack of knowledge.
BigBooce ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:19:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think it may be better to have no lack of knowledge with anything that pertains to the Emoji Movie.
Vondi ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:18:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's an article?
FestiveInvader ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:29:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What is thing thing called an article? Is it like art but really nasty, so they called it art-ickle?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:37:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't blame him. That website ate my phone alive. It's sending this message, on my behalf, from beyond the grave.
josephedwardgray ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:51:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I ain't giving them my money, ehh, I mean, page view.
mattbridel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the title?
ZipperSnail ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I expect a summary of the article in the comments. This is reddit after all
malcorpse ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:00:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think Sir Patrick Stewart is the only not god awful thing in the Emoji Movie only because he seemed to relish playing a piece of shit and getting paid for it.
InfiltratorOmega ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:12:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw him talking about it and he seemed genuinely amused by the whole thing, he was clearly having fun. Coming from the pace and tone of Logan I think he'd enjoyed having something light to do.
ToastGobliner ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:33:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As a rule, I havenโt read anything since the Emoji Movie
Onesharpman ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:28:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's not why you didn't read it.
PM_ME_YOUR_SEX_FACE_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:39:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. Nice excuse though OP.
carbonlegends ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Good. We'd hate to lose you as an actor.
PM_ME_YOUR_SEX_FACE_ ยท -21 points ยท Posted at 19:38:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dumbasses like you should read the article first.
๐๏ธ BunyipPouch ยท 114 points ยท Posted at 18:44:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure he has a bunch of studios offering him a blank check for his next film. Must be nice.
[deleted] ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 18:47:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I believe he already signed a deal with Universal for his next couple of films which will have a much larger budget.
LinkRazr ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 19:18:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't he making a new Twilight Zone or something?
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:30:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I believe he's only producing that, but I may wrong.
ZipperSnail ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think heโs signed up to direct โThe Emoji Movie 2: LOL 4EVAโ
Lobsterdile ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:22:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't he supposed to do Akira? Or is that not happening again,
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:29:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It is reported that his next film will be another social thriller. So if he is doing Akira it is put on hold for now.
AerThreepwood ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:41:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't Akira a social thriller about being a psychic mutant dealing with life in a post apocalyptic dystopia?
Now I kind of want a Carnival Phantasm version of Akira.
tsnErd3141 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't Nolan going to do it?
Iohet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:48:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure how I feel about that. Nolan would probably capture the first film too closely, which is kind of weird to say, but I feel the motivation and the world has changed so the movie should be somewhat different to account for that
PunchingClouzot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:40:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He quit Akira
newsposts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or must be the movie he made?
Do_trolls_dream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What
roundabout25 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:12:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Must be nice" as in "it must be nice to have that kind of creative control", not "Peele/Universal must be a nice person for this to have happened"
AncientUnderwear ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:53:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can't wait for the next whitey is evil blockbuster! Gots me some virtue to signal.
grandoz039 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:01:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did he play in the movie?
Weeeeeesssst ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:41:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I like Jordan Peele, but Patrick Stewart did voice the role. And the interview evens says he was interested in the role.
I haven't watched it because it seems like a ๐ฉ movie, but I don't get his point.
merry722 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:05:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think Peele is selling himself short. I doubt he will stay retired from acting. Heโs worth so much more than the emoji movie . Iโd like him and Key to pick up on that Police Academy remake I heard about
Illier1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think he will get more fame and rep as a director. His first movie is a 4 time Oscars nominee, that's fucking insane for a start up.
merry722 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It just sounds disappointing to hear that for me. I truly love his work and I think he could be famous on both ends at the same time. I think the whole first film getting 4 Oscar noms isn't great. It's like you got to the finish line already. I do think that the film is below the Oscar noms in some of the categories considering that others had better work. This all reminds me of what Damon felt when he won his oscar. I think Peele should be back at the Oscars but with something even more mature as a filmmaker that really does go down in the books as being something that is all around great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf4hSjUNInU
H37man ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:30:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's my dream and he is casting it away like a soiled diaper.
havebeenfloated ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:49:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Literal, huh?
mineralfellow ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 19:19:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was offered the part of playing the poop emoji. That's about as close to "literally" being a piece of shit in the movie as is possible.
1live4downvotes ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 19:22:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I have a feeling a lot of it had to do with maturity, and realizing that his goals were not the same anymore. My earliest memories of Peele was on Mad TV. I am sure his goals before that was to get on tv, and be a comedian. Once he was on Mad Tv, I am sure his goals were to have his own tv show. Once he got that his goals changed to wanting to be a movie star. He was in a few movies, and I think he realized he did not want to be known for that, but wanted to try directing. I think in directing he has found what he was looking for.
Born_Ruff ยท 43 points ยท Posted at 19:39:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Until he gets bored of that and decided to become some sort of Dr. Evil type supervillain intent on world domination.
canmodssuckdick ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:48:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hate that we now live in a world without Peeles acting. I have been the biggest fan since seeing him and Key on MadTV and they always got me. I was going to say I hope someone fills his shoes but I don't have think anyone could.
JarlaxleForPresident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If you want to fine Peele, just look for the most vile, despicable exploitation of children on the planet.
โScenario #2: Peele went to Disneyland.โ
TheColonelRLD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was working on writing Get Out during Key and Peele.
dentistshatehim ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 19:33:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Over a thousand upvotes and didnโt read the article. The true Reddit.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:36:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Add insane levels of pretentiousness and you have the recipe for /r/movies!
JohnWColtrane ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:35:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This dude read the article.
godrestsinreason ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:42:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well if you read the article and not the headline, he mentioned that yeah, direction gives him a lot more fulfillment than acting.
Just like snarky, holier-than-though reddit comments bring a lot more fulfillment to most people than actually being informed.
FuckingColdInCanada ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:06:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Its a thin year. The most nominated film is about inter-species erotica.
Edit: I also really enjoyed the movie folks. But for a movie with this theme to be the most nominated film of the year still implies a lack of competition and a creatively thin year to me.
You should still see it.
Chilluminaughty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Which one so I can avoid it?
glemnar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:22:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Shape of Water? It was a good film. Definitely went for an indie vibe
TheDerpedOne ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:22:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Del Toro film, it's fantastic though.
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why would it? There are lots of actor-directors out there. It was plausible that Peele could have been one too.
Fixn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Boss Baby was also nominated. That could drive him away from directing.
StylzL33T ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hope that doesn't get to his head. I enjoyed the movie but damn it wasn't that great.
loodog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
CREAM
Magnum_rk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How do you know? Did you read the article?
your_mind_aches ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:48:33 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It didn't. Check out the article.
the_eric ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:26:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully he doesn't do what I did and leave the business after winning.
tobascodagama ยท 279 points ยท Posted at 18:07:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I kind of hope Lansbury does end up in Peele's next movie, wherever it is. That sounds awesome.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:59:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was the most surprising thing to me...that Lansbury was still alive. Bring back Murder, She Wrote! Then reveal it was Jessica Fletcher every time. She just conveniently has tons of people get murdered around her? Pshaw....
meiyoumayo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Every time I see a headline about Angela Lansbury, I steel myself for the next bit of it to be "dies at age 90 bajillion", and I'm always really relieved when it's a headline about her continuing to do cool shit and being alive.
Kajimishima2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:28:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure what the fuck happened, but I read this somehow as "I kind of hope Lansbury does pee in his mouth. That sounds awesome."
I think I need sleep or glasses or to stop crying
Le_Loufoque ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:33:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think your subconscious is rearing its ugly head, my friend.
Crispy_socks241 ยท 310 points ยท Posted at 18:45:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I had to choose between watching The Emoji Movie or getting my eyes gouged out, I would choose to watch The Emoji Movie. But it wouldn't be enjoyable.
Jabail ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:27:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely the emoji movie. The eyes would still end up gouged out but at least you could get some good popcorn beforehand
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:52:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it practically the same?
Either getting your eyes gouged out or your eyes gouging themselves out?
GulGarak ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:46:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How about just one eye?
theinfamousloner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The ol' brown eye.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Buuuut if I get my eyes gouged out I'd never have the option of watching the emoji movie ever
greendaisy18 ยท 358 points ยท Posted at 18:21:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who would ever voluntarily see that movie? I wouldnโt take my kids if they paid me.
herefortheyuks ยท 155 points ยท Posted at 18:43:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If your kids had enough money to take you they should just get an Uber to the theater and see the movie themselves.
mostly_insults ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jump in front of it. That'll put a dent in their future allowance
ChromeFluxx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:35 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I work at a movie theatre. There were enough groups of 14 year olds without parents that paid for everything with their moms credit cards to go around. Trust me. I hated that month. Someone stole our basket of mints and ran out the door with it too. They later came back but for a solid 5 minutes that kid was running with it around the parking lot, no one chased after him. He thought it was funny too because the gate personnel had a broken leg and wasn't able to chase after him. She called for someone to get more mints right as he came back with it. What movie were they seeing? The emoji movie.
VulkanCurze ยท 198 points ยท Posted at 19:04:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The people that actively seek out bad movies in the hopes for another The Room or so they can then talk about it on their youtubes/podcasts about how bad it is etc
qqqqq_38 ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 19:30:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I saw it because I wanted to see for myself how bad it really was. Let's just say, I've seen the live-action Avatar movie, and this was the worst movie I've ever seen.
GulGarak ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 19:44:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
With the blue aliens? I think it was overhyped a bit but it wasn't terrible. It was pretty well constructed, perfectly engineered to pull at your heartstrings while sitting in the theater, and just overall a fun experience. I wouldn't say it was a great movie, but it wasn't one of the worst movies ever. A solid 6/10 for me, just turn my brain off a bit and let myself be manipulated into enjoying it.
Cause I can't think of another live action Avatar movie.
BOLD_1 ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 19:48:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. There is absolutely no other live action Avatar movie in existence.
Ducky_McShwaggins ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:54:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
r/lakelaogai
TheDJ47 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There is no war within the walls. Here we are safe. Here we are free.
qqqqq_38 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:07:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I guess what I'm trying to say is, if there was a live-action movie based on ATLA, it would be really bad, but still better than the Emoji Movie.
Super_SATA ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:44:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is this sarcasm?
Edit: Of course it isn't, no other Avatar movie has or ever will be made (smacks self in the face)
ConTROLLer-jan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:04:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think op is talking about "avatar the last Airbender" live action movie
boojieboy ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 20:17:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No he isn't. Because no such movie was ever made.
furionking ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:20:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
something something you're now mod of /r/lakelaogai
Animeking1108 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was talking about "The Last Airbender." The cartoon it was based on was called "Avatar: The Last Airbender," but James Cameron yanked the title.
NJImperator ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:55:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sir, I believe youโre mistaken. Clearly, a movie based on such great source material couldnโt be a hot steaming pile of garbage and therefore must not exist!
Animeking1108 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:56:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hollywood as Anakin Skywalker: "You underestimate my power."
BOLD_1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Us: if its not in the archives, it doesnt exist
NJImperator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
YOU WILL NOT TURN AVATAR AGAINST ME
ShineeChicken ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:54:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He knows. It was a joke.
Jack_Pudding ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So you have money to people BECAUSE they made a really stupid and bad movie? Seems like a bad idea.
CNoTe820 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My kids like the movie.
phil3570 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:03:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But have you seen Netflix's Death Note yet?
OuterHavenX ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:27:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
At that point the price of admission pays for itself.
CaptainDudeGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What a strange ecology you're describing.
VulkanCurze ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It is a strange new world, one where people will do anything just to get them clicks or views. Probably a few videos on youtube now with thumbnails of an emoji poop looking confused, likely tilted at an angle, with giant writing covering most of it with various potential titles.
"14 REASONS WHY THE EMOJI MOVIE IS NOT AS BAD AS PEOPLE SAY" "26.5 REASONS THE EMOJI MOVIE SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS"
AmazingChickenWings ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Seems weird for people to seek out another "The Room" from a large, high-budget production by Sony considering that "The Room" is just a multi-million dollar weirdo's dream come true.
VulkanCurze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Most likely just from seeing something called Emoji Movie, you just know it will be awful but will it be so awful its good nonsense, I'm guessing.
AmazingChickenWings ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:57:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's fair. I think the distinction comes from "The Room" being bizarre, alien, and unconventionally bad compared to "The Emoji Movie" which is probably the corporate, soul-crushing, blandness bad. Haven't seen the latter so I can't really say tbh.
buck9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm going to go out o a limb and say most of the people that watched it didnโt do so for their podcast or YouTube channel.
tigerslices ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:11:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
the room was fucking awful.
the disaster artist was quite good.
this doesn't make the room any better. and people singing it's praises, "it's fun to Laugh at though," should go back to watching the bachelor.
AttilaTheFun818 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:25:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're doing it wrong.
You gotta go into bad movies with the mindset that they're comedies.
PratalMox ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:34:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Room is funny bad. Yes, it is a failure at everything it tries to be, but it fails in ways that are entertaining to watch for certain people.
OnTheProwl- ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:29:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People like bad movies because it's a person giving it their all and failing spectacularly. The Room is awful, that's the whole point. People laugh at The Room because Tommy Wiseau spent millions to make incomprehensible garbage.
supershawninspace ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 19:12:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My buddyโs wife, not knowing what a travesty the movie is, downloaded it for their kids. Unfortunately, their kids loved it. I teased him for #1 owning a copy of the Emoji Movie #2 having it playing in their living room multiple times a week. He deleted it recently, and his kids are asking questions.
Dissonanticism ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:18:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't actually know where all the hate is coming from for what's clearly another kids movie, like there's tons of others. It's not like kids are hating on adult movies we enjoy or are they?
johnvak01 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:27:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's essentially a combination of Fellow kids, Blatant Advertising, and terrible writing, and a horrible message.
RoyRodgersMcFreeley ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:38:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I will say from writing alone it wasn't the absolute worse kids movie I had to sit through, Nut Job 2 (in purely writing alone) I think just managed to beat it.
My woman use to be a manager at a theater so our son and I got to see free movies all the time. Would never put either on for my kid again.
Emoji Movie though was so so much worse overall though
poopypoopoobuttface ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:34:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is that what the kids are saying?
TheHouseOfGryffindor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:17:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โOh, The Emoji Movie? It went to go live on a farm upstate.โ
tlminton ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 18:54:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For a while my significant other took issue with the fact that I categorically refused to see it when they really wanted to, for some reason.
I'm still pretty sure I did both of us a huge favor by sticking to my guns
S1mplejax ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:56:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs honestly not even that bad. I have a 4 year old nephew who I take care of often, and itโs one of the better movies he likes. Itโs clever and cute, and doesnโt harm anyone. It actually surprised me. Everyone is really bitching about nothing here.
JBWalker1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:30:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean is it bad just because it's emojis? Plenty of cartoons have crazy weird concepts, like spongebob is a sponge, as a character, and an emoji wouldn't be much more crazy. Of course I think the spongebob I used to watch would be better writing but that's besides the point because I think people are hating on this solely because it's emojis. It's also definitely for kids, they're easy to entertain.
I kinda also believe this is a non story. The only think he said is that its fucked up that he was offered the roll as poop but it's just a animated character and someone has to voice it, is he above being a voice actor for poop or something? What difference does it make, the character shouldn't matter as an actor anyway unless it's offensive. I'm still not sure why it drove him to acting retirement since he pretty much said "because it did". The only thing I could think of is that he wasn't getting as big of rolls as he wants and that's why he quot. Sir Patrick Stewart took the roll instead, not sure what I'm saying about that but it just makes me more unsure why Jordan would full out retire over something Patrick would take.
DrStephenFalken ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:47:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Don't question the circle jerk. I watched it with my niece and nephew. It's an eh movie. It's not bad it's a standard average kids flick but its not good either. Just middle of the road filler.
ONXwat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:46:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i'm probably going to download it soon. i was going to download it while it was in theaters but it wasn't available. i won't pay for it, or even watch an advertisement in front of it, but out of morbid curiosity i have to see it, just to see how bad it could be
Nuzid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:06:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've watched the pirated movie with a couple of friends. It's bad. Really bad. It's a huge cringe fest with a cliche story surrounded by shitty jokes and constant advertising for apps. It's by far the worst movie I've ever seen.
Danthezooman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:08:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watched it on my friends plex server. It's bad, don't waste your HD space
killinrin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:05:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think itโll be on Netflix later this month if youโre really that morbidly curious
ONXwat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
that still pads their stats on legally viewed copies, i'll find it somewhere illegally
killinrin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, okay
dewioffendu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:57:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, you don't. Watch The Room if you need something that bad. At least The Room is fun to talk about. The Emoji Movie is just a fucked out piece of shit that will make you angry.
VulkanCurze ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:06:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Podcast I listen to, guys on that went to see it so they could talk about it on the podcast etc and their only take away from it was just "We are contributing to the problem. Us paying to see this awful film just encourages them to do more, maybe we should stop."
10secondhandshake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:49:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd take your kids if they paid me.
greendaisy18 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:26:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I would totally pay you.
Ham-tar-o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'll take them for free https://assets-auto.rbl.ms/67413298f1912dabf9445fa0ae308f5b73404408bca5cac755f06102a8b2bfd2
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:37:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I took my step kids....it wasnt as bad as people make it out to be. I once had to sit through Pippy Longstocking as a kid, and I thought I was going to die.
timshel_life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The movie had a +200 million dollar box office, so a lot of people did actually
optim0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a movie for children, get over yourself.
TheBoneOwl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My kids watched it.
I was surprised at how LITTLE I hated it.
Honestly, given the subject material, I expected it to be 100x worse than it is.
Hardly a good movie by any stretch but far, far, far from the worst either.
TheMapesHotel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My boss just recently told me that he saw is and really liked it. Said it had a lot of good messages about life and being a good person. He has 4 kids, that are all in college. He is also told of his field and highly respected. I don't get it.
p_i_z_z_a_ ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a server and I had a table last night that were animatedly discussing how great The Emoji Movie was, and how it's absolutely hilarious if you're an adult.
msherretz ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 19:28:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Patrick Stewart didn't enjoy the Emoji Movie, but he loves everything it bought.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:27:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As his role, he didn't give a shit what he did, he just needed money
queer_mentat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:27:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Like that golden poop emoji paperweight he has
lungabow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:29:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who said that originally? It's really annoying me that I can't remember what they were talking about.
FondleOtter ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:34:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure it was Michael Caine referencing jaws 4
msherretz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:35:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, that was it
TesticleMeElmo ยท 230 points ยท Posted at 18:25:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The way the article is written makes it sound like he was so disappointed by missing out on his chance to play Poop in the Emoji Movie that he decided to never act in another role again.
Level3Kobold ยท 127 points ยท Posted at 19:08:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I read it more as he realized that actors were scrabbling to take degrading roles, and he wanted no part of that.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:58:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Fecale"
places scrabble tiles
"Looks like I win the role"
DeposedRoyalty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:31:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This is my take as well. Let me quote what I read in another forum that I think hits the nail on the head.
l5555l ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:20:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They were probably scrabbling to make easy money. It's not like anyone was forced to do a shitty role.
KonigSteve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So... Be more selective of your work. Ever heard of Daniel Day-lewis?
Level3Kobold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Most actor's career's can't survive turning down that many roles.
skipharrison ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:57:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought the point if being successful was to be able to do what you like with your life. It seems a bit counterintuitive to take degrading roles when you could afford to retire.
Although if you are in it for the money i guess it makes sense. That 14th house dont buy itself.
tigerslices ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:12:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
that's clearly what happened.
kickerofelves86 ยท 144 points ยท Posted at 18:24:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
when obvious joke turns into headline
mansontaco ยท 134 points ยท Posted at 19:17:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoyed that movie, I paid 15 dollars to see a walking ๐ฏ and was not disappointed
yadonedidwrong ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 19:43:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I had to scroll so far down to see this. Watched it with my friend one night and we were amused by stuff like that. Didnโt feel worth watching twice nor mentioning, the convo is absurdly overplayed.
wickedshxt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:08:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously, like what do people expect? It was stupid but I enjoyed it. Clearly they werenโt going for an Oscar, just enjoy it for what it is.
the-awesomer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:34:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But what IS it? Peele got into it knowing something of what it was going to be (a non-oscar but goofy supposedly entertaining movie) but was even worse than that. Sounds like no one ever cared if it was even supposed to be 'good' or even entertaining, just a money grab.
And if that is the case, you are telling people to just enjoy it being a money grab and support it with your money because that is all it was meant to be.
Though I am not sure if that is the case, I can't imagine someone thinking it was going to be the best movie in the world, but you never know - maybe some people really thought it was the next frozen.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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mansontaco ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:09:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly what it is
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:13:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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CashCop ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah you are missing something. You see, the original commenter said he paid 15 dollars to see a walking 100 emoji and was not disappointed. He didn't use the wrong emoji, and it's supposed to mean literally exactly what he said. It also makes perfect sense in this context, and it's pretty obvious that he didn't mean a poop emoji because he didn't say the poop emoji.
SubMack ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:04:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
T.J. Miller left Silicon Valley for this movie. What a god damn joke, I think Erlich leaked into his real life.
Saul_Panzer_NY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
TJ had brain surgery for an aneurism that was going to kill him. His brain isnโt 100%. He loves doing absurd and shitty things and made the emoji movie because he knew it was going to be epically awful. But his podcast โCashing In with TJ Millerโ is really good. I think heโs kind of an asshole, but he has moments of brilliance. His cohost Cash Levy is a genius.
GroceryScanner ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:42:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Retirement is such a poor adjective for rich people like this. Its more like: I've made enough money doing something I discovered I'm good at, to have a safety net and enough support to try the things I knew I wanted to do all along. That folks, is the true american dream.
UninebriatedSurgeon ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:53:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So Jordan Peele declined and they gave it to Sit Patrick Stewart. What timeline is this!?
JewPorn ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:33:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, they offered it to Stewart first, and he said either "no" or "maybe," so they offered it to Peele next as a backup. Then Stewart called back (as Peele was contemplating) and accepted the role, which nullified Peele's offer.
tigerslices ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:31:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
a timeline where a knighted actor with a rich career behind him doesn't worry what people will think if he accepts a comedic role, but a black comedian still thinks it Could be viewed as degrading for a minority to play the role of poop, so chooses to "sleep on it."
it's fine. jordan peele has been fucking phenomenal in everything he's done so far. he didn't need a role in the most hated movie since Gigli.
SurfAMillionCouches ยท 1385 points ยท Posted at 17:57:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I cannot fucking stand Apatow.
[deleted] ยท 790 points ยท Posted at 18:14:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was a joke he was making while hosting the DGA awards. It was a pretty bad joke, but don't get riled up over an obvious shitty quip.
bassbadiya ยท 202 points ยท Posted at 18:51:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait. Out of context quoting is the bread and butter of a lot of journalists and reddit karma whores. We dont want to deprive them of their livelihood.
toohigh4anal ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:55:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Out of context quoting is the bread-and-butter of anyone who refuses to see the other side
toohigh4anal ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:58:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Wait...out of the butt...of a lot of journalists and Reddit...whores...we don't want them [or] their hood" -/u/bassadiya
bassbadiya ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:04:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDP8SnPVA0
[deleted] ยท 415 points ยท Posted at 18:24:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But how else will Reddit justify it's pearl clutching?
hitalec ยท 93 points ยท Posted at 19:04:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dorito clutching
RZRtv ยท 140 points ยท Posted at 19:02:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
By listening to Jordan Peterson claim everything is Marxist and calling Frozen political propaganda.
the_jak ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:27:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, what? I don't follow pop culture. What's going on?
