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Doe
07/16/17 5:54:23 PM
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They hate all of the previous Spiderman movies (before Homecoming) and Logan because they're "too depressing"

Like literally if something is not 100% sunshine and rainbows then its bad
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Doe
07/16/17 6:05:08 PM
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PrettyBoyFloyd
07/16/17 6:31:06 PM
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Yea mine and people in my circle are like that too.

Everything has to have a happy or positive ending.

They would not tolerate something like The Deer Hunter or Taxi Driver.

One of them saw the ending of Escape From Alcatraz one time when it was on TV and wondered why it didn't end like The Shawshank Redemption.

Tried to explain why it wouldn't make sense for the guys to be in Mexico having a beer together at the end.
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El Mexicano Texano
07/16/17 6:33:00 PM
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Don't worry TC I'm sure someone else here is as depressing and emo as you.
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Deadpool_18
07/16/17 6:34:26 PM
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El Mexicano Texano posted...
Don't worry TC I'm sure someone else here is as depressing and emo as you.


It's like it's impossible to familiarize yourself with the entire spectrum of human emotion, or something.
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Slip-N-Slide
07/16/17 6:36:23 PM
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Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.
The reason to hate them is because they're boring, generic, cliched, poorly acted and melodramatic action superhero movies, and yes I mean the first two Rami movies as well.
They have enjoyable performances in the first two that kind of make it fun in an over the top way, but 3 is straight up ass juice but at least you can laugh at how bad it is. The ASM two movies just suck ass and don't even have enjoyable performances or anything either.
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Deadpool_18
07/16/17 6:37:46 PM
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Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.
The reason to hate them is because they're boring, generic, cliched, poorly acted and melodramatic action superhero movies, and yes I mean the first two Rami movies as well.
They have enjoyable performances in the first two that kind of make it fun in an over the top way, but 3 is straight up ass juice but at least you can laugh at how bad it is. The ASM two movies just suck ass and don't even have enjoyable performances or anything either.


The first ASM was fun.
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Feline_Heart
07/16/17 6:38:19 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.
The reason to hate them is because they're boring, generic, cliched, poorly acted and melodramatic action superhero movies, and yes I mean the first two Rami movies as well.
They have enjoyable performances in the first two that kind of make it fun in an over the top way, but 3 is straight up ass juice but at least you can laugh at how bad it is. The ASM two movies just suck ass and don't even have enjoyable performances or anything either.


The first ASM was fun.

Yeah. And his chemistry with Gwen was great.
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Doe
07/16/17 6:40:04 PM
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Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.
The reason to hate them is because they're boring, generic, cliched, poorly acted and melodramatic action superhero movies, and yes I mean the first two Rami movies as well.
They have enjoyable performances in the first two that kind of make it fun in an over the top way, but 3 is straight up ass juice but at least you can laugh at how bad it is. The ASM two movies just suck ass and don't even have enjoyable performances or anything either.

Spiderman 1 and 2 are great and Amazing Spiderman 1 was okay
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prince_leo
07/16/17 6:40:39 PM
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better than my family, every time I visit they ask me what movies i've watched and unless it's a major blockbuster with lots of action in it, they've never even heard of it
and i'm not talking about niche cannes film festival stuff
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Feline_Heart
07/16/17 6:41:23 PM
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prince_leo posted...
better than my family, every time I visit they ask me what movies i've watched and unless it's a major blockbuster with lots of action in it, they've never even heard of it
and i'm not talking about niche cannes film festival stuff

Do you bring over some of those movies and watch it with them?
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Skye Reynolds
07/16/17 6:45:02 PM
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Spider-Man should be a fun character.

His costume is bright and colorful. His powers are fun. He's witty. Plus he's a geek who gets a supermodel. It's fine to have moments of drama and angst, but those things should never define him. While I disapprove of most of the character choices when it comes to his supporting cast, I approve of Marvel making him a fun and lighthearted character.
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Deadpool_18
07/16/17 6:46:04 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Spider-Man should be a fun character.

