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What sucks is, everyone gave him shit for years, but now that ppl are finally being able to come up with all this, including men, he can finally be taken a little bit more seriously on these claims.
I'm fairly certain that the ppl hating on MJ are not hating on him cause he's black. They're hating him because he's super sus.
Now keep in mind, I am an MJ supporter and for a number of reasons (including what you pointed out), I believe he never committed these these crimes for which he was accused. But he was weird and did a lot of sus things. That's why ppl think he's guilty. Not cause he's black.
Yeah, I definitely agree with that. Narrative flow is an entirely different matter from the consistent disregard for physics. I didn't quite realize how jumpy F9 may have been, relative to the films that preceded it.
Han's explanation was laughable? You didn't believe he had a hologram-generating machine in the car? XDDD
...hmm I admit, I usually do look at screenrant articles...hmm
Alright, I shall bookmark this thread to revisit this in a few months when i see the movie again.
I actually didn't remember that he selected the compound specifically to hide HER screams. So my interp would be wrong or just an absurd stretch if she was safely screaming in the chamber.
God if that really is the reason, then I might gotta agree with the other guy that that scene was kinda meaninglessly. Sure it shows his love, but I can't say I doubted that without that scene lol
Damn, I gotta write this down now for when I eventually rewatch the movie when it comes on streaming. I can't believe I just painted an entire scenario. I'll have to go back with subtitles lol.
Hmm...I see what you're getting at, especially with the allusion to BvS theatrical, which for me is, like the poster child of missing connective tissue.
I guess maybe I have different standards of what I accept to be passable when I watch these films, and perhaps I'm unconsciously lowering the bar.
Kinda like when I watch the TV Show Leverage. It does not succeed in passing criteria that I would hold other films to usually. Leaps in logic, quick resolutions, etc.
I was actually just thinking of like, Rumble in the Bronx lol. typical martial arts action films. They're meant to be "real", but they're not XD.
It wasn't explicit, but I <i>thought</i> that was the "sure" implication. I can't remember the lines but he was talking about how his wife was sick and stuff. I can't remember if he explicitly referenced her making noise, but he kinda trailed off when it came to her fate. But she didn't die succumb to her illness.
The body itself is completely whole, so she wasn't killed by a monster.
I thought the combination of these details plus his personality was all way for the movie to convey that he killed her because she couldn't be quiet as the sickness took her.
Unfortunately, I don't remember the specific words that made me think this (and later I felt validated when I saw the corpse).
I mean, that's kind of a poor example, I feel like, as physical damage as shown in the vast majority of movies are not at all believable. Most viewers don't walk away thinking "why sure" just because they don't realize how unrealistic it is.
But we're talking about a movie where the protagonist literally doesn't sleep. The stylized nature of the movie isn't just how it's presented. The movie continually snowballs into continuously outrageous situations until it hurtles towards the climax. You're right, fights don't magically lead men to nirvana like this. But you know what, random dudes like him don't create complete terrorist organizations that have infiltrated multiple layers of government and police across the country either, all in a matter of a few months or so.
The movie is a loose adaptation, but if you check out any of his novels including this one, they all share this similar disconnect with reality. These are not things that happen in real life. They're extreme. They're over the top. None of it is realistic.
Precisely. The movie is stylized and all the events and absurdities that happen are all part of that.
Although, I do agree with OP that some films do handle symbolism in a way where something can be interpreted entirely literally. I just disagree with OP that that's the only way to do so or the best way to do so.
Honestly, design wise, that WAS fucking random and magic, and just a way for them to shove in Cardi B so she can be in the next movies.
But strictly speaking, she was sent there by the Shaw mom to help, which totally makes sense. Shaw mom didn't just leave Vin Diesel there without having a backup plan. That seems fair.
The movie also implies that Dom and Cardi B know each other, but I don't really think that's a plot hole. Dom knows a lot of ppl. Like how he randomly had that random cousin of his at the beginning of Fast 8. So this again just a heavy handed away of shoving her into the story as an old friend. But this is more or less in consequential to the plot, so I don't consider it "complicating".
What you see as lack of build up, I see as a quick moving film without wasted scenes.
<blockquote>The kid discovering Emmet's mummified wife</blockquote>
This is the very exposition that you were wishing that the movie has. In a quick manuever, the horror movie adds a scary scene that simultaneously serves the role of confirming that he killed his wife, and he was including himself when he told them that the people who are left are not worth saving. This makes it explicit what his character arc is.
<blockquote>Did they just happen to be on a boat that miraculously got there accidentally?</blockquote>
Yes, that's exactly it. I'm glad they only spent ten seconds on this, instead of a random ten minutes of walking around the boat. And we already know these things react quickly. Honestly, it was a surprised it hadn't attacked the whole time; that's my only issue with this scene.
<blockquote>symbolism should first make sense in the literal interpretation. If it doesn't, viewers naturally walk away rolling their eyes.</blockquote>
I'd disagree with this. This precludes more surreal fiction, and in the way Fight Club is filmed, it's clearly not looking to be grounded to reality.
As a big Fight Club fan for decades, I was totally nevertheless on board with your analysis up until the final sentence about Pulp Fiction. :D
I thought it was more of just a self-referential joke because obviously, they're not full brothers. That was the first thing I think many of us laughed at when we saw John Cena in the trailer.
There weren't any plot holes. It wasn't complicated at all actually. You not knowing what the fuck was going on was a you thing.
Oh...yeah, good point, I didn't quite think of it the other way around XDDDD
Indeed. Part of why the movie works is the way it accelerates towards the climax. Viewer even missed the heavy handed ending explanation where there was a book saying LSD in big letters.
Yep....
I mean it did reveal something new about the character. Just didn't fucking matter. Just like Ultimatum lol
There was planned a bigger finale than the conversation with Conklin. It involved an exploding gas station I think.