Probably because those films aren't talked into an absurd frenzy like this one has been. And it's funny that he didn't mention Jordan Peele and Get Out or the fact that Steve McQueen has a new movie coming out this year.
Adam isn't a good critic, like at all. He tries to pretend he's not super smug about his movie tastes but constantly demonstrates how he thinks the only people who like Marvel movies either never watch any arthouse movies, are loser fanboys or literal children. A lot of the points he makes in most review are either obvious nitpicks (which I've found in several cases to be dumb or explained by the movie) or really level-one analysis about the movie's themes. And his fans eat this shit up like candy because they can't wait to feel superior to people who liked a Disney or Marvel movie. It reminds me of that Hitchcock quote about why characters just don't go to the police, "they don't go to the police because its dull." Stop trying to outsmart every fucking movie you watch and find every flaw that shows it doesn't correlate with the real world, instead actually focus on what the movie is trying to say and fucking enjoy yourself.
Btw his criticism of Black Panther being made by a mega-corporate conglomerate making money for rich old dudes has been addressed by most critics, but as moviebob breaks down here maybe we should stop being buzzkills about people enjoying pop entertainment, especially when the subject matter in question (afro-futurism) hasn't been represented for most Americans.
Except he's not engaging with the content of this movie at all, EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS JUST SO SURFACE LEVEL: whether people bled when they were stabbed, special effects and "cringtastic" humor, "I really enjoyed the action scene after the casino."
"This is a movie for children and it's fucking embarrassing that its at the forefront of adult political conversations."
Really? How about you actually judge what the movie has to say about politics before you insult everyone who watches for being chumps. I watch and love all the same arthouse movies as Adam does (probably more because he hasn't seemed to watch a single movie before 1990 that isn't Jodorowsky or Kubrick) and I still enjoy the shit out of Marvel movies. Its not an embarrassment that Pop art which is literally designed to entertain and communicate with the largest audience possible, is talked about by the largest audience possible. Thor Ragnorak, on the surface level, was a dumb goofy action movie about a Norse God and a Giant Green Dude fighting aliens in an arena. However, on the subtextual level, it was also a scathing indictment of colonialism made by an indie filmmaker of Maori descent. The surface level is enjoying a kid friendly nostalgic comic book movie, the subtext/substance, is completely political, and the same goes for Black Panther. Disregarding that is just you choosing not to engage with a movie, which is fine, but don't start insulting people intelligence because you think your above it all, your not.
Also note that he complains that movies like 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight aren't getting attention, (when they have), and completely ignores the fact that Black Panther's director Ryan Coogler started out as an indie director making Fruitvale Station and then Creed.
Except he's not engaging with the content of this movie at all, EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS JUST SO SURFACE LEVEL: whether people bled when they were stabbed, special effects and "cringtastic" humor, "I really enjoyed the action scene after the casino."
Maybe the content was so samey to every other Marvel movie that in a short review he didn't feel spending a lot of time essentially rehashing his general, established issues with most Marvel movies' one dimensional characters and predictable plots.
Its not an embarrassment that Pop art which it is literally designed to entertain and communicate with the largest audience possible, is talked about by the largest audience possible
Popular movies can, and often do, suck. I don't think he at any point said its popularity was to its detriment in his eyes though.
That's not a what a typo is. A typo is mechanical, like when you type too fast and miss a letter, or inverse the order of two letters. You confused the spelling of a word with that of another word, which is a grammatical error. I don't think you're stupid because of it, I misspell things too, but it was funny that you made that mistake it in the exact sentence you were defending your intelligence.
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u/Pod-People-Person Feb 17 '18
Probably because those films aren't talked into an absurd frenzy like this one has been. And it's funny that he didn't mention Jordan Peele and Get Out or the fact that Steve McQueen has a new movie coming out this year.