Name a movie that ended up being a victim of its own production decisions? (i.e. mIscast, too long, bad ending etc.) The winner gets the honor of posting the next question the following Monday.
On the one hand it was always doomed having been handed the baton ten strides behind the original trilogy thanks to the tangled-in-the-blocks Phantom Menace, and the tripped-over-its-own-shoes Attack of the Clones.
But it could have made up for that weak start with a few key changes such as:
1) Radically reducing the CGI and focusing on the emotional story of Anakin vs. Temptation and evil. First gen CGI is in EVERY SINGLE FRAME and it's the death blow to this trilogy.
2) Eliminate the Gen. Grievous character entirely. It's a pointless distraction. The only big bad you need is puppet master Palpetine.
3) Make Palpetine trick Anakin into believing that the JEDI KILLED Padme along with the entire Senate. Then he could go rage berserker out of a sense of dissolution and betrayal.
I’m going to jump in with the obvious while I have the chance — Oppenheimer. It’s full of repulsive characters, a women-only-as-sex-and-ego-affirmation message, and soooo boring. You wouldn’t think a movie about the potential end of the world could be so dull, but this one manages it. The acting was incredible but not enough to save this presumptuous dumpster fire which demands way too much grace from moviegoers.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
On the one hand it was always doomed having been handed the baton ten strides behind the original trilogy thanks to the tangled-in-the-blocks Phantom Menace, and the tripped-over-its-own-shoes Attack of the Clones.
But it could have made up for that weak start with a few key changes such as:
1) Radically reducing the CGI and focusing on the emotional story of Anakin vs. Temptation and evil. First gen CGI is in EVERY SINGLE FRAME and it's the death blow to this trilogy.
2) Eliminate the Gen. Grievous character entirely. It's a pointless distraction. The only big bad you need is puppet master Palpetine.
3) Make Palpetine trick Anakin into believing that the JEDI KILLED Padme along with the entire Senate. Then he could go rage berserker out of a sense of dissolution and betrayal.
And the winner is Shannon with Oppenheimer. Congratulations, Shannon, you get to choose Monday's question.
I’m going to jump in with the obvious while I have the chance — Oppenheimer. It’s full of repulsive characters, a women-only-as-sex-and-ego-affirmation message, and soooo boring. You wouldn’t think a movie about the potential end of the world could be so dull, but this one manages it. The acting was incredible but not enough to save this presumptuous dumpster fire which demands way too much grace from moviegoers.
Now I want to see it just to see if it really measures down to the likes of Hoffa or, yes, Revenge of the Sith.
Use a spoon, it will hurt more.