Hi ?

Lol

Doesn’t it get you off? 😜

You're immense.

Chris' personality literally changed. I like the old one more.

Long live physical media! Streaming services can suck it!

that’s probably because of the death of the video store. Movies like Shawshank Redemption was a major success on video/DVD but not in cinemas.

That doesn't make much sense to me, because they still have to produce and distribute the DVDs whether they sell or not. It's not like the publisher just sends out free discs to all the retail stores, and gets paid a small cut of the profits whenever a customer buys a copy at Walmart. The stores pre-buy a set amount of units based on how many they think they can sell, and whether any of move or not, or wind up in the bargain bin, Matt Damon has still made his money. This process results in a ton of physical waste, not to mention the cost of making and shipping countless units that may never sell to anyone. In digital distribution, there is no cost of physical distribution, no scarcity, and whoever wants to rent or buy the movie can do so, no matter where they are. It doesn't matter if the audience is spread out around the world, as long as there's some number of people interested in it, it can find success. Netflix gets a ton of flak, but honestly it is a blessing and has seen a ton of very niche projects get funding and views. They cater to cult audiences and retro nostalgia all the time, banking on it being a worthwhile asset to their overall service even though it wouldn't get ratings on network television or a movie theatre audience. They are willing to invest a reasonable budget into more modest projects getting off the ground, much more so than Hollywood studios ever do. Some of their animated series are some of the best shows I've ever seen in my life, and they would have never seen the light of day if they had to go the traditional method of being network TV children's series or theatrical movies.

@@0Fyrebrand0 It makes complete sense. I rented hundreds of movies I would never buy. I’d rent them and then buy them if I liked them. Video stores had deals like rent 10 movies for $10. That’s far better than cinemas where one movie cost over $15. You would take risks when renting movies. You’re not taking risks when you’re being asked to pay $30-$50 for 4k movie.

@@0Fyrebrand0 The downside to that is that you are always being charged "rent" to watch what you want. If you buy a DVD it's yours forever. If you decide to stop supporting a company, but you have your favorite movie from them on DVD, you don't have to buy anything new. In today's climate if you want to watch your favorite movie, but it's behind a paywall you essentially have to rent it from someone you don't want to monetarily support anymore when you shouldn't have to. Also, as all these companies switch to their own streaming platforms, you have to pay like $100 a month to have access to everything. They've basically recreated cable tv in a new form. That's not very innovative to me, and I'll bet you as the masses completely purge physical media and streaming competition gets more fierce, you're going to see more work appealing to lowest common denominator style audiences. Today you're watching Squid Game, tomorrow you'll be watching Madea Gets an Enema. There will eventually be a race to the bottom in order to remain profitable.

Lol 😂

I’m the few that really like spiderman 3 lol

@@npcimknot958 your be that there isn’t so much of a small audience

Nobody can beat Bully McGuire

@@Antares-rt5ub Hi! You got my name wrong! It's Bully MAGuire.

Agreed

Sam rami fanboy all day

@@treysutton4491 keep crying, show everyone your tears.

It feels liek .. even without the cgi etc.. the core of the movies are good.

@@npcimknot958 exactly cgi is the icing on the cake

I teared up like a baby when seeing Peter forgive Sandman, such a great scene. Also Harry is such a great character I loved seeing him come back to Pete and helping him toward the end of the movie.

Kind of a shame that the ending sort of justifies a pretty unhealthy relationship.

Well said!

Because of that, I appreciate the ending a lot more. Even as a kid, I never liked/loved the ending--not saying I ever hated it--but after reading this, I do like it being left to the imagination, which makes it more believable.

I'm honestly fine with the fact that there wasn't a Spider Man 4. That ending gives the trilogy a great closure.

Man do I wish Sony didn’t make Rami cut out the sandcastle scene. Sandman deserved far better.

Agree to this day it's wow

“pRoBaBLy jUsT a BiRd”

The action scenes in that movie are top notch

Agreed. Just Sandman trying to grab the locket with his daughter in it was so emotional.

the actors were so fast that what you see is slowed down

Absolutely agree I love the music and the sheer absolute fear you can see and it’s done perfect them three actors were perfect in the film and that’s actually my favourite fight scene in all of the films I did like yoda and count duku lol baddass lol

