T-Macksimus wrote:I must admit that while I tend to disagree with a lot of his film assesments I do have a lot of respect for his years of experience and the viewpoint from which he approaches things. I've always felt that that viewpoint was more often narrow than it really should be but to each their own.
UNTIL he made the following comment...
"Those who think "Transformers" is a great or even a good film are, may I tactfully suggest, not sufficiently evolved. Film by film I hope they climb a presonal ladder into the realm of better films, until their standards improve."
I'm well into my 30's and, while I may have my favorites in the realm of music and movie genres, I by no means limit myself to these and actually enjoy all aspects of films from docu-dramas, to indies to even so-called "chick flicks" or "feel-good" movies.
I enjoy art museums and science exhibitions as much as folk life or Rennaisance fairs. I can spend all day digging ditches and then don a suit and tie and rub elbows with folks at the yacht club (which was quite fun actually) so I must say that Mr. Eberts remark was no less than offensive, rude, selfish and absolute, narrowminded BULL****! (One good turn deserves another.)
Despite how many of my posts come across, I do have a very good command of the english language and I can assure you that I could have found a far more eloquent, less blatantly rude manner in which to insult an entire fandom than what he did. He just found a way to give us all "the finger" and still have it done with a "G" rating.
He really didn't so much as explain his position as indicate that those who found objection to his position didn't posses the cerebral capacity to understand his viewpoint in the first place and that he really didn't HAVE to explain himself since he had put in enough time in the industry as to be above reproach.
It was a fascinating article but once you filtered out the unnecessaries and got to the actual core of his response, you were left with nothing less than a whole lot of self righteousness.
I, personally, am still left with ever growing conflicted feelings about the movie myself as the newness wears off and I've had time to rethink the film from all angles. The team behind this film failed horribly on many aspects and I do feel cheated in a lot of respects but at the same time I cannot ignore the fact that it was an epic venture on several levels. It truly did fall into the singular category of the highest grossing, most breath-taking, astounding, award deserving failure of cinematic history. How the hell does someone pull THAT off?
First Gen wrote:Action = great, story = pure junk, no one can refute that.
Zeds wrote:First Gen wrote:Action = great, story = pure junk, no one can refute that.
Amen! I have been saying this since I saw it. Still enjoyed it nonetheless but I do believe we are owed big time for TF3. Unicron and the dinobots at the very least.
Rodimus Prime wrote:He is still wrong most of the time.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Badass Grimlock wrote:However, I can definitely see Unicron.
Shadowman wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:He is still wrong most of the time.
His job is to give his opinion on movies. That is, he's no more wrong about movies than you are.
Seibertron wrote:Wow. That's a really cool feeling to see Roger Ebert mention Seibertron.com ... and not just mention, but more-or-less acknowledge that he read through our discussions to see what we had to say about the movie (and possibly his review). I certainly wouldn't mind connecting with him since we're both fellow Chicagoans.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Shadowman wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:He is still wrong most of the time.
His job is to give his opinion on movies. That is, he's no more wrong about movies than you are.
OK, I should have said in my opinion he is wrong, because most of the time, my opinion of a movie after seeing it differs from his. Happy?
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Shadowman wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Shadowman wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:He is still wrong most of the time.
His job is to give his opinion on movies. That is, he's no more wrong about movies than you are.
OK, I should have said in my opinion he is wrong, because most of the time, my opinion of a movie after seeing it differs from his. Happy?
Not really. He has different opinions from you, that doesn't make him wrong. You can't call someone "wrong" for a differing opinion, you can only disagree.
Kuribohfett wrote:I don't care how much experience he has, how acclaimed he is, whatever. He has no right to tell anyone they are wrong for liking a movie. No one does. And acting like you hope the wayward sheep "evolve" towards better movies is hubris.
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