RZRtv ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 19:42:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/615e3z/i_am_dr_jordan_b_peterson_u_of_t_professor/dfbz5p4/
BlackMartian ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 19:56:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This almost reads as satire. What the hell? It would be helpful if he expounded upon why Frozen is political propaganda and Beauty and the Beast is not.
Owncksd ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 20:00:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Don't need a man = propaganda
Need a man = not propaganda
Apparently
RestoreFear ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 20:01:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The implication that propaganda and art are mutually exclusive is also ridiculous.
the_jak ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:57:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So....I mean maybe I'm a tad more progressive than this fellow but does anyone actually think that women need men to be successful?
RussellChomp ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:14:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
TIL Dostoevsky wrote propaganda, not art.
Thanks, Brofessor.
Helmic ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 20:17:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit who gave that moron a degree?
RussellChomp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:11:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Harvard. Ug.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:58:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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CPT-yossarian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:16:25 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I would hesitate to call Ayn Rand art
Istanbul200 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:16:35 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, clearly fits into the fantasy genre pretty easily
Notsomebeans ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:44:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
nothing. thats the point
reddit pearlclutches over anything
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:18:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He really needs to just Let it Go.
Chicomoztoc ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:34:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If only everything was Marxist, Jordan. If only...
NorthBlizzard ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 19:55:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or maybe listening to Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Jordan Klepper, Larry Wilmore or Jimmy Kimmel.
throwawaysarebetter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
By generalizing opinions on the internet.
optim0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
By jerking off the dark knight
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Men are better at making movies than women"
"It was just a joke stop pearl clutching"
Thin-White-Duke ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:21:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's a totally different power dynamic. The idea that men are inherently better has only started to wane quite recently in human history. Many people still belive men to be superior. A lot of people will tell you that, "Of course men and women are equal!" yet in the same breath imply women are less competent.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:44:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Trying to get redditors to understand that society isn't an even playing field is like trying to get Republicans to understand that society isn't an even playing field.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 20:46:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're a redditor
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What's a reddit?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:58:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you the "what's a computer" girl?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:14:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What's a girl?
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 20:45:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who fucking cares? It's like "two wrongs don't make a right" is meaningless when talking about something as trivial as equality
Thin-White-Duke ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:54:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a pretty fucking important point. If you're missing it, then your blind to the society around you.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:55:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If your point is "we've pretended for centuries that men are better than women, so it's okay if we pretend women are better than men for a while" then you are doing nothing but strengthening the divide.
Thin-White-Duke ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:35:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's not the point, at all. The fact of the matter is, one joke is perpetuating an idea that has plagued society for thousands of years. The other joke, is making fun of that.
I_AM_METALUNA ยท -29 points ยท Posted at 18:29:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You don't think there's true belief behind little jokes like that?
[deleted] ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 18:41:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
OMG is Judd Apatow implying that women directors can make good movies, and men can make bad movies, almost as if gender doesn't make a difference to your skill as a director. I cannot fucking stand Judd Apatow for this joke.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:31:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
God he made a joke at the expense of men what a fucking beta cuck.
[deleted] ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 20:03:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I know you're just being an ass, but no that's not what the joke implies. It implies men are helpless to make quality movies because lol men r dum, so let's beg these incredibly talented women to save us from bad movies.
I'm not offended by it, because I think Apatow has gone off the deep end for genuinely believing Lena Dunham is some kind of victim, but it's not a great joke.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:45:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That is what the joke is implying. But I get it, reading comprehension is hard when you're intellectually dishonest.
too_drunk_for_this ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:49:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That there should be more diversity in Hollywood? Yes, I'm sure there's some crazy people who believe that.
lord_allonymous ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 19:28:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually a great joke based on how many strokes it's causing in neckbeard redditors.
koalaondrugs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:06:25 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bloody social justice warriors pushing political correctness into comedy everywhere these days and cant help getting offended
lakerswiz ยท 74 points ยท Posted at 18:50:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's funny how pissed everyone is getting about it. Fucking pansies.
Penguin_Out_Of_A_Zoo ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 20:02:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
you could say that they're triggered by jokes. Jeez, they're so easily offended by everything!
grandoz039 ยท -19 points ยท Posted at 19:00:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's stupid quote and I had no context nor information that it was joke. No need to insult me for thinking he made idiotic quote
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:01:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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grandoz039 ยท -15 points ยท Posted at 19:04:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That doesn't change the fact that your comment was aimed at me as well
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:08:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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lakerswiz ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:42:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes
You regularly post in /r/4chan
You really in any position to talk about others being 12?
Spliffs_Callahan ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 19:50:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Heres the thing though:
Make a joke that degrades women or a racial minority in the same way that joke degrades men and watch the response.
The whole "yeah, but group are in a position of social dominance so shitting on them is actually just equality" mindset is starting to wear real thin on a lot of folks in this country
Count_Critic ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:39:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not gonna start yelling about "what about Shape of Water and this movie and that movie?!" getting caught up in the logic of that joke is dumb. If I'm at all riled up it's because of how lazy and pandering it is.
Everyone should feel insulted by the idea that Apatow and whoever may have written that joke thought they could get a guaranteed reaction and be heroes for something so asinine.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:24:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Getting riled up over fake news, welcome to your future
AllocatedData ยท 1331 points ยท Posted at 17:59:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why do people treat Wonder Woman like it's the peak of superhero movies?
TesticleMeElmo ยท 438 points ยท Posted at 18:22:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Low bar set by the rest of the DCEU
[deleted] ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 19:21:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:41:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Osceana ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:35:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Patty Jenkins is a terrible director. The writing was so bad. As others have pointed out, the 3rd act was utter shit. I cannot even believe they gave that guy a 6 pack. The entire audience burst into laughter, and that wasn't what the filmmakers intended. I will defiantly say that the only reason the movie got so hyped was because it was "#girlpower". I'd give it a 6.5/10. There are so many scenes that just go on and on and on and on and never lead anywhere.
And this is coming from someone that rides HARD for BvS & Man of Steel (not Justice League though, god that movie was awful).
lifeonthegrid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:57:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you just have terrible taste and Patty Jenkins won that Oscar for a reason.
Osceana ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:26:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, because the Oscars are always awarded to the most deserving films.
Fuck off. She's directed fuck all. If a man had directed the exact same movie, it wouldn't have gotten the same amount of praise. It's not a well put-together film. I would never say this about Katheryn Bigelow, for example. Almost every movie she's done (and it's more than just 2 movies and a tons of shorts) are my favorites. All her films are gold and haven't been lauded as mucha s WW. It was all social justice hype.
lifeonthegrid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:31:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol
Spliffs_Callahan ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 21:04:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa whoa whoa calm down captain mysoginy this movie was 10/10 and if you disagree, you disagree SOLELY because you hate women
Kayakingtheredriver ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 19:32:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well, remember, it wasn't long before this movie that another movie (Ghostbusters 2016) bombed and it was mostly blamed on males being unable to like a movie with female leads... So, it is understandable when a serviceable WW came out, for male audiences to hold it up as a See, we don't hate women we just hate rehashed money grabs example. In that context the circle jerk makes sense.
_Mellex_ ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:13:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ghostbusters bombed because it was an all female Adam-Sandler-quality movie that edited hundreds of hours of improv down to a jumbled mess.
IrrelevantLeprechaun ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:17:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To put it succinctly, the esteem of WW is because it highlighted that female leads were victim to just bad writing rather than audiences not identifying with them. And it had a woman directing it as well which further drew attention to the latent sexism of the industry.
thepeter ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:02:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watched the new ghost busters and it was actually pretty funny, I enjoyed it. Very tongue in cheek, entertaining film.
JameisChrist03 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:32:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why are you the way you are?
Essembie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:28:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Me too. Solid popcorn fodder. What the fuck were people expecting? Schindlers list?
The movie was no where near as bad as the butthurt nostalgia whores made it out to be. Wasn't great but not being great doesn't mean it was horse shit.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:46:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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The_Cult_Of_Skaro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:49:35 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was not vagina joke a minute at all. Like it was not amazing, but it was fun and inoffensive. There were about as many male genetalia jokes in the original as there were female ones in the reboot.
Spliffs_Callahan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I can almost guarantee im gonna fucking love the black widow movie, but pretending a 4/10 movie that does a terrible job of portraying arguably the best DC hero (have you ever read actual wonder woman? Shell literally decapitate a villain mid monologue. Shes a fucking badass who thinks the other heroes methods are straight pussy shit. Like a flying punisher with a sword.) Is good just to prove geeks arent sexist is retarded. We dont owe anyone proof we're actively smashing the patriarchy over here
bobosuda ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:41:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was slightly better than the other recent DC movies, but it still suffered the same problem that all the other DC movies did; the villains are incredibly boring. If you didn't know any better you'd think Wonder Woman fought the exact same superpowered flame/energy monster/beast as they did in Batman vs Superman.
Superhero movies need good villains and good characterizations of those villains to go along with everything else. Wonder Woman was a pretty good movie, but like you say the final act collapsed and part of that was that the movie had a shitty villain.
VictoriousRaptor ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:48:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The villain problem is valid. Outside Joker, DC hasn't really given any of them the right time on screen. Zod? Killed too soon. Andy Samberg? Yea, no thanks, I got what they wanted from him but it fell flat.
Shit, Civil War had a normal human being with no powers at all give a compelling performance and succeeded in breaking the Avengers; now that was a good villain who didnt need CGI anything, just good words and hella great plot armour.
Dont get me wrong, I liked Wonder Woman, but it wasn't even Top 10 in CBM movies. People just needed to go nuts over it I guess
dank_doggy_dog ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:29:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Andy samberg, you mean Jesse Eisenberg? I know there both bergs but Andy as lex Luther would be hilariously
Kayakingtheredriver ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:51:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was racking my brain trying to remember andy samberg in the movie, lol.
Tara_ntula ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:21 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jesse as Lex Luther was already hilarious
seagullalumni ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'll take it a step further and say that I cannot stand super hero movies other than the rare good ones like Deadpool, Dark Knight etc. I love movies but man, I just can't get into marvel and DC cgi fests.
ulubai ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:44:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not even a reddit circle jerk, I can't even count the number of articles I saw with "Wonder Women is the best superhero movie's headlines outside of reddit
meme-com-poop ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:57:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought so. it started out good but that 3rd act was all over the place
pinkycatcher ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:31:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The thing is, that CGI could have been saved if they used the same storytelling CGI they did earlier in the movie. Also, it would have just been way cooler if she just stabbed Ares and he fell over and nothing changed, rather than all the lights and fire and stuff.
But to give credit, WW was probably a top 5 superhero movie, and it was put out by DC. DC's movies have been so bad except for the Dark Knight Series (that for some stupid reason they want to forget) that publishing anything good with their name on it has to be a monumentally hard task.
M37h3w3 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:51:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dunno about cooler but it would have been more impactful and meaningful if that's how it played out. Diana has in her head that humanity is naturally good and just and that the sole reason why the Germans are fighting and using awful chemical weapons is because of Ares' influence. She's still very much a child even though she's a full grown woman.
I agree that it should have been Ares showing up after she killed the general and basically said "Bitch, I did nothing. Zeus basically magically castrated me back on that day but I haven't needed it. These stupid fuckers have been more than willing to rip and tear each other to shreds over fucking nothing. No whispering into ears, no magical suggestions, no mind control. I've just been sitting here eating out of the biggest tub of popcorn with the biggest shit eating grin you can imagine." and that revelation would have kick the legs out from under Diana. It would have destroyed her black and white view of the world, a world that to many people today have, and forced her to grow.
The only other thing I could add would be to see life like on the German side and see that it's just the same as the life they saw with the town that got gassed, just different. The above ending without seeing the good in the supposed "enemy" might lead Diana to thinking that the world is just black, full of cruelty and despair.
bekeleven ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:06:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was waiting the whole movie for the twist that Ares was acting the whole time to stop the war because humanity was going to die out if he did nothing, and he couldn't make more war if there were no humans.
M37h3w3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm imagining that scene in my head and it's playing out kinda funny.
"No Diana, I only wanted some war. No war is bad but if there's no much war then at best it'll be a very long time before I can have war again and at worst I'll never have war ever again! I need to maintain just a certain amount of war. A baseline level of war."
qwamqwamqwam ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:44:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just imagining Ares gesturing wildly at a bunch of charts, completely engrossed in his explanation, while Diana and the others just sit there looking confused.
schnoodly ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:38:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Dark Knight trilogy was a standalone work. Adding any more to it would, imo, ruin it. The current approach to Batman is... Questionable, but it's a Batman made with the rest of the Justice League universe in mind - though they seem to think a more human Batman (like the old cartoon Network justice league) doesn't have a place in this magic and god filled universe.
Again, imo, this is just some bad take on the Injustice series Batman.
RampagingDragon ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:59:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You think WW was a top 5 superhero movie? I would be interested in hearing what your top 5 is.
pinkycatcher ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:03:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Dark Knight, Iron Man 1, Wonder Woman, and probably GotG or Deadpool because everything else is so serious and I like a comedy up top too.
Logan would probably crack that top 5, but I've put off watching that, I really don't want to cry about father figures getting old, I already watched Field of Dreams this year and can't take any more.
RampagingDragon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:50:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So no Batman begins, no spider man 1 or 2, no avengers, no unbreakable, no ant man, none of the x men movies. Strange choice
pinkycatcher ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:18:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Skylightt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:27:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
With some Thor 1 mixed in there
WIT_MY_WOES ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:27:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
An obvious agenda being pushed by Hollywood lately, trying to use excuses like โa woman starring in, and a woman directing a movieโ so it automatically must be deemed amazing and if you donโt that means you hate women. Itโs a perfect guise to help elevate a very mediocre, possibly bad movie. To another degree, with Black Panther coming out, people are calling it a masterpiece before it even comes out. Trying to build the hype around this movie for itโs all black cast. Now Black Panther actually does look a lot better than any movie DC could shit out, but saying itโs masterpiece, relax bud. Hollywood needs all the help they can get nowadays, as movie ticket sales are down to lows never seen before. People just donโt need to go to the theatre anymore unless itโs for the big Marvel movie or Star Wars movie (which btw TLJ was a disaster as well). A byproduct of Hollywood is the critics who critique movies and they need job security so they make grand statements and controversial statements to generate relevance. Itโs become more blatant than ever itโs all about agendaโs.
myalternateischargin ยท 200 points ยท Posted at 18:24:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who said that? It's just a solid superhero movie and was a big hit with a lot of impact in 2017. The fact that it's one of the first massive female-led superhero movies makes it stand out.
No one is saying that it's the peak of superhero movies.
[deleted] ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:43:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Apatow just implied it eclipsed every male directed superhero movie which is all of them
Thin-White-Duke ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:13:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well, Apatow is an "enlightened" Hollywood jerk-off.
Edit: I don't see the point in suddenly turning on a movie a lot of people loved just because someone used it as an example in a joke. Sure, it wasn't a very good joke, and Apatow could have made is point clearer if he wasn't trying so hard to seem enlightened, but everyone is missing the point.
myalternateischargin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:58:56 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did he? That quote feels more like he was just listing off solid movies from female directors. I don't see how the quote implied that WW was better than other superhero movies at all.
Either way he's wrong but I feel like his quote was aimed at movies in general and not just the superhero genre.
And even then, Apatow is one dude. The comment I replied to acted like everyone was saying WW was the peak of superhero movies.
lifeonthegrid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:57:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke
111uhh1 ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 19:00:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No no, it's treated that way for those reasons you've stated. Plus, anyone who bothered with the DCEU were happy.
SpecificZod ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 19:07:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
pretty mediocre. The sole reason it was getting those praise is because it is the first DECENT FEMALE SUPERHERO movie. Don't forget we had catwoman movie not long ago.
Dick_McFuckyou ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:22:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just 14 years ago! Not that long ago at all
DrewsephA ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:00:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it had nothing to do with the great casting, gripping story, amazing visuals, good actor chemistry, or anything else....
SpecificZod ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
know hundreds of language, don't know what marriage is.
Confused face most of the time, best acting.
amazing visual, say every superheroes movies ever.
I don't say this movie is bad, it's just an ok one, sometimes dip into mediocre with quite basic plot and unsuitable antagonist.
Most of praise always include best female, while few praise on story or character or plotline.
Praising a female superhero movie because the main antagonist is a female is quite pathetic.
and like someone said, surprise to see Magneto in DC.
DrewsephA ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:22:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not surprising, since there are no men on the island, so they've never had a marriage or ever had a need to have one.
Doesn't have a "confused face" "most of the time", but ok. And when she does, that's also not surprising, considering she's
everythingvisiting a strange world that doesn't do anything like she thinks they should. I'm sure you'd have a confused face too if you went to live with a jungle tribe.Well, most of them do, that's just how it is. Doesn't change the fact that WW did have great visuals.
I'll agree that the God of War could have been fleshed out more, and been a better villain, but that doesn't mean WW was a bad movie, or even mediocre.
You have to learn to read between the lines sometimes, and think about history and backstory, and other behind the scenes things in a movie. If they just spelled it all out for you, or you just take a movie at only face value, you're going to think it's pretty bad, and even some of the best movies ever will turn out to be pretty awful if you look at them like that.
E: a space and a letter
SpecificZod ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:37:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
seriously dude? how many language do you know? She is multi-lingual forsake. She said it herself. And with her skill, look like she know them deep enough that similar word to marriage is not a foreign word or the concept is really really similar. I'm a bilingual and having now learning the third, w/o deep knowledge of meaning and big vocabulary it's freaking hard to be fluent as her. And when you're fluent as her, asking what the word marriage mean is stupid. Marriage in war, marriage in peace, it's a literally frontline word in multiple languages.
Consider the flop that is DCMU itself and hormones raging 3rd feminists, a decent 'female' movie sound like a good recipe.
I like the dude that with her more, what his name? ah, Steve trevor by Chris pine, at least he is good, not like Princess Diana by Gal Galdot.
Justice League should not be a flop if WW was memorable. Because Gal Galdot should be able to save it with her superior acting skill!
DrewsephA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't matter. Yes, she is multi-lingual, but I think you're confusing languages and cultures. Just because you know a word, doesn't automatically mean you know what it means. If you've grown up your whole life and never once seen or done a certain action or event, and only rarely and briefly talked about it at school (if ever at all), it isn't unrealistic, even as a grown adult, to have no idea about what it actually is. You can know what something is, without knowing what it is, it's an important distinction. I'm not saying the movie was perfect, but you're trying to point out flaws that don't exist.
That's not how acting works, unfortunately. Just take a look at the Star Wars prequels. Ewan McGregor is probably in the Top 3 actors in all 3 of those, but even that couldn't save that trilogy. And that's coming from someone who loves Star Wars.
However,
This is where you lost the argument.
SpecificZod ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:26:04 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
are yes, doesn't matter argument, what the point of having a plot anyway if nothing matter. You're the one who confuse cultures and languages. Marriage is just a word, there is nothing culture about it except the marriage itself. Does Russian people define marriage differently from Brazilian? Maybe learn a little? doing research? Google something? use dictionary? She learn hundreds language and don't understand what marriage is - a simple word that if she learn history of empires is easily know, speaking perfect english the whole island and don't have dictionary. Even her Gods do marriage but nah, doesn't fucking matter anyway cause vagina power!
If you playing doesn't matter trope then you lost argument there. Don't try to argue if you can bring logic but just side wipe.
Making it like having a film about female hero this time ain't convenience lol.
what she should has asked is: how do you do marriage? not what is marriage?
DrewsephA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:23 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I never said nothing mattered?
No, it's literally you who's confusing them, you're even saying so in your comment. It is a word, and she knows the word, but marriage is a HUUUUGE part of a lot of cultures, and in her culture, on that island, they've never had a marriage ever, so she doesn't know what it is, because she's never been exposed to it. If you've never had something be a part of your culture, you can't honestly expect to immediately understand it as soon as you learn about it from another culture. Also, speaking of doing research, marriage is a pretty Western concept. in most older cultures, you didn't have the fanfare that surrounds Western marriages, and in a lot of places, you just took a woman, and then she was yours, you didn't have to register anywhere or have some sort of religious figure perform a ceremony. So she may know what it is, but since she was created by the Greek gods, and studied Greek and surrounding cultures, what she knows and what we know are probably very different.
It's not a trope though? The number of languages I know has nothing to do with this discussion. It doesn't matter if I know 1 or 5 or 35, we're discussing the movie, not my linguistic knowledge.
And how much logic is there when you blame a movie's success on hormonal women? Pretty sure that's just a side swipe, because you don't actually have a good argument.
redpandaeater ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:10:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately I think it may stay that way for a while since I don't know how much faith in the Captain Marvel movie I have. Could be great, but probably won't be.
hatramroany ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:14:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What? Even the worst MCU movies arenโt that bad.
pun-a-tron4000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
All movie opinions are of course subjective but I would be pretty disappointed if Captain Marvel came out and was of the same quality as say Iron man 2 or Thor the dark world.
That said those are both sequels which tend to have some drop in quality. By no means are they unwatchable but certainly IMO fairly bland.
Garlic-Butter-Fly ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:07:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think people were just suprised by its popularity. The establishment view was that she was an unfilmable niche character but that turned out to be wrong
WorthAgent ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:33:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, so unfilmable and niche there was a WW tv show.
Garlic-Butter-Fly ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:01:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Almost 40 years ago, while batman gets a movie every other day.
In 2013 you had DC executives saying Wonder Woman was too hard to adapt. 4 years later and it was one of the most popular films of the year.
WorthAgent ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 23:00:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So you acknowledge that it is not unfilmable, because there literally was a series (not a movie every 4 years or so) dedicated to this character?
Also, a source on your DC exec claim would be cool. I can claim that in 2012 and 2014 they said it would be perfect to adapt, if I donโt want to show sources, or that it was a specific executive who has since been let go a la a weinstein scandal.
At the end of the day you canโt be upset that some characters are more popular than others for whatever odd reason. Sure this movie did great, now, after 15+ years of comic book movie adaptation successes paving the way for DC/Marvel to be mainstream. Look at how great โElectraโ did by comparison, as it was a much earlier movie in the new wave of comic films with great potential to be better than it was (and terrible reviews iirc).
Garlic-Butter-Fly ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:29:16 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I never claimed it was unfilmable, merely that some perceived it that way.
I'm not arguing that Batman shouldn't be more popular, I was just saying that some people in Hollywood were shocked at how popular WW turned out to be.
I also didn't realise I needed to cite my sources for a reddit comment but you can Google Mark Pedowicz comments about how she is a "challenging character to adapt" & the controversy those comments sparked (again, not agreeing with the controversy, just pointing to what others said as a possible explanation)
shogun_ ยท 710 points ยท Posted at 18:02:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone knows Logan is that.
[deleted] ยท 1506 points ยท Posted at 18:11:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Dark Knight.
[deleted] ยท 575 points ยท Posted at 18:22:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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BobbyThreeSticks ยท 491 points ยท Posted at 18:27:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fantastic story throughout the film, but Heaths performance is what takes this Grade A film and turns it into Legend.
allyourlives ยท 264 points ยท Posted at 18:44:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
One of the few villain performances out there where you can actually feel the crazy. It was evil that had no purpose other than evil and it was beautiful
newsposts ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 18:54:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
From the moment that movie starts, with the music and all, its a fucking ride.
tonyMEGAphone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:18:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Uh, Watchmen?
Wutsluvgot2dowitit ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:28:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Too slow and wordy for mass consumption
Schools_Back ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:27:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hear you. I loved that movie but it definitely appeals to a certain taste while TDK was broadly enjoyed. I loved both
DrMcClimateChange ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Using hallelujah honestly ruined watchmen for me.
