• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Sounds like Seinfeld committed the gravest sin possible in the race for clicks: he made a movie that’s… okay.

    Which, tbf, is probably about his ceiling without Larry David around.

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      8 months ago

      Yea I’m confused, the article seems to waver between it was confusing to good, but also it misses the point of why the writer likes pop tarts so it’s not good?

      “That’s a nice feeling. *Unfrosted *isn’t about that feeling. It’s about the product […] It takes whatever pleasure that can be derived from a Pop-Tart, and chokes on it”

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        8 months ago

        The author is making 2 main points.

        1. This movie exists because studios will fund projects that are connected to ip, and it’s ridiculous that pop-tarts counts.
        2. The movie isn’t choosing to say anything. It is telling jokes to have fun and that’s as far as it’s willing to take it.

        Now, does this make it a bad movie? That’s for you to decide. If all you want from a film is to be entertained with some jokes? It sounds like it’s good, but that’s not what the author is speaking to. The author is speaking to people that enjoy films that have points of view that they are expressing. If that isn’t you, that’s okay.

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          8 months ago

          It’s a silly point though. You mean the Pop-Tart movie written by Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t make a point??? Well color me surprised.

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            8 months ago

            Barbie is a movie that is about a children’s toy, and it talks about feminism, toxic masculinity, among others. Godzilla is a movie where a man in a giant reptile costume breaks apart facsimile buildings, but talks about the terror of nuclear attacks at the same time. Just because movies are about silly things doesn’t mean that the professionals that work on them aren’t allowed to put more into their work.

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              8 months ago

              And? Not every movie has to make a stance on something. It’s written by Jerry Seinfeld. Do you really care about his thoughts on some political, environmental or social issues?

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                8 months ago

                Not every movie has to be about deep things, but if you make it about nothing then don’t be surprised when people collectively say “meh” and ignore your movie.

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                  8 months ago

                  Sure. I wasn’t arguing against that. I just said it’s a silly article if it’s whole point was “the movie is funny, but the movie about Pop-Tarts by Jerry Seinfeld isn’t deep enough”.