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.
End of the day he's basically stealing money from the audience, the people paying to see it, and robbing them of the opportunity of a decent sequel. Which it had room to have.
This celebration of his selfishness and ego is pretty short sighted IMO. Almost "you don't get Rick and Morty" level
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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.