Still my favorite

@@martyr2839 Why… do people dislike the movie again? Lol

@@Petersonmgee lol I have always liked them films but it seems to be more about fitting in with others and calling them terrible but the funny thing is when ever you go to a Comic-Con you see most people either dressed up as original characters or from them characters from the the second trilogy and you always see people a lot dressed up as darth maul such a cool character but it’s always called yet they love dressing up as them lol I don’t really know why people feel the need to really slag off films must get fun from it they do it with all films just like the new monsterverse and I still really enjoy them skull island got the worst of it I don’t know why because I thought it was really good and I watch them quite regularly especially as I have 3 kids and my youngest is my son who absolutely loves Star Wars and star trek and he is obsessed with Godzilla and kong both he actually got upset when we watched the remake of King Kong when he dies he won’t watch it again because of that lol

This is the truth

I wouldn’t say the CGI of that scene is ground breaking or ahead of it’s time, is the execution of the scene, it was well thought out not scientifically but cinematically. It is to this day on of the best sci-fi scenes also one of the best villain scenes as well.

Um.... have you watched anything that Villeneuve has done?

@@scott972 I love Villenueve’s work. Just saying that sequence is a work of art

@@ShinigamiUchihax2 CGI was technically ahead of its time since it came out before the CGI revolution.

Peter and Harry's conflict was set-up so brilliantly in the first two films!!

“It tasted like strawberries”

I think if they had just dropped “Sandman” from Spiderman 3, and used the recovered time to focus on Venom, it would have been great!

Spiderman 3, 3 villain or venom in it really ruin it, cause of that they ruin new goblin moment, but for some reason sam raimi make it right, like it wouldnt happen if not in that way, but yeah i want to see what happen if we got more new goblin or venom not in movie but can be villain for next movie.

@@lovetheblue6659 you have it the wrong way around. Venom should have been dropped and more focus should have been given to sandman. I actually believe Sandman is one of the most underrated cbm villains of all time

The opening scene moves me to tears to this day.

@@thecinematicmind I love the music when the Axiom lands on Earth. Thomas Newman is a genius.

I used to think it's the best Pixar film, I still do.

I liked when wall-e gave consent to make out with his brother

@@thecinematicmind 🤣

I completely understand this kind of thinking. I loved the movie "Hackers" as a kid. I thought I'd be rollerblading to work in a leather jacket when I grew up. That said, I know Hackers is a bad movie. I still love it and I still quote it, but I know it's not well-executed. The prequels are nostalgic for many people because they and their promotional tie-ins are deeply embedded in an entire generation's childhood experience. Taking a more objective view of childhood love, and being able to acknowledge its flaws, is an important part of growing up. We need to be able to recognize the difference between films that are great and films that we love. The prequels are deeply flawed films, and, even knowing that, we can still love them.

@@rhlhappy You.. How DARE you bring up a balanced view and distinguish opinion from fact...? Out with you! j/k I'm really digging your comment. Especially with the prequels-sequels raging fire, it's really hard for people to understand that they can like something, without it being a masterpiece. Or that you can call something _bad_, and it won't automatically make something else _good_. It's really sad, actually. I can see how people can like the prequels. Still I believe they're bad, though. And I absolutely despise Rise of Skywalker, but think the others are OK. I only wish more people were as balanced and centered as you are. The internet wouldn't be such an awful place.

​@@artbargra My ego whispered when @nat cat said loved the prequels, what a garbage taste. Then another whisper came, I don't like this movie so should you. Listened to all the other thoughts that came through my head then analyzed which is which and finally came up on, good for nat cat. After all, to give your increasingly running out of time life to something then it had better be worth it.

@@artbargra you can say the same about any place considering Twitter isn’t quality of that too

@@artbargra being negative is sorta nothing new .Which is why I ignore top tier lists from people .Some might disagree from revenge of the sith .I found that movie okay to this day but if anything I felt like the franchise should have stopped back then but I assumed that they didn’t considering how big the franchise is

I agree. One of the things that always stuck out to me that not necessarily justified, but added to Anakin's transition to Darth Vader was the death of his mother because they were so close.

I can understand what you mean

How do they feel about the new "films"

Student: “I thought episode 9 was pretty good” You failed the class get out Lmao

Star Wars died after Return of the Jedi

Can you be my teacher?

@@andrewdyckman3616 Still better than Last Jedi

"Twilight" and "tolerable" do not belong in the same sentence. God that movie made me wince, yet bored me at the same time.

I'd say besides some of the dumb lore choices from the book (like sparkling in the sun) and the hype with "he stalks me, therefore that's romantic), the movie is rather harmless. The dynamic between the 2 main stars is also off, even if the actual actors went to have a relationship in real life.

