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feliciano182
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What did I think it was about? It's about how movies are often times meaningless, as clearly stated in the opening scene, movies are full of no reason scenes, so the movie is an extrapolation of a no reason scene to create a no reason movie. At the same time the movie is commenting on how audiences will sit through the movies time and time again, despite there being no reason... they'll camp out and endure any number of perils just to see movies.

Then there is also the subtle messages about violence and how the audience demands it, it's not until there is violence introduced that the binocular wielders are entertained, then they can't get enough. Sure, the people complain, the people are hurt/disgusted/confused... but they keep watching no matter how meaningless the action/plot truly is.

That doesn't make this a good movie though...


Damn, those reasons made it pretty good for me :lol: !

Still, 0/10 ? I can take 3 or 4 perhaps, but 0 ? Really ? Is this really the worst movie you've seen ?

I know some people say I'm demanding about my taste in movies, but I really am not, my issue is that I have a pretty low tolerance to recycled scripts, it's kinda why recently I've given "Paul" a 4, it's the same shit we've been seeing from comedies in the last ten years, it goes through all the motions of a "funny creature film", does all the same jokes, and applies the same tropes that have been done to absolute death.

What I like about Rubber is that it criticizes the modern tendency of the audience to treat itself as a highly trained critics when they are really just picky douches, as well as Hollywood's conditioning of film preference in the general populace. So in a way, in my humble opinion, Rubber celebrates creativity, where someone says:

"What the hell !? How is the tire moving on it's own !? Why does it murder people ?! How it can do what it does ?! What's up with the guy with the glasses !? Who are those stupid people with binoculars ?! WHY WHY WHY ?!!"

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"Because fuck you ! That's why :D !"

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Dr. Brooklyn wrote:
What did I think it was about? It's about how movies are often times meaningless, as clearly stated in the opening scene, movies are full of no reason scenes, so the movie is an extrapolation of a no reason scene to create a no reason movie. At the same time the movie is commenting on how audiences will sit through the movies time and time again, despite there being no reason... they'll camp out and endure any number of perils just to see movies.

Then there is also the subtle messages about violence and how the audience demands it, it's not until there is violence introduced that the binocular wielders are entertained, then they can't get enough. Sure, the people complain, the people are hurt/disgusted/confused... but they keep watching no matter how meaningless the action/plot truly is.

That doesn't make this a good movie though...


Damn, those reasons made it pretty good for me :lol: !

Still, 0/10 ? I can take 3 or 4 perhaps, but 0 ? Really ? Is this really the worst movie you've seen ?

I know some people say I'm demanding about my taste in movies, but I really am not, my issue is that I have a pretty low tolerance to recycled scripts, it's kinda why recently I've given "Paul" a 4, it's the same shit we've been seeing from comedies in the last ten years, it goes through all the motions of a "funny creature film", does all the same jokes, and applies the same tropes that have been done to absolute death.

What I like about Rubber is that it criticizes the modern tendency of the audience to treat itself as a highly trained critics when they are really just picky douches, as well as Hollywood's conditioning of film preference in the general populace. So in a way, in my humble opinion, Rubber celebrates creativity, where someone says:

"What the hell !? How is the tire moving on it's own !? Why does it murder people ?! How it can do what it does ?! What's up with the guy with the glasses !? Who are those stupid people with binoculars ?! WHY WHY WHY ?!!"

The movie replies:

"Because fuck you ! That's why :D !"

It may have good ideas, but 98% of it still sucks.

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It may have good ideas, but 98% of it still sucks.


Open your mind 'ziller ! Open your mind !

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It may have good ideas, but 98% of it still sucks.


Open your mind 'ziller ! Open your mind !


I think he did open his mind, but that doesn't make it a good movie. Like we're saying, it had a good intention... but that doesn't make it entertaining.

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0/10

Without a doubt one of the stupidest moves I've ever seen. Don't try and say I only iddn't like it becaus eI didn't get it... I got it... it was just a horribly stupid movie that could have worked much better as a short film.

THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this ever since I first saw the damn movie!

I absolutely agree that it should have been a short film. In point of fact, the director even admitted that he only put in all of that meta bullshit because he couldn't sustain the "killer tire" premise for a feature length film.

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Dr. Brooklyn wrote:
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0/10

Without a doubt one of the stupidest moves I've ever seen. Don't try and say I only iddn't like it becaus eI didn't get it... I got it... it was just a horribly stupid movie that could have worked much better as a short film.

THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this ever since I first saw the damn movie!

I absolutely agree that it should have been a short film. In point of fact, the director even admitted that he only put in all of that meta bullshit because he couldn't sustain the "killer tire" premise for a feature length film.


