Movies
I think i talked about this before... but I don't remember.
I don't like watching movies. Well, no, I like watching movies in very narrow circumstances, so it's like I don't enjoy them at all.
I simply don't like watching movies as often as most people, I guess. Because the prospect of going to a theater to watch a movie sounds like an expensive way to ignore the person you're with for two hours. Here, give me the ten-fifty and I'll bugger off for an hour or two instead. That's not "spending time with me"... you're spending time with Steven Spielberg and listening to a dream he had. And you can't ask him questions about his story, neither! He's a bad conversationalist.
I suppose that's another thing. I feel movies do only two things... expect me to fill in the blanks too much, or hemorrhage exposition because I'm stupid. Maybe both. Maybe I'm too stupid to watch these things I can't ask questions... I can't say "WTF is that? Who is that, again?" or ask him to slow down or draw a damn diagram. And, everyone knows my irrational hate of endings that don't END. Fuck you cliff-hanger. And I hate movies that you have to watch two times to "get the plot"... how dare you assume I'm paying twice to see this!
Also, I hate when people hype a movie to me. Hype makes everything feel cheaper to me. Lessens the feeling of discovery. "OMG, you're gonna LOOOOOVE this movie!" Really? Thanks for ruining the journey, then! When people love a movie so much and they make me watch it, I feel a lot of pressure to love it in the same way they do. Also, all this knowing giggling makes me ticked off. It's the whole reason I refused to see Serenity. Someone "woo'd" every time River came on the screen while I was attempting to watch the series. Ruined the whole adventure for me. So, when Serenity came out, I abstained out of wounded memories.
I hate that you have to see all the prior movies to understand other movies.... or a TV series or a book. Excuse me for not being in your CULT of insider knowledge. Who the FUCK was that pink lady, anyhow! Oh, I didn't read the book or watch the prior movie before you DRAGGED my ass here? Silly me for wanting to alleviate my confusion. *Shhh!* Shhhh yourself!
In many movies, I feel characters and plots are excruciatingly predictable. Archetype characters are overused in the exact same settings. That's not a nod to a prior movie, it's straight up RIPPED OFF... In most cases. Even NEW archetypes like the "bouncy happy bad ass" and the "dark hero" are becoming stale. I don't know how to fix it. And plots don't change much because there's a limited number of combination of conflict that are watchable. But, making them more CONVOLUTED doesn't necessarily make them better.
In addition to being predictable and boring. Most characters in certain types of movies are so unrealistic it's bloody unwatchable. I understand that movies are a fantasy... but does everyone need to be amazing at everything? Spies are flexible AND have PhDs in nuclear reactor science. There's no complete blunder to ruin everything, forcing them to run back to the base going "Oh fuck! I didn't have a clue what I did wrong!" and try again tomorrow. Nope, everyone's brilliant and gorgeous and don't have any consequences. Fortunately, there are very few movies like that anymore. Or at least, are really obviously of that variety so I don't see them.
It's mostly obvious what "type" of movie it is from the previews and general imagery so I can avoid the worst of them... like "5 year old child only" cartoons... fart joke slap-stick comedies... cars-n-babes-n-explosions movies... "Childhood ruiners"... Romantic comedies... "Dance movies"... High school-centric movies... n' such.
There are a few types of movies I"m drawn to immediately: Adult-friendly cartoons (Anything Pixar has done), Adult animation, high fantasy, surrealism, Some sci-fi... and that's such a narrow list!
I like most movies once I finish seeing them, but getting me to agree to sit still for one is hard. Ambrose and Friends usually pick good movies to see and I'm trying to trust them on it and "loosening up" this weird aversion I have. I really don't know why I'm so resistant sometimes, but it mostly has to do with the mood I'm in.
The mood being: "I want unhealthy popcorn".
I also had a bit of a bad day, so I'm ranting about movies instead.
I don't like watching movies. Well, no, I like watching movies in very narrow circumstances, so it's like I don't enjoy them at all.
I simply don't like watching movies as often as most people, I guess. Because the prospect of going to a theater to watch a movie sounds like an expensive way to ignore the person you're with for two hours. Here, give me the ten-fifty and I'll bugger off for an hour or two instead. That's not "spending time with me"... you're spending time with Steven Spielberg and listening to a dream he had. And you can't ask him questions about his story, neither! He's a bad conversationalist.
I suppose that's another thing. I feel movies do only two things... expect me to fill in the blanks too much, or hemorrhage exposition because I'm stupid. Maybe both. Maybe I'm too stupid to watch these things I can't ask questions... I can't say "WTF is that? Who is that, again?" or ask him to slow down or draw a damn diagram. And, everyone knows my irrational hate of endings that don't END. Fuck you cliff-hanger. And I hate movies that you have to watch two times to "get the plot"... how dare you assume I'm paying twice to see this!
Also, I hate when people hype a movie to me. Hype makes everything feel cheaper to me. Lessens the feeling of discovery. "OMG, you're gonna LOOOOOVE this movie!" Really? Thanks for ruining the journey, then! When people love a movie so much and they make me watch it, I feel a lot of pressure to love it in the same way they do. Also, all this knowing giggling makes me ticked off. It's the whole reason I refused to see Serenity. Someone "woo'd" every time River came on the screen while I was attempting to watch the series. Ruined the whole adventure for me. So, when Serenity came out, I abstained out of wounded memories.
I hate that you have to see all the prior movies to understand other movies.... or a TV series or a book. Excuse me for not being in your CULT of insider knowledge. Who the FUCK was that pink lady, anyhow! Oh, I didn't read the book or watch the prior movie before you DRAGGED my ass here? Silly me for wanting to alleviate my confusion. *Shhh!* Shhhh yourself!
In many movies, I feel characters and plots are excruciatingly predictable. Archetype characters are overused in the exact same settings. That's not a nod to a prior movie, it's straight up RIPPED OFF... In most cases. Even NEW archetypes like the "bouncy happy bad ass" and the "dark hero" are becoming stale. I don't know how to fix it. And plots don't change much because there's a limited number of combination of conflict that are watchable. But, making them more CONVOLUTED doesn't necessarily make them better.
In addition to being predictable and boring. Most characters in certain types of movies are so unrealistic it's bloody unwatchable. I understand that movies are a fantasy... but does everyone need to be amazing at everything? Spies are flexible AND have PhDs in nuclear reactor science. There's no complete blunder to ruin everything, forcing them to run back to the base going "Oh fuck! I didn't have a clue what I did wrong!" and try again tomorrow. Nope, everyone's brilliant and gorgeous and don't have any consequences. Fortunately, there are very few movies like that anymore. Or at least, are really obviously of that variety so I don't see them.
It's mostly obvious what "type" of movie it is from the previews and general imagery so I can avoid the worst of them... like "5 year old child only" cartoons... fart joke slap-stick comedies... cars-n-babes-n-explosions movies... "Childhood ruiners"... Romantic comedies... "Dance movies"... High school-centric movies... n' such.
There are a few types of movies I"m drawn to immediately: Adult-friendly cartoons (Anything Pixar has done), Adult animation, high fantasy, surrealism, Some sci-fi... and that's such a narrow list!
I like most movies once I finish seeing them, but getting me to agree to sit still for one is hard. Ambrose and Friends usually pick good movies to see and I'm trying to trust them on it and "loosening up" this weird aversion I have. I really don't know why I'm so resistant sometimes, but it mostly has to do with the mood I'm in.
The mood being: "I want unhealthy popcorn".
I also had a bit of a bad day, so I'm ranting about movies instead.