Recent content by JP Jones

To paraphrase my deleted post... "I'm done with the Raven for good. I won't let my life turn into the pathetic existence some of you are enjoying."

Something's obviously wrong here. I never, repeat, NEVER, said that they don't make fun movies anymore. I never said that. I have REPEATEDLY acknowledged that they exists. That is not what this thread is about. It is also not about numbers and facts. "They don't make them like they used to" is...

How can you not agree? My proof is that Nolan's Batman movies, Craig's Bond movies, Man of Steel, Dawn of the Apes, hell even the newer Marvel movies, have been the most popular blockbusters of recent years between audiences and critics and they have all profited by being grittier than previous...

I said before, quote, I'M NOT GOING TO PROVE IT TO YOU, there is no way to prove popularity, I'M NOT GOING TO BRING UP BOX OFFICE NUMBERS because they don't tell anything close to what is really happening. Box office numbers say that Avatar is way more popular than the Dark Knight or that...

So why aren't we discussing this? What did happen? Why is the national psyche the way it is? The reason Mr. Smith and company are driving me nuts is that they refuse to acknowledge that something did happen, which is flat-out stupid. Movies, on the whole, are different now than they were 10 or...

You don't believe that gritty (let's use that word from now on rather than "dark") movies have become the more popular form of big blockbuster, because they still make innocent (let's use that word instead of "fun") movies from time to time. Tell me why that is not a ridiculous opinion. I've...

Again, I don't want to discuss the movie in this thread. I said I loved it, but it's the kind of movie that extenuates it's oddness, because playing it straight-faced (no that doesn't mean serious) would leave them with a movie that today's audience may find too immature. In any case, we can...

You keep telling me that "They still make fun movies". Yes, I understand that. But you won't accept the fact that the most popular movies of the last 5 years have been not mostly, but totally dark, serious movies. You won't address my main point, that audiences general appetite has inexplicably...

Dude, say what you want to say. Talk about it. Don't give me these underhanded jabs and expect me to accept what you're trying to get across. What do you have against my opinion?

I really don't appreciate being patronized Mr. Smith. I'm trying to have a real conversation here. On another note, stop bringing up Guardians of the Galaxy in this thread. The movie is irreverent and silly, but it does it in a tongue-in-cheek, "wink wink" way. It is certainly not an...

I'm pre-adding "Ant-Man" to the list of movies that are unnecessarily dark and... God help us... gritty. http://hiphopwired.com/2014/08/22/paul-rudd-ant-man-first-look-photos/

I was fully prepared for a darker Planet of the Apes movie, but what Dawn did was ridiculous. There was an absolute dead serious tone throughout every second of a film that featured talking apes for christ's sake! I'm not a Wolverine fan, so I can't argue too hard against the newest Wolverine...

Spider-Man, Superman, James Bond (to a degree), Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, Wolverine, Hunger Games, Godzilla. All too serious and self-important.

The audience, Finn, is what I am trying to focus on. I acknowledged that, yes, there are movies out there that are meant to entertain and do nothing more (Pacific Rim comes to mind). The thing that confuses and saddens me is that almost all of the most popular movies of the last decade are these...

I don't expect everyone to agree that the new trend in Hollywood is a problem, but you can't argue that it isn't a trend. I started this thread not to gripe, as you say, but to ask, "What happened?" Your assesment that they still do make those movies is pretty far off. I look at the biggest...