Do you like blockbuster movies today?

The T wrote: The Lost Chord wrote:   They said it was as good as the Matrix, thats awful news if you ask me   For me The Matrix is way overrated.... It could've been much better than it is... The story, though a little bit confusing, is interesting... the theme (we are all part of a matrix) is even more... but instead of developing such a good theme with plot and twists and character development, they chose to appeal to the masses with cgi-rendered effects and explosions. It's not a bad movie but could've been actually good.

That's what I actually think but I never met anyone else who thinks like this I also think the story and the themes it implied were extremely promising but they weren't developed more than 10% of the potential - the script handled the themes in an ordinary fashion, acting was bad, filmmaking was concerned on CGI and not on the artistic values of the image in motion etc.... However Matrix remains one of the few blockbusters of the last two decades that got in the film dictionaries, even if with just a few lines, as it did bring some groundbreaking stuff. One last recommendation - try Animatrix, a suite of animations which are variations on the Matrix's themes, it's superb. Here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328832/

The Lost Chord wrote:   They said it was as good as the Matrix, thats awful news if you ask me

not really, they present a very biased and one dimensional view of the world, which I don't think is healthy...

The last movie I saw at the theatre was Dances With Wolves.

I guess I'm not that into movies eh?

I usually don't appreciate Hollywood waste. If it sometimes happens to be a more high pressure good taste, it can work just fine for an evening's watch.

If it's the case of a brilliant movie (art or deep filming is my main orientation in watching and adoring films), which happens to be a success down the isle of cashing in (let's just take the example of The Departed this year: excellent movie, big time runner in the cinemas too), then there's no problem whatsoever.

Snow Dog wrote: Yes I do like them, but it depends how good they are. Can't wait to see the Silver Surfer in FF2!!!

I don't care whether it's a blckbuster or not, I won't let that make the decision for me... If it's good, and it happens to be successful, then it's good anyway. If it's a piece of sh*t, even if it's "indie", it's still crap. (There's a LOT of sh*t that's produced by independents, too).... But, I have to say, due to a lot of factors, the fact is that 80% of blockbusters are indeed crap. Yopur spiderman and marvel are cgi, explosions-filled crap, though they can be entertaining when you just want to have some adrenalin pumped into your brain, and let's face it, every now and then you may want that. I don't go to the movies to see that kind of films (the "action" films about chases, explosions and cars, like that atrocity fast furious crap) but if it's on tv, and I feel like not exercisizing my brain too much, I'd sit through one of those, maybe to find out at the end that it was better than expected, or to change the channel.

Yes I do like them, but it depends how good they are. Can't wait to see the Silver Surfer in FF2!!!

300 looks really stupid but i'll proably see Spiderman 3 since I really enjoyed the last two.

depends on the film. I like some and dislike others, it's hard for me to throw out all blockbusters that seems a bit ridiculous but its equally ridiculous to say they are all great.