His costume is bright and colorful. His powers are fun. He's witty. Plus he's a geek who gets a supermodel. It's fine to have moments of drama and angst, but those things should never define him. While I disapprove of most of the character choices when it comes to his supporting cast, I approve of Marvel making him a fun and lighthearted character.


A lot of depressing moments define who Spider-Man is...
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Doe
07/16/17 6:50:13 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Spider-Man should be a fun character.

His costume is bright and colorful. His powers are fun. He's witty. Plus he's a geek who gets a supermodel. It's fine to have moments of drama and angst, but those things should never define him. While I disapprove of most of the character choices when it comes to his supporting cast, I approve of Marvel making him a fun and lighthearted character.

I'm not saying Homecoming isn't dark enough. My family just hates anything that is remotely dark. Logan, The Dark Knight/Rises, Spiderman 1/2, Wonder Woman, the list goes on.
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Feline_Heart
07/16/17 6:50:48 PM
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How is Wonder Woman dark lmao?
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Slip-N-Slide
07/16/17 6:52:32 PM
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Doe posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.
The reason to hate them is because they're boring, generic, cliched, poorly acted and melodramatic action superhero movies, and yes I mean the first two Rami movies as well.
They have enjoyable performances in the first two that kind of make it fun in an over the top way, but 3 is straight up ass juice but at least you can laugh at how bad it is. The ASM two movies just suck ass and don't even have enjoyable performances or anything either.

Spiderman 1 and 2 are great and Amazing Spiderman 1 was okay

The Rami movies just feel too over the top, melodramatic, and, well, cartoonish. Which I guess you can argue that has a certain fun charm to it, and it fits the characters and his original mediums, but I wouldn't consider them to be among legitimately great movies, more like a fun popcorn flick.
I remember having hopes for ASM 1 but was very disappointed and didn't really find anything at all interesting, engaging, or even just fun enough for me to care about anyone or anything, and ASM2 made AMS1 look good.
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__aCEr__
07/16/17 6:52:35 PM
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A moment of drama shouldn't define Spider-Man? Uncle Ben's death (quite a dramatic moment) is the backbone of Spider-Man's character.
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Doe
07/16/17 6:55:19 PM
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Feline_Heart posted...
How is Wonder Woman dark lmao?

They didn't like the male lead suiciding
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Skye Reynolds
07/16/17 6:56:24 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
A lot of depressing moments define who Spider-Man is...


It's cool that he's the first superhero to lose a recurring girlfriend character, and having his best friend become a villain is pretty fitting too, but not every character has to be a Punisher or a Dark Knight. It's good for a guy like Spider-Man to have moments of drama and doubt, but he shouldn't be another puppet of a system which promotes nothing but sorrow and angst.

Whatever happened to wish fulfillment stories? Whatever happened to getting the girl, saving the world, or making a fortune? Winning the respect of one's peers? Now all I see is a bunch of would-be highbrows who think that they're some kind of philosopher sophisticate just because they willful see the glass as half empty at all times.


I'm sick of it. I've been sick of it. I was tired of Hollywood's grit, angst, and self-pity a decade ago. It's a breath of fresh air to have a character who isn't afraid to have a moment's fun without it just being the prelude to him losing the one he loves most and spending the rest of his life as a broken shell of a human being.

The Incredible Hulk seems like a guy who has an uphill battle if he wants to be happy. I fully believe that Punisher is a guy who's never again gonna have a moment's peace. Go make them angsty. Let Spider-Man have his moments of frustration where its raining and he's kicking the wall, but let the sun shine shortly afterward and let him get back to who he aught to be.
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prince_leo
07/16/17 6:57:23 PM
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Feline_Heart posted...
Do you bring over some of those movies and watch it with them?

nah, they're not interested and our times are valuable so we're not gonna watch a movie when we do get together
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Feline_Heart
07/16/17 7:01:57 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
__aCEr__ posted...
A moment of drama shouldn't define Spider-Man? Uncle Ben's death (quite a dramatic moment) is the backbone of Spider-Man's character.


