Copolla, Spielberg, Fincher, Tarantino, Mendes, Welles, Hooper, Capra, and Brooks.

But Copolla. It's always Copolla.

- Ant

On Cronenberg and TDKR

"Anybody who works in the studio system has got 20 studio people sitting on his head at every moment, and they have no respect... a superhero movie, by definition, you know, it's comic book. It's for kids. It's adolescent in its core. That has always been its appeal, and I think people who are saying, you know, 'Dark Knight Rises is, you know, supreme cinema art,' I don't think they know what the fuck they're talking about."

- David Cronenberg (8/15/12)

Alright. As a person and filmmaker, he's entitled to his opinions, we all are. People are entitled to see whatever they want, and sure people will say Spider-Man 2 wasn't great, or the Dark Knight trilogy was too political, whatever have you, agree to disagree...

But to say that the core audience for superhero films doesn't know what it wants, or don't know what they're talking about and are being childish for watching these movies, is childish in itself. It's not only wrong, it's stupid and disrespectful to people who pay for top-dollar for these movies (or maybe even a R-rated Cronenberg movie) and enjoy them. Or the people that gave $2billion for The Avengers, or went to midnight-screenings for TDKR even after the Colorado tragedy.

To bash at your audience and believe it doesn't know what it's saying or watching, is just shameful and pathetic, Cronenberg.

Enjoy your success with Cosmopolis.

- Ant

On awful movies and what makes them awful at once...

Birdemic: Shock and Terror.
The Room.
Rubber (okay, not awful, but it's a gas).

I don't know why, exactly, but I've been on a "worst movie of all time"-bing. On my list, I got Citizen Kane to finish, Inception to re-watch and figure out, and others like L.A. Confidential to just watch. But they keep getting pushed to the side when I run into stuff like Uwe Boll & Tommy Wiseau.

I can't explain it.

What I can say is that I'm seeing a pattern between the awful movies I mentioned, and while it's not final, I can guarantee it has something to do about the false "image" of American cinema: excessive music, a dramatic presence of advertising, and a convoluted representation of drama or action.

Frank Capra was an immigrant from Italy. He made Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's A Wonderful Life. And they are timeless American classics...

Now granted, Hollywood has gone into that direction Wiseau and Boll are attempting to fulfill. But...

I gotta look into this more.

I don't even know why I'm actually trying to look, actually.

- Ant