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stupid people hate these movies

posted 9 years ago by sharpnova
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movies like theory of everything and this get almost no press and no one cares about them.

they don't even cover any of the protagonist's prominent subject matter in any way that the average movie goer wouldn't be able to understand.

it's just that they're more interested in sports and reality shows.

it is because they are unintelligent and lack intellectual curiosity.

i would be ecstatic if every one of them dropped dead.

[–] SubjectDelta 9 years ago

Feel better now?

[–] odd-odium 9 years ago

Maybe they hate these movie because of people like you who make them feel like *beep* for enjoying action movies every once in awhile.

#The X-Files #Breaking Bad #Lost #Hannibal #Fringe #River #Utopia #Twin Peaks

[–] applemice 9 years ago

You're on to something

[–] redrawn 9 years ago

Someone should die for having a different opinion to you? I these the thoughts of a smart person?

The Theory of Everything was sentimental tripe, that breaks it's own internal logic, and includes two absolutely unwarranted montages, one a Hawking gets busy writing maths on the board and another of him trying out his brand new wheelchair. Laughable tripe.

[–] anthonylchamberlain 9 years ago

They barely even mentioned the war ;-) I assume it was WWI?

[–] sunheadbowed 9 years ago

This film was cliche, by-the-numbers, uncreative and melodramatic; it was largely an unintelligent piece of film-making. Sports and reality TV shows are no more anti-intellectual than this was, despite its intelligent subject matter.

[–] joekiddlouischama 9 years ago

This film was cliche, by-the-numbers, uncreative and melodramatic; it was largely an unintelligent piece of film-making. Sports and reality TV shows are no more anti-intellectual than this was, despite its intelligent subject matter.

The Man Who Knew Infinity, which I viewed three times in the theaters, is flawed, but your condemnation of it is excessively harsh in my opinion. The film is quite sophisticated, subtle, and shrewd in its treatment of ethnic prejudice, imperialism, and cross-cultural tension; it offers a definite sense of ironic humor; and the movie is more compelling visually than most pictures nowadays, with a nice sense of (at times painterly) composition and textured, shaded lighting. In addition, a splendid score that blends Indian and Western classical music makes the The Man Who Knew Infinity more atmospheric than many films of this sort.

To be sure, the movie is overly sentimental and perfunctory in places, and Dev Patel comes with his limitations in this role. But I would certainly take this film over the Oscar-nominated likes of The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game.

That said, I appreciate learning of another opinion.

[–] WhoisThePrisoner1 8 years ago

..But this movie was absolutely horrible in every way.

So you are basically claiming that intelligent people love horrible movies due to a an "intellectual" premise.

You claim that they should have spent millions more in marketing... with no ROI, because.......???

You also imply that they dumbed-down the movie for the "average movie goer"..... that would have no interest in this movie in the first place........(huh?)

The OP is a shining example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

[–] thecure-1 8 years ago

Did you hate it?

Sorry, I could not resist :-) !

But in all seriousness: I did not like that they made NO attempt to explain what he was doing or why what he was doing was relevant...
It was basically a cliche movie about a Humble smart person from India fighting against the English pompous arrogant class in the 1920s ...
It was NOT about mathematics at all. Just an excuse to have this upcoming actor in the same movie with Jeremy Irons.

The music alone is obnoxious!