Agree to disagree then? I can't shake this feeling that everytime I go look at Metacritic and Rottentomatoes that there's more folks of the likes of me, of the same consensus as I do, than the niche fan of this movie. I'd find it easier to stomach if there is some admittance that the movie is diverting itself away from what a movie should be, rather than claiming individual/personal preference as a copout.

Easier way to put it, majority of the people who had watched the movie, including those who take movie as seriously (movie critics) one who made bread and butter out of their daily lives, had opinionated that it is a failure. Select few may enjoy it for its other embellished aesthetics, but not enough to sway the general consensus that it fail to operate as a movie in a the story-telling department. Can we at least agree on that? I agree 100% that it get perfect scores 10/10 if a movie is graded based solely on visuals/eyecandy/cameraworks, hence why I labeled it as such, a visual orgasm, with no tangible core. Sure you get your fix, but it's short-lived, and you start craving more. When does the movie now stop being a movie, than just visual satisfaction? The closest I can relate to this is a tech-demo, or a music video of fat-bottomed ladies gyrating to rap music.

Movie=moving pictures, moving pictures needs a plot, at least a plot tangible enough to keep the audience emotionally invested well after the visual assaults numbed their eyeballs. After all you can only stomach so much of one thing before you start craving something more substantial. Like porn, everyone likes them, but after a while, you've seen them all in all manners of positions, genres, etc. I mean, how many times can one stomach Baby Doll swaying before starting to question if every other target they're trying to pickpocket of at the asylum is either depraved of sex, or mentally deficient?

Two dimensional characters, no matter how much you try to make them look beautiful, can only go so much. Like polishing a turd, no matter how shiny the turd gets, it is still a turd. Granted it's shiny, but it still stinks.

One saving grace of this movie, is the music. I already cant get enough of Emily Browning's rendition of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and Queen's mashup of "I Want It All/We Will Rock You". But that further strengthen my opinion that it's a demonstration of this movie's strengths in the wrong places: music and visual, when it's the plot that needs help. It's like they're trying to pad the weaknesses in the movie's plotline by assaulting you with visuals (flashy SFX, fastcuts and crazy camera sweeps, naked ladies), and music. Starting to sound like a music video now, isn't it?

But hey, just my two cents. I understand your affiliation and fondness in this since you're in the business of visuals/graphics yourself, so I'm trying to put myself in your shoes now. But I still cant shake this feeling of "polished turd, no matter how shiny it is, still smells". No hard feelings.

it's 4am abang pilot, tak tidurkah?

Baru lepas Crysis 2, adrenaline still high.

See, saya suka glitzy graphics too. But according to its medium lah. I don't expect movie-grade storyline in videogames, but I expect some form of storytelling qualities in a movie. I certainly don't expect folks to forgive glitz/flashiness more suitable/relatable in videogames to be accepted as a norm in the medium of cinema.

Oh well.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 29 2011, 04:05 AM

hehe to each own lah kut, to me I'm too slow to follow complex storyline and fantastic special effect give me dazy, like last time watched Transformer 2, better buy BD version, at least can take a rest and replay the scenes

Saya setuju, to each his own. But like I said, liking something does not mean I cannot agree or accept the fact that it is broken or flawed. Saya suka korek idung, but it is a personality flaw. Memang sedap korek, but should I ignore the bad qualities of it?

seriously abang string...till now u still think the 6.5 is a real deal ka?

korek hidung is the best, in the toilet you can korek deep deep and get everything out...sedaapppp...

pe ko merepek ni.

don't say tak pernah korek hidung kot? gila pentipu.

Serious Kopitiam talk is serious!

stuck at Kelombong, KK
where to find lunch

pentipu.
wuuuut.
*lari*

Lapar... Must go see 3DS...

There's a ngau chap there very yum yum, near Alliance Bank.

BAGI... 3DS..DEKAT..AKUUUU

Taknak...

no idea where's the alliance bank also
no car also

lapar~~~

Public transport lah

kawasan perindustrian tarak public transport

kenapaaaa

kerja kilang kaaa, makan canteen please