tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post2176336945826887128..comments2024-01-06T19:03:20.285-08:00Comments on Blue Sky Disney: Mass Hysteria...Honor Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346050126873050983noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-84411666263713526592010-05-26T21:02:50.854-07:002010-05-26T21:02:50.854-07:00Mass Effect is okay space opera for a video game, ...Mass Effect is okay space opera for a video game, but it's not exactly Shakespeare. <br /><br />Video games are not art. Just ask Roger Ebert.Spokkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244298044953214810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-48005604935118206912010-05-25T17:19:47.257-07:002010-05-25T17:19:47.257-07:00I'm wondering if any of you have played the ga...I'm wondering if any of you have played the game? If you have, you wouldn't be able to say it's not a great story.<br /><br />It's one of the few video games that puts story first and foremost. It has a powerful narrative, engaging and unique characters, and a deeply emotional center in its hero. <br /><br />Play the game and its sequel and see if you can keep harping on a bad story. You won't find such a thing in "Mass Effect."<br /><br />A good story can still be part of a summer blockbuster. And if they don't screw up what they have in the original story, "Mass Effect" may be just that rare film: an engaging and heartfelt story that blows stuff up real good.duanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-31836212847716189692010-05-25T14:10:37.360-07:002010-05-25T14:10:37.360-07:00Drama isn't quite dead, but I hope for more qu...Drama isn't quite dead, but I hope for more quality films.<br /><br />The problem with this theory is ignorance of the past. Not everyone can make a Star Wars or Spiderman. How many failures of Hulk did we have?<br /><br />The good dramas and romantic comedies will always sell.<br /><br />Sex and the City (not my favorite, but a female audience pleaser)<br />The Hangover.<br />The Blind Side.<br />Up In The Air.<br />Couples Retreat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-18986266114485130852010-05-25T01:57:06.672-07:002010-05-25T01:57:06.672-07:00Star Wars is a blessing and a curse. Because of i...Star Wars is a blessing and a curse. Because of it the summer blockbuster has forever been corrupted into a vacuous tentpole of over-commercialized visual effects and merchandising and the art of film narrative has become obscured and obsolete. The great movies of the past were written by people who read books and understood literature and the art of story telling narrative. Today, there is no more narrative, only big explosions and a million visual effects elements happening on screen cut to the pacing of industrial music videos to distract the audience from the simple basic fact that there is no story whatsoever. Avatar is a primary offender of this as are the films of hack directors like Michael Bay or Stephen Sommers who just don't get it. James Cameron made great films once but even he has become obsessed with the visual circus act like Spielberg and Lucas rather than getting back to the fundamentals of basic filmmaking 101.Michael Bay Is The Anti-Christnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-54354615251967531432010-05-24T23:06:57.977-07:002010-05-24T23:06:57.977-07:00Ironically I'm watching star wars tonight. I s...Ironically I'm watching star wars tonight. I see your point on escapism, and it's an unfortunate event, because great films are going unnoticed because everyone wants to see something they don't have: superhuman powers, or having a new body on a new planet.Red Leaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894143427856255490noreply@blogger.com