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.
He's pretty self-aware of that fact, he likes comic books knowing full well they're made for children but that that in itself doesn't mean they can't be enjoyed (and analyzed) as adults. He admits when he's wrong and has much more substance behind his content. My main problem with Adam isn't even that he's smug, its that he's pretentious and his criticism just isn't good.
I disagree. I’m not a comic book nerd and I enjoy these movies as an adult because they’re fun and for the most part well told stories about larger than life characters. Check out Lindsay Ellis’ take on Guardians if the Galaxy. Also while there’s definitely people who enjoy comic book movies who are legitimately crazy, they’re not the majority and that shouldn’t take away from my own enjoyment. I understand if you don’t like movie bob but I wouldn’t call him pretentious, He’s embraces the stereotype of an 80s nerd but also wants to shine a light on the more toxic elements of that mentality and he’s unabashedly open about his stance on politics which certainly ruffles a lot of feathers.
Well congratulations. First time I cringed today. Fun they may be, for their stupidity, incoherence and lack of actual humanity , but everything else is just, oh man...
This is a real pretentious corner of the thread. I'm kinda blown away that asshole is being upvoted and you're being down voted for liking comic books.
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18 edited Feb 17 '18
Why did he just say that the general public don't consider Best Picture winners 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight "important" films?
That's just a wrong statement.