From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2026-01-04 11:19 p.m., RonB wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-04, CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-03 20:43, RonB wrote:   
   >>   
   >> < snip >   
   >>   
   >>>>> If that's the one, I saw   
   >>>>> it. If it is the one I'm thinking about, it was depressing as hell.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It was meant to be. It provides what is probably the most realistic   
   >>>> depiction of what a post-apocalyptic world would be like.   
   >>>> Unsurprisingly, the woman is so brilliant that she chooses to escape the   
   >>>> relative security of her home to disappear outside. I'm sure she did   
   >>>> quite fine among the cannibals.   
   >>>   
   >>> I see too much crap in the world in the news, I guess. When I watch a movie   
   >>> I want to get away from reality for a while.   
   >>   
   >> I stopped caring about most of it because the fate of this world does   
   >> not interest me as much as it used to. Here in Canada, we've had a   
   >> decade of evidence showing that the Liberal party is incompetent through   
   >> the revelation that housing is unaffordable and that Justin Trudeau   
   >> doubled our debt, but still Canadians voted for his party. They've also   
   >> had a decade of evidence in Europe showing that leftist politics are   
   >> insurmountably destructive and only now are they starting to think that   
   >> maybe the right isn't so bad. Ten years of seeing their wives and   
   >> daughters raped or sex trafficked, the random murders and the inability   
   >> to go out and celebrate New Year's didn't clue them in. At some point,   
   >> you just realize that no matter what you do or say, you'll still be   
   >> surrounded by clowns who refuse to see what's in front of them and that   
   >> you're better off focusing on God and your relationship with Him.   
   >   
   > Yeah, but I don't need to be reminded about this when I watch a movie. Like   
   > I say, I'm trying to get away the bleak reality for a while.   
   >   
   >>>>> On the list the ones I've seen and liked, The Martrix (only the   
   original), V   
   >>>>> for Vendetta, Blade Runner (the original), District 9, Guardians of the   
   >>>>> Galaxy (first one), Minority Report, and Iron Man (original one only),   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The second Matrix was still pretty good, but the dialogue ruined it. On   
   >>>> the one hand, it explains what is going on in detail; on the other, it   
   >>>> is incredibly hard to follow without repeated viewings. The storyline in   
   >>>> general is quite smart, it just sucks that they couldn't simplify   
   >>>> certain aspects of it for the next two films.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm not a big fan of sequels, especially when the main problem has been   
   >>> resolved in the original movie. To get a second movie they almost always   
   >>> have to revert back to a problem that's already been solved. It's like   
   >>> having a rug pulled out from under your feet.   
   >>   
   >> Like Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad. As I was telling my brother on   
   >>    Thursday, both movies have the exact same storyline yet the first one   
   >> was trash and the second one was kind of fun.   
   >   
   > I didn't watch either of those. Most comic book movies got old pretty   
   > quickly for me.   
   >   
   >>> One of favorite science fiction movies is Deja Vu. And I like I Robot, even   
   >>> though I wasn't crazy about Isaac Asimov's original story. And even though   
   >>> I'm no big fan of Ben Affleck, I liked Paycheck. And there was a movie by   
   >>> the same person who created District 9, Elysium, which I liked. (Even   
   though   
   >>> it suspended disbelief to the limits).   
   >>>   
   >>> If you want a really dark (and weird) movie, you might want to watch   
   Brazil.   
   >>> For some reason I liked that. Probably the Monty Python connection and   
   dark,   
   >>> overwrought humor.   
   >>   
   >> I think my brother mentioned Brazil to me once. The guy's got like every   
   >> movie ever made in his DVD collection, so I'll have to borrow it from   
   >> him at some point.   
   >   
   > I don't know why I liked it, probably for the absurd, dark humor. I don't   
   > think my brother liked it much.   
      
   That reaction is the only natural one. Most of the comic book stuff is   
   pretty awful, and it only really appeals to teenagers who haven't seen   
   anything better. That's why, to me, Watchmen is the ultimate comic book   
   movie.   
      
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