Saturday, June 18, 2011

Two More Movies We Will Eventually See,
& Watch Until The First Commercial Break

71 yrs. ago, who could have imagined?
Seen on the Internet, so it's gotta be true.
Another basic difference is that Tree of Life is already a front-runner for the best film I will see this year, whereas Green Lantern is a powerful contender for the worst. Even by the standards of the current run of mediocre comic-book movies, this one stands out for its egregious shoddiness. Its characters, dialogue, and pacing recall a destined-to-be-canceled Saturday morning cartoon from the early '80s or possibly an extended Hasbro infomercial.
The chickens of the '80s have come home to roost. A conservative generation has come of age, & Hollywood is at last remade as a glibertarian paradise of consumption.
Out w/ the old ...
[Cross-posted at BB's BigHo.]

3 comments:

  1. Ugh, it's "entertainment as sausage", fed to non-discriminating masses.

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  2. I never sausage a pile of dreck!

    -Pedro, South of the Border
    ~

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  3. Elite Editor:

    We sense snobs. If not foodites.

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