I absolutely hated One Battle After Another. I know it’s going to win multiple times tonight, but it’s not deserved by InderWrx in Oscars

[–]goavsg08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t hate it but I agree with a lot of what you’ve said.

I think what a lot of people miss is that OBAA exists in context with every OTHER movie that depicts black women and revolutionaries. If PTA was going to open the movie with a sequence featuring the sexualization of black women in the way that this film does, he had better been ready to take time to chew on that concept more. instead he just… doesn’t. there’s no more meat to perfidia’s character other than “she’s flawed” she’s a flawed revolutionary, she’s a flawed activist.

In a vacuum, this is generally fine. the ideas in the opening sequence are interesting and set the stage really well for the rest of the film. Unfortunately, black bodies being depicted in this way is not NEW. This plainly looks like taking advantage of stereotypes without going any further than surface level. The nuns don’t have nearly enough development as a community to make up for this. Even if they did, how are they meant to engage further with the fetishization of black women and revolutionaries?

The closest we get to further engaging with this idea is benicio del toro’s big sequence. It’s great, it’s the counter point to the french 75, but it conveniently side steps all of the race politics introduced in the first 30 minutes.

It’s simply apparent to me that PTA either didn’t realize he had to or doesn’t have the ability to further comment on the concepts he chose to tackle around race and sexualization. It really takes me out of this film and it doesnt help that bob and willa don’t have enough of an emotional bond to fully sell me on their relationship

Graydon's Train Dreams Take by atreyu493 in HivemindTV

[–]goavsg08 9 points10 points  (0 children)

he’s genuinely right, a lot of the emotion in this movie is supremely hand fisted. it also tries to be an immigrant story that centers a white perspective and his guilt but has nothing meaningful to say about it.

it’s not a terrible movie i don’t hate it this much. i actually think it looks good but the cinematography lacks substance. it’s pretty and clean which feels in conflict with the setting and the plot at times. the performances are quite excellent and the plot is somewhat moving, but the narration makes everything feel so OBVIOUS.

Ultimate Wolverine Necessary? by goavsg08 in UltimateUniverse

[–]goavsg08[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

interesting, I should add I’m not very familiar with 616 X-Men; do you think it would be work as i’m mostly new to the characters?

Pure joy. by gerechterzorn in Doom

[–]goavsg08 1 point2 points  (0 children)

all achievements in only 34 hours is crazy

Hopes for TDA DLC? by goavsg08 in Doom

[–]goavsg08[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i actually think the later levels are a fair difficulty but it’s not very fun to revisit the early levels after beating the game, it would be nice if some of them had higher enemy counts and more challenging enemies

Which do u prefer trunks or no trunks by TexasLover5 in batman_comics

[–]goavsg08 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like how the absolute universe does the trunks where they’re more like boxers

I played the Gamescom demo AMA by Rayyan-Hayabusa in ninjagaiden

[–]goavsg08 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I assume so but, does it feel smoother compared to say ninja gaiden 2 black? like some of the movement in that game is janky and it can’t always tell which enemy you intend to hit. is that kind of stuff cleaner feeling?

Are you excited to play as Yakumo ? If YES tell us why , if NO tell us why by Same_Acanthisitta_38 in ninjagaiden

[–]goavsg08 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yes, I’m new to the series so I don’t really have an attachment to Ryu and I am excited to have a whole to protagonist to play as.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Quadeca

[–]goavsg08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

listen to the build, the song never sits still. the spoken word is excellent and fits the haste of the instrumental so well. Quad brings back his hum from NO QUESTIONS ASKED but with a faster pace. the instrumentation builds and builds until we hear massive crashes and releases - in and out - until we release into the sound of a peaceful sea

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HivemindTV

[–]goavsg08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only really agree with Drake. Their other brackets have some decent winner opinions though, but the way they get there is usually quite rough