Re: Why the love?
There is a lot of negativity on the internet. No doubt. But I don't know if a mainstream film really needs championing. An indie film or something you saw at a film festival (little known stuff) but a mainstream Summer hit I don't think you have to go to the wall for. There are films that are gems that no one knows about or even heard about and I completely agree they need your love & support (if you like 'em). I saw a film called "Shimmer Lake" on Netflix the other day. Never ever heard of it and it was newish. It held my attention. It had tons of known actors. Some of the dialogue was clever. I mildly liked it (it was a tad boring). It even made me smile a few times. I don't know a single person whose seen that or that has heard of it. On the other hand our culture (not saying on this board) is people seem like they would rather see IRON MAN 4 so if I suggested a different type of film they not only are not likely to see it but if they do they might expect spandex and capes...
Remember that movie LET THE RIGHT ONE IN? The kid vampire film from Holland or Sweden (?). They ended up remaking it. Anyway I saw the original at a film festival slightly ahead of most people. I liked it a lot. It was a different take on being a vampire. I had these co-workers that claimed they wanted to see a cool horror movie and that horror films suck of late (this was about 10 years ago). I said they should look for LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. They seemed psyched. Someone got a hold of it and they saw it. They didn't like it at all. They must have had whole conversations about me that night because somehow it was my fault for suggesting they watch it. What they really wanted was SAW 6 or whatever was out at the time. Not their fault or mine just different opinions.
There is a lot of negativity on the internet. No doubt. But I don't know if a mainstream film really needs championing. An indie film or something you saw at a film festival (little known stuff) but a mainstream Summer hit I don't think you have to go to the wall for. There are films that are gems that no one knows about or even heard about and I completely agree they need your love & support (if you like 'em). I saw a film called "Shimmer Lake" on Netflix the other day. Never ever heard of it and it was newish. It held my attention. It had tons of known actors. Some of the dialogue was clever. I mildly liked it (it was a tad boring). It even made me smile a few times. I don't know a single person whose seen that or that has heard of it. On the other hand our culture (not saying on this board) is people seem like they would rather see IRON MAN 4 so if I suggested a different type of film they not only are not likely to see it but if they do they might expect spandex and capes...
Remember that movie LET THE RIGHT ONE IN? The kid vampire film from Holland or Sweden (?). They ended up remaking it. Anyway I saw the original at a film festival slightly ahead of most people. I liked it a lot. It was a different take on being a vampire. I had these co-workers that claimed they wanted to see a cool horror movie and that horror films suck of late (this was about 10 years ago). I said they should look for LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. They seemed psyched. Someone got a hold of it and they saw it. They didn't like it at all. They must have had whole conversations about me that night because somehow it was my fault for suggesting they watch it. What they really wanted was SAW 6 or whatever was out at the time. Not their fault or mine just different opinions.
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