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Is Hostiles any good? Trailer looks like it has potential and I like Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike.There's nothing wrong with Black Panther. The problem is this. Hype encourages mediocrity
Hostiles, Shape of Water, etc. passed under the radar because Hollyweird is pushing Black Panther down people's throats.
Tell me something. There have been movies in the past, high budget movies starring a black cast or whose main characters were black.
The Book of Eli was directed by two black directors, starring a black dude who a lot of people are familiar with (Denzel Washington).
Not one fart came out when it was released in theaters. No one emptied their heart out. Days went by as usual
This movie comes out and everyone is down at their knees lauding it as it's up there with Shawshank's redemption. If you take into account the social context at the moment (#metoo and all that crap) you'll understand why. Basically this movie is rated for its political effect not for its cinematographic value and only encourages more crap from Hollywood. Why bother with making Hostiles and Shape of Water, when you can just stir shit by masking politics with cinema.
Anyway, I generally agree. I don't have a problem with the idea that people will gravitate to positive representations of their in group but in this case that instinct is being used to hype a movie that to me seems pretty average when compared to other films in its genre and that bugs me. The dominance of the Marvel films seems to me, as you suggest, to encourage mediocrity.