njdevils901 t1_j26embo wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:03 AM

Reply to comment by Intelligent-Age2786 in How would explain your personal movie rating system? by 5thInferno

would you be willing to defend low budget movies that don't make hundreds of millions to billions of dollars?

Intelligent-Age2786 t1_j26esqg wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:04 AM

Yes. Cuz I feel there’s more aspects to them not making that much than just major competition like this. I love all movies and there’s many movies out there that deserve a shit ton of money.

njdevils901 t1_j26fvft wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:12 AM

Okay just wondering, I know some MCU fans that have blindsides to other films, so glad to hear it

Intelligent-Age2786 t1_j26g1ul wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:13 AM

I think in a way it’s even in the end cuz each side get something the other doesn’t. Superhero/franchise blockbuster movies get all the money and financial success, and all the others get the awards and the critical appraisals. It’s unfair on both sides and they all have a right to complain

njdevils901 t1_j26l4dp wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:49 AM

superheroes/franchise blockbuster movies do get a lot of critical appraisals though, MCU movies have been consistently in high rotten tomatoes scores and metascores since the beginning

Intelligent-Age2786 t1_j26ll43 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:53 AM

I’m mainly talking in the award aspect of critical appraisal

njdevils901 t1_j26n2bw wrote on December 30, 2022 at 1:03 AM

I'm pretty sure most of them get nominated for Oscars, hell even Suicide Squad has won one

Intelligent-Age2786 t1_j26n5xh wrote on December 30, 2022 at 1:04 AM

Big nominations like best picture and best director and the acting categories. Even TDK didn’t get any of those except supporting actor

njdevils901 t1_j26psp1 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 1:23 AM

I don't mean to be a dick this is because most of these movies are storyboarded before the film is made or there even is a director. "Creative differences" is a nice way of saying the director had to much of a vision. And these scripts follow a very particular formula with a big battle at the end, and are required to include checknotes of future teasers of future films, there isn't a lot of artistic integrity in that.

I used to be obsessed with MCU films in 2019, then in 2020 i slowly switched over to mid-budget/indie American films. 2021 I slowly got more integrated with indie and foreign films (hidden gems). And now this year I have found so many great hidden gems in the indie, mid budget hollywood, and foreign film landscape. There are so many great movies out there, and superheros movies are barely touching the surface of what is accomplished through the power of cinema