The movies are better then the books that’s all I’d say about that personally

50 shades and 365 days makes twilight look oscar Worthy. 365 days is just insulting across the board

The hate for Twilight was so unbelievably overblown also unlike 50 shades and 365 days Twilight is a vampire romance so it makes sense that aspects aren't healthy

The moment in SM3 that got me was Peter asking Harry for help, and Harry was just done. No anger, no resentment anymore. Just done. It was heartbreaking to watch these two best friends become enemies. It made Harry’s arrival and subsequent sacrifice all the more satisfying and tragic (respectively).

Yeah

The score still holds up I believe

Yeah definitely

@@Descro382 ohh yeah the music in the films is amazing

@@Descro382 it does

And they’ll probably be hating on whatever new batch of films, shows and other content that’ll be out by that point in time. It’s become a cycle for the Star Wars fandom where something is hated when it’s still recent and new but years later it gets more appreciated by the people that grew up with said film, show or other piece of media/content.

There are a few legitimate defenses for the sequel trilogy: better acting, better direction/cinematography, WAY better special effects. Cons: everything else

@@bencarlson4300 I dunno, I think it had good characters, too. Kylo Renn is pretty iconic. Finn didn't get too fleshed out but he was a good character. And I never agreed with the hate for Rey, I thought she was a good fun protagonist. The action sequences are also better imo. I honestly can't think of anything the prequels did better than the sequels.

Or the adults today who do like them... we do exist. (7 and 8 at least, 9 is whatever.)

I severely doubt anyone will remember these movies in 20 years. Kids these days love their Marvel way more than Star Wars anyway. This was not a SW generation.

Can you do me a favor

Can you do me a favor?

In the case of Cowboy Bebop, the added details make the show even more enjoyable. In Metroid Other M, the more you learn the worse it gets lol.

That’s how I feel about the bee movie

Jake Lloyd was garbage as are many a child actor - it’s of course not his fault as blame lies on parents, casting and director. Quality child actors are few and far between but they are thankfully often at the minimum ok-ish (not so in the prequels). If you kid has dreams of becoming a singer and can’t tell an A from a G perhaps you as the parent should not encourage that particular pursuit. The prequels suck and it’s all G. Lucases fault (even the originals would have been a disaster without mainly his ex wife and other people around him that influenced him for the better). What the prequels do that the sequels do not however is build upon the universe in a way that feel right. The lore and all that is solid in the prequels but the new movies just butcher them. Everything new with Star Wars, Star Trek, HeMan etc etc etc is not cannon and should be disregarded completely - and I can not say that of the SW prequels so I guess they have that going for them.

@@Dakhor it’s a shame George Lucas’s ex-wife is not fully acknowledged by the public for not working on Star Wars but I guess that recent article about her not liking the sequel movies helped out kinda

@@lorenavedon wrong. Star Wars was still alvie and well at the time and it still and a wide fan base. Disney did destroy star wars.

the sequels are wasted to tell the whole story because they didn't have a story to begin with...episodes 1 to 6 already told the whole story; the story of Anakin's rise and fall to later redemption. the sequels do not matter.

@@lorenavedon No they don't suck

Filoni's explanation of "Duel of the Fates" is the most sincere and passionate thing I've heard anyone say about Star Wars. He has such a deep love of George Lucas' ideas, and it's incredibly heartwarming to hear him speak on all things Star Wars.

The prequels might be mediocre (not Revenge of the Sith, it's my favorite one), but at least they WERE STAR WARS.

I like most films today tbh. Mabye cause I’m a modern person. Older movies(not all those films but for the most part) I can’t connect with them or enjoy them and I’ve tried to. That’s just my opinion Hopefully I don’t get negative comments from old cinephiles

Shut up

I definitely had to grow and become more cultured before I could enjoy the fantastic film, "Nacho Libré." On first watch, my ignorant poop brain couldn't appreciate it as the fine piece of art that it truly is.

@@coolguitarperson5942 why do I need to shut up? That’s sounds negative. None of what wrong it it’s my viewpoint nor was anything negative what I said. I was never mean at all. I just said an opinion. Im a nice dude man.

@@InternetZane I don’t have a poop brain. AI appreciate something an artistic standpoint but not really enjoy it. Just a different opinion that’s all

I feel the same, MCU spidey movies lack a bit of emotion and high stakes, something Raimis movies had quite a lot and TASM also had, specially in the second film.

Let me ask you something, when you come in on Monday and you're not feeling real well does anyone ever say to you, looks like someone has a case of the Mondays?

@@bigkmoviesandgames No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.

