Or Pedro Pascal, or Jared Leto, or that twiggy Shall-O-May boy child in Dune.
There's more actors that I can't stand, but the list of ones I like is probably shorter, so for brevity, I'll stop by saying that I have always, without pause or exception, hated Will Smith.
Except I will disagree with the Will Smith comment. He's been been entertaining since the 80s across multiple mediums. Then he married Yoko Ono and showed he couldn't wear the pants in the house. Those he couldn't raise his children properly to make them better than himself, instead they turned into the strange creatures.
Slowfat, I never thought we'd come to words over Will Smith of all things.
But I guess when you hate as many things as I hate, sooner or later there will be differences of opinion.
We are in agreement though about his wife. Whatever your baseline is for Will Smith, I'd say must agree it dropped a certain degree once that harpy dug her talons into his flesh.
I mean, maybe the movie was good? Haven't seen it yet.
It does reveal you can still make a big-money movie if you're willing to give straight boys an example of heroism, even if Peter Parker's a bit of a dork (and always has been).
Peter Parker. Not Miles Morales. Boomers like Spider-Man. Gen X likes Spider-Man. Millennials like Spider-Man. Zoomers like Spider-Man. Gen Alpha likes Spider-Man. This is not a surprise. Many things have changed. The Hulk has changed. The Punisher has changed (for the worst). Jean Gray has changed. Mary Jane Watson has REALLY changed. Even Aunt May has changed. A lot. But Peter Parker/Spider-Man is still the same. Audiences appreciate that and the people running the MCU have enough sense that although they're happy to tinker around the edges they're smart enough to leave Spider-Man himself alone. The Box Office shows that it is working. Some people prefer Paul Soles. Others may like Nicholas Hammond. A whole lot of people liked Tobey McGuire. But Tom Holland nails this character better than any other performer I've seen. The fact that he's a Brit makes that even more impressive. See the movie. Judge for yourself. And if you already hate Spider-Man then there's no point in complaining. He's been an American cultural icon ever since Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and then later John Romita introduced him to the world. Me? I haven't read the comic books since Tom McFarland was writing/illustrating them. But this is still the character I remember.
That top five is staggeringly depressing. The movie going public has no taste, no class, and no discernment.
I'd say they deserve the slop movies they're getting, but evidence shows that they like slop.
It's like this in so many creative and entertainment mediums: film, television, music, book publishing, comics, art, video games, board games, sports*, and more.
*I have a special hatred for what fantasy teams and degenerate prop betting has done to sports.
Anyway, what were we talking about? Spiderman? THAT made 2.5 BILLION dollars?!
Indeed, that list of top grossing movies is truly sad. There is nothing special about any of them. They are all mediocre spectacles, loud, flashy and predictable.
The Top 10 list people are using for this is unadjusted for inflation, so it naturally skews towards the most recent films--especially with the one-two punch of regular inflation and the rise in ticket prices on top of that. The most recent one in the lists I've seen is 1996's Titanic, and that's at the bottom of the list.
I have zero interest in ever seeing this. I just can't stand Ruffalo or Zendaya anymore.
I couldn't stand them in the first place.
Or Pedro Pascal, or Jared Leto, or that twiggy Shall-O-May boy child in Dune.
There's more actors that I can't stand, but the list of ones I like is probably shorter, so for brevity, I'll stop by saying that I have always, without pause or exception, hated Will Smith.
F Will Smith.
Yes to both you and DemsAreTrash.
Except I will disagree with the Will Smith comment. He's been been entertaining since the 80s across multiple mediums. Then he married Yoko Ono and showed he couldn't wear the pants in the house. Those he couldn't raise his children properly to make them better than himself, instead they turned into the strange creatures.
Slowfat, I never thought we'd come to words over Will Smith of all things.
But I guess when you hate as many things as I hate, sooner or later there will be differences of opinion.
We are in agreement though about his wife. Whatever your baseline is for Will Smith, I'd say must agree it dropped a certain degree once that harpy dug her talons into his flesh.
Fortunately, we're both all growed up, so we can do something unheard of on some other sites: agree to disagree :)
I mean, maybe the movie was good? Haven't seen it yet.
It does reveal you can still make a big-money movie if you're willing to give straight boys an example of heroism, even if Peter Parker's a bit of a dork (and always has been).
Peter Parker. Not Miles Morales. Boomers like Spider-Man. Gen X likes Spider-Man. Millennials like Spider-Man. Zoomers like Spider-Man. Gen Alpha likes Spider-Man. This is not a surprise. Many things have changed. The Hulk has changed. The Punisher has changed (for the worst). Jean Gray has changed. Mary Jane Watson has REALLY changed. Even Aunt May has changed. A lot. But Peter Parker/Spider-Man is still the same. Audiences appreciate that and the people running the MCU have enough sense that although they're happy to tinker around the edges they're smart enough to leave Spider-Man himself alone. The Box Office shows that it is working. Some people prefer Paul Soles. Others may like Nicholas Hammond. A whole lot of people liked Tobey McGuire. But Tom Holland nails this character better than any other performer I've seen. The fact that he's a Brit makes that even more impressive. See the movie. Judge for yourself. And if you already hate Spider-Man then there's no point in complaining. He's been an American cultural icon ever since Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and then later John Romita introduced him to the world. Me? I haven't read the comic books since Tom McFarland was writing/illustrating them. But this is still the character I remember.
That top five is staggeringly depressing. The movie going public has no taste, no class, and no discernment.
I'd say they deserve the slop movies they're getting, but evidence shows that they like slop.
It's like this in so many creative and entertainment mediums: film, television, music, book publishing, comics, art, video games, board games, sports*, and more.
*I have a special hatred for what fantasy teams and degenerate prop betting has done to sports.
Anyway, what were we talking about? Spiderman? THAT made 2.5 BILLION dollars?!
That's staggeringly depressing.
Indeed, that list of top grossing movies is truly sad. There is nothing special about any of them. They are all mediocre spectacles, loud, flashy and predictable.
The Top 10 list people are using for this is unadjusted for inflation, so it naturally skews towards the most recent films--especially with the one-two punch of regular inflation and the rise in ticket prices on top of that. The most recent one in the lists I've seen is 1996's Titanic, and that's at the bottom of the list.
Good point.
But even adjusted for inflation, these turds are all floating near enough the top of the punch bowl to ignore.
(Personally, I'd rather there weren't any turds in the punch bowl, but that's an impossible dream at this point.)