Okay, the person who walks into Aliens Vs Predator and storms out griping about Film Cliches most absolutely definitely needs to be slapped. (and that person is me)
But STILL, I can't help myself.
First: I expected this movie to be horrendous, and it was surprisingly watchable, so long as you listen to yourself carefully as you enter the theatre and state "I would like to buy one ticket for Alien vs Predator" (yes, one. If you have a girlfriend and take her to this movie, your -next- ticket purchase will be for one, I promise)
Second: this is something that's been bothering me more and more as I get old er and watch more and more movies, and I need communal support, like AA, but better.
The people that made blockbusters in the 80s and 90s, grew up on..well I don't know what they grew up on, I was working through middle school. But the people that are making blockbusters today grew up on stuff in 80s and the 90s. Which is great, on some level, because we can (allegedly) relate to them, from sharing more of the same interests, but too much is getting recycled in the name of familiarity.
This is the second movie I've seen this year (and no this won't spoil anything) where the climax is something sinking to the bottom of the ocean.
I'm also real burned out on the shot of the person hurtling across a chasm, with both arms and legs behind them. The first time I saw it was in Cliffhanger, but I think I've seen it this summer in Chronicles of Riddick.
SOooo what I propose is a cliche archive. Our duty is to fill it with info, so that current and future filmmakers can go to the page and say "Should I have a scene where someone Jennifer Connely looks out over a pier?" and then they'll see screen grabs from Requiem for a Dream, Dark City, and the House of Sand and Fog, and know better.
"Should I make John Cusack run through the rain?" the answer is a resounding No. I don't even know why they shoot new Cusack rain scenes, don't they have some outtakes from other movies they could use?
I'll even pay for the hosting and nonsense if you guys will chip in. I have no idea how to take screen grabs of DVDs, but if you guys say it's doable, I'll do more than my share of the cliche identification.
This has to stop. Why go to the movies if you're just seeing the same ones over and over again?
But STILL, I can't help myself.
First: I expected this movie to be horrendous, and it was surprisingly watchable, so long as you listen to yourself carefully as you enter the theatre and state "I would like to buy one ticket for Alien vs Predator" (yes, one. If you have a girlfriend and take her to this movie, your -next- ticket purchase will be for one, I promise)
Second: this is something that's been bothering me more and more as I get old er and watch more and more movies, and I need communal support, like AA, but better.
The people that made blockbusters in the 80s and 90s, grew up on..well I don't know what they grew up on, I was working through middle school. But the people that are making blockbusters today grew up on stuff in 80s and the 90s. Which is great, on some level, because we can (allegedly) relate to them, from sharing more of the same interests, but too much is getting recycled in the name of familiarity.
This is the second movie I've seen this year (and no this won't spoil anything) where the climax is something sinking to the bottom of the ocean.
I'm also real burned out on the shot of the person hurtling across a chasm, with both arms and legs behind them. The first time I saw it was in Cliffhanger, but I think I've seen it this summer in Chronicles of Riddick.
SOooo what I propose is a cliche archive. Our duty is to fill it with info, so that current and future filmmakers can go to the page and say "Should I have a scene where someone Jennifer Connely looks out over a pier?" and then they'll see screen grabs from Requiem for a Dream, Dark City, and the House of Sand and Fog, and know better.
"Should I make John Cusack run through the rain?" the answer is a resounding No. I don't even know why they shoot new Cusack rain scenes, don't they have some outtakes from other movies they could use?
I'll even pay for the hosting and nonsense if you guys will chip in. I have no idea how to take screen grabs of DVDs, but if you guys say it's doable, I'll do more than my share of the cliche identification.
This has to stop. Why go to the movies if you're just seeing the same ones over and over again?
