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When otherwise good movies jump the shark...
Posted on 2/10/18 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 2/10/18 at 5:28 pm
In the Thor thread there was a discussion about using comedy in comic book films and I was trying to think of examples where the directors went too far and jarred you out of the movie.
Two of mine:
I can take Ewoks and just about anything presented in the Star Wars Universe but when Chewbacca gave the Tarzan yell in RotJ that was a low point
As much as I love the LOTR movies - Legolas single handedly taking out the big elephant (oliphant?) was a bit much.
You have a lot of leeway with fantasy but even then you can go too far .... or at least farther than you should. I guess it just depends on the style and tone of the film. The James Bond movies became basically comedies until the reboot with Craig.
Curious if anyone else had similar moments.
Two of mine:
I can take Ewoks and just about anything presented in the Star Wars Universe but when Chewbacca gave the Tarzan yell in RotJ that was a low point
As much as I love the LOTR movies - Legolas single handedly taking out the big elephant (oliphant?) was a bit much.
You have a lot of leeway with fantasy but even then you can go too far .... or at least farther than you should. I guess it just depends on the style and tone of the film. The James Bond movies became basically comedies until the reboot with Craig.
Curious if anyone else had similar moments.
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 5:30 pm to SquatchDawg
Hands down, when Sunshine turns into a slasher flick.
Posted on 2/10/18 at 5:32 pm to SquatchDawg
Hancock got weird at the end.
Posted on 2/10/18 at 5:35 pm to SquatchDawg
Most Marvel movies where they have a good story and good character development and then always end in the same CGI heavy fight in the end.
Posted on 2/10/18 at 5:36 pm to SquatchDawg
i think sometimes the directors get way too focused on the narrow path and forget to step back and look at the whole body of work in an objective way.
i think that is where they get off track and start wondering far off from the story line the film was intended to be about.
like with TFA if they had skipped the giant planet weapon and solo falling off the bridge down a giant tunnel with a reactor at the bottom exactly like the movie before it and the one before it. at some point tweak the story so its not an instant replay just with different actors
i think that is where they get off track and start wondering far off from the story line the film was intended to be about.
like with TFA if they had skipped the giant planet weapon and solo falling off the bridge down a giant tunnel with a reactor at the bottom exactly like the movie before it and the one before it. at some point tweak the story so its not an instant replay just with different actors
This post was edited on 2/10/18 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 2/10/18 at 6:00 pm to SquatchDawg
I think the ending of Fury completely ruins it. A regiment of elite SS troops can’t take down a crippled tank and it’s crew of 5. bullshite
Posted on 2/10/18 at 6:00 pm to SquatchDawg
The shower scene in Schindler's list was tasteless, emotionally manipulative, and wholly unnecessary. That scene could have been removed and it wouldn't have affected the story one bit.
Posted on 2/10/18 at 9:14 pm to SquatchDawg
I don't know if Ocean's 12 falls under "good", but the Julia Roberts bullshite they pulled ruined the movie for me. Lazy lazy writing.
Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:17 pm to SquatchDawg
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As much as I love the LOTR movies - Legolas single handedly taking out the big elephant (oliphant?) was a bit much.
You have a lot of leeway with fantasy but even then you can go too far .... or at least farther than you should. I guess it just depends on the style and tone of the film.
LotR is high fantasy (as opposed to, say, GoT or the like) and that sort of thing is part of the genre. Notice how every single hero except for Boromir (and Boromir was 'fallen' when he betrayed the hobbits) went through orcs like they were Cabbage Patch Kids? They're essentially superhumans because that's how high fantasy works. Just so long as they don't do something impossible for their character -- none of them levitated and shot lightning bolts from their eyes, for instance -- they're going to get a lot of leeway.
Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:20 pm to SquatchDawg
AI should have ended when they were underwater instead of the Disney ending which finalized 15 minutes later.
Posted on 2/11/18 at 6:16 am to SquatchDawg
That Bollywood number at the end of Slum Dog Millionaire felt weird
Posted on 2/11/18 at 5:28 pm to SquatchDawg
quote:A fantastic line though after it lets me forgive it
As much as I love the LOTR movies - Legolas single handedly taking out the big elephant (oliphant?) was a bit much.
Still only counts as one.
I don't generally worry too much about certain scenes being "too much" but Leia surviving in vacuum was too much for me, and I actually liked TLJ overall
Posted on 2/12/18 at 2:26 pm to SquatchDawg
From Dusk till Dawn.....I just turn it off as soon as Trejo turns. Would've loved a whole movie just following the Gecko brothers' rampage.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 2:33 pm to SquatchDawg
quote:
As much as I love the LOTR movies - Legolas single handedly taking out the big elephant (oliphant?) was a bit much.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 2:35 pm to SquatchDawg
In the Mouth of Madness is the best 3/4 of a movie out there.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 2:39 pm to SquatchDawg
Yoda.
I could take the practical effects creatures, the stop-motion chess pieces, the obviously fake aliens...
But when an obvious Muppet showed up, and then he was blatantly voiced by Frank Oz...
frick that.
I could take the practical effects creatures, the stop-motion chess pieces, the obviously fake aliens...
But when an obvious Muppet showed up, and then he was blatantly voiced by Frank Oz...
frick that.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 7:03 am to SquatchDawg
Contact, when James Woods shows up. Especially when he motions the guys with the guns to come back in the room because he sees Hitler on a tv.
Stargate - everything after meeting the new civilization.
Stargate - everything after meeting the new civilization.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 9:11 am to SquatchDawg
By far for me was when Star Lord did the dance off to distract Ronan in GotG. That was so dumb and took me completely out of the movie. Almost completely ruined the movie for me.
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