Its technically outdated but god did it brilliantly send up office dynamics love love love it still.

The Office was like that for me. Didn't like it at all when I was still in college. Watched it when I was working for a few years and that's when you get it.

@@Lirka_906 which version?

I enjoy both the prequels and originals, but my biggest issue is trying to like them as six films rather than two separate trilogies. Whenever I try watching A New Hope right after Revenge of the Sith, it just doesn't work for me. For one thing, you're having to have the force and jedi reexplained to you in the 4th film of a saga. I just prefer to watch the originals without thinking about the prequels, just as I prefer to watch the prequels without thinking about the originals. A lot of it comes down to difference in technology (not that one technology is superior to the other--they're just too different to connect properly). It's like the saga switches mediums halfway through: like if a radio drama was a sequel to a silent movie

I remember at least the first prequel movie being very popular and liked when it came out. But then everyone hated it once the internet became more mainstream.

no they won't the only reason the prequels are looked at differently is because of how terrible and pretty much worse the sequels are. The sequels will never be beloved as the ot is or as appreciated as the prequels are becoming lately.

I especially love the point Chris mentioned that George Lucas actually got to make the films he wanted...I'd much rather watch that, than some cookie-cutter, studio conveyor belt film where the studio is telling the creatives (directors) how their films should be like. Not to mention these days the director is always constrained by needing to make the film somehow tie into an additional aspect of some "shared universe"...I'd rather watch a director's actual vision for the film.

I wouldn't hold my breath on the Sequels getting re-valuated. They have serious issues and brain-fart moments that even the Prequels lacked. Their memes kinda suck too, I tried to get into them, but they were just lame and preachy. At best I can see The Last Jedi getting a cult following in the same way Alien: Resurrection got, of people liking it in a "fascinating guilty pleasure" sort of way, but Episode 9 is an absolute mess and as the years go by more and more people are coming around to the fact The Force Awakens was a factory movie that people were TOO damn quick to praise. Like, one of the 1000 Movies You Have To See Before You Die? No, piss off. A New Hope already exists, and it leads to two more good movies, TFA is followed up by despair. Save that spot for films more deserving like The Fall, Moon or even Dredd.

My opinion about movies has changed massively over the years and I say it.

@@hendrikscheepers4144 I still dislike it. Have seen it quite a few times... for me it just isn,t that great. But who knpws maybe today I,ll see it under a different eye. Vertical limit I hated back than... but now it kinda grew on me.

@@hendrikscheepers4144 I must be in one of those moods because I have hated it every time I watched. Oh well lol

HOnestly, its not so much that oppinions change, not with the preqeuls. More so an entirely different generation of peopel are the ones who grew up with it and are more vocal because younger people use the internet. IF you were to ask anyone who was 15 and up when the prequels came out what they thought of them today they would probably give you the same answer they did 20 plus years ago. I admit I grew up loving the prequels but it feels like almost indoctrinated to like them and millenials are the ones who use the internet the most. Just a theory.

@@ryanmcmahon7087 I couldn’t say I was young when I saw the prequels I didn’t care for them except revenge of the sith

bully mcguire wouldnt exist without spider man 3… it may be the worst but it has its moments

Spider-Man 3 has it’s moments. I actually like the Eddie Brock in the film, that he is this complete mirror image of Peter and how Peter could have ended up without the moral code. Venom in the comics was never that thematically interesting (just ”cooler”). I also never understood why people got upset over bully Maguire - that is exactly how a dork like Peter would imagine being cool was like. The cringe is intentional. We don’t want Peter to act that way, or maybe see a bit of ourselfs in that kind of behavior.

@@christianbjorck816 I agree

It’s much better than the TASM movies and the 2018 Venom movie, I haven’t seen the second Venom movie yet, I don’t really plan to, the first one was a big disappointment for me, only Tom Hardy was good, everything else was a mess.

ya i used to hate it (mainly cuz i was a huge Venom fan from the 90s) i learned to appreciate that ppl who didnt know of the character (the way i selfishly wanted) and enjoyed Venom in it. hell i grew to like the dance scene mostly cuz memes made me like it after many years (i used to cringe at it when it first came out). I like how our tastes can change with different perspectives and not of my own selfishness.

The "crazy eyes" scene in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and the scene where Nancy's feet go through the stairs have to be among my favorite parts of those respective films.

