Compare? Contrast? Do I have bad taste?
I fear you're forgetting the most important thing
Things I like > Things you like
Kill Bill and Charlie’s Angels are both fun, girl power romps, no complaints there.
Hereditary, never seen have no thoughts.
The Incredibles, though, that’s more problematic. The family togetherness and not letting people hold you back from your potential, those are good messages. However, explicitly presenting being a Super as something you’re either born with or your not, and no amount of effort by the untermensches can get them to Super level, that’s a bit fash. Especially combined with the message that collateral damage by Supers to society is always forgivable because they’re chasing Villains.
The Incredibles, though, that’s more problematic. The family togetherness and not letting people hold you back from your potential, those are good messages. However, explicitly presenting being a Super as something you’re either born with or your not, and no amount of effort by the untermensches can get them to Super level, that’s a bit fash. Especially combined with the message that collateral damage by Supers to society is always forgivable because they’re chasing Villains.
Brad Bird is an unironic Ayn Rand Objectivist, which is why his movies have this odd conflicting tone to them, despite him being a good director.
Which is odd, as in a Randian mode you’d expect a character like Syndrome to be lauded. He uses his intellect and drive to create technological marvels, doesn’t let society’s constraints on the proper way to test and develop them get in his way. He should be a Galt in that mindset, but instead we get a genetic determination that he must falter.
From my understanding of Objectivism, there are some special people who are inherently better than everyone else and people who weren't born that way can never achieve the same heights and will only ruin things. It often gets mixed up with bog standard Libertarian stuff, but it basically proposes a caste system for society. Granted I'm not an expert and I check pretty quick whenever I try to learn about that rot.
Yeah, but in Rand’s presentation those sort of lessers are depicted as droll, bureaucratic, married to standards and routine. So someone like Mr. Incredible’s boss at the start of the film. But Syndrome doesn’t fit that archetype, he’s clearly a technological savant looking to upend social norms.
Yeah, I feel like Bird is someone who was struggling with the limits of his own very narrow ideology a lot and was more into it as a sort of "anti-status quo-ism" rather than being the most hardcore Objectivist around. I don't really know though, and I'm psychoanalysing a guy I don't really know way too much.
It could be an examination of a sort of "you either have it or you don't" sort of thing, where Syndrome has skills and talents but isn't "super" and therefore should "stay in his lane" and not try to take over their role. But again, I'm really not sure. It does clearly treat this guy with super-human levels of engineering skills as not having a "super" power and therefore it is "wrong" for him to try and be a superhero.
Looks like youve seen 1 new movie since becoming an adult.
Do I have bad taste?
you're probably young and just haven't see that many movies-- a fine start.
I think i could name 4 movies i like enough to call my favorite....
I'll get back to you
very funny that you have Hereditary mixed in with what are otherwise just fun kinda campy action films LOL
I'm brave I'll post my top 4:
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I don't use letterboxd, but I'll put my shit out there. In no order:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hard Boiled, True Grit (Coen Bros), The Seventh Seal
First two great, last two questionable (though I hate horror).
Based on Kill Bill, watch
Enter The Dragon (and all of Bruce Lee's other films tbh)
Hard Boiled
The Good, The Bad, and the Weird (after The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly though).
Police Story (any 80's/90's Jackie Chan is good though)
Since OP posted female led action films Im gonna recommend they skip Jackie Chan and see some Corey Yuen films first, Yes Madam, She Shoots Straight, So Close.
Totally fair, and obviously the old HK cinema has plenty of great stuff with Maggie Chueng as well.
My letterboxd top 4 is as follows:
Tiptoes, Tiptoes, Tiptoes, The Rock
currently listed top unemployment-core (Time Out; Two Days, One Night; No Other Choice; Wildlife (maybe could switch one out with Meantime); best narrative films are Yi-Yi, Close-Up; Burning; Suspiria (Luca).
