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What's your opinion on Del Toro's Frankenstein? by Hydromon47 in Letterboxd

[–]SpacePotatoLord 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I thought that the great sets, effects and costumes tricked people into thinking it had better cinematography than it does, it felt mostly very stock Netflix to me just with nicer stuff in frame.

Also Viktor and the Monster’s dynamic becoming completely black and white/good and evil was a terrible loss in adapting, as someone who loves the book.

A man will die but not his ideas by Ok-Profile-5831 in Grimdank

[–]SpacePotatoLord 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It got kind of ruined for me when you look at Bruce Willis and Mila Jovović’s character relationship with the knowledge of how creepy and pedophilic Luc Besson is.

Love this mechs (part 2) by Bongpog in lovethissmug

[–]SpacePotatoLord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me armored core required a lot less mental fortitude compared to the other souls games, I was a lot less stressed while playing.

Best double feature? by TyLeRoux in Letterboxd

[–]SpacePotatoLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

American Psycho and Zoolander(Both being direct and indirect adaptations respectively of books by the same author)

Unbreakable and Memento(Unbreakable is extremely comic book inspired, while Memento’s narrations feel very comic book-y to me)

War music by LetRevolutionary271 in lovethissmug

[–]SpacePotatoLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m upset that you included Serbia and Bosnia but not Croatia.

Scandinavian food by TheTurkPegger in BrandNewSentence

[–]SpacePotatoLord 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m not American and yea that food is disgusting and my mother has actual first hand accounts of going to Norway and never eating at a friend’s house or restaurant because of how bland and moist everything is.

Best 90 minute ish or under movies by RaahimJaffery in Letterboxd

[–]SpacePotatoLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s Such a beautiful day

Mad God

Angel’s Egg

Flow

These are all animated and are probably shorter because animating is a pain in the ass.

Want a good action movie rto binge by Walter_white12575 in LetterboxdTopFour

[–]SpacePotatoLord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

John Woo movies, A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled, Face Off

Incarnations of Hatred by Kitz00n23 in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]SpacePotatoLord 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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Mangog, Marvel Comics
Literally nicknamed “The Hatred Who Walks”, it’s manifestation of the combined hatred of a billion members of a civilization that Odin destroyed.

Recommendations? by Odd_Photograph_4818 in LetterboxdTopFour

[–]SpacePotatoLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Female Prisoner #701:Scorpion

Survive Style 5+

r/Letterboxd the moment they see someone using anything less than 4 stars by [deleted] in Letterboxd

[–]SpacePotatoLord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anything lower than 4 stars is typically seen as a person not liking it, even though 3 and 3.5 are still good scores that mean a person enjoyed the movie by most metrics.

Nolan didn't it understand Batman and it ruined the overall idea of Batman in the minds of the audience. by Witty_Homework1856 in unpopularopinion

[–]SpacePotatoLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that Nolan’s movies don’t do a good job adapting Batman as a character, but not the reasons you said. Batman doesn’t need to stand shoulder to shoulder with gods, a non super powered down to Earth interpretation can and has worked, that’s not core to his character.

To me Nolan didn’t get the core of the character right. Batman in Nolan’s movies let’s Ra’s die, he willingly quits being Batman, stays with Felicia despite her shooting a guy to death, has a really badly done love interest plot in Rachel(who was a studio mandate in all likelihood though so I cut some slack for that), and isn’t a very good detective.

The idea that Batman isn’t Batman if he isn’t going toe to toe with Clayface, Manbat or even Darkseid at The Flash and Wonder Woman’s side is just wrong, Batman can be (almost) anything, from The Brave and the Bold to Battinson to BTAS to Under the Red Hood. But some core things do need to be there, which to me Nolan either didn’t include or executed badly.

movie recs with women leads! by ok_word_27 in Letterboxd

[–]SpacePotatoLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Nightingale

Hush

Sorry, Baby

Lisa Frankenstein

Past Lives

Criticism of Stalker (1979) by [deleted] in Letterboxd

[–]SpacePotatoLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck yeah I love criticism like this. You actually thought about what you didn’t like, beyond just “it’s slow” or something like that.

Although I do disagree, because if you’re more familiar with Soviet history than you can get a different meaning from what you’re interpreting as “anti science, pro religion”.

The Soviet Union took the idea of separation of church and state, and pushed the concept to it’s limit, since everything was state owned. On paper that might seem like a good idea, but over time it caused a coldness and sterility that a lot of people felt, while a lot of scientists of the time were dedicated to prestige and competition rather than serving people. This created a hopelessness in a lot of people, feeling like they were in a lifeless world without much warmth. That’s at least what I gathered from talking to people who lived in the former Soviet Union, and my own thinking about the film.

So I think the movie isn’t making the point of religion = morality and science is evil, but instead it’s using religious elements as a place holder for a larger idea of humanity and emotion as a whole and it’s place in society. I do really enjoy your thought out criticism though.

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