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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 5, 2017 12:02:38 GMT -5
Chris Pratt? We talking about the same moron who wanted more "blue-collar" roles in Hollywood? I guess he was referring to the blue on Superman's suit. I honestly don't get the outrage in that statement. I hated how the writer of the article tried to spin the article as if Chris Pratt was talking about race, sexual orientation, gender when blue collar has nothing to do with that but instead with class. Like most of the movies that feature a every day blue collar lead these days is something ridiculous like Mark Wahlberg as a Inventor in Transformers or some biopic movie about a natural/terrorist/famous Boston man with family problems disaster starring Mark Wahlberg or a blue collar guy resorting to crime starring Mark Wahlberg. That or he has to resort to watching those bad Christian/Country Hallmark style movies that Shawn Michaels seems to be always in now. I hate Mark Wahlberg now. Damn you, you ruined it. Tho on a serious note I did ask why was Wahlberg in the Boston Marathon flick.
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Post by StuntGranny® on May 5, 2017 12:03:22 GMT -5
Chris Pratt? We talking about the same moron who wanted more "blue-collar" roles in Hollywood? I guess he was referring to the blue on Superman's suit. I honestly don't get the outrage in that statement. I hated how the writer of the article tried to spin the article as if Chris Pratt was talking about race, sexual orientation, gender when blue collar has nothing to do with that but instead with class. Like most of the movies that feature a every day blue collar lead these days is something ridiculous like Mark Wahlberg as a Inventor in Transformers or some biopic movie about a natural/terrorist/famous Boston man with family problems disaster starring Mark Wahlberg or a blue collar guy resorting to crime starring Mark Wahlberg. That or he has to resort to watching those bad Christian/Country Hallmark style movies that Shawn Michaels seems to be always in now. I get what he's saying that he finds a lot of Hollywood movies unrelatable to his rural upbringing that most movie leads feature some upper middle class family or single person in either LA/Chicago/New York/Seattle working as an extremely good looking lawyer/real estate/dentist/office executive/writer/producer/college professor/something quirky. One of the worst examples in top of my head was Dinner for Schmucks when the movie tried to get us to feel sorry for Paul Rudd complaining about his lack of promotion and success despite having an nice flat in NYC with a Porsche and a extremely hot french girlfriend during 2010. Like when I do see a movie like Joe or A Place Beyond the Pines or 99 Homes or even Barbershop and Moonlight it stands out a lot more especially during tough economic times that actually depicts people working everyday jobs, struggling financially, making other characters relatable and not be condescending towards them, and coming of a place of a broken home and a broken town/neighborhood and the tough times it brings out to everybody. And you find out later most of those movies were personal stories written by the screenwriter or director. Hell they rarely have sitcoms depicting families struggling like they used too with Roseanne, Married with Children, Malcolm in the Middle, and even older episodes of The Simpsons and instead you get more Modern Family or the wacky variety hour which celebrity will make a cameo style show The Simpsons has become. Plus Chris Pratt seems like one of the coolest guys in Hollywood. He spends a lot of time back home giving tons of money to the community to girls and boys clubs and was inspired to audition for Star Lord when heard that Johnny Depp always carries his Jack Sparrow Costume with him in his car in case he has time to visit Children Hospitals. What it seems he's not to far off from Andy Dwyer like how the rest of the cast of Parks and Rec were practically playing exaggerated versions of themselves. Come to think of it that was a great Blue Collar Show but Greg Daniels made a career making relatable and diverse filled shows like that with King of the Hill and The Office. You don't have to agree with him or find his statement a bit asinine but it's hardly an offensive thing to get outraged by. I'm not "outaraged" by it, but much like the corny 'Watch Chris Pratt teach his son the pledge of allegiance!" video, it just made me roll my eyes through the back of my head. He apparently realized how stupid the "blue-collar" thing was due to him walking back on it and apologizing. And, to be 100% honest, I just don't like the guy as a person. But I have to compliment the guy. He can play one role really well and he's made himself a career out of playing that character over and over again. He is "Meme: The Actor". Anyway, I've ruined this thread. I'm sorry.
