Moviebob/Films Discussed By Moviebob: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Straw Dogs]]'' (the remake): [[Completely Missing the Point|Totally missed the point]] of the original film, turning a bleak, nihilistic thriller about [[Black and Gray Morality|the breakdown of morality]] into a preachy, redneck-baiting, values-affirming [[Wish Fulfillment]] power fantasy, though he couldn't go into further detail without spoiling both the original and the remake. {{spoiler|In the original film, the [[Rape as Drama|"rape" scene]] makes it ambiguous whether the main character's wife is actually being raped by her ex, or if [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"|she's having sex with him willingly]]. The remake, on the other hand, makes it very clear that she ''was'' raped, which not only removes the moral ambiguity of the original film, but leaves a ton of [[Fridge Logic]] in its wake.}} He admits that the ending is awesomely cathartic, but it's not worth sitting through the rest of the film to get to.

* ''[[Sucker Punch]]'': Seems to be [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|fanboy-bait]], and is probably going to be [[Love It or Hate It|polarizing]], but is deeper than that. "Do ''not'' miss this movie ([[G.I. Joe|"This I command!"]])."

* ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros]]'' (rough cut of the reboot): A great way for [[Nintendo]] to kick off its new film studio project, with a hip, gritty sense of realism to its story, as well as [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?|some surprisingly inspired casting]]. {{spoiler|Only none of it was real. The entire review was an [[April Fools' Day]] joke parodying just about every trend in modern Hollywood moviemaking, such as overuse of [[Chroma Key|green-screen]] and [[Conspicuous CG|computer animation]], exorbitant budgets and ticket prices, [[3D Movie|3-D]] post-conversion, [[Stunt Casting]], the focus on sequels and franchises, and the attempt to shoehorn properties into the [[Darker and Edgier]] template popularized by ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.}}

* ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]: The Movie'': One of the three films that he counts in his "canon" of the greatest superhero movies of all time, the other two being ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]] 2'' and ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]''.