Escape to the Movies: Chronicle

[BabySinclair]

Bob, normally I will agree with you and sometimes defend you but this tome I ca't, even though I know where you're coming from...


Go Giants


more OT: nice to see that this movie got a good review

 

[Canadamus Prime]

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Look, when I was a kid, I was bullied so bad I had to be home schooled for the rest of my schooling years. I was ten. But I don't let it rule my life making up petty revenge fantasies and constantly talking about it like Bob does. I'm 21, and I've moved past it. Maybe you guys haven't. I don't know how old you all are, but when you're 30 years old, are you seriously going to still have it hanging over you like Bob does? I mean, really?

Yes. I'm also 30 and it still effects me to this day; not as much as it once did, but still does. It's because of that that I'm afraid to go out and meet new people. And yeah, if I got super powers I'd probably go around smashing bullies in the face.
So maybe you're more resilient than Bob and myself, hooray for you; but don't go around judging everyone else by your standards.

 

[CAPTCHA]

And don't start giving me examples of female superheroes in movies, unless you can give me one who DOESN'T dress like a stripper (or worse), and who has her own life that is not dependent upon a male character.

Ugh.

Let the right one in (debatable)
Girl with the dragon tattoo
Terminator 2
Aliens
Run Lola, run

To name a few off the top of my head.

 

[LobsterFeng]

Is it bad that I don't want to see this movie just because I hate "found footage" movies? Other than that this looks really interesting.

 

[Strain42]

And don't start giving me examples of female superheroes in movies, unless you can give me one who DOESN'T dress like a stripper (or worse), and who has her own life that is not dependent upon a male character.

Ugh.

I'm not gonna try to name examples because to be honest, I can't think of any. The closest I've got is She-Hulk, mostly when she's in her wearing pants phase coupled with the times when she's not in a relationship (which is fairly often)

But you seem to be ignoring that it's not exactly much better for men in that regard. How often has Spiderman's life been dependent on MJ or Black Cat, or Superman with Lois Lane? Character romance is often a driving force for characters, regardless of their gender. I'm not saying it's a GOOD driving force, but it goes both ways.

In regards to this movie, Bob I think you did fine on it (not your best video, but fine) and to the people whining about spoilers, you should have shut off the video the first time he said "Spoiler Warning"

I have nothing against the Found Footage genre (though it does usually make me a little dizzy) but the way you describe this movie it almost feels like it would hinder it some, I dunno.

I don't think I'll see it unless way down the road I see it on Netflix or something.

 

[JehuBot]

I was bullied alot back in high school, so I can feel Bob's pain, if I had a super power back in those days, I'd totally use it for revenge.

the movie itself looks interesting, maybe I'll get it on DVD someday.

A Candy Land movie...

...starring Adam Sandler...

*pauses*

So where's the third godawful element of this? These things come in three, ya know. Lemme guess...bad director like Uwe Boll?

No no no, you see, for a shitty comedy, look no further then the Seltzer/Friedberg duo, with alot of random pop culture references and internet memes, and I'm gonna go the extra mile and say that one of those references will include Katy Perry's California Gurls music video.

see? that wasn't so hard, and that's how those lazy hacks make their stupid movies.

Oh, and did I mentioned the pointless cameos?

OK OK, I'll stop -_-

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

Yes. I'm also 30 and it still effects me to this day; not as much as it once did, but still does. It's because of that that I'm afraid to go out and meet new people. And yeah, if I got super powers I'd probably go around smashing bullies in the face.
So maybe you're more resilient than Bob and myself, hooray for you; but don't go around judging everyone else by your standards.

Okay. I refer you to my original post.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Dude. Dude. Dude.

I am so sick of every action/thriller/sci-fi/superhero movie being a giant bro-fest! Why couldn't at least ONE of the characters in this movie be a woman? Or how about 2 women and one guy? That would have been an interesting dynamic.

But no... 99% of today's movies are made by and for men. Any female character is simply a sex object for the male gaze.

And don't start giving me examples of female superheroes in movies, unless you can give me one who DOESN'T dress like a stripper (or worse), and who has her own life that is not dependent upon a male character.

Ugh.

Let the right one in (debatable)
Girl with the dragon tattoo
Terminator 2
Aliens
Run Lola, run

To name a few off the top of my head.

These and:
Themla and Louise
Resident Evil
Tomb Raider
Sound of Music
Grease
Fargo
Erin Brokovich
GI Jane
Kill Bill
Blue Crush
Juno
Silence of the Lambs
V for Vendetta
Underworld

 

[Crazy_Dude]

You could have put a Spoiler Alert up there somewhere because you gave away the ending of one of the three main characters, but then again you said it was kind obvious early in the film so I don't really mind.