For such a decent film that was a horrifically trite music selection for a montage. And yeah, it was dumb enough to matter.
flee_market ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:30:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't get crazy (as in, unable to distinguish reality from fantasy), I got inhumanly cynical from Ledger's Joker.
That's honestly what made him so fucking scary. Any one of us could become that.
It wasn't being bombarded with gamma rays that turned him into the Joker. It wasn't being born with special mutated genes.
It was losing all faith in humanity and deciding to just have fun with it before the end.
Ledger's Joker is what happens when a person lets despair win.
MuscleT ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:09:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Disagree, I don't think it's evil, and that's exactly why it works.
He's chaos, he only wants to see change, no matter what it is.
Looking at the beginning of the film, it's pretty clear the Batman hasn't done a very good job of making Gotham much safer or reducing crime; a band of bank robbers acts with impunity, and the crime heads are as alive and powerful as ever. The way the Batman was doing things wasn't enough, and it required a new kind of Villain to change him.
limitedattention ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can feel the crazy in Jared Leto's joker too. Unfortunately it's more so the type of crazy that makes you worry more about Leto's sanity than the type that adds to the character...
onetruepurple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
heat legend
MIGsalund ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:39:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but, at heart, the series is about a billionaire vigilante. Not exactly the type of person I'd ever actually root for.
NomadPrime ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:13:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, at its heart, is a broken man who uses his pain and horrifying experience to fuel himself into someone devoted to ending crime and preventing that experience from happening to more people. Even if Bruce Wayne lost all of his money, like he did in The Dark Knight Rises or various books, he still goes out and protects the people of Gotham. That's the part you're supposed to relate to. The money is only a way for him to acquire the resources.
MIGsalund ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 21:00:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The money is the part that makes him totally unrelatable, and it's a pretty huge part of the character.
NomadPrime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:10:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's been multiple stories where Batman loses all of his money. Using just scraps of resources and only his learned skills, he still goes out to protect people. That's what Batman really is, no matter which iteration (good or bad). Just like how taking Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer, or Superman's powers doesn't change who they are and how they'd still remain heroes. Taking Iron Man's or Black Panther's money wouldn't change who they are as well, and they're even richer than Batman
cleeder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can still relate to him on levels other than his financial means, ffs.
satinism ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 19:15:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Let's face it, the story of the dark knight was straight-up government propaganda for a surveillance state. Batman turns away from his roots (protecting everyday citizens from street-level crime) and goes to Hong-Kong to fight economic enemies of state. The whole bullshit of the 'hero we need but don't deserve' is to give the idea of the letter agencies weilding their power with restraint and principled good judgement, that film was produced to bolster trust in government. The sub-plot with Wayne industries developing total surveillance by cell-phone, then using it once only and destroying it, was absurd and offensive. Heath Ledger, representing terrorism, was the only redeeming thing about the film.
ifixputers ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:20:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Letโs not. You ruined your own viewing with a conspiracy, donโt ruin anyone elseโs
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:05:54 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Propaganda is the wrong word, but all of those things were definitely intended, and glaringly obvious subtext. More a reflection of Nolan's views then anything.
satinism ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 19:27:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
American society is collapsing because Americans are too busy consuming products and entertainment to get engaged with their community and government, but sure, let's worry more about our ability to enjoy a film without analysing anything.
ifixputers ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:32:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Life isnโt working out for you so let me try and ruin it for other people? Go fuck yourself lmao. The movie has a couple strong morals but itโs not propaganda. America will be fine, you need not worry.
satinism ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:35:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not too worried, I'm not American and although I think it's pretty sad what's happening I suppose it's some comfort to know that the people deserve it.
ifixputers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:08:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is America shitty in some ways? Sure. But itโs way better than it was 40 years ago and itโs always getting better. As much progress as Iโd like? No, but Iโm not going to ruin a fucking superhero movie because Iโm an insufferable twat in real life.
badHABIT2049 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:55:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The sound of truth, is an unpopular tone.
satinism ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:04:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, if downvotes could kill, I'd have life insurance!
OrlandoDoom ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:37:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel Ledger simply equalized Baleโs god awful Batman.
themeatbridge ยท 116 points ยท Posted at 18:32:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because making a good movie is safe, while making a great movie requires risk, and Hollywood is risk averse when it comes to tent poles.
HilariousMax ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:05:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It stands to reason though.
Tent poles cost a lot of money and getting risky with that much money is kind of dumb when you can play it safe and get a guaranteed marginal return making an ok movie.
TheEvenDarkerKnight ยท 240 points ยท Posted at 18:28:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No one of Nolan's caliber has directed a superhero movie since
MonkeyOnYourMomsBack ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 18:59:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What about Zack Snyโew wait yeah fuck that no never mind.
Poltras ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 19:15:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watchmen was good.
MonkeyOnYourMomsBack ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 19:16:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
.... but was it Christoper Nolan good
[deleted] ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 19:20:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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MonkeyOnYourMomsBack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:25:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ok then
_Mellex_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:15:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I really like Watchmen but no lol
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:35:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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MonkeyOnYourMomsBack ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:36:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As a comic itโs really good. Iโd honestly say thereโs lots of other stories I prefer but Iโm not a huge fan of deconstruction anyways.
Edit: Iโll clarify I didnโt downvote you on that, I just donโt care enough for Watchmen, brilliant though it may be
nuzzot ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:08:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watchmen was good because the original itself was good. Snyder miraculously left the story alone for the most part which allowed the movie to be decent.
etherama1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He changed the ending tho
nuzzot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:04:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah thatโs why I said for the most part. The alien thing from the novel was weird and wouldnโt have played over well anyways IMO.
RussellChomp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:20:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fast-Slow-Fast intensifies.
be-happier ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:35:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
All i remember of watchmen was a glowing blue schlong and an uncomfortable rape scene.
Im still confused what the movie was about
iOSbrogrammer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:03:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Read the book.
be-happier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:00:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is the book good, sell me on it.
iOSbrogrammer ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:11:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
All other superhero comics you read/movies you watch will lack the story and character depth that Watchmen has. Itโs a fantastic story. Still holds up to this day.
BellEpoch ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:41:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nolan has some duds too.
etherama1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:54:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honest question, which of his films do you consider a dud?
yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:01:19 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dark Knight Rises is pretty lousy, propped up by two setpieces (the opening hijack and the Batman-Bane fight) that stick in the memory.
_Rage_Kage_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:17 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
All of Insomnia, TDKR, amd Interstellar can be argued. Although I really enjoyed the latter two.
Jaytalvapes ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:49:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Let's be real, Nolan made a good movie, but Ledger is the some reason it's such a revered film. He singlehandedly made the film legendary.
Liimbo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:37:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I certainly wouldn't say singlehandedly. It was already the best made and written superhero movie, Ledger certainly added to it though. I just hate how everyone acts like he carried an otherwise dead movie, it was just a really solid film all around.
Jaytalvapes ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:47:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not a dead movie by any means, but I'd say decent at best.
Liimbo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree. A big part of what made Heath's Joker so great were things like the writing, the atmosphere, how his makeup was done, how other actors reacted to him, etc. All things that would have been present with a different Joker. Don't get me wrong, he was definitely my favorite Joker ever, but even with a lesser actor as the Joker in that same situation I still think the movie would be the best superhero movie. Heath wasn't the only one who perfected the Joker in TDK, the writers and every other actor and crew member that contributed to his image also hit it spot on. If you want to say without a Joker at all that movie is decent at best, sure yeah probably but that'd be a pointless statement.
Jaytalvapes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:25:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree, but I can see your point. Fair enough!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Days of Future Past, First Class
theborbes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:11:44 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Both of these movies are trash.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:59:50 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Both of them are good movies with a great cast
theborbes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:08:39 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad you like them, but they're really not. Esp. DOFP. First class has some okay moments
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:09:58 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
In your subjective opinion
theborbes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:32:53 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If that helps you get through them, Sure.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:56:14 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fresh on RT does not lie.
theborbes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:01:35 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's cute! Hey man, you like what you like even if it's shit. All the power to you. Don't let anyone tell you that you need to be critical. It's just entertainment.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:04:07 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well mainly I like to know what my kids are watching. Can't be too careful with some of what Hollywood is putting out, the X-Men films I find to be allegorical for what it's like to be a person of faith in the secular modern world
theborbes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:21:36 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda ironic since atheists probably fit that metaphor better. I'm honestly glad you like those movies but imo they're poorly written to the point where they're exceedingly stupid and nothing special when it comes to acting/cinematography nor do they add to the xmen themes beyond what the comics have done.
They make MCU movies look like citizen kane.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:24:07 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The MCU movies are full of liberal messages.
The Fox owned X-Men films are not.
I really hope the GOP invests in its own movie industry some day
theborbes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:36:32 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah! State funded propoganda is great. Maybe Trump could play as a fat stupid version of The Thing. He's already orange ;)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:15 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not propaganda when it's morally correct. Crooked Hillary is more suited to the thing, as she appears as she wants to be seen in any situation depending who she's talking to
theborbes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:06:00 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Too cute :) morally correct GOP, wow. You typing by tiki torch?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:30 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, I have a large ceiling light in my nice house which I paid for through hard work
[deleted] ยท -40 points ยท Posted at 18:41:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dark Knight Rises was terrible.
Guy_Without_pants ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 18:43:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For you
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 18:46:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Like when Batman got his back punched back into place.
mostredditisawful ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 18:49:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So very different from Harvey walking around with half his face burned off and no ill effects.
Poltras ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:16:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Morphine man.
_Rage_Kage_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:39 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or somehow getting out of a speeding vehicle that rolled over completely unscathed after he shot the driver.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or when all the cops in town went into the sewer. Then when they got out they attacked the bad guys with no weapons.
mostredditisawful ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:44:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or how the Joker manages to wire a major hospital for demolition without anyone noticing. Or being able to do the same with two city ferries.
The Dark Knight is just as nonsensical and thematically inconsistent and muddy a story as Rises is, and it's no better made from a direction or writing standpoint. It's just that nobody cares about the flaws because Heath Ledger was so good.
Guy_Without_pants ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
FOR YOU
I agree though.
styx31989 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:53:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It got pretty bad at times
NolanHarlow ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 18:46:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When people say they love this movie, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. It's utter trash
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 19:00:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Do people on this sub not know what opinions are?
NolanHarlow ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:38:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is this a real question? Of course I know what opinions are.
If a bunch of people eat a piece of literal shit and say it's delicious, that's their opinion. Myself and people like u/ReadyKit are allowed to be baffled by the fact that so many people ate said piece of shit, and loved it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:57:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
enjoying a movie is a pretty far throw from eating shit. So youre saying you dont enjoy a SINGLE movie that some might consider bad?
NolanHarlow ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:40:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did you go to the Cathy Newman school of debating? Way to put words in my mouth. Also, nice strawman. Of course I like movies that others consider bad.
What baffles me about DKR is HOW bad it was (I mean, truly, it was awful from start to finish), and how broadly it was well received. It's like people turned their brains off (even more than normal) when watching this.
khavii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:14:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're gonna trash talk someone else having difficulties debating when you made the piece of shit reference. See an actual opinion would be if you saw everyone eating a brown log and you took a bite and thought it tasted like shit while everyone else is having the argument on whether a Tootsie roll is good.
The assertion that the movie is shit is the opinion part but you want to be obtuse about it and pretend it isn't.
See I absolutely HATE the movie "Legend of Bagger Vance" the mere existence of the movie is an afront to everything I love about storytelling and I would happily wipe its existence from history but I ALSO realize this is my opinion and someone else could (and does) love that abomination. I'll argue all day as to why that movie is bad but I'm not such a concieted prick that I dismiss people who like it as lesser than me.
unscholarly_source ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You see that's where the problem is bub. You're confusing your opinion as fact.
NolanHarlow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:07:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Try again, sweetheart.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
unscholarly_source ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You missed the point, smartass. Your opinion that "the movie is a piece of shit" is just that, an opinion. Not a fact.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:49:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Since the first two are so good, I think a lot of people give it the benefit of the doubt.
NolanHarlow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:35:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's just amazing to me. The first two really are great. I loved them. The third is horrible. Like, unforgivably terrible. Nothing works. Nothing makes any fucking sense. I'm aghast it's been (generally) so well received. It genuinely makes me question people.
BadMrFrostySC ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 18:43:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think that was a studio thing, kind of like Spider Man 3. I wouldn't hang that all on the director, but maybe I'm wrong.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:01:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Na it was all Nolan. They actually had a good note to do The Riddler instead of Bane and he ignored it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Rises#Development
postpunctual ยท -42 points ยท Posted at 18:32:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This is the most circlejerk comment I've ever laid eyes on in the wild.
comineeyeaha ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 18:35:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Here's the thing though, he's not wrong. I'm not saying Nolan is the greatest director ever, but he didn't set out to make an action comic book movie, he set out to make a genuinely good gangster movie that featured Batman and The Joker. It's good because it's a completely different tone than most of the rest. It doesn't try to be funny, though it does include humor. None of it feels like a studio made Nolan direct it in a certain way, or include certain lines. It's a good movie first, and a good Batman story second.
Starace01 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 18:35:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
wanna name one that is as good as Nolan? or you gunna baselessly circlejerk a circlejerk?
GloriousHam ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 18:52:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan
Edit: The fanboy downvote brigade is fucking hilarious. TDR was a fucking shit movie. TDK was excellent and Logan is right up there with it. Get the fuck over it weirdos.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท -17 points ยท Posted at 18:49:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan.
By far.
EDIT - Fuck me for caring about story, action cinematography, and emotional stakes... None of Which Nolan has a clue about. Naw, let's all suck his dick over one actor's performance and ignore DK's glaring flaws.
Starace01 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:57:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not discussing what superhero movies rival TDK in quality(which i'll maintain Logan does not, but its new and is very good so people bring it up). I'm discussing the caliber of director of other superhero movies, James Mangold is not Christopher Nolan, by far.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:02:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
His best work in the genre surpasses Nolan's.
And for everybody excusing DKR because of the studio, you have to give Mangold the same leeway. He wanted The Wolverine to be much closer to Logan but Fox wouldn't let him do it until after Deadpool succeeded.
Starace01 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:18:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nope it doesn't. Logan was great, but TDK is one of the best movies of the 2000's, like in the top 25 good. Logan is just really good for a superhero movie. Were still talking about TDK 10 years later, i'll be surprised if that's true for Logan.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You restating your opinion doesn't change that Logan succeeded in 3 key areas where Dark Knight failed:
1) Action scenes. The cinematography and editing in Logan are visually coherent. Nolan has never been good at this, if you want I can link to numerous editor and cinematographer breakdowns of his action scenes. It's not wonderful.
2) Focused story. Nolan wanders in his stories, often dedicating subplots to themes that the broader narrative could have benefited from. The surveillance subplot, for example, was completely unnecessary. He also repeats himself quite a bit... Joker as a character has way more to offer than the choice of two deaths (the two boats, dent v dawson, etc).
3) Emotional stakes. I don't care about Bruce's attachment to Harvey, because there's no emotional bond there. It's purely logical and cold. The only two characters in the entire film with emotional depth are Joker and Alfred, and both of them were at their peak performances in this film in soliloquy. It's another thing Nolan is known for being bad with; He sacrifices character and emotional depth for philosophical tangents.
Logan, on the other hand, forced sobs out of grown men in my theater, over a little girl who they had never even heard of before the opening credits. The relationships between Laura and Logan, Logan and Xavier, Xavier and Caliban etc had stakes, both in terms of the story and character development. Mangold didn't depend on a few performers, he built those stakes with them.
Starace01 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:03:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry you struggled to understand the main plot and emotional stakes of TDK
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was a good movie in comparison to the other X-men / Wolverine movies which werenโt exactly cinematic masterpieces. On its own, itโs just an okay movie.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:53:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Firm disagree.
I think Logan's characters were much better-developed, their motives much clearer, the story was a lot more focused (even with that Eriq LaSalle farm scene), the action scenes were better planned, choreographed, shot, and edited.
The Dark Knight had the best single performance between the two films with Heath Ledger, but that's not enough for me to overlook an unfocused story, poor action scenes, and neglected emotional stakes/character development. It was good, but I don't think it's even the best of the Nolan trilogy.
It'd be more fair IMO to put Logan up against Batman Begins, if we're comparing best-of-universe quality.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:18:11 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was cool but it just wasnโt that great to me as an outsider. I do agree that The Dark Knight wasnโt amazing but it at least ushered in a new era for super hero movies IMO. It was the first super hero movie that didnโt feel like cheese.
idontlikeflamingos ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 18:38:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's true though. Who has directed a superhero movie that is better than Nolan? Sure /r/movies loves the guy but he's one of the best directors working today and Jonathan Nolan is an outstanding screenwriter. The Russo Brothers are probably the next best thing but they're still a step behind.
That's not the only reason TDK is still the best, but it's absolutely a factor.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 18:49:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan is a far more coherent film, with better action and actual emotional stakes (something Nolan still can't figure out).
megatesla ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:20:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked the Dark Knight. And now I kinda want Logan to be bad just to spite you, because you're being an ass. When I watch Logan, even if it's fucking amazing, I'll remember you and feel conflicted about the film. I won't get the unhindered enjoyment and wonder I could have had.
You've stolen my ability to freely enjoy a great new film. So fuck you.
rampop ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:34:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, your own childishness has prevented you from enjoying a movie out of spite. That's just pathetic and nobody's fault but your own. Nobody cares if you like it or not, and nobody can change how you approach a movie but you.
megatesla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, it's childish. I recognize that. But you know what else is childish? This:
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7v87wq/comment/dtqaw5j
Maybe read the rest of the conversation first.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:50:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
TIL that disagreeing is "being an ass." At least I've seen the movies we're all talking about.
megatesla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:45:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't bother me that you disagree. Mostly I'm confused, because I'm not sure who you think you're going to convince when you talk like this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7v87wq/comment/dtqaw5j
megatesla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, I apologize. I can tell you're passionate about this, and you've clearly explained your reasoning in other comments. You've clearly put more thought into your opinion than I have, and I don't want to discourage good critical thinking even if it leads to controversial conclusions.
TheEvenDarkerKnight ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:33:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol you're acting like it's not true
nuraHx ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:40:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean it's true though
Houston_Centerra ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 18:41:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nolan directed Dark Knight Rises so you're wrong there...
HelixFollower ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 18:35:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because hardly anyone tried to make a superhero movie like that. Its not a question of being good enough, its more to do with them aiming for something completely different. Except for Logan.
IrrelevantLeprechaun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:14:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This. TDK and itโs trilogy were aiming for a VERY grounded in reality approach and was very somber in tone for the most part.
MCU is going for the more glitzy high flying style of comic films, trying to elicit that kind of brightly coloured comic page aesthetic.
Theyโre aiming for entirely different things.
[deleted] ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 19:04:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
TDK was a headier movie than what the genre usually tackles. A lot of the marvel movies don't go past the classic tropes of man vs monster nor do they have morals past "teamwork". The dark Knight was a philosophy on human nature, if whether man's actions are dictated by the ego or by the greater good, altruisn vs self preservation. The joker was less a character and more of a personification of the theme opposite of what Batman personifies so it made the movie feel much bigger than what the physical stakes in the movie were: two boatloads of people.
In contrast, the avengers were fighting a world-destroying army and the biggest thing it had to say in the entire movie was "friendship is magic".
Both excellent movies, but the directors were using the movie and the narratives completely differently.
ReneDiscard ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:24:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Youโre a Big Guy.
MotorcycleCK ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:32:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For who?
Sincost121 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't seen The Winter Soldier, but that's normally held as the best the MCU has to offer.
Aside from that, Logan and Days of Future Past are both good. It's been a long while since I've seen Raimi-man 2, but I still see a good amount of praise for it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:16:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No doubt raimi Spiderman is a tremendous achievent and I think it was instrumental in opening up the true-to-original superhero movies to the public. It tackled very deep subject matter as well, namely the intrapersonal identity stuggles Peter Parker had gone through and the consequential interpersonal conflicts there of. It was definitely an intimate experience between the audience and the character of Spiderman.
I'll be honest, I've only seen Winter soldier once so I can't speak much about it. I may have to revisit it.
Runyn ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโll take the one didnโt create a generation of edgelords.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:44:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately, it is the simpleminded amongst us that become convinced that the Heath ledger joker is what it means to be badass. It's the same reason copycats after a mass shooting is a reality - a bunch of morons with nary a thought beyond how cool they'd look without an iota of original thought.
I've went through that phase myself and I cringe loudly Everytime I think about 13 year old me running through the school hallway bent over with my arms trailing behind me (Dragonball z, not naruto). I like to think I don't do that anymore.
But regardless of the medium, anything monumental is going to have it's fair share of imbeciles parroting the movie in one fashion or another (e.g. Rick and Morty) and I'm fairly certain there's a bunch of them out there that think themselves a Loki proxy.
SnuggleMonster15 ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 18:39:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair Logan did come pretty damn close.
20171245 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:11:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Imho Logan is second place to Nolan's Batman trilogy, but the trilogy is so great we should be saying that Logan is first place and Nolan's Batman Trilogy is Platinum/retired. I don't think we will have true competitors for a while.
erx98 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:50:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Eh I think Rises tarnished its legacy as a perfect trilogy.
werker ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:52:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was fantastic
FloppY_ ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:05:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
While I won't argue that anything is even remotely close to The Dark Knight I would like to say that The Winter Soldier was probably the superhero-movie that got closer to it than any other, but maybe that is just me.
WinterSon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:26:43 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've tried watching that three times, fallen asleep twice, given up the third. But i find Chris Evans Cap to be as wonder bread boring as possible
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 18:45:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it was Christopher Nolan.
ShakeandJake94 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:41:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's because Nolan is such an incredible director that he tricked you into watching a crime noir film disguised as a superhero film. The film doesn't ride on the popularity of Batman - take away the costumes and the names and you've got a gritty drama that grips you throughout.
Melch12 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:01:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Probably an unpopular opinion but I think Batman Begins is pretty damn close to TDK. I love that movie.
WinterSon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:25:20 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Me too
BatMally ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 18:57:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because you can't name a single villian as interesting as Ledger's Joker. Not one.
be-happier ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:36:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Danny devitos penguin > heath ledgers joker
BatMally ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:23:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree, though I really enjoyed Devito.
I_Am_Become_Dream ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:36:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
V for Vendetta was definitely up there. It's definitely now among the classics of anti-authoritarianism
cloudycane ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:25:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan is just as good imo, if not better.
ultranonymous11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:41:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Go see Logan.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:05:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If Heath Ledger hadn't died, the movie would be good but not the masterpiece everyone considers it now. His death put the hype train at full throttle.
UntouchableResin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't watch until years after and it's still definitely the best superhero movie IMO.
Tensuke ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:23:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You're right, all the praise didn't really start until he died.
lava172 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because they've been mostly focused on action and the heroes and not the villains. I honestly found every scene without the Joker to be boring as fuck and below-average. But Ledger is so good that it didnt matter in the grand scheme of things
Getsiv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iron Man was really good and a good return for RDJ but even that didnโt come close.
Cerubellum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This is not uncommon. The Maltese Falcon was one of the first Noir movies made and many think it is the best Noir movie. It makes sense really - the movies that truly excel are capable of launching a genre of film.
istandwhenipeee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People keep giving you reasons like Christopher Nolan or Heath Ledger or other movies playing it safe. But I think it just comes down to TDK not just being the best superhero movie but also just being one of the best overall movies ever. The reason why nothing has been able to match it is because it's really hard to make one of the greatest movies ever or else the turnover on movie rankings would be constant and it's obviously not.
