My perception of Superman (from the comics on) is that he is wooden. Maybe boring is the more proper term. A boyscout. Not conflicted. Morally unambiguous. yawn
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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Laga - Jan 03, 2007 8:53:31 am PST #6784 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 8:54:37 am PST #6785 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So it's been annoying me that I wasn't bowled over by Children of Men like I was supposed to be. Although I could just have a Cuarón block, since I didn't think Y Tu Mamá También was hot shit either. The problem with CoM for me was that everything was great except for the story, which was pretty much nonexistent. And I like stories. It's my thing. The same thing, a friend of mine noted, is wrong with The Fountain: the narrative isn't very strong. And I don't know, I'm trying to think of movies I like that have had very simple stories because I'm sure there are some.
What are some great movies whose stories are pretty much "Some guy saves a girl, and that's it" or "A man meets a woman," and why do they transcend it? For you, at least, because I want to see if any of the movies you come up with are ones I like too.
Ailleann - Jan 03, 2007 8:54:54 am PST #6786 of 10001
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I was a bit woden for Dean Cain.
Wrody McWrodpants.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2007 8:55:30 am PST #6787 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am totally a Batman or Wolverine girl, and snark on Superman with that criticism, but I can't back that up with recent well-written text (recent being 20 or so years). He bores me, mostly. Although I did recently get hooked on Action Comics, weirdly.
juliana - Jan 03, 2007 9:04:42 am PST #6788 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
My perception of Superman (from the comics on) is that he is wooden. Maybe boring is the more proper term. A boyscout. Not conflicted. Morally unambiguous. yawn
Which is why I loves me some Batman and Wolverine (x-posty with ita). Actually, not a big comics girl, but I like the characters so much more and would go see the putative Wolverine movie. I haven't seen any Superman movies past the first Reeve one.
(Favorite comic character is Desire, actually. Pure id! Love!)
Scrappy - Jan 03, 2007 9:05:20 am PST #6789 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just off the top of my head, I love Before Sunrise, and there isn't much story there. Same with Dear Frankie or Hard Day's Night.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 9:05:36 am PST #6790 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
funny Bats and Wolfie were the first two that came to mind for me, even though I ganked all their nicknames from Spidey.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 9:07:19 am PST #6791 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Lost in Translation (is also a movie with a very simple story)
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 9:09:28 am PST #6792 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Just off the top of my head, I love Before Sunrise
I've wanted to see that.
Same with Dear Frankie or Hard Day's Night.
Haven't seen.
Lost in Translation (is also a movie with a very simple story)
And also a movie I didn't think was hot shit! Hm. There may be a pattern here after all. Le sigh.
Oh right, that brings to mind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which, at its heart, is also a very simple story, but I loved it. Maybe I require non-linear narrative to hide simplicity. But I hated 21 Grams.
Aims - Jan 03, 2007 9:10:15 am PST #6793 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
And also a movie I didn't think was hot shit!
Me neither. Hated it.