The production values on The Room are actually pretty good, I have a blu-ray quality download of it and it looks great. The Room is nowhere near as awful as people make it out to be, even if it is still gloriously godawful/horribly incredible.
The last half hour was ****ing ridiculous. I remember watching it and trying to like it because of Cronenberg but when William Hurt's character made his appearance I just had to accept that this was complete garbage. He got an Oscar nomination for that IIRC, it felt like he was playing a villain in some Will Ferrell or Mike Myers movie.
U wot m8? Camera looks like a '90s soap opera. Music is ridiculous, sets are made of cardboard. The dialogue, acting and script are insanely bad and cringeworthy. I literally couldn't finish it. I thought I'd watch it because it'd be so bad it was good/funny. But it wasn't. It was just bad.
Yeah, the ending was terribly forced. It felt directionless after the second batch of bad guys got mowed down. Although, I did like the final scene, because it just eschewed dialogue and let the situation speak for itself. I found that to be quite effective.
He shot it twice, at the same time, one of those in hi-def, so the blu-ray version looks a lot better. The score is great in its own weird right, but the songs... well, yeah, the songs.
To each their own I guess. I like some films that everyone hates. Like Alexander. Granted, I've only seen the Final Cut which apparently is miles better than the theatrical release.
I can't bring myself to rate The Room on IMDb. It's not bad enough to be a 1, but I can't bring myself to give it a 10. And anything in-between seems weird for a movie like that.
Ted 2 is Seth MacFarlane's Seven Samurai. It's like Citizen Kane updated for the post-modern age; Ted is clearly the Kane character, falling victim to his hubris too often. The shallow jokes are a barrier, showing MacFarlane's inability to show genuine human emotion that isn't entrenched in pathos – however, it is clear that his introspection and genuine care about the human condition permeates every line in the film. The removal of the Mila Kunis character reflects on MacFarlane's nihilistic view on romantic relationships – he changes the romantic partner for Wahlberg's character as a direct commentary on the character's lack of ability to genuinely care for a woman, and how easily he can replace them in his personal life. Every frame of Ted 2 displays a director at the peak of his artistic creativity, whether he knows it or not. But I believe he does. It is a reflection of the director in the best way possible, and it knowingly debases itself to allow its audience to see him in a more personal light. Post-modernism has ushered in a new form of self-aware filmmaking, where the banal can truly ascend to pure art.
Might do, but I'd only end up having cancer wished upon me and my entire family by someone by the name 'lolfilms2k12' or something. Although maybe that's a reason to do it.
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