SSBM_Rosen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:50:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you talking only movies published after The Dark Knight? Because if not--Spiderman 2 absolutely was as good as The Dark Knight, and I will fight to the death on this hill.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because all the other superhero movies have had to be tied up in serialization of some kind, with out one head mind seeing through the vision. The Dark Knight worked so well because it was an auteur working near his peak skill with limited meddling. It was not just an episode, it was a complete movie. The Dark Knight rises failed because Nolan didn't have his heart in it with the half assed retelling of a Tale of Two cities, which was probably rushed after a planned idea with Ledger had to be scrapped.
Every MCU movie is more episodic than complete so they are immediately have a ceiling lower than the Dark Knight because it has to have some tie in to the previous movie and the next one.
The DCCU movies tend to hire directors that don't understand the themes of their own movies, like Snyder and Ayers routinely do.
BellEpoch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because TDK isn't a Superhero movie. Its a crime thriller that happens to have Batman in it.
GaslightProphet ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:08:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because of a singularly talented actor, and the vision of a single auteur freed from franchise constraints. The MCU is a better series than the Dark Knight series, TDK is a better movie than any given MCU movie
S1NN1ST3R ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:29:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan shits all over TDK.
-----_------_--- ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:11:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think no movie has tried. The Marvel movies are all fun, but none of them swing for the fences. It's just standard formula. On the other hand, the current DC continuum is mostly garbage.
alx429 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:33:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because a director like Christopher Nolan comes around once in a generation.
jelatinman ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:43:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The MCU is deliberately constrictive in quality. Black Panther looks like the first one to be as good as TDK simply because Ryan Coogler is really good at what he does.
The closest to TDK quality are Logan and Daredevil season 1, which has the benefit of being a TV show..
netsfan1000 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:50:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Heath. Fucking. Ledger.
doge211 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:52:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because Christopher Nolan is a much better director than most superhero movies get.
usernamens ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:00:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because they have to get one out every single year. They can't focus on making a good movie, they just have to crank out good set-ups for sequels.
MuscleT ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:06:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's the best film of an entire decade
(Unless you like Pan's Labyrinth more, then fk off)
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:14:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Quite simply because TDK is great irrespective of the fact that it's a superhero movie. None of the directors that they've got match up to the calibre of Nolan. Whendon is fantastic at making good superhero movies - a good balance of action adventure and visuals and a plot that's not too hard to follow even for the youngest or oldest audiences. Just look up a list of the greatest directors of all time. Literally the only one on that list will be Nolan
defeldus ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:04:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nolan is a master of the craft and that movie (along with Dunkirk) is his peak skill display without some of his eccentricities (that I love but understand not everyone does).
SaltyTaintJoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:11:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't like Dunkirk. Was so boring.
defeldus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's fair. It was a masterfully crafted film though technically. I appreciated the sterile, almost faceless mass of characters to make you realize that everyone involved in war is going through a journey through hell. The civilians being personified more than any soldier solidified that thought for me and made me really appreciate what he was going for.
jbs13572 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A movie is only as good as its villain. I think itโs as simple as that really. No other comic movie has had as memorable a villain since IMO.
The other factor being that it took the material very seriously, and in doing so had to water down the โcomic book-nessโ as well. I think when embracing the zaniness of comic books, which many comic book movies seem to be doing now, you sacrifice some of the gravity i.e. Logan vs Thor Ragnorak (I thought both were great).
El_Wingador ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 18:52:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
True, but Logan definitely feels like TDK of Marvel movies.
thisguydan ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:38:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's worth noting that one was under Fox. Disney/Marvel haven't really made anything in the MCU quite like TDK or Logan. The furthest they've went so far was probably Civil War which was still light by comparison.
go4theknees ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
They aren't even comparable when it comes to quality though tbh.
JakeTheSnake0709 ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 18:16:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, this is probably the peak of superhero movies.
Black Panther looks fantastic though, and the new Thor was excellent
idontlikeflamingos ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 18:39:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And Infinity War is coming with the Russos at the helm. This is going to be a good year.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 18:50:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And Deadpool 2, directed by one of the John Wick guys.
We_Are_For_The_Big ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People were saying this 5-10 years ago.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:05:21 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
the new Thor was excellent
MorganFreemann ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:12:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The new Thor was cool, but I'd never say excellent. Or idk, maybe im a hater but I don't see how people don't notice it's still the same as literally every other marvel movie.
I did have more fun in this one then the other marvel ones though so yeah. To me it was good just not excellent. Opinions though right
BigHeadSlunk ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:33:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What I liked about Thor as compared to other Marvel movies, is that it was actually funny, not like typical cheesy-superhero-movie funny. I dunno, but to me it was the first Marvel movie where I didn't roll my eyes at half the jokes or see them coming a mile away.
MorganFreemann ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think that's where I stand too. That's what I like about it. At the same time this villain is supposed to be serious right? Idk like I said that alone makes it feel typical marvel to me. Just hoping that with thanos the stakes are real
Evil_Garen ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:36:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was perfect for what it was. A super funny fast paced action flick. I laughed my ass off from the very beginning with him swinging in the chain....
quietvictories ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:38:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Its decent at best.
RagingPigeon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:35:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The new Thor movie can hardly even be called a Thor movie. It's just a comedy movie where all the characters are skinned in Marvel costumes. And it's not just a comedy movie, it's only a comedy movie; there's no real semblance of conflict or character development.
WinterSon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:28:10 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The new thor was god awful
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:06:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
With all due respect to him, if Ledger hadn't committed suicide, the movie wouldn't have been as big a deal to everyone.
6890 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:22:45 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think so... he was mid filming of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and no one gives a shit about that movie despite his circumstances.
WinterSon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:28:50 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly you watched a different movie than me
yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:10:45 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No, there's only one released version of The Dark Knight. No director's cuts or anything like that exist.
26_paperclips ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:18:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Watchmen masterrace reporting in
StRyder91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐ฉl
LGRW_16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Spider-Man 2. Dark Knight, even Batman Begins over Logan for me.
datareinidearaus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People say that because the guy died
Kind_Of_A_Dick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Blankman.
HolycommentMattman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:44:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why does everyone go to the Dark Knight? I mean, I enjoyed it. It's one of my favorite superhero movies.
But it's not really that special. At the end of the day, while it's done very well, it's just like any other. The only difference is the quality.
Logan is different. It really digs down into the details and takes a very human look at superheroes. Not unlike Kickass. Except Logan isn't an action comedy.
SwizzySticks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't like the dark knight because I thought it tried to be too philosophical for a batman movie. It tried to do too many things and did not really succeed at them. Can someone explain to me why they believe it is a great movie? I am interested to hear what people have to say.
grandoz039 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Original Spider-Man
ilikeCRUNCHYturtles ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:16:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not a single superhero movie has come close to any of Nolan's since their release. Not even in the same tier.
yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:30 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Plenty of superhero movies have topped Dark Knight Rises
ilikeCRUNCHYturtles ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:22:06 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Like?
[deleted] ยท -33 points ยท Posted at 18:17:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 18:19:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
slow and boring has never been words used to describe that movie.
SmugSceptic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:40:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Repling to deleted comment.
"its so dark, slow and boring. the entire trilogy insists upon itself.
edit: i pissed off the fanboys with this one
edit2: bring on the death threats"
Sounds like Peter Griffin reviewing movies.
[deleted] ยท -18 points ยท Posted at 18:22:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:23:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yikes.
[deleted] ยท -12 points ยท Posted at 18:24:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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PEDtonManning ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:31:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why are you taking downvotes so personally?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:30:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:32:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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TheEvenDarkerKnight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:29:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
damn you got downvoted quick lol
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:30:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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TemporalDistortions ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You misspelled Deadpool
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Deadpool is ok.
cleeder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:55:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Deadpool was entertaining and a critical success, but it doesn't touch TDK or Logan in terms of peak superhero movies.
LaboratoryRat ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Deadpool
wildjurkey ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dark Knight doesn't stand the test of time.
siecin ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 18:10:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I saw Logan in the theatre with my wife. She didn't really know what she was getting into, which is why I was surprised when she asked if I wanted to see it, so after the movie I turned to ask her if she liked it and she had a face of mild disgust. She turns to me and says "I just watched 2 hours of senseless violence and gore."
My reply was "Yea, it's wolverine..."
CaptainTeembro ยท 240 points ยท Posted at 18:14:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
To say that Logan had "senseless" violence is a bit absurd, but understandable for anyone who isn't into comic book movies. The violence was 100% needed and Hugh Jackman did an amazing job with his physical acting when he had to kill someone yet had a look on his face like "fuck, I really don't want to do this shit anymore."
punchuinface55 ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 19:08:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well it never explains what the hell is wrong with Logan. It's just like he's dying, everyone else is dying/getting killed as well. Let's watch them die. For a whole movie.
HouseWilson ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 19:19:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes it does. He's dying from adamantium poisoning. Professor X has dementia/Alzheimers. Calliban is just weird and old and frail.
Moderated ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 19:18:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It does though. The adamantium is poison, and as he ages his healing powers diminish, and he's like a thousand years old at that point.
Bean_Blankie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well luckily he lost the adamantium at the end of The Wolverine. And in wolverine origins we saw that an adamantium bullet to the head doesn't kill him, just makes him forgetful
erx98 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:55:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wolverine and Origins were both made uncanon, after Days of Future Past.
Bean_Blankie ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:02:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So at the end of DofP Stryker was mystique right? But wolverine still ends up in weapon x in apoc? Silly timelines.
buttery_shame_cave ยท -23 points ยท Posted at 19:26:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit did you not watch any of the other movies, or read any of the comics since like the 90s because it's been long established he was born in the early 1800s. He's maybe 220 or so.
AerThreepwood ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 19:44:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that was just hyperbole.
CaptainTeembro ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:19:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure it's said that the Adamantium is slowing down his regeneration abilities, it's implied professor X has Dementia or Alzheimer's, there's an organization that was doing experiments on young mutants who had broken free, one of which just so happens to be Wolverine's daughter who he has to escort to a safe haven at whatever means necessary, but the organization she escaped from is trying to get her back. No other X Men are around because of Professor X, as hinted at by the radio. Oh, and that organization made a clone of Wolverine because they think of him as the most powerful weapon in the world.
Logan had a plan to buy a boat and go out into the ocean with Professor X so he could die without worry of hurting anyone else, and once X died Logan was going to kill himself with an Adamantium bullet to the head. However, they're all poor so he took the escort job originally so he could make the money to make that a reality.
Insert conflict from the bad guys vs good guys and you have a reason for the violence.
titterbug ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:29:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The movie said it was adamantium poisoning, from what I recall.
werker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:56:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly what makes it excellent: I can't think of anything better for the characters in Logan realizing this was the end and passing the torch was critical. Bloody beautiful.
reverick ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:27:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Its more compounded then just the adamantium poisoning everyone talking about. The evil doctor guy in charge of the project talks about how theyโve been adding chemicals to processed foods(something like that) that stops/prevents/suppresses the mutant gene. So his healing got turned off and he is slowly dying.
Moderated ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:19:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that just stops new mutants from being born, not stops the powers of current mutants, otherwise they wouldn't have to make new ones in labs.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 18:51:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So the entire story surrounding that blood and gore... Just nothing?
VulpesFennekin ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 18:58:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But you see, it's a genre I don't like, so everything else is invalid /s
Sillygooseman23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I see this with my SO. If she isnโt interested in the โuniverseโ you have to understand and buy into, she will not enjoy the movie and will process nothing that happened. Doesnโt matter how basic or relatable the story is.
tunawhitenocrustt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:00:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
reminds me of how some girls i know wont watch a movie 'because its old'. old for them is pre-2000 which is just ridiculous.
siecin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:54:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
She had no backstory so I can kind of understand but I shed a second tear that day when she said it.
SDMGLife ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:03:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thereโs no leeving with the keeling
adamran ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 18:48:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was *bawling like a fucking baby after Logan. I don't know how anyone could diminish what that movie was into "2 hours of senseless violence and gore."
Edit. Spelling.
Azathoth_Junior ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 18:53:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bawling.
Unless the baby in question is a motherfuckin' OG.
FuciMiNaKule ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:58:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ballin
adamran ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:00:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fixed it.
Azathoth_Junior ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:06:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So I see. I wasn't trying to be a dick, I just like the image of a gangsta baby!
enderandrew42 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:08:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If you've been watching Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart in those roles for 17 years then you will be very attached to them. If you went into the movie without having seen the rest it wouldn't have the same emotional weight.
jelatinman ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:45:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I only saw X-Men, Deadpool and Logan.
Logan's broad strokes approach means I can skip the rest of the X-Verse and enjoy it fine, because the other two are pretty mediocre.
King_Beyond_Th3_Wall ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:46:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was the first x-men movie I've ever seen... still cried
kithlan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:56:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I took my girlfriend to that movie, with no knowledge of the X-Men, and we were both still bawling at the end. Even without the context of the rest of the universe, that movie is heavy.
ScarecrowPlayboy ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 18:54:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I usually like X Men/Wolverine movies, but i could barely finish Logan. It was so slow and boring.
Palin_Sees_Russia ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:27:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So what you're saying is that your wife didn't pay the least bit of attention to the movie?
areyoufknserious ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:18:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Divorce
Shutterstormphoto ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:31:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did she watch Deadpool and think it was just dick jokes? How can she miss the entire storyline of him not being sure he wants to be a father while taking care of his father figure? You donโt need to know much to feel his pain.
yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:14:45 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of sicko only registers the violence and gore and nothing else (characters, story, etc.)? Your wife sounds like some sort of bloodlusted sociopath.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:26:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Blankman.
TuxPenguin1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:54:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Was Logan really that good? Damn, I should get around to watching it I guess
SelfDidact ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:04:48 on March 26, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Unbreakable.
EDIT: aww.. shit. I should REALLY learn to look at timestamps before typing in a post.
shogun_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:59:36 on March 26, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's implying that the peak was early on. Like over a decade before anything came out. Which can't be true what so ever since Logan and even the first Nolan Batman was superb.
GetSomm ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 18:13:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was fantastic but The Dark Knight is the absolute peak. We'll see how infinity War is though because that has potential to top both.
GusFringus ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 18:21:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Dark Knight is the only superhero film that transcends being just a superhero film.
I don't see Infinity War coming close in that respect. It's still going to be totally comic booky.
Worthyness ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:43:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And to be honest, I want Infinity War to be comic book-y. It's a conclusion to one of the biggest cliff hangars in movie history and concluding a 10 year long process. It should be a homage to all the comic book goodness. I think the Avengers movies are basically the only movies from Marvel that should be fully comic book action movies. The other ones can have fun sub genres to play with.
GusFringus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's fair. It should definitely fit the tone of the MCU, although a risk here or there would be nice. While it could be a great film, I still don't think it'll reach the levels of The Dark Knight.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:03:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd argue that Logan transcends superhero movie just as much as TDK does. It does so unlike any of the X-Men movies prior to it.
GusFringus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:17:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I would agree with it if it weren't for the last act that turns into action blockbuster schlock.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
One legendary performance does not elevate the mediocrity surrounding it.
GusFringus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:00:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I think it's a fantastic film with a lot more to like than just Heath Ledger's performance. Every other performance is fantastic, especially Bale, Eckhart, and Oldman. The characters are all very well developed with their own moral compasses, which gives the film many themes to explore. It's also exciting, with some great action scenes and excellent pacing. I love how chaotic it becomes at the end.
Sure, it has some of Nolan's typical shortcomings like some on the nose dialogue, but I think it's still a near perfect film watching it many years later.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:05:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I found the story to be a halfassed patchwork with only a vague idea of what it wanted to accomplish or say. The action choreography was middling at best, the editing worse, and at no point did I care about any of the characters' relationships with one another, so there were no emotional stakes.
Ledger's performance was the only thing that I enjoyed about that movie. Enough to watch it multiple times. But a triumph of direction or storytelling? Naw.
pimpwilly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:17:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I agree wholeheartedly, I never understood people who hold that film up to be some sort of epic masterpiece. Between the 3 films, it was easily my least favorite. If it wasn't for Heath Ledger, it'd be almost devoid of any character at all.
Myusernamewascutshor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:28:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My personal favorite of the 3 is Batman Begins because it's the only one that feels like it was a complete idea before the cameras started rolling. If it wasn't for Ledger's performance, I probably wouldn't care for Dark Knight at all.
OhEagle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, and this will be an unpopular opinion, but I think Heath Ledger's performance was the worst of the movie. Eckhart, Oldman, and Bale were all good in their own ways, particularly Eckhart as Harvey Dent. But Ledger's joker is just..hammy. Not really all that funny, and not really bringing anything to the character that Mark Hamill already hadn't with his excellent performance from B:TAS. He's just.. well.. Jack Nicholson turned up to 11, and Nicholson was just doing his usual thing of playing Jack Nicholson. The slightly weird, scratchy voice doesn't make it good.
allwordsaredust ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For real, I do not get the hype surrounding The Dark Knight. Well, I don't really get why people love Nolan either - he's easily the most respected director I just cannot stand, but it's completely soulless and humourless, with very little depth to make up for it. It may not be BVS bad, but I'd rather sit through MCU popcorn movies which are at least fun, and don't try and sell a man that dresses as a bat to beat up people as a Serious Adult Drama.*
As far as non comic book-y comic book adaptions go, I think Legion sets the gold standard so far, though I haven't seen Logan.
*Edit: Actually, I've remembered I liked Batman: Year One, so I'm not against a "serious"/"grounded" Batman, but Nolan failed to sell it to me like Miller did.
TomClancy5871 ยท -25 points ยท Posted at 18:23:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
TDK gets way too much credit. Its an average crime-thriller with a phenomenal villain, which without him, the movie wouldn't have been that much talked about
GetSomm ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 18:28:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Joker was the best part but not the only good part. The plot structure, pacing, cinematography, sound design are all what made it great. I don't see how it would be "average" in anyway.
themeatbridge ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:34:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bale was average when compared to other leading actors in superhero roles. He wasn't bad, but he wasn't great.
GusFringus ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:01:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's an excellent actor who can portray a lot of emotion through just his facial expressions and body language. There's so much depth to his Wayne and Batman.
TrollinTrolls ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 18:27:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Without the good parts of the movie it wouldn't have been any good." Thanks for that analysis. Of course, Ledger wasn't the only good part of the movie, your premise is flawed to begin with.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:30:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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TomClancy5871 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It is
TomClancy5871 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People cant deal with the truth
TheEvenDarkerKnight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:30:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Good thing he's in the movie then
Kantas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:30:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Huh... never thought about that. If you remove an integral part of a movie then the movie isn't the same.
Mind... blown...
methanococcus ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 18:36:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
... Huh? Care to elaborate on that? Because there are multiple superhero movies that fall in additional genres.
sb1729 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:01:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh you mean like P O L I T I C A L T H R I L L E R ?
personaldistance ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:44:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's highly unlikely. Infinity War will probably be fun, but TDK transcends the genre and becomes a crime thriller, mystery, and suspense movie coupled with one of the best actors and best directors in a generation.
Magmas ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:12:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Which is all well and good, but that doesn't make it a good superhero movie. If we're looking at the genre, I really don't think it's the best. As a film, yes. As a superhero film... meh.
personaldistance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Right...but it's like you didn't read the rest of my comment. That's just a part of it. The writing, acting, cinematography, direction all bring it together to make an excellent movie. In my opinion, better than any other superhero movie.
Magmas ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Once again, an excellent movie, but not an excellent superhero movie. They aren't the same thing. A superhero movie is primarily about superheroes. The Dark Knight isn't really. That doesn't make it a bad film but it certainly isn't the best superhero move around.
personaldistance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:05:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Please explain how a movie about Batman isn't a superhero movie.
Magmas ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:23:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's barely about Batman and he barely does anything 'super'. You said it yourself; it's a crime thriller with mystery and suspense. It isn't a superhero film. Again, I'm not saying it's bad. I'm saying it isn't the best representation of the superhero genre.
cleeder ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:07:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Batman doesn't have super powers....
He never does anything "super".
Magmas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:20 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You honestly think so? Firstly, that wasn't really what I meant. My point was more that the film doesn't fit the superhero genre, since it's so much more grounded in reality that it's basically a thriller.
Secondly, Batman does super stuff all the time; jumping off buildings, fighting bad guys 3 times his size who have super strength themselves and surviving hits with very little injury. Batman has unnatural durability, strength, speed, intelligence, ect. He's just as much a super hero as anyone else.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It honestly doesn't. It'll be a great movie in terms of action and teamwork and "holy crap the gaurdians are here" but its going to follow the same tropes as the rest of the MCU. There's way too many characters at this point for it to be good. Its expected though. The whole point of this arc is to build to a bigger and bigger think. I just hope that this is the last of the Avengers movies. They're fun but the interlocking storylines means no one gets to shine because everyone needs their screen time. If they scale down to solo movies with occasional duos it can work but if you look at age of Ultron and civil war in particular, for the deep storylines they have the potential to tell they squander it on predictable plotlines. I was so excited for civil war but instead the main Lynch pin of why they're against it is quickly glossed over so they fight in an airport
KillerCh33z ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. The Dark Knight.
GOODJVBR ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 18:58:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Dark Knight is the greatest CBM movie ever made, and there really is no way you can disagree with that. Its a Shakespearean drama that just happens to have Batman as the main character.
allwordsaredust ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:22:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh boy, we're heading right to peak /r/movies.
What the hell is Shakespearean about TDK? For one, Shakespeare was a master of wit and TDK was at least partially written by David fucking Ayer.
GOODJVBR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:36:38 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
also David Ayer didn't co-write the Dark Knight you knobhead. That was Goyer.
GOODJVBR ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 21:47:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
?
1) Tragic Hero - Batman is a character cursed by fate and possessed of a tragic flaw: his inability to seriously weigh whether he loves Rachel more than the vision of Gotham he keeps in his head. See, e.g. Macbeth.
2) A Struggle Between Good and Evil. Self explanatory. Except that even while Nolan preserves the traditional "macro" element of Batman=good, Joker=evil; he subverts it quite a bit by giving the audience examples of the consequences of vigilantism - the cop deaths, the warrantless spying, extra-judicial crime stopping (Hong Kong scene), Harvey's corruption. Batman is supposed to be "good" but what does his goodness bring?
3) Hamartia - The fatal character flaw of the tragic hero - already explained
4) Most importantly: Lack of Poetic Justice; like Romeo and Juliet, Julius Ceasar and Macbeth, the ending establishes no clear winner but just a bunch of seriously damaged people left in the wake of the resolved tragedy. In Romeo and Juliet, the families and the community are broken by the senseless suicides, in Macbeth, Scotland's political system has been totally razed by Macbeth's tyranny, and at the end of Julius Caesar, the Roman Civil War is precipitated by notes tensions between Antony and Augustus.
Yes, there are small hints of hope that are referenced at the end of each of these plays: it is implied in Romeo and Juliet that the Capulets and Montagues will make peace, it is implied in Macbeth that King Malcolm will restore order to the Kingdom, and in Julius Caeser the play ends by lionizing Brutus. But doesn't the Dark Knight also end in such a "poetic" way? BY establishing that he's the hero Gotham deserves, not the one it needs?
