Frank Hutton Almost (not quite) makes me pine for the good 'ol days when writers wrote then gatekeepers did the shilling because that's what they were good at.
E. Writer Indeed. But that industry is long gone. Even the gatekeepers (big 5) are asking authors to promote their own books, or they only want to publish people who have a massive social media following.
Frank Hutton Yeah. It's all (editing, proofreading, design, shilling etc. etc. etc.) been sloughed off on folk whose skillset might well be antithetical to the tasks necessary to achieve overall excellence. And for pennies on the dollar.
What a deal.
E. Writer Way too many books published. Twenty years ago when my first book was published there were only 250,000 books published annually. Now it's up to 4 million.
Frank Hutton Ubiquity destroys value, for sure.
Alex Morton I completely agree with your characterization of the film's underlying themes, I just think it could have been a far better movie. I only watched all of it because of the music. Mina and I managed about the same as you with One Battle. About twenty minutes was more than enough. Back to genres, I don't particularly like certain genres, and those include horror and superheroes. I've never seen any of the Marvel movies ... never had the interest, and if I want horror, I turn on the news.
E. Writer I too, am not a fan of horror or gorey violence. Game of Thrones really changed my mind on gratuitous violence in movies and TV. It was very well-made but it should have been called, Game of Murder, because every single episode included some hyper-violent murder or torture scene, and kept trying to up the ante on shock value. Peter Dinklage was the great spot in that show with some of the best acting I have seen. And I hate that it was such a great role wasted on such a pointlessly violent show. Do im with you on violence. The world is violent enough and I'm sick of seeing violence glamorized by Hollywood. Sinners was violent but not as gratuitous by modern standards, but I can see how you would turn away from it in disgust. After game of thrones, it seemed like every American or even British show was about an assassin or spies killing people for about 2 years, and I thought, why is killing so seductive to the film industry? Thats when I switched to Korean kdramas.
SJ Blues I can understand the vampire critique. I for one adored it because of all the nuances and social commentaries they made. Truthfully, I would love to see both this version AND a version that would have played out without the vampires, especially considering what would have happened that morning
bb santx It was two perfectly good movies mashed together into some kind of cinematic hash. I didn't watch the Oscars. Did it win?
E. Writer Both movies won different Oscar titles.
I live like I have six months to tie everything up and bring my 51 years to a close. I understand the fragility of life and that the next moment is not guaranteed.
Alex Morton I'm the opposite. I live as if I have a century left to go.
E. Writer Isn't it interesting how two perspectives on life can be completely opposite? For me, life is a fragile thing to be nurtured with the inevitable always in mind, and for you, it's live like time is just a number.
Alex Morton As you know, I live with the inevitable drawing ever-closer, but I always look ahead, regardless. I felt the full impact of my mortality when I was nine or ten years old, realizing that the very me would vanish. It struck me very hard and I made a conscious decision at that age to put those thoughts aside.
E. Writer It is definitely a difficult thing to process. Especially at that age.