No, because professional critics and creators are being made to capitalistically regurgitate these things over and over again to make a living while their superiors and investors tell them to do stuff their hearts aren't in.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
I really don't think that applies at this point to either the Coen Bros or Naughty Dog. Both can get away with almost anything.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
I can almost guarantee you both of them had to do their time replicating humdrum crowd pleasers and almost certainly still get executive pushback.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @BootlegGirl and
Okay on this point you're objectively wrong The Coens' jadedness comes from their lifelong history as movie *viewers*, since childhood They did not have any "phase" of their career where they were doing Michael Bay movies and rebelled against it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent and
Subversion and deconstruction has always been their brand, since their debut with Blood Simple, and it's popular because they're good at it and those things are popular
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent and
I really dislike authenticity narratives in either direction and I especially hate this narrative that "normies who just like movies don't share any of the aesthetic tastes you people develop from working in the industry"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent and
It is perfectly possible to get sick of movie cliches simply from watching movies Probably easier in some ways
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
I didn't say that, but you should probably not be engaging in the equally irritating performative proclamation of "Well jaded cynicism is REAL and LITERATE not like those stupid sincere vapid folks," then, and we can both avoid irritating each other.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @BootlegGirl and
Well, as many irritating adults say to kids, I've been them and they haven't been me so I think I know more about it I'm not saying it's invalid, it just has a limited shelf life
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
I don't think it's any more inherently limited than contravention for its own sake See: everything Tarantino has ever done.
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Tarantino may not be in the mood of cynical deconstruction but he's absolutely the kind of guy who reeks of getting bored easily and needing to shake things up to stay interested That's the whole deal with Pulp Fiction being told out of order or the ending of Inglorious Basterds
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Oh sure I'm just saying the dude has a brand, and all his "novel" or "tweaking the norms of the industry" beats are practically so repetitively predictable as to be clichés in their own right. see: how eager he is to kill women unceremoniously.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
hell that's the central joke of the Prestige HBO TV subgenres, that they are *incredibly* predictable in their own right
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