OZL01 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:09:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's probably the best movie about a superhero. I think the best comic book movies for me are Spider-Man 2 and The Avengers. The Avengers especially felt like a comic on the big screen to me.
plybianz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dark Knight is a masterpiece
ChillBusta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
HOL' UP
shogun_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:29:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You know it's true. Over a decade of super heroes and they all end the same. Good guys win, bad guys lose. No one is ultimately injured, except for Cyclops. RIP, oh wait nevermind it was corrected it DoFP. Logan though? Shiiiit. They lost already. They're on the run, and ole X supposedly killed thousands of people because of his failing mind. That's a crazy what if scenario and Logan went there. The only ones to live in this are the kids, and they barely come out of it. No role models except for a dying Logan for just that brief moment in time. Where he saves them, and shows that it's still possible to be a hero. Wild.
redpandaeater ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:14:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I really didn't like Logan. Maybe I would have if it was full on Old Man Logan going up against people like the Hulk Gang, but for me it fell into this valley that didn't satisfy any of my desires for action, story, or character development. It was like an amalgamation that had a few good scenes but I couldn't really get behind introducing X-23 in such a fashion and not having much backstory on all of the mutant problems. There was some decent action but it didn't really focus a ton on that either.
Old Man Logan on the otherhand is based on Wolverine being tricked into murdering all the other mutants and then finally managing to start a new life, only to eventually have his family murdered. It would have been great but probably now won't ever be made even though now the Fox and MCU stories can actually connect.
personaldistance ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:41:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No.
shogun_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:30:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
unbl ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:39:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My problem with Logan is the gigantic gaping plot hole that is Logan somehow being weak and stupid enough to decide to spend the night at that farmer family's house. And the series of weak stupid decisions that led up to that one, like helping out with the horses.
cleeder ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:05:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He didn't want to. Prof-X wanted to, and as basically a father figure to Logan, he would do pretty much anything for Prof-X.
Why was that a stupid decision? They were on the run, yes, but they were no more safe in their truck than on the side of the road at that moment. Half of the story of Logan is him not being the same emotionally devoid shell that he once was. This scene and the family helped with that.
ultralame ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:54:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Since others are debating between Logan and DK (I personally think DK is the best, and I just watched Logan again two days ago), I am just gonna bring up one other set... The 1978/80 Superman and Superman II.
YES YES... I know, they aren't even close to DK/Logan. They aren't as serious, the special effects sucked, pacing isn't modern, etc. There's even some really stupid shit in them (What was that plastic cellophane badge he threw at Non, and what was it supposed to do?!). They are objectively not as well made as those films. But they are worth mentioning in terms of "great superhero movies".
They are STILL really enjoyable movies to watch, even almost 40 years later. Try watching the 1989 Batman again. Or any other superhero movie made between 1980 and BB/Iron Man.
Gene Hackman is great. Reeve is great. The timing and dialog is great. And though I think the end of the original movie is totally lame on paper, Reeve and the director pull it off. Seriously, watch it. Ignore the shit green screen, and it's amazing. I honestly see the pain and vulnerability in Superman here. (This clip doesn't have the few seconds before, where he gingerly pulls her body out of the car, which was similarly touching). I loved Logan, but I didn't feel as emotional anywhere in Logan as I did watching Reeve suffer in that scene.
No one else has pulled that off (FUCK YOU, SNYDER).
o5mfiHTNsH748KVq ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:16:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The trailer was way better than the movie
throwaway404k ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 18:34:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You are correct sir! Or madam! Or non-binary human!
[deleted] ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 18:21:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah rottentomatoes did a list of top 100 superhero movies recently and that was number 1. Number fucking 1 are you kidding me?
Edit: top 50
applescratch ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:10:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was number one according to their tomatometer that they used bayesian weighting for. That list really means nothing
World-Wide-Web ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:53:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
why does bayesian weighting make the list meaningless?
VaguestCargo ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:46:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That list is seriously suffering from recency bias. 6/10 of them (including the top 3) came out since 2016.
Acronomicon ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 19:07:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can you show me that list? Because I'm only seeing it on a list with high scores but it isn't #1
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 19:19:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/50-best-superhero-movies-of-all-time/3/
vonmeth ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 19:27:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck? It wasn't the worst, and it wasn't the best, but I wouldn't even put it in the top 10 ...
jelatinman ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:47:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
WW had the best action scene of last year with No Man's Land. The third act really hurts what was otherwise a fantastic action film. It's a shame that the DCEU sucks so hard outside of her.
styx31989 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 20:03:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about that, when you know nothing bad is gonna happen to any of them it sort of kills the suspense and feels more like a roller coaster ride that's just sort of playing out.
jelatinman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:06:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing bad happens to any lead character in an action movie outside of Logan. Even in darker endings, they're fine by sequel time. I just want to look at shit blowing up in a fun way.
styx31989 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:13:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Which is fine until you reach a point where you've seen that a few million times and want something of substance to actually back up all that flash.
yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:35 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You need to see more movies. Logan is not the first action movie in which something bad happened to any of the lead characters.
KonigSteve ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:45:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How so? You mean the action scene where an entire army mysteriously decides not to shoot under the shield?
yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:20:46 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Come on... she just walked and blocked bullets with her wrists. Then she ran doing the same thing, and then beat up some guys in the trenches I guess?
The sequence in Fate of the Furious where all the cars in the city got hacked and attacked our heroes was far more innovative and exciting.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:35:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's entire list is meaningless to be honest. More proof why rotten tomatoes is really a teribble site for a movie rating.
dalittle ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:54:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
holy cow, what a terrible list. No Spiderman 2 or Christopher Reeves Superman in the top 10, but the lego batman movie made it. Haha.
ilikeCRUNCHYturtles ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:12:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Rotten Tomatoes has been compromised since it was bought by Fandango. I don't even use it anymore.
IrrelevantLeprechaun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thor Ragnarok was a much better comic film than WW, so as much as I enjoyed WW I could never see it being higher than Thor this year.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:17:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it is the peak of DC Superhero movies since Dark Knight.
Was it perfect? nope. But at this point DC has dropped the bar so low it has merged in the molten iron core of the earth. So having something that is actually a good film feels like the fucking second coming.
TehJofus ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:39:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because when people talk about it, they're usually only comparing it to Man of Steel and BvS, even if they don't admit that.
It's a great film. Compared to those two, it's the best film.
Baz-Ravish ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:46:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it was the peak of DC superhero movies (post The Dark Knight)
I_Am_Become_Dream ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not a hard peak to reach.
yeabutwhataboutthat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:24:02 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was hard for Warner Bros
terriblehuman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs the only good movie in the DC cinematic universe.
royalstaircase ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:38:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
you're implying there's even a peak to superhero movies. the rankings of super hero movies are just a plateau. Either "it's good" or "it's shit". Not much room for true greatness.
IrrelevantLeprechaun ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was more because it was a woman driven film directed by a woman.
That being said, I found it hilarious that people thought it should have won best picture of the year for that reason alone.
YeOldeKiwi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:20:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just watched Wonder Woman for the first time the other day and I have to say it was a fantastic movie. I wouldn't say it was the pinnacle of superhero movies but it's certainly up there if you ask me.
bluechips2388 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 18:18:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Virtue signalling, unfortunately. It's the bigotry of low expectations. I'm all for the best talent being given a fair playing field. I'm Not for delusion, and the idea that Wonder woman was a masterful movie in regards to directing or just in general quality, is delusional.
SSBM_Rosen ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 18:52:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think people had low expectations of Wonder Woman due to bigotry, I think they had low expectations of Wonder Woman because it's in the DCEU.
mildlystoned ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:05:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But lady bird and wonder woman were objectively better than the emoji movie.
Magmas ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:14:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So are countless male-directed films. If your bar is set at the Emoji Movie, there are probably children that can write and direct a better film.
Secret4gentMan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:28:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't Wonder Woman good? I heard it was good
AerThreepwood ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:46:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was very good but apparently I'm just "virtue signalling", whatever the fuck that means.
Secret4gentMan ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:02:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking with false benevolence about something, because you know most people will approve of it... I think.
AerThreepwood ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:20:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's so easy to dismiss any opinion that way. That and calling something a circlejerk. Like, "If you have an opinion counter to mine, you just be only doing it for approval."
I really fucking hate this website sometimes.
the_jak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is that a movie about Hank Hill's dog?
connecteduser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
/s
Acronomicon ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:05:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But it was pretty great though lmao
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:33:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can you give me your definition of virtue-signaling?
bluechips2388 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:50:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Representing an idea thats not genuine to one's actual personal opinion of the subject, but rather conditional upon the group "norm" because the representation secures or advances their standing in the public sphere. i.e. Groupthink
qtskeleton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So it's another means of projecting?
bluechips2388 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:50:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite. The person is "projecting" an image for sure, but its not the most common usage of the term projecting in the social sphere.
projecting = blame others for actions that you yourself feel guilty of
Virtue Signaling= Giving an expected generalized answer, due to indirect peer pressure, regardless of specific variables. Example: When a mom asks if her baby is cute. The expected norm is "Yes, they are adorable", even if the kid looks like Golum. Speak objectively, and you break the norm, and you will be shunned or ostracized; or lie to keep to the virtue norm.
qtskeleton ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:06:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My bad - I meant to imply that calling out virtue signaling was projection. i.e. how do you know what someone's genuine opinion is on something?
Given that film taste is entirely subjective, how do you know why some people liked the Wonder Woman movie? Why is it impossible to genuinely think it was a great movie?
bluechips2388 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:27:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Know - I don't. I hypothesize.
It's not impossible. I believe It IS hard to really objectively think it was a great movie though, if you either break down and rate it's individual aspects, or compare it to other great movies. Now this delves back into the subjective realm, but it at least involves a rubric to improve objectivity.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:04:19 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And that's your explanation for people heavily praising a film you didn't personally find spectacular, is that right?
bluechips2388 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:04:33 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you trying to argue or is this serious?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:22:31 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what you mean. I'm trying to understand this thought process.
jelatinman ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:55:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not who you replied to, but virtue-signalling is essentially only pretending to like something under the guise of gaining credit for parading socially liberal norms. Like when you only care about the Armenian genocide because your crush is affected by it, or trying to brownnose your boss by talking up the value in his/her African art collection while thinking nothing of it.
How Reddit (usually t_d members as it's mostly a US conservative dogwhistle at this point) defines it is "any person who is not a white male and has done something better-than or equal-to a white male is only getting credit because of Affirmative Action and Title IX and has not truly done something equal to the white man's effort."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:10:14 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, the way I usually see these pathetic types use it is 'someone is doing something socially commendable and I don't wanna have to do that (or even feel guilty about not) so imma accuse everyone who appears better than me of insidious and manipulative motives'.
It's one of my favorite terms of theirs in that it's both mostly dipshit nonsense, and still says so much about their fucked moral thought process.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:03:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs not a peak, itโs just a breakthrough for women, so itโs rightly celebrated.
uncleoce ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:41:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What did they break through this time?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:44:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
A woman has never been given a budget that big, a character that big, or had a success that big.
tigerslices ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:15:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
fear to suggest otherwise? i haven't seen it. from what i've heard it's pretty okay. the fact people are rallying behind the idea that a woman could surprisingly make a good movie is the most anti-feminist thing i've ever heard. the whole point of equality is not to be surprised by this shit. notice there's no "seeee? jordan peele proves black men can make movies just as well as white men, we should have more black male directors..."
like... it's art. anyone can make it. anyone can be good. or rather, as ratatouille points out, a good director can come from any background.
OldWoodenFap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Watchmen
Hautamaki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:35:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's the peak of DC superhero movies since the Nolan batman movies. But yeah compared to Marvel's fare it's just above average, not some revelation.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because most of the dc movies suck or were mediocre. Wonder Woman was the only decent dc movie in a while.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Aside from Logan, the peak of superhero movies really isn't that high. Its definitely comparable or better than any of the origin story movies (which I mostly take to be the best of each hero's) . They've never been some sort of high art form. Really good action adventure movies and fun to watch but nowhere near the best type of movies you can get.
CountSheep ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was really terrible after the halfway point and just felt like the other DC movies out at this point. I loved the first half however and wish it kept that same tone and got rid of all of the 300 special effects.
Why do people always forget about Hurt Locker when they think about women directors?
buck9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We only speak in hyperbole now.
A7JC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's been the only good DC movie in the recent batch so everyone in going overboard with the praise.
DiscipleOfDrone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:42:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You know why.
MyLoveHammer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because no one remembers Spawn apparently
[deleted] ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 18:17:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because it was a great fucking movie
alvinblack ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 18:25:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It definitely wasn't better than any other superhero movie that had come out in the past 5 years. The genre has the least origanility atm.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:48:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The "least originality" out of every genre in Hollywood?
That's astonishingly absurd
alvinblack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:15:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a genre more formulaic?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The action genre in general
The disaster movie genre
The rom com genre
That's just three off the top of my head.
dehehn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was better than lots of them. It was better than everything else DC has done. It was better than Thor 2 and Amazing Spider-man 2. Better than any of the recent X-Men movies. Way better than Fant4stic.
I enjoyed it a lot. Was it great? Maybe not. But it was solid and enjoyable and a great thing for girls to have a cool version of Wonder Woman to root for.
[deleted] ยท -27 points ยท Posted at 18:25:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes it was fam. One of the best superhero movies of recent. Stop thinking youโre going against the grain with these opinions.
MurderousPaper ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 18:31:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What if i genuinely didnโt care for it though? The performances were decent and there were some great moments, but the first two thirds of the movie are basically the first Captain America and Thor movies combined, and the last third squandered any potential by throwing in another generic copy-pasted supervillain. The only reason I would rewatch this film is because Gal Gadot is awesome and has great chemistry with Chris Pine, but I donโt think thatโs enough to call WW one of the GOAT superhero movies.
[deleted] ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 18:32:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs YOUR opinion and thatโs fine.
MurderousPaper ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:35:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Okay Iโm glad weโve established that. Now realize that your opinion that itโs one of the best superhero movies in recent memory is still your opinion and not an objective fact.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:36:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it has the critical acclaim and the box office results to support that claim :)
MurderousPaper ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:41:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Listen, I get it. I see your reddit history and that youโre a big dc fan. Iโm a Star Wars fan. I really enjoyed Last Jedi despite the backlash its gotten. Yeah, Iโm one of those fans that will try and defend any decision Disney/LFL make with their new movies. But even Iโm aware that there were a lot of questionable choices made in the film, and that the overwhelmingly positive critic scores donโt mean much in a debate.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:43:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I... what? The metrics that commonly used when citing a a movies significance canโt be used in a debate? Is this what Iโm seeing? Do my eyes deceive me?
MurderousPaper ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:50:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Remember when The Shining was considered a sloppy and blasphemous adaptation of Kingโs source material? Or when the Wizard of Oz was considered โlacking in imaginationโ? Or when studio execs forced Ridley Scott to include a voiceover into Bladerunner because test audiences and critics thought it was too confusing and messy without it? Or maybe that time when Phantom Menace was met with near universal praise from critics and audiences alike?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No
MurderousPaper ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:54:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah okay. That tells me all I need to know about you. Nice talk!
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Same!
alvinblack ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:16:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you should validate your own opinion instead of just saying "someone else agrees with me so I'm right."
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:17:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why should I?
alvinblack ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:18:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because you're trying to tell other people they're wrong by just saying some critics liked it. Maybe give some reasons why YOU like it, instead of keeping the argument black and white.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:19:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why should I argue a point thatโs already been made?
alvinblack ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:20:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It shows you have no clear understanding of the argument when you can't say anything for yourself.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who says I wanted to argue in the first place? Lmao
alvinblack ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:22:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Okay dude, glad we accomplished nothing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Me too!
alvinblack ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:14:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think that at all the movie was pretty bland honestly, maybe I just have a different opinion than yours. It's not a fact whether the movie was good or bad, people don't have to agree with you.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:39:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:39:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Awwww
redditerator7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:14:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's been popular to knock it down on reddit since the first trailer.
babiesinsoup ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:22:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Something something Logan downvotes
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:30:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Was this sarcastic? Lol
Bloodhound01 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:25:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Couldnt make it past the first fight scene on the beach probably the worst one ive seen in a superhero movie just terrible.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 18:29:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sure fam
[deleted] ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 18:18:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe. Just maybe, they think is?
[deleted] ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 18:25:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nope Reddit has told he that the 3rd act is literally stage 4 cancer so I can't like it now.
iamnotcanadianese ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:28:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
it is pretty cheese imo
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 18:34:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not amazing by any means, but it is often used as an excuse to disregard the movie as a whole. I don't think the ending necessarily brought it down substantially, and if there is going to be a complaint about a 3rd act failing because of a boss fight rather than going for a more emotional and character focused ending, Logan should be brought into the discussion. There was a really good opportunity to have Stryker's son as the main villain, and show Logan what was happening with the kids is a reflection of his own youth, and confronting his past. Instead they barely touched on it, and went for the Wolverine 2.0 boss fight immediately.
Illier1 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:30:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a terrible movie, it's the best DC movie out there now.
That's just not saying much.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:35:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Best DCEU movie...There is a difference
Superman, Batman, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, all exist
rolandhorn27 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:15:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The superhero movie is no longer a genre, IMO. It's a super-genre. There have been a lot of good superhero movies that were entirely different genres. I think Wonder Woman is just the most recent really good one.
Captain America 1 - WW2 period piece
Captain America 2 - Spy thriller
Ant-man - Heist film
Logan - a Western
Thor Ragnarok - 80's homage
Suicide Squad - a fever dream, I guess
Etc. Etc.
nickjaa ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:39:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Logan was not a god damn western why do people say that
cinghialino ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:37:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's HER turn!!1!
KarmicDevelopment ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:39:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For real. I abhorred Wonder Woman and can't understand the hype it got at all. It was cheesy in a bad way and I felt embarrassed watching how stupid most of the scenes and dialogue were. I shut it off after about 45 minutes.
goldgibbon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:49:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because lots of people watched it and liked it.
loshopo_fan ยท 119 points ยท Posted at 19:05:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke, so it's an oversimplification of a perspective. No one would sincerely say, "No men make great movies."
CopyX ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:59:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โNOT ALL MEN MAKE THE EMOJI MOVIEโ thatโs what he sounds like
tigerslices ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 19:22:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
it's totally fine, but imagine a joke at a female directors' expense. "male directors give you Get Out, female directors give you Pitch Perfect 3." you'd be flayed and quartered. sexist jokes may be funny and light, but the fact that a joke made at someone's expense might offend the people targetted shouldn't surprised you.
duhhhhdoy ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:38:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, if you ignore all cultural context as to why heโs making this particular joke during this particular moment of the zeitgeist.
loshopo_fan ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:50:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think that Apatow's joke was great, but his joke was fighting against type, whereas your example joke is reinforcing type. It's much more likely that a female director will be assumed to be making a "Pitch Perfect 3" type movie because of her gender than that a male director will be assumed to be making "The Emoji Movie" because of his gender. So your analogy doesn't really hold.
zach0011 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:30:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Generally jokes go against with the status quo. Women haven't held the keys to society iin most of the world ever. You gotta look at the greater context of it all.
epicguy23 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:31:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
pitch perfect 3 was ok
uncleoce ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 19:38:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Here's your coffee with a side of white privilege, paying customer.
That movie was dogshit.
epicguy23 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:51:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Don't go and trigger anyone with those words m'lord
uncleoce ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:56:30 on February 7, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Chain migration?
CursedLemon ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Before you barreled ahead down whataboutism lane, you could've taken the very first exit at "it wasn't funny regardless".
tomjoadsghost ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 19:30:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And SJWs are always getting triggered by jokes, right?
ScreamingVegetable ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 18:09:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Could have also mentioned Detroit.
Shame it got no attention, one of my favorite films of the year.
LlewelynMoss1 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 18:49:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
deleted What is this?
Saint947 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:04:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's definitely the most intense movie of this year.
MyConfusedFace ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 18:25:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was really unnerving, they just chose to release it at a very poor time
duhhhhdoy ยท 215 points ยท Posted at 18:23:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs a fucking joke my friend
ChimpBottle ยท -47 points ยท Posted at 19:09:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it must be, because it's a pretty dumb thing to say, but you can't blame people for not registering that. The sentence possesses no characteristics of a joke.
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:36:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol it does, when you aren't prematurely consumed by outrage.
duhhhhdoy ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 19:27:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Except for hyperbole. Do you really think Judd Apatow, a male film director, really believes that there are no good films from male directors?
ChimpBottle ยท -23 points ยท Posted at 19:36:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely not. It just came across as a weak attempt at virtue signaling, at least to me
duhhhhdoy ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 20:33:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, youโre virtue signaling right now. Whatโs your point?
ChimpBottle ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:46:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well my point was that, at first glance, Apatow's comment seemed like it was said to elevate women over men in the industry (using some sketchy selective information) and it didn't really seem like much of a joke.
How am I virtue signaling?
qtskeleton ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:40:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What does this mean to you? Every time I look up a definition I find that it's been turned into another buzzword alt-right idiots use in lieu of an argument. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you're not one of those people. What do you mean by "virtue signaling"?
ChimpBottle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I usually think of virtue signaling as saying nice things many people agree with to score brownie points or what have you, but generally not backing it up (although technically that part isn't in the definition). It's a perfectly valid term, and just because the alt-right tend to abuse it doesn't mean you need to make assumptions about someone simply for using it.
In this case (And I'll be honest, I have limited background on Judd Apatow or his opinions) it struck me as virtue signaling as he compared women (who have historically been under-represented as film directors) to men in a way that put women on top.
Of course, he was joking. But it just didn't strike me as a joke at first.
qtskeleton ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:08:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, so you realized it was a joke but to you it's still a "weak attempt at virtue signaling"?
ChimpBottle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. Thought it was social commentary (virtue signaling) at first. Then got called stupid and was informed it was a joke.
Noobasdfjkl ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 19:35:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit loves to get offended over jokes.
boredandtired ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:54:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He, a male director, isn't being 100% serious. Grow up.
thaencyder ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 19:26:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was clearly a joke and a dig at The Emoji Movie, albeit a bad one. Donโt lose sleep over it.
neutron1 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:46:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The guy you're replying to probably makes racist jokes then complains about people questioning him
toohigh4anal ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:03:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's there a difference?
Sprickels ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 19:13:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
... it's a joke
neutron1 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:45:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"DAE le joke about black people/gays/women/trans/Muslims FUNNY!?"
HOW DARE YOU JOKE ABOUT MEN???????
Jamwals ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 18:03:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you have women filmmakers, you also get The Bye Bye Man.
scruubb ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:08:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, I always thought Penner directed that--not his wife.
EntropicReaver ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:32:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โช DONT THINK IT DONT SAY IT BYE BYE MAN LA LA LAND โช
โช DONT THINK IT DONT SAY IT โช
โช BYE BYE MAN LA LA LAND โช
BoqueefiusMoofa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck are these downvotes?
EntropicReaver ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:10:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I've been poisoned by my constituents
BoqueefiusMoofa ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:11:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can I offer you an egg in this trying time?
Super_SATA ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:38:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I CLAPPED! I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW IT!
DrewsephA ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't we also get the female Ghostbusters?
DrStephenFalken ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:45:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's not wrong though. Women directors are so few and far between that it seems like when they have to make something they really put out quality work because they feel like they won't get a 2nd chance. As where a dude can make a stinker, then be redeemed by his next work or at the worst, keep making stinkers and get paid, or keep making stinkers and get dropped down to B movies or commercials.
Bilski1ski ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 18:11:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you have male directors you get this is 40, is how he should have said it
INTPx ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 18:53:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked that movie...
adamsandleryabish ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:01:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
so does FX as its all it aires
FloydZero ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:28:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You probably wouldn't stand comedians in general then
royalstaircase ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:38:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
sensitive, much?
