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I recently learned that Ebert gave a positive review to Con Air.
by devin 3y ago
I recently learned that Ebert gave a positive review to Con Air.
- unsupp0rted 3y agoIf a movie isn't entertaining, then it's bad. If a movie is at least entertaining, then it's good.
- bigmattystyles 3y agoAnd for what con air was, he was right.
- wozniacki 3y agoFrom what I have learned about this whole show business / movie business / music business game as played at least in N. America and U.K. (?), the whole thing is pretty rigged and works on a "handshake" basis for the lack of a more loftier term. Hollywood , for the sheer amount of global power it wields, is amazing when you think about how its run like a company town & how little scrutiny it gets overall. I highly recommend watching the HBO series, Vinyl (2016) about a record executive from the 1970s & the music business then. All those radio hits - that were hit and the ones that werent - you've always scratched your head about make a lot more sense when you understand the inner workings. [1] Vinyl (2016) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3186130/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3186130/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_(TV_series)
- Retric 3y agoMovie goers buy individual tickets which makes a huge difference vs radio. Unpopular movies get booted from theaters very quickly where unpopular songs can stick around on the radio indefinitely. And it doesn’t matter how connected you are, movie flops quickly kill careers.
- verticalscaler 3y agoStop this shade throwing at a great work of cinema or the bunny gets it. Con Air is a timeless classic and he was totally right.
- borbulon 3y agoUp until Con Air, neither Nicholas Cage nor John Cusack had made a bad movie (well, -maybe- one each).
- verticalscaler 3y agoUp to and including. Right? .. ಠ_ಠ Right?
- bentobean 3y agoCriterion Collection material, certainly.
- alamortsubite 3y agoCriterion publishes The Rock and Armageddon, so why not?
- xsmasher 3y agoHe judged high art by the standards of high art, and schlock by the standards of schlock.
- mattmaroon 3y agoA lot of people confuse which one Shayamalan is.