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Topic	The SephG Top 250 [movies] - Topic II: the top 75
Mr Lasastryke 08/16/19 11:02:42 AM #437:	SeabassDebeste posted... "Guy finds out world is a simulation, but he uses this to do absurd martial arts stunts" sounds like a great premise for a movie. My problem is that based on watching the film, there's very little that I can think of to make Raging Bull sound good to me. raging bull is about more than what you wrote in that synopsis too. you didn't mention how it brilliantly incorporates the "i coulda been a contender" scene from on the waterfront in the ending, for instance. obviously, you're always going to miss tons of stuff if you're trying to summarize a movie into one line of text. your synopsis for the matrix sounds cool, but i wouldn't say it perfectly sums up why it's generally regarded as a classic. just seems weird to completely dismiss a movie based on its premise. like, the IMDb synopsis for the shawshank redemption ("Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency") doesn't sound super interesting to me either, yet it's a great movie. an idea for a film is one thing but execution is way more important. Also Up is like, pretty harmless aside from the first 5 minutes. The rest of it isn't as good, but it's not like we're dealing with a bad movie to begin with. i'd disagree with that. it's extremely tonally inconsistent, trying to balance serious moments with humor (painfully unfunny humor for the most part, i might add), which results in it being all over the place. i'm fine with describing it as "pretty harmless," but it always rubs me the wrong way when people act like it's some kind of classic. it seems like they forget that after the amazing opening, there's still an entire movie to go that really isn't that great. it's pretty weird because no other movie gets this kind of preferential treatment because of one small portion. for example, i'd say finding dory is a pretty mediocre movie with a few great scenes, but nobody showers that movie with praise just because of a few scenes. --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta <cite>Mr Lasastryke posted [p:926141686] in The SephG ... [t:77811548]...</cite> <quote>SeabassDebeste posted...</cite> <quote>"Guy finds out world is a simulation, but he uses this to do absurd martial arts stunts" sounds like a great premise for a movie. My problem is that based on watching the film, there's very little that I can think of to make Raging Bull sound good to me.</quote> raging bull is about more than what you wrote in that synopsis too. you didn't mention how it brilliantly incorporates the "i coulda been a contender" scene from on the waterfront in the ending, for instance. obviously, you're always going to miss tons of stuff if you're trying to summarize a movie into one line of text. your synopsis for the matrix sounds cool, but i wouldn't say it perfectly sums up why it's generally regarded as a classic. just seems weird to completely dismiss a movie based on its premise. like, the IMDb synopsis for the shawshank redemption ("Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency") doesn't sound super interesting to me either, yet it's a great movie. an idea for a film is one thing but execution is way more important. <quote>Also Up is like, pretty harmless aside from the first 5 minutes. The rest of it isn't as good, but it's not like we're dealing with a bad movie to begin with.</quote> i'd disagree with that. it's extremely tonally inconsistent, trying to balance serious moments with humor (painfully unfunny humor for the most part, i might add), which results in it being all over the place. i'm fine with describing it as "pretty harmless," but it always rubs me the wrong way when people act like it's some kind of classic. it seems like they forget that after the amazing opening, there's still an entire movie to go that really isn't that great. it's pretty weird because no other movie gets this kind of preferential treatment because of one small portion. for example, i'd say finding dory is a pretty mediocre movie with a few great scenes, but nobody showers that movie with praise just because of a few scenes. --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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