This is the fart sniffing of pseudo intellectualism. Something must always be a “commentary” because the reality of it being just as it is has no allure to a pseudo intellectual.
When I was in college I had a PhD student I worked with talk about how frustrating it was for him to try and create some inane speech on "symbolism", particularly regarding literature. I told him, "Look, you got it all wrong. It's super easy. You just got to start with whatever you have, and then make up some nonsense meta-narrative that loosely ties in whatever you started with. Here, lets try this."
He was earlier complaining that he got his feet caught in a power strip that was under a desk that had a computer on it.
"You see that tangle of extension cords there? That's not extension cords, that's art! You see, the extension cords are a symbol of the power that our modern society has, and it fuels the computer which allows you to see the world and answer any question, but it comes at a price. When you got your feet caught in the cables, it was a representation of the entanglement that the modern man feels when caught in the labryinth of digital power, trapped in the shifting current of our computerized world. It's power restrains us physically, but gives us limitlessness virtually, and so we are constantly battling in the material world for control over the power of the machine, while reaping the benefits of of the virtual world it provides to us."
"Gizornik... did you just make all that bullshit up, just now?"
"Yes."
"What the fuck was that? How did you do that?"
The truth is, once you learn how the Intellectualists speak, you can just mimic it and they literally can't tell the difference. I actually wish I had studied rhetoric properly, because almost the entire Leftist world is based on rhetoric alone.
LOL, the rich white man who founded the company actually stole the idea from his partner who is a black woman. As soon as she walks on screen anyone who isn't an NPC knows what the twist is.
And don't get me started on Knives Out. The hispanic nurse kills the grandpa because she injects the correct medication, thinks she injected the incorrect medication (because an evil white changed the labels, but because of the viscosity difference she picked the correct medication without reading the label). She then at his urging says nothing (because muh deportation or some shit) and I think he shoots himself; I'm a little blurry on the details. If she'd done the ethical thing and contacted emergency services he would have lived because he wasn't actually poisoned. Instead she tries to avoid responsibility, he dies, and she's complemented by idiot detective as great nurse.
"Biting social criticisms"
Lmao. The "allegory" was about as subtle as a tuba. If you told me a wannabe commie freshman english student wrote it I would not be a bit surprised. Stupid, obvious Elon Musk totem, over the top MRA fella. Brilliant black woman was actually the brains behind the whole operation. Zero depth to any character other than the homosexual detective being sad. I don't think I've ever watched something that felt more shallow or shoddily thrown together.
Is it any good? I’ve never seen it or Knives out. Rian Johnson is a typical pretentious director obsessed with subversion but I think he could do well with the right type of movie. I certainly wouldn’t want him anywhere near something that’s meant to be inspirational like Superman
It was terrible. Knives out was boilerplate "white people bad," but it at least felt like they spent more than a day writing it. This was basically the star wars holiday special. Zero thought put into it whatsoever but hoping to ride the coat tails of the first movie. This quote from Johnson on wikipedia pretty much sums it up perfectly: "Johnson described it as 'a summer vacation where we also made a movie'".
Hey now, I’ll happily watch Star Wars holiday special over Disney Star Wars. But I’m really not surprised. Part of the reason I rarely watch anything made after 2014
It was a crap, boilerplate "white people bad" movie pretending to be a whodunnit! The Murder Mystery is one of the most tightly written forms of story. Every piece must be given in advance and all the pieces must be there to reach the right conclusion. It requires formidable discipline, as a writer, to pull this off successfully.
Agatha Christie is an undisputed master of the artform, and as a result her books have been made into fantastically watchable movies dozens and dozens of times.
In contrast Ruin Johnson smeared this crap on the page.
Mauler and the gang did an EFAP on Knives Out. It just ... falls apart on even the most cursory inspection.
Johnson described it as 'a summer vacation where we also made a movie
This is very common in both TV and film. Production will figure out where they want to travel first, then have some writers justify it. The TV shows where someone travels around the world doing x are the most obvious examples.
Anyone who likes the movie should probably be arrested. Unless they're simply completely uncritical of the media they view and will watch any old slop, they're probably a member of Antifa.
Try to put yourself in the shoes of this person. You’re watching a movie, but instead of eagerly anticipating a clever twist or an exciting climax, you’re just waiting for “yass queen” and “white man bad” moments while huffing “muh themes”. Imagine engaging with media in this trite and idiotic fashion.
Then imagine believing yourself intelligent and interesting for having done so.
What is the name of this thought process, besides "insane hypocritical Leftist with loose grip on reality"? The same thing cropped up during the Disney Star Wars era, coincidentally also involving Ruin Johnson.
Star Wars is a movie about space wizards for children, stop trying to criticize its story
The themes of Bob Iger's Disney's Marvel's Lucasfilm's Star Wars are deep and meaningful, subtle yet biting, impressive but not overwhelming. Truly only an erudite mind such as mine could comprehend this wondrous writing.
This is the fart sniffing of pseudo intellectualism. Something must always be a “commentary” because the reality of it being just as it is has no allure to a pseudo intellectual.
This is how stupid people feel smart. They watch shit like this crap.
