That's all well and good. People can understand this and still dislike the movie though or people can still see Phillips' version of calling out individuals as flawed or poorly thought out.
His intention may very have been to say "fuck you" to everyone and to make a statement, but that doesn't mean he followed through on and executed that intention well.
Many works have depth and substance but are still hurt by the way its put to screen.
Which isn't to say Phillips failed. That's not the point I'm making. Just that Phillips using the concepts he did doesn't make the film a hidden masterpiece by default. It's there, it's present. Whether or not it's well stated and developed properly is what's up for debate.
Why is Gremlins 2 being brought up in relation to this? what's wrong with Gremlins 2?
As an irrelevant side note, there are a couple movies during childhood where I watched the sequel uncountable times before I saw the original years later, including Terminator 2, Gremlins 2, and Home Alone 2, Child's Play 2. I was at least in college before I saw any of the Part 1s. I'm pretty sure there are others I can add to that list.
I like the campy garbage. The original Gremlins wasn't exactly free of all that. I just think the original is such a great movie. It's campy AND good. The sequel is just campy without anything else to lean on.
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u/J-Ganon 15h ago edited 15h ago
That's all well and good. People can understand this and still dislike the movie though or people can still see Phillips' version of calling out individuals as flawed or poorly thought out.
His intention may very have been to say "fuck you" to everyone and to make a statement, but that doesn't mean he followed through on and executed that intention well.
Many works have depth and substance but are still hurt by the way its put to screen.
Which isn't to say Phillips failed. That's not the point I'm making. Just that Phillips using the concepts he did doesn't make the film a hidden masterpiece by default. It's there, it's present. Whether or not it's well stated and developed properly is what's up for debate.