Sigaromanzia
Sigaromanzia t1_j4spxq9 wrote
Reply to comment by SlimShadyM80 in TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns
Yeah, probably the wrong word, but I think I see what he meant
Sigaromanzia t1_j4spcqq wrote
Reply to comment by paul-d9 in TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns
To be fair, it's been over a decade between the first and second Avatar.
Sigaromanzia t1_j4sp52w wrote
Reply to comment by SlimShadyM80 in TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns
Pretty sure he means the ps2 version is the remake
Sigaromanzia t1_ixr8rzq wrote
Reply to comment by kiravonconcrete in I love The Catcher in the Rye by zak_zman
I get that's the point, lol, he's an angsty teen without the emotional tools or support system.
His only redeeming quality (shown to us in the book} is he understands the innocence of kids. Otherwise it's just a pretty boring story with a character I don't really care for, and am not given a reason to care for until his breakdown at the very end.
Riffing here: seeing his struggle after his breakdown would likely have been the interesting story. In reality most kids like him never reach the point of a breakdown and just remain annoying.
Sigaromanzia t1_ixqoy9f wrote
Reply to comment by mustyHead in I love The Catcher in the Rye by zak_zman
I read it in high school and he just came off as extremely immature who had an inflated sense of worth/superiority that eventually implodes at the end, even for a 10th grader at the time.
I didn't read it with the context of how well loved the book was or how famous it was, so I didn't feel the need to tear the book down. It just wasn't very interesting at a time when teenage angst was in every movie since the mid 80's.
What I do take from it, with context, is that it was one of the first, if not the first, to put teen angst to words. So from that perspective I can see where it was totally different.
I've seen the same with John Hughes movies with younger kids. They don't get it when they've seen a hundred cookie cutter Netflix teen movies or books, but it was really Hughes who hit the teenage experience on film before it became a popular genre to make teens human VS caricatures.
Sigaromanzia t1_j4t9h8y wrote
Reply to comment by paul-d9 in TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns
I'm not saying there aren't cgi fests that only exist as screen candy. I'm saying Avatar is just a couple of movies over a decade apart, whereas movies like Fast and Furious are popped out every 5 seconds along with the spin-offs.
Your point is totally fine, just saying Avatar isn't really the best example.
And more into Avatar, it's really just a James Cameron passion project. He's trying to push the medium, while also having an affinity for open water based projects like The Abyss and Titanic; two other sfx spectacles that pushed envelopes.