Your Best Films of the Year?

[professorlight]

I get all that you're saying, I read some reviews, and you made more than clear how good the movie is before (and no, I'm not watching it, I hate theaters), but those are rationalizations. You're trying to justify liking this move, I think.
But really there is nothing to justify; you just like the movie.

I've said I've seen something similar on one ocasion (well, a lot of ocasions) and I was kinda subjected to it too, so I found it curious to see it happening outside of that environment. I'm actually very interested in the phenomenon.

Would "modern without being cynical" be a better description?

Yes, but shouln't it have to be a bit cynical to be modern? especially when it focuses in subverting old standards?

I get all that you're saying, I read some reviews, and you made more than clear how good the movie is before (and no, I'm not watching it, I hate theaters), but those are rationalizations. You're trying to justify liking this move, I think.
But really there is nothing to justify; you just like the movie.

I've said I've seen something similar on one ocasion (well, a lot of ocasions) and I was kinda subjected to it too, so I found it curious to see it happening outside of that environment. I'm actually very interested in the phenomenon.

And what occasion is this?

My little pony, of course.

It's an extremely interesting case study. I've looked into it, and I noticed similar situations as with rusty and frozen.

 

[Rusty Sticks]

It's an extremely interesting case study. I've looked into it, and I noticed similar situations as with rusty and frozen.

Wow I'm part of a study that's super interesting I've never been--oh.

 

[professorlight]

It's an extremely interesting case study. I've looked into it, and I noticed similar situations as with rusty and frozen.

Wow I'm part of a study that's super interesting I've never been--oh.

C'mon... you don't need to be snarky.

It's not a study either, I just noticed something interesting and followed the trail a bit.

 

[Momaster12]

I can now kinda understand the hype with Frozen. I just finished watching it and I gotta say, it was pretty good. Not my favorite movie of the year but it was good. Which is kinda saying a lot because I really, really, really am not a fan of Disney musicals (besides The Lion King which doesn't come off as very musical-y to me).

Anyway, my best film of the year was The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

 

[Rusty Sticks]

I can now kinda understand the hype with Frozen. I just finished watching it and I gotta say, it was pretty good. Not my favorite movie of the year but it was good. Which is kinda saying a lot because I really, really, really am not a fan of Disney musicals (besides The Lion King which doesn't come off as very musical-y to me).

my master plan of getting everyone to like Frozen is working perfectly

 

[WanderingWolf]

I can now kinda understand the hype with Frozen. I just finished watching it and I gotta say, it was pretty good. Not my favorite movie of the year but it was good. Which is kinda saying a lot because I really, really, really am not a fan of Disney musicals (besides The Lion King which doesn't come off as very musical-y to me).

my master plan of getting everyone to like Frozen is working perfectly

except TPC stands in your way...

 

[Rusty Sticks]

my master plan of getting everyone to like Frozen is working perfectly

except TPC stands in your way...

In time...

 

[professorlight]

Don't worry; if this follows the trend of MLP (and so far it does), TPC will be in a ditch by... tomorrow, midday. And the frozen fanbase will have grown about 1000 percent.

By next thursday, most forums will have banned any discussion about frozen, and the fans will make their own forums.

 

[Momaster12]

What's TPC?

 

[Chaos Jackal]

TheTPCProductionz. Member here.
And in the end, I'll be left the only guy who doesn't like MLP and Frozen. Oh well.
Although Frozen was admittedly much better than other Disney movies. I just don't like the genre.

 

[TheTPCProductionz]

I don't like Frozen, I never will. My friends love the films, they both try and make me like it. I didn't like it end off. It was a cheesy film, that I assumed would be enjoyed by 8 year old girls.

 

[Rusty Sticks]

I don't like Frozen, I never will. My friends love the films, they both try and make me like it. I didn't like it end off. It was a cheesy film, that I assumed would be enjoyed by 8 year old girls.

Wow, what valid and insightful arguments against an otherwise universally acclaimed animated motion picture.

 

[Eagle4]

Universally acclaimed =/= everybody must like it and are wrong if they don't.

It's opinions! Embrace them

I personally don't want to see Frozen as it's not the type of film I watch, especially since it's aimed at a younger audience than how old I am currently. It would probably result in me cringing a lot.

EDIT: KEEP SENDING IN YOUR OSCAR NOMINATIONS. THE OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS WILL BE REVEALED NEXT WEEK SATURDAY...

 

[Rusty Sticks]

Universally acclaimed =/= everybody must like it and are wrong if they don't.

I'm fine with him not liking it. I would just like to hear more than "cheesy" or "aimed at 8 year olds".

MOVIE UPDATES
Lone Survivor was pretty cool. Heavy on patriotism and lots of explosions and loud noises, but otherwise a solid action film. Great performances by everyone, especially Mark Wahlberg.

