Enrico_sw

By Henri Buffetaut

Femme Actuelle, 16 December 2019

Stéphanie Fazekas, 16 December 2019

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People are too shy in real life. People are too caricatural on the internet. The same person can be introvert in real life and unleashed online. True. It's the same for newspapers/media though: they know their audience and they try to cater to their preferences (though there's more and more disconnect between them and even their most faithful readers/viewers) Some youtubers are really talented, not just because of the content of their analyses, but because of their wit/creativity. The Critical Drinker's reviews are good, because he has a dark sarcastic kind of humour (and as a narrator, he built himself a funny/likeable character).

The Internet is a catalyst. People say things that they wouldn't say in real life, which is both good and bad. It's good in the sense that there is more honesty. It's bad in the sense that people can be disrespectful and they can try to caricture their own viewpoint to make it more visible (because Internet hates nuances) As you say, it magnifies both love/hate (it's on both sides - for TLJ, there were two opposite activist groups)

Sure, I agree with that.

Honestly, I'm not sure. Empire stood the test of time. TLJ didn't, it's too divisive and it's too ideologically marked. There are good things in the movie : the visuals are great, the score is not bad, the creativity is pretty decent. Trying to bring more tension/disruption in the movie was a good idea, but they should've done it better (creating a narrative structure is not easy, but there are a couple of rules that you can't avoid). Some characters are good, but mostly the character writing is garbage. It's not easy to make a character likeable, but there's an easy trick: creating empathy. They didn't do that at all. Anyway, you're right, to each their own. I don't remember people bringin the "ruined childhood" argument. Rian Johnson and the media shills brought this arugment, but it's mostly a strawman. The prequels aren't perfect. Far from it. The OT isn't perfect either. Nothing is perfect, but ranking is possible and SW sequels are in the bottom of the pit. Anyway, let's not forget the key element: identity politics is a franchise killer. I don't want to bring politics in this debate, but the studios did, and it's present in many critiques. TLJ got backlash mostly because of it (just read the critiques on RT). Same for Dark Fate. Bringing today's politics in a movie is a sure recipe to spawn both unreasonable lovers/haters. It's a risky bet for studios and they would've known it if there hadn't been shills in the media (it was easy to see it coming).

Lené Van Den Berg, Maxi France, 9 december 2019

Maxi magazine, France, 9 december 2019

Another proof that the shills from the access media have biased critics... the discrepancy between them and the audience is impressive.

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It's true that the Internet can be a bad place, but given what official movie critics have become, the Internet is salutary. Official critics have become shills who basically promote movies from the big studios. Hence, the said studios can't understand their failures, because their shoeshiners told everybody that their movies were perfect. That's why you have talented guys (like the Critical Drinker) that emerges out of the Internet.

This Scotsman nailed it, once again.

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is the perfect example of what you shouldn't do with tropes: you can't bring space aliens (and Roswell) in an Indiana Jones movie, that's just an impossible mixture. I'm surprised that nobody saw it coming.

If you talk about The Last Jedi, it's not the "originality" that made peopke angry. They could've made original choices without making key mistakes: - they should've respected certain tropes (that's the basics - and they broke the tropes, which they didn't need to do). Tropes aren't big constraints, they are just small beacons to remind you that you are in a certain universe. - the scenario is not consistent (not just with the franchise but within the same story) - some story arcs are useless (like Rose Tico's mission - which brought nothing to the main story) - characters aren't well built at all (like Rose Tico, who basically does an adolescence crisis in the movie, or Holdo who doesn't make any logical choice) - they sacrifice old characters for new ones (like Finn, who is a great character, is demeaned by Rose, or Luke who's a completely different character in the ST - you don't change a charcter this much without credible explanations)

Variety is one of the key aspects, you're right, but they also have to keep in mind the basics of good story telling: a robust scenario, complex characters and story consistency.

There are many sequels that were good. Aliens and Empire are great examples, but many others too. Here's a non exhaustive list: the Dark Knight, Kill Bill vol. 2, Indiana Jones and the temple of doom, Harry Potter movies, Mission Impossible series, James Bond series, LOTR series (it's based on epic books, so it helps I guess), the Godfather II, etc. (I could go on for a long list) Making a sequel is not good or bad per se. It depends on how talented the director and the team are. The problem with recent sequels (like Terminator) is that the teams lack creativity, originality, and they bascially forget that characters need complexity (that's why Mary Sues/Gary Stues never work). Then, when their movie fail, they say it's not their fault and they use politics to make up for their lack of talent.

Yep, you did, I remember it! If the Babylon Bee's articles were real news, the world would be much funnier than it is This one is pretty funny too https://babylonbee.com/news/rian-johnson-to-direct-mr-rogers-sequel-where-hes-just-bitter-old-man-who-doesnt-believe-in-all-that-be-kind-to-your-neighbor-crap-anymore

I love this video and it makes more sense than the movie... Rose Tico is definitely an undercover mole from the First Order