Post by charzhino on Nov 28, 2019 21:58:37 GMT
Nov 28, 2019 21:17:09 GMT @cat said:
This to me looks sad and really out of the blue. When it comes to fast food Marvel junk, his one and only film in the genre is near the top of the list. His Fantastic 4 is what happens when studios make the kind of deals they do. Fox had to make a Fantastic 4 movie or surrender the rights to use the characters back to Marvel. It's not the fan's fault. It's not even Josh Trank's fault, but it's a little rich to throw stones and stand behind real cinema when he's done two films and one is terrible. I've yet to meet anyone who genuinely likes it. To its credit, I liked the performance by the actor who played Ben Grimm, but I had to really stretch to find any redeemable qualities. I thought he was the only actor who wasn't miscast.
Fox screwed him around with constant interference and ruined any chance the movie had of suceeding when they got tjat stupid hack Kinberg to co-direct. The first act of the movie was good but after the time jump its a totally different movie and you can clearly notice. Trank isnt throwing any stones hes simply giving an opinion that the first 5 minutes of Irishman has more depth than the entire MCU. I dont necessarily fully agree with that but he obviously cares a lot about cinema and is strong willed enough to come out and say it.
Josh Trank is really burning out. I feel sorry for him. I liked Chronicle. Chronicle was an interesting rebuttal to the trope that people just become superheroes when they get powers. Why did nobody think of this before? If you've been bullied all your life and are suddenly endowed with powers, your loyalty is still to yourself. It was an interesting film about the dark side of using your powers.
The idea for chronicle was good and novel but i dislike found footage movies.
Moving on, yeah, I have no idea what the MCU did to him. He threw his own product under the bus. Word on the street is Fox threw their weight around with him on the set (which, to be fair, is really not the first time a studio's ever interfered) and yeah, it won't be the last time. He seems like he's coming from a hurt place and I don't wish him extra pain, but it's kind of rich to trot out "I care about cinema" with his filmography. Who's he trying to kid? I know he's in pain but I have better things to do than let his pain roll over what I like.
Incidentally, welcome back. 
[/quote]He doesnt need a solid filmography for his opinion to carry any more weight. Its a domino effect after the first person decided to publicy out MCU movies and others had the courage to step forward. You can bet that more and more people will say the same thing in the next few months