Ride Along was...less than mediocre, I guess? Kevin Hart carries the film hard, it's really the only reason it was (barely) bearable (heh). But the plot is bad and literally every other character is terrible. If you like Kevin Hart, this is a must-see, otherwise I can't recommend it.

 

[professorlight]

Universally acclaimed =/= everybody must like it and are wrong if they don't.

I'm fine with him not liking it. I would just like to hear more than "cheesy" or "aimed at 8 year olds".

I would too; in this sort of matters is as important to hear why people like something as why people don't like the same thing.

 

[lovandra]

2014??? Or 2013??

Best movie I saw during 2013 probably Les Misarables *dont mind my spelling if I did wrong. Please*

Recently, Hobbit 2, I specially like about how the put the first scenes, so even my cousin who dont see the first movie can follow the story. And of course their setting, it is perfect and just getting better from their first movie and LoTR trilogy. Not like some long run movies that just.... well... turn out to be huge dissapointment.

They made Smaug design exactly how I figure it while reading The Red Book. How big and 'rich' he *or it???* is. The castle is magnificent, the lake city also, 'perfect'. I only kinda thing that the elf forest's gate kinda 'lack' *I grown up near forest and that gate is tooo tidy, imo*

For animation... I really like the cloud with the chance of meatball 2, have a really good *oh well, cute* design for living foods and have a really good sense humour too. I watched it 3 times and still laugh.

I also like The Heat. I watch it first, cause I think it will be similar to Miss Congeality *once again, I think I do some misspell here, please dont mind this, just PM me the correct one and Ill fix it )*, but turn out different and fun. I know this is not best movie. But I consider it as one of best movie I've watched this year.

Frozen is good but....
The song is good. Super good. The story is not bad but well, better said that Im not fans of the princess' 'happilly ever after' genre.. The design is feels like remake of tangled with just little change is hair and dress. Also lack of variation of facial expression. I can't help but thinking, while watching, that they can actually do so much better with this movie but finished it early to cut budget.

 

[TheTPCProductionz]

I don't like Frozen, I never will. My friends love the films, they both try and make me like it. I didn't like it end off. It was a cheesy film, that I assumed would be enjoyed by 8 year old girls.

Wow, what valid and insightful arguments against an otherwise universally acclaimed animated motion picture.

I'm sorry I haven't wrote an article as to why I didn't enjoy it, I didn't realise I had to. Also just because others like it, doesn't mean I need to.

The jokes were cringy and cheesy
The plot has been done before
It's typically Disney, nothing new or memorable
Hype made it seem revolutionary, it wasn't
If I was a 7 year old girl I might of enjoyed it, but I'm not


And then it's those who try force their opinions on others, everyone has a right to their own but you almost take it personal when someone doesn't like Frozen.

 

[Chaos Jackal]

OK people, drop the attitude please. Opinions are opinions, and that includes whether "cheesy" is a valid argument or not. You can freely discuss movies and try to convince others about them, but don't take it to a personal level. Thank you.

 

[Rusty Sticks]

Frozen is good but....
The song is good. Super good. The story is not bad but well, better said that Im not fans of the princess' 'happilly ever after' genre.. The design is feels like remake of tangled with just little change is hair and dress. Also lack of variation of facial expression. I can't help but thinking, while watching, that they can actually do so much better with this movie but finished it early to cut budget.

It feels like Tangled because Tangled was meant to be a tech demo for their new animation engine. Tangled is currently the second most expensive film of all time ($268 million, only behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End at $300 million). Wreck-It Ralph does a much better job of showing off what Disney's studio is capable of, but Frozen brought it full force in regards to the physics and stuff.

It regards to the budget thing, it wasn't so much budget, more time. They said they had so much written and prepared that the movie could have gone for nearly 3 hours. Obviously they couldn't have that, so they had to cut a lot of stuff and work around what they had. The final act had several songs, rather than cutting the songs at the end of the second act.

- a Kristoff exclusive song
- another rendition of "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?"
- a finale song at the very end

If you wanna some hear cool "Behind the Scenes", the soundtrack has several cut songs with the songwriters explaining how the story was going to go down and why the songs were cut.

The movie originally revolved around Elsa being warned of an ancient prophecy. It was prophecised that the kingdom would be locked in an eternal winter because of magic and junk. Elsa was afraid this was her, so she ran away, unknowingly making the prophecy come true. Everyone knew of her powers at this point, rather than her hiding them in isolation like she does in the actual film.

A lot of the old trailers remind me of Tangled. All of the Tangled trailers and commercials featured content that wasn't in the actual movie, for marketing purposes of course. The same occurred with Frozen, by portraying Elsa as evil, or at least ill-intentioned, when it reality it's the exact opposite.

 

[professorlight]

Look at you, embracing what you like instead of justifying it...

I'm so proud.

And in the end, I'll be left the only guy who doesn't like MLP and Frozen.

There's no escape, you will be assimilated, too.

one of us

one of us

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ONE OF US