@@MsNotzi There is something about practical effects like that stair scene that inspire wonder in me. How was it done? How much time, money, resources did it take? Was it magically done in one take or did it take a whole day or more? How many times did she have to wash her feet to reshoot it? I really love how it’s all a reference to how you can’t get away in your dreams, almost running in place or in slow motion. Such a great visual. If it were done in CGI the glue would be dripping down the steps perfectly while the practical effect not only looks better, but it’s the real thing, random and imperfect. She’s really running up these stairs and sticking to them. I imagine you get such better performances out of actors when they’re really doing it. Obviously it’s more dangerous, but so much more memorable in return.

Not just movies, just liking anything in general. Had to endure so much whenever I talk about modern Pokemon games or Fire Emblem Fates

Fuck anyone who thinks you can’t like the force awakens

Tom Holland's Spiderman is horrible IMO. I would argue that we haven't had a really good Spiderman, but Tobey was the closest, and his movies stand head and shoulders above the rest.

@@Rapunzel879 well said! Can’t stand the new Spider Man movies but they are better than “the amazing spider man” ones tho

I liked The Force Awakens until I realized that it was just A New Hope 4k remaster. So about halfway into the movie.

Need to see that film after you said this

@@ogge9304 I really think hey deserve to share praise with those Sagas also... Maybe in retrospect it will more. Pirates 2 was actually my favorite

Well said, I had tears in my eyes too when I saw the scene for the first time. I am glad the perception about the movie has shifted a lot since the time it released.

Yep, That scene gave me goosebumps and teared me up. Equilibrium is definitely in my top 20 movies of all time. It's so unique and has such a great message.

I agree, with one small change. I think that Studio Oversight is what is needed. No artist can be at their best without a good editor who can help point out the rough spots that the artist isn’t seeing (ie prequalified trilogy).

no art should be „interfered“ by a third party. obviously there is a potent lack of art introspection from chris’ very hollywood-centric audience here. The best, most creative, risk taking films come from filmmakers who were able to bring their unfiltered vision to the screen. Why would you want anything else? If I go to see Dalis painting in a museum, I want to see HIS painting. Same for filmmakers. It‘s absolutely the same. Only that theres more money involved.

So the Disney Star Wars movies and the prequel movies ?

i dont get the studio interference argument when it comes to the prequels because it was produced by Lucas himself. He was the studio. And no studio knows Star Wars like Lucas does. So what exactly would the studio notes be like?

@@starkingbiker I meant that not enough people (working for the studio or not) interfered with Lucas.

I would like to make the argument that the last jedi took more risks than maybe any Star Wars movie and yet half the fanbase got pissed about it so I think all of this stuff is completely subjective

@@alexm4163 The Last Jedi borrows heavily from a certain other movie, which is why it's so awkward. It's wasn't some original risky vision. It was more like taking a bunch of random elements and throwing them in a blender. That's not the work of some cinema auteur.

Shut up bro

Lacking execution is a very misleading way of saying it. There is an absolutely stupid amount of incredible execution in those movies. There is issues with the dialogue, acting and it is a weird tonal issue in having a movie that includes the character Jar Jar Binks and the podrace having a main conflict around a trade blockade. But those movies are incredibly impressive filmmaking wise.

The prequel films were just bad films. Arguably way worse than whatever Disney was trying to do. The prequels played it safe and very much relying on fans nostalgia by giving them a story that really didn't need to be told. Rather than take a leap and tell an all new story, Lucas played it safe by giving us a bad origin story for Darth Vader.

The clone wars is a great series but it doesn't redeem the movies for me.

When I saw the prequels as an adult at 25 the first being of course the Phantom Menace back in 99 sure it wasn't like the original trilogy of films but boy was it different and challenging at the same time. I'm so glade that George had the balls to incorporate the very idea of starting Anakin Skywalker out at 9 instead of some already fully trained Jedi for the simple fact that it showed a fragile boy taken from his mother and his usual safety net and broke him into a very slow but eventually powerful transition into one of the most terrifying film screen scfi monsters of all time. That takes tremendous guts and setting an ego aside in doing something of that nature vs following what fanboys would of wanted him to do or a mega corporation like Disney would want under a committee driven hell hole!

The prequels at least told a cohesive story from beginning to end. Like Chris I was on board with the sequels but after TROS, the whole thing just felt like being jerked around by a million different visions for what they thought it should be.

Man I miss Roger Ebert.

Love Roger Ebert. Great inspiration.

Yeah didn't he once say: "actually I really liked Freddy Got Fingered" lol

Given his stance on video games, he was also clearly capable of being completely and blatantly wrong.

You don’t have to be a renowned critic to change your mind on something.