DriveSlowHomie ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 18:04:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, Iโm all for more female voices in filmmaking, but that could possibly be the stupidest sentence Iโve ever read in my life.
[deleted] ยท 286 points ยท Posted at 18:43:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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daybreaker ยท 168 points ยท Posted at 19:09:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"But how will the world know how much I hate the liberal over-sensitive outrage culture if I dont get over-sensitive and outraged?"
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 19:41:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
DAE it's ok to be a white man?
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:35:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yea it's a blizzard of irony with all the snowflakes in this thread.
DriveSlowHomie ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nah you got me confused
I just think itโs a dumb joke lmao
[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 19:46:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What are you doing right now
fcinterprofezionale ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:46:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Is only joke. Why everyone heff to be mad?
Thin-White-Duke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:27:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is because skin no tough like us. Brutal winter prepare us for joke.
tigerslices ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:16:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
sounds like he's taking a jab at male directors. (yes, he's a male director - it's clear he's not above self-deprecating humour, if you've seen his movies.)
toohigh4anal ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 20:05:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And yet, chose to take a jab at half the world's population.... If a man said a similar statement about a women twoX would be up in arms about sexism. Let's try to be somewhat consistent.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:59:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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toohigh4anal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:43:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Think to yourself and consider whether its more likely I do not know the difference in plural verses singular, or that my phone's autocorrect happened to choose incorrectly this time....
mfranko88 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:42:39 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"If things were different then things would be different."
toohigh4anal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:26:41 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. Except the definition of prejudice is treating people differently based on their demographics rather than individual characteristics. In this case the only "difference" is make vs female. It's inherently a sexist statement
[deleted] ยท 109 points ยท Posted at 18:49:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not as stupid as you taking what he said seriously
mattintaiwan ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 18:59:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What, were not allowed to dissect bad jokes with shitty premises anymore?
[deleted] ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 19:02:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
No you can, but this whole thread taking personal offense to an obvious off-hand joke is pretty hilarious.
tigerslices ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:20:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"when you have male directors you get Dunkirk, The Shape of Water, Get Out, Three Billboards, Call Me By Your Name, and Blade Runner 2049. When you have female directors you get Pitch Perfect 3."
i'll see you on the other side...
edit: point being, sexist jokes are sexist, regardless of gender used.
Thin-White-Duke ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:28:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's a totally different power dynamic. The idea that men are inherently better has only started to wane quite recently in human history. Many people still belive men to be superior. A lot of people will tell you that, "Of course men and women are equal!" yet in the same breath imply women are less competent.
tigerslices ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
that's a good point. it's like your comment saying there's a different power dynamic. saying women don't have the same power a man does.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:33:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It must take so much energy to be you
tigerslices ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://media.giphy.com/media/GeX7gAlaR947S/giphy.gif
dynamoJaff ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:37:43 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Mildly sexist jokes are still just jokes though. Good God you are easily offended.
DriveSlowHomie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs mean :(
imabustya ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:53:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm all for better directors and writers in film making. If they happen to be women then who the hell cares. I donโt exactly rate the content of art on the basis of vagina or no vagina. Fucking Hollywood virtue signaling itself to death.
Goleeb ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Personally I like more voice when it comes to story telling. More voice means more interesting stories.
darktheorytv ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:40:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why canโt you stand Apatow?
edit: So this was a real question. He made a bad joke, sure. But aside from this I am genuinly curious. I just know his movies. Outside of film making, is he a shithead or something?
dehehn ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:38:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because he made a bad joke once at the expense of men. HE'S A SELF HATING MAN AND IT MUST END. GET RED PILLED CUCK.
darktheorytv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you missing a โ/sโ?
dehehn ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:57:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That would ruin the joke!
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:22:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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furretfan450 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 18:58:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
omg :( someone got their feelings hurt..
Anotheroneforkhaled ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He makes some great movies but seems annoying in real life
tunawhitenocrustt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:59:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yeah with men you only get stuff like the discovery of gravity and electricity, penicillin. shit like that.
uniquecannon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I will them this, some of my favorite hentai were actually written by women.
Spacegod87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:08 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If someone said this about women directors making bad movies, it wouldn't bother you, and you know it wouldn't. Think about that.
ummmmmmmmmmmmmno ยท -26 points ยท Posted at 18:13:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's a serious prick. Not sure it's even possible to virtue signal harder than this.
TheCurtain512 ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:18:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's totally the dude who goes to women's rights marches to get laid, but then acts outraged when a woman there accuses him of it.
JakeTheSnake0709 ยท -24 points ยท Posted at 18:15:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Apatow should have a look through this list and see which movies are directed by males:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
Not to say Women are inherently bad directors or anything
dehehn ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:39:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Women basically weren't allowed to direct for most of the history of films. It's obviously going to be slanted.
Crowquillx ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 18:28:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, yes, the IMDB top 250. The absolute peak of filmmaking.
perogies ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:53:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There are a lot of truly terrific films on that list..
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 19:36:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Crowquillx ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:22:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The first foreign film on the list is number 19 and it has Three Billboards ranked as the 111th best film. I didn't say it was full of bad movies. The IMDB top 250 is a fucking meme at this point and using it to try to prove a point is beyond stupid.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You get mediocre cape shit? Wow.
The two others were pretty great though
Deaths_Head_Mothra ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 19:31:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"The Emoji Movie and Schindler's List, equal in quality" - Judd Apatow 2018
[deleted] ยท -21 points ยท Posted at 18:21:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:37:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm impressed by just how irrelevant of a point this is.
NorthBlizzard ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:52:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He basically ruined comedy movies
Every comedy movie nowadays is just awkward nerdy talk and overly-explained sexual comments with Family Guy style dialogue sprinkled in. It's fucking boring
captain_canada123 ยท -29 points ยท Posted at 18:20:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yea. Letโs just forget Coppola, Kubrick, Tarantino and Wes Anderson
lifeonthegrid ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 18:53:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke.
drkztan ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:23:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd bet my left nut that if a male director did that same "joke" but swapping the genders, there'd be "public outrage" so big twitter would implode.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:38:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You sound triggered.
account239 ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:57:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's not wrong though
drkztan ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:21:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not at all. Would you bet a gonad that a male director doing the exact same joke swapping the genders and placing good male director films vs bad female director films would not result in a massive twitter outcry?
YouAreTheGovernment ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:59:19 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You sound triggered.
drkztan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:32 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not even a bit. I don't devalue a word that's used to describe episodes people suffering from legitimate mental illnesses might have.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:01:52 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Do you honestly think, given the historical context, that swapping genders is the only thing you'd have to do to get a fair comparison?
This is a false equivalence, however you care to wager your testicles.
drkztan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:11:58 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So a sexist joke is only sexist when it targets a minority? I'm sorry, but that's right up there with "black people can't be racist".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:01 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who the fuck said that? I have no idea how you made such a leap.
originalrhetoric ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:57:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It wouldn't be a joke then...
Do... you not understand how humour works? I mean, the right wing has always been completely shit at humour. But do you people really not even grasp the basic dynamics?
Like, if you heard a Jewish comedian joking about a Nazi soldier slipping on a banana peel and dying, do you go "WAH BUT IF I 'JOKED' ABOUT THE NAZI KILLING THE JEWISH GUY BY SHOOTING HIM IN THE HEAD, PEOPLE WUD BE MAD!?!"
What you are describing is just someone being an asshole.
drkztan ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 20:22:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not even in the US, what is this right wing shit?
Did you just compare males to nazis? How is this even a good analogy?
So you would bet that a male public figure making a joke that amounts to "females doing XXX thing gets you shitty results" wouldn't result in a massive outrage?
originalrhetoric ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:34:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My god, you trigger at the drop of a hat. How do you breathe between all the tears?
You just straight up didn't understand what you read, did you?
Literally every single line is a new treasure trove of stupid. Every single question you have asked is incomprehensibly dumb.
drkztan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:16:59 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not the one comparing males to nazis in analogies, aren't you projecting a bit here? Not everyone is as mad as you are buddy, I don't get "triggered". If you don't believe in civil discussion there's nothing I can do for you.
You wrote a bad analogy that somehow links suggesting that making the same joke but gender swapped in the current political climate would be ill received to making a joke about a group of people responsible for the holocaust.
You're aware that not every country has a bipartisan system like the US, right? I absolutely understand that you fellows can't handle agreeing with policies that are not the ones in your registered party, the only ones in each side of the aisle for all intents and purposes, but please don't extrapolate that to the rest of the developed world.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:35 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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drkztan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:15 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand why you insist on personal attacks while claiming I'm the one who gets flustered over this conversation. You are very obviously upset from encountering someone else with a different opinion than yours.
Where did I say this? I was referring to the fact that US politics are more commonly extremist, in that people generally accept their party's narrative as dogma. I don't do that, I don't shoehorn myself into a political "wing", as many people where I live do.
But hey, since it's increasingly obvious you are more interested in insulting other people than in civil discourse I guess you'll come up with yet another diatribe of how I'm a subhuman or something in that vein. It's actually sad to see how unwilling people are of engaging in civil discourse while being first in line to the ad hominem party.
captain_canada123 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 20:40:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol says the person who instantly labels anybody he doesnโt agree with โthe rightโ
Oooooooo the scary boogie man!
qtskeleton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it would! What's your point?
captain_canada123 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs a stupid joke. I thought as a comedy writer he would be a bit funnier.
DustinCSmith ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I had to unfollow the guy on Twitter.
Dankjets911 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:44 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Brave
Jkj864781 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck movies like The Shape of Water
AKAkorm ยท -27 points ยท Posted at 18:16:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who the fuck would say something like this? You'd have to be an idiot to say that and actually mean it and if it was meant to be a joke, it's not remotely funny.
RemingtonSnatch ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:26:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But he's right. No woman has ever made a horrible movie, and no good movie in recent years has been made by a male. /s
triforce721 ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:40:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you have women directions, you also get Twilight and 50 Shades of Gray, which are like the most basic and stereotypical vehicles for female sexuality and relationships. What's his point?
Judd was on the Jim and Sam radio show and listening to him talk politics made me cringe...he would start with this opening line like 'fucking trump is an idiot', and then he literally couldn't finish the thought because that's all he had to say...no substance, nothing insightful, just basic-bitch thoughts. He also went on about how he didn't care about money and he just "liked the simple things", which is just an extension of Hollywood beta-ism where people can't just be proud of being good at what they do, and instead have to adopt an "everyman" mentality: hey, i'm just like you...i'm a millionaire who lives in a gated community, but i'm really a man of the people.
Yuck
BlackCrowRises ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 19:25:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dude what? Female directors also gave us The Bye Bye Man and XX, likewise a female director gave us Apocalypse Now and a male director gave us The Dark Knight. Gender isn't a prerequisite for making a good movie.
SurfAMillionCouches ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:32:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
FF Coppola directed Apocolypse Now...
BlackCrowRises ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck I got the Coppolas confused. She DID direct Lost in Translation though, which I really liked.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 19:35:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Glad I'm not the only one
aagpeng ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 19:52:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I mean this in the most non sexit way possible, but I think that if you asked 100 people what the greatest movie ever made was, at least 95 of them would pick a movie with a male director. Just given the fact that there are so many male directors.
This is some of the most ridiculous cherry picking I've ever seen.
blackturtle2112 ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 19:43:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Talk about cherry picking. I'd list some bad movies by female directors as a response, but I literally can't think of any memorable movies directed by a woman.
sh1td1cks ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:12:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why do people hate the Emoji movie so much? I didn't mind it, it was an easy watch.
GoBrownies63 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:52:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's just become a stupid meme at this point like Nickelback hate used to be. Yeah, I didn't care for the movie but you know who did? My 4 year old daughter, the kind of person that movie is targeted towards.
lsaz ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:51:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You bastard! You must hate the emoji movie and Ghostbusters 2017 because is literal cancer and you must love the original Ghostbusters because is a mastapiece, get into the circlejerk!
furtivepigmyso ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:48:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People like to feel superior to others. Disliking emojis is one of those arbitrary cultural developements that allows people to do that.
It's similar to how vocal some people are about disliking bands like Coldplay or Maroon 5. They're obviously popular with a lot of people, but their music style (pop) makes them an easy target, so naturally people are going to jump on that bandwagon.
Chempy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:37:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's a children's movie with animated faces. I'll say this, most of the people in here probably haven't even watched it and just like to join the superiority complex that Reddit shows off all the time.
I watched it, and yeah, wasn't for me however it wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen. It had it's moments where it tried to reach to my demographic, but ultimately again, was a children's movie.
For some reason, however, Reddit feels the need to judge these movies as if they were a critical masterpiece in the works.
For the larger majority of parents with kids, this movie was fun and I bet their kids loved it.
rowdiness ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:12:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't hate it but the premise is like an intern from Marketing who's just had to sit through another shitty presentation by creatives whose brief is to find something, anything which will appeal to broke disillusioned millennial, daydreams aloud at a boozy agency lunch as a sardonic take on the proliferation of emoji as language substitutes in advert, while around her all her colleagues take pictures of their food for their Insta feeds, then Brin, the fifty year old marketing director - who's 'in touch with the youth of today' because they have an estranged teenage daughter - thinks he can make a couple hundred grand in licensing pitches it to this director he knows and somehow it got green lit.
I mean it's not pitched as an Oscar nominee but to me it's two steps removed from showing me a phone and charging me $22 for a ticket.
Edit: you know what, maybe you're right. Maybe the whole purpose of the movie is to reflect the viewer's projections. You went into it for a light watch, you enjoyed it, you're happy. You're probably an easy going, happy person. Therefore the film did its job and is a success.
Rancorpiss ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:15:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lmfao. Hopefully it doesent drive him to stop directing.
elviejomao ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:54:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This type of movie isn't made to be the next Toy Story, it's very simple entertainment that ends up with mostly kids eating cereal to, or simply passing time with. Just as the next summer pop hit isn't meant to have the influence that a classical composition deserves. I don't spend every minute of my free time reading research papers or calling congress about important issues, if you're reading this neither do you, so why give a piece of shit movie your time and attention, I mean, I get that Jordan Peele is badass, and the reason why this post is in the front page, man now I even forgot my point. I guess I'm trying to say let's not give this shit so much importance?
PasteeyFan420LoL ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:06:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think the worst thing about the Emoji Movie was how thoroughly mediocre it was. It wasn't a good movie (Not that anyone was expecting it to be), but it wasn't bad enough to be entertaining either. It was just a boring movie with a lot of product placement.
HailCeasar ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:06:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That Apatow speech sounds cringeworthy, just from that brief snippet.
PortugalTheHam ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:40:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I am sorry, I am a huge fan of his but this seems like grand overreaction. He wasnt in it, it didnt hurt his career and the movie wasnt accepted by anyone as good or successful. Shit movies have always existed. I just don't see how this is any different. Him saying that this led to his early retirement just kind of seems like a lazy cop out. If he wants to retire, fine but dont blame it on a shitty children's movie..
spasticity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:29 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If just getting offered the role of a piece of shit is enough to end your acting career, maybe you just don't have a very strong spirit Jordan.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:29:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.
Hollywood is so obnoxiously annoying with their pretentiousness and self-righteousness when they're arguably the most fucked up industry in terms of ethics.
bthplain ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:45:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Men bad, women good.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's like the stupidest claim ever lol. Like, there's tons of good male directors and I'm sure there's some bad female ones.
your_mind_aches ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:42 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dude. Judd Apatow will direct movies in the future. He didn't mean that literally.
bajsgreger ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:59:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
the emoji movie is like something the soviet union would come up with as propaganda against capitalism
Thousands_of_Retiree ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:59:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This might be a bit of a jump here, but this statement might be an example of what we in the acting community know as a 'joke'
MyNewAccount962 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:03:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Peele's gotten so annoying recently.
Geez. We know your talented(He actually is pretty talented). Don't have to rub it in everyone's face
SimplyQuid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:19:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the.. why the fuck would Apatow blame male directors for the Emoji movie?
spasticity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I guess because a male directed it.
Kanye--Breast ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:35:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I heard in hospitals they play the Emoji movie for patients in a coma in hopes they'll wake up to turn the television off
MBAMBA0 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:23:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Awww - he couldn't have known how shitty it would end up looking, could he?
landon_w96 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:29:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โWhen you have male directors you get The Emoji Movieโ So yeah movies like The Godfather, LOTR, Shawshank, Star Wars, letโs just forget about those. Movies made by men are all garbage.
trevorneuz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And women only make good movies
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:16:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I genuinely believe the emoji moive to be the worst of all time because it was not a movie. It was a giant Ad marketed towards children
Random_Fandom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:02:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Haven't seen it, so your comment made me curious: what was it advertising?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:44:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My god where do I begin? Candy Crush, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Just Dance, Instagram, and Spotify. And these are not just some random thing you see in the background, these are plot points in the story. They fill up about 65% of the film
Random_Fandom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh wow! Thanks for the response... had no idea! ส๏นส
Agree with your assessment about it being advertising, because it doesn't need to be in the foreground to register in our minds. That's the whole reason subliminal advertising began decades ago.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:44:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You are welcome friend. spread awareness
brokemed ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:24:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs a movie for kids and a cash grab... did anyone think it would be good?
RevWaldo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:54:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a fallen world when a movie with a talking shit is considered suited for children.
Count_Critic ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:28:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And apparently when you have male hosts you get lazy pandering like this.
Tongue37 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:31:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like bowing out of life every time I see a new Tyler Perry or Fast and Furious movie being made
GulGarak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand the hate for Fast and Furious, it doesn't present itself as anything but what it is. It's big dumb action, hot chicks, muscle-bound dudes looking longingly into each others eyes. It's a spectacle.
I wouldn't personally pay for a movie ticket to go see it, but I don't feel like those movies are really harming society in any way.
thechasesmith ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:02:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
we should start designating time by The Emoji Move. BEM and AEM
-Axon- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:48:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was talking with a friend about the best way to teach students history, and one idea that came up was select two events from history as reference points, then subdivide those with two more event, etc. We concluded the two events of the first subdivision would consist of the big bang... and the Emoji Movie.
So you may be onto something here.
ihopemortylovesme ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People like him should do more of their own projects and help create better outlets for the arts. Pleez.
SteamBoilerGuy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:52:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The worst part is it was the first movie shown in Saudi Arabia
twistedh8 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:57:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He found a way to make me actually see the movie now.
nf3nf6 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:09:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What? That article made zero sense.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie drove me to attempt suicide
le57percent ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:12:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie is the sign that civilization is about to collapse ๐
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:16:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What do you think the โbee movieโ did for jerry seinfeld ? ๐๐๐
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:21:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
dude looks like he needs to be in front of the camera or his weight explodes
DR99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:27:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who's going to do the East West bowl videos now!!
rootedoak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:29:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Some reddit news topics just bore me so severely that I simply can't read the article and delete that shit from my brain.
LONESTARR713 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:31:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Probably because the ceremonyโs host Judd Apatow triggered the memory during his monologue. Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
You also get movies like sausage party which starred the voice acting of pretty much the entire Judd Apatow roster.
bthplain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Right? Dudes made a living off vulgar comedies, total hypocrite.
LONESTARR713 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:02:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention is pretty clear that Emoji movie is intended for children who are head first in the digital age.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There was an article not long ago about how, after a 35 year ban on public cinemas, Saudi Arabia lifted the prohibition and started the new era by showing The Emoji Movie. They couldn't have found anything else?
Article link.
pearbobber ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I have a 5yo and we go see every kid movie in the theater and I can tell you The Emoji movie was not the worst. That honor goes to The Star. There were other bad ones, Ferdinand was bad and The Nut Job 2 was awful.
heyarea ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
because it was so great and he could never reach heights that high again so he just quit on a high note????
johnnynutman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:58:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
at least he considered it fairly.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:16:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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spasticity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:00 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently women have never directed terrible movies either.
netramz ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:17:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This article feels like clickbait. He was offered the role of poop and instead of being able to respond, Patrick Stewart accepted the next day. I just don't feel like saying that the movie drove him to retire is fair.
CuntsAndBluntss ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:33:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I will probably get a lot of downvotes. I watched the movie expecting the worst movie ive ever seen. First it wasnt that bad at all, I even kinda liked the movie at some points. Second I really dont understand all the negative around it. Sure its story is cringy and could be better but the characters and side stories where pretty funny and good.
Slouchynut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I completely agree. I just think it was meant to be seen through the eyes of child. I laughed more in the emoji movie more than Find Dory. IMO
Echoblammo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's it, out
kalel1980 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:33:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie put me on suicide watch for a week.
Zer0w5 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:37:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tNuM9XttM got cancelled for the Emoji Movie.
DukeofVermont ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 18:57:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
no offense but that looked awful. Maybe it would have been better but it really did not look good. Unless you find slapstick humor mixed with modern music and dance funny.
umaro900 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:55:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but it wasn't the fucking Emoji Movie.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:10:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait until these young studio execs learn about public domain works. Imagine their joy at the free treasure trove they uncovered. All these stories they can re-hash without paying a cent for!
reb_mccuster ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 19:07:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
oh no the kids missed out on an adaptation of a cartoon that hasn't been popular for the past 50 years. do modern children have any idea who Popeye even is?
Freshenstein ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone hates it but I love the Robin Williams Popeye movie.
tigerslices ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:27:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
popeye hasn't been enjoyed by audiences since the second world war.
for a better sailor show, watch the marvelous misadventures of flapjack (and remember even That didn't a second season - nobody cares about boats) sony thought they could cash in on the jack sparrow pirates of the caribbean slapstick sea-faring adventure genre, but by the time they'd released this demo, they realized ... pirates of the caribbean hasn't even been popular in 15 years.
Tmbgkc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Olive Oyl appeared to be in grave danger of being raped by marauding pirates, which I don't care for in my children's movies.
aquamarinerock ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:20:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'd honestly take the Emoji Movie over that
Mattakusisgreatness ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:03:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I liked it. Saw it with my little sister she loved it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah...I dont really get the hate. I saw it with my 4 year old and we had a great time.
Billythewargamer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:46:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There's self-deprecating humor and then there's Apatow's sycophantic sexism. Fuck that guy.
Edit: Wow, this brought out a lot of assumptions. You guys had these replies locked and loaded.
lazerpenguin ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:22:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Quick! Somebody get this man a safespace!
[deleted] ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:15:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
How dare Judd Apatow attack us men with his forceful and terrible jokes. I am literally never going to be able to recover from this.
AstroFIJI ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 19:23:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
WILL SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT US MEN
toohigh4anal ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:08:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
And that's the difference in (most) men and twoXchrom
royalstaircase ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:44:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
next time someone tells me that men aren't overly-sensitive about their masculinity, I'll remember that time that a bunch of men on r/movies got angry about Judd Apatow making a joke at the expense of the Emoji Movie.
poopypoopoobuttface ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:43:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I will never watch another one of his hilarious movies again. Not after the short funny joke about male directors made in this article.
Gyshall669 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Reeee
Penguin_Out_Of_A_Zoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What, are you triggered by a joke? God, it's impossible to be funny without offending someone these days...
Billythewargamer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:37:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's always been impossible and always will be. I don't want a safespace free from offense, not at all. Apatow should make all the jokes he wants to and everyone is free to like them or not. Just like I'm free to think and say that he's taking a lazy dump on men for some easy Hollywood brownie-points, which makes me respect him a little less. I think Apatow himself even would agree that them's the rules of comedy, you make a joke, somebody laughs, somebody boos and you move the fuck on. I booed this one. Now we move the fuck on.
