Quandry, I'm not saying old movies are bad. There are tons of old movies that are still watchable by today's standards. Chaplin's The Kid comes to mind, or anything else from him for that matter.
I'm just saying that you will find some movies in 'Best movies of all time' lists which are not watchable by today's standards, like Erich von Stroheim's 7 hours long movies, or stuff like that. These are still important movies, because they changed something, but they are not necessarily 'better' then stuff that comes out now.
And game industry is far from collapsing, games actually earn more money these days then movies. And the trend continues, because there's a lot of space for improvement and innovation in games. The thing (:rolleyes:) with movies is different.
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It is every Corsair's responsibility to die a beautiful death in defense of Crete, regardless of how OORP or how capwhoring the opposition is. Launch your fighter, joust the battlecruisers and die a beautiful death. Then, drink it down in the bar.
Sucker Punch was niche? That movie blows your socks off no matter who you are. The quality of action in that movie can't be denied by a soul alive on this planet, even if they dislike the storyline. (Which was imaginative and well executed to boot.)
' Wrote:Sucker Punch was niche? That movie blows your socks off no matter who you are. The quality of action in that movie can't be denied by a soul alive on this planet, even if they dislike the storyline. (Which was imaginative and well executed to boot.)
To most of the *cough* intellectually <strike>challenged</strike> average *cough* audience, it was nothing more than a glorified, misogynist , popcorn action flick. While Snyder's vision was a more involved, symbolic and metaphoric exploration of themes of both the era it was set in and the modern society. Most of your audience found it too difficult/can't be bothered to look deeper, past its face value, this is exactly why Michael Bay earns billions.
Yeah, I loved Sucker Punch. It was intended to be a cult classic, but improper marketing failed it. I guess I'm a part of the niche it was intended for.
Intellectual psychobabble aside, like I said, if a movie's action sequences kicks ass, they kick ass. No if, ands, or buts about it. No one aspect of a movie is invalid in relation to the rest. Even if Sucker Punch flopped in every other aspect (which I don't believe it did), the action was executed to nigh perfection.