I've lost someone too.


Now let me spend the rest of my life ignoring my looks, my intelligence, my super powers, and the myriad beauties Jonesing for my Spider-Balls because it's trendy to be full of angst. :/

We're you directly responible for the death of someone you loved? Were you seconds away from saving the person you intended to marry? Have you accidentally ruined people's lives and driven them insane? Because that's all stuff that Pete has had to deal with
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Skye Reynolds
07/16/17 7:03:39 PM
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Feline_Heart posted...
We're you directly responible for the death of someone you loved? Were you seconds away from saving the person you intended to marry? Have you accidentally ruined people's lives and driven them insane? Because that's all stuff that Pete has had to deal with



Writers try way too hard to make his life seem awful.

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Superlinkbro
07/16/17 7:05:41 PM
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Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.

Lmao room is not depressing.
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Skye Reynolds
07/16/17 7:06:27 PM
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Nothing beats Spider-Sperm giving Mary Jane cancer.


Tasteless, edgy, try hard, Marvel's comic "writers" in a nutshell.
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Feline_Heart
07/16/17 7:07:56 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Nothing beats Spider-Sperm giving Mary Jane cancer.


Tasteless, edgy, try hard, Marvel's comic "writers" in a nutshell.

They went too far when they had Peter make a deal with the devil to sacrifice all his memories of being married to Marry Jane in order to save Aunt May's life
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Skye Reynolds
07/16/17 7:12:07 PM
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Feline_Heart posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
Nothing beats Spider-Sperm giving Mary Jane cancer.


Tasteless, edgy, try hard, Marvel's comic "writers" in a nutshell.

They went too far when they had Peter make a deal with the devil to sacrifice all his memories of being married to Marry Jane in order to save Aunt May's life



You know, if they wanted Aunt May back, even disregarding the Ultimate universe, I think people would have been okay with Marvel introducing a standalone Spider-Man comic. If they really wanted Spider-Man younger and Aunt May alive, they could have just satisfied that need with a standalone comic aimed at new readers.
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Slip-N-Slide
07/16/17 7:12:24 PM
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Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.

Lmao room is not depressing.

How is it not depressing?
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ehhwhatever
07/16/17 7:16:47 PM
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Slip-N-Slide posted...
Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.

Lmao room is not depressing.

How is it not depressing?

Maybe because a scene was cut from the movie?
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Superlinkbro
07/16/17 7:33:14 PM
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Slip-N-Slide posted...
Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.

Lmao room is not depressing.

How is it not depressing?

You mean The Room, with Tommy Wiseau right?
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Slip-N-Slide
07/16/17 7:36:54 PM
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ehhwhatever posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.

Lmao room is not depressing.

How is it not depressing?

Maybe because a scene was cut from the movie?

I mean yeah that scene would've definitely cranked it up to 11 but literally the enitre movie is still depressing up to that point. I'm not saying it's the most depressing movie or anything, just that it's a pretty depressing movie. I don't know what kind of person could watch that and then just say "lmao Room is not depressing". I mean yeah theres multiple things that could've been done that would've made it more depressing but that doesn't mean it wasn't still depressing.
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Slip-N-Slide
07/16/17 7:38:17 PM
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Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.

Lmao room is not depressing.

How is it not depressing?

You mean The Room, with Tommy Wiseau right?

No I mean the 2015 movie Room.
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Superlinkbro
07/16/17 7:39:37 PM
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Slip-N-Slide posted...
Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Superlinkbro posted...
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Why would they hate them because they're too depressing? They're not close to depressing. If you want depressing put on Room or something.

Lmao room is not depressing.

How is it not depressing?

You mean The Room, with Tommy Wiseau right?

No I mean the 2015 movie Room.

Oh nevermind then.
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