Post by lenlenlen1 on Dec 14, 2017 15:05:28 GMT
Good god Arch! Really?! "Is Anything A Greater Cinematic Achievement Than The MCU?" Holy shit, the MCU %#&% is so far up your @$$ you cant even see right.
How about, oh I don't know, movies of social or dramatic significance that have stood the test of time? Or movies that were so deep and meaningful that they changed lives and peoples perceptions, or even just film language itself? Or the ENTIRE CAREERS of Steven Spielberg, or Martin Scorsese, or Stanley Kubrick? What about the entire European Film Nouveau movement of the 60's? The new wave of American auteurs in the 70's? How about sound and color in movies? How about Just Star Wars, or Harry Potter, or LOTR or Star Trek?
The MCU is awesome, no doubt! But its just fun entertainment. There are far more greater achievements in film/cinema than a string of money making CBM's. Go out into the world, see some movies from before just the last ten years, learn, and then come back and we'll talk about the great cinematic achievements.
Seriously, tone down the fanaticism. Its out of control!
For most movies, yes. But there are movies that are made with intrinsic artistic value and the added intention of being informative and even transformative. Surely you cant see a movie like 10 Years a Slave or Spotlight without coming away from it "feeling" something, maybe even having learned something, maybe even having your heart and mind changed to some degree (and if you haven't seen those movies, what are you waiting for?).
That's more than just entertainment. Some movies can have that kind of lasting affect on a movie goer. MCU and pretty much all CBMs are just popcorn flicks.
I don't mind that. I like them that way. But they're not the kind of substantive movie that goes down in history. No MCU movie is going to be remembered the way that Lawrence of Arabia is or The Godfather is or 2001: a Space Odyssey is 40 to 50 years later (outside of maybe how much money it made).
No offense is intended to MCU, I am a fan. But if that makes me sound like a film snob, then so be it.