Cinema General

[Fabricant451]

Leave it to a trailer to turn everyone into Konstantin Stanislavsky

[Fabricant451]

Into the Spiderverse is both the best Spider-Man movie and the best animated movie of the year.

[Hey Im Jordan]

Into the Spiderverse is both the best Spider-Man movie and the best animated movie of the year.

@Fabricant451

I'll drink to that. That movie is phenomenal.

[SleepingSilence]

Well I've heard several people now praising the movie to high heaven. I guess I need to stop reading journalism about movies when they come out, because they actively make me want to avoid watching things. <.<

[Dolerman]

I guess I need to stop reading journalism about movies when they come out

@SleepingSilence

What journalism do you mean? Everything I've seen about the movie has been positive.

[Dolerman]

Into the Spiderverse is both the best Spider-Man movie and the best animated movie of the year.

@Fabricant451

Not exactly a high bar we are setting is it?

[SleepingSilence]

What journalism do you mean? Everything I've seen about the movie has been positive.

@Dynamo Frokane

Well it *was* positive coverage, but the way it was praised and what was focused on made it sound very unappealing. (basically equivalent to think pieces, and just as badly written and half-assed as that implies.) It was several outlets too, likely all copying off each other.

But I'm glad that it seems to be getting generally good coverage, because the trailer didn't exactly hype me up and I like Miles Morales as a character. (And we need more actually well-made animated movies.) But my next challenge is finding someone to *see* it with, maybe I can convince my roommate to go.

[Hey Im Jordan]

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Well it *was* positive coverage, but the way it was praised and what was focused on made it sound very unappealing. (basically equivalent to think pieces, and just as badly written and half-assed as that implies.) It was several outlets too, likely all copying off each other.

But I'm glad that it seems to be getting generally good coverage, because the trailer didn't exactly hype me up and I like Miles Morales as a character. (And we need more actually well-made animated movies.) But my next challenge is finding someone to *see* it with, maybe I can convince my roommate to go.

@SleepingSilence

That trailerdidn't hype you up? I'm convinced now. You are actively trying to hate things. There's no other explanation for why you act the way you do.

[Fabricant451]

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Not exactly a high bar we are setting is it?

@Dynamo Frokane

Being first place in a three person race is still first place.

[Fabricant451]

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Well it *was* positive coverage, but the way it was praised and what was focused on made it sound very unappealing. (basically equivalent to think pieces, and just as badly written and half-assed as that implies.) It was several outlets too, likely all copying off each other.

@SleepingSilence

I'm not saying this is what you're getting at but this makes it seem like you're reading stuff from like The Root and how unapologetically urban it is and extrapolating from that. Either that or just bad reviews.

[SleepingSilence]

That trailerdidn't hype you up? I'm convinced now. You are actively trying to hate things. There's no other explanation for why you act the way you do.

@Hey Im Jordan

Not the only one. XD

Well when it was first introduced and promoted, it didn't show "Spider-Ham". So I sort of had a different genre/tone in mind. The other trailer gave 'this will be the teen titans/big hero six movie' vibes. ^_^'

@Fabricant451
Not entirely wrong. Not like I go out of my way to find things. I just google "reviews" and see whatever is the most promoted and popularly shared.

[Fabricant451]

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Not the only one. XD

Well when it was first introduced and promoted, it didn't show "Spider-Ham". So I sort of had a different genre/tone in mind. The other trailer gave 'this will be the teen titans/big hero six movie' vibes. ^_^'

@SleepingSilence

The first trailer had a blend of comedy and Spider-Man stuff and was still fairly lighthearted throughout. I'm not sure quite what tone you had in mind but Spider-Ham was just the cherry on an already humorous sundae.

[Lurking Shadow]

I try to ignore movie trailers as they often either misconceive what the movie is about to some degree or spoil it. I'll prob check out the spider-verse movie at some point but I'm short on funds and what I do have is going towards They Shall Not Grow Old as I enjoy most of Jackson's films and I am interested in seeing all these old Great War films restored and colorized even if I'm paying a premium for 3-d.

[Dolerman]

@Fabricant451

Being first in a one person race more like.

[Dolerman]

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Well it *was* positive coverage, but the way it was praised and what was focused on made it sound very unappealing. (basically equivalent to think pieces, and just as badly written and half-assed as that implies.) It was several outlets too, likely all copying off each other

@SleepingSilence

And what were these outlets praising that you saw as a negative?

[SleepingSilence]

@Dynamo Frokane Honestly, I don't remember the names. It's the kind of stuff you read, your eyes roll and you eliminate it from your memory.

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On that note, went to see it while friends were over and when roommate wasn't busy. And yeah, it was good. Third act/battle dragged a bit and there's a nitpick here and there. But glad I saw it.

[Dolerman]

@SleepingSilence Oh no sorry I didnt mean the names of the outlets I meant what did they say that made your eyes roll?

[SleepingSilence]

@Dynamo Frokane To generalize, because late at night and using phone, they seemed to be heavily politicizing it. And the movie wasn't political at all, so I don't know why it was spun that way.

The Root article that was previously mentioned is kind of at that level.

I digress. Never take critics so seriously, moral of the story.

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Watched The Ritual, it was Kay. Didn't hate the ending as much as people seem to on IMDB. Felt a touch too quick in its pacing, but creature design was interesting.

If I stay up, and I probably will. Maybe I'll finally try watching 'Get Out', Or 'It Comes At Night.' Since they're both supposed to be unbridled masterpieces.

*movies may not be watchable as I previously thought.*

[Fabricant451]

@Dynamo Frokane I stand by my earlier comments. There have been three good Spider-Man movies and one that is just okay but a victim of its own era.

@Dynamo Frokane To generalize, because late at night and using phone, they seemed to be heavily politicizing it. And the movie wasn't political at all, so I don't know why it was spun that way.

@SleepingSilence

Just because something isn't blatantly political doesn't mean it isn't. Spiderverse might not be as aggressive as Black Panther but it's still making a statement with its existence and presentation anyway.

[Hey Im Jordan]

@Dynamo Frokane I stand by my earlier comments. There have been three good Spider-Man movies and one that is just okay but a victim of its own era.

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Just because something isn't blatantly political doesn't mean it isn't. Spiderverse might not be as aggressive as Black Panther but it's still making a statement with its existence and presentation anyway.

@Fabricant451

the only statement it made to me is i no longer want disney to buy sony pictures