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by Brody Wilder 06/22/2020, 1:46pm PDT |
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I almost want to argue Rogue One wasn't film noir just on a visual basis: noir suggests a high-contrast, expressionistic style; Rogue One was more muddy and realistic, going so far as to employ documentary handicam in the battle scenes. Then I remember noir is a big tent that also includes stuff like The Naked City, filmed newsreel-style on the gritty streets of NYC, which blows that whole argument out of the water. All I can do is fall back on the more nebulous idea that noir strives to tell smart stories for adults, whereas Rogue One was a glorified toy commercial for children.
(Sidebar: how many promising '90s neo-noirs were derailed by interpreting "for adults" as an excuse for explicit softcore sex? Not that I'm complaining, I love explicit softcore sex, it just seemed to cancel out some of the smartness by trading a sustained atmosphere of unfulfilled desire for a couple scenes of sweaty tits and saxophones. I guess it comes back to the question of expressionism versus realism, with Cinemax after dark representing the apex of realism.)
Now I can't stop thinking about a Rogue One starring Barbara Stanwyck. And since Star Wars protagonists need to be barely legal (they're technically kids movies), it would have to be the raw and stampeding Barbara Stanwyck of The Miracle Woman or Baby Face. Babs would fucking kill it, even if they gave her nothing to work with - and they'd definitely give her nothing to work with, because that's their MO at this point. Did anybody else see Solo? The dour British girl in that one was cute but SO DULL. |
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Top 14 Star Wars Movies by Brody Wilder 06/21/2020, 8:23am PDT 
My voice to text fucked up at the end there. I was going to tell you to bing NT by Brody Wilder 06/21/2020, 8:25am PDT
ARGHHHH LITERALLY SCREAMING INTO MY PHONE ROSARIO DAWSON'S VULVA NT by Brody Wilder 06/21/2020, 8:27am PDT
No. by N/A Ever 06/21/2020, 8:33pm PDT
How about instead of rating piles of dogshit you watch something good instead? NT by Have you seen The Expanse? 06/21/2020, 8:40pm PDT
No. Tell me about it. NT by N/A Ever 06/21/2020, 10:48pm PDT
Realistic sci-fi meets great characters. Foul-mouthed Iranian Olenna Tyrell. NT by "I am that guy" 06/22/2020, 5:01am PDT
expanse is rewarding but takes a while to get into for some people NT by saltlord 06/22/2020, 7:12am PDT
I am unconvinced. by Brody Wilder 06/22/2020, 1:27am PDT
Rey was awesome in The Last Jedi, btw. by Brody Wilder 06/22/2020, 2:25am PDT
people who like Rogue One over the prequels are into the battles and dour tone by saltlord 06/22/2020, 7:15am PDT
The prequels sucked. Rogue One at a minimum *sucked less* NT by laudablepuss 06/22/2020, 8:38am PDT
the prequels are not star wars films by saltlord 06/22/2020, 3:45pm PDT
I don't know how to square what I like about noir with what I like about Star Wa by Brody Wilder 06/22/2020, 1:46pm PDT
sustained atmosphere of unfulfilled desire is as far as we get in the last NT by third of the film, though it's thin 06/22/2020, 3:59pm PDT
"CGI Peter Cushing was an abomination" holy shit he was in less than 100 frames NT by you lunatic 06/22/2020, 11:20am PDT
I'd like to hear you guys give a passionate defense of "Skyline" next! NT by Mischief Maker 06/22/2020, 12:06pm PDT
Can that even be done? NT by N/A Ever 06/23/2020, 9:20am PDT
Re: Can that even be done? by Mischief Maker 06/23/2020, 9:53am PDT
that was not even as good as the superlaser explosion in Rogue One cuz of franch by saltlord 06/23/2020, 10:52am PDT
Sure beats the stupidity of the "hammerhead corvette." BONK! NT by MM 06/23/2020, 11:10am PDT
we both know the script of spaceballs wrote itself NT by saltlord 06/23/2020, 10:00pm PDT
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