You as a major Avengers fan claim is that they should watch this movie and that the 3rd act would be pretty hard to top. This is like music to my ears as I liked Paranormal Activity/Cloverfield so combining the two just sounds like a great idea.

 

[artanis_neravar]

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Look, when I was a kid, I was bullied so bad I had to be home schooled for the rest of my schooling years. I was ten. But I don't let it rule my life making up petty revenge fantasies and constantly talking about it like Bob does. I'm 21, and I've moved past it. Maybe you guys haven't. I don't know how old you all are, but when you're 30 years old, are you seriously going to still have it hanging over you like Bob does? I mean, really?

But did you forget about it? Do you ever think about it periodically? Has then been any character, in games or movies or books, that you have been able to identify with because of this? Bob simply points out things in movies that he can relate to, just because you reacted differently to a possibly different circumstance doesn't mean that you should be judging other people. How we react to what life throws at us differs from person to person.

 

[Darks63]

Ready to be crushed by the Giants again, Bob?

And this film sounds interesting. The fact that you're worried that the Avengers can't top it is a bit surprising. I'll see if I can't drag some family members to see it with me.

Also...

...and which one will die to raise the stakes.

It's the black guy [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackDudeDiesFirst], right?

Yeah with the Sh*t got real on the tombstone he might as well said at that point yeah the black guy is gonna die.

 

[idodo35]

a "x men in the real world" movie that is good
which seemed rubish to me (relying on the trailer alone) but now im probably going to give it a shot now
and adam sandler in a CANDY LAND adaptation?!?!
you just made my week!!! XD

 

[370999]

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Look, when I was a kid, I was bullied so bad I had to be home schooled for the rest of my schooling years. I was ten. But I don't let it rule my life making up petty revenge fantasies and constantly talking about it like Bob does. I'm 21, and I've moved past it. Maybe you guys haven't. I don't know how old you all are, but when you're 30 years old, are you seriously going to still have it hanging over you like Bob does? I mean, really?

But did you forget about it? Do you ever think about it periodically? Has then been any character, in games or movies or books, that you have been able to identify with because of this? Bob simply points out things in movies that he can relate to, just because you reacted differently to a possibly different circumstance doesn't mean that you should be judging other people. How we react to what life throws at us differs from person to person.

I think I'm in the same boat as the Drunk Ninja, and I would say for myself that it partially it depends. Also I would quite often think "I like this, why?" And go on from there. See to me there is a huge difference between having a scab or keeping picking at it in an attempt to appear more sympathetic and be so filled with self pithy that after your ib the scab off, you cry "This is all because of thos bad men twenty years ago".

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

How would you improve found footage movies? For starters having a floating camera, which you said was good, goes against the point of the film being found footage. The director sucks because he couldn't get the shots he wanted using the found footage method he chose and thus cheated. The whole point of found footage is that it limits the director to what can be seen and film for that persons point of view....that is what makes a great director creative in what he films. Making it floating to get the best shot shows a lack if skill behind the camera.

Looks like a interesting movie though.

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

But did you forget about it? Do you ever think about it periodically? Has then been any character, in games or movies or books, that you have been able to identify with because of this? Bob simply points out things in movies that he can relate to, just because you reacted differently to a possibly different circumstance doesn't mean that you should be judging other people. How we react to what life throws at us differs from person to person.

Dude, I've seen his "Magneto Complex" video. It's beyond something simple like identifying with bully hatred. We're almost on Stephen King levels of stereotyping one-dimensional evil bullies. Actually, you haven't seen him at his worst until you've seen his little take on his other show about the Game Anti-Thinker. Hell, when he reviewed Scream 4, he spent the entire beginning giving a sob-story about how Scream 1 ruined his childhood or some bullshit. It's not reasonable relation. It's childish.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Yes. I'm also 30 and it still effects me to this day; not as much as it once did, but still does. It's because of that that I'm afraid to go out and meet new people. And yeah, if I got super powers I'd probably go around smashing bullies in the face.
So maybe you're more resilient than Bob and myself, hooray for you; but don't go around judging everyone else by your standards.

Okay. I refer you to my original post.

And I repeat: Don't judge everyone else by your standards. I can't just snap my fingers and get over something. Although I really wish I could.

