And you? You’ve written some absolute nonsense too...
Elizabeth Garcia2 said:Parodies are just a low-rent genre... Honestly, you’ll never find a real filmmaker—someone with actual talent or even a shred of cinematic craft—who would ever deign to make a parody.
It's just bottom-of-the-barrel hacks, those third-rate types at the very bottom of the Hollywood food chain, who churn them out.
The end result? Just a bunch of nauseatingly bad movies made for people who clearly have zero taste in cinema.
Fortunately for them, that demographic is massive, which makes making parodies a pretty lucrative business model...
But it has absolutely nothing to do with film as an art form. Or common sense.
Look, since I’m stuck talking to someone who clearly doesn't know anything, I'll just say it: I have taste. Real cinematic taste. And I'm good at it, too. But yeah, I've got a thing for parodies.
Why? Because I’m an objective person. I refuse to get trapped in those narrow little boxes where people try to define film as "art," and I definitely won't flirt with the snobbery you're clearly indulging in.
Look, it's fine if you don't like the genre. Totally get it. But there's a difference between having an opinion and just being a jerk about it. Why does it have to be such a total smear campaign?
Is it harder to make someone laugh or to make them sad? Think about that for a second. Then tell me how parodies are just "disgusting trash." Honestly, I don't get how someone calling themselves a cinephile can even let themselves go on those kinds of verbal rants. You'd think you were talking to some moody teenager going through a phase because they got stuck in one specific genre.
Elizabeth Garcia2 said:Parodies basically work like this: you take dozens of scenes from recent movies—films actually made by people with imagination, skill, and the genuine talent to create something original—then you just tweak one little detail so it becomes "hilariously funny" to people who can't tell the difference between quality cinema and garbage... and then you market the hell out of it in major US theaters, specifically targeting those mindless American teenagers.
Since I don't fit into any of those categories, and since stupid, low-brow humor just doesn't do anything for me, I really don't think there's any actual value in it. I mean, I know there isn't.
Honestly, I’d much rather sit through my 20th rewatch of something original by W. Allen, Billy Wilder, Charlie Chaplin, Menzel, Jim Jarmusch, DiCill, the Coen brothers, or even Monty Python (who don't just do parodies). That stuff actually has value...
It’s a pathetic genre, even if Mel Brooks is its leading figure. Just pathetic...
If it’s really that easy, why are you still wasting time on this forum instead of out there making movies? Go get 'em. Hollywood is waiting.🤷
Since I don't fit into any of those categories mentioned above—and honestly, stupid, mindless humor doesn't do anything for me—I don't think it has any real value. Period. I know it doesn't.
So, what you're saying is parody lovers just can't tell a good movie from a bad one? Is that it?
Honestly, parodies actually tend to have some pretty sharp humor. You have to be a real cinephile to even get half of it. If you don't deeply understand film as an art form, how are you supposed to recognize all the movies they're mocking? Most people just don't get it.
Ever wonder if you just don't get humor? Believe it or not, some people actually exist in that category. Seems like you belong right up there with them.
Honestly? I’d rather sit through some random W. Allen flick or a Billy Wilder classic for the twentieth time than deal with this. Give me Charlie Chaplin, Menzel, Jim Jarmusch, DiCill, the Coen brothers, or even Monty Python—as long as they aren't doing cheap parodies—any day. At least those movies actually have value.
Man, you're just too cool. It's honestly unreal.