Yeah, this movie was just a waste of time, money, and my life...

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This seemed like a good idea at the time.

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This seemed like a good idea at the time.

Sorry but, I'm sticking to Seth's animation.
Nothing about Ted even remotely looks funny to me.

And Magic Mike?
Nude Olivia Munn or not, I'm not intentionally going to chill with a movie about male strippers.
I'm sorry, maybe I'm closeminded or whatever, but I'm NOT the target demographic for that movie and I wouldn't plunk down my time, money, or bandwidth on it when theres SO many movies, good classic movies, I haven't seen, that AREN'T about male strippers.

Just... yikes.

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This seemed like a good idea at the time.

I haven't even read the article yet, just saw the title.

But dear lord, man. I worry about you sometimes.

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Nude Olivia Munn



i may have to see this now...

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This seemed like a good idea at the time.

I haven't even read the article yet, just saw the title.

But dear lord, man. I worry about you sometimes.

Hey, a writer should occasionally challenge himself to try something new. Though next time (if there is a next time), I'll do it when I have a whole day for it. Sharing this with a drumline gig really took it out of me.

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Curiosity Inc. wrote:
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Curiosity Inc. wrote:
This seemed like a good idea at the time.

I haven't even read the article yet, just saw the title.

But dear lord, man. I worry about you sometimes.

Hey, a writer should occasionally challenge himself to try something new. Though next time (if there is a next time), I'll do it when I have a whole day for it. Sharing this with a drumline gig really took it out of me.

I'm all for something new, but I ain't going at all outta my way for Ted or Magic Mike

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Dr. Brooklyn wrote:
Curiosity Inc. wrote:
Dr. Brooklyn wrote:
[Rubber]

0/10

Without a doubt one of the stupidest moves I've ever seen. Don't try and say I only iddn't like it becaus eI didn't get it... I got it... it was just a horribly stupid movie that could have worked much better as a short film.

THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this ever since I first saw the damn movie!

I absolutely agree that it should have been a short film. In point of fact, the director even admitted that he only put in all of that meta bullshit because he couldn't sustain the "killer tire" premise for a feature length film.


Yeah, this movie was just a waste of time, money, and my life...


No cure for close-mindedness :cry: !

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feliciano182 wrote:
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Dr. Brooklyn wrote:
[Rubber]

0/10

Without a doubt one of the stupidest moves I've ever seen. Don't try and say I only iddn't like it becaus eI didn't get it... I got it... it was just a horribly stupid movie that could have worked much better as a short film.

THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this ever since I first saw the damn movie!

I absolutely agree that it should have been a short film. In point of fact, the director even admitted that he only put in all of that meta bullshit because he couldn't sustain the "killer tire" premise for a feature length film.


Yeah, this movie was just a waste of time, money, and my life...


No cure for close-mindedness :cry: !

It sucked.

So much.

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It sucked.

So much.


Your mind.....................trapped in a cage.

Let it free yo !

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It sucked.

So much.


Your mind.....................trapped in a cage.

Let it free yo !

I liked Eraserhead for christ's sake.

Rubber's themes and ideas were just executed very poorly by being made into a movie that should have been ten minutes but ended up feeling utterly interminable instead.

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Rubber's themes and ideas were just executed very poorly by being made into a movie that should have been ten minutes but ended up feeling utterly interminable instead.


The clanking of chains.............those that lock your brain !

May I ask, how exactly do you reconcile loving "Brazil" and hating "Rubber" at the same time ?

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Rubber's themes and ideas were just executed very poorly by being made into a movie that should have been ten minutes but ended up feeling utterly interminable instead.


The clanking of chains.............those that lock your brain !

May I ask, how exactly do you reconcile loving "Brazil" and hating "Rubber" at the same time ?

Alright, I figured I should chime in on the Rubber debate
my friend brought the dvd over a while back, and we watched about an hour of it before he had to leave.
I liked what I saw.
it was strange, stupid, and pointless.
if the premise of "no reason" appeals to you, you'll like it.
if not, you probably won't.

Also I don't get the Brazil comparison...

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feliciano182 wrote:
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Rubber's themes and ideas were just executed very poorly by being made into a movie that should have been ten minutes but ended up feeling utterly interminable instead.


The clanking of chains.............those that lock your brain !

May I ask, how exactly do you reconcile loving "Brazil" and hating "Rubber" at the same time ?



What.
The.
Fuck.


Why are Brazil and Rubber even in the same sentence?

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No cure for close-mindedness :cry: !


Yes, that's what it is... at first you wanted to make it that we didn't understand it, now it's just that we are just closed minded. We gave it a shot and didn't like it... that happens... You just need to be more tolerant of other people's opinions...

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