Robert N EmersonFilm Expectations
April 25th 2008 08:36
Expectation is a killer. It ruins lots of things that might have been good. For example, Peter Jackson was on a hiding to nothing making King Kong, after the Rings trilogy there was no way anyone was going to be happy with his next movie. He came out of virtually nowhere (though the Frighteners was excellent) to stun the world with all 3 magnificent Rings movies and I kind of feel bad for him with the reception Kong got. Looking back at it, it’s not that bad. Apart from the awkward Jimmy character I don’t really know what I would cut.
Expectation is the reason I am hesitant to see Bee Movie (being such a huge fan of Seinfeld) or Bender’s Big Score (again, Futurama = Excellent show). How could they possibly live up to want I want? The same could be said of the Dark Knight but with Nolan rolling a 4 from 4 and Christian Bale starring I’m not too worried. Expectation seems to have killed Tarantino and Guy Ritchie, two of my favs, so my advice is to try and go into movies with as little knowledge as possible, no discussion! A negative anticipation doesn’t work either, because you always end up trying to hate the movie.
Expectation is the reason I am hesitant to see Bee Movie (being such a huge fan of Seinfeld) or Bender’s Big Score (again, Futurama = Excellent show). How could they possibly live up to want I want? The same could be said of the Dark Knight but with Nolan rolling a 4 from 4 and Christian Bale starring I’m not too worried. Expectation seems to have killed Tarantino and Guy Ritchie, two of my favs, so my advice is to try and go into movies with as little knowledge as possible, no discussion! A negative anticipation doesn’t work either, because you always end up trying to hate the movie.
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