/vhs/ - Movies

I felt the same way about The Godfather, after the diner shootout and when he flees to Italy it all became a blur and I completely lost track of what was happening.
I liked Terminator but not T2. Felt like it was trying to do too much with the first movie which, at the time, was little more than an action movie with primitive CGI. I actually think RotM is the best of the original "trilogy" even if it's no longer canon (fuck nu-Terminator though)
Alien is a great movie and I thought Aliens followed it up pretty well. However Alien 3 throwing Aliens into the trash within the first five minutes is a perfect example of how NOT to write a sequel.

Not an unpopular opinion here but my sister keeps trying to get me to watch all the new Marvel movies. After No Way Home (which I liked very much) I'm done with the MCU, they have used up or killed off all the characters anyone cares about and I am not going to watch a dozen other movies just to know what's happening in the new one. The last one I saw was the newest Doctor Strange which was incredibly disappointing, and that was also the last time I saw a movie in theaters. My own mother even wanted to see GotG 3 with me, even though she cares even less about the MCU than I do. Hearing my sister drone on and on about how good the new Spiderverse is is starting to annoy me, I've told her over and over again that I don't care about it anymore.

>>1769
I think the godfather was a jewish attack on Italians and Catholicism. Why didn't the jews just make a movie about their own organized crime? They are sure to know more about that...

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>>1765 (OP) 
>controversial opinion
I think that Jaws 2 has a better soundtrack and score than the original Jaws.

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Hopefully this still counts since I am talking about the movie, but The End of Evangelion is terrible. It ruined the original series for me with its fan pandering and stupidity. I watched it a little while back, so I can't remember all my reasons for hating it, but here are some that I do remember:

Hideaki Anno loves talking massive shit about his fan base, calling them all out for being anime otakus ("I made this cake and I want to eat it too! It's not fair!"). So what does he do for the Evangelion film now that he has the money? He has Shinki fap to a topless Asuka, he has Shinji make out with Misato, who also promises him sex, and he has Shinji have sex with massive spirit Rei. He caters to all the fans who were wanking off to their favorite waifu. Straight up, Shinji doesn't even need to be in the film apart from being dragged by the star contender lady when he's needed.
"Yeah, but Shinji was a wet blanket from the beginning!"
I agree with this to an extent, but I also think his hesitations in the original series make a lot more sense given the daddy issues. He also somewhat grows in the end after having a psychological realization. In this, he's a fish on a hook, waiting for death. Then all the women are suddenly craving teh dick. Again, Hideaki Anno just giving into fans and then bitching about them simultaneously. Get over yourself.

I actually really liked the experimental angle taken at the end of the anime series, regardless if it was for budgetary reasons. I think it fits better with our focus being on Shinji's conflicts throughout the better part of the series (apart from certain episodes focusing on other characters). I also don't think it's as whack as people claim - seriously, if you've been following the anime dialogue, you know what's up and why everything's happening. I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority for this, hence why there was demand for a movie.

I'm kind of tempted to sit through the reboot, though I've heard MANY complaints. Nothing specific, but if even diehard fans are giving it a solid "meh", I can't imagine it's anything better than what the original series provided.

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>>2349
>Why didn't the jews just make a movie about their own organized crime
They did, it's called: Once Upon a Time In America

>>2730
The only good thing about evangelion was the mecha fights. All the girls were shit, used goods or both.

>>2730
I thought that the movie was pretty consistent with the rest of the series in suggesting that the Eva girls would be insufferable in real life. Shinji was a wreck in the movie because he felt more comfortable with a guy than either of the two girls he gets paired with, and he just squashed the guy's spine like a squish toy. He jerks off to Asuka's comatose body because the only time he can feel genuine attraction to her is when she isn't awake and acting like a bitch. Misato I can sorta see, though the framing didn't exactly seem fanservicy to me.
I find that whole "stop liking the things I make for you" sensibility to be pretty funny nowadays. It's a totally different market, of course, but it seems like a lot of flops nowadays get mad that you didn't pay money to watch or play them. Works so deeply insecure and post-post-post-post-ironic that they offer nothing other than wasted time.
I liked the first two Rebuilds. I didn't see the other two because my interest in the series went away during the time gap. But according to what I've seen and read, Anno starts taking a fat bong rip of his own farts. Dude postmodernism lmao.

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>>2735
I was also super unimpressed with all the girls. Probably my favorite thing to come out of Evangelion is this:

https://youtu.be/nKTwb1WCUwY?si=IUvctQDSwSBswI82

>>2741
>I find that whole "stop liking the things I make for you" sensibility to be pretty funny nowadays.
Wish I had that standard. I think sometimes I can find it comical, but it's a hard pill to swallow.

>I liked the first two Rebuilds.
Don't want to stray too far from the thread topic, but how'd you find Mari?

>>2735
>The only good thing about evangelion was the mecha fights. All the girls were shit,
this

>>2745
>Wish I had that standard. I think sometimes I can find it comical, but it's a hard pill to swallow.
The trick is to remember that it'll all ultimately go on deaf ears and you can't stop people from liking what they want to like.
>Don't want to stray too far from the thread topic, but how'd you find Mari?
Barely remember anything about her, honestly. Wasn't her bit that she got off to killing angels Blood Knight style or something? I guess that was pretty neat.