An actually intelligent film is something like Adaptation, or really most of Charlie Kauffman's work.
The problem is the people who love glass onion are completely confused by anything that requires brainpower so they use dogshit mystery films instead.
There aren't even pseudo intellectuals they are straight up cavemen.
When I was in college I had a PhD student I worked with talk about how frustrating it was for him to try and create some inane speech on "symbolism", particularly regarding literature. I told him, "Look, you got it all wrong. It's super easy. You just got to start with whatever you have, and then make up some nonsense meta-narrative that loosely ties in whatever you started with. Here, lets try this."
He was earlier complaining that he got his feet caught in a power strip that was under a desk that had a computer on it.
"You see that tangle of extension cords there? That's not extension cords, that's art! You see, the extension cords are a symbol of the power that our modern society has, and it fuels the computer which allows you to see the world and answer any question, but it comes at a price. When you got your feet caught in the cables, it was a representation of the entanglement that the modern man feels when caught in the labryinth of digital power, trapped in the shifting current of our computerized world. It's power restrains us physically, but gives us limitlessness virtually, and so we are constantly battling in the material world for control over the power of the machine, while reaping the benefits of of the virtual world it provides to us."
"Gizornik... did you just make all that bullshit up, just now?"
"Yes."
"What the fuck was that? How did you do that?"
The truth is, once you learn how the Intellectualists speak, you can just mimic it and they literally can't tell the difference. I actually wish I had studied rhetoric properly, because almost the entire Leftist world is based on rhetoric alone.
LOL, the rich white man who founded the company actually stole the idea from his partner who is a black woman. As soon as she walks on screen anyone who isn't an NPC knows what the twist is.
And don't get me started on Knives Out. The hispanic nurse kills the grandpa because she injects the correct medication, thinks she injected the incorrect medication (because an evil white changed the labels, but because of the viscosity difference she picked the correct medication without reading the label). She then at his urging says nothing (because muh deportation or some shit) and I think he shoots himself; I'm a little blurry on the details. If she'd done the ethical thing and contacted emergency services he would have lived because he wasn't actually poisoned. Instead she tries to avoid responsibility, he dies, and she's complemented by idiot detective as great nurse.
What social criticism? And how is that original? Just the millionth variation of “white man bad”
You haven't internalized it yet, so they still have work to do.
Hollywood is insane
"Biting social criticisms" Lmao. The "allegory" was about as subtle as a tuba. If you told me a wannabe commie freshman english student wrote it I would not be a bit surprised. Stupid, obvious Elon Musk totem, over the top MRA fella. Brilliant black woman was actually the brains behind the whole operation. Zero depth to any character other than the homosexual detective being sad. I don't think I've ever watched something that felt more shallow or shoddily thrown together.
From what I see it has the predictable results from the rules of diverse casting
Is it any good? I’ve never seen it or Knives out. Rian Johnson is a typical pretentious director obsessed with subversion but I think he could do well with the right type of movie. I certainly wouldn’t want him anywhere near something that’s meant to be inspirational like Superman
It was terrible. Knives out was boilerplate "white people bad," but it at least felt like they spent more than a day writing it. This was basically the star wars holiday special. Zero thought put into it whatsoever but hoping to ride the coat tails of the first movie. This quote from Johnson on wikipedia pretty much sums it up perfectly: "Johnson described it as 'a summer vacation where we also made a movie'".
Hey now, I’ll happily watch Star Wars holiday special over Disney Star Wars. But I’m really not surprised. Part of the reason I rarely watch anything made after 2014
Hahaha touche. Yeah I would, too.
It was worse than terrible!
It was a crap, boilerplate "white people bad" movie pretending to be a whodunnit! The Murder Mystery is one of the most tightly written forms of story. Every piece must be given in advance and all the pieces must be there to reach the right conclusion. It requires formidable discipline, as a writer, to pull this off successfully.
Agatha Christie is an undisputed master of the artform, and as a result her books have been made into fantastically watchable movies dozens and dozens of times.
In contrast Ruin Johnson smeared this crap on the page.
Mauler and the gang did an EFAP on Knives Out. It just ... falls apart on even the most cursory inspection.
Isn't that Adam Sandler's method of making a movie?
This is very common in both TV and film. Production will figure out where they want to travel first, then have some writers justify it. The TV shows where someone travels around the world doing x are the most obvious examples.
To quote the movie.
Anyone who likes the movie should probably be arrested. Unless they're simply completely uncritical of the media they view and will watch any old slop, they're probably a member of Antifa.
Try to put yourself in the shoes of this person. You’re watching a movie, but instead of eagerly anticipating a clever twist or an exciting climax, you’re just waiting for “yass queen” and “white man bad” moments while huffing “muh themes”. Imagine engaging with media in this trite and idiotic fashion.
Then imagine believing yourself intelligent and interesting for having done so.
I actually solved this murder about 30 seconds after the huge giveaway clue. I thought at the time it was too simple
What is the name of this thought process, besides "insane hypocritical Leftist with loose grip on reality"? The same thing cropped up during the Disney Star Wars era, coincidentally also involving Ruin Johnson.