DUNE (2021) was very weird and confusing to people who don’t know the lore
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Well, I wouldn’t say so. Prior to watching the film, I had had extremely vague understanding of what it was about, yet I still understood the movie perfectly when I did watch it. Then I showed it to a relative of mine (who had tried to read the book once like a few decades ago and hated it) and he seemed to understand and enjoy the movie quite a lot.
So, I think they did a pretty good job explaining the lore to those who never read the book or/and never watched the disaster that is the old Dune movie.
Okay here’s an unpopular(?) opinion: nowadays Oscar has become the least reliable movie award, as it doesn’t show how good the movies are, it is more about how “politically correct” and what not they are
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Well, let’s agree to disagree.
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While that is still an unpopular opinion, I feel a lot more people have been more or less convinced of that side in the last few years. Consider the harrowing retelling(s) of the vicious Attack of the Fresh Prince from not long ago - The titular character went on to win Best Actor for the flop King Richard, which had a budget of $50,000,000 and only made $38,125,174 internationally, a loss of $11,874,826 - a financial failure which failed to pay for itself. The Fresh Prince still claiming an award for outstanding performance on what was undoubtedly a bomb is one of unfortunately many occurrences cited in arguments by those explaining why their opinion has shifted to favor this unpopular opinion.
There was an excellent (although not boards appropriate) video I viewed recently detailing that, through the lack of foresight of current and recent actors, the concept of a film star as an untouchable icon of the stage has been irrevocably destroyed. Before a faux pas on the part of a famous actor would have made international headlines; now it takes on-camera assault to draw attention and said attention is primarily focusing on meme material.
I feel unsafe dodging so many off-boards topics like this, so I’ll end it there.
Here’s another unpopular opinion that’s slightly relevant: what defines a good acting job and what used to define good acting has changed for the worse.
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I honestly had no clue what Dune was before I watched it, but I still had a very enjoyable time watching it. While there were many confusing parts, as you said, I got the general idea from context and am eager to learn more from its future installations.
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Unpopular? Most people have given up on awards shows in general. The “voters” are all a bunch of “real adult” elitist boomers that probably have never paid for an actual movie ticket for the movies they “vote” for. They remind me of the critic quotes on boxes; you know the ones that say every movie is the best movie of the year?
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those are all me sorry
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Since the Grammy’s absolutely pulled a fast one and snubbed Butter for Rain on Me, especially after hyping BTS really hard leading up to and during the show, I’ve lost all faith in the credibility of award shows. And I strongly dislike K-pop.
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I agree.
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And you hadn’t 5 to 6 years ago?
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Ironically enough this recent Grammy’s gave me the slightest hope for award shows due to 8-Bit Big Band getting a Grammy for their Kirby remix
Otherwise… I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I looked up the song title and I got Barbara Streisand.
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what the heck are your wifi settings
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How in the world does one have an IP address with a number over 255?
Why do you have a Class A address?
Why are you only using IPV4?
Who are you Ghid?
Who is this imposter?
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is this about the anime in my search history
please I can explain no wait no it was my friend what do you mean I have no friends wait there’s an explanation wait please no please
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You can ask me all these questions and more in the Ask Ghid topic in the HSH if you become a master. For now let’s get back on topic.
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We do a little topic reviving
So, I think I have an opinion could still be considered unpopular, but it seems like it’s becoming more and more prevalent nowadays. It’s an opinion about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how much it sucks now. All post-Endgame movies so far ranged from utterly mediocre (Shang-Chi, Black Panther 2) to absolute laughable garbage (Dr Strange: in the multiverse of madness, Eternals). The two Spider-Man movies (far from home, no way home) are an exception though, they were pretty good. As for the marvel TV shows, most of them were pretty meh… not She-Hulk though, that one was a real stinker. Not only are the movies not that great, but there’s also no overarching plot. Obviously, in the pre-Endgame stuff we had the entire infinity stone deal spanning across all the films, but now that it’s been taken care of, the story is just roaming around aimlessly, with no end goal.
And, I must say that pre-Endgame films, while far from being masterpieces, were a pretty good, simple fun… well, most of them (Thor 2: Dark World and Captain Marvel messed up that track record a bit). But everything that came after didn’t bring me much enjoyment. Some might say that I just grew out of these movies, and, while I think it’s true to some extent, I still enjoy rewatching some the older ones, so it must be the quality of these movies that changed, not me.