Yeah I agree

Honestly I feel like the prequel shows (and arguably the various memes) are singlehandedly responsible for its modern popularity.

I like Phantom Menace and loved revenge of the sith But hated attack of clones, bad romance comedy

@@tariqthomas9090 I feel it’s the main reason. TCW is what got me into Star Wars & is the main reason for the Prequels been my favourite along with ROTS

yeah also really come around for the sheer amount or practical sets and effects they used in phantom menace, so much awesome effort when into making it

@@pedroagustin9989 yes, loved the first and third. Revenge of the sith had by far the best saber fight ever.

Spider-Man 3 was always a mixed bag in my opinion

Honestly, I think Episode 2 is my favourite. A totally singular vision, a really truly *escapist* work, that transports you to a whole new world with such an intoxicating sensory overload of CGI and green screen, the dizzying homage to space operas, westerns, political thrillers, war movies and so on. I love all the dorky, wooden aspects to it, because it’s just sentimental, powerful fluffy movie history, for families especially. I bonded over Star Wars over and over with my family and every friend I met in some way, mostly through a nostalgia for the Prequels. And yeh, the soundtrack across the whole board is perfect.

Apparently he's writing for that Andor series now, so maybe he'll get another shot at something like that. The dome shot stuff like the mandalorian definitely have that smaller and more intimate feel so I'm interested to see how his will turn out.

Oh god

Amen.

Episode I feels very long, and sometimes dry. I think had the pacing been tightened up a bit up front and especially in the middle section, it would be so much more watchable.

That's exactly how my experience with The Avengers was lol

It’s kinda mediocre film in my opinion especially when I saw the trailer

Alien invasion film, time travel film, love story, and above all a story about how communication (or lack thereof) can be the most powerful tool available. I love Villeneuve and this is my favorite of his. Nothing else out there like it.

Well, could you do anything differently in that position? Predestined events only give the illusion of choice, they are already an inevitability.

I think that also happens with most of serious sci-fi. I have seen lots of cases with BR 2049, Ad Astra, Gravity and High Life. But it's great you changed your opinion on Arrival, I love that film so much. Also check the other flimes Denis Villenueve had made

Sandman was the best part of a disappointing movie. I agree, he never got his due because the movie was pretty bad.

And the animation sequence where he becomes Sandman was artistically awesome.

@@con_doorman That is one of those very rare scenes where not one line of dialogue is spoken but the impact of the scene comes through hard. I'm not kidding when I say that is a prime example of how a dialogue-less scene can be powerful.

I think 3 would have been just as good as 1 and 2 if venom wasn't in it. Peter wanting revenge on sandman for killing uncle ben and harry wanting revenge on peter for killing his dad are two plot points that work REALLY well together. It could have been a great story if you cut out all the eddie brock rivalry and black spidey suit stuff.

The prequels actually have depth

Bruh, that's stupid as hell The prequels will STILL BE BAD, just because the sequels have been dropped doesn't mean the prequels are good. And yes, I have critical opinion on the Disney SW films.

Yeah

@@jml_filmes some people might disagree with you on stars wars revenge with the sith

@@trevorthornley8835 I think the prequels still have more heart. It's just George Lucas's fantasy come to life. versus "Let's make as much money as humanely possible"

Yeah it's one of my top 5 favorite movies. I think it really impacted me since it came out when I was an angsty teenager. We had just read 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. It just hit home so well. I rewatched it recently and it still brought tears to my eyes at some moments.

Supernatural should have had a season where Sam and Dean fought aliens.

I love that movie. As a viewer the journey is really emotional, in a society where emotions are bad.

It's far too derivative.

@@leej70 Big agree The fighting was often really good, but i think there were just too many parallels to matrix, it really weakened the experience.

100% Young did a fantastic job carrying over elfmans themes and Harry’s death always makes me cry. It’s so simply but so beautiful

I agree people underrated Harry's arch but it was masterful because we grew up with him from the beginning and most movies may have just made him a villain to be killed off before becoming good again and seeing his ways but at the core this was Peter's best friend and we all felt that.

@@jeremy144713 I still cry to it, every single time I watch it. It's just powerful.

He is afraid to be himself. He isn't honest anymore. He won't say anything negative. Look at his backlog of reviews, he was great. This is nonsense.

@@kevinkilbane2007 Then kindly leave. Find some random KZfaqr who hasn't shot a single footage in their life and trash talk about other's work. Chris has clearly stated that it doesn't feel right to talk shit about movies anymore cause as a creator himself he understands the challenges one has to face.

