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Character_Vapor t1_j60xfom wrote

Reply to comment by Owasso_Landman in Karyn Kusama’s directorial career was almost bought to halt when she tried to adapt the cult cartoon Æon Flux for the big screen by sundaynightheat99

Really solid TV stuff, and her subsequent film work - Jennifer's Body, The Invitation, and Destroyer - are all great.

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sundaynightheat99 OP t1_j616lra wrote

Thanks for reminding me to watch Destroyer. I love Jennifer's Body and The Invitation.

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-OQO- t1_j627n8r wrote

DESTROYER (proper title) is one of my top ten films of all time. I need to see it again but I’m a slack ass victim of what’s on my streaming packages, (the big two, red and blue) how can I even call myself a human, I don’t know.

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Knife2MeetYouToo t1_j6157ru wrote

> Jennifer's Body

That did not hold up so good to a rewatch. Felt incredibly dated and old fashioned.

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Character_Vapor t1_j61piib wrote

I don’t really get hung up on things being “dated”. It’s perfectly okay if a movie feels like a product of it’s time.

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Owasso_Landman t1_j61czz3 wrote

Why?

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Knife2MeetYouToo t1_j61dpfq wrote

Mostly the screenplay. Diablo Cody does not write screenplays that hold up to time, tons of old references and outdated slang.

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MeadowmuffinReborn t1_j61es4o wrote

Is that a bad thing? It's virtually impossible for a movie not become dated in some way, even if it's something unavoidable like hairstyles.

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Knife2MeetYouToo t1_j61f8ds wrote

Cody inserts tons of topical references and dialogues so her screenplays go out of date much faster than most films.

Some films are timeless, others quickly expire. Most depends on how much the writing relies on current events and trends.

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MeadowmuffinReborn t1_j61gjnv wrote

Topical references don't really bother me, in fact I love them, but that may be more of my personal taste and you see it differently.

To me, topicality in movies and other media represents a snapshot of the time and place of when it was made, and to me, that gives it a texture and verisimilitude.

Like in Knocked Up, Leslie Mann gets upset because she wants to see Spider-Man 3 with her husband, which instantly dates that movie to 2007. I like that kind of stuff. It makes it feel more real.

If she had wanted to go see a made up movie instead, or like an ersatz of Spider-Man called Spider-Dude or something, that would take me out of the reality of the film.

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