Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Maybe it is because I live in the Uk, but he comes across as unbelievable. I don't think someone that lives surrounded by different accents would notice it as much.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Sheen's style is so different than anyone else in the whole movie. He appears to be improvising a lot, and adding little bits and pieces of dialogue -- very different than the rest of the movie, which is almost ground to a halt by the script. And aside from Sheen's character -- there's very little humor. The whole thing is sooooooo serious.
Originally Posted By dizkid My goodness Jim. I don't know about you but with all the trailers and online previews I went into that movie knowing that it would be an incredibly serious toned movie.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Hey dizkid -- maybe you're just more easily entertained than I am. ???
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I suspect I am though Jim, heck I really enjoyed Capt Eo again at DLP earlier this year ;-)
Originally Posted By dizkid Easily Entertained? No. I didn't say I liked the humor in the movie I just said that I knew the movie was not going to be comedy but rather a drama. The movie is a sci-fi DRAMA. Yes a movie completely absent of humor is not good. And Tron was not absent of any attempts at humor. It would take a certain amount of trying to not know this was a Drama.
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Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Thanks for the short lesson in: 'How To Determine What Movie to go See Based on the Previews and Marketing' Your post has really opened my eyes to what I should, and clearly, should not expect from a movie. Here, I thought that when $300 million is spent on a movie, and I pay $15 to see it, that it might actually be good. Obviously, my expectations are too high, and I need to just be more entertained, more easily. I can now add this newest lesson to my ever growing collection that I've gathered over the years right here on LP.com. Let's see...oh, here are some other titles... 'You Can't Judge a Theme Park Ride Until You've Been On It' 'If You're So Negative About Disney, Why Do you Continue to go?' 'You're Looking too hard, that is attention to detail' This one was written by Disney... 'Disney Theme Parks: How the rules have changed so that they can do less, and guests can pretend to think it's great' it includes shorter modules like... 'Rockwork: Disney decides where it goes -- not you' 'Show Buildings: How they've incorporated blank walls into a usable theme' Wow, some of these go back over 10 years.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I have decided though, my tastes must be "dodgy". I loved TRON Legacy, likeed Alice and Wonderland and The Last Airbender, and I loved The Sorceror's Apprentice. I like some escapism in my movies these days.
Originally Posted By Christi22222 ^^^I don't think your taste is "dodgy" at all. In fact, I think this is survival. I love movies and always have. I am not a person who understands the film process necessarily. I just love going to movies and getting lost in them. Then I had a kiddo and we all know that means you don't see ANY movies for like 5 years. Then you usually only get to see "family" movies for another 5. When I finally got back to the movies, I walked into every hyped movie with great expectations of being as good as my favorite 80's films, or Dances With Wolves, or Star Wars, or something. And they weren't. I don't know if I changed, or the world changed, and it probably doesn't matter which it is. I just found even the movies I liked, to fall short. So I changed my expectations. Are there holes in the plot? When aren't there?! Is the dialogue lame? yeah, but it was funny too. Was the acting Oscar worthy? Nope, but those performances are all in the intense indie flicks that I have to be in an academic mood to watch. So eventually I decided to simply enjoy movies for what they had to offer. I guess that's much like some folks feel about Disney. (For some reason, I'll accept it in my movies, but not my beloved Disney.) If a movie has a great feel and great music, a la Tron, I like it. So what if I have to fill in a few character development and plot holes for myself. And sometimes, to be fair, I am WOW'ed. Like Pirates I. Fantastic. And frankly, after re-watching BatB right after Tangled, I think it is as much my memory of "perfect" movies that is the problem as the movies themselves. Because after seeing my favorite animated flick (BatB,) I thought Tangled was even better than I realized! lol So enjoy away, Dave. To hell with over-analyzing. There's only so many things in life to enjoy. Take what you can!! (And I'm right there with you on the escapism thing. I'm over reality!)
Originally Posted By avimagine I'd have to say I'm in the fanboi just like sci/fi fantasy no matter how badly written or executed slot. I just enjoy the movie for the Entertainment and then that's it. Airbender though was the biggest disappointment.
Originally Posted By dizkid >>Here, I thought that when $300 million is spent on a movie, and I pay $15 to see it, that it might actually be good. Obviously, my expectations are too high, and I need to just be more entertained, more easily.<< Once again you completely fail to see what I actually am saying. I in no way said that the film was entertaining (entertaining is opinion) I said that you failed to see the film was supposed to be serious. I hope you never felt like I was trying to harass or imply I was more knowledgeable on a subject. I was merely trying to help you understand the purpose of the film.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Yes! Of course knew that 'Tron: Legacy' was/is a SciFi Drama. I saw the first one in theatres back in 1982, so yeah -- got it. And Ill admit that I find the particular 'tone' of your posts -- uh, irritating. But hey, my style of posts ain't exactly sweet either, right?