To be honest, at this point I’m not excited for any of Marvel’s future releases. I just don’t care anymore.
I think that this franchise outstayed its welcome, it has turned into a lifeless shell of its former self, devoid of any originality or fresh ideas…
Well, long story short, they should have ended it with Endgame lol
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Spider-Man’s only good because he and Captain America are very similar characters. They want to do what’s morally right, and are opposed by those who, for instance, want to use superheroes for their own gain (Mysterio, J.J. Jameson) or who want them gone. Ant-Man I find rather enjoyable, since he’s sort of like if Spider-Man had gained his powers as an adult, and struggles against the consequences of his past decisions while being given a chance to make better ones now. Doctor Strange is practically amoral, as you see him give in to Peter Parker’s wish to erase him from memory, and he uses similar powers with impunity. A lot of the background characters are just annoying, as they’re introduced merely as plot points (Iron Heart, basically all of Wakanda).
I think the new movies would be improved if they cut out all the new and cool stuff and focused on the well-known characters who are still alive. Spider-Man is a good example of this, as he’s basically now in the same situation as the Sony movies: no one knows about his powers, he’s a nerdy guy who is somewhat ignored by society, and he has very strong morals, unlike most heroes and villains he meets. Winter Soldier is similar, having been put in a bad situation by Hydra and a crazy terrorist.
These are the types of characters they should focus on, not the Captain Marvel-style characters who are so powerful that most villains are laughable in comparison. That doesn’t make for much entertainment, and adding ideological tropes to superhero movies doesn’t usually work, especially when you can tell that they’re just supposed to be making viewers feel good. It distracts from the plot and makes even good characters look more stereotyped than the villains.
Sorry for my rant. I have a bit much on my mind at the moment.
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I’ll raise you…
Besides a few exceptions, the majority of the MCU is mediocre at best. Some of it has entertainment value, but I think the overall quality of storytelling is poor. Especially as a fan of the original versions of many of these Marvel characters, I don’t see much long lasting value in the MCU as a whole. However I can’t say I’m surprised given the direction of Marvel comics in the last decades. The flanderized spectacle of these characters have become more important than the truth that could be found in them originally.
@NOTaHFfan Me waiting for your reply:
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The thing is, to make a good character, you don’t need to make them a good person with heigh moral qualities. Development is what shapes a good character. This is the exact reason why I much prefer characters like Iron Man and Dr Strange over ones like Captain America: they started out as selfish, arrogant, not very good people, went through hardships that made them reconsider their life choices, change their priorities, and ended up as much better people in the end. That’s a very simple character arc, basic even, but it works like a charm in forming a good character if done right. Characters like Cap, on the other hand, start off as good people, and usually end up being very static, since there’s no room for them to grow.
The problem with modern Marvel characters like She-Hulk, for instance, is that they start out as insufferable pieces of crap, don’t change in any way, yet still get rewarded for it. There’s nothing to like in them and they don’t develop whatsoever.
While I mostly agree with this, I’d still rephrase it:
Prioritising ideologies and political messages over actual story and plot in any movies or books will always lead to garbage results. This is something that the entirety of Hollywood (and modern media in general) have been greatly suffering from for a while now. And this is the exact reason why I’ve been trying to distance myself from them as much as possible and why I mainly switched to a certain kind of entertainment coming form the Land of the Rising Sun
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You know what, I kind of agree with this. Most of them are a good spectacle for sure, but, like you said, they don’t really hold any long-lasting value. I think that Martin Scorsese put it perfectly in one of his interviews: Marvel movies are not real cinema, they’re just… products. Once the MCU is finally done for (at least I hope this day will come), it probably will be forgotten quickly as merely a product of its time. It won’t leave a lasting impact on our culture for sure… or maybe the Greedy Mouse will continue pumping these out till the end of the world…
Marvel movies are good for what they are, but in the grand scheme of things… nah
The first Iron Man is a legitimately solid movie on its own though
You shouldn’t have bothered lol. What you see here is very disappointing
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Agreed
Starting debates on the boards in between Statistic assignments is how I get high.
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