Penguin_Out_Of_A_Zoo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:45:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's fair, actually. I just see a lot of people taking his joking remark seriously as legit man-hating, and that just doesn't sit right with me. It wasn't a particularly funny joke, I must agree, but it was a joke nonetheless, and not meant to get all twisted over. It's not really different from what you'd see on /r/imgoingtohellforthis in that it just evokes an edgy subject for shock value humor.
Billythewargamer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:48:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad you see my point and I see yours too.
Edit: And thank you for my new favourite subreddit!!!
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:27:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:02:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Billythewargamer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:23:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This.
satinism ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 19:09:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He must be scared, he doesn't want his time to be up...
KingFisher- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:26:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Judd Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
What a retarded statement.
ddottay ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:38:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs a joke. Relax.
toohigh4anal ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:06:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I love how if it's not offensive to you, it's a joke. But if you're offended by someone else's joke (whether it be racist, sexist, homophobic,whatever) then it's suddenly offlimits, bigoted, and a microagression
royalstaircase ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:39:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke, and people like you who can't handle the joke are the punchline.
Spokker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:07:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The joke doesn't even have any basis in reality.
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Did a man not direct the emoji movie?
Spokker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:13:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But there's no stereotype that men make bad movies.
Like if someone made an Asian driver joke, I get that joke because there's a stereotype about that that people understand, whether it's true or not. I just don't get the men make bad movies stereotype.
royalstaircase ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:18:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's why it's a JOKE. He's blatantly using the art of cherry-picking to make a ridiculous statement with comedic intent. He's making fun of the emoji movies and you guys are acting like he is making a serious attack on male filmmakers.
Spokker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:19:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But Judd Apatow is a leftist. He wouldn't be making that ironic statement. Does he actually mean the male directors are better?
royalstaircase ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:26:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's not making any statement on superiority in the topic of gender and film. He's making fun of the act of arguing that one group of people is better at something than other group of people by cherry-picking lists of examples that fit your viewpoint. Why can't you guys understand this?
Spokker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But they DO believe that one group of people is better at something than other groups of people.
If there is a group of mostly diverse people making a movie and another group of only or mostly white males making a movie, most in Hollywood will say the former group will make the better movies. Millions of dollars are spent correcting this to no avail. In 2016, only 4.2% of movies were directed by women, so I wouldn't be surprised if they are trying to make up for that in 2017.
That's why I'm skeptical if it's really a joke.
royalstaircase ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So let's go through this logic.
you hear a male-director of comedy movies and comedian who is hosting an awards show (a task that usually involves doing standup monologues), and then you hear that male-director/comedian/host do a routine that involves using nonsensical logic to argue that male-directors are bad at their job (a job that he himself is proficient in as a male director), and then he decides to punctuate that argument by bashing the emoji movie, and your suspicion based on all that evidence is that he ISN'T making a joke?
Spokker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know if it's a joke or not. If it is a joke I don't get it. But if it weren't a joke it would make sense to me. That's what those people actually believe.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-female-film-directors-underrepresented-20180112-story.html
I wonder if Apatow was aware of Portman's "joke."
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:02:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Spoiler alert: yes, the ridiculous sentence said by a comedian in the middle of a standup monologue is in fact a joke.
He's making fun of people who try to argue that any gender is better than the other at filmmaking, and accents that ridiculousness by cherry-picking the freaking emoji movie as evidence for this.
This should be simple, it's not like this joke is Finnegans Wake or anything.
KingFisher- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:54:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't mean it's not retarded. https://i.imgur.com/n8umjWj.png
royalstaircase ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:56:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations on falling for the bait.
assfrog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:40:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The problem is, when you're dealing with radical SJWs like Apatow, it's really hard to tell when they're joking.
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He is a comedian performing a standup monologue at an awards show, saying something very silly. I would bet my life's savings on this being a joke, mostly because it IS a joke.
usernamecheckingguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:16:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's just a shitty joke, calm your tits.
Penguin_Out_Of_A_Zoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What, are you triggered by a joke? God, it's impossible to be funny without offending someone these days...
sonfoa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Someone should ask him how many female directors he has worked with.
I'd love to see him try to get out of that one.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:26:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are we sure it's not because he's a shit actor with no range?
hardspank916 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:29:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but he can tell a mediocre story to get white guilt to nominate it into an Oscar. So heโs going places.
Capnreid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:10:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I completely ignored the Emoji movie and other than leaving this comment it has made no effect on my life whatsoever
Blovnt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:30:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't watch Emoji Movie but I am curious.
...how bad is it?
kobomino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:00:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My 7 year old daughter wanted me to rent it so we watched it. It was okay. People only shitting on it because omg emojis!
hodorito ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:33:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
wasn't The Emoji Movie the first movie to screen in Saudi Arabia after the cinema ban?
CuckSmacker9000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:42:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Judd apatow is the biggest cuck on earth.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Dear Judd Apatow,
Eye roll emoji. When men direct movies, you get 2001: A Space Odyssey, The French Connection, Taxi Driver, On the Waterfront, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Citizen Kane, The Thin Red Line, Stroszek, Come and See, Walkabout, Aliens, Raiders of the Lost Ark, There Will Be Blood and on and on and on and on and on...
As someone who went to film school, I can tell you that out of more than one-hundred students in my graduating class, only four of them were women. Could it possibly be that directing films just isn't a field many girls have an interest in? Or is that something we're not allowed to utter aloud?
I'm an incredibly liberal person, but there's only so much of this social justice bullshit that I can take. Fuck off, Apatow.
ddottay ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:39:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Youโre aware itโs a joke, right?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:52:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Hilarious.
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:52:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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ddottay ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:02:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was a joke at the Director's Guild Awards as part of the comedy bit at the opening.
But that doesn't stop from reddit obsessing with hating anything that can be kinda contrived as SJW-ish.
Spokker ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But what's the joke? What is it based on?
ddottay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:09:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Making fun of the emoji movie?
Spokker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:10:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get the gender aspect of the joke though. Is there some in joke I'm out of the loop on?
ddottay ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:12:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Recognizing that there were a lot of good movies this year with female directors? Itโs a set up to the joke about the emoji movie.
Spokker ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 20:15:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So it's just based on a single year ?
Or maybe Hollywood is virtue signalling by artificially boosting all these female directors. The fact is that most normal people don't watch these award winning movies anyway. The best movies are the ones that people see. They spread the most happiness. They do the most good
The best movie of the year was the last Jedi because it made the most money.
ddottay ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:17:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lmfao. Just admit you hate a joke was made against men.
Spokker ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just didn't get the joke. The movies that win awards these days are terrible.
royalstaircase ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:45:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
congrats on falling for the bait
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:52:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bait? This isnโt bait. I live in Los Angeles and can tell you firsthand that this is the bullshit A LOT of people believe.
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:58:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's absolutely bait. Apatow is making a nonsensical statement where he cherry-picks the freaking Emoji Movie as evidence that one gender is worse at making movies than the other. Anybody who fails to see how he's making a joke here is falling for the bait.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:23:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
In that case, is it normal for bait to taste like pork?
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:48:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I have no clue what pork is supposed to mean here. But unlike you, I am not using my lack of understanding of a joke that involves pork to assume that you are a pig-hater.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What does pork have to do with pigs?
T33bles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:06:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Are you going to be okay? Do you need someone to rub your shoulders while you calm down?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:51:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโd rather you tongue my earlobes.
T33bles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:12:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That wonโt take the pain of being an unsuccessful film student away.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:35:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol, I do pretty well for myself. Nice try, though.
qtskeleton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly not as liberal as you think.
wew lad
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly not, which is fine by me.
assfrog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
spot on
HarobmbeGronkowski ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie drove me to the theater. #emojisequel
plagues138 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:53:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
because hes never been in shit movies.....
Atlas001 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:04:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie drove me to early movie watching retirement
_R1NZL3R51_ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:06:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
โGet Outโ nearly drove me to Early Film-watching Retirement
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:24:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I had heard glowing reviews of Get Out but never saw it - I am a horror fan - is it a "must miss"?
_R1NZL3R51_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:06:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs not the worst movie Iโve ever seen. More of a suspense flick than a horror flick. I suppose itโs at least worth watching. I just think him using the Emoji film as his excuse for retiring from acting is completely ridiculous.
Farkerisme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like his choice in acting roles turned to shit
NomadPNW ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What a misleading title...
PunctuationsOptional ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I really should watch this movie
Aaron-JH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like every actor that dips their toe in directing does this at some point. Most of them go back on it. Heโll be acting again before 2025.
But if Iโm wrong, Iโm totally okay with him doing just writing and Directing. As much as I like him, Iโve always said that Keegan-Michael Key was the better actor of the duo, I think theyโve both acknowledged that in their sketches as well. And that isnโt to downplay Jordan Peeleโs talent heโs really good.
LB_Allen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, Peele outclasses Key by far
Aaron-JH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:59:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think Key is the more in your face comedy, so he can be more obnoxious if you donโt like that, but Iโve always liked his acting better.
hippymule ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of what Dave Chapelle said in his 2nd Netflix special about actors giving up.
Vaaaass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
One day (possibly in a few years time), it'll end up like The Room.
westondeboer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta make a paycheck somehow
fralph9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
/r/nottheonion ?
Scionstorms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
LOL damn was that movie that friggin bad? Gotta watch it now so I can laugh at it.
eat_healfy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isnโt he in that shitty Netflix animated show?
conyeighwest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
...what? Thatโs a dumb fuckin statement
bumblebritches57 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Then why did he take the role?
g87g8g98 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jordan Peele and Vanity Fair sure know how to write a headline. This shit was designed exclusively for reddit.
Tongue37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like bowing out of life every time I see a new Tyler Perry or Fast and the Furious movie being made
hellslave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Then why the fuck did he agree to do it in the first place?
Animeking1108 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:06:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He didn't.
RandomRedditor32905 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There are plenty of bad movies that good actors get stuck in, or have poor performances in, throwing in the towel to write and direct after one bad movie kind of reveals his lack of dedication to the art.
Just stick with directing now Jordan, I hope one bad movie doesn't force you to retire from that too.
hmmmmletmethink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:32:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Makes sense. Movies are so bad I will stop making decent ones.
falconbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I guess one good thing did come out of that movie.
Pikesmakker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Can any adult tell me why they hate this childrenโs movie so much? Most media targeted at kids is utter dogshit - not everything can be Toy Story - so why does this movie get so much hate?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just feels like conspicuous product placement targeted toward easily manipulated children. And itโs a lazy concept.
Pikesmakker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโll concede the laziness for sure, but thereโs no specific brand being advertised.
Qubeye ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
tl;dr Jordan Peele thought the Emoji Movie was the apex of cinematography and realized nothing would ever be better, and so retired.
Read the article, people.
Heh.
tomas_shugar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, I thought In Bob We Trust had a good point about it. Yeah, it's bad, but it's exactly what we expected in an exceptionally shitty movie.
I can see how Peele and the specific offer might be different, but honestly, it seems like a credential building bit to drop a deuce on the movie at this point, more than anything else.
DieHardjagged ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I still cant wrap my head around the fact that Sir Patrick Stewart played the role of Poop.
goldgibbon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie is super underrated as a kids film.
I love Peele in Key and Peele and for Get Out (and Keanu had some really funny moments too). Based on his interview in this article, he had a chance to voice the Poop Emoji. I think Patrick Stewart was a good fit for the Poop Emoji. If Peele was in this movie I would rather he voice a different role.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie altered the fabric of space-time and caused irrefutable damage to our reality. Look at the signs.
BigBallerBreen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's a hater
Tmbgkc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sir Patrick Stewart should have lost his knighthood over his "piece of shit" performance.
NimbaNineNine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Legit read a comment earlier saying the emoji movie made somebody leave Christianity. It was on r/documentaries talking about the movie 'jesus camp'. Hang your head in shame, Adam Sandler, probably.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ. Even he knows that this movie is a crime against humanity in every single way
SikkaCyanide ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely the odd man out here but I kinda liked the emoji movie.
AtLeastJake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm more impressed he got an offer before Patrick Stewart. That's meant with zero disrespect to Jordan Peels. It's just.. It's Patrick Stewart, yknow?
RzK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
#MeToo
The Emoji movie and what it has done to me, as well as Aziz Ansari, keep me up all night from the PTSD.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
'The Emoji Movie' is turning the frogs gay.
blodisnut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Had anyone ever gone to r/writingprompts and proposed that a movie, or story needs to be made to make a movie that revolve around emojis. That would implode that subreddit. People in theory will see that emojis aren't a character or can't be made into one, and move on and write another fast and furious.
Any person who went to a theater, pooped down money and asked for a ticket to this should be taken out back and urinated on.
Anyone who saw this on Netflix, rented it at redbox also should be flogged.
This guy should retire, as he was in a movie that shouldn't have been.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever I hear that a new Michael Bay Movie is coming out. To Quote Peter Travers โthe movies die a littleโ
gdrumy88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I never seen the emoji movie and i can tell it would send me to an early grave.
Lifeofanewbarista ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think ima unsubscribe from netflix when it comes on there, is it already? C:
Eloyp12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
*Pretend to be shocked *
Adnannicetomeetyou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Duh-doi
carrotsquawk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i said... beeeeetch...
MuchoStretchy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:43:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought this was the onion for a moment.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Click baity title but it obviously worked.
iwantobehappie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoyed that movie, I paid 15 dollars to see a walking ๐ฏ and was not disappointed
yehmum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Retiring"
FallenBandit24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji movie is proof that God has forsaken us.
PM_ME_YOUR_CUCK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
BREAKING: Peele arrested for brutal murder of TJ Miller.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I watched it (pirated - I don't want them to make so much of a profit to make a sequel) and it was OK. I laughed, rolled my eyes, and then vomited. 66/100
RamenFlippinNoodles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who can blame him for that?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He spelled " way out", incorrectly ...
pina_koala ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
shiftshapercat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:09 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Press F to pay respects to Jordan Peele's hollywood acting career :(
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the emoji movie was fun. Emoji's are a huge part of our culture, and for little kids it was cute. Why the fuck do people expect that every movie should be great for everyone?!
Slouchynut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie isnโt as bad as everyone is telling it, itโs just meant for little kids. Similar to Teen Titans Go, itโs obnoxious but itโs selling to the appropriate age group.
alphabetjoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"They did .. what?! Ok, I'm out. That's it for me."
DrEvil007 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly how bad could it be?? I haven't seen it yet but wasn't the movie made for kids anyways?
ahtopsy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That was the first movie they played in Saudi Arabia.
Justice989 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I need to see this movie, only because everyone hates it so much.
Probably 90% of the people that hate it never should've seen it in the first place.
Jekyllhyde ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I really liked it
Atheist_Redditor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh God, the Emoji movie wasn't bad at all. My daughter loves it. It's silly, but suprisingly engaging.
Some movies are made to just entertain little kids.they do a great job at that. There doesn't have to be a deep back story or crazy allegories. However, I would say Emoji movie has more to it than meets the eye.
Furbush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is this a parody article?
He quit acting because he was offered a role in a bad movie? Or because he lost the role for not accepting it quickly? Or because he likes directing more? Or because men can't make movies according to Judd Apatow?
The article makes it sound like he was personally offended, which is pretty stupid. Are we really acting like the Emoji Movie being bad is somehow a surprise to anyone? It's not even in IMDB's lowest 100 scores but I guess it's powerful enough to make someone switch careers lmao
Honestly, he shouldn't even be directing according to the Judd Apatow quotes they selected. Do you know what's more offensive than a black man playing a poop emoji? A black man taking a directing job from a black women, straight black men like Jordan are the white people of black people. It would be better if Jordan and Judd took their talents to the craft service table, because men directing is responsible for the Emoji Movie and probably the Holocaust
YourVeryOwnCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait so is Key and Peele over?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
is it worth watching for laughs?
AndrewAffel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Also Dave Chappelle isnt dead so
TonyLaRocca ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Because one more shitty cash grab in a Hollywood history of shitty cash grabs was the sole reason for a major career decision, and not just a low-hanging-fruit soundbyte.
bulletproofinvesting ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What a hero.
pkb954 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Emoji Movie took 4 people to write and had a budget of $50 Million....
ThIcCbO1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
r/nottheonion
Cash323 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:04:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Heโs 38years old, young to make that sort of decision after 1 successful directoral job. In my opinion, the move was good not great.
PDshotME ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just imagine who the next 4 Emoji Movie sequels are going to drive away from the industry, because we know that's coming.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
HAHAHA I WATCHED IT AND A MIXTURE OF DOODOO AND SEMEN SHOT OUT OF EVERY ORIFICE IT'S SO FUCKIN BAD GUYS THE EMOJI MOVIE SIGNALS THE DOWNFALL OF OCCIDENTAL CULTURE LOLOLOLOL
JFX37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You'd think acting in the Panic! At The Disco music video would have done it for him...
LessLikelyToBeDoxed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But will he reprise his role as Duke Ellington on Big Mouth?
Jerome_Bettis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Kind of crazy they never mention how good he was at skit comedy.
zerozsaber7777 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So does this mean the substitute teacher movie isn't being made?
daxriggs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well I mean, he had to know that it was going to suck.
sxcamaro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I get the hate for Emoji movie but it wasn't that bad. I've seen much worse. That said it was a blatant cash/copyright grab. The ugly duckling/square peg story is so tired.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But dramatic
boring_oneliner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
did he also give all that emoji movie money back?
ssunnudagurr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I would just die
TheRuralJuror118 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was offered the role of poop lol. He decided to think on it and then found out that Sir Patrick Stewart got the he part.
clueless_as_fuck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Emoted like a real human!
Doiimaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why would you watch the emoji movie?
blackrock55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Having not seen it, is it really that bad?
macsrice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐คฃ
notorious98 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
But then who's going to play the ghost of Duke Ellington?
johnnys_sack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just how bad is this movie? My daughter keeps begging me to rent it so she can watch it. I almost caved and rented it yesterday but now I'm questioning whether I should firmly say no.
tkhomesley ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only person on the planet that liked The Emoji Movie?
BennyNutts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Good
Frogits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
๐ค
Eteled_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's good, because he's a horrible actor.
limremon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:29:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie is the only film I have ever cried about. That abomination was so fucking bad, it sent me into a spiralling existential crisis about how badly Iโm wasting my youth that lasted like two days.
I really wish I was making this shit up.
o0cynix0o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
*spiraling
papabravocharlie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
https://imgur.com/AAoiD4j This takes it to a whole new level imo
naitw7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Word! So true
prettybadmccree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was good in Fargo
headbiscuit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Good, anyone stupid enough to be in that movie should not have a career.
ThisDerpForSale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So, itโs fun to joke about, but is The Emoji Movie actually bad? Iโm sure as hell not going to see it to find out.
HandmadeHound ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wow
FartyMcConstipate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
jordan peele is one of the most underrated actors imo, watch any horror themed key and peele sketch he has unbelievable range, he never got any props for it
gesshoom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who in the world would throw money at funding such a movie dud?
Drogalov ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Well how are you gonna top it really?
Samsungthecaptain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't want to blame it all on the emoji movie but it certainly didnt help
GeorgeHill1911 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone involved in that movie should never be allowed to work on another film ever again.
thereal_mc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Daniel Day-Lewis and I are both out ...
nRenegade ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:42:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Objectively speaking, how is the movie so bad? I've never seen it.
o0cynix0o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a kid it isn't really. If your the parent of that kid and have to deal with the constant bombardment and deflection of the "I wants" that come after said kid after watching that movie.
In truth though it really isn't that bad. My daughter loved it, and when I explained why it looked like an app store commercial she was cool with it.
nRenegade ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. I can't weigh in myself but many people are dubbing it to be the worst movie in existence. But how so? Are the characters bad? Is is written poorly? Animated poorly?
Or is it just because it has to do with Emojis?
o0cynix0o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's hip to hate. And if you're an overly critical adult it's not good, by it wasn't meant for adults. Its your typical schlok kids movie. It was never meant to win awards.
nRenegade ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:27:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's fair. But so was the Lego movie.
o0cynix0o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Lego Movie was written better. And people love super hero anything right now. The Emoji Movie come off sort of corporate, and anything corporate is bad.
The-JerkStore_called ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing lost
Down_To_My_Last_Fuck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He will be back they always come back.
PaperMacheThrowaway ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I would love to see Meegan and Wendell again...so sad.
mkb152jr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just here to remind everyone that one reviewer said Bright was the worst movie of the year the same year the emoji movie came out.
TerrariaSlimeKing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Many Japanese toy companies create cartoons/anime for the sole purpose of advertising and selling their toys. Same with emoji movie, it was only created to sell the massive amount of merchandise.
xFennySnek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lads just wait for the meme movie to come out.
candyman106 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:48:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who preferred Keanu to Get Out, that's a bummer to hear. I was really hoping there'd be another Key & Peele movie one day.
oldskoolballer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie drove me to watch only Disney animated films moving forward.
RSG_the_large_1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What did he expect
xxThe_Papa_Smurfxx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:23:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I believe The Emoji Movie is the unspoken reason for Chris Pratt and Anna Faris' divorce.
snowdogmom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:41:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jacky jack where u at
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:16:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"Guys, just relax, it's just a joke. It's just a joke that makes no goddamn sense."
If you ask me, the joke should have been phrased like this:
"When you allow women directors, you get Wonder Woman. When you allow only male directors, you wind up with The Emoji Movie."
TF_dia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:57 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I love that the movie has become basically a punchline now.
jl_theprofessor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:31 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry you suck so hard Peele.
Jeydubz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:10 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine being the guy having to pitch the emoji movie
mdotrose24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:38 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Key and Peele was the worst show comedy Central ever put out. Unoriginal bullshit. Complete rip off of Chappelle Show, whom Comedy central fucked over.
supershawninspace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:16 on February 15, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oz nvm bk b be knmm m
loaf-cake ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:32:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
christ.
it's just a fucking movie, people.
*you guys are too much ๐ i wish the goddamn emoji movie was the biggest problem in my life.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:54 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My grandfather fought in WWII and bitched about that less. Anyone here old enough to remember Ishtar?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
TEH EMOJEE MOVIE MADE ME VOMIT LITERAL SHIT FROM MY MOUTH LEL
lazergoblin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:54:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Idk why you're getting down voted. What you said is very fucking true. Like, Goddamn ๐คฃ
[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 18:38:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:13:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
FirstWorldProblems My life is never the same since watching the Emoji Movie.
PixelBlock ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:04:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Slightly off-topic:
I know it's just a snippet from a presumably longer and hopefully more thoughtful call to action, but this argument itself is so nonsensical it actually hurts the overall case a little.
You get good and bad directors. You get money hungry directors working for a check and artful directors who give a crap. Don't try and turn talent into a gender argument - raise women up and allow them to compete, definitely, but don't tear down others in the process. Everyone has the same potential capacity to be a superstar or a screwup.
royalstaircase ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:46:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke, he's making fun of the emoji movie. nobody actually thinks men are shit at directing, it's kind of hard to argue that when men were largely the only people allowed to direct films for the medium's first century of existence.
PixelBlock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My entire point is that it's a dumb joke that undermines it's own grander point.
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He's just making fun of how ridiculous it is to argue that one group of people is better at something than the other by cherrypicking lists, and he's using the emoji movie as the butt of his joke. the only reason it's going over everybody's head is because everybody is looking for an excuse to think Apatow is saying something he isn't because they love being angry about attacks on men.
PixelBlock ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:02:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
First thing I said, is that I hope it's part of a grander more thoughtful context. I openly noted this was clearly not the whole speech and am very much aware of how the situation changes interpretation.
