The cameos were super shoved in there and gratuitous and I didn't love how action movie fighting times it got towards the end but I still really, really liked the movie. Like others have said, McKinnon and Hemsworth totally steal the show.
I liked Mckinnon but had never seen her in anything else. Now that I know her better I think her habit of pulling focus as hard as she possibly can would probably annoy me more.
Almost nothing like the anime film. Gets kinda slow about a third of the way through, and some plot twists were telegraphed too early. Still decent overall.
I didn't even know they adapted that to live-action
Huh
I really loved The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as an animated movie. It wasn't really that interesting a plot, the characters are likeable but nothing special, but none of that matters because the animation is fantastic and takes real joy in just like, capturing movement. Without that sense of, well, animation, I don't really know what the appeal of a girl who leapt through time movie would be.
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
The cameos were super shoved in there and gratuitous and I didn't love how action movie fighting times it got towards the end but I still really, really liked the movie. Like others have said, McKinnon and Hemsworth totally steal the show.
I thought Aykroyd's cameo was delightful
Having him
straight up say "I ain't afraid of no ghost" was too much for me
if it was the only cameo sure but there were so many and they were all super jarring
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I had no problem with any of the cameos since they were all super quick.
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That Ozzy cameo would have been baffling when the Osbournes was even on.
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I'm very momentum based in movie watching. Basically if something starts the momentum, say a really weird cameo, or Thor's magic bath in Avengers 2, it takes me awhile to get myself back into the story.
So stuff like that can drastically diminish my enjoyment, even if it's just a fraction of the movie's runtime.
I don't remember anyone in the movie even mentioning his height or attractiveness as a negative once? He looked like an average height average attractiveness white nerd, it was his actions in trying to kill everyone that were repulsive, not his appearance
Gender swap it. Cast Mcarthy in that role. Never mention her weight, but treat her as equally repulsive. How convinced would you be if someone told you there was no subtext about her attractiveness making her less worthwhile as a person?
But this is the point I'm trying to make, Mcarthy is in this movie! She's the hero, she saves the world! She doesn't fit societal standards of attractiveness etc anymore than he does, but there's no negative subtext about her character because of that is there?
If the heroes were all super attractive popular people then yeah, there'd be a clear subtext, but they aren't. They're outcasts who are looked down on just like he is. They might be friends with each other (which develops over the movie) but everyone else in the movie treats them poorly.
He has an entire speech about how shitty his life is and it mirrors their experiences completely, he's the villain because of his actions, not his appearance
I haven't actually watched the new ghostbusters, so I'm only going off of what you guys are saying about it.
But just because a movie is progressive and accepting about one issue doesn't mean it is therefore without sin everywhere else.
The movie can be accepting of Mcarthy's physical appearance, while also belittling the male character for his appearance.
That is, after all, a real social dynamic, both for men and women. Plenty of unpopular and unattractive people still judge other people negatively for being unpopular or unattractive.
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I think improv to work for me requires a lot more restraint than a lot of comedies provide. The everybody goes for broke on being the funniest character just ends up exhausting me at best or annoying the piss outta me at worst.
@Gustav, you should look up the Robot-Pirate-Ninja theory for collabrative improv' comedy.
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Improv comedy must surely be the performance art that requires the most audience goodwill, the slightest hostility or even neutrality turns the proceedings into a real bloodbath
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I did improv for a bit at an improv restaurant, but the people I worked with always, without fail, went for the laugh line or the spotlight. It was Bad Improv.
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I think improv to work for me requires a lot more restraint than a lot of comedies provide. The everybody goes for broke on being the funniest character just ends up exhausting me at best or annoying the piss outta me at worst.
@Gustav, you should look up the Robot-Pirate-Ninja theory for collabrative improv' comedy.
Reading that and yeah. The world has too many fucking pirates.
you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
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you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
I hate that he's correct here.
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you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
There's some really good garbage out there!
