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- Tue Dec 14, 2021 8:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why Top X Lists are Doomed to Failure
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9384
Why Top X Lists are Doomed to Failure
When I was in my teens, I loved Top X lists. 10 Greatest Science Fiction Movies. 100 Greatest Television Shows. Etc, etc. As I grew older, I realized most of these lists sucked, and then that ALL of them sucked. More recently, I realized that while it's excellent clickbait, these lists are by defini...
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:21 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Introducing TV Episodes to Criticker
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20997
Re: Introducing TV Episodes to Criticker
I love rating and reviewing anything and everything. I've rated movies, TV series, and games here and have written reviews for nearly all of them. And yet, I have no interest in doing so for specific TV episodes and agree that it causes unnecessary clutter and little else. It's hard to judge many ep...
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14340
Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
My view is that Hollywood movies haven't especially deteriorated, it's just that more people are discovering that films from other countries can be great too. A bold theory, except that it doesn't apply to either me (and I imagine) the vast majority of people on this forum, who all watch lots of fo...
- Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:23 am
- Forum: Full Reviews
- Topic: The Witcher 3 (2015)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5064
Re: The Witcher 3 (2015)
Semi-related, but I'm curious how many Witcher fans have read the stories that Sapkowski blatantly plagiarized from, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone?
- Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14340
Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Nope. Hollywood dies with the USA. It's a giant bussiness. Not just the artistic types or some obsessive auteurs... the brightest minds are working on movies, all the while they could've been working on curing cancer or a cold fusion device. Because there is money. A lot of money. Movies are a rela...
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14340
Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
haven't heard of most of these Ds. get off my lawn; no, it is the children who are wrong; etc,. Ironically, it's young people, especially Zoomers, who have zero interest in movies, especially compared to past generations. It's millennials like myself who are still watching movies, with a surprising...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14340
Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Good question. I don't think so. I think the demand for films like Fast and the Furious (part infinity) will always be there. F&F Part NINE has been out for less than 2 months and it's already grossed $700 million. I don't think this market is going anywhere soon. I'm not talking about the market f...
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14340
Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
I haven't seen half as many films as you have and based on a cursory glance at your profile my tastes are considerably more low-brow than yours, but I feel nothing but optimism about the future of cinema because the year 2019 saw many new films that just about moved me to tears. For obvious reasons...
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14340
Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
haven't heard of most of these Ds. get off my lawn; no, it is the children who are wrong; etc,. Ironically, it's young people, especially Zoomers, who have zero interest in movies, especially compared to past generations. It's millennials like myself who are still watching movies, with a surprising...
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14340
Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Highest scoring American films of the last five years: if we discount the documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (score 74; percentile 83), my two highest scores are (like you) Hail, Caesar! (score 72; percentile 80) and Paterson (score 70; percentile 76). The former of these tw...