tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post3007724203631419821..comments2024-03-25T20:48:20.863-05:00Comments on Uncanny Valley: Fight scenes and dramaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-41930348972370657962011-05-19T17:10:50.597-05:002011-05-19T17:10:50.597-05:00I was high as a kite when I saw Thor. It was 11am...I was high as a kite when I saw Thor. It was 11am (because that's the discount showing) and it was 3D (because that's the craze) and I'd swallowed some X (because that's what I had). I did not buy popcorn. It is possible that these (the X and lack of popcorn) are the reasons that I feel Thor sucked. But I think Thor sucked just because it was a shitty movie. I got a half stock when I heard Kenneth Branagh would be directing the film. But then I saw the film and it was like I had never had a boner in my life.<br /><br />My problem is the exact thing that you say makes the action scenes work. And I say, yea, the action scenes work but the movie is shit nonetheless. The plot is entirely obsessed with identifying the stakes for the main characters and structuring the hierarchy of ass kicking ability (as you so neatly outline) so that when the action does happen it is entirely comprehensible (and, as you say, predictable). I vote for lyricism in film. Action scenes included. Yea there are a lot action scenes that rely on the gimmicks of quick cuts and handheld seizures, but don't write off that entire aesthetic because the scripts that most often use it aren't taking the time to worry about characterization anyway. <br /><br />I guess maybe you have never been a fight. I've been punched many times and I cannot always identify where the punch came from or even where it landed. Often I am bloodied and running and crouching behind a wall and I have no idea how this came to pass.<br /><br />The thing with Thor is that the script is so meticulous about getting us to understand these parallel universes and their inhabitants and their relative asskicking abilities (the big picture) that we never get to sink into any of the specific emotional moments that make tragedies work. <br /><br />So what am I saying <br />1) Thor was not a good film<br />2) Don't be so harsh on the quick cut in action scenes<br /><br />My favorite action scene of recent years<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blki-DISUis<br /><br />And yea, this is more like what you're talking about. So maybe I don't disagree with you as much as want to temper your harsh critique.<br /><br />So, really what I'm saying<br />1) Thor was not a good filmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-43678837360085164542011-05-16T11:34:28.203-05:002011-05-16T11:34:28.203-05:00Yeah Tim, I wrote that and then I thought, "W...Yeah Tim, I wrote that and then I thought, "Wait, that sounds pretty good."Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-29470925260429692042011-05-16T11:25:54.942-05:002011-05-16T11:25:54.942-05:00I would be interested in seeing a short film of th...I would be interested in seeing a short film of the man trying to smash all windows in his office building.Tim Dickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108326838218032812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-87751349576815645482011-05-16T00:26:13.365-05:002011-05-16T00:26:13.365-05:00I liked Thor. I think the Batman and Iron Man movi...I liked <i>Thor</i>. I think the Batman and Iron Man movies have been the best of the superhero bunch, though. <br /><br />I've also grown tired of shaky cameras during fight scenes. Unfortunately, I don't think their prevalence will decrease.Jason Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512025552464332123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-14493556683118471742011-05-15T14:06:59.810-05:002011-05-15T14:06:59.810-05:00Yes, they tried to fix it that way and it just mak...Yes, they tried to fix it that way and it just makes things worse.Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-10214234703357244742011-05-15T14:01:43.010-05:002011-05-15T14:01:43.010-05:00I think my problem with the batman fight scene is ...I think my problem with the batman fight scene is its narration. It uses narration to explain wtf is going on and helps me care. I know that if Morgan Freeman, the narrator God will hire for his documentary of human history, wasn't telling me what was going on, I wouldn't give a shit.Robert Alan Wendebornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09959076574740856629noreply@blogger.com