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Post by StuntGranny® on May 5, 2017 12:06:44 GMT -5
I honestly don't get the outrage in that statement. I hated how the writer of the article tried to spin the article as if Chris Pratt was talking about race, sexual orientation, gender when blue collar has nothing to do with that but instead with class. Like most of the movies that feature a every day blue collar lead these days is something ridiculous like Mark Wahlberg as a Inventor in Transformers or some biopic movie about a natural/terrorist/famous Boston man with family problems disaster starring Mark Wahlberg or a blue collar guy resorting to crime starring Mark Wahlberg. That or he has to resort to watching those bad Christian/Country Hallmark style movies that Shawn Michaels seems to be always in now. I hate Mark Wahlberg now. Damn you, you ruined it. Tho on a serious note I did ask why was Wahlberg in the Boston Marathon flick. If there's a tragedy, Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg will be there to exploit it. It is the prophecy of the Funky Bunch.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 12:14:49 GMT -5
I don't see it.
Maybe he can do something beyond the wise-cracking hero type he plays in pretty much every movie, but I haven't see it yet. He seems much better suited for the glib style of Marvel's characters. Chis Pratt is a lot of things, but a potential living god amongst mortals isn't one of them.
Though to be honest - I hope Chris Pratt eventually stops getting type cast as the "loveable, hard luck hero who cracks wise and is in a state of perpetual pre-adulthood."
I didn't watch that movie with him and Jennifer Lawrence though...what was it called, "THE IMPLICATION?" haha
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 5, 2017 12:17:23 GMT -5
I hate Mark Wahlberg now. Damn you, you ruined it. Tho on a serious note I did ask why was Wahlberg in the Boston Marathon flick. If there's a tragedy, Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg will be there to exploit it. It is the prophecy of the Funky Bunch. I liked Lone Soldier tho and I should say I have not watched Patriots Day tho I heard it was a good movie. I guess the difference comes for me in Mark is that he did not have to be in Patriots Day. Everyone knows his love for Boston and it just came across as a "vanity" thing where he can be everything Boston in a film about Boston. I think a "no name" actor could of done just fine but with tragic movies based upon real life they look for the names to provide that extra kick
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 12:20:04 GMT -5
I honestly don't get the outrage in that statement. I hated how the writer of the article tried to spin the article as if Chris Pratt was talking about race, sexual orientation, gender when blue collar has nothing to do with that but instead with class. Like most of the movies that feature a every day blue collar lead these days is something ridiculous like Mark Wahlberg as a Inventor in Transformers or some biopic movie about a natural/terrorist/famous Boston man with family problems disaster starring Mark Wahlberg or a blue collar guy resorting to crime starring Mark Wahlberg. That or he has to resort to watching those bad Christian/Country Hallmark style movies that Shawn Michaels seems to be always in now. I hate Mark Wahlberg now. Damn you, you ruined it. Tho on a serious note I did ask why was Wahlberg in the Boston Marathon flick. I guess they needed one big lead from Boston to sell the movie. I get the idea of having a fictional character to represent of selling a strong local mans emotions through the ordeal but did they really have to make him such a a stereotypical loud mouth "Masshole" that makes his Departed character look tame? Like the story itself with the police procedural's, holding back news to the media and how fake news is created with held back information and how the cycle did more harm than good, radicalization, or Dun Meng's escape and his interactions is fascinating by itself already. I honestly don't get the outrage in that statement. I hated how the writer of the article tried to spin the article as if Chris Pratt was talking about race, sexual orientation, gender when blue collar has nothing to do with that but instead with class. Like most of the movies that feature a every day blue collar lead these days is something ridiculous like Mark Wahlberg as a Inventor in Transformers or some biopic movie about a natural/terrorist/famous Boston man with family problems disaster starring Mark Wahlberg or a blue collar guy resorting to crime starring Mark Wahlberg. That or he has to resort to watching those bad Christian/Country Hallmark style movies that Shawn Michaels seems to be always in now. I get what he's saying that he finds a lot of Hollywood movies unrelatable to his rural upbringing that most movie leads feature some upper middle class family or single person in either LA/Chicago/New York/Seattle working as an extremely good looking lawyer/real estate/dentist/office executive/writer/producer/college professor/something quirky. One of the worst examples in top of my head was Dinner for Schmucks when the movie tried to get us to feel sorry for Paul Rudd complaining about his lack of promotion and success despite having an nice flat in NYC with a Porsche and a extremely hot french girlfriend during 2010. Like when I do see a movie like Joe or A Place Beyond the Pines or 99 Homes or even Barbershop and Moonlight it stands out a lot more especially during tough economic times that actually depicts people working everyday jobs, struggling financially, making other characters relatable and not be condescending towards them, and coming of a place of a broken home and a broken town/neighborhood and the tough times it brings out to everybody. And you find out later most of those movies were personal stories written by the screenwriter or