Have You Seen The Media Attempt to Elevate Spielberg's

[Champakian]

West Side Story to the status of Gone with the Wind?

Even Reason.com jumped onto the bandwagon.

It's bombing...

Maybe Bollywood will release it in India and save its bacon.

 

[jomar]

Huh, wasn’t it supposed to win ALL the academy awards?

 

[Champakian]

I think it's still penciled in.

Those people don't give two shakes of a squirrel's tail about the audience.

 

[Saint_Ann]

If they are trying to save the movie business, maybe bad sequels isn't the best way to go about it.

 

[jaF0]

WSW outshines GWtW in every possible way.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Direct to streaming is the way to go. Sitting in a dark room with a bunch of strangers breathing on me is my own personal version of hell. Props to Dante'

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

Didn't help that the movie doesn't have subtitles. Spielberg didn't want to "give English the power over the Spanish" within the movie.

Having subtitles to understand what is being said is racist now.

 

[jaF0]

WSW was pure English as I recall. Maybe a few scattered Spanglish quips.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Subtitles are just fine.

I haven't seen West Side Story yet but Gone with the Wind is only a classic because it was made in ye olden times where you had a handful of movies any given year. IT would have gotten buried in a more modern setting.

This of course is our curse, we have so many things to watch, read and listen to that every category is saturated.

If they are trying to save the movie business, maybe bad sequels isn't the best way to go about it.

There are plenty of good or at least acceptable sequels and even the rare(ish) time when the sequel is superior to the original.

The movie industry as a whole is not in any real danger of going out of business. The only major loss is that we are probably done with the era of agreed upon best movie ever. I'm okay with that.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

AJ is a big fan of the MSM, watches all the time. I never even knew it was released.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

AJ is a big fan of the MSM, watches all the time. I never even knew it was released.

He gets froggy over the most insignificant shit these days, looking for ankles to bite. I only knew because I saw just one outdoor advertisement a week ago, yawned and then forgot about it.

 

[Champakian]

Izzy.

1999 called and wants its sigline back...

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Izzy.

1999 called and wants its sigline back...

awww. I'm sorry I made fun of you and your feels got all hurtsies, buddy. That was mean of me, wasn't it?

any other movies coming out you think we should care about bombing at the box office?

 

[Champakian]

You're more full of hubris than the Raiders...

 

[IrezumiKiss]

You're more full of hubris than the Raiders...

hmmmm. Not a team I'm checking for, though.

Lost a bet on games yesterday?

 

[Champakian]

Izzy, I see you as a joke.

One of those late-night not funny ones...

Do you write for Jimmy Fallon? Just curious.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Izzy, I see you as a joke.

One of those late-night not funny ones...

Do you write for Jimmy Fallon? Just curious.

Oh, AJ...I would tell you what I see you as, but I fear the adult language would go over your head.

Speaking of writing, you really wanted to be a wisecracking pundit at one time, in the Greg Gutfeld mold, the way your posts attempt to read.

Did the late '90s social network era stunt your career goals? Just curious.

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