As you should. I hate it when critics just fixate on one part of the film and that’s how they judge it. A movie is a mashup of a bunch of different art forms all coming together, so just judging a film on just the story or just the effects or just the acting doesn’t do it justice in my book. Also I think Chris understands how fucking hard it is to make a good movie! So many critics on the internet make themselves seem so high and mighty like making a good movie is as simple as making a PP&J. I think once you realize it isn’t so easy you start to judge films more fairly.

@@kevinkilbane2007 - Absolutely right. It's becoming annoying very fast.

@@kickass2117 - Actually, Chris material is horrendous. I've watched it all. He's a great critic, and should continue this path as it was. Of course he should direct and do what he's passionate about, but let's be real: 1- He SUCKS as a director. 2- This forced positivity is not gonna last.

Oh my god. Yes. Thank you. I still don't understand why people think The Force Awakens is a carbon copy of ANH. Phantom Menace is the best prequel because it feels like Star Wars and it feels like a FILM. The weird racial stereotypes though.... Yeah understand if that ruins it all for someone.

When you say "Why don't they make movies like that anymore" What movies or type of movies are you referring to?

Narratively The Force Awakens is an amalgam of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes back. That’s why people say it’s similar because it follows the same beats. Regardless of tone which I do agree feels more like the original trilogy than any of the prequels, but that’s my opinion and anyone is entitled to theirs. But on the case of The Phantom Menace, I’ve always felt it is the best of the prequel trilogy. It’s the most like a Star Wars out of the three. However I do enjoy the lore that comes out of the prequel trilogy, it makes it feel like a world more than just a series of movies.

Phantom Menace feels nothing like A New Hope. A new hope has an incredible sense of pace and energy to. It always feels like the plot is always moving forward. Phantom Menace starts with I guess a somewhat fun escape scene, but also the movie completely comes to a halt during the tattooine and anakin scenes.

@@formerfilmstudent8349 I’ve always felt the pacing to be agonizing in A New Hope to be honest. I get what you mean with Phantom Menace though. It’s a stop and start kind of ride. Feels like riding in a car with someone who doesn’t know how to drive a stick shift. But I think it has the most heart out of the prequel trilogy which is why I hold it the highest out of the three.

Literally

You put it very well, I'm exactly the same case! They were the best thing ever! Prequels stunned me with the space adventure and lightsabers, and Raimi spiderman was the first super hero movie I've ever watched thst got me into Marvel. The live action transformers was also the coolest thing ever, and that shaped my love for the transformers, but only the live action one not the cartoons. On that same note, because I grew up with Raimi spiderman I still do not like the new spiderman. Toby's spiderman is so memorable I still feel weird that we went from college part time photographer to a lost highschool kid that needs a father's guidance

@@junruihe8647 same here for the raimi spiderman movies

Seriously the micheal bay films were your childhood ?

Interesting but yeah I agree the lightsaber battles were my favorite

If everything Dave Filoni said was brought to the front in that film it would have been incredible...but the kids wouldn't have liked the weight of it.

I never realized that. I've seen so many reviews where I'm like "what? What the fuck are you talking about? Where did that come from?", but never once did I think that their reviews were on a deadline. I just always assumed the reviews came AFTER they watched the movie again.

It is a 2 or 3 hr movies. I know game journalist have to rush because of deadline but it is not really a problem for movies.

i agree with you, but to be honest he was such an improvement over the version in the anime that it didnt even bother me, but if you haven't seen the original than yeah hes just insufferable

Speed Racer is one movie that I’d love to get on UHD. I can just skip the Spritle sections real quick. 😅

Sprital was annoying But I think he was suppose to be lol

I remember watching that movie and wondering why people hated it so much. I thought it was cool.

@@commandershepard485 I took him as the spastic character that kept young kids entertained. The problem is that his scenes felt so geared toward kids in all the worst ways that it made me question who the movie was really aimed at.

Agreed

That makes a lot of sense, tbh. It's a lot to take in.

Which cut did you see?

Might happen for me but I love 2049 more.

Tenet is such an underrated film

Tenet wasn’t easy to digest and is not accessible but the more you watch it the more you adore the concept and of what is going on

Tenet was trash

@@vivalapaul Tenet was good not great but good it has 70 on Rotten tomatoes and 76 on Audience Score

@@sakuragi1062 why does RT score matter?

Same, I HATED it when I saw it in the cinema, recently watched at home and LOVED it!!!

The same thing happened to me for Children of Men.... Saw it when I was a young teenager and walked out before it ended 😅.... Now I think it's a masterpiece!

