I’ll go first. Mine is that I can’t stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It’s like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

  • BeckonJM@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    otherwise you don’t realise his movies are often in large part a collage of other movies.

    Isn’t that the definition of filmmaking? All movies are just collages of influences, style, and form. All art is a remix on previous forms.

    It’s okay to not like Tarantino, I don’t care much about that, but your argument doesn’t really hold up for me.

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      Almost all art is influenced by other art. But Tarantino very closely copies some scenes. Think a literal collage, made up of photocopied bits of another work, rather than a painting inspired or influenced by another work. Tarantino is honest about this.

      It’s a bit like Andy Warhol’s Mona Lisa:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_Mona_Lisa

      Is that a great painting? I quite like it, it’s iconic, but it’s not the Mona Lisa, and Warhol is not Da Vinci.

      People who haven’t watched a lot of movies, think Tarantino is Da Vinci.

      People who have watched a lot of movies, realise he’s Warhol.

      There’s nothing wrong with Warhol. Hell, it’s ok to think that Warhol is a better artist than Da Vinci, think that Warhol’s Mona Lisa is a better painting than the original Mona Lisa, art is subjective after all.

      But it’s a mistake to think Warhol is a genius, because he painted the Mona Lisa. He didn’t. That was Da Vinci. If you’re going think Warhol is a genius, you should think he’s a genius because he took an existing work and manipulated in a way that is genius.

      Of course, most people who know about the original Mona Lisa, are unlikely to think Warhol is as impressive an artist as Da Vinci.