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Originally Posted by TheAJx
Yeah, critics are ruthless on feelgood movies, mostly because they also see art in misery and Bush-bashing. Frankly, the movies are for personal enjoyment, for the masses of us who are too dumb to get our Film Studies degrees from NYU, we are easily entertained by cliches, and other things like guns, breasts and footballs.
If you want a movie that was delivered artfully, received great reviews, but all-in-all, was a piece of garbage, watch Children of Men.
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Children of Men was a piece of garbage? What?
While I don't proclaim it to be the best movie of all-time, there's still absolutely no reality in which it's a piece of garbage. The dialogue was strong, the emotion was real, and the tension was enough to pin you to your seat. There were some flaws (the pregnant girls character was underdeveloped/they could have fleshed out the Clive Owen-Julianne Moore baby scenario better), however overall it was a great example of actually delivering on an intriguing premise.
But, to each his own, I guess.
Back on topic...I thought We Are Marshall was all-around bad. I'm not satisfied by cliche-ridden, uninventive movie-making any longer. Not to mention the fact that the dialogue was completely laughable at times.
I understand most people are OK with a movie that temporarily inspires them and suspends the reality of their daily lives, however ANYONE can do that if they rely on those same old cliches. We Are Marshall didn't create real emotion, instead it used audience-pleasing cliches to manipulate. The best movies can build emotion and tension without falsifying them.
It's unfortunate, too. The story really could've made an excellent film, but the script and direction were just flat-out weak.