Comments on: George Clooney Vs. George Clooney At The Box Office; Jessica Alba Joins ‘Fockers’

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:24:08 +0000

Anon, I liked where you were going with that until you made the assertion that only a filmmaker can critique a filmmaker, which naively goes against all notions of popular criticism. Moreover, you picked the wrong battle to fight, re: Fuqua- the guy has yet to make an interesting movie, and he may be directing competent action pictures and putting food on the table for his family, but he's not producing valuable art that anyone will remember in ten years. He's a guy in a field of artists who largely doesn't care what sort of message his empty-headed films spread. He makes fast food of the worst variety, and in asking for something a little more substantial from Mr. Fuqua, who pleases millions of faceless moviegoers, we are very much in the minority. He's a big boy, he can take it. But how about this- "Antoine Fuqua clearly doesn't give a shit about interesting storytelling." Better than "hacktacular," no?

All your other criticisms are being taken into consideration. In the meantime, you compared me to a NY Post writer, so fuck your mother.

By: Jeff Carroll

Jeff Carroll — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:08:00 +0000

It's Clooney vs Clooney vs Clooney with Fantastic Mr. Fox releasing on November 25th.

By: Univarn

Univarn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:49:37 +0000

You know, it's sad when the story of someone losing their virginity to a paraplegic tied to a tree doesn't really surprise you… Dwayne Johnson, he sure can't pick 'em can he? Jessica Alba, can we vote her Ms. Irrelevant of the 2000's? Outside of Sin City I can't think of a noteworthy film she's been near, let alone in.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:45:50 +0000

"Hacktacular"!? Really? Where do you come up with these gems? Do you crib them from some back-bench reviewer writing for the NY Post?

I get it. I do. It's punchy. It's pseudo-clever, and perfect fodder for the Internet blog set. But seriously, can't you better than that?

I enjoy reading your blog, an frequent your site several times a day. And up untill this point in time, I've kept myself from criticizing you guys because I'm a fan and I don't like to bite the jane that feeds, so to speak. But I feel compelled to comment now after reading too many hackeneyed, over the top, and contrived swipes.

How do I put this gently? A find a good portion of the writing on your site to be really quite atrocious. Rife with syntax, spelling, and grammatical errors, I can't help but think that you are lacking in some sort of serious editorial control. Or, is it that you're a bunch of 20-something years olds who don't really seem to care that much about quality as you do about quantity. I just don't know. But you need to thnk about these things if you wish to be taken seriously on the marketplace. But then again, maybe you don't.

And while I'm at it, perhaps you could encourage the other lazy writers of this site to stop using the word "titular" in every other post.

I know you think it makes your writing sound smart, but it doesn't. You've used it dozens of times in the past couple of months alone.

And as for Fuqua being a hack? Well, for one thing Training Day is a solid B picture with some great performances and some well-directed set pieces.

I always find it amusing when some blogger calls an actual filmmaker (you know, one who does that sort of thing for a living?) a hack when they lead a life with no films of their own. Trying to making even a halfway decent film yourself before calling others (who are actually doing so) out, as if you have any idea what you're talking about.

I mean really, who are you to judge?

It's like that old dictum, "Those who can't do, blog about others who can do"

Perhaps you should consider crticism of the constructive variety, as opposed to the pithy, clever, takedown, destructive kind.

It makes you look childish when you resort to name-calling.
You guys can do better than that.