director. Hell they rarely have sitcoms depicting families struggling like they used too with Roseanne, Married with Children, Malcolm in the Middle, and even older episodes of The Simpsons and instead you get more Modern Family or the wacky variety hour which celebrity will make a cameo style show The Simpsons has become. Plus Chris Pratt seems like one of the coolest guys in Hollywood. He spends a lot of time back home giving tons of money to the community to girls and boys clubs and was inspired to audition for Star Lord when heard that Johnny Depp always carries his Jack Sparrow Costume with him in his car in case he has time to visit Children Hospitals. What it seems he's not to far off from Andy Dwyer like how the rest of the cast of Parks and Rec were practically playing exaggerated versions of themselves. Come to think of it that was a great Blue Collar Show but Greg Daniels made a career making relatable and diverse filled shows like that with King of the Hill and The Office. You don't have to agree with him or find his statement a bit asinine but it's hardly an offensive thing to get outraged by. I'm not "outaraged" by it, but much like the corny 'Watch Chris Pratt teach his son the pledge of allegiance!" video, it just made me roll my eyes through the back of my head. He apparently realized how stupid the "blue-collar" thing was due to him walking back on it and apologizing. And, to be 100% honest, I just don't like the guy as a person. But I have to compliment the guy. He can play one role really well and he's made himself a career out of playing that character over and over again. He is "Meme: The Actor". Anyway, I've ruined this thread. I'm sorry. Eh I don't know if that was the case why he apologized. Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn't. Either way he and his agent and publicist and Marvel didn't want bring too much negative press while promoting Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and just wanted the outrage to die quickly.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 5, 2017 12:25:30 GMT -5
I hate Mark Wahlberg now. Damn you, you ruined it. Tho on a serious note I did ask why was Wahlberg in the Boston Marathon flick. I guess they needed one big lead from Boston to sell the movie. I get the idea of having a fictional character to represent of selling a strong local mans emotions through the ordeal but did they really have to make him such a a stereotypical loud mouth "Masshole" that makes his Departed character look tame? Like the story itself with the police procedural's, holding back news to the media and how fake news is created with held back information and how the cycle did more harm than good, radicalization, or Dun Meng's escape and his interactions is fascinating by itself already. Is that is what I feared. Wahlbergs Boston schtick was already getting old and it felt like this was his opportunity to Boston it up like no man before him and who's going to criticize him when the movie is based on the disaster. I get why they put him in it but I am pretty sure they could of found another guy from Boston to sell that impact if it had to be in the movie. Kind of disappointedthey did not do the story from the perspective of news than the direction they did with "Boston everyman"
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 12:28:11 GMT -5
I guess they needed one big lead from Boston to sell the movie. I get the idea of having a fictional character to represent of selling a strong local mans emotions through the ordeal but did they really have to make him such a a stereotypical loud mouth "Masshole" that makes his Departed character look tame? Like the story itself with the police procedural's, holding back news to the media and how fake news is created with held back information and how the cycle did more harm than good, radicalization, or Dun Meng's escape and his interactions is fascinating by itself already. Is that is what I feared. Wahlbergs Boston schtick was already getting old and it felt like this was his opportunity to Boston it up like no man before him and who's going to criticize him when the movie is based on the disaster. I get why they put him in it but I am pretty sure they could of found another guy from Boston to sell that impact if it had to be in the movie. Kind of disappointedthey did not do the story from the perspective of news than the direction they did with "Boston everyman" Well the first half of the movie before the bombing was focused on Mark Wahlberg. The rest of the film he was pretty much regulated as a background character who really only appears in the end. It's still a great movie and one of the best I've seen in 2016 like I still highly recommend the movie.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 5, 2017 12:35:00 GMT -5
Is that is what I feared. Wahlbergs Boston schtick was already getting old and it felt like this was his opportunity to Boston it up like no man before him and who's going to criticize him when the movie is based on the disaster. I get why they put him in it but I am pretty sure they could of found another guy from Boston to sell that impact if it had to be in the movie. Kind of disappointedthey did not do the story from the perspective of news than the direction they did with "Boston everyman" Well the first half of the movie before the bombing was focused on Mark Wahlberg. The rest of the film he was pretty much regulated as a background character who really only appears in the end. It's still a great movie and one of the best I've seen in 2016 like I still highly recommend the movie. Yea, everyone has said it was one of the best movies of 2016 despite it not performing at the box office. Like I said I enjoyed Mark in Lone Soldier and he does a good job in these roles and with the cast I expect it to be a good movie even if direction is sort of lacking first half with his character
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