@@davyboy9397 I really enjoyed Children of Men, so much so that I actually bought that one on DVD, which is just not something I do very often. But yeah I can appreciate how it might not sit well for a lot of people. And, considering how badly it did upon release, you weren't alone in your dislike of it xD

Saw it for the first time recently and the only part I didn't love was Portman's accent.

I personally always saw the genius of the film. But I do remember when watching the trailers thinking it looked dumb as fuck and was ripping off the Matrix. Then i watched it and it blew me away. It's also became slightly prophetic in our modern era as the major forces of the world so subtlety embraces a little fascism and we have a virus pillaging the world.

"the prequels expanded and enriched the universe and lore of Star Wars" - i couldn't disagree more (and wish i could go back in time and stop myself from ever watching them OR the sequels)....the Force and the Jedi used to be wonderous mysterious and mystical when i was a kid in the 80s (those monologues of Obiwan and Yoda explaining the Force to Luke are just SO good!)....then i found out in Phantom Menace having the Force is a f^cking medical condition. SO lame. Sometimes less is more.

Unfortunately expanding and enriching does not make a movie good. And people will still say the prequels are better movies than the sequels. When in reality, the prequels are only better than one of the sequels IMO. All my friends prefer the prequels but when I ask why they say 3 things: 1. It has a single continuous plot through all 3 films 2. Good for the lore of Star Wars 3. They quote the memes Of these 3 points, only the first one really matters, and though I agree it’s true, I personally think that the story is not good in the prequels, so who cares that it’s continuous. Just my take though, wbu?

I believe the prequels are really good. (Excluding attack of the clones.) They each did their part, and did their part well. I would like to address some issues about Phantom. The whole medaclorian thing (if I spelled that right.) People really misunderstand that scene, and I mean REALLY misunderstand. Jinn was talking about how these things called medaclorians dwell within all living things, he also has a device to detect the medaclorians that are in anakins blood. Ghost hunters use devices to detect if there is a presence in the area. It's still that spiritual thing everyone fell head over heels for from the original trilogy. Technology in star wars is really high tech, so having a device that can detect if you have a big amount of the force makes sense. Why isn't it in the og trilogy, since that takes place after the prequels? Probably because there isn't anymore jedi running the show. Or, more realistically, George didn't think he'd get to the point of fame where he made a prequel trilogy, so he had more ideas for that. I have noticed that people who grew up with star wars of their generation typically favorite that generation. (I.e. Growing up in the 70s? You most likely love the og trilogy over the new stuff. Or growing up in the late 90s to early 2000s means you probably enjoyed the prequel trilogy.) I am guilty of this as well, considering I was born in the late 90s. The prequel trilogy have soul, the sequel trilogy do not. The sequel trilogy feels more like a reboot than a continuation of the previous movies. The story for the prequel trilogy (minus attack of the clones) is actually good. Very underrated. Anakin acting like a brat? He has no dad, and the closest thing he had was Qui gon who died in the first one. (Not Obi wan since they consider each other as brothers, i.e. revenge of the sith.) I will admit, the "love" relationship in the prequel trilogy is very cringey and annoying to deal with. So if that is the reason why people don't like them, I definitely get that. Lastly, these are movies. They are made for fun and for the viewers. If you don't like one or some of them, that's fine, there are other areas to enjoy star wars. (Clone wars, games, books, etc.) If someone likes something you don't, it's probably because they have their own opinion.

@@DeathToTheDictators midichlorians are not the force. People often conflate the two. It's basically just an explanation for why living beings can use the force and droids cannot. It also makes sense as to why Darth Vader's force potential was limited due to his wounds and the suit. He's still immensely powerful though. Also explains why someone like Greivous who only has a few organs left of himself cannot use the force either.

​@@aarongutierrez7705 We're talking about an entire franchise here. Sure individual movies can be enjoyable without tying into a wider plot, but the point of a sequel is to further explore the established world and its story. And I'd argue the prequels have good stories burried underneath the bad dialogue and clunky storytelling whereas the sequels only mask their unoriginality with good acting and cinematography. Like, Episode 8 is probably the best looking Star Wars film with some really great acting (even though I personally dislike the amount of slapstick humor), but the plot is in my opinion as clunky as episode 2 if not more. And don't even get me started on the mess that was the rise of skywalker. Also "Good for the lore of Star Wars" is absolutely important, world building is a major aspect of story telling, especially in sci-fi and fantasy settings where the whole appeal is to explore a different world.