(12-25-2021, 09:03 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Superhero movies I've liked:

Black Panther
Doctor Strange
Deadpool
Kick Ass
Suicide Squad
Guardians of the Galaxy

IDK if those are Marvel/ DC/ or other

(12-17-2021, 12:47 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Wikipedia keeps a list of each movie these companies make, and dating back to 2000, they've made a whopping 79 movies combined. Almost 4 comic book movies per year.

Anyone else as sick of it as I am?

(12-23-2021, 11:00 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote:

I'm not a fan of formulaic things, on the whole; film, music, etc., I just don't care for any of it and Scorsese is the king of formulaic.

He also ripped off Infernal Affairs (the Departed) and will never own up to it, so he can go kick rocks.

It's why I can appreciate Silence; apart from it dripping with Catholicism and Japan (2 of my favourite things lol), he didn't cast/use any family or rehash actors on the project, he didn't go through his normal use of contemporary music and he actually did a film not based in modern times.

He hit it out of the park. I can't call him a, "bad," director as a result, because he did something out of his comfort zone and it is probably his best film (from a quality/critical standpoint).

Just formulaic to death and I can't stand it lol

(12-28-2021, 10:44 PM)samhain Wrote: In the Catholic vein, did you happen to watch Midnight Mass on Netflix?  

(12-28-2021, 10:55 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: I have not, sadly.

Oh, it's a show! I don't watch much in the vein of shows, nowadays; not-enough time and I'm super plugged-in to sports nowadays, I can't juggle my time .

Interesting premise though! However the premise and setting sound VERY similar to another Netflix (movie), Apostle, from 2018. Directed by Gareth Evans (the Raid and the Raid 2), which I REALLY liked a lot, it too did the whole, "religious people on an isolated island," but was set in the 1800s.

(12-28-2021, 10:55 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: I have not, sadly.

Oh, it's a show! I don't watch much in the vein of shows, nowadays; not-enough time and I'm super plugged-in to sports nowadays, I can't juggle my time .

Interesting premise though! However the premise and setting sound VERY similar to another Netflix (movie), Apostle, from 2018. Directed by Gareth Evans (the Raid and the Raid 2), which I REALLY liked a lot, it too did the whole, "religious people on an isolated island," but was set in the 1800s.

(12-20-2021, 04:13 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: (and I despise Scorsese, as every film is a borderline rehash of the one that came before it),

(12-30-2021, 02:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yeah, right.  "Shutter Island", "Raging Bull", "King of Comedy", "The Aviator", "Taxi Driver", "The Age of Innocence", and "Hugo" are all just alike.


Seriously, Truck, I am a little embarrassed for you.

Quote:Of course, I am speaking with a degree of generalizing

(12-30-2021, 04:01 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: http://thebengalsboard.com/Thread-Marvel-DC-movies?pid=1123200#pid1123200

Seriously, Fred, I never expected you to take a shot outside of football or politics, but, of course, the lawyer can't refrain from passing judgment...

He branched-out significantly in the 2000s, but pre-2000 was almost always a film about:

- Italian Americans
- Gangsters
- Robert DeNiro
- Joe Pesci
- etc.

Take Besson, for instance; while I would not put him on the same level as Scorsese (though I contend that Leon is better than GF any day of the week) in terms of whole body of work, outside of Jean Reno and his mistresses/wives he had at specific times, EVERY film he did had nothing to with the other, EVERY film had a different main setting (save for Nikita and Subway, which shared Paris as the main backdrop) and he explored the non-writing side of filmmaking, in terms of better filming/action sequences, setpieces, technical work, etc.

I'm not shitting on Scorsese, but if one cannot admit that his pre-millennium work was a great deal formulaic in various ways, then the fanboy in you is seriously clouded.

I would suggest reading some of Bondenella's works and taking a deeper dive into Italian and Italian/American cinema, as I have studied Scorsese on a University, critical level, in a handful of classes.

I'm not blowing smoke out of my ass, like many do.

(12-31-2021, 01:37 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Sorry Truck.

I actually try not to get too hot in the entertainment section because it is more about individual taste.  Like the uniform threads in Jungle Noise.

But I am big Scorsese fan so I was a little too sensitive.

(12-30-2021, 04:01 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: He branched-out significantly in the 2000s, but pre-2000 was almost always a film about:

- Italian Americans
- Gangsters
- Robert DeNiro
- Joe Pesci
- etc.

(12-31-2021, 12:14 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: That’s just simply not true though.


Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore - 1974
After Hours - 1985
The Color of Money - 1986
The Last Temptation of Christ - 1988
The Age of Innocence - 1993
Kundun - 1997
Bringing Out the Dead - 1999


Like I said earlier in the thread, he has a much more diverse filmography than he gets credit for. None of those films are related to anything you listed.

(12-31-2021, 12:57 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: I mean, sure, but I would've increased the list if we were to do a really deep dive into the constant themes:

ADLHA has Keitel, who has worked with Scorsese a ton, as well as Jodie Foster.
LToC is about Catholicism, so that's a pretty big Italian connection there.
Age of Innocence is set in New York and has Daniel Day Lewis (who has NEVER worked with the same director more than once, outside of Jim Sheridan).
After Hours takes place in New York.
Color of Money is full of Italian-American actors/actresses.
Bringing Out the Dead takes place in New York, is full of Italian-American actors/actresses and stars Nick Cage, who is an incredibly-prominent Italian in American cinema.

Kundun is absolutely one that is completely non-formulaic/not-rehashed of themes/people of his works and is very-similar to Silence in that regard.

An American film he did that is completely unlike the others, would be Boxcar Bertha, one of his earliest and completely different in terms of themes and talent used. Not a very well-received film though lol

And just looking at his, "Trademarks," on IMDB, he has 26: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark

For comparison's sake:

Coppola has 7 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000338/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark
Spielberg has 21 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark
Lean has 13 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000180/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark
Fellini has 4 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000019/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark
Hitchcock has 20 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark
Stone has 20 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000231/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark

I mean, I can go on, but I think my drift has been noted at this point lol.

Only Tarantino has more, at *52* (which is insane lol) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_tm_sm#trademark, but you will never see me not call him formulaic lol.

I know that's a SUPER-VAGUE way at looking at it (especially since the entries are fan-written), but one cannot deny that even if he is more-versatile than given credit, he sticks to the same themes, settings, actors, more-often than not.

Anyways, think we've discussed Marty enough!

(01-03-2022, 02:48 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Do you despise Jimi Hendrix because he played with the same guys a lot and every single one of his songs is either rock or blues?

(01-03-2022, 03:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Here is my theory on why super hero movies are so popular.

We now have access to almost any movie at home not long after it appears in theatres.  But action movies with a lot of special effects are best viewed on a big screen.  So people who want to see a movie for the story, or characters wait and watch it at home, but they go to the theaters to see the super hero action adventure movies.