 

[370999]

Glad to see a film were the found footage angle actually works. I have to say I'd be rooting for the bullied kid to, but I wish someone would make a movie where someone who got superpowers actually tried to change things WITHOUT becoming a true villain (as opposed to a superhero who just maintains the status quo) Just please don't let it be black guy that dies first.

Leaving alone the fact that people saying they are rooting for the kid who was bullied is kind of disturbing to me. I haven't seen the flick but if honestly all it takes is for someone to be bullied to root for them, it seems incredibly shallow.

Might I ask how? Really how are you proposing someone like this changes the world isntead of going ona nihilistic killing rampage? Because I can't see how. A lot of people think power is simply the ability to kill someone who disagrees, and their right that this is an aspect of it. but an even more important part of it is to get people to want as you want.

If you think in a world where the Eurozone seems to be collapasing, Islam is growing as a political force across the middle east and norther africa as the last secular dictators are thrown down and a raise of populist fundamentalsit parties occurs, America is growing increasingly weaker and will have to see the rise of a culturally, ethnically and politically alien succesor in the form of China, that someone who is able to move things with his mind is anything other then a decnet playing piece is, then you seem to have a very different understanding of the world then I.

So how is a teenage kid, probably heavily bullied and therefore lacking in social skills, going to do this?

Again I've not seen the film but what are you proposing he changes the status quo too? something where people aren't bullied? As I would find that hilarious.

 

[370999]

Yes. I'm also 30 and it still effects me to this day; not as much as it once did, but still does. It's because of that that I'm afraid to go out and meet new people. And yeah, if I got super powers I'd probably go around smashing bullies in the face.
So maybe you're more resilient than Bob and myself, hooray for you; but don't go around judging everyone else by your standards.

Okay. I refer you to my original post.

And I repeat: Don't judge everyone else by your standards. I can't just snap my fingers and get over something. Although I really wish I could.

I think the point is wanting to and then attempting to do so and not wallowing in it. Bob seems content to make this define him which seems pathetic to me. I don't knpow him personnally so I'm speaking from ignorance here but do you want something that you didn't chose to happen and you didn't enjoy to be the most important thing about you? I wouldn't.

 

[artanis_neravar]

But did you forget about it? Do you ever think about it periodically? Has then been any character, in games or movies or books, that you have been able to identify with because of this? Bob simply points out things in movies that he can relate to, just because you reacted differently to a possibly different circumstance doesn't mean that you should be judging other people. How we react to what life throws at us differs from person to person.

Dude, I've seen his "Magneto Complex" video. It's beyond something simple like identifying with bully hatred. We're almost on Stephen King levels of stereotyping one-dimensional evil bullies. Actually, you haven't seen him at his worst until you've seen his little take on his other show about the Game Anti-Thinker. Hell, when he reviewed Scream 4, he spent the entire beginning giving a sob-story about how Scream 1 ruined his childhood or some bullshit. It's not reasonable relation. It's childish.

And who are you to decide what is childish? What are your qualifications? Have you sat down and talked to him about his life? Do you know exactly what he went through everyday? How about how he has dealt with everything else in his life? You are basing your entire judgement on a few videos that he has made, and except that people deal with things differently. Just because you find something childish, doesn't make it true. i find your judgement of a man that you don't even know to be childish, but that doesn't make it true.

 

[artanis_neravar]

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Look, when I was a kid, I was bullied so bad I had to be home schooled for the rest of my schooling years. I was ten. But I don't let it rule my life making up petty revenge fantasies and constantly talking about it like Bob does. I'm 21, and I've moved past it. Maybe you guys haven't. I don't know how old you all are, but when you're 30 years old, are you seriously going to still have it hanging over you like Bob does? I mean, really?

But did you forget about it? Do you ever think about it periodically? Has then been any character, in games or movies or books, that you have been able to identify with because of this? Bob simply points out things in movies that he can relate to, just because you reacted differently to a possibly different circumstance doesn't mean that you should be judging other people. How we react to what life throws at us differs from person to person.

I think I'm in the same boat as the Drunk Ninja, and I would say for myself that it partially it depends. Also I would quite often think "I like this, why?" And go on from there. See to me there is a huge difference between having a scab or keeping picking at it in an attempt to appear more sympathetic and be so filled with self pithy that after your ib the scab off, you cry "This is all because of thos bad men twenty years ago".

It didn't seem like bob was trying to get sympathy. All he said was that he found himself rooting for the bullied kid. The character in the movie is a kid, who is still getting bullied (judging by what bob said and the previews they are all still in high school) so it is only natural to sympathize with the person who is finally standing up to their bully, especially if you never got the chance to do it when you were the bullied.