I’m trying to build myself up to become one of the elite.I agree. Of course, Avengers 2 and Star Wars 7 are popcorn movies with sound and fury and not much substance. They are meant to be summer money makers so the studios can afford to make more “meaningful” films, which only the elite will bother to see.
If I want to be a filmmaker some day, I gotta see the best of what the art has to offer, from foreign films to artsy films. Though that doesn’t mean that I want to stop enjoying stuff like The Avengers and Star Wars (though that doesn’t mean that I like every popcorn movie that I see)Meh. I have several college degrees, and letters after my name; still prefer movies where they blow up stuff.
Ooh. Good luck with that! I am very excited for you and hope I can somehow stay updated. My first major was communications and I spent time working on low budget, indie horror films briefly. I was hoping to break into doing Foley art.If I want to be a filmmaker some day, I gotta see the best of what the art has to offer, from foreign films to artsy films. Though that doesn’t mean that I want to stop enjoying stuff like The Avengers and Star Wars (though that doesn’t mean that I like every popcorn movie that I see)
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Well, when the elite like the true and the beautiful again, I might join you, but until then I’ll say no thanks.
Sweet. I will be checking these out!
T2 is even better than the original and not so much carnage and no sex. It’s rated PG-13 rather than R, as was the original.
Actually, it is rated R, and it still seemed pretty violent when it was TV-14. Though I’ll probably be able to appreciate it’s full context now that I’ve seen the first one. (Plus, my movie-watching mind has matured since the few years I saw it). Others say that T2 is a big action spectacle without a lot of brains. Even then, I could end up liking it more than the original.
Yes, you’re right. As MrZoom cited, it’s Terminator Salvation that is rated PG-13. T: Rise of the Machines is also rated R, although like T2 I can’t see why when neither one is any more violent that RotM.
I liked all of them, although T:3 and 4, were directed by others, which may have influenced the box office.Well, I liked that the characters had a harder edge, especially Sarah. She’d had a lot of rough experiences since the last film from being obsessed about her son and the future destruction of mankind. There was a TV series that went into more detail about them being constantly on the run and the dangers they faced. Also, I liked the “kinder-gentler” terminator and his relationship with John. Maybe a second viewing will modify your first impressions.
Perhaps. I’ll watch Terminator 3 and Salvation (which I saw before any other) before rewatching the first two. Not to mention, I should watch some fun movies after these to put something else on my mind.
I had to chuckle about you needing to watch something “fun” after watching the Terminator series. Of course, they’re meant to be fun not taken too seriously. They’re a balance of what is best about us and what is worst about us, but still, when all is said and done, they’re just popcorn movies.
Well, I don’t usually watch R-rated movies, so the violence in these are heavier than, say, The Avengers. But what I mean by “fun” is something more light-hearted and less violent, because I don’t want dark, violent movies on my mind all the time. I want to be able to balance it out with something else.I had to chuckle about you needing to watch something “fun” after watching the Terminator series. Of course, they’re meant to be fun not taken too seriously. They’re a balance of what is best about us and what is worst about us, but still, when all is said and done, they’re just popcorn movies.
I understand.
It seems most action films are rated R–but of course that rating is for children, not adults. I don’t seek out R rated films, either. The rating system is too fickle, really. My dh and I saw “Wanted”, which was rated R but it should have been rated X, IMO. Such gratuitous violence and sex–wow! I’m still haunted by some of those images. And the language, every other word was an f bomb. Yea, some R films are definitely too violent and rauchy for a mere R. The Terminator series is reasonably tame compared to some other films.I saw an R-rated movie last year called Monsters, and it could have easily gotten away with a PG-13 if it had taken out a few F-bombs and a couple of gory images, both of which are obviously CGI, but there’s hardly any violence in general. There’s also a morning-after scene (proceeding a character getting drunk the night before) that’s not even as racy as a similar scene in the PG-13 X-Men: Days of Future Past.I understand.