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I think schlock often is made with more heart and care than giant blockbusters too
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I have yet to be disappointed by an AJ suggestion. He's honestly my go to if I'm curious about a movie because we have similar taste but I know where our differences lie.
you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
I hate that he's correct here.
The fuck do dogs know about movies
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I think schlock often is made with more heart and care than giant blockbusters too
Giant blockbusters have a whoooole bunch of pieces dictated by people who do not care anything about film as an art or piece of entertainment. If Film makers are not careful, that can bleed through into the final work extremely quickly.
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you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
I hate that he's correct here.
The fuck do dogs know about movies
They know when a dog's in the movie.
which is a very good indication that the movie is good
you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
You watch fucking garbage constantly
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
I hate that he's correct here.
The fuck do dogs know about movies
Bark bark I'm a dog
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Does the Dog Die? is pretty much the only site I need to tell me if a movie will be good or not.
Does the Dog Die? is pretty much the only site I need to tell me if a movie will be good or not.
Yeah, I would have never seen Where the Red Fern grows without it.
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My dad called me a couple years back and was crying. Through his tears he asked if I had ever seen Where the Red Fern Grows, because if I hadn't I shouldn't.
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I thought Aykroyd's cameo was delightful
He ain't gonna be in your movie for any amount of money
I really loved The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as an animated movie. It wasn't really that interesting a plot, the characters are likeable but nothing special, but none of that matters because the animation is fantastic and takes real joy in just like, capturing movement. Without that sense of, well, animation, I don't really know what the appeal of a girl who leapt through time movie would be.
if it was the only cameo sure but there were so many and they were all super jarring
So stuff like that can drastically diminish my enjoyment, even if it's just a fraction of the movie's runtime.
you really only get one chance to not fuck it up for me in a movie
it takes a lot to gain my good will back when you do
This is one of the reasons why I dont like GotG as much as other people.
I wish I had more hands so I could double the number of birds I'm flipping at you.
wait how can you flip two birds and type at the same time
are you a greedy goro
do you want eight arms?
do you want to be more octopus than man?
Look, Moriveth has gone of this. He is just a normal human, alright?
You watch fucking garbage
constantly
I daresay that's kind of his whole deal
I haven't actually watched the new ghostbusters, so I'm only going off of what you guys are saying about it.
But just because a movie is progressive and accepting about one issue doesn't mean it is therefore without sin everywhere else.
The movie can be accepting of Mcarthy's physical appearance, while also belittling the male character for his appearance.
That is, after all, a real social dynamic, both for men and women. Plenty of unpopular and unattractive people still judge other people negatively for being unpopular or unattractive.
Watching a bad movie is for the joy of bumper cars versus a smooth ride. Being baffled and taken out of the movie can be like half the fun there.
Other times they actually do keep the tone the whole way through and commitment to something bizarre is super endearing.
@Gustav, you should look up the Robot-Pirate-Ninja theory for collabrative improv' comedy.
Oh, oh...
I have stories.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
Reading that and yeah. The world has too many fucking pirates.
okay a few things:
1. to say that all i watch is garbage is completely incorrect and it's incredibly tired. dogg, i seen more great films that most people have seen films. period. in any given year. and dogs that actually listen to my recommendations are almost never disappointed.
2. fucking it up has nothing to do with overall quality, or quality in general: just the reaction to a singular moment in the film
3. i fail to see how my personal taste has anything to do with the statement i made?
I hate that he's correct here.
There's some really good garbage out there!
The fuck do dogs know about movies
Giant blockbusters have a whoooole bunch of pieces dictated by people who do not care anything about film as an art or piece of entertainment. If Film makers are not careful, that can bleed through into the final work extremely quickly.
I mean, they can't even look up.
They know when a dog's in the movie.
which is a very good indication that the movie is good
Bark bark I'm a dog
Yeah, I would have never seen Where the Red Fern grows without it.