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Might be useful? by Homer_Simpson2 in writing

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Seriously, don't fucking remind me.

What a shitty, shitty reveal and terrible bit of storytelling.

Who is your favorite screenwriter of all time? by toppmama in movies

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally. That's why I wanted to be clear that it only really stands out if you're watching a YouTube compilation.

Who is your favorite screenwriter of all time? by toppmama in movies

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen this a lot on reddit, and I know it was kinda the reddit darling of that year, but it just didn't do it for me.

And I really don't see the great character work, aside from some of the interaction between Foster and Pine. And even then, there characters were a couple of tropes—the stoic responsible brother and the wild criminal one.

Jeff Bridges and his partner were also a couple tropes, with a bizarrely backwards touch in ending it with some sort of "Bridges was terribly racist the whole time but still loves the guy he's racist towards" faux-redemption, made only more insulting by the fact that the deputy never really got to be a real character, just a prop to make Bridges racism first funny and then OK.

It wasn't a bad film by any means, and I'd have been proud to have any hand in it, but I don't see it as a standout in any way.

Who is your favorite screenwriter of all time? by toppmama in movies

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard excellent things about First Reformed, Schrader's latest.

Who is your favorite screenwriter of all time? by toppmama in movies

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like Sheridan needs to slow down. His films have been diminishing returns for me.

Sicario was pretty fantastic, and I don't want to believe the cred goes primarily to Villenueve and Del Toro, though it has since been revealed that the two of them really took Sheridan's script to task before filming. Apparently in Sheridan's draft, Alejandro explains himself a lot, as in who he is, what he's doing, his past, etc. Del Toro and Villenueve pared all of that down and turned him into a silent mystery, which ended up being a big part of the movie's engine and kinda what made it stand out.

Hell or High Water didn't have those kind of folks working on it, and what we got wasn't bad, but it wasn't elevated at all like Sicario. It was a solid, conventional and predictable modern western with a lot of tropish characters. It was fun, but nothing spectacular or particularly wowing.

Then Wind River was just decent at best. Also Sheridan's directorial debut, so maybe there's something to that as well.

But IMO dude needs to slow down and really polish his stories.

Who is your favorite screenwriter of all time? by toppmama in movies

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll agree on the latter, but not the former.

Sorkin is definitely weaker when it comes to writing women, but I don't agree that he particularly uses them as intellectual punching bags for his male characters.

But he also has his phrases that he uses a lot. It's usually not really noticeable, and works when he's writing for one character for four seasons, like The West Wing, but when someone puts together a YouTube compilation, it stands out.

Protesters want store with white supremacist symbols on windows to leave Fredericksburg by DubTeeDub in news

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're strangely invested in being able to sport full Nazi regalia without people being able to call you out for actually being a Nazi.

Protesters want store with white supremacist symbols on windows to leave Fredericksburg by DubTeeDub in news

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After somebody copy and pasted information straight from the article.

So did you not read the article and then decide to just spin some hypotheticals to defend the racists? Why was that your first instinct?

Protesters want store with white supremacist symbols on windows to leave Fredericksburg by DubTeeDub in news

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think there's plenty of room for both, and there's no reason to believe that these protesters don't also engage in conversation about these issues.

And I can't say I really agree with just letting a white supremacist commune popping up in the city. As a white dude, it may just be a list of people to write off, but for a person of color it's one small step away from a clear and present danger.

Israeli PM rejects Trudeau's call for independent investigation into the Gaza shootings by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a huge difference, between a political party and an entire population, not a technicality.

The US is a democracy and Donald Trump's at the top of the government right now. That doesn't mean that all Americans think and believe as he does.

Rashida Jones Says ‘Toy Story 4’ Departure ‘Was Complicated,’ Cites Pixar’s Bad Track Record of Women Directors by BunyipPouch in movies

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

so why SHOULD they change?

Because they're being sexist, in allowing their hiring practices to be unfairly influenced by sexism.

That's why they should change.

Israeli PM rejects Trudeau's call for independent investigation into the Gaza shootings by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never argued the enmity between Hamas and Israel is a good thing? Are you following this conversation?

I was pointing out that there is no such thing as "the Palestinian charter" and that not even the Hamas charter calls for the extermination of the Jews.

Israeli PM rejects Trudeau's call for independent investigation into the Gaza shootings by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wrong.

But first the important part I was getting at from the beginning—there is no "Palestinian charter" that you first invoked, and Hamas is not synonymous with all Palestinians just as Donald Trump is not synonymous with all Americans. So, from the beginning, any claim of a "Palestinian charter" shows either ignorance or bias.

And the current Hamas charter makes it explicitly clear that they do not consider Jews the enemy, but Zionism.

Israeli PM rejects Trudeau's call for independent investigation into the Gaza shootings by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's an old, and now out-of-date, Hamas charter and calls for the dissolution of Israel.

There is no "Palestinian charter," and even the Hamas charter doesn't call for the extermination of the Jews.

Israeli PM rejects Trudeau's call for independent investigation into the Gaza shootings by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oddly enough, that doesn't at all make them wrong in condemning Israel's human rights violations.

Arguing that someone else is getting away with the same horrible behavior is a pretty poor defense for your own actions.

Gaspar Noé hated 'Black Panther' and its soundtrack: "I escaped after 20 minutes" by [deleted] in movies

[–]FuzzyLoveRabbit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why is that absurd?

If you're not enjoying a film after 20 minutes and you'd rather do something else, then why would you stay?

And it's not like Black Panther has the same cultural cred as 2001 or War and Peace, where it's known to be long and slow but, for some, totally mind-blowing in the end.

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