Without the rest of that speech, however, the highlighted joke alone still seems pretty counterintuitive to the goal. Settle down.
royalstaircase ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:11:52 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
There is no magic context needed to understand this. it's just a silly joke about the emoji movie. Nobody needs to settle.
PixelBlock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:19 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently I'm not allowed to criticize a nonsensical statement because it's deemed a joke? This is just silly.
royalstaircase ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:38:28 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
you're allowed to do whatever you want, just know that you look like an idiot when you get mad about an absurdist statement being absurd. It's "nonsencial" for a reason.
PixelBlock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:06:14 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why do you assume I'm mad? If anything you decided that you had to come in here and state obvious things as if they drastically somehow made a nonsensical joke less nonsense.
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:39 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
the joke IS the nonsense. It's making fun of people who cherrypick as a way to prove a point about topics as broad as alleged gender-superiority. It's an affront to nobody and a simple joke and yet this thread is filled with people throwing tantrums about it because at face value it sounds like some random shit they'd hate-masturbate to on r/tumblrinaction
It just is funny to me.
PixelBlock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:43:45 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't cherry pick. I called out the specific line as naff and said it wasn't exactly helpful even as a self-deprecating exercise in building up women directors (as I presume was the goal of his joke).
He can still make the joke. All I did was write a quick thing about how it fell flat in my opinion, as bad jokes sometimes do. Nobody is harmed. I advocate no retribution. Nothing drastically changed, nor will it because of my post. I'm sure Apatow will continue his job just fine.
I'm only coming here again because you've left me mystified, apparently taking my utterly mild train of thought and interpreting it as 'hate-masturbation' โฆ which itself is a funny turn of events perhaps worth meditating on a little longer.
You sure you aren't internalizing some of that same unreasonable angst you accuse others of having?
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:08 on February 6, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What? I'm saying that JUDD is cherry-picking, and the fact that he's cherry-picking the emoji movie of all things to prove a (ridiculous) point is the punchline. And I never said you were hate-masturbating, just that there's a hell of a lot of it in this thread. Get some reading-comprehension lessons before you start projecting everything I say onto yourself. This is kind of an apt situation similar to the backlash to Judd's joke, amusingly. People misinterpreting something someone says as a personal attack.
And yes, I'm also just replying to you because i'm mystified too. A polar bear and a penguin admiring each other apparently, if you're saying you feel the magic too.
ammobox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:56:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just a reminder, The Emoji Movie is out on Netflix this month.
Also, since the word movie is already in the title, does that mean I can say "Have you seen The Emoji Movie movie?", with out people giving me the stink eye?
WonkyFiddlesticks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:17 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Is this really where we're at? Degrading all male directors to the Emoji movie, and making it seem like every female director creates greatness?
Like, what in the fuck. Why does modern day "equality" really consist of how much one side can bring the other down?
shinyleafblowers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:01:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
issa joke
T33bles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:05:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs a joke. Take a deep breath.
nightshift22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:41:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The overwhelming majority of movies are directed by men. The movies Apatow listed are a good chunk of all movies made by women last year.
theArtOfProgramming ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the hell is this about? Was this a joke that I need context for? How can you argue the failure of male directors with The Emoji Movie?
royalstaircase ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
he was making a joke at the expense of the emoji movie, and the kinds of people who are so sensitive about their masculinity that they're offended by a joke about the emoji movie.
theArtOfProgramming ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:43:28 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it just feels cheap because there isnโt much truth in it. Itโs just an easy jab.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:07:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
People are more offended about how stupid and irrational it is then their masculinity. It also smells a lot like virtue signaling.
royalstaircase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:15:57 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
it's not stupid and irrational, he's making a joke through the art of cherry-picking, it's not his fault that some people in this thread apparently are taking his joke at face-value as an attack on the male director of the emoji movie.
somerandumguy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:46:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, I figured it was his substandard generic acting and inability to get roles in anything outside of bargain bin crap fests.
iMayBeABastard ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:56 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Youโre kindโve a fucking moron arenโt you? Have you ever even seen this guy act?
Eteled_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:27:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
LOL
somerandumguy ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:55:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"You're a moron" That's rich coming from a kid trying to start shit on social media. Yes, i've seen some of his forgettable work. Apparently you've never seen anything else, Key & Peele was shit his other roles were walk ons and somehow that justifies him getting a starring role and then later directing a movie.
Direwar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The guy is a troll just talking trash on multiple people in the thread. I was just casually reading a few recent comments and I started noticing that name come up.
Must be some very empty people out there if they need to attack people (all the time I guess) online for having harsh opinions on (IMO) vastly overpaid celebrities. Celebs get paid mostly because of fame, as far as I'm concerned being scrutinized for the same reason is a fair trade-off. I don't know why people feel the need to rabidly defend them, very similar to medieval peasants irrationally defending royals that own them.
Seriously, if it wasn't for obvious debate fallacies and direct/pointless insults over shallow topics, millions of people out there would not know what to do.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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somerandumguy ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:08:25 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ah so you're every substandard comedic actor's target demographic, "stupid/autistic child who has no idea what talent is".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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somerandumguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Aww what's wrong sweetheart? Did I hit a little too close to home?
AlanAldaSmallThings ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie is the new The Room. Years from now we'll get a movie similar to The Disaster Artist about the making of The Emoji Movie.
FountainsOfFluids ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not saying the emoji movie was good, but come on. The idea of a the Poop emoji as a character is funny.
Shall we start listing strange and "insulting" character descriptions from other comedies? I'll start!
Barf from Spaceballs - Half-dog "pet" of the movie's handsome lead actor.
HEYPMMEHAPPYTHOUGHTS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
My best friend committed suicide today. I am using this account to collect happy thoughts. It's how I'm gonna cope. I'll probably make a large collage of all the happy thoughts I get over the course of a month or maybe a year. I haven't decided that yet. I'm an emotional wreck right now so please be positive and help me be positive. Pm me happy thoughts:)
themothman99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:50:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Good for him!
lakerslakerslakers90 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
should have. hes not funny
double2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:15:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know who thought that movie could be anything other than utter dogshit. Whichever arabic prince paid billions for the IP rights to emojis, they're cackhandedly attempting to pretend these icons - which are an extension of language, not fucking personalities ffs - are worth developing. It really is flogging a dead horse...Seriously, I saw an official emoji cake at the supermarket the other day. The very concept of official emojis is insane...I'm sorry, the ancient egyptians beat you by a few hundred years I'm afraid guys.
You know the whole purchasing of the rights to the likeness of emojis in films was built on the premise that if lego can do it, we can too. "The Lego Movie? How about The Emoji Movie?!" Its like someone buying the IP rights to the alphabet then doing a film about them. It beggars belief.
JamesHaven75 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I bet it paid him enough to retire he means
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Sat down to lunch with my coworker, who shared that she was excited to see the movie on rental and started to explain the movie plot to me, and why emojis are the perfect untapped comedic device. My eyes glazed over and my soul left my body. It was my only alternative to ending up in a police standoff on the 5:00 news.
Zolome1977 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wonder when he will get accused of sexual assault/harassment?
fuck_your_diploma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Iโve watched with my nieces.
Average, sometimes fun, nice to see the apps. Not far from the incredibles IMHO.
creeldeel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody care Mr. Peele
elduderino197 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:04:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Boo fucking hoo
nicless ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:16:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Distilled to its core, The Emoji Movie is about being true to yourself and not changing because people expect you to. It's not high art but it's basically the same storyline as a huge amount of popular movies. People point out, "it has a character that is poop!" Yeah, kids find that hilarious. It's a kids movie.
Stuckin_Foned ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh boohoo I had had turn down a a job that sets people for life.
HermitPrime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"When you have women directors you get Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you get The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit."
Fuck off, Judd. There are plenty of garbage female-directed movies.
rachel_berry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
So I guess the emoji movie was bad? What was the plot?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:32:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Gene is an emoji that lives in Textopolis, a digital city inside the phone of his user Alex. He is the son of two meh emojis named Mel and Mary, and is able to make multiple expressions despite his parents' upbringing. His parents are hesitant of him going to work, but Gene insists so that he can feel useful. Upon receiving a text from his crush Addie, Alex decides to send her an emoji. When Gene is selected, he panics, makes a confusing expression, and wrecks the text center. Gene is called in by Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center, who concludes that Gene is a "malfunction" and therefore must be deleted. Gene is chased by bots, but is rescued by Hi-5, a once popular emoji who has since lost his fame due to lack of use. He tells Gene that he can be fixed if they find a hacker, and Hi-5 accompanies him so that he can reclaim his fame.
Smiler sends more bots to look for Gene when she finds out that he has left Textopolis, as his actions have caused Alex to think that his phone needs to be fixed. Gene and Hi-5 come to a piracy app where they meet a hacker emoji by the name of 'Jailbreak', who wants to reach Dropbox so that she can live in the cloud. The trio is attacked by Smiler's bots, but manage to escape into the game Candy Crush. Jailbreak reveals that Gene can be fixed in the cloud, and the group goes off into the Just Dance app. While there, Jailbreak is revealed to be a princess emoji who fled home after tiring of being stereotyped. They are once again attacked by bots, and their actions cause Alex to delete the Just Dance app. Gene and Jailbreak escape, but Hi-5 is taken along with the app and ends up in the trash.
Mel and Mary go searching for Gene and have a very lethargic argument. They make up in the Instagram app when Mel reveals that he, too, is a malfunction, explaining Gene's behavior. While traveling through Spotify, Jailbreak admits that she likes Gene just the way he is, and that he should not be ashamed of his malfunction. They make it to the trash and rescue Hi-5, but are soon attacked by an upgraded bot. They evade it and enter Dropbox, where they encounter a firewall. The gang get past it with a password being Addie's name and make it to the cloud, where Jailbreak prepares to reprogram Gene. Gene admits his feelings for Jailbreak, but she wishes to stick to her plan of venturing into the cloud, unintentionally causing Gene to revert to his apathetic programming out of heartbreak. The upgraded bot takes Gene, and Hi-5 and Jailbreak race after them on a Twitter bird summoned by Jailbreak.
As Smiler prepares to delete Gene, Mel and Mary arrive and are also threatened. Jailbreak and Hi-5 arrive and disable the bot, which falls on top of Smiler. Alex has since taken his phone to the store and asks to have his phone erased to fix the problem. Out of desperation, Gene prepares to have himself texted to Addie, making numerous faces to express himself. Realizing that Addie received a text from him, Alex stops his phone from getting erased, saving the emoji and finally getting to speak with Addie. Gene accepts himself for who he is and is celebrated by all of the emojis.
In a mid-credits scene, Smiler has been relegated to the "loser lounge" with the other forgotten and unused emotions for her crimes, wearing numerous braces due to her teeth being cracked by the bot, and playing and losing a game of Go Fish.
rachel_berry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:34:48 on March 28, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Nice summary, thank you
jarek99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
oh get over yourself. so many people would love to have the opportunities you have.
thewezel1995 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bullshit, No one has even seen that movie...
hardspank916 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Come on Peele, half of your Key and Peele skits were Emoji level comedy before you hit it big.
tigerslices ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:10:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"when you have male directors you get Emoji Movie," male director declares.
Coliformist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
"I don't know what jokes are," u/tigerslices declares.
tigerslices ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
that's ridiculous. of course i know what jokes are. they're like little cruncy slices of bread, right?
Coliformist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:27:07 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry for doubting you.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:23:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck the emoji movie I'm just sticking with Zootopia. watches it several times over
MahatmaGuru ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:07:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That's too bad. Key & Peele is the only Comedy Central show that came remotely close to filling the hole left by Chapelle Show. I wish they'd do one more season with the understanding that it'd be their last and do all the craziest ideas they could think of.
jakmanuk ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:17:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Have you seen Nathan For You?
MahatmaGuru ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, I've seen a few episodes. it's not bad, but nothing compared to Chappelle Show, and I like K&P much better
Slaymign0n ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:24:34 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He should hang the producer hat too because get out SUCKED
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 22:49:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Paid $2.99 PPV the movie was so bad I got up and walked out of my own house.
Every single white was a racist stereotype - no wonder SJW's loved it.
bradon_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:34 on February 5, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What were you expecting? Lmao
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I have zero clue why this guy is so respected so much that everything he says is news
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:00:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:05:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck?
sevendaysky ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:10:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just keeping his username relevant.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:11:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently
iMayBeABastard ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:44:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lol!
Singletail ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:58:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
.......
motley_crew ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:12:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Emoji movie box office: $217 million
Keanu box office: $20 million (and yes it had a wide release in 2700 theaters)
settle down there Jordan. you weren't exactly acting in Oscar contenders before
TheYellows ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:16:20 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Boy, if you measure the quality of a movie by its box office, you should reconsider.
Pot_T_Mouth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:16:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
right cause thats how oscars are decided
Pot_T_Mouth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
i dont even watch the oscars but I had to look it up just to see how idiotic you really sound
oops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_(2016_film)
Verrence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:31 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Keanu made 33% more than what it cost to make. Thatโs a success.
cantakerous_rhino ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:36:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Blatant sexism from Appatow
Koink ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:30:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't seen 'The Emoji Movie', but I have seen 'Get Out', and thought it was predictable, unoriginal, elementary and not really well-made. The soundtrack was pretty awful - ill-conceived and often juxtaposed to what was happening on-screen. I thought it could easily have been one episode of a science-fiction series, like 'Twilight Zone', rather than forced into a movie. Seriously over-rated, probably for political reasons.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, I've never felt so strongly in disagreement with someone in this sub before
Koink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I just don't get it. I watched it because a cousin recommended it to me. The cousin is a bit pretentious though and thinks of herself as a sort of intellectual film-buff. And believe me, I'm not hating on it for 'political' reasons - I'm as left-wing as it gets. But, it's just like, okay, the concept of the wealthy white people enslaving the black people using hypnotism and brain surgery is mildly amusing, but that's it. All the interest in the film doesn't seem to be because it was incredibly well made, but more because a black person has made a film about slavery using the horror genre.
And technically, it's meh. The cinematography is nothing to write home about, the script is okay, the acting and direction are predictable and as I said, I think the soundtrack / sound design stands out as pretty amateurish. It seems like a film studies exam piece to me.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:54:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not just that it's wealthy white people, to be honest. I'm not the smartest cookie, but I really enjoyed the direction and pacing of the film, and found the concept of creating social critique of "post-racism" liberals and potential racism as interesting and not usually explored in fiction. It tried to demonstrate the myriads of racism under the guise of a thriller, which isn't "unoriginal", in my opinion.
bthplain ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:44:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Just saw it the other day, it's a serviceable film but nothing groundbreaking. There's just a massive circlejerk surrounding it, hence why your being down voted.
mdotrose24 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:31:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Orrr he's just not funny and kinda crappy actor
tinkthe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:51:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was superb in Key and Peele
sbfaught ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:32:43 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's not that.
coffeedude7 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That has absolutely nothing to do with gender and everything to do with the shittiness of film making studios these days.
How is this not a sexist statement anyways?
Wow seems kinda sexist now. /s
ImOnHereForPorn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It's honestly a ridiculous statement because you can just as easily say
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Get out drove me to early suicide watch
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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QBBx51 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:45:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
DDD was already retired
bpieszak ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
yo no offense but who the fuck is this dude? He drops the Daniel day lewis name and I'm like..... These guys are in the same stratosphere? Never heard of Jordan Peele tbh
Milo_Y ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:36 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who?
[deleted] ยท -15 points ยท Posted at 18:34:22 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 18:57:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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cbpickl ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:12:00 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
.... what
Orfez ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 19:15:14 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Ignorant thing to say that makes you look like a tool and is not helping anyone:
Judd Apatow said โWhen you have women directors you getย Lady Bird,ย Mudbound, andย Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you getย The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
bubbleharmony ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:14:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That is such an absolutely asinine quote from Apatow, though. Yes, every male director creates things like Sausage Party and The Emoji Movie. There are definitely no stand out quality male directors whatsoever.
StopItsTooBig ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Thank god for the emoji movie then. Fuck this racist piece of shit
HellTrain72 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:19:55 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Good. I can't stand him anyways.
Edit: Sure wish Daniel Day-Lewis would stick around, though.
arashi256 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:20:49 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Even my seven year old son thought The Emoji Movie was fuck-awful.
Lord-Octohoof ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:40:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
ffs it wasn't even that bad
OTGyosh ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:56:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I were offered to play poop emoji ๐ฉ I would quit too.
Subjunctive__Bot ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:56:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I were
minchitthumc880 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:28:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
minchitthumc880
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:30:40 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Subjunctive__Bot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:30:45 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I were
AndyRMac92 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:31:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Tbh I've never seen him in anything good, maybe if he hadn't picked everything that was going and been more critical in which scripts he choose.
Well early retirement wouldn't be his mind.
Whiteoutlist ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:32:08 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Should have driven the screen writer to early retirement.
AcidPepe ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 18:35:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Go back to key and Peele
manlyvpn ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:13 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Why you have male directors you get Michael Bay.
soonerzen14 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:45:03 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but I bet you had no problem cashing that paycheck tho.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:12:04 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This assclown equates himself with Daniel Day Lewis?
LOL...okay pal, whatever you say.
Captain_Comic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:25:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
He was joking, settle down Francis
Z0idberg_MD ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:05:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That Apatow quote is idiotic
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 19:36:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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MLK-Junior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:35 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
We may have all come on different ships, but weโre in the same boat now.
samsarapwd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:36:39 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was raised to not think any differently of black people. To me, we are all americans, I do not see color. So why are white people the enemy? Because this double standard is nothing more than a futile example of hypocrisy. Go ahead and down-vote me millenial scum
I_Stink ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:49:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
lolzorg
johndrake666 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isnโt he the comedian from mad tv?
innahlovesyou ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:06 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't seen the movie, but people apparently hate it a lot. I don't know why.. Is is that bad?
SikkaCyanide ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely the odd man out here but I kinda liked the emoji movie.
TheyComeCrawlingBack ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking about the necessity for more female filmmakers, Apatow said, โWhen you have women directors you getย Lady Bird,ย Mudbound, andย Wonder Woman. When you have male directors you getย The Emoji Movie. . .with a character who is a literal piece of shit.โ
I don't have the context so it might have been said as a complete joke but Jesus Christ that's a fucking idiotic thing to say. Male directors also gives you almost all the classics you loved and will ever love.
brofesor ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, so Sir Patrick Stewart, the rather esteemed British actor who holds the Order of the British Empire, voiced a pile of shit in โThe Emoji Movieโ? Well, it seems that the western civilisation is heading right thereโinto a pile of shit.
jabroniNcheese ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Was this movie made for kids? I'm sure it's fucking terrible but I find it hilarious it's the demographic this movie wasn't made for that's complaining about how bad it is.
HaryNutz ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:30 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Bye
uber1337h4xx0r ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:04:42 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't early retirement a sign of success?
madchad81 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:12 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I was a black guy I would take offense to this too. Don't blame him
Subjunctive__Bot ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:21:15 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If I were
HermitPrime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:23:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
When I were a young warthooooooog...
madchad81 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:05:33 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Aww you care about me.
Dannyprecise ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:48 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Wonder Woman was straight basura.
Geofferic ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:11:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It drove me to give up on Hollywood entirely.
umwhatshisname ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:11:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
If only every other actor who does terrible movies like The Emoji Movie had as much character as Jordan Peele.
AmcillaSB ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:12:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I couldn't even watch the CinemaSins review of it. I got through maybe 5 minutes before I had to shut it off.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:14:24 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
For many adults, it must be an embarrassing movie to even watch. Jordan Peele seems to be too sophisticated and distinguished for such a silly cartoon film, and I respect him on that.
moodRubicund ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:19:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie has taken so much from us.
Never again.
Never forget.
JPAnthro ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:19:58 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I was forced to watch The Emoji Movie on a ferry in the Philippines and it was the worst piece of shit I ever had to endure. It will go down as the "The Room" of it's time.
SikkaCyanide ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:39:11 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely the odd man out here but I kinda liked the emoji movie.
jelatinman ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:53 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I have full confidence Jordan Peele will continue to act after his next project fails spectacularly. He'll be begging to be in Captain Underpants 2 and Storks 2 and Keanu 2.
FlamingTrollz ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:42:02 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Whatever buddy youโve worked in the Entertainment Industry over 2 decades.
Whiner.
You quit because you can actually see that you may perhaps have a long term career directing.
Also, Get Out was terrible, as was Keanu.
06EXTN ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:44 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Oh boo freaking hoo.
tattertittyhotdish ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:46:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I hate a lot of movies. I rarely go to the theater. The last kid movie I watched was How to Train your Dragon.
I liked this damn movie, and I was prepared to hate it. It was funny. It was entertaining. My kids laughed, I laughed. I give the bad reviews a serious side eye. It just didn't add up.
Do I want to see it a second time? Probably not. But it was 10x better than The Greatest Showman, which was a cinematic piece of shameful garbage. At least The Emoji movie was honest.
freemefromyou ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:25:47 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jordan Peele and whoever Key are insufferable. I hated their show, their comedy and everything they do. I just donโt like their art.
VentusK ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 18:17:37 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐๐๐๐
Barron_Cyber ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:02:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
You can either retire after a movie like "stop or my mom will shoot" and be remembered for that or you persevere and make some decent movies later and everyone forgets the shit.
MisterOminous ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:05:38 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
I think he should stick to being a script doctor. His work in Gremslin 2 was genius.
BlargleVVargle ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:09:19 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This might sound like hyperbole but I honestly considered changing majors when it was announced, and again when it came out.
There are movies that hurt me more but knowing that someone got paid millions of dollars to make that genuinely made me regret picking the field of film, if only for a little while.
Promorpheus ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:15:50 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It didn't stop him from throwing hissy fits about stupid award shows nobody watches though.
itwas4-1 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:21:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
what will it take for him to retire from directing as well
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:50:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Who is this
Nickchamberlin ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:58:59 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The emoji movie was just leftist propaganda.
Cascadianranger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:41 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Or just a shit movie?
Nickchamberlin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:33:18 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Every leftist movie is shit lol.
Edit: look at the Supergirl TV show. They destroyed it with the propaganda. They just try to manipulate every episode.
Cascadianranger ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:34:46 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Im not even going to begin to get into the logical fallacies of that and just say "whatever helps you sleep at night" because any argument with you is pointless
Nickchamberlin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:37:07 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Lmao I wasn't arguing. Yeah I don't care to have a debate. We have different opinions, we can leave it at that, have a good day good sir
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:16 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Verrence ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:29:21 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Aw, do you need a hug?
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:23 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:26 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Grrr, I'm a tough boi
fogyoda ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 18:52:51 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Jordan Peele's movie "Get Out" made me not want to go to the theater anymore, it actually drove me to start streaming more movies.
PURKITTY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:02:10 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Afraid you will get taken?
fogyoda ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:39:01 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
As long as its not Taken 3
ShoutOutTo_Caboose ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 18:37:27 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
The Emoji Movie drove me to early life expiration.
BenV94 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 20:18:52 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't realize that Peele was such an ignorant bigot.
The emoji movie fought bigotry and trump, and he should have gotten behind it.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/actor-insists-emoji-movie-fight-trump-young-people-adopt-progressive-values/
UnknownRedditer9915 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:32 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
It was a stupid cash grab of a movie that taught kids all about the wonders of spotify, candy crush, YouTube, and Facebook. Any positive message it tried to have was quickly snuffed out by the way they were delivered.
[deleted] ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 20:17:05 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
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Verrence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:29 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Geez, turn down the sensitivity, snowflake.